Index

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. 1 Empowering Strangers 1
5. 2 Fourteen Poor Women, Fourteen Rich Lives 21
6. 3 Motherhood in Poverty 51
7. 4 Conceptions of Children’s Behavior 75
8. 5 Cultural Models of Child Rearing 97
9. 6 Discipline and Obedience 117
10. 7 Cultural Models of Education 133
11. 8 Negotiating Child Care and Welfare 151
12. 9 Teachers’ Views of Preschool 177
13. 10 Lessons from Listening: Strengthening Family Policy 202
14. Notes 229
15. Index 241