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| Contents |
Anatomy of a prejudice -- Three forms of childism : Anna's story -- Child abuse and neglect: a study in confusion -- The politicization of child abuse -- Mass hysteria and child sexual abuse -- Forms of childism in families -- Education and the end of childism. |
| Abstract |
The author exposes American society's prejudice against its children--from corporal punishment and an uncaring foster care system to the pressure placed on children to support one parent or another in a divorce--and the harm it causes them. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2011028318 |
| ISBN | 9780300173116 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0300173113 (alk. paper) |
