Working with Families, 8th edition

More often than not, people entering the early childhood field see children as the prime focus of their work. As they learn about their profession and begin to practise, they realize that to understand children, they need to understand the families of the children they work with. Moreover, they learn that the well-being of children and the well-being of families are inextricably connected and that early childhood professionals have an ethical responsibility to support families and promote their involvement in the care and education of their children. That being so, most educational programs for early childhood professionals and child and youth workers include at least one course on families. Scholars from many disciplines write about families - sociologists, psychologists, and anthropologists, to name a few - and each discipline enriches the knowledge base with its own particular perspective. Working with Families synthesizes the relevant knowledge from the broad range of disciplines into a practical resource for early childhood professionals.