TY - JOUR
T1 - A teaching tool for children in self care
AU - Eiden, Holly
AU - Thomas, Monica
AU - Fosarelli, Patricia
PY - 1987
Y1 - 1987
N2 - Because of the high divorce rate and the increasing number of working mothers, many U.S. children come from families in which parent(s) are unavailable for 2 to 3 hours after school, when the parent(s) are still at work. Although many communities have after-school care programs, many children do not have access to these. Such children must return to empty houses and face loneliness, boredom, and the risk of personal harm. To assist these children to avoid harm, the authors devised a tool to teach age-appropriate "survival skills" to 6- to 9-year-old children in their classrooms (after parental consent). This article describes the authors' experience and the teaching tool.
AB - Because of the high divorce rate and the increasing number of working mothers, many U.S. children come from families in which parent(s) are unavailable for 2 to 3 hours after school, when the parent(s) are still at work. Although many communities have after-school care programs, many children do not have access to these. Such children must return to empty houses and face loneliness, boredom, and the risk of personal harm. To assist these children to avoid harm, the authors devised a tool to teach age-appropriate "survival skills" to 6- to 9-year-old children in their classrooms (after parental consent). This article describes the authors' experience and the teaching tool.
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U2 - 10.1016/0891-5245(87)90112-X
DO - 10.1016/0891-5245(87)90112-X
M3 - Article
C2 - 3694404
AN - SCOPUS:0023442744
SN - 0891-5245
VL - 1
SP - 292
EP - 297
JO - Journal of Pediatric Health Care
JF - Journal of Pediatric Health Care
IS - 6
ER -