Four popular stereotypes about children in self-care: Implications for family life educators

Family Relations

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 95-101

  Riley, Dave ^a   Steinberg, Jill ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Family life education; Latchkey; Parenting; School age; Self care

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442509839     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2004.00013.x     Document Type: Article

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