Reviews for ABC of Adolescence

The average rating for ABC of Adolescence based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-04-03 00:00:00 Petur Blondal I anticipate having Mary Howard as a professor in the near future, and this was an interesting way to meet her. Some parts are written like an anthropological paper, and those are well-written--she knows how to do that, she's been trained, and she's good at it. These bits are integrated somewhat awkwardly with personal retrospection about her experience in the field and what it meant. While these bits are not as well done, they are more helpful to me than anything to understand field work. It's your job, but it's your life. You have strong personal ties, but you want to be objective. It's a strange place to be, not to mention culture shock and having to face the reality of starving children every day. The lines from broad societal trends to a single malnourished child are very tangled, and tracing them is a remarkable task.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-03-08 00:00:00 Debra Cassistre A solid read that puts childhood malnutrition in a new perspective, from switching the focus from blaming mothers and families to looking at the sociocultural causes of poverty and hunger.