摘要：This study reviews facts and trends of harmful environments in the last decade that negatively affected children's development. Younger children have been exposed to harmful media,drugs,facilities,and objects. A matter of chemical substances contaminating in-door air has become quite controversial, recently. In order to provide a better understanding of harmnful environments against children,there are great needs for a survey covering all ages based on the clear definition of the term harmful environments, research identifying is causal effects on child development in the context of both parent-child and peer teltionships,and a longitudinal study processing its effects in a life-span perspective. It is suggested that by providing parent education and a plenty of cultural facilitieis as social efforts to create sound family culture,psycho-social and physical envionments of children are improved. Furthermore,legal regulations and supervision on harmful environments are needed to be strengthened.
