The social context of parenting

Handbook of Parenting: Theory and Research for Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 19-37

  Utting, David ^a   Pugh, Gillian ^b,c  

^a JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UK Government's Sure Start Unit   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781848608160.n2     Document Type: Chapter

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