What’s Old is New Again: An Introduction to the Journal’s Editorial Staff

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What is old is new again. In March 1992, Dr. Nirbhay N. Singh, founder and inaugural editor of the Journal of Child and Family Studies, established the journal as a “single-source periodical that focuses on research, practice, evaluation, and policy issues dealing with children and adolescents, as well as their families” (Singh 1992, pp. 1). The initial call for the journal noted a changing world and called for a scholarly response to a range of challenges: “Among other factors, the worsening world and local economies, decline in literacy, increase in homelessness, breakup of the nuclear family, greater awareness as well as intolerance of gender and racial differences, continuing cutbacks in social services, and cultural bigotry have all contributed to the increasing mental health problems of children and their families” (Singh 1992, pp. 1). Nearly three decades later, these truths remain. Perhaps Dr. Singh was prescient in foreseeing the era of accountability as well as the need for a journal focused on the interactive nature of complex systems affecting families and children. Today, the Journal of Child and Family Studies remains committed to publishing high quality research that informs positive change at the child, family, neighborhood, community, and socio-political levels of the ecology. We owe the field—and our children—no less. …