Resources

Resources Related to the Issue of At-Home Parenting, Including Some Resources/Discussion of Day Care

1. Books (alphabetical order):

* The Assault on Parenthood: How Our Culture Undermines the Family, by Dana Mack (Simon & Schuster, Inc., 1997) (ISBN 0684807742)
* Becoming Attached: First Relationships and How They shape Our Capacity to Love, by Robert Karen (Osxford University Press, 1998) (ISBN# 0195115015)
* Being There: The Benefits of a Stay-at-Home Parent, by Isabelle Fox, Ph.D. with Norman M. Lobsenz (Barron's, 1996) (ISBN 0-8120-9490-5)
* Building Healthy Minds: The Six Experiences that Create Intelligence and Emotional Growth in Babies and Young Children, by Stanley Greenspan, M.D. with Nancy Breslau Lewis (Perseus Books, 1999) (ISBN 0738200638)
* The Day Care Decision, by William and Wendy Dreskin (NY, Evans & Co., 1983) (ISBN# 0871314185)
* Early Child Care: Infants & Nations at Risk, Dr. Peter Cook (News Weekly Books, 1996, Australia, Telephone: (03) 9326 5757; Fax: (03) 9328 2877) (ISBN 0 646 29299 4)
* Home By Choice, by Brenda Hunter (Multnomah Publishers Inc., 1993) (ISBN# 0945564813)
* In Defense of the Family: Raising Children in America Today, by Rita Kramer (Basic Books, Inc., 1983) (ISBN# 046503215X)
* A Mother's Work, by Deborah Fallows (Houghton Mifflin Company, 1985) (ISBN 0-395-36218-0)
* Sequencing, by Arlene Rosen Cardozo (Brownstone Books, 1996) (ISBN# 0965123804)
* Staying Home: From Full-time Professional to Full-time Parent, by Martha M. Bullen and Darcie Sanders (Spencer & Waters, 1999) (ISBN# 0967035902)
* What's A Smart Woman Like You Doing at Home?/Revised Edition, by Linda Burton, Janet Dittmer, Cheri Loveless (Mothers at Home, Inc., 1992: Phone: 703-827-5903; web site www.mah.org) (ISBN 0-9631188-1-1)
* When the Bough Breaks: The Cost of Neglecting Our Children by Sylvia Ann Hewlett (Harper Collins, 1992) (ISBN# 0465091652)
* Who Needs Parents? The Effects of Childcare and Early Education on Children in Britain and the USA, by Patricia Morgan (The Institute of Economic Affairs, Health and Welfare Unit, London 1996 (ISBN 0-255 36368-0; ISSN 1362-9565)
* Women Leaving the Workplace, by Larry Burkett (Moody Press, Chicago, 1999) (ISBN# 0802491650)

2. Recent Articles and Congressional Testimony (chronological order):

* The American Enterprise Magazine, May/June 1998 issue features child care articles, including references to studies about child care as well as commentaries on the subject. Feature article is: "The Problem with Day Care" by Editor in Chief Karl Zinsmeister (The American Enterprise Institute, Washington, DC, 202-862-5870)
* "A Dangerous Experiment in Child Rearing," by Andrew Peyton Thomas, Wall Street Journal, January 8, 1998
* "The Reasons Why We Need to Rely Less on Day Care," by Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D., The Washington Post, October 19, 1997
* Congressional Testimony of Diane Fisher, Ph.D., presented to U.S. Subcommittee on Children and Families, Hearings on Pre to Three: Policy Implications of Child Brain Development, June 5, 1997 (Mothers at Home, Inc., Vienna, VA, 703-237-7219)
* "The Realities of Day Care," by Gwen J. Broude, published in The Public Interest, Number 125, Fall 1996 (by National Affairs, Inc., Washington, DC, 202-785-8555)
* "Why Mothers Should Stay Home," by David Gelernter, published in Commentary, February 1996 (Commentary, New York, NY, 212-751-4000)

3. Organizations (alphabetical order):

* The American Enterprise Institute (AEI), Washington, DC (202-862-5800) (www.aei.org)
* Canadian Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, Ontario, Canada (705-526-5647) (www.cnet.unb.ca/corg/ca/e/pages/prevention_cruelty/)
* Family Research Council, Washington, DC (1-800-225-4008) (www.frc.org)
* Heritage Foundation, Washington, DC (202-546-4400) (www.heritage.org)
* The Howard Center for Family, Religion & Society/The Rockford Institute, Rockford, IL (815-964-5053) (www.rockfordinstitute.org)
* Institute for American Values, New York, NY (212-246-3942) (www.americanvalues.org)
* Kids First, Canada, 403-289-1440 (www.kidsfirst.cyberus.ca)
* Mothers At Home, Inc., Publishers of the monthly journal, Welcome Home, Vienna, VA (703-827-5903) (www.mah.org)
* Progressive Policy Institute (PPI), Washington, DC (202-547-0001) (www.dlcppi.org)
* Zero to Three, National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families, Washington, DC, (202-638-0840) (www.zerotothree.org)

4. Child Development Experts (For further information and research regarding issues related to at-home parenting and non-parental childcare, research the following child development experts) (alphabetical order):

* Mary D. Ainsworth, psychologist specializing in child-parent attachment; author of Patterns of Attachment (1978) and other books.

* Dr. Jay Belsky, Ph.D., Professor of Human Development, Pennsylvania State University; author of The Child in the Family (1984), Clinical Implications of Attachments (1988) and other books.

* T. Berry Brazelton, M.D., noted child-care authority; pediatrician; author of In Support of Families (1986), Infants and Mothers: Differences in Development (1994), Touchpoints: Your Child's Emotional and Behavioral Development (1994), On Becoming a Family: The Growth of Attachment (1982); co-author of Earliest Relationship: Parents, Infants, and the Drama of Early Attachment (1991), Affective Development in Infancy (1986) and other books.

* John Bowlby, British psychiatrist specializing in child-parent attachment; author of The Making and Breaking of Affectional Bonds (1979), A Secure Base: Parent-Child Attachment and Healthy Human Development (1990), Attachment (Basic Books Classics, 2000), Separation: Anxiety and Anger (Basic Books Classics, 2000), Attachment and Loss: Attachment (Penguin Psychology), Attachment and Loss: Sadness and Depression (Penguin Psychology), Child Care and the Growth of Love, Secure Base: Clinical Applications of Attachment Theory and other books.

* Dr. Stanley Greenspan, M.D., retired clinical professor of psychiatry and pediatrics at George Washington University Medical School; author of Building Healthy Minds: The Six Experiences That Create Intelligence and Emotional Growth in Babies and Young Children (Perseus, 1999), First Feelings: Milestones in the Emotional Development of Your Baby and Child (1994), The Growth of the Mind: And The Endangered Origins of Intelligence (1998), Course of Life: Infancy (1989), The Essential Partnership: How Parents and Children can Meet the Emotional Challenges of Infancy and Childhood and other books.

* Penelope Leach, British psychologist and child expert; author of Babyhood: Stage by Stage, from Birth to Age Two; How Your Baby Develops Physically, Emotionally, Mentally (1983), Your Baby and Child: From Birth to Age Five (1997) and other books.

* Dr. William Sears, prominent pediatrician; author of The Baby Book: Everything You Need to Know About your Baby from Birth to Age Two (1993), Growing Together: A Parent's Guide to Baby's First Year (Growing Family, 1998), Creative Parenting: How to Use the Attachment Parenting Concept to Raise Children Successfully from Birth Through Adolescence and other books; co-author of Attachment Parenting: Instinctive Care for Your Baby and Child (1999) and other books.

* Benjamin M. Spock, late prominent pediatrician; author of A Better World for Our Children: Rebuilding American Family Values (1996), Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care (1998), Dr. Spock on Parenting: Sensible Advice from America's Most Trusted Child-Care Expert and other books.

* Burton L. White, Ph.D., Director, Center for Parent Education; childcare authority on first three years of life; former Harvard professor; author of The First Three Years of Life (1995), Raising a Happy, Unspoiled Child (1995), Experience and Environment: Major Influences on the Development of the Child, Human Infants: Experience and Psychological Development, The Origins of Human Competence: The Final Report of the Harvard Preschool Project and other books.