Download or read book What Do Children Need to Flourish? written by Kristin Anderson Moore and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-10-03 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume responds to the intense concern for and interest in identifying and measuring what matters for happy, healthy children who grow to be compassionate, responsible adults. And although innumerable organizations undertake efforts aimed at positive youth development, this book takes the first step toward developing a system of national indicators that can be used to monitor positive behaviors and attitudes for children at the national level, in communities, and in programs.