Child, Family, and Community: Family-Centered Early Care and Education

by Janet Gonzalez-Mena

The sixth edition of Child, Family, and Family-Centered Early Care and Education continues to provide you with essential information in a friendly and assessable manner. It discusses the socialization and education of young children in home, child care, and educational contexts from birth to 8 years old. The sixth edition is written to and provides concrete strategies for a broader audience to better meet the needs of aspiring professionals of all types including educators, social workers, and parents. The theme of the revision is advocacy and new Advocacy in Action features present personal stories of well known professionals who have made a difference in the lives of others. This new edition will truly inspire you to become an advocate to improve the lives of children and families, education, and society.

Genres: Education, Parenting, Nonfiction

432 pages, Paperback

First published April 5, 2008

Reviews

[Lexie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read this textbook for my Child, Family, and Community education class. Learned some great things. However, it is slightly outdated and I wish our teacher had chosen a more updated and interactive book.

[Ariel Jensen · Rating 2 out of 5]

I read this as part of an Early Childhood Education course. It was an easy read & shared some important information. However, there were many heavily biased arguments that I didn’t feel were necessary to the text.

[Jackson Humphreys · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this book for class. It was helpful in some areas, but I have definitely read other books on child development that cover the same points and more. There were also some opinions that were biased, and it spoke very frequently on how the White majority in this country (USA) can be a hindrance rather than simply speaking about the need and responsibility of educators to be culturally inclusive of all of the families that we work with. All races and people groups have their pros and cons, and the high esteem given towards the nuclear family dynamic should be appreciated rather than vilified (which this book did). There are definitely biases that are systemic in our country that need to be addressed, but they can be addressed without speaking negatively against the cultural norms that have existed in America for years, the ones that are not harmful. The book wants us to embrace multiculturalism while also passive-aggressively attacking the predominant culture that exists in American society. My largest gripe about the book was simply its inferiority to other books that I have found more beneficial to my understanding of how interacting with and understanding children should entail, as well as the interactions and responsibilities educators have with the families of their students. Such as Positive Child Guidance, by Miller.

[Hannah]

a bit outdated in some aspects but ultimately a helpful guide to working with families for the prosperity and success of the children in our care

[Monica · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars (needs updating)

[Cadence Messenger · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this for a class. The length of chapters struggled to keep my attention

[Margie Potter · Rating 4 out of 5]

Easy read, not your same ole' boring textbook.

[Mills College Library]

649.1 G643c 2009