This is a fully updated and revised edition of a book that bridges the gap between research and practice in the field of child and family psychology. Making Decisions About Children summarises our knowledge of the sorts of issues that are of concern of those working with children including the effects of maternal employment and of divorce, the implications of different family types and the comparative fitness of men and women as parents.
About the Author
H. Rudolph Schaffer is Professor Emeritus at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. He was written extensively on various aspects of child development, his latest book for Blackwell being Social Development, published in 1996.
