Parents or Pop Culture? Children's Heroes and Role Models

Childhood Education

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 161-168

  Anderson, Kristin J ^a   Cavallaro, Donna ^b  

^a Antioch College   (United States)

^b SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84906382597     PISSN: 00094056     EISSN: 21620725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00094056.2002.10522728     Document Type: Article

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