Machine generated contents note: LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. CHILDREN AT THE MILLENNIUM: A REPORT FROM -- THE SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Timothy J. Owens and Sandra L. Hofferth -- SECTION I: HISTORICAL AND COMPARATIVE -- PERSPECTIVES ON CHILDREN AND CHILDHOOD -- 2. CHILDREN IN YOUNG AND AGING SOCIETIES: THE -- ORDER OF GENERATIONS AND MODELS OF -- CHILDHOOD IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE -- Juergen Zinnecker -- 3. FROM THE CHICAGO SCHOOL TO THE NEW -- SOCIOLOGY OF CHILDREN: THE SOCIOLOGY OF -- CHILDREN AND CHILDHOOD IN THE UNITED STATES, -- 1900-1999 -- Heather Beth Johnson -- SECTION II: FROM VALUES AND BELIEFS TO -- POSITIVE BEHAVIOR -- 4. PARENTAL VALUES, BELIEFS, AND BEHAVIOR: -- A REVIEW AND PROMULGA FOR RESEARCH INTO -- THE NEW CENTURY -- Duane F Alwin -- 5. PREVENTING PROBLEMS VS. PROMOTING THE -- POSITIVE: WHAT DO WE WANT FOR OUR CHILDREN? -- Kristin A. Moore and Tamara G. Halle -- SECTION IH: CHILDREN'S CHANGING EXPERIENCES -- 6. MEN'S FLIGHT FROM CHILDREN IN THE U.S.: -- A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE -- Dennis P. Hogan and Frances Goldscheider -- 7. CHANGES IN AMERICAN CHILDREN'S TIME, -- 1981-1997 -- Sandra L. Hofferth and John E Sandberg -- SECTION IV: THE CONTEXTS OF CHILDREN'S LIVES -- 8. ADOLESCENTS' ANTICIPATIONS OF WORK-FAMILY -- CONFLICT IN A CHANGING SOCIETAL CONTEXT -- Monica Kirkpatrick Johnson, Sabrina Oesterle and -- Jeylan T. Mortimer -- 9. CHANGING NEIGHBORHOODS AND CHILD -- WELL-BEING: UNDERSTANDING HOW CHILDREN -- MAY BE AFFECTED IN THE COMING CENTURY -- Tama Leventhal and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn -- 10. CONFRONTING THE DILEMMAS OF CHILD -- WELFARE: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE -- Penelope L. Maza.ach, M. Pineiro.