TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lally,J.Ronald
TI  - For our babies: ending the invisible neglect of America's infants 
SN  - 9780807754245
AV  - HQ778.63 .L35 2013
U1  - 362.70973 23
PY  - 2013///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Teachers College Press
KW  - Child care workers
KW  - United States
KW  - Infants
KW  - Care
KW  - Child care
KW  - Day care centers
KW  - fast
KW  - Infant Welfare
KW  - Infant Care
KW  - Child Day Care Centers
KW  - Public Policy
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-152) and index; Part I; Recognizing the Importance of Support for Babies and their Families --; 1; A Society Changes; Its Thinking and Policies Don't; 1 --; Commonly Held Theories of Child Rearing; 2 --; The Changing American Family; 4 --; A Look at Families with Babies Today; 8 --; The Needs of the Changed Family; 11 --; 2; How the New Brain Research Changes Everything!; 13 --; The Brains Need for a "Social Womb"; 14 --; How Did Scientists Learn About the Infant Brain?; 15 --; Making Crucial Information About Infancy Available to the General Public; 18 --; Discovering Critical and Sensitive Periods in Brain Development; 20 --; Given What We Know, We Must Respond; 22 --; Part II; Understanding Babies1 Needs --; 3; Supporting Growth During Preconception and Pregnancy; 27 --; The Development of the Brain While in the Womb; 28 --; Needed Attention to Preconception Health; 29 --; Needed Attention to Prenatal Development During Pregnancy; 34 --; Necessary Supports During Preconception; 37 --; Necessary Supports During Pregnancy; 38 --; 4; What a Newborn Needs from Birth to 9 Months: The Bonding Period; 41 --; The Social Womb, Part 1: The Time of Bonding; 43 --; Supports Necessary to Sustain Development During the First 9 Months of Life; 46 --; How U.S. Policies Negatively Impact Babies; 52 --; 5; What the Infant Needs from 7 to 18 Months: The Exploration Stage; 56 --; The Social Womb, Part 2: The Time of Exploration; 57 --; What Babies Need to Get from Relationships; 59 --; Supports Necessary to Sustain Development from 7 to 18 Months; 62 --; The Low Quality of Child Care in the United States; 63 --; Babies at Risk; 67 --; 6; What the Toddler Needs from 15 to 36 Months: The Stage of Self-Definition; 69 --; The Social Womb, Part 3: A Time of Identity Building; 70 --; Supports Necessary to Sustain Development Between 15 and 36 Months; 76 --; 7; Recommended Supports and Services for Babies and Their Families; 78 --; Preconception; 79 --; Pregnancy; 80 --; The First 9 Months; 81 --; From 7 to 18 Months; 83 --; From 15 to 36 Months; 84 --; Supporting Babies' Healthy Development; 85 --; Part III; Why it Makes Sense to Help Families Meet the Needs of Their Babies --; 8; Economic Benefits of Investment in U.S. Babies; 89 --; Preconception Health Services; 90 --; Pregnancy Services; 91 --; Well-Baby Care Services; 93 --; Guaranteed Health-Care Coverage for Families with Children Under Age 3; 94 --; Paid Leave and Quality Infant/Toddler Care; 95 --; 9; A Final Message; 103
N2  - The author combines information about what babies need during the first two years of their growth with a discussion of political policies that restrict our ability to provide them with what they need
UR  - http://www.library.arizona.edu/applications/couttspda/?isbn=0807754242
ER  -