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| Economically Disadvantaged | 1 |
| Family Programs | 1 |
| Home Visits | 1 |
| Poverty | 1 |
| Poverty Programs | 1 |
| Program Effectiveness | 1 |
| Social Attitudes | 1 |
| Social Services | 1 |
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| Future of Children | 1 |
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| Halpern, Robert | 1 |
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| Journal Articles | 1 |
| Opinion Papers | 1 |
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Peer reviewedHalpern, Robert – Future of Children, 1993
Argues that home visiting and related services have been shaped and constrained by the tendency to use services as a substitute for adequate income and economic opportunity, by ambivalent attitudes toward poor people, and by a preoccupation with the effects of poverty on child rearing. Proposes basic principles of practice that should guide early…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Family Programs, Home Visits, Poverty
