Families and educators together: Raising caring and peaceable children

Early Childhood Education Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 279-287

  Swick, Kevin James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caring; Family involvement; Family early childhood professional partnerships; Nurturing caring children

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745111840     PISSN: 10823301     EISSN: 15731707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10643-005-0033-3     Document Type: Article

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