Not Just a Shelter Kid: How Homeless Children Find Solace

by Melanie S. Percy

Overview

First published in 1997. This book is about children, and their perspectives. These children were homeless at the time of these interviews. However, their questions, thoughts, and feelings are not unique to homeless children. The many issues of childhood remain the same regardless of where the child lives. The ideas expressed in these pages are some of the universal themes of growing up and becoming an adult. Their search for identity, the desire to care for someone and have them care for you, trust, stability in an ever-changing world. All of these themes were present in the children's interviews and photographs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781317777106
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/25/2014
Series:	Children of Poverty
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	104
File size:	645 KB

About the Author

Melanie S. Percy, Austin, Texas

Table of Contents

Chapter I No Where To Go, No Place To Be; Chapter II Review of the Literature; Chapter III Method; Chapter IV Special Things; Chapter V Discussion and Future Research;

Editorial Reviews

Percy gave 12 school-aged children living in a homeless shelter cameras, told them to take pictures of whatever was special to them, and interviewed them in depth about the photographs. She found that the younger children describe playing and being with special people as most important, and that the older pre- adolescents want to be cared for and have a stable relationship with significant others. She shows how they find resources to cope with the same issues that all children face. The photos are not included. Revised from a 1994 Ph.D. dissertation for the University of South Carolina. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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