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Managing to Make it: Urban Families and Adolescent Success (The John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation series on mental health & development, studies on successful adolescent development) Book
Managing to Make It : Paperback : The University of Chicago Press : 9780226273938 : 0226273938 : 01 Dec 2000 : Based on over 500 interviews/case studies of families in inner-city Philadelphia, this text reveals how parents managed different levels of resources and dangers in low-income neighbourhoods and how this management, rather than community involvement, contributed to the success of their children.Read More
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One of the myths about families in inner-city neighborhoods is that they are characterized by poor parenting. Sociologist Frank Furstenberg and his colleagues explode this and other misconceptions about success, parenting, and socioeconomic advantage in Managing to Make It. This unique studyâ??the first in the MacArthur Foundation Studies on Successful Adolescent Development seriesâ??focuses on how and why youth are able to overcome social disadvantages.
Based on nearly 500 interviews and case studies of families in inner-city Philadelphia, Managing to Make It lays out in detail the creative means parents use to manage risks and opportunities in their communities. More importantly, it also depicts the strategies parents develop to steer their children away from risk and toward resources that foster positive development and lead to success.
- 0226273938
- 9780226273938
- FF Furstenberg
- 15 November 2000
- Chicago University Press
- Paperback (Book)
- 320
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