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ERIC Number: EJ528154
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1082-3301
Portrait of a Head Start Parent.
Zeak, Glenna
Early Childhood Education Journal, v23 n4 p247-48 Sum 1996
Recounts author's life as wife of an abusive alcoholic and mother of three preschool children. Describes how, through exposure to Head Start, the author provided her children with a preschool education, gained personal self-esteem, educated herself, left the abusive relationship, and ultimately returned to Head Start as a teacher. (SD)
Descriptors: Battered Women, Early Childhood Education, Family Problems, Family Programs, Family Violence, Individual Development, Mothers, One Parent Family, Parent Participation, Parent Role, Personal Narratives, Preschool Children, Self Esteem, Teachers, Teaching (Occupation)
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
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Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Family Support; Project Head Start