Age groups and generations

This report summarizes presentations and discussions at the Workshop on the Social Processes Underlying Fertility Change in Developing Countries, organized by the Committee on Population of the National Research Council (NRC) in Washington, D.

Current estimates suggest that between one and three percent of people living in the United States will receive a diagnosis of mental retardation.

Despite recent advances in our understanding of the genetic basis of human behavior, little of this work has penetrated into formal demography.

The 20th Century has been marked by enormous change in terms of how we define race.

The 20th Century has been marked by enormous change in terms of how we define race.

Many different groups of people are subject to stereotypes.

This report summarizes presentations and discussions at the Workshop on the Social Processes Underlying Fertility Change in Developing Countries, organized by the Committee on Population of the National Research Council (NRC) in Washington, D.

This book brings together in one volume what researchers have learned about workers, employers, and retirees that is important for formulating retirement income policies.

The 20th Century has been marked by enormous change in terms of how we define race.

The 20th Century has been marked by enormous change in terms of how we define race.

Current estimates suggest that between one and three percent of people living in the United States will receive a diagnosis of mental retardation.

Millions of Americans experience some degree of hearing loss.

Despite recent advances in our understanding of the genetic basis of human behavior, little of this work has penetrated into formal demography.

The rapid growth of home health care has raised many unsolved issues and will have consequences that are far too broad for any one group to analyze in their entirety.

A mismatch between the federal government's revenues and spending, now and in the foreseeable future, requires heavy borrowing, leading to a large and increasing federal debt.

The rapid growth of home health care has raised many unsolved issues and will have consequences that are far too broad for any one group to analyze in their entirety.

A mismatch between the federal government's revenues and spending, now and in the foreseeable future, requires heavy borrowing, leading to a large and increasing federal debt.

Emerging Cognitive Neuroscience and Related Technologies, from the National Research Council, identifies and explores several specific research areas that have implications for U.

Many racial and ethnic groups in the United States, including blacks, Hispanics, Asians, American Indians, and others, have historically faced severe discriminationpervasive and open denial of civil, social, political, educational, and economic opportunities.

Emerging Cognitive Neuroscience and Related Technologies, from the National Research Council, identifies and explores several specific research areas that have implications for U.

An innovative, internationally developed system to help advance science learning and instruction for high school students This book tells the story of a $3.

A decisive intervention in the "war" between generations, asking who stands to gain from conflict between baby boomers and millennials Millennials have been incited to regard their parents’ generation as entitled and selfish, and to blame the baby boomers of the Sixties for the cultural and economic problems of today.

No one has failed to notice that the current generation of youth is deeply-some would say totally-involved with digital media.

In this groundbreaking volume on the human rights of children, acclaimed analyst, political theorist, and biographer Elisabeth Young-Bruehl argues that prejudice exists against children as a group and that it is comparable to racism, sexism, and homophobia.

From the author of The Anatomy of Disgust, a wickedly funny, effortlessly erudite essay on the horrors of old age, past and present In Losing It, William Ian Miller brings his inimitable wit and learning to the subject of growing old: too old to matter, of either rightly losing your confidence or wrongly maintaining it, culpably refusing to face the fact that you are losing it.

This book presents an entirely fresh view of the upbringing of English children in upper and professional class families over three centuries.

Despite being commonplace in American households a generation ago, corporal punishment of children has been subjected to criticism and shifting attitudes in recent years.

This book is the first comprehensive history of the development of child study during the early part of the twentieth century.

How successful are HIV prevention programs?

In this book, David E.

This book focuses on the crucial role that relationships play in the lives of teenagers.

The kaleidoscope, the stereoscope, and other nineteenth-century optical toys analyzed as “new media” of their era, provoking anxieties similar to our own about children and screens.

A critical examination of efforts by social media companies—including Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, and Instagram—to rein in cyberbullying by young users.

An examination of youth Internet safety as a technology of governance, seen in panics over online pornography, predators, bullying, and reputation management.

How young people think about the moral and ethical dilemmas they encounter when they share and use online content and participate in online communities.

An investigation of how governments, organizations, and groups use the Internet to promote civic and political engagement among young people.

Two noted researchers explain scientific evidence that shows why certain experiential and lifestyle factors may promote and maintain cognitive vitality in older adults.

The role that children and youth play in the emerging digital media culture; as consumers targeted by marketing campaigns, as creators of their own digital culture, and as political participants.