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In Support of Families, ed. Michael W. Yogman and T. Berry Brazelton (1986)

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Social and demographic changes have combined to diminish the likelihood that families can assure their children's healthy growth and development without help from outside the family—at the very time that there is a growing skepticism about the desirability and workability of societal action to provide the supports that families require.

Lisbeth B. Schorr

Lisbeth B. Schorr, C. Arden Amy, and Fine. In Support of Families, ed. Michael W. Yogman and T. Berry Brazelton, ch. 14 (1986).

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