The preschool home literacy environment provided by teenage mothers

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 175, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 249-258

  Burgess, Stephen ^a  

^a SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child rearing; Home literacy environment; Literacy; Teen mothers

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845359392     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0300443042000266303     Document Type: Article

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