Volume 9, Issue 4/5. 1978

Themes:

parenting; child-care; child development; single parents; gay children; gender; sexism; social change; socio-political context

Contributors, Consultants, and Reviewers:

Vicki Breitbart, Barbara Schram, Geraldine L. Wilson, Eric Brietbart, Carol Brightman, Dotti Starks, Paula Wolff, Lyla Hoffman, Sue Ribner, Beryle Banfield, Barbara R. Walters

Materials Reviewed:

A History of the Cheyenne People by Tom Weist. Amazon / WorldCat
Belonging by Deborah Kent. Amazon / WorldCat
The Trip by Erza Jack Keats. Amazon / WorldCat
Refugee by Anne Rose. Amazon / WorldCat
Mischling, Second Degree: My Childhood in Nazi Germany by Ilse Koehn. Amazon / WorldCat
The Secret Ship by Ruth Kluger and Peggy Mann. Amazon / WorldCat
How We Live by Anita Harper. Amazon / WorldCat
How We Work by Anita Harper. Amazon / WorldCat
I Can Do It by Myself by Lessie Jones Little and Eloise Greenfield. Amazon / WorldCat
Benjamin Banneker: Genius of Early America by Lillie Patterson. Amazon / WorldCat
Something on My Mind by Nikki Grimes. Amazon / WorldCat

Materials Highlighted:

Baby and Child Care by Benjamin Spock
The First Five Years by Virginia Pomerantz and Dodi Schultz
The Magic Years by Selma Fraiberg
Every Child's Birthright: In Defense of Mothering by Selma Fraiberg
Infants and Mothers by T. Berry Brazelton
Toddlers and Parents by T. Berry Brazelton
The First Twelve Months of Life by Princeton Center for Infancy and Early Childhood
How to Parent by Fitzhugh Dodson
How to Father by Fitzhugh Dodson
Between Parent and Child by Haim Ginott
P. E. T. by Parent Effectiveness Training: The Tested New Way to Raise Responsible Children
Natural Parenthood: Raising Your Child Without a Script by Eda LeShan
Preparing for Parenthood by Lee Salk
What Every Child Would Like His Parents to Know by Lee Salk
The Parenting Advisor by Frank Caplan, ed.
What Now? A Handbook for New Parents by Mary Lou Rozdilsky and Barbara Banet
Right from the Start: A Guide to Non-Sexist Child Rearing by Selma Greenberg
Non-Sexist Childraising by Carrie Carmichael
The Growth and Development of Mothering by Angela McBride
Of Woman Born by Adrienne Rich
The Mother Knot by Jane Lazarre
Parents' Yellow Pages by Frank Caplan, ed.
Black Song: The Forge and the Flame by Robert Lovell
The Black Child: A Parent's Guide by Phyllis Harrison-Ross and Barbara Wyden
Black Child Care: How to Bring Up a Healthy Black Child in America by James Comer and Alvin Poussaint
The Black Parents Handbook: A Guide to Healthy Pregnancy, Birth, and Childcare by Clara J. McLaughlin
The Expectant Father by George Schaefer
Bachelor Fatherhood: How to Raise and Enjoy Your Children as a Single Parent by Michael McFadden
Father Power by Henry Biller and Dennis Meredith
What's a Father For? by Sara D. Gilbert
Who Will Raise the Children? by James A. Levine
Fathering by Maureen Green
The Adoption Advisor by Joan McNamara
We Take This Child: A Candid Look at Modern Adoption by Claire Berman
Let's Talk About Adoption by Susan Klibanoff and Elton Klibanoff
Adopting a Child Today by Rael Jean Isaac and Joseph Spencer
Nineteen Steps Up the Mountain by Joseph Blank
They Came to Stay by Marjorie Margolis
No More Here and There: Adopting the Older Child by Ann Carey
Adopting Older Children by Alfred Kadushin
Mixed Families: Adoption Across Racial Boundaries by Joyce Ladner
The Illusion of Caring: Children in Foster Care by Robert Geiser
Where Are the Children? by Betty Mandell
The Single Parent Experience by Carole Klein
Momma: The Sourcebook for Single Mothers by Karol Hope and Nancy Young
Hannah Senesh: Her Life and Diary by Hnnah Senesh
Michael Hendee by Cynthia Butler
Uncle Sam, Super Cop: A Satirical View of American History by Jim Hughes
North from Mexico by Carey McWilliams
Occupied America by Rodolfo Acuna
Viva La Raza! by Elizabeth Martinez and Enriqueta Vasquez

Keywords:

parenting, child-care, child development, child guidance, collectivism, privatism, capitalism, gender, sexism, social change, socio-political context, Black, Asian American, Puerto Rican, gay, Native American, Chicano, Chinese, evaluation criteria, day care, disability, handicapism, bilingual, stereotypes, recommendation scale, self-esteem, critical literacy, United Parents of East San Diego, Coping with the Overall Pregnancy Experience (COPE), MOMMA, Mothers Center, evaluation criteria, adoption, legal policies, biracial children, cultural repression, racism, institutional racism, rape, Eurocentrism, class, Helen Rodriguez, fathering, Frieda Zames, foster care, bibliography, Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange (MARE), National Association of Black Social Workers (NABSW), single parents, gay children, Betty Fairchild, American Library Association (ALA), Intellectual Freedom Committee (IFC), Library Bill of Rights, Racism and Sexism Awareness Resolution, Racism Awareness workshop, feminism, Social Responsibilities Round Table (SRRT), The Speaker, NAACP, Sanford Berman, Glenda M. Alvin, Eugene Redmond, Ai-Ling Louie, Rey Davis, Jack Moseley, Ginnie Arjona Zanck, Parents' Magazine Films, Polymorph Films, Jenny Publishing Company, Coronet Instructional Media, Bilingual Education Services,