| We live in a time of transition，a demographic revolution that is altering the American workforce as well as the American family． Sixty。five percent of all mothers with children under 1 8 years of age work outside the home．There arc more single parent families and because of our mobility there is less extended family support to help us meet the demands of balancing work and family． we have tried to go on about our business as though nothing has changed．We have acted as though the“Norman Rockwell”image is the rule and the rest of us are exceptions forced to make do as best we can． But everything has changed．As this book points out，the ramifications of these changes can be positive or negative depending on how we respond to the change． Thanks to the insight of people like Dr．Ken Magid，Carole McKelvey．Dr．T．Berry Brazelton of Harvard，Dr．Foster Cline，Dr．Edward F．Zigler oi Yale and others mentioned here，we have been given a unique chance，a gift，if you will．Their research and hard work shows us that we are at a crossroads．and we have a limited opportunity to respond． ’ l"heir work must convince us to act now before we become entrenched by default，in policies that establish high risk situations for ou‘children．Our task is difficult——to respond quickly and at the sallle time creatively，with serious thought． What we do now will have a profound effect on our future as a country and specifically on our children． ’ l"his book calls to our attention one change that is too often overlooked．In the past，children with serious problems CalTIC almost exclusively fromfamilies with serious problems．Today，the challenges faced by averagefamilies easily lend themselves to potential“high risk”situations．Thedangers appear to be more subtle and the solutions more confounding． Focus on the bonding process between mother and child is by no means anew idea．Unfortunately it has been presented as something that does ordoesn’t happen in the first few hours of life．We arc led to believe that if itworks，your problems as a parent are solved；if it doesn’t you have failed．Asany parent knows，it is not that simple． |
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