Visions of entitlement: the care and education of America's children

Introduction : prospects for children's well-being / Mary A. Jensen

Entitlement in early care and education : a tale of two rights / Sharon L. Kagan

Children's welfare rights are entitlements / Colin A. Wringe

The concept of entitlement and its incompatibility with American legal culture / Gary B. Melton and Megan Sullivan

Well-being, entitlements, and investment in children : an economic perspective / Robert Haveman and Barbara Wolfe

Children's rights in a civilized society / Stuart N. Hart

Equal opportunity for infants and young children : myth or reality? / Stanley I. Greenspan

The other childhood : the classroom worlds of poor children / Valerie Polakow

Health care entitlements for children : providing health services as if children really mattered / Neal Halfon and Gale Berkowitz.

The dilemma of rural American communities and their children / Gordon Hoke

Creating a political climate that values and supports children / Cheryl D. Hayes

Supporting families in their creation of contexts for child rearing / Bernice Weissbourd

Building villages : lessons from policy entrepreneurs / Heather B. Weiss

Epilogue : beyond visions of entitlement : some personal reflections / Stacie G. Goffin.