"Goldie Hawn embodies delight and joy, and 10 Mindful Minutes radiates these. Her book can help any adult-parent, grandparent, teacher-make double use of their moments with the children they love and have a terrific time while helping shape that child's brain for a lifetime of resilience and happine..
The Perfect Graduation Gift-for Parents!What's a parent to do when the kids leave home Mixing humor with practical advice, Lauren Schaffer and Sandy Fleischl Wasserman's 133 Ways to Avoid Going Cuckoo When the Kids Fly the Nest is a good friend to laugh with, a shoulder to cry on, and a manual of s..
Product Description 365 Perfect Things to Say to Your Kids is a positive parenting book. It provides you, the interested adult, with a year's worth of easy-to-use sayings specially designed to nurture your child's sense of confidence, optimism, compassion and connection. Such sayings draw upon this ..
This brand new edition of the fascinating and informative Dictionary of First Names covers over 6,000 names in common use in English, including newly created names and traditional names that have been newly discovered. From Alice to Zanna and Adam to Zola this book will answer all yourquestions: it ..
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Product DescriptionADMINISTRATION OF PROGRAMS FOR YOUNG CHILDREN is a tried and true guide for early childhood education students who want to be directors, and a comprehensive resource for those who are already directors. The text emphasizes the role of leaders/managers and their function in relatio..
Advancing Family Theories explores two contemporary theories of the family - rational choice theory and transition theory. These diametrically different approaches illuminate what differing theories reveal about families. The book also discusses how meta-theories can assist in building and refining ..
Bestselling author, psychotherapist, and leading parenting expert on tackling any child's worst behaviorFollowing her phenomenally successful, Honey, I Wrecked the Kids, parenting guru Alyson Schaefer addresses every parent's secret fear: their child is the one no parenting book can possibly help. I..
All Our Families, a project of the Berkeley Forum on the Family, takes a hard look at contemporary families. Thoroughly revised and updated, this second edition includes chapters on divorcing families, single-parent families, step-families, dual-income families, adolescent-parent families, immigrant..
In the first comprehensive history of American manhood, E. Anthony Rotundo sweeps away the groundless assumptions and myths that inform the current fascination with men's lives. Opposing the views of men's movement leaders and best-selling authors who maintain that manliness is eternal and unchangin..
Book by Terence Edward Tierney, Joseph J. Campo Author: Terence Edward Tierney Publisher: Alba House Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0818906677 ISBN-13: 9780818906671..
Written for pre-service and in-service early childhood professionals in child care, preschool, or kindergarten through third grade settings, ART AND CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT FOR YOUNG CHILDREN, 7th Edition, takes a child-centered approach to art education. Updated throughout, the book includes an in-dep..
This engaging and informative book gives you the knowledge you need to understand students with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) and the strategies you can use to help them succeed in school. Drawing on her 20 years experience working with students with ASDs, Barbara Boroson guides you through creat..
Product DescriptionOrdinary citizens face a frustrating and increasingly complex maze of human service agencies when they seek help for everyday problems, even though one stop information and referral centers have been established to facilitate information seeking in many communities. This book expl..
Contrary to the stereotype of the “strong Black woman,” African American women are more plagued by domestic violence than any other racial group in the United States. In fact, African American women experience intimate partner violence at a rate 35% higher than white women and about two and a half t..
Caring for a child is a big responsibility. From the moment a caregiver takes charge, the responsibility of the child's safety, health and general wellbeing, rests with the child care provider. Beyond Parenting Basics: The International Nanny Association's Official Guide to In-Home Child Care was de..
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"[An] empathetic study of the meanings of cross-racial adoption to adoptees." Law and Politics Book ReviewCan White parents teach their Black children African American culture and history Can they impart to them the survival skills necessary to survive in the racially stratified United States Conc..
Former USA Today columnist Kristin Clark Taylor has put together a love song to African American mothers. As she writes in the Introduction: "to any mother who ever kissed a scraped knee; broke up a playground fight; spent part of the rent money on a pair of badly needed Buster Browns; preserved a m..
Former USA Today columnist Kristin Clark Taylor has put together a love song to African American mothers. As she writes in the Introduction: "to any mother who ever kissed a scraped knee; broke up a playground fight; spent part of the rent money on a pair of badly needed Buster Browns; preserved a m..
Most Americans assume that shared genes or blood relationships provide the strongest basis for family. What can adoption tell us about this widespread belief and American kinship in general Blue-Ribbon Babies and Labors of Love examines the ways class, gender, and race shape public and private adop..
Explores new ways to think about privacy and disclosure. Author: Petronio, Sandra Publisher: State University of New York Press Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0791455165 ISBN-13: 9780791455166..
Citing the challenge that racism poses to raising healthy African-American males, a guide for parents and educators offers strategies on dealing with contemporary problems, communicating effectively, and instilling a positive racial identity. Reprint. Author: Franklin, A. J. Publisher: Plume Binding..
Citing the challenge that racism poses to raising healthy African-American males, a guide for parents and educators offers strategies on dealing with contemporary problems, communicating effectively, and instilling a positive racial identity. 17,500 first printing. Tour. Author: Toussaint, Pamela A...