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Peer reviewedVerma, Suman – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 1999
Notes that street life for children and adolescents in India provides few cognitive developmental opportunities that would lead to a better life, but does provide survival and crisis coping skills. Presents findings from a study of 100 street children and adolescents who return home every evening; the subjects work, interact with peers, and have…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Development, Child Labor, Children
