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Book Synopsis'God, I need you to do something in my children!'Have those words found their way into your desperate prayers? Do you feel helpless to know how to equip your children for this world and all it throws at them? If so, you''re not alone.When Brooke McGlothlin realized her best efforts were falling woefully short of her goal to produce godly children, she discovered the joy and power of praying Scripture over her family. Her life and her children''s lives were transformed. Yours can be too.Complete with prayers for specific situations, this encouraging book is perfect for times when you· feel too busy to pray,· don''t know what or how to pray,· don''t know if your prayers really matter.Nothing is more powerful and faith-building than praying God''s Word for those you love. Become a mom full of hope in the God who can, even if you can''t. 'Praying Mom is the prayer

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Book SynopsisThis book reconceptualizes child and youth care by bringing critical and postmodern perspectives to bear on practices, programs, and policies.Table of ContentsPreface: A Personal and Professional Journey / Alan PenceIntroduction / Alan Pence and Jennifer WhitePart 1: Teaching and Theorizing Child and Youth Care1 Articulating a Child and Youth Care Philosophy: Beyond Binary Constructs / J.N. Little2 Rethinking Developmental Theories in Child and Youth Care / Veronica Pacini- Ketchabaw3 Re-Stor(y)ing Professional Ethics in Child and Youth Care: Toward More Contextualized, Reflexive and Generative Practices / Jennifer WhitePart 2: Critically Interrogating Gender in Child and Youth Care4 Doing “Sissy” and “Tomboy”: Exploring Childhood Participation in and Resistance to Discourses of Gender and Sexuality / Jonathan Morris5 Bottom of the Food Chain: The Minoritization of Girls in Child and Youth Care / Sandrina de Finney, Elicia Loiselle, and Mackenzie Dean6 Father Involvement Initiatives: Social Inclusion or the (Re)Construction of Hegemonic Masculinity? / B. Denise HodginsPart 3: Expanding Perspectives in Child and Youth Care Practice7 Northern Canadian Practice as a Site for Exploration of Child and Youth Care Identities: Inside and Outside Professionalization / Brooke Alsbury8 Considering Street Outreach to Youth: Politics, Policies, and Practice / Mark L. Kelly9 Contextualizing Care: Generating Alternatives to the Individualization of Struggles and Support by Considering Loss / Janet NewburyPart 4: Policy Discourses in Child and Youth Care10 Constructing and Regulating the Young Offender: Trends in Punishment from Colonial to Contemporary Canada / Lorinda Stoneman11 Once upon a Time There Was a Ready Child: Challenging Readiness as a Single Story / Kathleen KummenAfterword / Jennifer White and Alan PenceIndex

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Book SynopsisPresents a guide for moms and dads of talented and gifted children. In this practical book, authors - experts in the field of parenting - present their Seven-Step Program for Encouraging and Protecting High-Achieving Children.Trade Review"This book provides the third voice that parents of gifted chidlrenreally need to help make the difficult everyday decisions. How muchstudy or practice is too much versus too little? How much pressureor competition is an incentive for a child's mastery, and how muchis too stressful for a young talented person?" (Bonnie and FredWaitzkin, Bonnie Waitzkin, director of chess program for giftedelementary school children, Fred Waitzkin, author, Searching forBobby Fischer and The Last Marlin.) "An excellent book for all parents to read! It fills a voidespecially for parents with kids in sports." (Joan Ryan, author,Little Girls in Pretty Boxes) "A concise yet richly developed book on a critical topic for thiscentury, by a well-respected psychiatrist." (Ron Kamm, M.D., vicepresident, International Society for Sport Psychiatry and fellow ofthe American Psychiatric Association) "Tofler and DiGeronimo's pre-eminent book develops reasonedapproaches to the development of healthy, successful, and talentedchildren, while avoiding the potentially damaging, even deadlydemands placed upon their young shoulders. . . . [they] haveprovided marvelous examples, suggestions, guidelines, andconclusions. They will show you how to define the distinctionsbetween healthy nurturing and harmful exploitation as you bringyour talented, highly talented or even genius children in a familysetting." (Larry Stone, M.D., past president, American Academy ofChild and Adolescent Psychiatry, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry,University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio)Table of ContentsIntroduction. AN UP-CLOSE LOOK AT PARENTS AND CHILDREN. Debating What is Best for Our Children. From Benign to Abusive. A SEVEN-STEP PROGRAM FOR ENCOURAGING AND PROTECTING HIGH-ACHIEVINGCHILDREN. Step 1: Define and Evaluate "Talent" Why Evaluate Talent?; Six Points of Talent Evaluation; Advice from the Experts. Step 2: Selecting Classes, Schools, and Camps that Cater toHigh-Achieving Children Evaluate Four Motives for Special Training:1) Improvement of Skill, 2) Supportive Environment, 3) EliteExposure, 4) Resume Building; and Advice From the Experts. Step 3: Beware Abusive Instructors Avoiding the Win-At-Any-CostInstructor; The Burden of Star Makers; Understanding The Verbal Batterer; The Danger of the Parent Substitute; Beware the Sexual Abuser; Advice from the Experts. Step 4: Weigh the Cost of Sacrifice Childhood Sacrifices; Parental Sacrifices; Sibling Sacrifices; Advice from the Experts. Step 5: Look Beyond the Talent Into the Future Look Beyond theTalent; Look Where You're Going; Beware the Downside of Competition; Watch Those Social Skills; Minimize Chronic Stress; Nurture Your Parent/Child Relationship; Advice from the Experts. Step 6: Beware the Red Flags of Achievement by Proxy DistortionBurnout; Over-training; Depression; Psychological Pain and Illness; Eating Disorders; Substance Abuse; Answering a Cry For Help. Step 7: Take a Good Look at your Parenting Style AutocraticController; Narcissistic and Needy; Financially Hungry; Overly Competitive; Frustrated Wanna-Be or Has-Been; Living in Denial; Untangling the Roots of ABPD; Encourage and Support. Epilogue. Chapter Notes.

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Book SynopsisThis superb, rational, and highly readable volume answers a deeplyfelt need. Parents and educators alike have long struggled tounderstand what meanings race might have for the very young, andfor ways to insure that every child grows up with a healthy senseof self. Marguerite Wright handles sensitive issues with consummateclarity, practicality, and hope. Here we have an indispensableguide that will doubtless prove a classic. --Edward Zigler, sterling professor of psychology and director,Yale Bush Center in Child Development and Social Policy A child''s concept of race is quite different from that of an adult.Young children perceive skin color as magical--even changeable--andunlike adults, are incapable of understanding adult predjudicessurrounding race and racism. Just as children learn to walk andtalk, they likewise come to understand race in a series ofpredictable stages. Based on Marguerite A. Wright''s research and clinical experience,I''m Chocolate, You''re VaTrade Review"This book is useful for all parents who want their children togrow up with healthy attitudes in a world that uses race toseparate human beings. . . . A worthwhile read." "This superb, rational, and highly readable volume answers a deeplyfelt need. Parents and educators alike have long struggled tounderstand what meanings race might have for the very young, andfor ways to ensure that every child grows up with a healthy senseof self. Marguerite Wright handles sensitive issues with consummateclarity, practicality, and hope. Here we have an indispensableguide that will doubtless prove a classic." (Edward Zigler, Ph.D.,sterling professor of psychology and director, Yale Bush Center inChild Development and Social Policy) "Here, at last, is an intelligent, well-researched and provocative,yet also comforting and reassuring book of advice. For parents whoare trying to raise emotionally healthy children in a raciallypolarized world, Marguerite Wright has performed a timely andtremAndous public service." (Clarence E. Page, syndicatedcolumnist, The Chicago Tribune) "As I read Dr. Wright's book, I was reminded of what it's like topeel an onion. Layer after layer, the book uncovers the complexissues surrounding race and children. With wisdom and compassion,she explains how black and biracial children perceive color andrace. But, most importantly, she gives us guidelines we need toraise healthy and happy children in our race conscious world. Anexcellent primer for parents, teachers, counselors, and anyone whois concerned with the future of our children." (Belva Davis,reporter, KRON-TV, San Francisco) "In her book, Marguarite Wright uses a wealth of examples from herwork with children and families and offers a creative array ofsuggestions and strategies for raising health black and biracialchildren. This book is a much-needed guide for rearing children ina society that is all too conscious about race." (Tony Paap,president and CEO, Children's Hospital Oakland) "Finally, a practical and intelligent discussion of a complex issuethat is so frequently misunderstood. All those who want to raisehealthy children who have a positive sense of themselves can gainvaluable lessons from this book." (Pedro Noguera, professor ofeducation, University of California, Berkeley) "This is simply the best book I've ever read on raising or teachingminority children. It's short . . . filled with memorableobservations and useful advice." (Joe Morris, professor anddirector, School of Psychology, California State University,Northridge)Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction 1 Part One: That Magical Place: Race Awareness in the Preschool Years 11 1 Chocolate and Vanilla: How Preschoolers See Color and Race 13 2 How Preschoolers Begin to Learn Racial Attitudes 36 3 When to Be Concerned That Race Is a Problem for Preschoolers 59 4 Raising the Racially Healthy Preschooler 73 Part Two: The Waning of Racial Innocence: The Early School Years 91 5 Shades of Brown and Black: How Early Grade-Schoolers See Color and Race 93 6 Black Children’s Self-Esteem: The Real Deal 123 7 How School Influences Children’s Awareness of Color and Race 147 Part Three: Reality Bites: Race Awareness in Middle Childhood and Adolescence 173 8 Fading to Black and White: How Children in the Middle Years See Race 175 9 How School Influences Older Children’s Ideas About Race 197 10 Preparing for Adolescence: The Lines Are Drawn 218 11 A Healthy High School Experience: You Can Make a Difference 239 Epilogue 261 Appendix: Stages of Race Awareness 265 Notes 269 About the Author 281 Index 283

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Book SynopsisThis is handy resource is filled with learning strategies for teachers and parents who are working with struggling students. The book offers a wealth of learning strategies that show students how to approach tasks in new ways that can reduce or eliminate their frustrations and enable them to complete tasks more successfully.

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Book SynopsisA licensed counselor with more than 20 years' experience working with children and parents helps you understand of how anxiety affects your child's body, mind, thoughts, behavior, and feelings. With helpful stories and illustrations, this book offers practical tools from a faithful perspective that will help you and your child to tame their anxiety.

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Book SynopsisWith simple, practical ideas based on scriptural truth, bestselling authors offer 100 easy ways to love your son well and understand what he needs to thrive--and to create a lasting, loving relationship.

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Book SynopsisWith simple, practical ideas based on scriptural truth, bestselling authors and founders of Club31Women.com and FaithfulMan.com offer 100 easy ways to love your daughter well and understand what she needs to thrive--and create a lasting, loving relationship.

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Book SynopsisAll moms worry, right? But if you suffer from an anxiety disorder, that worry can quickly become debilitating. Fears about something bad happening to your kids, obsessing, stigmas around taking medication, panic attacks, the need for control, difficulty sleeping, and the feeling of what your anxiety says about your faith. You know your time with your kids is precious, but the worry, fear, and anxiety conspire to steal your joy.In Mama''s Got Anxiety, fellow anxious mom Courtney Devich helps you understand all the anxious feelings you''re facing so you can cope and take your joy back. Equipping you with biblical hope and encouragement, she shows you· the truth to combat the lies you''ve believed about your anxiety· the strength from God''s Word to face all the feelings and symptoms of anxiety · how anxiety is not a sign of weak faith or something to be ashamed of · how God can use your anxiety for good You d

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Book SynopsisNFL superstar, commentator, activist, and dad lays out his step-by-step game plan from preseason (preparing for fatherhood) to Superbowl (birth) to postseason (after the baby's home), teaching men how to prepare to be the best possible partners and fathers they can be.

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Book SynopsisAnxiety, depression, and mental health struggles are increasingly present in children ages 3-10. Bestselling author and neuroscientist shares a clear and effective five-step plan to teach your child how to manage their minds so they can live a life with greater resilience, health, and happiness in a changing and challenging world.

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Book SynopsisAnalyzing contemporary narratives of the secret lives led by writers' fathers.Trade ReviewA compelling close reading of eighteen memoirs, all of which, Porter finds, struggle with the problem of narrative voice and agency in the context of auto/biography. Structurally, Porter's book is methodical, with each text given the same treatment: a thesis that connects the text to the chapter's theme; an introduction to the text; the methods or levels of detective work involved in the writer's search; the attitude with which the text seems to be written—vengeful, understanding, judgmental, self-reflective; a comparator text; and an interrogation into whether the text's success in finding parent or self. -- Teresa Coronado * Rocky Mountain Review *Detective stories are everywhere: as many critics have claimed, most novels, at least since Bleak House, bear traces of detective fiction. If this is true of novels, Porter's fascinating book argues that it is also the case for literary memoirs—where the mysteries and people investigated are particularly close to home. -- Jonathan Taylor * Times Literary Supplement *Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Child's Book of Parental Deception1. Faith-Changing for Life The Wounds of Memory: Shame and Discovery in the Kurzem Family Into the Belly of the Beast: Counterfeiting Identity for Survival Probing Secret Conversions: Helen Fremont's Anguished Inquisition2. Deciphering Enigma Codes Shadowing the Furtive Father Beyond the Grave: Mary Gordon’s Ambivalent Inquiry "Love Is No Detective": Germaine Greer’s Guilty Hunt Family on the Lam: A Son Running After Secrets A Scavenger in the Archives: The "Memory Boy" Tracks His Parents The Naked Lady’s Face and the Detective’s Effacement3. The Men Who Were Not There Sleuthing Amidst the Shards of the Past: Tracking Absence in the Austers The Letters and the Flag: Recuperating a Lost Father Speaking Him into the World: A Daughter Reenters Her Father’s History A Father Gone Missing: Documenting a Broken Bond4. Becoming One’s Parent The Limits of Privacy: Decorum and Exposure at the Ackerley’s "Lies Like Contagious Diseases": The Secrets of the Duke and His Son Imagining Himself in the Paternal Matrix Shared Secrets in the Fun House5. Breaking the Silence Race, Secrecy, and Discovery: Black on White, White on BlackConclusion: Freedom or Exploitation?Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThere is no denying it: motherhood splits a woman's life forever, into a before and an after. To this doubled life Lisa Catherine Harper brings a wealth of feeling and a wry sense of humour, a will to understand the emotional and biological transformations that motherhood entails, and a narrative gift that any reader will enjoy.Trade Review"A sweet, immediate articulation of the experience of pregnancy, birth and early motherhood."—Kirkus"Harper's elegant, thoughtful writing makes this a must-read for expectant parents. . . . The author's decision to cast her own experiences against the larger backdrops of biology, family, and transformation makes her book universal, moving, and relevant."—Publishers Weekly"The terrain of Harper's memoir—pregnancy, birth, the first months of motherhood—is familiar, but the honest and funny voice in which she tells it, and the nuanced observations with which it is filled, are unique."—Lindsey Mead, A Design So Vast" I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to remember that first nine of months of motherhood . . . . I also think that this would make a fabulous gift for a mother-to-be, whether it's her first pregnancy or her fourth, or even to a grandmother-to-be, so that she can remember her own pregnancy as she's living her daughter's."—Jennifer Donovan, 5MinutesforMom.com"Anyone with a family—and those contemplating starting one—will enjoy this wry, revealing memoir of motherhood."—Georgia Rowe, San Jose Mercury News"The way that Harper entwines science, history, narrative, and reflection makes reading this book like watching a carefully choreographed dance. . . . In each chapter, Harper explores one aspect of her emotional and physical reactions to pregnancy and childbirth, connecting her experiences with something larger. And whether she is meditating on movement, pain, love, faith, or mortality, she does so thoroughly, diving in and searching out what she really thinks and believes about the "double life" -- before and after motherhood -- that she's living."—Kate Hopper, Literary MamaTable of ContentsInside Conception Expecting Something from Nothing Signs and Symptoms Tested Public Life Pas de Deux My Phantom Self Song of the Self The Mind-Body Problem The Lives and Deaths of Mothers Room for One’s Own Last Days Inside/Out Outside The Fourth Trimester Hatching Sea Change In the Dark Out of the Body An American Woman’s Home Flying Home

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Book SynopsisA frank exploration of how parents view their teen's sexualityTrade Review"Not My Kid successfully portrays the paradox in how parents think about teenage sexuality in general versus how they think about their teenagers' sexuality specifically...highly informative." -- D' Lane R. Compton * American Journal of Sociology *"Not My Kid is a necessary addition to the sex education literature...This book helps to answer the question of why contemporary young adults, in light of increasing awareness, still rely on and perpetuate sexual stereotypes...Not My Kid offers a fresh perspective on teenage sexuality that does not frame sexuality as negative; instead, it explains why these tropes are so common. Elliott points out how many of the ways that we conceive of and discuss teenage sexuality do not allow for a comprehensive picture of satisfying, pleasurable, agentic sex for young adults, instead reinforcing stereotypes and binary thinking. This book would enhance a variety of classes, covering families, sexuality, and inequality." -- Rachel Kalish * Gender & Society *"[Elliott registers] the intense bonds that parents make to and with their children andthe ways that sexualityseen as always looming on the horizonthreatens toundo those bonds. The stories Elliott is able to tell are emotionally dense...[This book] is a powerful sociological argument about the workings of social inequality." -- Jen Glibert * Social Forces *"Elliott effectively uses interviews with a wide variety of parents to show how parents respond to social norms and views of their own children in a way that often results in resisting to address adolescent sexuality forthrightly... a well-supported, educational overview of a wide range of parents and their views on their teenager's sexuality." -- Cassandra Dishman * Journal of Youth Adolescence *"Sinikka Elliotts book offers the balance one hopes for as a reader of a qualitative study: clear takeaways and a nuanced, complex analysis surrounding them.... Students will be drawn in and motivated by the lively topic, accessible writing style, and lively evidence; and along the way, students and instructors will get the opportunity for a rich, systematic, and capacity-building sociological adventure." -- Emily W. Kane * Teaching Sociology *"Not My Kid is an engaging and incisive contribution to contemporary debates over youth and sexuality education. As Elliott debunks prevailing myths about parents, kids, and & the talk about sex, a new picture emerges in which parents navigate and contribute to a broad social context characterized by ambivalence, anxiety, and persistent inequalities. Elliott helps readers appreciate the need for social policies that confront the culture of fear surrounding young peoples sexuality and bolster parents efforts to support their childrens development as sexual beings." -- Jessica Fields,author of Risky Lessons: Sex Education and Social Inequality"Beautifully written, engaging, and insightful, Not My Kidadvances our critical understanding of the complex tensions, contradictions, and paradoxes parents decipher as they make sense of the sex lives of their adolescent children. Sinikka Elliott invites readers to think critically about the revealing stories of parenting and family life that give life to this relevant book, and the emerging implications for the future of sex education programs and debates in an increasingly diverse and technological society." -- Gloria Gonzalez-Lopez,author of Erotic Journeys: Mexican Immigrants and Their Sex Lives"The book's prescriptive argument in seeking social and cultural change is well made and convincing." * Choice *"Highly readable and accessibly written, Not My Kid is suitable for a wide range of audiences, including undergraduate students and general readers. Elliott makes extensive use of her informants own words and stories throughout the book, enhancing its appeal...Not My Kid promises to be an excellent resource in courses on human sexuality, gender, families, and social problems, as well as introductory sociology." * Sex Roles *"[This book] brings a mirror to our society, an image that we need to closely examine and see if we like what we see." * Sacramento Book Review *Table of ContentsSex Panics: Debates over Sex Education and the Construction of Teen Sexuality 2. The Asexual Teen: Naivete, Dependence, and Sexual Danger3. Negotiating the Erotic: When Parents and Teens Talk about Sex 4. The Hypersexual Teen: Sexy Bodies, Raging Hormones, and Irresponsibility 5. Other Teens: How Race, Class, and Gender Matter 6. Anxious Monitoring: Strategies of Protection and Surveillance 7. Uncertainty in Parents' Sexual Lessons 8. Conclusion: Reconstructing Teen Sexuality

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Book SynopsisFrom the selection of toys, clothes, and activities to styles of play and emotional expression, the family is ground zero for where children learn about gender. This book provides an account of how today's parents understand, enforce, and resist the gendering of their children.Trade Review"Fundamentally, this book delves deeply into the meanings and practices of gender in parenting, offering concrete examples of the daily bargains and compromises that parents and children make and situating their negotiations in a palpable world of witnesses whose gaze parents feel upon them. Undergraduates will enjoy the real-world stories of gendered structures coming alive in interaction. The rest of us are likely to be surprised by what Kane found, either so much gender resistance or so much gender retrenchment- with both ably chronicled here." -- Allison J. Pugh * American Journal of Sociology *"A fascinating and important exploration and analysis of how parents navigate the gender trap." -- Cordelia Fine,author of Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference"Emily Kane shows clearly that most parents understand childrens personality to be some combination of nature and nurture, and many wish they could help nurture their children to escape gender traps. Yet these parents are themselves trapped by the gender structure itself, especially the accountability they feel to other peoples expectations, and the fear that if their boys are free to explore activities usually associated with girls they will be punished by the world around them. The author shows clearly that to help parents navigate childrearing, we have to change the world around them. A good read, perfect for the undergraduate classroom, and clear enough even to give to those new parents in your family or the neighborhood." -- Barbara J. Risman,editor of Families as They Really Are"With insight and compassion, Kane shows how today's parentseven those with egalitarian intentionstoo often still nudge their children toward narrow binary conceptions of gender. But Kane's is not simply a story of social reproduction; she shows how parents variously understand, navigate, and even sometimes resist the gender trap, pointing the way to a more humane world for all of our children." -- Michael A. Messner,author of It's All for the Kids: Gender, Families and Youth Sports"[] Kanes carefully constructed arguments and ample qualitative evidence makes this a very useful read for social scientists interested in family, childhood, socialization, and/or gender." * Social Forces *"Kane writes in a manner that is easily understood yet expressive [...] the book is essential to areas in Sociology that focus on family, gender, inequality, as well as theory (social constructionism). At the same time, The Gender Trap can be used in Gender studies, Queer studies, Psychology, and in Women's studies as Kane touches on the subjects of class, race, sexual orientation and more when discussions notions of gender." * Metapsychology *Table of Contents"Glamour Babies" and "Little Toughies" Wanting a Girl, Wanting a Boy: Conceptual Building Blocks "It's in Their Nature": Naturalizers "I Think a Lot of It Is Us, Parents and Society": Cultivators "We Try Not to Encourage It, but I Know It Gets in There": Refiners "You Applaud All the Other Stuff": Innovators "Surviving in a Gendered Culture": Resisters "A Better World": Dismantling the Gender Trap Appendix: Research Methods

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Book SynopsisAnalyzing the goals and aspirations parents have for their children as well as the strategies they use to reach them, this book discovers fundamental differences among American parenting styles that expose class fault lines, both within the elite and between the elite and the middle and working classes.Trade Review"In Parenting Out of Control, sociologist Margaret K. Nelson bemoans the social isolation of todays families and describes the disservice overanxious parents ultimately do. . . . While parents insist they want their offspring to be free thinkers, their tactics result in young adults still tethered to the home." * Fit Pregnancy *"The perfect antidote to all those hyperbolic articles about overbearing, overprotective moms who hover, helicopter, and micromanage, grounded as it is in actual social-science research, nuanced analysis, and an eagerness to look beyond cliches... The result is a fascinating and sometimes surprising portrait of modern parenting." * Bitch Magazine *"Nelson goes beyond simplistic criticisms of & helicopter parents to illuminate the complex motivations, personal histories, and practical dilemmas that affect the parenting choices of educated professionals in our changing world. Using rich interview data, she shows that their new parenting styles reflect and in turn exacerbate the growing social isolation of these mothers and fathers and even put their marriages at risk. Persuasively argued and highly readable." -- Stephanie Coontz,author of Marriage, A History: How Love Conquered Marriage"Right from the first pages, and on through the book as a whole, she offers a highly engaging analysis that elegantly situates rich and intriguing examples in a broader social context, allowing us to understand those examples in new ways. The work is lively, carefully argued, and compelling in its qualititative data analysis as well as its links to multiple scholarly literatures." -- Emily W. Kane * American Journal of Sociology *"Nelson tries to trace what’s behind the [parenting out of control] phenomenon, looking at it from a sociological view, not a psychological one. She points at a confluence of socioeconomic factors including a reaction to sex and violence in the media, perceived danger from crime, and the feeling that today’s children must work harder to prepare for going out on their own." -- Gordon Dritschilo * Rutland Herald *"“Placing this phenomenon [hovercraft parenting] within a sociological context, Nelson explores the effects of this approach on both the children and the parents and why it is so persistently practiced by the professional middle class. Sociologists and academics will find much to glean here. The appendixes, outlining the technological choices of various populations, are both insightful and alarming." * Library Journal, Academic Newswire *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: No Playpen I Parenting Styles Introduction to Part I: Anxious and Engaged 1 Looking toward an Uncertain Future 2 Looking Back: Are the Good Times Gone? 3 Clear and Present Dangers 4 How They Parent: Styles, Satisfactions, and Tensions II Parenting and Technology Introduction to Part II: Do You Know Where Your Children Are? 5 Staying Connected 6 Constraining Practices 7 What They're Hiding: Spying and Surveillance 8 From Care to Control Conclusion: The Consequences of Parenting Out of Control Appendix A: Methods Appendix B: Data Analysis Notes Bibliography Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisA lucid and insightful work providing an authoritative examination of what happens when new strategies for parenting go too farTrade Review"In Parenting Out of Control, sociologist Margaret K. Nelson bemoans the social isolation of todays families and describes the disservice overanxious parents ultimately do. . . . While parents insist they want their offspring to be free thinkers, their tactics result in young adults still tethered to the home." * Fit Pregnancy *"The perfect antidote to all those hyperbolic articles about overbearing, overprotective moms who hover, helicopter, and micromanage, grounded as it is in actual social-science research, nuanced analysis, and an eagerness to look beyond cliches... The result is a fascinating and sometimes surprising portrait of modern parenting." * Bitch Magazine *"Nelson goes beyond simplistic criticisms of & helicopter parents to illuminate the complex motivations, personal histories, and practical dilemmas that affect the parenting choices of educated professionals in our changing world. Using rich interview data, she shows that their new parenting styles reflect and in turn exacerbate the growing social isolation of these mothers and fathers and even put their marriages at risk. Persuasively argued and highly readable." -- Stephanie Coontz,author of Marriage, A History: How Love Conquered Marriage"Right from the first pages, and on through the book as a whole, she offers a highly engaging analysis that elegantly situates rich and intriguing examples in a broader social context, allowing us to understand those examples in new ways. The work is lively, carefully argued, and compelling in its qualititative data analysis as well as its links to multiple scholarly literatures." -- Emily W. Kane * American Journal of Sociology *"Nelson tries to trace what’s behind the [parenting out of control] phenomenon, looking at it from a sociological view, not a psychological one. She points at a confluence of socioeconomic factors including a reaction to sex and violence in the media, perceived danger from crime, and the feeling that today’s children must work harder to prepare for going out on their own." -- Gordon Dritschilo * Rutland Herald *"“Placing this phenomenon [hovercraft parenting] within a sociological context, Nelson explores the effects of this approach on both the children and the parents and why it is so persistently practiced by the professional middle class. Sociologists and academics will find much to glean here. The appendixes, outlining the technological choices of various populations, are both insightful and alarming." * Library Journal, Academic Newswire *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: No Playpen I Parenting Styles Introduction to Part I: Anxious and Engaged 1 Looking toward an Uncertain Future 2 Looking Back: Are the Good Times Gone? 3 Clear and Present Dangers 4 How They Parent: Styles, Satisfactions, and Tensions II Parenting and Technology Introduction to Part II: Do You Know Where Your Children Are? 5 Staying Connected 6 Constraining Practices 7 What They're Hiding: Spying and Surveillance 8 From Care to Control Conclusion: The Consequences of Parenting Out of Control Appendix A: Methods Appendix B: Data Analysis Notes Bibliography Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisBased on a two-year study of boys aged four to six, this book offers a new way of thinking about boys' development. It provides insight into ways in which adults can foster boys' healthy resistance and help them to access a broader range of options for expressing themselves.Trade Review"To what extent are & masculine qualities innate? This is just one of the questions that Judy Y. Chu sets out to answer in her book When Boys Become Boys, based on a two-year study in which she observed a group of six boys from pre-kindergarten to grade one (age four to six) at a US school. . . . Ultimately, When Boys Become Boys is not a critique of prevailing masculine ideals but a plea for adults to help boys resist societal pressures so that they do not feel compelled to censor, distort or misrepresent themselves in order to accommodate these externally imposed standards." * The Psychologist *"Chu possesses three rare gifts: she gets boys to open up to her and describe their lives in gorgeous detail; she listens with extraordinary compassion, and she analyzes their experiences with the meticulous care of both finely tuned head and heart. In so doing, she gives us a single gift both rare and precious: a look inside the world of boys, wriggling between demands about performing for others, and eager to be who they really are." -- Michael Kimmel,author of Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men"In this provocative and beautifully written book, Judy Chu reveals that we have been telling ourselves a false story about boys and their development. Boys, she finds, dont start off being the emotionally disconnected stereotype that our culture projects onto them. They become those stereotypes via cultural socialization. Yet boys also resist, and maintain their humanity despite living in a culture that denies it to them. A must read for anyone interested in boys." -- Niobe Way,author of Deep Secrets: Boys’ Friendships and the Crisis of Connection"Chu presents an engaging observational study, taking as her subjectssix preschool boys,much in the tradition of Vivian Paley'sSuperheroes in the Doll Corner (CH, Jan '85). A foreword by Carol Gilligan, who sponsored the original research, sets the tone of this study as an investigation of the ways boys establish the social and emotional habits that allow them to navigate the world of the boy group and later the world of men. The critical focus is on how boys understand the relational world in the preschool years, and how they maintain their relational capacities while learning gender roles. The text is full of delicately observed descriptions and verbatim discussions between Chu and the boys. . . . Depth is added by inclusion of interviews with parents and by the contributionsof teachers, giving some background to the children's views of gender. Helpful notes add value. This volume will be excellent supplemental classroom reading and a helpful guide for observational projects, and the style and topic extend the book's audience beyond the academy. Summing Up: Highly recommended." * Choice *"Reading When Boys Become Boys has significantly altered my thinking about what it means to be a boy." * BookTrib.com *"[H]er book offers an insightful portrait of group interactions and hierarchy in boys. She convincingly makes the case that, being human, boys share with girls the capacity to relate." * Library Journal *"Chu writes in a manner that is easy to understand and as she bases her research on relational theory, she often comes back to and describe the ways in which relationships become the basis for the boys in her study.Parents will also find this book valuable as they navigate early childhood with their child or children." * Metapsychology *"Chu has produced an exceptionally accessible addition to the literature on the topic and a well-written argument that encourages us to think deeply and differently about how family and peer relationships affect young boys' gender development and performances of masculinity." * PsycCRITIQUES *Table of ContentsForeword by Carol Gilligan Introduction 1. Entering Boys' World 2. Boys' Relational Capabilities 3. Socialization and Its Discontents 4. Boys versus the Mean Team 5. Boys' Awareness, Agency, and Adaptation 6. Parents' Perspectives on Boys' Predicament Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisBased on a two-year study of boys aged four to six, this book offers a new way of thinking about boys' development. It provides insight into ways in which adults can foster boys' healthy resistance and help them to access a broader range of options for expressing themselves.Trade ReviewTo what extent are & masculine qualities innate? This is just one of the questions that Judy Y. Chu sets out to answer in her book When Boys Become Boys, based on a two-year study in which she observed a group of six boys from pre-kindergarten to grade one (age four to six) at a US school. . . . Ultimately, When Boys Become Boys is not a critique of prevailing masculine ideals but a plea for adults to help boys resist societal pressures so that they do not feel compelled to censor, distort or misrepresent themselves in order to accommodate these externally imposed standards. * The Psychologist *Chu possesses three rare gifts: she gets boys to open up to her and describe their lives in gorgeous detail; she listens with extraordinary compassion, and she analyzes their experiences with the meticulous care of both finely tuned head and heart. In so doing, she gives us a single gift both rare and precious: a look inside the world of boys, wriggling between demands about performing for others, and eager to be who they really are. -- Michael Kimmel,author of Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become MenIn this provocative and beautifully written book, Judy Chu reveals that we have been telling ourselves a false story about boys and their development. Boys, she finds, dont start off being the emotionally disconnected stereotype that our culture projects onto them. They become those stereotypes via cultural socialization. Yet boys also resist, and maintain their humanity despite living in a culture that denies it to them. A must read for anyone interested in boys. -- Niobe Way,author of Deep Secrets: Boys’ Friendships and the Crisis of ConnectionChu presents an engaging observational study, taking as her subjectssix preschool boys,much in the tradition of Vivian Paley'sSuperheroes in the Doll Corner (CH, Jan '85). A foreword by Carol Gilligan, who sponsored the original research, sets the tone of this study as an investigation of the ways boys establish the social and emotional habits that allow them to navigate the world of the boy group and later the world of men. The critical focus is on how boys understand the relational world in the preschool years, and how they maintain their relational capacities while learning gender roles. The text is full of delicately observed descriptions and verbatim discussions between Chu and the boys. . . . Depth is added by inclusion of interviews with parents and by the contributionsof teachers, giving some background to the children's views of gender. Helpful notes add value. This volume will be excellent supplemental classroom reading and a helpful guide for observational projects, and the style and topic extend the book's audience beyond the academy. Summing Up: Highly recommended. * Choice *Reading When Boys Become Boys has significantly altered my thinking about what it means to be a boy. * BookTrib.com *[H]er book offers an insightful portrait of group interactions and hierarchy in boys. She convincingly makes the case that, being human, boys share with girls the capacity to relate. * Library Journal *Chu writes in a manner that is easy to understand and as she bases her research on relational theory, she often comes back to and describe the ways in which relationships become the basis for the boys in her study.Parents will also find this book valuable as they navigate early childhood with their child or children. * Metapsychology *Chu has produced an exceptionally accessible addition to the literature on the topic and a well-written argument that encourages us to think deeply and differently about how family and peer relationships affect young boys' gender development and performances of masculinity. * PsycCRITIQUES *Table of ContentsForeword by Carol Gilligan Introduction 1. Entering Boys' World 2. Boys' Relational Capabilities 3. Socialization and Its Discontents 4. Boys versus the Mean Team 5. Boys' Awareness, Agency, and Adaptation 6. Parents' Perspectives on Boys' Predicament Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisIn this thought-provoking and highly practical book, Rosenberg explores the challenges of raising ethical children today and addresses the key things that we can say and do to set them on the right path. With Judaism's perspective on universal moral virtues as her guide, she helps parents and other adults raise kids to do what's right and make this world a better place.

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Book SynopsisPositive advice for divorced dads and their families The country's leading authority on fathers' rights Jeffery M. Leving presents a definitive how-to resource for divorced dads of any age, background, and marriage history.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1 The Obstacles: Identify the Factors That Can Drive a Wedge Between You and Your Children 7 2 The Difference Between Good Dads and Struggling Fathers 25 3 The Impact of Divorce on Children: The Knowledge You Need, the Actions You Should Take 45 4 Romance: Use Your Head When It Comes to Your Heart 63 5 Money Issues: How to Manage Changing and Challenging Financial Situations 79 6 When There’s a New Man in Your Children’s Life: How to Avoid Being Replaced 97 7 Therapy Isn’t for Women Only: Dealing with Your Issues So You Can Have a Better Relationship with Your Kids 117 8 Legal Remedies: How the Courts Can Help You and Your Kids 133 9 Going Forward: How to Maintain and Strengthen Connections with Your Kids 149 10 Developing Trends and Changes That Still Need to Be Made 155 Resources 165 Notes 169 Index 171

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Book SynopsisInspiring life wisdom from people of all agesbased on the This I Believe radio program The popular This I Believe series, which has aired on NPR and on Bob Edwards'' shows on Sirius XM Satellite and public radio, explores the personal beliefs and guiding principles by which Americans live today. This book brings together treasured life lessons of people from all walks of life. Whether it''s learning the power of saying hello or how courage comes with practice, their intimate reflections will inspire, move, and encourage you. Filled with the valuable insights distilled from a wide range of personal experiences, This I Believe: Life Lessons is a perfect giftfor others or for yourself. Includes extraordinary essays written by ordinary people who share the story of an important lesson they have learned about life Shares a wide range of beliefs and experiences from a diverse group of contributors, including a physician, a roller derby quTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 The Power of Hello 5 Howard White The Art of Being a Neighbor 8 Eve Birch A Kind and Generous Heart 11 Christine Little Make It Do 14 Patricia Anderson Grace Is a Gift 17 Laura Durham The Sisterhood of Roller Derby 20 Erin Blakemore Caring Makes Us Human 23 Troy Chapman Satisfaction with a Job Well Done 26 Nancy Pieters Mayfield The World Is Imperfect 29 Suzanne Cleary Peace Can Happen 32 Christine Kingery A Priceless Lesson in Humility 36 Felipe Morales Finding Out What’s under Second Base 39 Lex Urban Accomplishing Big Things in Small Pieces 42 William Wissemann I Have to See the World 45 Veena Muthuraman Deciding to Live 49 Kij Johnson Walking in the Light 52 Paul Thorn The Perfect Merge 55 Lori Vermeulen Listening Is Powerful Medicine 58 Alicia M. Conill, M.D. Semper Fidelis 61 Andrew Paradis Our Vulnerability Is Our Strength 64 Colin Bates Patriotic Ponderings 67 Joan Skiba Opening the Door of Mercy 70 Karin Round The True Value of Life 73 Sudie Bond Noland An Invitation to Dialogue 76 Madhukar Rao Homeless but Not Hopeless: A Man Finds His Soul 79 Les Gapay The Power of Sleep 82 Anne Hoppus Where Wildflowers Grow 85 Maureen Crane Wartski I Could Be Wrong 88 Allan Barger Everyone Is Included 91 Catherine Mcdowall A Lesson I Hold Dear 95 Kara Gebhart Uhl A Taste of Success 98 Geoffrey Canada A Grace of Silence 102 Andrew Flewelling Do Talk to Strangers 105 Sabrina Dubik Finding Our Common Ground 108 Robin Mize Bus Chick’s Manifesto 111 Carla Saulter Right Now Matters 114 Samantha Jacobs Seeing with the Heart 117 Stephanie Disney Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace 120 Dani Weathers The Triumph of Kindness 123 Josh Stein Time to Walk the Dog 126 Betsy Buchalter Adler Yankee Go Home 129 Rita Barrett The Courage to Change the Things I Can 133 Mark Olmsted To Hear Your Inner Voice 136 Christine Todd Whitman Keep It Real 139 Rose Eiesland Foster Important Strangers 142 Leslie Guttman My Parents as Friends 146 Bhavani G. Murugesan A Good Neighborhood 149 Jeff Nixa Believing in People 152 Rebecca Klott Becoming Friends 155 Larry Chaston Just Say No 158 Jessica Paris Courage Comes with Practice 161 Theresa Macphail Adapting to the Possibilities of Life 164 Donald L. Rosenstein, M.D. Why Are We Here? 167 Dale Long A Drive to Achieve the Extraordinary 170 Juliet Frerking Inviting the World to Dinner 173 Jim Haynes Finding the Flexibility to Survive 176 Brighton Earley The Act of Giving Thanks 179 Michelle Lee Sally’s Monday 182 Patricia James If You Don’t Do It, Who Will? 185 Jodi Webb Here Comes (the Real) Santa Claus 188 Becky Sun Appendix: How to Write Your Own This I Believe Essay 191 Acknowledgments 193

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Book SynopsisUp-to-date, accurate information and a clear understanding of how germs and our bodies work will help you and your child stay afloat in the microbial sea.Trade ReviewThis is a well written and easily comprehended book that concerned parents should be encouraged to read. Pediatric Infectious Disease JournalTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsWhen Germs and People Interact: An IntroductionPart I: Which Germs Where?1. I'm Hungry! Food-Borne Germs and Food Preparation Safety2. A, B, C and 1, 2, 3: Common Germs at Day Care and School3. Swim, Ski, or Wrestle: Germs Encountered When Playing Sports4. Fur, Feathers, and Fangs: Germs from Pets and Other Animals5. The Great Outdoors: Germs in the Garden, at the Campground, on the Farm, and at the Beach6. Close to Home and Overseas: Tips for Avoiding Germs When You Travel7. Sexually Transmitted Infections, Tattoos, and Piercings: Helping Teenagers Navigate Germs SafelyPart II: Our Defenses against Germs8. Taking Medicine: The Use and Misuse of Antibiotics9. The Miracle of Modern Prevention: Vaccine Safety and Effectiveness10. Baby's on the Way: Protect Your Unborn Baby with a Healthy Pregnancy11. Bonding with Your Baby: The Benefits of Breastfeeding12. Supplements, Herbs, Organic Produce, and Probiotics: Do They Protect You from Germs?13. Wash Your Hands! Personal and Household Hygiene for the Twenty-first Century14. Myths and Truths: Does Science Back Up Traditional Wisdom about Preventing Infections?AfterwordTrustworthy Web ResourcesSelected BibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisUp-to-date, accurate information and a clear understanding of how germs and our bodies work will help you and your child stay afloat in the microbial sea.Trade ReviewThis is a well written and easily comprehended book that concerned parents should be encouraged to read. Pediatric Infectious Disease JournalTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsWhen Germs and People Interact: An IntroductionPart I: Which Germs Where?1. I'm Hungry! Food-Borne Germs and Food Preparation Safety2. A, B, C and 1, 2, 3: Common Germs at Day Care and School3. Swim, Ski, or Wrestle: Germs Encountered When Playing Sports4. Fur, Feathers, and Fangs: Germs from Pets and Other Animals5. The Great Outdoors: Germs in the Garden, at the Campground, on the Farm, and at the Beach6. Close to Home and Overseas: Tips for Avoiding Germs When You Travel7. Sexually Transmitted Infections, Tattoos, and Piercings: Helping Teenagers Navigate Germs SafelyPart II: Our Defenses against Germs8. Taking Medicine: The Use and Misuse of Antibiotics9. The Miracle of Modern Prevention: Vaccine Safety and Effectiveness10. Baby's on the Way: Protect Your Unborn Baby with a Healthy Pregnancy11. Bonding with Your Baby: The Benefits of Breastfeeding12. Supplements, Herbs, Organic Produce, and Probiotics: Do They Protect You from Germs?13. Wash Your Hands! Personal and Household Hygiene for the Twenty-first Century14. Myths and Truths: Does Science Back Up Traditional Wisdom about Preventing Infections?AfterwordTrustworthy Web ResourcesSelected BibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisParents, building on that foundation and acknowledging each person's contributions, interests, and aspirations, create an inclusive and resilient family.Trade ReviewThe authors show families how to be pragmatic and inclusive when solving problems and setting expectations. The real family stories and personal experiences of the authors, one of whom has such a disability, create an intimate and nonjudgmental tone with a degree of optimism that parents are likely to appreciate. A valuable resource for families looking for encouragement as they try to create an inclusive environment for their child with a physical disability. Library Journal I would highly recommend Just One of the Kids: Raising a Resilient Family When One of Your Children Has a Physical Disability as an addition to the library of any family that includes a child with a physical disability, as well as being a valuable resource to grandparents, extended family members, friends, and health care professionals who are part of this community. -- Sandra E. James Journal of Child and Family Studies This book is ideal for any parents or carers who are caring for children with physical disabilities. -- Emma Connolly Nursing TimesTable of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction: Raising Children—Resilient and Ready for AdulthoodPart I: In the BeginningThe Webers: A young family juggles the needs of twin boys, one with and one without a physical disability1. Getting the NewsThe Hamiltons: Raising teenagers in a blended family with humor, responsibility, and respect for differences2. Coming HomePart II: All in the FamilyThe Bowers: An athletic couple sort out what works for them in raising their only child, a serious student and accomplished wheelchair athlete3. Inclusive Parenting: Make It Work for YouThe Fishers: Parents working together to build family unity and protect their children while allowing them to take healthy risks4. Brothers and Sisters: Siblings Sharing Family Life with Physical Disability in the MixThe Brandons: A family devoted to faith, education, and unconditional love, inspired by Grandfather's example and bolstered by his support5. Grandparents: Seeing through a New LensPart III: Into the Wide WorldThe Sheridan-Wolfe Family: Two women build their family by adoptingchildren who have complex disabilities and helping them reach their potential6. Opening Doors to InclusionThe O'Briens: Parents working together to help their daughters develop individual talents, support one another, and practice their faith7. Letting One Dream Go to Let Another GrowResourcesNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisChildren's dental health involves much more than a toothbrush. This title includes topics such as: how thumb sucking and pacifiers affect teeth; how to brush your young children's teeth; how to calm a child who is afraid of the dentist; how to help special needs children get proper dental care; and how medical problems affect teeth.Trade ReviewPacked with useful information, this is indeed an accessible and 'complete' guide. Publisher's Weekly Although the book has been developed for the American parent... it is relevant to parents within the UK. This is indeed a 'complete' guide. -- J. Kirby British Dentist JournalTable of ContentsForeword, by Fern Ingber, M.Ed.PrefacePart I: Introduction1. A Guide to Your Child's Teeth2. Basic Care and Cleaning3. The Dental Visit4. Preventing Decay and Protecting Teeth5. Affording Dental Care for Your ChildPart II: Ages and Stages6. Pregnancy and Your Baby's Teeth7. Infants and Toddlers (Newborn to Age 4)8. Early Childhood (Ages 5 to 8)9. Middle Childhood (Ages 9 to 12)10. Teenagers and Young Adults (Ages 13+)11. Children with Special Health NeedsPart III: Dental and Oral Health Problems12. Tooth Decay13. Gum Disease14. Tooth Sensitivity and Pain15. Conditions of the Mouth, Tongue, and Jaw16. Orthodontics17. Tooth Appearance18. Dental Trauma and Emergencies19. Oral Surgery, Extractions, and Root Canals20. Dental AnxietyAppendix: My Child's Dental Health RecordGlossaryAdditional ResourcesIndex

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Book SynopsisA new chapter on complementary and alternative therapies expands on this topic.Table of ContentsList of ContributorsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsPart I1. An Overview of Inflammatory Bowel Disease2. IBD Causes and Risk Factors3. Why Is IBD So Difficult to Diagnose?Part II4. The Symptoms of IBD5. How to Prepare for a Visit to Your Child's IBD Doctor6. Office Visits and Procedures for Children with IBD7. Laboratory Testing8. Imaging Studies9. Endoscopic ExamsPart III10. Medical Treatments11. Surgery12. Managing Specific Problems13. The Role of Nutrition14. Complementary and Alternative TherapiesPart IV15. Family Life16. Different Ages, Different Issues17. Following the Treatment Plan18. School Days19. Insurance and Other Financial IssuesPart V20. Transitions from School to Work and Independent Living21. Transitions from Pediatric to Adult Health ProvidersPart VI22. Where to Get Additional Help and Information23. Frequently Asked QuestionsAppendixGlossaryIndex

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Book SynopsisFew moments in parenting are as fraught as preparing your kid for college. Let a trusted pro show you how it's done. Written for parents and families of college-bound students, Jon McGee's Dear Parents is an essential tool you'll need to navigate the complex and often emotional challenge of getting your daughter or son prepared forand throughcollege. Organized chronologically, the book takes readers through the stages of childhood leading up to college, as well as the process of searching for and selecting a college. From the decisions you make during your child's early years to the process of setting up their dorm room, this book provides parents with insights, wisdom, and guidance about college, college preparation, and choosing a college. Letters written by college and educational professionals, all with children, frame and illuminate each chapter. Drawing on their personal and professional experience, these experts offer practical and sympathetic advice about preparing for collegTrade ReviewWorried parents will appreciate this volume.—Library JournalTable of ContentsForeword, by Chris Farrell Prologue: In the Beginning One. Discover College Two. School Matters Dear Parents: Planning for College in the Car Seat Years, by Rachelle Hernandez Three. Fit Four. Money Matters Five. Choose Six. A New Chapter Dear Children Acknowledgments Notes Index

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Book SynopsisThrough this clinical guide, practitioners will learn how to teach parents of children with autism spectrum disorder new skills and behaviors so that they can promote their children's long-term improvement.Table of Contents Contributors IntroductionCynthia R. Johnson, Eric M. Butter, and Lawrence Scahill Chapter 1: History and Theoretical Foundations of Parent TrainingKaren Bearss Chapter 2: Clinical Assessment of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder Before and After Parent TrainingValentina Postorino and Lawrence Scahill Chapter 3: Promoting Parent Engagement in Parent Training for Children With Autism Spectrum DisorderRachel M. Fenning and Eric M. Butter Chapter 4: Parent Training for Social Communication in Young Children With Autism Spectrum DisorderStephanie Y. Shire and Tristram Smith Chapter 5: Parent Training for Disruptive Behavior in Autism Spectrum DisorderKaren Bearss, Luc Lecavalier, and Lawrence Scahill Chapter 6: Parent Training for Sleep Disturbances in Autism Spectrum DisorderCynthia R. Johnson and Beth A. Malow Chapter 7: Parent Training for Food Selectivity in Autism Spectrum DisorderT. Lindsey Burrell, William Sharp, Cristina Whitehouse, and Cynthia R. Johnson Chapter 8: Parent Training for Toileting in Autism Spectrum DisorderDaniel W. Mruzek, Benjamin L. Handen, Courtney A. Aponte, Tristram Smith, and Richard M. Foxx Chapter 9: Parent Training for Elopement in Autism Spectrum DisorderNathan A. Call, Mindy Scheithauer, Joanna Lomas Mevers, and Colin Muething Chapter 10: Conclusions and Future DirectionsLawrence Scahill and Eric M. Butter Index About the Editors

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Book SynopsisWritten by leading mental health professionals, this warm and accessibleparentingbookfor children with chronic illnessesoffers clear, practicalguidancefor all aspects of the journey. Recommended by professionals at the American Diabetes Association, Invisible Disabilities Association, the Crohn''s Colitis Foundation, and other expertnational and regional sources. For all its joys, parenting is a complex job, and when your child has a chronic illness, the stress can feel overwhelming. When your child is diagnosed, you begin a parenting journey filled with strong emotions, difficult choices, confusing words, and interactions with numerous professionals and specialists. You’re focused on ensuring your child gets the best possible treatments for their symptoms, so it’s easy to overlook or dismiss the impact the illness can have on your relationships and emotions. This book places your psychological well-being front and center, so you can be the bestTrade ReviewPsychologist Sileo and family therapist Potter prove to be profoundly sympathetic guides in this take on the 'unexpected journey' of having a child who is diagnosed with a chronic or terminal illness… Sileo and Potter offer realistic comfort and directly applicable skill-building in equal measure. The wise advice and helpful tips will leave parents feeling well-equipped to face steep challenges. * Publishers Weekly *When Your Child Has A Chronic Medical Illness helps to show the need for caregivers to treat themselves humanely and with compassion. It is a godsend for anyone seeking guidance and tools for assistance in navigating the many challenges that arise within themselves, their caregiving support circle, the medical and social program arenas. It shines a light on difficult and confusing subjects with real tools for a reader to take from the book with comprehensive charts and easy to understand advice to help with the many issues that may be encountered. Dr. Sileo and Carol show us not only why, but also how, to practice self-empathy to help with the journey of caring for a child with a chronic illness. Finally, this book can help caregivers reaffirm their purpose with appropriate self-care and experience the beauty and transformation this pilgrimage will provide. * Dream Street Foundation *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments The Unexpected Journey Begins Chapter 1. Navigating Your Feelings Chapter 2. Staying Healthy on the Journey Chapter 3. Getting What You Need on the Road to the New Normal Chapter 4. Communicating With Your Child: It's a Two-Way Street Chapter 5. Your Co-Pilots: Other Parents and Parent Figures in Your Child’s Life Chapter 6. Getting Everyone on Board: Siblings and Other Family Members Chapter 7. Mechanics of Working With the Medical Team Chapter 8: Mechanics of Working With the School Team Chapter 9: The Cone Zone: Setting Healthy Boundaries Chapter 10. When Your Journey Includes Hospital Stays Chapter 11. The Journey Through Death and Beyond Chapter 12. Concluding Thoughts: Building Resilience on the Journey Resources for Your Journey Notes About the Authors

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Book SynopsisThe lives of seven children provides the focus for this penetrating look into the experiences that shape personality. As they emerge from the records collected over a twenty-year period by the University of Toronto's Institute of Child Study, they reveal the problems and frustrations met with in the process of growing up and point to the strong influences which family relationships have on mental and emotional development. The records themselves, drawn from interviews and questionnaires administered to mothers and children are unusual in their extensiveness. Covering the important years from nursery school through adolescence, they give unusual opportunity for a significant long-term study of the personality changes in individual children.Room to Grow is a source of insight into the needs of children and the problems of parents. As such it is an important book for parents seeking to establish a just balance between domination and permissiveness in their relations wit

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Book SynopsisHarry Hendrick shows how broader social changes, including neoliberalism, feminism, the collapse of the social-democratic ideal, and the 'new behaviourism', have led to the rise of the anxious and narcissistic parent, In this provocative history of parenting.Trade Review"Situating historical and social shifts in parenthood, Harry Hendrick’s latest work is meticulously researched, vigorously argued, glitteringly provocative – and sure to spark robust debate." Alan Prout, University of Leeds"In progressive parenting, children came first. In market liberalism children became subordinate to parental self-interest. How and why is told here absorbingly, from the 1920s to the present." Avner Offer, University of Oxford, author of The Challenge of Affluence."A richly contextualised and beautifully crafted book on the history of parenting in Britain and the United States. Hendrick offers a sensitively nuanced appraisal of the past, asks pertinent questions of the present, leaving us with a strong message for the future." Alison Haggett, University of Exeter“Hendrick is an academic historian of medicine who pulls no punches in his analysis of the political and economic backcloth to zeitgeists like `authoritative’ parenting, spawned of neo-liberalism and its narcissistic fixation with the self. This intensively-researched, well-written book is in five parts” Professional Social Work magazine.Table of ContentsIntroduction; PART 1: The origins of social democracy’s family ideal: 1920s-1940s; 1. The re-imagining of adult-child relations between the wars; 2. Wartime influences: from the evacuation to the Children Act, 1948; PART 2. Characteristics of the ‘Golden Age’: 1940s-early 1970s; 3. Re-building the family: 1940s-1950s; 4. The ‘long sixties’: 1958-1974; PART 3. Influences and examples from the USA; 5. Social science and American liberalism; PART 4. Parental narcissism in neoliberal times: 1970s to the present; 6. Aspects of neoliberalism: political, economic and social realignment; 7. Laying the foundations for parental narcissism; 8. The New Labour era, and beyond: narcissism comes of age; PART 5. Therapeutic reflections; 9) Narcissism and the 'politics of recognition': concepts of the late-modern self.

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Book SynopsisHarry Hendrick shows how broader social changes, including neoliberalism, feminism, the collapse of the social-democratic ideal, and the 'new behaviourism', have led to the rise of the anxious and narcissistic parent, In this provocative history of parenting.Trade Review“Hendrick is an academic historian of medicine who pulls no punches in his analysis of the political and economic backcloth to zeitgeists like `authoritative’ parenting, spawned of neo-liberalism and its narcissistic fixation with the self. This intensively-researched, well-written book is in five parts” Professional Social Work magazine."Situating historical and social shifts in parenthood, Harry Hendrick’s latest work is meticulously researched, vigorously argued, glitteringly provocative – and sure to spark robust debate." Alan Prout, University of Leeds"In progressive parenting, children came first. In market liberalism children became subordinate to parental self-interest. How and why is told here absorbingly, from the 1920s to the present." Avner Offer, University of Oxford, author of The Challenge of Affluence."A richly contextualised and beautifully crafted book on the history of parenting in Britain and the United States. Hendrick offers a sensitively nuanced appraisal of the past, asks pertinent questions of the present, leaving us with a strong message for the future." Alison Haggett, University of ExeterTable of ContentsIntroduction; PART 1: The origins of social democracy’s family ideal: 1920s-1940s; 1. The re-imagining of adult-child relations between the wars; 2. Wartime influences: from the evacuation to the Children Act, 1948; PART 2. Characteristics of the ‘Golden Age’: 1940s-early 1970s; 3. Re-building the family: 1940s-1950s; 4. The ‘long sixties’: 1958-1974; PART 3. Influences and examples from the USA; 5. Social science and American liberalism; PART 4. Parental narcissism in neoliberal times: 1970s to the present; 6. Aspects of neoliberalism: political, economic and social realignment; 7. Laying the foundations for parental narcissism; 8. The New Labour era, and beyond: narcissism comes of age; PART 5. Therapeutic reflections; 9) Narcissism and the 'politics of recognition': concepts of the late-modern self.

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Book SynopsisThis is a book for parents and other educators - both formal and informal, who are curious about the intersections of learning and making. Through stories, research, and data, it builds the case for why it is crucial to encourage today's youth to be makers - to see the world as something they are actively helping to create.

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Book SynopsisNew insights into the anxiety over infant sleep safetyNew parents are inundated with warnings about the fatal risks of co-sleeping, or sharing a bed with a newborn, from medical brochures and website forums, to billboard advertisements and the evening news. In Losing Sleep, Laura Harrison uncovers the origins of the infant sleep safety debate, providing a window into the unprecedented anxieties of modern parenthood. Exploring widespread rhetoric from doctors, public health experts, and the media, Harrison explains why our panic has reached an all-time high. She traces the way safe sleep standards in the United States have changed, and shows how parents, rather than broader systems of inequality that impact issues of housing and precarity, are increasingly being held responsible for infant health outcomes. Harrison shows that infant mortality rates differ widely by race and are linked to socioeconomic status. Yet, while racial disparities in infant mortality point to systemic and structTrade ReviewLosing Sleep is a superb contribution to the literature on infant risk, maternal responsibility, and reproductive justice. Framing infant safe sleep as a social construct, Harrison analyzes the ways safe sleep campaigns reproduce inequalities and fail to account for structural causes of infant death. The book is insightful, engaging, and timely. * Monica J. Casper, author of Babylost: Racism, Survival, and the Quiet Politics of Infant Mortality, from A to Z *Losing Sleep has an impressive scope and dynamic analysis....Harrison artfully draws on scholarship across sociology, feminist theory, feminist science studies, and reproductive justice to showcase how medical, political, legal, and public policy approaches work together to reward some parents (primarily mothers) and punish others....Harrison invites readers to reflect on taken-for-granted parenting advice about infant sleep to demonstrate the social and political dimensions of it, an absorbing read. * Laury Oaks, author of Giving Up Baby: Safe Haven Laws, Motherhood, and Reproductive Justice *

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Book SynopsisNew insights into the anxiety over infant sleep safetyNew parents are inundated with warnings about the fatal risks of co-sleeping, or sharing a bed with a newborn, from medical brochures and website forums, to billboard advertisements and the evening news. In Losing Sleep, Laura Harrison uncovers the origins of the infant sleep safety debate, providing a window into the unprecedented anxieties of modern parenthood. Exploring widespread rhetoric from doctors, public health experts, and the media, Harrison explains why our panic has reached an all-time high. She traces the way safe sleep standards in the United States have changed, and shows how parents, rather than broader systems of inequality that impact issues of housing and precarity, are increasingly being held responsible for infant health outcomes. Harrison shows that infant mortality rates differ widely by race and are linked to socioeconomic status. Yet, while racial disparities in infant mortality point to systemic and structTrade Review"Losing Sleep is a superb contribution to the literature on infant risk, maternal responsibility, and reproductive justice. Framing infant safe sleep as a social construct, Harrison analyzes the ways safe sleep campaigns reproduce inequalities and fail to account for structural causes of infant death. The book is insightful, engaging, and timely." * Monica J. Casper, author of Babylost: Racism, Survival, and the Quiet Politics of Infant Mortality, from A to Z *"Losing Sleep has an impressive scope and dynamic analysis....Harrison artfully draws on scholarship across sociology, feminist theory, feminist science studies, and reproductive justice to showcase how medical, political, legal, and public policy approaches work together to reward some parents (primarily mothers) and punish others....Harrison invites readers to reflect on taken-for-granted parenting advice about infant sleep to demonstrate the social and political dimensions of it, an absorbing read." * Laury Oaks, author of Giving Up Baby: Safe Haven Laws, Motherhood, and Reproductive Justice *

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Book SynopsisBaby safe haven laws, which allow a parent to relinquish a newborn baby legally and anonymously at a specified institutional locationsuch as a hospital or fire stationwere established in every state between 1999 and 2009. Promoted during a time of heated public debate over policies on abortion, sex education, teen pregnancy, adoption, welfare, immigrant reproduction, and child abuse, safe haven laws were passed by the majority of states with little contest. These laws were thought to offer a solution to the consequences of unwanted pregnancies: mothers would no longer be burdened with children they could not care for, and newborn babies would no longer be abandoned in dumpsters. Yet while these laws are well meaning, they ignore the real problem: some women lack key social and economic supports that mothers need to raise children. Safe haven laws do little to help disadvantaged women. Instead,advocates of safe haven laws target teenagers, women of color, and poor women with safe haveTrade Review"A thoughtful and much-needed reproductive justice analysis of 'safe haven' laws and how they are usedand misusedin whose interests, and at whose cost." -- Barbara Katz Rothman,City University of New York"Oaks shows us once again what a sharp feminist eye can reveal when trained on a decent-sounding but ill-considered social policy. Systematically and persuasively, she demonstrates how baby safe haven laws reinforce conservative anti-abortion and pro-adoption policies in our fetal-obsessed society. Her lucid, riveting account keeps the reproductive justice framework vividly at the center of analysis, illuminating how the laws unwittingly reinforce harmful stereotypes about who makes a good (or bad) mother. Boldly, bravely, and with a keen eye for detail, Oaks keeps us focused on the reforms we need to make to allow all parents to raise children with dignity and equality. She offers a real role model of feminist scholarship." -- Lynn Morgan,author of Icons of Life: A Cultural History of Human Embryos"Giving Up Babyserves as a firm foundation for future inquiry into the politics, both formal and informal, of safe haven laws through the lens of reproductive justice. Oaks skillful consolidation of research into streamlined and easy-to-understand chapters effectively illustrates the complex and intertwined nature of politics, culture, race, class, and gender in these laws." * Feminist Collections *"The author skillfully portrays the contradictions and hypocrisies of the SHL movement. She documents supporters often-vehement opposition to abortion and sex education, their hostility to formal adoption, and their refusal to acknowledge the institutional and socioeconomic reasons why millions of US families live in poverty." * Choice *"Oaks analysis intersects with the larger story of adoption in the UnitedStatesparticularly its commodification, even as infants are understood as & priceless. She shows evocatively that the supply-and-demand exigencies of adoption dovetail withimaginaries of good and bad mothers, as they do with constructions of maternal love." * American Anthropologist *"[Oaks] demonstrates quite clearly and powerfully that American safe haven policies represent a tangle of cultural, political, legal, and religious ideas and forces about class, age, gender, motherhood, and race." * Anthropology Review Quarterly *"[Oaks] Provides a feminist analysis of the social politics of legal infant abandonment in advocacy and media discourses surrounding safe haven laws." * Journal of Economic Literature *"Oaks skillfully navigates the complex web of issues, from class politics to notions of maternal love, that intersect with safe haven laws." * Pacific Standard *Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments vii Introduction: Safe Haven Laws Are Not Only about 1 Saving Babies 1. The Work of Saving Babies' Lives and Souls 47 2. Girls at Risk of Dumping Their Newborns 75 3. Relinquishing Motherhood: How and Why Safe Haven 117 Surrenders Happen 4. The Unsurpassed Adoption Value of Safe Haven Babies 165 Conclusion: Safe Haven Laws and Advancing 203 Reproductive Justice Notes 223 References 233 Index 265 About the Author 275

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Book SynopsisThe decision to have a child is seldom a simple one, often fraught with complexities regarding emotional readiness, finances, marital status, and compatibility with life and career goals. Rarely, though, do individuals consider the role of the law in facilitating or inhibiting their ability to have a child or to parent. For LGBT individuals, however, parenting is saturated with legality including the initial decision of whether to have a child, how to have a child, whether one's relationship with their child will be recognized, and everyday acts of parenting like completing forms or picking up children from school. Through in-depth interviews with 137 LGBT parents, Amanda K. Baumle and D'Lane R. Compton examine the role of the law in the lives of LGBT parents and how individuals use the law when making decisions about family formation or parenting. Baumle and Compton explore the ways in which LGBT parents participate in the process of constructing legality through accepting, modifyingTrade ReviewLegalizing LGBT Families is a must read for policy makers, lawyers, activists and LGBT parents. The book tells the important story of how same-sex families make sense of a rapidly shifting legal landscape. By foregrounding the voices of LGBT parents Baumle and Compton vividly demonstrate the dedication, creativity and detective work these parents and partners must do to secure safety and protection for their families. -- C. J. Pascoe,author of Dude, You're a FagCreatively and insightfully relying on remarkably rich data from in-depth interviews with LGBT parents and would-be parents, authors Amanda K. Baumle and DLane R. Compton meticulously document the great power that law has on LGBT families. At the same time, they also skillfully demonstrate the greater power of love: how LGBT families show resilience and resourcefulness in working with, navigating and challenging the law. -- Brian Powell,co-author of Counted Out: Same-Sex Relations and Americans' Definitions of FamilyBaumle and Compton provide an accessible and deep understanding of how LGBT parents negotiate the law across contexts, even in the face of restrictive and prohibitive policies. This book will appeal not only to sexualities scholars and legal theorists, but also to LGBT parents who want to better understand the obstacles on the path to parenthood. * Gender & Society *The book succeeds in showing what various same-sex couples did to ensure that both parents were legally recognized. The stories told by the study's subjects are interesting and provide insight into why they took the actions they did. * New York Journal of Books *[The] attention to how legal context combines with individual characteristics and social interactions to produce legal consciousness represents a significant contribution to both legal consciousness studies and the literature on LGBT families.[T]he books empirical contribution is substantial, and it holds continuing policy relevance even after the extension of marriage rights nationwide. * American Journal of Sociology *

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Book SynopsisHow travelling the world allows new ways to educate children and perform family life on the move A growing number of families are selling their houses, quitting their jobs, and taking their children out of traditional school settings to educate them while traveling the globe. In The World is Our Classroom, Jennie Germann Molz explores the hopes and anxieties that drive these parents and children to leave their comfortable lives behind out of a desire to live the good life on the move.Drawing on interviews with parents and stories from the blogs they publish during their journeys, as well as her own experience traveling the world with her ten-year-old son, Germann Molz takes us inside a fascinating life spent on trains, boats, and planes. She shows why many parentsdisillusioned with standard public schoolingbelieve the world is a child's best classroom. Rebelling against convention, these parents combine technology and travel to pursue a different versTrade ReviewThe World Is Our Classroom goes the distance, literally. It is a marvelous book. From it, we learn why families are willing to shrug off the conventions of a tethered existence orbiting around home and school and instead forge global identities as they bring far -flung places within their reach. These worldschoolers embrace the idea of travel as education and lifestyle. They travel to parts unknown, imparting skills and sensibilities to their children that offer big dividends for an uncertain future world. Molz offers us good tools to think with, helping us to see up close how modern families navigate a world rattled by economic and social precarity and risk. She reminds us this is a world we must all weather, however. Though their mobile existence is not without emotional and social costs for them, worldschoolers are rich in resources, able to traverse a world in flux, the same world that leaves untold numbers of families insecure and largely left behind. -- Amy L. Best, author of Fast Food Kids: French Fries, Lunch Lines, and Social TiesThe World Is Our Classroom provides the first comprehensive examination of worldschooling families. This whirlwind of a book takes the reader on a journey through the lives of worldschooling families from Argentina to Thailand. With the use of mobile virtual ethnography, Germann Molz provides detailed insight into worldschooling as a way of life that emphasizes risk taking, resilience, and ultimately family as parents prepare their kids to be “future-proof” global citizens at the same time as holding family very close. Anyone interested in education, families, globalization, technology, or just a good read should pick up this book. -- Gayle Kaufman, author of Fixing Parental Leave: The Six Month SolutionJennie Germann Molz's investigation into "worldschooling" provides an important contribution to understanding homeschooling, unconventional education, and intensive mothering in response to an uncertain world. Privilege, social class, and global worldviews intersect in this rich ethnography of parenting in the twenty-first century. -- Jennifer Lois, author of Home Is Where the School Is: The Logic of Homeschooling and the Emotional Labor of Mothering

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewLegalizing LGBT Families is a must read for policy makers, lawyers, activists and LGBT parents. The book tells the important story of how same-sex families make sense of a rapidly shifting legal landscape. By foregrounding the voices of LGBT parents Baumle and Compton vividly demonstrate the dedication, creativity and detective work these parents and partners must do to secure safety and protection for their families. -- C. J. Pascoe,author of Dude, You're a FagCreatively and insightfully relying on remarkably rich data from in-depth interviews with LGBT parents and would-be parents, authors Amanda K. Baumle and DLane R. Compton meticulously document the great power that law has on LGBT families. At the same time, they also skillfully demonstrate the greater power of love: how LGBT families show resilience and resourcefulness in working with, navigating and challenging the law. -- Brian Powell,co-author of Counted Out: Same-Sex Relations and Americans' Definitions of FamilyBaumle and Compton provide an accessible and deep understanding of how LGBT parents negotiate the law across contexts, even in the face of restrictive and prohibitive policies. This book will appeal not only to sexualities scholars and legal theorists, but also to LGBT parents who want to better understand the obstacles on the path to parenthood. * Gender & Society *The book succeeds in showing what various same-sex couples did to ensure that both parents were legally recognized. The stories told by the study's subjects are interesting and provide insight into why they took the actions they did. * New York Journal of Books *[The] attention to how legal context combines with individual characteristics and social interactions to produce legal consciousness represents a significant contribution to both legal consciousness studies and the literature on LGBT families.[T]he books empirical contribution is substantial, and it holds continuing policy relevance even after the extension of marriage rights nationwide. * American Journal of Sociology *

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Book SynopsisHow travelling the world allows new ways to educate children and perform family life on the move A growing number of families are selling their houses, quitting their jobs, and taking their children out of traditional school settings to educate them while traveling the globe. In The World is Our Classroom, Jennie Germann Molz explores the hopes and anxieties that drive these parents and children to leave their comfortable lives behind out of a desire to live the good life on the move.Drawing on interviews with parents and stories from the blogs they publish during their journeys, as well as her own experience traveling the world with her ten-year-old son, Germann Molz takes us inside a fascinating life spent on trains, boats, and planes. She shows why many parentsdisillusioned with standard public schoolingbelieve the world is a child's best classroom. Rebelling against convention, these parents combine technology and travel to pursue a different versTrade ReviewThe World Is Our Classroom goes the distance, literally. It is a marvelous book. From it, we learn why families are willing to shrug off the conventions of a tethered existence orbiting around home and school and instead forge global identities as they bring far -flung places within their reach. These worldschoolers embrace the idea of travel as education and lifestyle. They travel to parts unknown, imparting skills and sensibilities to their children that offer big dividends for an uncertain future world. Molz offers us good tools to think with, helping us to see up close how modern families navigate a world rattled by economic and social precarity and risk. She reminds us this is a world we must all weather, however. Though their mobile existence is not without emotional and social costs for them, worldschoolers are rich in resources, able to traverse a world in flux, the same world that leaves untold numbers of families insecure and largely left behind. -- Amy L. Best, author of Fast Food Kids: French Fries, Lunch Lines, and Social TiesThe World Is Our Classroom provides the first comprehensive examination of worldschooling families. This whirlwind of a book takes the reader on a journey through the lives of worldschooling families from Argentina to Thailand. With the use of mobile virtual ethnography, Germann Molz provides detailed insight into worldschooling as a way of life that emphasizes risk taking, resilience, and ultimately family as parents prepare their kids to be “future-proof” global citizens at the same time as holding family very close. Anyone interested in education, families, globalization, technology, or just a good read should pick up this book. -- Gayle Kaufman, author of Fixing Parental Leave: The Six Month SolutionJennie Germann Molz's investigation into "worldschooling" provides an important contribution to understanding homeschooling, unconventional education, and intensive mothering in response to an uncertain world. Privilege, social class, and global worldviews intersect in this rich ethnography of parenting in the twenty-first century. -- Jennifer Lois, author of Home Is Where the School Is: The Logic of Homeschooling and the Emotional Labor of Mothering

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Book SynopsisBaby safe haven laws, which allow a parent to relinquish a newborn baby legally and anonymously at a specified institutional locationsuch as a hospital or fire stationwere established in every state between 1999 and 2009. Promoted during a time of heated public debate over policies on abortion, sex education, teen pregnancy, adoption, welfare, immigrant reproduction, and child abuse, safe haven laws were passed by the majority of states with little contest. These laws were thought to offer a solution to the consequences of unwanted pregnancies: mothers would no longer be burdened with children they could not care for, and newborn babies would no longer be abandoned in dumpsters. Yet while these laws are well meaning, they ignore the real problem: some women lack key social and economic supports that mothers need to raise children. Safe haven laws do little to help disadvantaged women. Instead,advocates of safe haven laws target teenagers, women of color, and poor women with safe haveTrade ReviewA thoughtful and much-needed reproductive justice analysis of 'safe haven' laws and how they are usedand misusedin whose interests, and at whose cost. -- Barbara Katz Rothman,City University of New YorkOaks shows us once again what a sharp feminist eye can reveal when trained on a decent-sounding but ill-considered social policy. Systematically and persuasively, she demonstrates how baby safe haven laws reinforce conservative anti-abortion and pro-adoption policies in our fetal-obsessed society. Her lucid, riveting account keeps the reproductive justice framework vividly at the center of analysis, illuminating how the laws unwittingly reinforce harmful stereotypes about who makes a good (or bad) mother. Boldly, bravely, and with a keen eye for detail, Oaks keeps us focused on the reforms we need to make to allow all parents to raise children with dignity and equality. She offers a real role model of feminist scholarship. -- Lynn Morgan,author of Icons of Life: A Cultural History of Human EmbryosGiving Up Babyserves as a firm foundation for future inquiry into the politics, both formal and informal, of safe haven laws through the lens of reproductive justice. Oaks skillful consolidation of research into streamlined and easy-to-understand chapters effectively illustrates the complex and intertwined nature of politics, culture, race, class, and gender in these laws. * Feminist Collections *The author skillfully portrays the contradictions and hypocrisies of the SHL movement. She documents supporters often-vehement opposition to abortion and sex education, their hostility to formal adoption, and their refusal to acknowledge the institutional and socioeconomic reasons why millions of US families live in poverty. * Choice *Oaks analysis intersects with the larger story of adoption in the UnitedStatesparticularly its commodification, even as infants are understood as & priceless. She shows evocatively that the supply-and-demand exigencies of adoption dovetail withimaginaries of good and bad mothers, as they do with constructions of maternal love. * American Anthropologist *[Oaks] demonstrates quite clearly and powerfully that American safe haven policies represent a tangle of cultural, political, legal, and religious ideas and forces about class, age, gender, motherhood, and race. * Anthropology Review Quarterly *[Oaks] Provides a feminist analysis of the social politics of legal infant abandonment in advocacy and media discourses surrounding safe haven laws. * Journal of Economic Literature *Oaks skillfully navigates the complex web of issues, from class politics to notions of maternal love, that intersect with safe haven laws. * Pacific Standard *Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments vii Introduction: Safe Haven Laws Are Not Only about 1 Saving Babies 1. The Work of Saving Babies' Lives and Souls 47 2. Girls at Risk of Dumping Their Newborns 75 3. Relinquishing Motherhood: How and Why Safe Haven 117 Surrenders Happen 4. The Unsurpassed Adoption Value of Safe Haven Babies 165 Conclusion: Safe Haven Laws and Advancing 203 Reproductive Justice Notes 223 References 233 Index 265 About the Author 275

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