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Educating Children in a Socially Toxic Environment.
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Garbarino, James – Educational Leadership, 1997
According to Fordham University's 1996 "Index of Social Health," our society's overall well-being is decreasing significantly. Today's children are not sufficiently shielded from adult economic, political, and sexual forces. Children's social world has become poisonous, due to escalating violence, the potentially lethal consequences of…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Child Welfare, Childhood Needs, Children