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Kregel Publications,U.S. Never Too Late
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SPCK - Kregel Reimagining Your Love Story Biblical and
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SPCK - Kregel Honest Answers Exploring God Questions with Your
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Kregel Publications,U.S. Spouse in the House Rearranging Our Attitudes to
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Kregel Publications Rooted in Wonder Nurturing Your Familys Faith
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Jewish Publication Society The Talmud of Relationships Volume 1
Book SynopsisEnter the Talmudic study house with innovative teacher Rabbi Amy Scheinerman and continue the Jewish values-based conversations that began two thousand years ago. The Talmud of Relationships, Volume 1 shows how the ancient Jewish texts of Talmud can facilitate modern relationship building - with parents, children, spouses, family members, friends, and ourselves.Trade Review"Scheinerman seeks to teach value-based Judaism through a talmudic lense. . . . Readers do not need any previous experience with the talmudic text since Scheinerman does an excellent job explaining its history and meaning in clear, easy-to-read prose. Her work manages to combine religious and scholarly understanding of the text in ways that will appeal to those unfamiliar with the Talmud."—Rabbi Rachel Esserman, Reporter"Through this firsthand encounter with the core text of Judaism, readers of all levels—Jews and non-Jews, newcomers and veterans, students and teachers, individuals and chevruta partners and families alike—will discover the treasure of the oral Torah."—Jewish Book Council"Full of sober wisdom for solemn times, Scheinerman's mature advice and teachings will speak to modern spiritual seekers."—Sandra Collins, Library Journal"In this two-volume set, Rabbi Amy Scheinerman provides a useful demonstration of how the [Talmud] text can be analyzed and used in contemporary society. . . . This is a worthy and thoughtful approach to Talmud study and its broader applications. Rabbi Scheinerman's questions are deep and the discussions offered are both incisive and complex. . . . Recommended for all libraries."—Fred Isaac, Association of Jewish Libraries News and Reviews“Amy Scheinerman does it again. She takes the most obscure Talmudic texts and makes them come alive, right before your eyes. And the best part: the ‘Aha’ moment is not short-lived. Scheinerman’s insights will stick to your bones and add value and meaning to your life.”—Rabbi Stacy Offner, Temple Beth Tikvah, Madison, Connecticut“A treasure trove of insight, information, and meaning that invites us into the world of the rabbis and the Talmudic tradition. Be prepared to experience the Talmud come alive as we learn to navigate engrossing texts and also reflect on our own relationships: who we are and who we aspire to be.”—Rabbi Norman Cohen, professor of Midrash at HUC-JIR and author of The Way into TorahTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Why Talmud? Part 1. The Core: Relationships with God and Self 1. Finding Our Place: Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Menachot 29b 2. Controlling Our Anger: Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Berakhot 7a 3. Understanding Our Suffering: Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Berakhot 5a–b 4. Approaching Prayer: Mishnah Berakhot 4:2 and the Accompanying Gemara from the Babylonian and Jerusalem Talmuds Part 2. First Sphere: Family Relationships 5. Honoring Our Parents: Jerusalem Talmud, Tractate Pe’ah 1a, 5b–6b 6. Affirming Our Sexuality: Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Nedarim 20a–b 7. Balancing Family and Study: Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Ketubot 61b, 62b–63a Appendix: Theodicy, the Problem of God’s Justice Glossary Notes Bibliography
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New Growth Press RELATIONSHIPS A MESS WORTH MAKING
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John Wiley & Sons Circling Back Home A Plainswomans Journey
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Johns Hopkins University Press Adolescent Depression
Book SynopsisIncorporating the latest research from the field of adolescent psychiatry, this guide answers questions that many parents have, including: what are the symptoms of depression in teenagers? How is depression diagnosed? What is the difference between depression and bipolar disorder, and which does my child have?Trade ReviewIf you have a depressed teen in your household, this book is a must-read. Examiner.com Because of its specialization, this book will provide significantly more applicable information than any general psychology text that covers a variety of mental health disorders. American Reference Books Annual The book is comprehensive and thorough at almost 400 pages, providing a wealth of information on depression and its relevance to this vulnerable group. Nursing TimesTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I1. DepressionNormal and Abnormal MoodsThe Symptom of DepressionThe Syndrome of DepressionAssociated Symptoms of DepressionMood DisordersThe Chemistry of Mood2. Normal Adolescence and Depression in AdolescenceMore on SymptomsMore on AdolescenceWhen Is Depression "Serious"?3. The Mood Disorders of AdolescencePsychiatric DiagnosisMajor Depressive DisorderDysthymic DisorderPremenstrual Dysphoric DisorderBipolar DisorderControversies Surrounding Bipolar Affective Disorder in ChildrenDisruptive Mood Dysregulation DisorderMore on DiagnosisThe Importance of Treatment4. Mood DisordersWhat Is the DSM?A Multiaxial Diagnostic SystemMood Disorder Categories in the DSMControversies in the Use of the DSMPart II5. Medication Issues in AdolescencePharmaceuticals and the FDADose Adjustments and Other Differences for Young PeopleHow Psychiatric Medications Work6. Antidepressant MedicationsTricyclic AntidepressantsSelective Serotonin Reuptake InhibitorsOther, New, AntidepressantsMonoamine Oxidase InhibitorsAntidepressant Therapy7. Mood-Stabilizing MedicationsLithiumValproate (Depakote)Carbamazepine (Tegretol)Lamotrigine (Lamictal)Other Mood StabilizersWhat Do Mood Stabilizers Treat?Why, and How, to Use Mood Stabilizers in Depression8. Other Medications and TreatmentsAntipsychotic MedicationsControversiesBenzodiazepinesSt. John's WortOmega-3 Fatty Acids and Fish OilExercise"Medical" MarijuanaElectroconvulsive TherapyOther New Treatments9. Counseling and PsychotherapyThe "Biology-Psychology" Split in PsychiatryIs Psychotherapy Alone Sufficient?Is Psychotherapy Always Necessary?Matching the Psychotherapy to the PatientChoosing a Therapy and a TherapistThe Psychiatrist-PsychotherapistPart III10. Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity DisorderWhat Is ADHD?Treatment IssuesMood Disorders and ADHDOther MedicationsTreatment for Your Child11. Autism, Asperger's, and Related DisordersAutismSymptoms of AutismAutism versus Asperger's SyndromeAutism and Mood DisordersApproaches to Treatment of the Child Who Has Autism12. Alcohol and Drug AbuseAdolescent Substance AbuseAlcohol AbuseMarijuana AbuseAmphetamines (Crystal Meth, Ecstasy, and "Club Drugs")Mood Disorders and Substance AbuseTreatment Issues13. Eating DisordersAnorexia NervosaBulimia NervosaUnderstanding Eating DisordersMood Disorders and Eating Disorders14. "Cutting" and Other Self-Harming BehaviorsSelf-MutilationAdolescent Suicide15. The Genetics of Mood DisordersGenes, Chromosomes, and DNAGenetic DiseasesWhat We KnowThe Search ContinuesPart IV16. Strategies for Successful TreatmentDiagnosis, Diagnosis, DiagnosisChoosing the Treatment TeamEliminating Pathological Influences17. The Role of the FamilyRecognizing SymptomsGetting Involved in TreatmentSafety IssuesArranging Hospitalization and Involuntary TreatmentGetting the Support You Need18. Planning for EmergenciesKnow Whom to Call for HelpInsurance IssuesMore on Safety19. Looking AheadResourcesSuggested ReadingSupport and Advocacy OrganizationsInternet ResourcesNotesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Adolescent Depression
Book SynopsisIncorporating the latest research from the field of adolescent psychiatry, this guide answers questions that many parents have, including: What are the symptoms of depression in teenagers? How is depression diagnosed? What is the difference between depression and bipolar disorder, and which does my child have?Trade ReviewIf you have a depressed teen in your household, this book is a must-read. Examiner.com Because of its specialization, this book will provide significantly more applicable information than any general psychology text that covers a variety of mental health disorders. American Reference Books Annual The book is comprehensive and thorough at almost 400 pages, providing a wealth of information on depression and its relevance to this vulnerable group. Nursing TimesTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I1. DepressionNormal and Abnormal MoodsThe Symptom of DepressionThe Syndrome of DepressionAssociated Symptoms of DepressionMood DisordersThe Chemistry of Mood2. Normal Adolescence and Depression in AdolescenceMore on SymptomsMore on AdolescenceWhen Is Depression "Serious"?3. The Mood Disorders of AdolescencePsychiatric DiagnosisMajor Depressive DisorderDysthymic DisorderPremenstrual Dysphoric DisorderBipolar DisorderControversies Surrounding Bipolar Affective Disorder in ChildrenDisruptive Mood Dysregulation DisorderMore on DiagnosisThe Importance of Treatment4. Mood DisordersWhat Is the DSM?A Multiaxial Diagnostic SystemMood Disorder Categories in the DSMControversies in the Use of the DSMPart II5. Medication Issues in AdolescencePharmaceuticals and the FDADose Adjustments and Other Differences for Young PeopleHow Psychiatric Medications Work6. Antidepressant MedicationsTricyclic AntidepressantsSelective Serotonin Reuptake InhibitorsOther, New, AntidepressantsMonoamine Oxidase InhibitorsAntidepressant Therapy7. Mood-Stabilizing MedicationsLithiumValproate (Depakote)Carbamazepine (Tegretol)Lamotrigine (Lamictal)Other Mood StabilizersWhat Do Mood Stabilizers Treat?Why, and How, to Use Mood Stabilizers in Depression8. Other Medications and TreatmentsAntipsychotic MedicationsControversiesBenzodiazepinesSt. John's WortOmega-3 Fatty Acids and Fish OilExercise"Medical" MarijuanaElectroconvulsive TherapyOther New Treatments9. Counseling and PsychotherapyThe "Biology-Psychology" Split in PsychiatryIs Psychotherapy Alone Sufficient?Is Psychotherapy Always Necessary?Matching the Psychotherapy to the PatientChoosing a Therapy and a TherapistThe Psychiatrist-PsychotherapistPart III10. Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity DisorderWhat Is ADHD?Treatment IssuesMood Disorders and ADHDOther MedicationsTreatment for Your Child11. Autism, Asperger's, and Related DisordersAutismSymptoms of AutismAutism versus Asperger's SyndromeAutism and Mood DisordersApproaches to Treatment of the Child Who Has Autism12. Alcohol and Drug AbuseAdolescent Substance AbuseAlcohol AbuseMarijuana AbuseAmphetamines (Crystal Meth, Ecstasy, and "Club Drugs")Mood Disorders and Substance AbuseTreatment Issues13. Eating DisordersAnorexia NervosaBulimia NervosaUnderstanding Eating DisordersMood Disorders and Eating Disorders14. "Cutting" and Other Self-Harming BehaviorsSelf-MutilationAdolescent Suicide15. The Genetics of Mood DisordersGenes, Chromosomes, and DNAGenetic DiseasesWhat We KnowThe Search ContinuesPart IV16. Strategies for Successful TreatmentDiagnosis, Diagnosis, DiagnosisChoosing the Treatment TeamEliminating Pathological Influences17. The Role of the FamilyRecognizing SymptomsGetting Involved in TreatmentSafety IssuesArranging Hospitalization and Involuntary TreatmentGetting the Support You Need18. Planning for EmergenciesKnow Whom to Call for HelpInsurance IssuesMore on Safety19. Looking AheadResourcesSuggested ReadingSupport and Advocacy OrganizationsInternet ResourcesNotesIndex
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American Psychological Association Treating Contemporary Families
Book SynopsisThis book examines common interactional challenges that contemporary families face, such as co-parenting, divorce, and blending families. Contributors summarize the research and show how to develop interventions for different family types.Table of ContentsContributorsAcknowledgments1. Our Approach to Inclusive Evidence-Based Practice With Contemporary FamiliesScott Browning and Brad van Eeden-MoorefieldFoundational Terminology and Contextual InformationThe Process of Creating This Book2. Implications of Inclusion and Intersectionality for Clinical PracticeMaya Autret and Brad van Eeden-MoorefieldDiversity, Inclusion, and Social JusticeCultural Competence, Cultural Humility, and Cultural ResponsivenessIntersectionalityConclusion3. Stress From Microaggressions and Discrimination: A Focus on Asian American, African American, Latina/o/x, and Queer FamiliesResearch: Lindsey Sank DavisClinical Applications: Claudia García-Leeds, Yiqing Youngman, Cheryll Rothery, and Erika GrafskyResearchClinical Applications4. Couple Instability: A Focus on Fragile Families, Stepfamilies, Families With a Child on the Autism Spectrum, and Multiracial FamiliesResearch: Francesca Adler-Baeder and Kim D. GregsonClinical Applications: C. Wayne Jones, Patricia L. Papernow, Scott Browning, Kelley Kenney, and Mark KenneyResearchClinical Applications5. Intimate Partner Violence: A Focus on Queer Families, Families and Substance Use, and Military CouplesResearch: Autumn M. BermeaClinical Applications: Peter Fraenkel, Kristen Benson, Camille St. James, and Matthew BowenResearchClinical Applications6. Coparenting: A Focus on Divorced Families, Stepfamilies, Intergenerational Families, and Families With a Child on the Autism SpectrumResearch: Tamara D. Afifi, Alison Mazur, and Chris OtmarClinical Applications: Amy C. Wagner, Patricia L. Papernow, Bindu Methikalam, and Bryan M. PeightalResearchClinical Applications7. Boundary Ambiguity: A Focus on Stepfamilies, Queer Families, Families With Adolescent Children, and Multigenerational FamiliesResearch: Marilyn Coleman and Lawrence GanongClinical Applications: Salvatore D’Amore, Scott Browning, Dena DiNardo, and Bindu MethikalamResearchClinical Applications8. Ambiguous Loss: A Focus on Immigrant Families, Postincarceration Family Life, Addiction and Families, and Military FamiliesResearch: Catherine Solheim and Anne Williams-WengerdClinical Applications: Christine Kodman-Jones, Kyle Burke, Camille St. James, Miguel Lewis, and Michelle ShermanResearchClinical Applications9. Loss and Bereavement: A Focus on Cancer and Families, Death of a Parent, Death of a Young Child, and Sudden or Violent Death in FamiliesResearch: Jacquelyn J. Benson, Abigail J. Rolbiecki, and Tashel C. BordereClinical Applications: Cadmona A. Hall, Allie Abraham, Dena DiNardo, Marianne Celano, and Ileana UngureanuResearchClinical Applications10. Emergent Areas of Clinical Practice in Need of Research: Medical ChangesSusan McGroarty, Rachel Hull, and Christopher RoyerClinical Expertise and Interpretation of EvidenceConclusion11. Outcome Assessment in Family TherapyCharles Fishman, Angus Craig, Scott Browning, Rachel Hull, and Allison RozovskyRBA: Is Anybody Better Off?Case Study for the RBAGenogram-Based Interactional MeasureCase Example for the GBIMConclusionIndexAbout the Editors
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Temple University Press,U.S. Family and Work in Everyday Ethnography
Book SynopsisExperiences that mirror work-family dilemmas that all employed parents face.Trade Review"Even though the stories presented in this book revolve around ethnographic research, quantitative and qualitative researchers alike will be able to relate to the discussion of work and family balance. Covering issues from the visibility of the pregnant body when in the field, to bringing children to your study, to how a researcher copes with continuing their research in the face of tragedy, this book will keep the reader engaged through its narratives and reflections on the topic of balancing work and family in research... Researchers across disciplines and methods in the social sciences will find this book an interesting reflection on their own work and family balance in their research." - Contemporary Sociology "This edited collection poses several questions for and about the practice of ethnography for the study of families and work... A useful text for collections on qualitative research methods or sociology of family. Summing Up: Recommended." - ChoiceTable of ContentsAcknowledgments I Parenting and Fieldwork: Introduction 1. Work and Home (Im)Balance: Finding Synergy through Ethnographic Fieldwork • Joanna Dreby and Tamara Mose Brown 2. Theorizing the Field: Beyond Blurred Boundaries and into the Thick of Things • Barbara Katz Rothman II Experiences of the Expecting 3. Sociological Pregnancy: On Gestating Research, Writing, and Offspring • Erynn Masi de Casanova 4. Emerging Breasts, Bellies, and Bodies of Knowledge: How Pregnancy and Breastfeeding Matter in Fieldwork • Jennifer A. Reich III Managing Mothers 5. The Intimate Ties between Work and Home • Joanna Dreby 6. Motherhood and Transformation in the Field: Reflections on Positionality, Meaning, and Trust • Leah Schmalzbauer 7. Parents and Children, Research and Family, Life and Loss: Living the Questions of Doing Ethnography • Chris Bobel IV Tentative Fathering 8. Passing as a Parent: Playground Fieldwork in the Shadow of the World Trade Center • Gregory Smithsimon 9. Making Up for Lost Time: My Son, My Fieldwork, My Life • Randol Contreras 10. Kids Change Everything: How Becoming a Dad Transformed My Fieldwork (and Findings) • Charles Aiden Downy V Challenging Children 11. Fourteen Months, Four Countries, and Three Kids: Tales from the Field • Tanya Golash-Boza with Raymi Boza, Soraya Boza, and Tatiana Boza 12. Reflections on Ethnographic Childhoods • Steven J. Gold 13. “Just Don’t Take Notes at Any of My Games or Do Anything Weird”: Ethnography and Mothering across Adolescence • Sherri Grasmuck Contributors Index
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Temple University Press,U.S. Family and Work in Everyday Ethnography
Book SynopsisExperiences that mirror work-family dilemmas that all employed parents face.Trade Review"Even though the stories presented in this book revolve around ethnographic research, quantitative and qualitative researchers alike will be able to relate to the discussion of work and family balance. Covering issues from the visibility of the pregnant body when in the field, to bringing children to your study, to how a researcher copes with continuing their research in the face of tragedy, this book will keep the reader engaged through its narratives and reflections on the topic of balancing work and family in research... Researchers across disciplines and methods in the social sciences will find this book an interesting reflection on their own work and family balance in their research." - Contemporary SociologyTable of ContentsAcknowledgments I Parenting and Fieldwork: Introduction 1. Work and Home (Im)Balance: Finding Synergy through Ethnographic Fieldwork • Joanna Dreby and Tamara Mose Brown 2. Theorizing the Field: Beyond Blurred Boundaries and into the Thick of Things • Barbara Katz Rothman II Experiences of the Expecting 3. Sociological Pregnancy: On Gestating Research, Writing, and Offspring • Erynn Masi de Casanova 4. Emerging Breasts, Bellies, and Bodies of Knowledge: How Pregnancy and Breastfeeding Matter in Fieldwork • Jennifer A. Reich III Managing Mothers 5. The Intimate Ties between Work and Home • Joanna Dreby 6. Motherhood and Transformation in the Field: Reflections on Positionality, Meaning, and Trust • Leah Schmalzbauer 7. Parents and Children, Research and Family, Life and Loss: Living the Questions of Doing Ethnography • Chris Bobel IV Tentative Fathering 8. Passing as a Parent: Playground Fieldwork in the Shadow of the World Trade Center • Gregory Smithsimon 9. Making Up for Lost Time: My Son, My Fieldwork, My Life • Randol Contreras 10. Kids Change Everything: How Becoming a Dad Transformed My Fieldwork (and Findings) • Charles Aiden Downy V Challenging Children 11. Fourteen Months, Four Countries, and Three Kids: Tales from the Field • Tanya Golash-Boza with Raymi Boza, Soraya Boza, and Tatiana Boza 12. Reflections on Ethnographic Childhoods • Steven J. Gold 13. “Just Don’t Take Notes at Any of My Games or Do Anything Weird”: Ethnography and Mothering across Adolescence • Sherri Grasmuck Contributors Index
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University of Toronto Press Patterns of Social Functioning in Families with
Book SynopsisThe work reported in this book represents the first attempt to study a sample of client families with marital and parent-child problems using a systematic framework based on role-theory. The findings of the study are important and made more so by the consistency of the framework: the dimensions of family behaviour can be accurately studied because the techniques of observation used are constant. This work, conducted under the auspices of the Toronto Family Diagnosis Project, School of Social Work at the University of Toronto, is an impressive contribution to two areas of social work: it offers new observations regarding family life that will be of particular interest to professionals and researchers in the field of family and child welfare, and its technical framework will be of interest to all social workers.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Motherhood Philosophy for Everyone
Book SynopsisMOTHERHOOD PHILOSOPHY FOR EVERYONE If you have ever wondered what makes a good or a bad mother, or if mothers are always right in thinking their babies are beautiful, or indeed, whether mother always knows best, look no further. Without a single nag, Motherhood Philosophy for Everyone covers these salient philosophical issues, and more, including: The anticipation of impending parenthood compared with the reality Should we tell the occasional lie to our children? What does the Bible actually say about the virgin birth? If we were able to turn our children off, would and should we be tempted by this option? The experience of lesbian mothering The unexpected challenges and complications of being a mother As in any group of thinkers, some mothers are more ambitiously reflective than others, either out of temperamental thoughtfulness, moral and political concerns, or, most often, because they have serious pTrade Review"This book opens the doors about Motherhood and covers a range of issues mother's face in a refreshing and thought provoking way." (Motherhoodsupport.com, 22 March 2011) "The series editors were ... smart to divide it into two volumes instead of creating a single book on parenting in general. While there are many questions that apply to the parent role in itself, half the fun is the opportunity for the authors and readers to consider what issues might be thought of as unique to one particular parental role versus another. One of the virtues of these collections is how they demonstrate the ways in which the study of philosophy can really assist us in addressing concrete dilemmas. Measuring the success of collections like these turns on what you expect from them, and I think these two pull it off. The articles are well-written, touches of humour are sprinkled throughout, and the authors can translate complex philosophical theories into a readable format. They apply their work to questions that matter, and even when you don't agree with what they say, there's enough substance here to create an interesting discussion." (The Philosopher's Magazine, 23 March 2011) "Subtitled "The Birth of Wisdom", a new book called Motherhood: Philosophy For Everyone calls for a more pragmatic approach to being a mum, in which we are not constantly comparing ourselves to others." (Family Interest, December 2010) "An unusual look at motherhood by several philosophers, which covers ground-such as whether it is ever acceptable to lie to your children- not often explored in maternity books. Thought provoking." (Mother and Baby, December 2010)Table of ContentsForeword xJudith Warner Acknowledgments xvSheila Lintott Navel-Gazing at Its Finest: An Introduction to Motherhood – Philosophy for Everyone 1Sheila Lintott Part I MOMMY BRAIN: Truth, Knowledge, and Belief in Mothering 15 1 How Many Experts Does It Take to Raise a Child? Mothering and the Quest for Certainty 17Sue Ellen Henry 2 Creative Mothering: Lies and the Lying Mothers Who Tell Them 29Amy Kind 3 Pro-Choice Philosopher Has Baby: Reflections on Fetal Life 41Bertha Alvarez Manninen 4 Kim, Ellen, and Zack’s Big Adventure: Lesbian Mothers Raising a Boy Steeped in His Masculinity 52Kim Anno Part II LABOR PAINS: The Work and Wonder of Being a Mom 63 5 Days and Nights of a New Mother: Existentialism in the Nursery 65Elizabeth Butterfield 6 Mindful Mothering: How Feminist Buddhist Practices Enhance Experiences of Beauty 77Sheryl Tuttle Ross 7 A Face Only a Mother Could Love? On Maternal Assessments of Infant Beauty 89Glenn Parsons 8 Kevin, Coming Into Focus: On Getting to Know My Son 100Laura Newhart Part III MOM’S MORALITY: Ethical Issues in Mothering 115 9 Making Choices: The Ethics of Infant Feeding 117Chris Mulford 10 Lactational Burkas and Milkmen: On Public Breastfeeding and Male Lactation 129Maureen Sander-Staudt 11 On “Crying-It-Out” and Co-Sleeping 141Kevin C. Elliott and Janet L. Elliott 12 Natural Childbirth is for the Birds 154Jen Baker Part IV Is Motherhood Everything You Thought It Would Be? Fantasy Meets Reality 167 13 The Off Button: Thought Experiments and Child Control 169Sara Goering 14 The Virtues of Motherhood 180Nin Kirkham 15 The Media Proudly Present: “Lessons” From Celebrity Moms 191Clemence Due and Damien W. Riggs 16 God, Mom! The Blessings of Breasts and Womb 202George A. Dunn A Brief Afterword: Some Words from Contributors’ Kids on Motherhood and Philosophy 213 Read All About It: A Feminist Bibliography on Pregnancy and Mothering 215Compiled by Amy Mullin Notes on Contributors 222
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Bristol University Press Civil Society and the Family
Book SynopsisThis enlightening book challenges conventional distinctions between the family and civil society as it uncovers how civic values and practices are inherited and fostered within the home.Table of ContentsStarting points The paradoxical positioning of the family and civil society The challenges of researching the ‘private sphere’ of the family The uncertain business of raising citizens Keeping the faith? Secularisation, the family and civic engagement Mothers, grandmothers and civic engagement Family arguments: finding one’s voice Politicising family food practices The upward transmission of civic ‘virtues’ Reframing civil society and the family
£75.99
Bristol University Press Prisoners Families Emotions and Space
Book SynopsisThis original study of the lives of prisoners' families adds a feminist perspective on the understanding of carceral geography. She relates the testimonies of families as they navigate new challenges, and measures the impact of imprisonment on their emotions, relationships, identities and experiences of spaces, both inside and outside prison.Table of Contents1. Introduction: Getting in and setting the scene 2. Feminist geographies and carceral perspectives 3. The artificial home space: place of care or place of confinement? 4. Regulated spaces 5. Spatialities of waiting 6. Surviving the incarceration process: resilience to time 7. Families’ voices: creating a platform for families’ lives
£76.00
New York University Press Contested Americans
Book SynopsisHonorable Mention, Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Book Award, given by the Latino/a Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association2023 C. Wright Mills Award FinalistReveals the impossible choices and downright terror mixed-status families often face for their lovedonesLiving in a mixed-status immigrant family might mean that your grandmother could be deported at any moment, your son could be arrested at work, or your mother's deportation hearing is postponedagain. Such uncertainty and fear are the reality of life for mixed-status familiesthose that include both undocumented immigrants and US citizens. In Contested Americans, Cassaundra Rodriguez explores how members of mixed-status families experience and articulate belonging in the United States. The sixteen million people in the US who fall under this classification share the fear of a family member's possible deportation or the anxiety of leaving behind a child oTrade ReviewTheoretically compelling, rigorously researched, and compellingly argued, Contested Americans shines a bright light on contemporary US immigration and Latino families’ efforts to carve out a space within the political and cultural fabric of the nation. Cassaundra Rodriguez is a bold new voice in immigration scholarship whose ideas will have resonance for some time to come. * Roberto G. Gonzales, author of Lives in Limbo: Undocumented and Coming of Age in America *Contested Americans underscores the in-between legal boundaries navigated by the adult children of mixed families. Through vivid accounts, Rodriguez presents the poignant story of both privileges and responsibility as these citizens are impacted by changing immigration policies and discrimination. A must-read for immigration and family scholars * Mary Romero, author of Introducing Intersectionality *A comprehensive and compelling analysis of the impact of immigration laws and policies on the lives of the adult citizen children of undocumented immigrants. Rodriguez masterfully argues that these young adults experience multigenerational punishment as their parents’ truncated path to legality fuels anxiety, unloads economic and emotional responsibility, and challenges their own birthright claims to national membership. Using a rich methodology, deep analysis, and a solid theoretical stance, Rodriguez’s powerful and engaging narrative reveals the continuous limits of citizenship for US-born members of mixed-status families. * Nilda Flores-González, author of Citizens but Not Americans *Contested Americans takes readers deep into the dreams, struggles, and survival strategies of Mexican mixed-status families in Los Angeles. Through powerful and humanizing prose, Rodriguez shows the ways in which US-citizen young adults navigate family illegality while maintaining a commitment to their loved ones and resisting racism and anti-immigrant policies. Clearly and beautifully written, and infused with novel insights about contemporary immigrant family life. * Leah Schmalzbauer, co-author of Immigrant Families *Rodriguez’s engaging, captivating, and straightforward writing style makes this book accessible and relatable to the educators (including those teaching urban studies), social workers, researchers, and anyone who wants to learn more about immigrants, especially mixed-status families. This book can be a powerful resource for shaping immigration and other urban policies prioritizing family unity. * Journal of Urban Affairs *
£66.60
New York University Press Contested Americans
Book SynopsisHonorable Mention, Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Book Award, given by the Latino/a Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association2023 C. Wright Mills Award FinalistReveals the impossible choices and downright terror mixed-status families often face for their lovedonesLiving in a mixed-status immigrant family might mean that your grandmother could be deported at any moment, your son could be arrested at work, or your mother's deportation hearing is postponedagain. Such uncertainty and fear are the reality of life for mixed-status familiesthose that include both undocumented immigrants and US citizens. In Contested Americans, Cassaundra Rodriguez explores how members of mixed-status families experience and articulate belonging in the United States. The sixteen million people in the US who fall under this classification share the fear of a family member's possible deportation or the anxiety of leaving behind a child oTrade ReviewTheoretically compelling, rigorously researched, and compellingly argued, Contested Americans shines a bright light on contemporary US immigration and Latino families’ efforts to carve out a space within the political and cultural fabric of the nation. Cassaundra Rodriguez is a bold new voice in immigration scholarship whose ideas will have resonance for some time to come. * Roberto G. Gonzales, author of Lives in Limbo: Undocumented and Coming of Age in America *Contested Americans underscores the in-between legal boundaries navigated by the adult children of mixed families. Through vivid accounts, Rodriguez presents the poignant story of both privileges and responsibility as these citizens are impacted by changing immigration policies and discrimination. A must-read for immigration and family scholars * Mary Romero, author of Introducing Intersectionality *A comprehensive and compelling analysis of the impact of immigration laws and policies on the lives of the adult citizen children of undocumented immigrants. Rodriguez masterfully argues that these young adults experience multigenerational punishment as their parents’ truncated path to legality fuels anxiety, unloads economic and emotional responsibility, and challenges their own birthright claims to national membership. Using a rich methodology, deep analysis, and a solid theoretical stance, Rodriguez’s powerful and engaging narrative reveals the continuous limits of citizenship for US-born members of mixed-status families. * Nilda Flores-González, author of Citizens but Not Americans *Contested Americans takes readers deep into the dreams, struggles, and survival strategies of Mexican mixed-status families in Los Angeles. Through powerful and humanizing prose, Rodriguez shows the ways in which US-citizen young adults navigate family illegality while maintaining a commitment to their loved ones and resisting racism and anti-immigrant policies. Clearly and beautifully written, and infused with novel insights about contemporary immigrant family life. * Leah Schmalzbauer, co-author of Immigrant Families *Rodriguez’s engaging, captivating, and straightforward writing style makes this book accessible and relatable to the educators (including those teaching urban studies), social workers, researchers, and anyone who wants to learn more about immigrants, especially mixed-status families. This book can be a powerful resource for shaping immigration and other urban policies prioritizing family unity. * Journal of Urban Affairs *
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New York University Press Queer Childhoods
Book SynopsisExplores how the institutional management of children's sexualities in boarding schools affected children's future social, political, and economic opportunities Tracing the US's investment in disciplining minoritarian sexualities since the late nineteenth century, Mary Zaborskis focuses on a ubiquitous but understudied figure: the queer child. Queer Childhoods examines the lived and literary experiences of children who attended reform schools, schools for the blind, African American industrial schools, and Native American boarding schools. In mapping the institutional terrain of queer childhoods in educational settings of the late nineteenth- and twentieth-century, the book offers an original archive of children's sexual and embodied experiences. Zaborskis argues that these boarding schoolsdesigned to segregate racialized, criminalized, and disabled children from mainstream cultureproduced new forms of childhood. These childhoods have secured American futures in which inTrade ReviewA fierce and brilliant book. Mary Zaborskis argues that the U.S. and Canadian states queered minoritarian populations in order to unfit them for full citizenship. Deep in the archives of industrial schools, Native American boarding schools, and schools for the blind, Zaborskis demonstrates that these institutions targeted the sexuality of Black, Native, poor, and disabled students, preparing them for futures that would never come to pass. By attending to the experiences of actual children caught up in this biopolitical project, Queer Childhoods challenges pieties about education, the Child, and a queer future untroubled by these violent legacies of exclusion. -- Heather K. Love, University of PennsylvaniaSmart and provocative. Mary Zaborskis grapples with a history emergent in queer theory. How did specific institutions queer children against their will, for almost two centuries? That is, how were children from minoritized backgrounds ‘sexually othered’—made ‘strange,’ thus queer—so that they could be forced into normalizing scenes that guaranteed their failure to assimilate to norms? Here, the act of ‘queering’ is not to be embraced. It’s a barbed dynamic that aims to manage lives and threaten certain futures. What a rending read—riveting and necessary. -- Kathryn Bond Stockton, author of The Queer Child, or Growing Sideways in the Twentieth Century
£66.60
New York University Press Queer Childhoods
Book SynopsisExplores how the institutional management of children's sexualities in boarding schools affected children's future social, political, and economic opportunities Tracing the US's investment in disciplining minoritarian sexualities since the late nineteenth century, Mary Zaborskis focuses on a ubiquitous but understudied figure: the queer child. Queer Childhoods examines the lived and literary experiences of children who attended reform schools, schools for the blind, African American industrial schools, and Native American boarding schools. In mapping the institutional terrain of queer childhoods in educational settings of the late nineteenth- and twentieth-century, the book offers an original archive of children's sexual and embodied experiences. Zaborskis argues that these boarding schoolsdesigned to segregate racialized, criminalized, and disabled children from mainstream cultureproduced new forms of childhood. These childhoods have secured American futures in which inTrade ReviewA fierce and brilliant book. Mary Zaborskis argues that the U.S. and Canadian states queered minoritarian populations in order to unfit them for full citizenship. Deep in the archives of industrial schools, Native American boarding schools, and schools for the blind, Zaborskis demonstrates that these institutions targeted the sexuality of Black, Native, poor, and disabled students, preparing them for futures that would never come to pass. By attending to the experiences of actual children caught up in this biopolitical project, Queer Childhoods challenges pieties about education, the Child, and a queer future untroubled by these violent legacies of exclusion. -- Heather K. Love, University of PennsylvaniaSmart and provocative. Mary Zaborskis grapples with a history emergent in queer theory. How did specific institutions queer children against their will, for almost two centuries? That is, how were children from minoritized backgrounds ‘sexually othered’—made ‘strange,’ thus queer—so that they could be forced into normalizing scenes that guaranteed their failure to assimilate to norms? Here, the act of ‘queering’ is not to be embraced. It’s a barbed dynamic that aims to manage lives and threaten certain futures. What a rending read—riveting and necessary. -- Kathryn Bond Stockton, author of The Queer Child, or Growing Sideways in the Twentieth Century
£22.49
New York University Press Keeping Family Secrets
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£21.84
New York University Press Unexpected
Book SynopsisWhat prenatal tests and down syndrome reveal about our reproductive choicesWhen Alison Piepmeierscholar of feminism and disability studies, and mother of Maybelle, an eight-year-old girl with Down syndromedied of cancer in August 2016, she left behind an important unfinished manuscript about motherhood, prenatal testing, and disability. In Unexpected, George Estreich and Rachel Adams pick up where she left off, honoring the important research of their friend and colleague, as well as adding new perspectives to her work. Based on interviews with parents of children with Down syndrome, as well as women who terminated their pregnancies because their fetus was identified as having the condition, Unexpected paints an intimate, nuanced picture of reproductive choice in today's world. Piepmeier takes us inside her own daughter's life, showing how Down syndrome is misunderstood, stigmatized, and condemned, particularly in the context of prenatal testing. At a time when medical technology iTrade ReviewAsks questions such as, what is the line between illness and disability, and how can a parent deal with uncertainties? … Shares rarely heard stories from parents and prospective parents who have confronted challenging decisions about a fetus with Down syndrome … provides insight into a segment of the population rarely explored. * Library Journal *A thought-provoking book at the value of all human life … This book should reassure parents who choose to skip genetic testing or decide not to terminate pregnancies after learning their fetus may not be 'normal.' Like Piepmeier and her coauthors, they may well find unexpected joys in happy, loving kids. * Booklist *Unexpected is a beautiful, thoughtful, and challenging co-authored and deeply reflexive book. It engages the porous lessons of disability, debility, death and an enduring love that is at once familial and friendship-centered. Collectively, Alison Piepmeier recruits George Estreich and Rachel Adams into a profound conversation that narrates their experiences of raising children with Down Syndrome as an optic on injustice, advocacy, and social transformation through this most intimate of parent-child relations. -- Rayna Rapp, author of Testing Women, Testing the Fetus: The Social Impact of Amniocentesis in America
£66.60
New York University Press Just Like Family
Book SynopsisWinner, 2023 Animals and Society''s Distinguished Book Award, presented by the American Sociological AssociationThe rise and increasingly important role of companion animals in our familiesFrom homemade meals for our dogs to high-end feline veterinary care, pets are a growing multi-billion-dollar industry in the United States. In Just Like Family, Andrea Laurent-Simpson explores the expanding role of animals in what she calls the multi-species family, providing a window into a world where almost 95 percent of adults who share their homes with dogs and cats identifyand ultimately treattheir animal companions as legitimate members of their families. With an insightful eye, Laurent-Simpson examines why and how these animals have increasingly become an important part of our households. She highlights their various roles in our lives, including as siblings to our existing children, as animal children themselves, and in some cases, even as grandchildren, paTrade ReviewIn this fascinating book, Laurent-Simpson discusses how nontraditional families such as childfree families, LGBTQ families, and grandparent families have helped to make the multispecies family the norm. As people began to focus less on survival and more on happiness—the family structure evolved along with it—with dogs right by our side. Laurent-Simpson also considers the impacts of the multispecies family on the birthrate in the United States, which hit a record low in 2020. * The Bark *Deftly weaving identity theory, family studies, symbolic interactionism, and animal studies, Just Like Family has broad versatility and reach in sociology. In this book, Laurent-Simpson delivers the rare combination of readability, relatability and rigor. She provides compelling stories from pet parents as well as examples from popular culture that show, quite clearly, the ways in which companion animals have nosed their way from pets to family members and in so doing, created a new family structure. The importance of this transition in family form is thoroughly explained and supported with reference to multiple fields. Additionally, with the use of triangulation in data collection, this book is a great exemplar of qualitative research and would be excellent for a qualitative methods class, in addition to courses focusing on family or identity. -- Beth Montemurro, author of Deserving Desire: Women's Stories of Sexual EvolutionWhen a subtle social change happens slowly, over the course of many decades, it can be difficult to pinpoint exactly how the present moment came to be. Such is the case with pets becoming members of the family. With a wealth of heartwarming stories and informative demographic analyses, Andrea Laurent-Simpson shows how family structures have evolved to include beloved animal companions. These contemporary multi-species families have created their own identities, roles, and boundaries to define 'family' for themselves. From 'pet parents' taking care of their 'animal kids,' to children seeing themselves as 'siblings' to their companion animals, Laurent-Simpson demonstrates how animal companions moved from being “owned” to claiming a status as a member of the family. -- Elizabeth Cherry, author of For the Birds: Protecting Wildlife Through the Naturalist GazeIncreasing numbers of people now regard their companion animals as members of the family. Although some critics consider this very idea frivolous, Andrea Laurent-Simpson takes people’s claims seriously and investigates how we incorporate non-human beings into a group long regarded as uniquely human. The resulting analysis sheds valuable light on the dynamics of the more-than-human family. With its impeccable research and graceful prose, Just Like Family holds insights for scholars and lay readers alike. -- Leslie Irvine, editor of We Are Best Friends: Animals in SocietyAndrea Laurent-Simpson’s book skillfully combines the micro and macro level of analysis…It is, therefore, a very versatile research approach, which gives the whole picture of the changes to American families and the position of companion animals in American society. * Symbolic Interaction *Just Like Family is joy to read. It should find a significant lay and academic audience and would contribute considerably to a range of college courses including sociology of the family, social psychology, and human animal studies. * Social Forces *Laurent-Simpson (Southern Methodist Univ.) contends that the American family unit has changed over time to incorporate a multispecies dimension as household pets have come to be increasingly considered part of the family, representing new relationships and transforming existing ones. Utilizing interviews, observational data, and artifacts from popular culture, the author compellingly argues for taking pets seriously as family members. Among her key observations are not just the importance of pets as companions to whom owners devote economic and emotional resources but that the way in which humans understand these relationships as similar to parent/child relationships has changed the way Americans think about these traditional roles. Many of the most intriguing insights call for further investigation, including the gendered dimensions of companion animals in which cultural expectations of motherhood are often transferred onto “pet parents,” reflected in both the attitudes and consumption patterns of interviewees and coinciding with declining fertility rates. In addition, racialized patterns of ownership suggest that the multispecies family is primarily a white phenomenon with significant class-based dimensions. Of interest to family and animal studies scholars, this text provides a fascinating snapshot of the ways pets are active and transformative agents. * Choice *Laurent-Simpson’s clear and accessible writing style makes this book ideal for all readers interested in the companion animal as family, whether for academic inquiry or personal curiosity. * American Journal of Sociology *
£62.90
New York University Press Just Like Family
Book SynopsisWinner, 2023 Animals and Society's Distinguished Book Award, presented by the American Sociological Association The rise and increasingly important role of companion animals in our families From homemade meals for our dogs to high-end feline veterinary care, pets are a growing multi-billion-dollar industry in the United States. In Just Like Family, Andrea Laurent-Simpson explores the expanding role of animals in what she calls "the multi-species family," providing a window into a world where almost 95 percent of adults who share their homes with dogs and cats identifyand ultimately treattheir animal companions as legitimate members of their families. With an insightful eye, Laurent-Simpson examines why and how these animals have increasingly become an important part of our households. She highlights their various roles in our lives, including as siblings to our existing children, as animal children themselves, and in some cases, even as grandchildren, particularly as fertility rates decline and a growing number of younger couples choose to live a childfree lifestyle. Ultimately, Laurent-Simpson highlights how animalsand their place in our liveshave changed the structure of the American family in surprising ways. Just Like Family provides a fascinating inside look at our complex relationships with our beloved animal companions in the twenty-first century.Trade ReviewIn this fascinating book, Laurent-Simpson discusses how nontraditional families such as childfree families, LGBTQ families, and grandparent families have helped to make the multispecies family the norm. As people began to focus less on survival and more on happiness—the family structure evolved along with it—with dogs right by our side. Laurent-Simpson also considers the impacts of the multispecies family on the birthrate in the United States, which hit a record low in 2020. * The Bark *Deftly weaving identity theory, family studies, symbolic interactionism, and animal studies, Just Like Family has broad versatility and reach in sociology. In this book, Laurent-Simpson delivers the rare combination of readability, relatability and rigor. She provides compelling stories from pet parents as well as examples from popular culture that show, quite clearly, the ways in which companion animals have nosed their way from pets to family members and in so doing, created a new family structure. The importance of this transition in family form is thoroughly explained and supported with reference to multiple fields. Additionally, with the use of triangulation in data collection, this book is a great exemplar of qualitative research and would be excellent for a qualitative methods class, in addition to courses focusing on family or identity. -- Beth Montemurro, author of Deserving Desire: Women's Stories of Sexual EvolutionWhen a subtle social change happens slowly, over the course of many decades, it can be difficult to pinpoint exactly how the present moment came to be. Such is the case with pets becoming members of the family. With a wealth of heartwarming stories and informative demographic analyses, Andrea Laurent-Simpson shows how family structures have evolved to include beloved animal companions. These contemporary multi-species families have created their own identities, roles, and boundaries to define 'family' for themselves. From 'pet parents' taking care of their 'animal kids,' to children seeing themselves as 'siblings' to their companion animals, Laurent-Simpson demonstrates how animal companions moved from being “owned” to claiming a status as a member of the family. -- Elizabeth Cherry, author of For the Birds: Protecting Wildlife Through the Naturalist GazeIncreasing numbers of people now regard their companion animals as members of the family. Although some critics consider this very idea frivolous, Andrea Laurent-Simpson takes people’s claims seriously and investigates how we incorporate non-human beings into a group long regarded as uniquely human. The resulting analysis sheds valuable light on the dynamics of the more-than-human family. With its impeccable research and graceful prose, Just Like Family holds insights for scholars and lay readers alike. -- Leslie Irvine, editor of We Are Best Friends: Animals in SocietyAndrea Laurent-Simpson’s book skillfully combines the micro and macro level of analysis…It is, therefore, a very versatile research approach, which gives the whole picture of the changes to American families and the position of companion animals in American society. * Symbolic Interaction *Just Like Family is joy to read. It should find a significant lay and academic audience and would contribute considerably to a range of college courses including sociology of the family, social psychology, and human animal studies. * Social Forces *Laurent-Simpson (Southern Methodist Univ.) contends that the American family unit has changed over time to incorporate a multispecies dimension as household pets have come to be increasingly considered part of the family, representing new relationships and transforming existing ones. Utilizing interviews, observational data, and artifacts from popular culture, the author compellingly argues for taking pets seriously as family members. Among her key observations are not just the importance of pets as companions to whom owners devote economic and emotional resources but that the way in which humans understand these relationships as similar to parent/child relationships has changed the way Americans think about these traditional roles. Many of the most intriguing insights call for further investigation, including the gendered dimensions of companion animals in which cultural expectations of motherhood are often transferred onto “pet parents,” reflected in both the attitudes and consumption patterns of interviewees and coinciding with declining fertility rates. In addition, racialized patterns of ownership suggest that the multispecies family is primarily a white phenomenon with significant class-based dimensions. Of interest to family and animal studies scholars, this text provides a fascinating snapshot of the ways pets are active and transformative agents. * Choice *Laurent-Simpson’s clear and accessible writing style makes this book ideal for all readers interested in the companion animal as family, whether for academic inquiry or personal curiosity. * American Journal of Sociology *
£23.74
New York University Press Modern Families
Book SynopsisA personal, intimate account of the extraordinary ways that today's families are being created. From adoption and assisted reproduction, to gay and straight parents, coupled and single, and multi-parent families, the stories in Modern Families explain how individuals make unconventional families by accessing a broad range of technological, medical and legal choices that expand our definitions of parenting and kinship. Joshua Gamson introduces us to a child with two mothers, made with one mother's egg and the sperm of a man none of them has ever met; another born in Ethiopia, delivered by his natural grandmother to an orphanage after both his parents died in close succession, and then to the arms of his mother, who is raising him solo. These tales are deeply personal and political. The process of forming these families involved jumping tremendous hurdlessocial conventions, legal and medical institutionswith heightened intention and inventiveness, within and across multiple inequities anTrade Review"These 'bedtime stories' should expand the hearts and minds of readers. Josh Gamson's exquisitely rendered tales of brave new family-making routes to contemporary parenthood and kinship aim to advance the dream of reproductive freedom." -- Judith Stacey,author of Unhitched: Love, Marriage, and Family Values from West Hollywood to Western China"Modern Families is about people who attempt to create an ordinary child through extraordinary means.Their journey startsand their childs Origin Story beginsby navigating the worlds of assisted reproduction, new forms of co-parenting and global adoption. In doing so, these families challenge boundaries of traditional kinship and intimacies. Featured tales of parenthood are told against a backdrop of rapidly changing advances in biomedicine, the expansion of the Internet and globalizing markets. Josh Gamson, a gifted writer, delivers a provocative and memorable book." -- Rosanna Hertz,author of Single by Chance, Mothers by Choice"Both seriously passionate about his cause and irrepressibly funny, Gamson takes us into the new world of unconventional family making. Making his way past the wagging fingers, he takes important new questions to the public square. If two men want a baby, whose egg and womb will it be, and what will be their relationships to the two women involved? How do we buy genes or borrow wombs or adopt children without letting the market take over the story and meaning? Modern Families is a deeply compassionate voyage into uncharted territory." -- Arlie Hochschild,author of The Outsourced Self: Intimate Life in Market Times"In this book, both carefully observed and deeply felt, Joshua Gamson gives voice to the changing nature of family in modern America. The new relationships he describes are complicated and sometimes difficult, but also suffused with love. This beautifully constructed and often hilarious manifesto rings with hope for a society in which everyone is free not only to marry but also to designate as family whomever he or she chooses." -- Andrew Solomon,author of Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity"These family making journeys raise hard questions, but offer no formulaic answers. These are stories of choices made consciously and sometimes uncomfortably to create and combine lives amidst the messy human realities of desire, commerce, science, faith, community and family. This collection is not a roadmap; it is a companion for all those who choose to navigate the world of modern kinship." -- from the Foreword by Melissa Harris-Perry"[T]hese tales area warmhearted and normalizing look at some rare kinds of families." * Choice *"[A] fascinating look at the remarkable range of experiences that is broadening the very idea of family." * Booklist *"Gamson successfully weaves together the personal and the academic throughout the book. He takes personal stories and situates them in more complicated institutions and social structures." * Brain Child Magazine *"The various stories of family creation told inModern Families--the struggles and the successes--are quite moving." * Brain, Child Magazine *"[Gamson] shares their tales with an engaging, gently humorous, and at times poetic style. At the same time, he also teases out the connections between individual family stories and the social systems in which they are immersed." * Philadelphia Gay News *"What is so deft aboutModern Familiesis the ease with which Gamson weaves together individual stories about creating families with academic research about the process, from single parenthood to gay parenting to reproductive technologieshe describes the often heart-wrenching emotional and technological lengths they had to go to. There are moments in all these accounts that will bring you to tears." * In These Times *"Rich in dramatic tensions, private passions and public and political moral complexities, these 'creation stories' of having children in unusual family contexts make the famous tale of descending from Lady Bracknell's handbag pale in comparison." * Times Higher Education *"InModern Families, Gamson offers both the personal and the critical perspectives. The stories of the journeys to kinship are beautifully rendered, novelistic page-turners. They are told, though, in context of the overarching social forces and disparities." * PsychCentral.com *"Takes the reader on an intimate journey through some of the many extraordinary pathways to parenthood available in the early twenty-first century." * Sociological Forum *Table of Contentsvii CONTENTS Foreword by Melissa Harris-Perry ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction: Impertinent Questions 1 1 Reba, Live! 18 2 Stranger Things Have Happened 51 3 Birth Control 83 4 The Kids in the Pictures 108 5 My New Kentucky Baby 139 6 Queer Conceptions 171 Conclusion: Bedtime Stories for a New Generation 203 Notes 215 Index 225 About the Author 235
£19.94
New York University Press Unexpected
Book SynopsisWhat prenatal tests and down syndrome reveal about our reproductive choicesWhen Alison Piepmeierscholar of feminism and disability studies, and mother of Maybelle, an eight-year-old girl with Down syndromedied of cancer in August 2016, she left behind an important unfinished manuscript about motherhood, prenatal testing, and disability. In Unexpected, George Estreich and Rachel Adams pick up where she left off, honoring the important research of their friend and colleague, as well as adding new perspectives to her work. Based on interviews with parents of children with Down syndrome, as well as women who terminated their pregnancies because their fetus was identified as having the condition, Unexpected paints an intimate, nuanced picture of reproductive choice in today's world. Piepmeier takes us inside her own daughter's life, showing how Down syndrome is misunderstood, stigmatized, and condemned, particularly in the context of prenatal testing. At a time when medical technology iTrade Review"Asks questions such as, what is the line between illness and disability, and how can a parent deal with uncertainties? … Shares rarely heard stories from parents and prospective parents who have confronted challenging decisions about a fetus with Down syndrome … provides insight into a segment of the population rarely explored." * Library Journal *"A thought-provoking book at the value of all human life … This book should reassure parents who choose to skip genetic testing or decide not to terminate pregnancies after learning their fetus may not be 'normal.' Like Piepmeier and her coauthors, they may well find unexpected joys in happy, loving kids." * Booklist *"Unexpected is a beautiful, thoughtful, and challenging co-authored and deeply reflexive book. It engages the porous lessons of disability, debility, death and an enduring love that is at once familial and friendship-centered. Collectively, Alison Piepmeier recruits George Estreich and Rachel Adams into a profound conversation that narrates their experiences of raising children with Down Syndrome as an optic on injustice, advocacy, and social transformation through this most intimate of parent-child relations." -- Rayna Rapp, author of Testing Women, Testing the Fetus: The Social Impact of Amniocentesis in America
£20.89
University of Nebraska Press White Gold
Book SynopsisWomen have shared breast milk for eons, but in White Gold, Susan Falls shows how the meanings of capitalism, technology, motherhood, and risk can be understood against the backdrop of an emerging practice in which donors and recipients of breast milk are connected through social media in the southern United States. Drawing on her own experience as a participant, Falls describes the sharing community. She also presents narratives from donors, doulas, medical professionals, and recipients to provide a holistic ethnographic account. Situating her subject within cross-cultural comparisons of historically shifting attitudes about breast milk, Falls shows how sharing “white gold”—seen as a scarce, valuable, even mysterious substance—is a mode of enacting parenthood, gender, and political values. Though breast milk is increasingly being commodified, Falls argues that sharing is a powerful and empowering practice. Far fTrade Review"What does it mean to share human milk in the contemporary United States? In this edgy volume, Susan Falls tackles this question by examining a milk-sharing community in the southeastern United States. . . . Falls's description of milk-sharing as a counter-network, simultaneously nodding toward her feminist orientation and materialist-ontological frameworks, is clever and elegant."—Beatriz M. Reyes-Foster, Medical Anthropology Quarterly"This is an ethnography with the potential to generate public debate; as such, it also marks an excellent opportunity for engaged social science."—Sevasti-Melissa Nolas, Journal for Applied Anthropology in Policy and Practice“Among the best ethnographies I’ve read in more than thirty-five years of doing, thinking, and writing anthropology. It is an important and impressive book about a little-known social phenomenon in the United States.”—Paul Stoller, professor of anthropology at West Chester University and 2013 Ander Retzius Gold Medal Laureate in Anthropology“This very readable book breaks all the stereotypes about who shares human milk and why. Susan Falls’s examination of a breast milk sharing network in the American South uses evocative words and images to rethink kinship, sharing, and nurturing practices among mothers.”—Penny Van Esterik, professor of anthropology at York University“Submerged in a world of liquid gold, this anthropology tells a tale of new family constellations in a moment when the nation itself is in search of nutrition.”—Aleksandra Wagner, assistant professor of sociology at the Schools of Public Engagement at The New SchoolTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction: White Gold Chapter One. Milk Moves Chapter Two. A Complicated Gift Chapter Three. Breast Milk Is Best Chapter Four. Lactivism Chapter Five. Economic Matters Chapter Six. Free Space Notes References Index
£17.99
Cornell University Press Still a Mother
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis book fits nicely within the feminist literature on mothering and raises significant questions about the gendered demands and distribution of childcare, as well as the criteria and practice of child custody processes. * Choice *Table of Contents1. A Contradiction in Terms 2. The Mothers 3. She Must Have Done Something 4. Still a Mother 5. Father of the Year 6. Manufacturing Bad Mothers 7. Still in an Abusive Relationship 8. Lessons Learned
£97.20
Cornell University Press Still a Mother
Book SynopsisJackie Krasas traces the trajectories of mothers who have lost or ceded custody to an ex-partner. She argues that these noncustodial mothers'' experiences should be understood within a greater web of gendered social institutions such as employment, education, health care, and legal systems that shapes the meanings of contemporary motherhood in the United States. If motherhood means being there, then noncustodial mothers, through their absence, are seen as nonmothers. They are anti-mothers to be reviled. At the very least, these mothers serve as cautionary tales.Still a Mother questions the existence of an objective method for determining custody of children and challenges the best-interests standard through a feminist, reproductive justice lens. The stories of noncustodial mothers that Krasas relates shed light on marriage and divorce, caregiving, gender violence, and family court. Unfortunately, much of the contemporary discussion of child custody determination is domTrade ReviewThis book fits nicely within the feminist literature on mothering and raises significant questions about the gendered demands and distribution of childcare, as well as the criteria and practice of child custody processes. * Choice *Table of Contents1. A Contradiction in Terms 2. The Mothers 3. She Must Have Done Something 4. Still a Mother 5. Father of the Year 6. Manufacturing Bad Mothers 7. Still in an Abusive Relationship 8. Lessons Learned
£21.59
University of Pennsylvania Press Friendship
Book SynopsisIn this book, renowned anthropologist Michael Jackson draws on philosophy, biography, ethnography, and literature to explore the meanings and affordances of friendship—a relationship just as significant as, yet somehow different from, kinship and love. Beginning with Aristotle’s accounts of friendship as a political virtue and Montaigne’s famous essay on friendship as a form of love, Jackson examines the tension between the political and personal resonances of friendship in the philosophy of Hannah Arendt, the biography of the Indian historian Brijen Gupta, and the oral narratives of a Kuranko storyteller, Keti Ferenke Koroma. He offers reflections on childhood friends, imaginary friends, lifelong friendships, and friendships with animals. He ruminates particularly on the complications of friendship in the context of anthropological fieldwork, exploring the contradiction between the egalitarian spirit of friendship on the one hand and, on the other, the power imbalance between ethnographers and their interlocutors. Through these stories, Jackson explores the unpredictable interplay of mutability and mutuality in intimate human relationships, and the critical importance of choice in forming friendship—what it means to be loyal to friends through good times and bad, and even in the face of danger. Through a blend of memoir, theory, ethnography, and fiction, Jackson shows us how the elective affinities of friendship transcend culture, gender, and age, and offer us perennial means of taking stock of our lives and getting a measure of our own self-worth.Trade Review"A compelling exploration of friendship, rich with insights and astute anthropological and philosophical reflections. Friendship offers a highly original treatment of an important topic in clear and incisive terms. I know of no other work that examines the many diverse aspects of friendship in people’s lives in such rich and informed ways." * Robert Desjarlais, Sarah Lawrence College *
£72.00
Bristol University Press Designing Parental Leave Policy: The Norway Model
Book SynopsisNordic countries lead the way in facilitating better work-family integration through their design of parental leave policies that encourage men towards life courses with greater care responsibilities. Based on original research, this compelling book offers a novel analysis of the everyday parental practices of fathers and parents in Norway as a way of understanding the workings of labour market and welfare policies, whilst considering how migrant fathers might relate to the expectations such laws generate. The authors showcase how this style of men’s care work constitutes a re-gendering of men by promoting ‘caring masculinities’.Table of ContentsIntroduction Part 1: The importance of leave design Fathers’ sense of entitlement to ear-marked and shared parental leave Decomposing policy design: outsider-within perspectives Flexible use of the father’s quota: Problems and possibilities Part 2: Caregiving – fathers in transition Masculinity and child care Home alone on leave or with the mother present Fathers experiencing solo leave: Change and Continuities Immigrant fathers framing parental leave and caregiving Part 3: Reconciling work and care Changing fathers and work–life boundary setting Negotiating parental leave and working life Workplace support of fathers’ parental leave use Managers: Irreplaceable in caregiving and replaceable at work Conclusions: Change in policies, fathers’ caregiving and the ideal-worker norm
£75.99
Bristol University Press A Child’s Day: A Comprehensive Analysis of Change
Book SynopsisWe routinely judge how well children are doing in their lives by how they spend their time, yet we know remarkably little about it. This rigorous review of four decades of data provides the clearest insights yet into the way children use their time. With analysis of changes in the time spent on family, education, culture and technology, as well as children’s own views on their habits, it provides a fascinating perspective on behaviour, wellbeing, social change and more. This is an indispensable companion to the work of policy makers, academics and researchers, and anyone interested in the daily lives of children.Table of ContentsIntroduction Time for Education and Culture Time for Health Time for Family Time for Technology How Children Feel About How They Spend Time Conclusion
£75.99
Bristol University Press A Child’s Day: A Comprehensive Analysis of Change
Book SynopsisWe routinely judge how well children are doing in their lives by how they spend their time, yet we know remarkably little about it. This rigorous review of four decades of data provides the clearest insights yet into the way children use their time. With analysis of changes in the time spent on family, education, culture and technology, as well as children’s own views on their habits, it provides a fascinating perspective on behaviour, wellbeing, social change and more. This is an indispensable companion to the work of policy makers, academics and researchers, and anyone interested in the daily lives of children.Table of ContentsIntroduction Time for Education and Culture Time for Health Time for Family Time for Technology How Children Feel About How They Spend Time Conclusion
£23.74
Bristol University Press Black Mothers and Attachment Parenting: A Black
Book SynopsisAttachment parenting is an increasingly popular style of childrearing that emphasises ‘natural’ activities such as extended breastfeeding, bedsharing and babywearing. Such parenting activities are framed as the key to addressing a variety of social ills. Parents’ choices are thus made deeply significant with the potential to guarantee the well-being of future societies. Examining black mothers’ engagements with attachment parenting, Hamilton shows the limitations of this neoliberal approach. Unique in its intersectional analysis of contemporary mothering ideologies, this outstanding book fills a gap in the literature on parenting culture studies, drawing on black feminist theorizing to analyse intensive mothering practices and policies. Black Mothers and Attachment Parenting is shortlisted for the 2021 BSA Philip Abrams Memorial Prize.Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I: Contexualizing AP: Attachment Parenting’s Rise To Prominence (And Infamy) From Scientific Motherhood To Intensive Mothering Why Now? AP In A Neoliberal, Postracial Context Part II: AP And Parenting Advice In Britain And Canada Best For Whom? Experiences Of Breastfeeding Mother Knows Best? Bedsharing Against Expert Advice Babywearing: Fads, Dangers and Cultural Appropriation Part III: Dividing Parenting Labour Negotiating Parental Leave Policies in Britain and Canada 'Staying At Home' Or 'Choosing To Work' Part IV: Constructing An Oppositional Model Of Good Motherhood Reclaiming AP Conclusion
£75.99
Bristol University Press Black Mothers and Attachment Parenting: A Black
Book SynopsisAttachment parenting is an increasingly popular style of childrearing that emphasises ‘natural’ activities such as extended breastfeeding, bedsharing and babywearing. Such parenting activities are framed as the key to addressing a variety of social ills. Parents’ choices are thus made deeply significant with the potential to guarantee the well-being of future societies. Examining black mothers’ engagements with attachment parenting, Hamilton shows the limitations of this neoliberal approach. Unique in its intersectional analysis of contemporary mothering ideologies, this outstanding book fills a gap in the literature on parenting culture studies, drawing on black feminist theorizing to analyse intensive mothering practices and policies. Black Mothers and Attachment Parenting is shortlisted for the 2021 BSA Philip Abrams Memorial Prize.Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I: Contexualizing AP: Attachment Parenting’s Rise To Prominence (And Infamy) From Scientific Motherhood To Intensive Mothering Why Now? AP In A Neoliberal, Postracial Context Part II: AP And Parenting Advice In Britain And Canada Best For Whom? Experiences Of Breastfeeding Mother Knows Best? Bedsharing Against Expert Advice Babywearing: Fads, Dangers and Cultural Appropriation Part III: Dividing Parenting Labour Negotiating Parental Leave Policies in Britain and Canada 'Staying At Home' Or 'Choosing To Work' Part IV: Constructing An Oppositional Model Of Good Motherhood Reclaiming AP Conclusion
£23.74
Baker Publishing Group Unshakable Kids – Three Keys to Raising
Book SynopsisYou may feel anxious about sending your child out into a world that too often feels dark and scary. But you can prepare your kids to live in the real world by equipping them with a sound mind and strategies for establishing a foundation of faith. Adversity is a normal part of life, and when we keep our children too protected, we rob them of the opportunity to learn and practice essential life skills like discernment, understanding, boldness, and resilience. Using Scripture and principles of cognitive behavioral therapy, Unshakable Kids gives you the tools to equip your children to withstand the negative pressures of society and walk bravely into the world with wisdom. This book will show you how to model the qualities you want to build in your kids, control anxious thoughts, and help your kids rest in their identities as children of God. With God's Word and these brain-based tools, you can raise emotionally healthy and spiritually strong children who not only remain unshaken by the world, but can actually make a positive impact on it.
£14.39
Gallaudet University Press,U.S. The Politics of Deafness
Book SynopsisThis volume lays out the practical steps families can take to adjust to a loved one's hearing loss. The book shows how the exchange of information can be altered at fundamental levels, what these alterations entail, and how they can affect one's ability to understand and interpret spoken communication. Along with the hands-on tips provided throughout, this handbook considers the potential of cochlear implants, described both by audiologist Holden and Nickerson, who underwent one in 1985. This should be a useful resource for all families coping with a loved one's hearing loss.
£27.50
Baker Publishing Group Emerging Gender Identities: Understanding the
Book Synopsis"This inviting text provides a useful framework for Christians to use in approaching what can be difficult conversations around gender identity."--Publishers Weekly This book offers a measured Christian response to the diverse gender identities that are being embraced by an increasing number of adolescents. Mark Yarhouse and Julia Sadusky offer an honest, scientifically informed, compassionate, and nuanced treatment for all readers who care about or work with gender-diverse youth: pastors, church leaders, parents, family members, youth workers, and counselors. Yarhouse and Sadusky help readers distinguish between current mental health concerns, such as gender dysphoria, and the emerging gender identities that some young people turn to for a sense of identity and community. Based on the authors' significant clinical and ministry experience, this book casts a vision for practically engaging and ministering to teens navigating diverse gender-identity concerns. It also equips readers to critically engage gender theory based on a Christian view of sex and gender.Table of ContentsContents Part 1: Making Important Distinctions 1. The Transgender Experience and Emerging Gender Identities 2. How Language and Categories Shape Gender Identities 3. Controversies in Care Part 2: Seeing the Person 4. Foundations for Relationship 5. Locating Your Area of Engagement 6. Locating the Person: A Relational-Narrative Approach 7. Engaging Youth: Looking beneath the Surface 8. Ministry Structures for Youth 9. Recovering a Hermeneutic of Christian Hope
£15.19
American Psychological Association Rewards for Kids!: Ready-to-Use Charts &
Book SynopsisLearning Magazine’s Teacher’s Choice Award for the Family iParenting Media Award Foreword Magazine Book of the Year (Bronze) Independent Publishers Book of the Year Award (finalist) “A cleareyed and informative look at the trials of parenting, this readable book presents one solution customized for a bevy of situations, providing a template to tackle practically every challenge through this new lens.” —Kirkus Reviews In Rewards for Kids! experienced psychologist and child-development expert Virginia Shiller makes it easy for parents to design and carry out reward programs to address their children's individual needs. Detailed "how-to" instructions, together with twenty-one lively sample reward plans that incorporate behavioral principles, guide parents through the steps for success. Sample plans address common behavior problems such as bedtime procrastination and sleep disturbances, getting along with siblings or friends, getting ready for school and other events on time, doing chores, and completing homework without fuss. Shiller recommends that reward plans be accompanied by plenty of age-appropriate parent-child dialogue about problem behaviors, and the book clearly and persuasively distinguishes between rewards and bribery. Rewards for Kids! also provides a wealth of ideas about enhancing the effectiveness of reward plans by including creative interventions such as role-play, story-telling, and humorous reminders. Readers easily grasp how reward plans can be used to empower children rather than simply to achieve control. The many imaginative pull-out charts, awards, and certificates, designed for children aged 3–12, can be personalized by coloring and decorating them with photos and stickers. The large variety of reproducible charts makes this a valuable resource for professionals as well as parents. Trade ReviewLearning Magazine’s Teacher’s Choice Award for the Family iParenting Media Award Foreword Magazine Book of the Year (Bronze) Independent Publishers Book of the Year Award (finalist) “A cleareyed and informative look at the trials of parenting, this readable book presents one solution customized for a bevy of situations, providing a template to tackle practically every challenge through this new lens.” —Kirkus ReviewsTable of Contents Our Story About the Author I. All About Reward Plans "No! I Won't" Introduction Bribery or Reward? A Critical Distinction Designing and Carrying Out Your Plan II. Time for Action: Sample Reward Plans "You're Not My Friend Any More!" Getting Along With Others "Will You Please Hurry Up?" Keeping to the Schedule "I Can't Fall Asleep!" Overcoming Sleep Problems "No Shampoo Tonight!" Establishing Hassle-Free Hygiene "He Hit Me First!" Getting Along With Siblings "I'll Do It Later!" Doing the Chores "I Hardly Have Any!" Reducing Homework Blues III. Your Toolbox: Reward Charts and More Guide to the Charts and Activities
£16.19
Brookes Publishing Co Developing Cross-Cultural Competence: A Guide for
Book SynopsisAs the US population grows more and more diverse, how can professionals who work with young children and families deliver the best services while honouring different customs, beliefs, and values? The answers are in the fourth edition of this bestselling textbook, fully revised to reflect nearly a decade of population changes and best practices in culturally competent service delivery. The gold-standard text on cross-cultural competence, this book has been widely adopted by college faculty and trusted as a reference by in-service practitioners for almost 20 years. For this timely NEW edition, the highly regarded authors have carefully updated and expanded every chapter while retaining the basic approach and structure that made the previous editions so popular. New to this edition is a revised chapter on African American roots; thoroughly updated and expanded chapters; expanded coverage of disabilities; more on spiritual and religious diversity; and strategies for helping families make decisions about language use (English-only vs. preservation of native language).Equally valuable as a textbook and a reference for practicing professionals, this comprehensive book will prepare early interventionists and other professionals to work effectively with families whose customs, beliefs, and values may differ from their own.
£46.75
New Village Press We Built a Village: Cohousing and the Commons
Book SynopsisDescribes the development of one of the first cohousing communities in the U.S. offering a social understanding of its commons. Cohousing, a form of communal living that clusters around shared common space, began about a half century ago in Denmark. We Built a Village describes the process of planning and building of an early cohousing community in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the way the people involved simultaneously built their homes and their social structure. As both a memoir and a sociological analysis that probes the differences between commons and markets, it is unique among books about cohousing. When this group of people began in the late 1990s to construct their cohousing community, they set in motion a counterpoint between the physical spaces and the social configurations that would guide their lives together, even up to creative responses to the recent pandemic.Trade Review“The Diane Margolis’ rendition of cohousing is a very human one, and overdue. Putting together a custom high-functioning neighborhood is never simple, and this book does not shy away from the complexities. But getting these communities together is getting easier—the foibles are fewer because of stories like this—and one day cohousing will be the norm, not the exception.” -- Charles Durrett * architect, AIA, and cofounder of cohousing in North America *“With a background as an author and sociologist, Diane Margolis has been an early pioneer and leader in the cohousing movement in America. She has a deep understanding of the social process critical to the creative and successful development and evolution of cohousing communities. I definitely recommend We Built a Village.” -- James W Leach * President, Wonderland Hill Development Company *“This book takes us back to the formation of the first cohousing communities in the United States, when ordinary people (not just architects, developers, and planners) decided they wanted a different kind of neighborhood where they collaborate with their neighbors on a daily basis. That Cambridge Cohousing, along with hundreds of other communities, is still thriving shows that Americans are looking for something the housing market is still not providing—authentic community. The book illustrates how people without “a leader” or shared spiritual practice can create strong enduring communities that attract their next generations of residents and stand the test of time. I am particularly intrigued by Diane’s discussions of how Americans struggle with private property rights vs the commons, conflicting values deeply embedded in most of us.” -- Kathryn McCamant * President, CoHousing Solutions; cofounder of cohousing in North America *
£15.29
New Village Press We Built a Village: Cohousing and the Commons
Book SynopsisDescribes the development of one of the first cohousing communities in the U.S. offering a social understanding of its commons. Cohousing, a form of communal living that clusters around shared common space, began about a half century ago in Denmark. We Built a Village describes the process of planning and building of an early cohousing community in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the way the people involved simultaneously built their homes and their social structure. As both a memoir and a sociological analysis that probes the differences between commons and markets, it is unique among books about cohousing. When this group of people began in the late 1990s to construct their cohousing community, they set in motion a counterpoint between the physical spaces and the social configurations that would guide their lives together, even up to creative responses to the recent pandemic.Trade Review"“The Diane Margolis’ rendition of cohousing is a very human one, and overdue. Putting together a custom high-functioning neighborhood is never simple, and this book does not shy away from the complexities. But getting these communities together is getting easier—the foibles are fewer because of stories like this—and one day cohousing will be the norm, not the exception.” " -- Charles Durrett * architect, AIA, and cofounder of cohousing in North America *"“With a background as an author and sociologist, Diane Margolis has been an early pioneer and leader in the cohousing movement in America. She has a deep understanding of the social process critical to the creative and successful development and evolution of cohousing communities. I definitely recommend We Built a Village.” " -- James W Leach * President, Wonderland Hill Development Company *"“This book takes us back to the formation of the first cohousing communities in the United States, when ordinary people (not just architects, developers, and planners) decided they wanted a different kind of neighborhood where they collaborate with their neighbors on a daily basis. That Cambridge Cohousing, along with hundreds of other communities, is still thriving shows that Americans are looking for something the housing market is still not providing—authentic community. The book illustrates how people without “a leader” or shared spiritual practice can create strong enduring communities that attract their next generations of residents and stand the test of time. I am particularly intrigued by Diane’s discussions of how Americans struggle with private property rights vs the commons, conflicting values deeply embedded in most of us.” " -- Kathryn McCamant * President, CoHousing Solutions; cofounder of cohousing in North America *
£64.00
The Experiment LLC Boost Your Breast Milk
Book SynopsisBreastfeeding mums, and expectant mothers who are deciding whether to breastfeed, share a common concern: Will I make enough milk? In Boost Your Breast Milk, lactation expert Alicia C. Simpson offers practical and clearguidance on nursing, how to recognize low milk supply, and what to do if it happens, including: breastfeeding basics--preparing to nurse, latching techniques, and scheduling feedings; the causes of low milk supply and milk slumps; in-depth information on nursing mothers' nutritional needs; and 75 recipes that make the most of lactogenic, or milkboosting, ingredients. Oats, whole grains, beans and legumes, and papaya are just some of the foods that support milk production. (And they are all plant-based, so Simpson keeps the recipes vegan--her specialty!) These are dishes that the whole family can enjoy, with the added benefit of keeping Mom healthy and well supplied with milk for baby.
£14.24
The Experiment LLC In Search of Common Ground: Inspiring True
Book SynopsisInspirational stories of how individuals overcome deep-seated prejudice that teach us to do the same — offering hope that society at large can heal. Much has been written about our polarized media, social bubbles, and intractable biases. Award-winning journalist Bastian Berbner circled the world to find a different narrative. In Search of Common Ground is his profound collection of true stories that prove it is possible to mend even our fiercest divides. In Arizona, a former neo-Nazi befriends his Black parole officer. In Germany, an older couple dread the arrival of their new Roma neighbors — but are moved upon meeting them to offer help and become strong supporters. In Ireland, we see one friendship change the world when a gay-rights activist overturns a conservative mailman’s homophobia — and together, they help sway public opinion to legalize gay marriage. Other gap-bridging stories include: young Democrats and Republicans (United States), a Danish policeman and a Muslim boy in danger of radicalization (Denmark), a neo-Nazi and a Palestinian prisoner (Germany). With added historic and sociological research, Berbner gets to the root of what pushes people apart, and shows that we can dissolve divisions by simply meeting face to face. This is essential, uplifting reading for everyone who aspires to live without hate.
£13.59
Information Age Publishing Promising Practices for Father's Involvement in
Book SynopsisA timely collection of sound research addresses father involvement in their children’s education. Promising Practices for Fathers’ Involvement in Their Children’s Education visits a less known side of parent involvement, the side of fathers’ active engagement with their children’s education in the home and that is less visible in the schools. Their contributions from preschool to career decision-making and accessibility to their children’s education are covered in ten chapters, focusing on in-depth research from Canada to Argentina and Korea to Africa.
£44.96
Information Age Publishing Promising Practices for Father's Involvement in
Book SynopsisA timely collection of sound research addresses father involvement in their children’s education. Promising Practices for Fathers’ Involvement in Their Children’s Education visits a less known side of parent involvement, the side of fathers’ active engagement with their children’s education in the home and that is less visible in the schools. Their contributions from preschool to career decision-making and accessibility to their children’s education are covered in ten chapters, focusing on in-depth research from Canada to Argentina and Korea to Africa.
£82.80
Sasquatch Books This Family of Ours: A Keepsake Journal
Book SynopsisEvery family has their own unique story- record yours in this history, traditions, travels, and more in this beautiful, easy-to-use, keepsake journal. This guided journal will inspire you to capture the stories and details of your family members and your life together. Prompts include a mix of short-answer questions, lists, fill in the blanks, and places for simple sketches or photos. When complete, you'll have a nuanced portrait of your family's life through reflections, memories, history, and stories--a keepsake everyone will cherish. Prompt topics include- . Origins . Travel . Pets . Honorary Family . Home . Books, Movies, Songs . Milestones . Work . Education . Fun! . Dreams & Aspirations This gorgeously crafted journal features the whimsical work of papercut artist Sarah Trumbauer throughout.
£18.26
