Following the success of its best-selling predecessors, the Fourth Edition of Harriette Pipes McAdoo's Black Families retains several now classic contributions while including updated versions of earlier chapters and many entirely new chapters. The goal through each revision of this core text has been to compile a book that focuses on positive dimensions of African American families. The book remains the most complete assessment of black families available in both depth and breadth of coverage. Cross-disciplinary in nature, the book boasts contributions from such fields as family studies, anthropology, education, psychology, social work, and public policy.
The therapist scheduled the first meeting with Debbie and Wilson without David. ... She also talked with them about the fact that children in these situations often act out in the hope of bringing their parents back together again.
The Strengths of Black Families
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T?he struggle for black freedom and equality is a legacy that belongs to all Americans. In the twentieth century, this story of triumph over injustice inspired the spread of democracy around the world.
Offering both a research orientation and a practice perspective, this book should appeal to social work educators and practitioners involved in family services, health and mental health settings, and child and public welfare.
A fresh aspect of this book is the amount of diversity it reveals within black families and the forces that shape, limit and enhance them.
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But as Torn Apart uncovers, this system is designed to punish Black families.
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