The prosperous, comfortable, and homogeneous American suburb is a relatively recent institution in American history. Edward Wynne was one of the first to take a serious look at the quality of suburban childhood, where, he contends, we have ignored the developments affecting the largest pool of children and parents in America. This provocative volume argues that the total environment of the suburban youth--the school, the community, the family, and the workplace--is in need of drastic reform.

Wynne advances a forthright argument for the preservation of traditional moral values and...