About children: [an authoritative resource on the state of childhood today]

Childhood "affluenza" / John de Graaf

Advertising in schools / Alex Molnar

Interactive media and well-being / Sandra L. Calvert

Children and media / Thomas N. Robinson and James D. Sargent

Violence in the lives of children / Betsy McAlister Groves

Children in a post-9/11 world / Irwin Redlener

Children of incarcerated parents / Angie Vachio

Urban housing / Henry Cisneros

Homelessness and its consequences / Irwin Redlener

Tobacco and health / Michael Weitzman and Megan Kavanaugh

Substance abuse / Alan I. Leshner

Turbulence : the effects of change / Kristin Anderson Moore and Sharon Vandivere

Children of the fortress : America's most invisible culture / Mary Edwards Wertsch

The consequences of divorce / Judith Wallerstein

Grandparents raising grandchildren / Donna M. Butts and Jaia Peterson

Foster care / Moira Szilagyi

Children of immigrants / Steven A. Camarota

Experiences in the after-school hours / Deborah Belle and Brenda Phillips

Challenges of child care / Helen Blank

Gender roles / Ellen Galinsky

Poverty / Richard Wertheimer

Food insecurity / Patrick H. Casey

Child health : an evaluation of the last century / Bernard Guyer and Alyssa Wigton

Tooth decay : the best of times, the worst of times / Burton L. Edelstein

Overweight : an epidemic / William H. Dietz

Asthma / H. William Kelly

Special health care needs / Polly Arango

Impact of injuries / Frederick P. Rivera

Maltreatment / Robert W. Block and Robert M. Reece

Immunization delivery / Paul M. Darden

Health insurance / Peter G. Szilagyi

Mental health / Kelly Kelleher

Maternal depression / Ardis L. Olson

Youth suicide / Ann Doucette

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder / Mark L. Wolraich

Religion among American teens : contours and consequences / John P. Bartkowski

Adolescent sexuality : beyond the numbers / Paula Duncan and Emily Kallock

Youth as a resource / Karen Hein and Shannon Flasch

Access to postsecondary education / Kati Haycock and Yun Yi

Children and the law / Shay Bilchik

Families : diversity and change / Daniel T. Lichter

Minority child population growth / Steven H. Murdock

Changes in the well-being of children / William P. O'Hare

Medical progress and inequalities in child health / Paul H. Wise

Genetics / Edward R.B. McCabe and Linda L. McCabe

Health services : past, present, and future / Judith S. Palfrey and Julius B. Richmond.