What Do Children Need to Flourish?: Conceptualizing and Measuring Indicators of Positive Development

by Kristin Anderson Moore

Many adults share a common, media-fuelled belief that today's youth face an inauspicious future. There is thus intense concern for and interest in identifying and measuring what matters for happy, healthy children who grow to be compassionate, responsible adults. Although innumerable organizations undertake efforts aimed at positive youth development, this book takes the first step toward developing a system of national indicators that can be used...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387230610
• ISBN13: 9780387230610
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 390 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.8" x 10.3"