Latchkey Children [electronic resource] / Ellen B. Gray.

Although it has become commonplace in our society for children to take care of themselves for periods of time every day while their parents work, not much is known about the adequacy or effects of these self-care arrangements. Recent studies have reached very different conclusions regarding academic...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author: Gray, Ellen, 1947-
Corporate Author: ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education, 1987.
Series:ERIC digest.
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