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"Containing practical, specific parenting advice; strategies for effecting change with educators, store managers, corporations, and more; and tips for challenging and changing the media, this essential guide gives parents the tools they need to fight back against the modern stereotyping and sexualization of young girls. Activist Melissa Wardy shares tangible advice for getting young girls to start thinking critically about sexed-up toys and clothes...
3) Neglected
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"Little Jamey, 2½ years old, is placed with experienced foster carer, Cathy Glass, as an emergency. The police and social services have no choice but to remove two-year-old Jamey from home after his mother leaves him alone all night to go out partying. When he first arrives with foster carer Cathy Glass, he is scared, hungry and withdrawn, craving the affection he has been denied for so long. He is small for his age and unsteady on his feet –...
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"Combining a journalist's investigative eye with her unborn second child as an experimental guinea pig, Baby, Unplugged draws on Sophie Brickman's own experiences as a journalist and parent to try to discover what aspects of technology are actually helpful, which are making us crazy, and most importantly, how we might learn to trust ourselves and our instincts again when it comes to raising children."--
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"Fourth grade is ground zero in the fierce debates about education reform in America. It's when kids (well, some of them) make the shift from 'learning to read' to 'reading to learn,' and tomes have been written about the fourth-grade year by educators, administrators, philosophers, and pundits. Now ... Inda Schaenen adds the voices of actual fourth-grade kids to the conversation"--
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"Angie, 6, and sister Polly, 4, are utterly distraught when they arrive to stay with foster carer Cathy Glass. Their older half-sister Ashleigh has accused their father of something horrible, and the two young sisters have been removed from home to keep them safe. Cathy tries to comfort the girls, but they are inconsolable. They just want their mummy and daddy, whom they love dearly. The girls appear to have been well looked after, but as they settle...
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Co-sleeping-parents and children sharing a bed- can be a fraught topic for parents. Some experts recommend parents never bring children into bed with them, while other experts extol the benefits of parents and children sharing a sleep space. Given the importance of sleep to our well-being, the topic can generate such strong feelings and controversy that parents can be afraid to share their experiences.
Co-Sleeping takes readers inside the reality...
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"I'm OK!, intended for all teachers of young children, is a guide to both conceptual and practical approaches to building resilience. In particular, it examines children's physical development as it relates to resilience, including topics such as active play, physical risk-taking, safety and injury, and so on. By providing an in-depth exploration of both the theoretical and practical sides of building resilience, this book will help educators use...
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In this searching, vivid inquiry, Robert Coles shows how children struggle with questions of moral choice. Bringing to life the voices of children from a rich diversity of backgrounds, including regions plagued by poverty or social unrest, he explores their reactions to movies and stories, their moral conduct, their conversations and relationships with friends and family, and their anxieties about themselves and the fate of the world. Whether they...
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For over a year, the photographer and journalist Gabriele Galimberti visited more than 50 countries and created colorful images of boys and girls in their homes and neighborhoods with their most prized possessions: their toys. From Texas to India, Malawi to China, Iceland, Morocco, and Fiji, Galimberti recorded the spontaneous and natural joy that unites kids despite their diverse backgrounds. Whether the child owns a veritable fleet of miniature...
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As the stigma and taboos around mental health issues soften, unparalleled numbers of people are seeking counselling, psychotherapy and life coaching. Millions of viewers are transfixed to the emotional traumas played out in reality TV shows, soaps and dramas such as Homecoming, The Bodyguard and Wanderlust. As part of this awakening to the importance of emotional well-being, many parents, educators and carers of the young are bravely attending to...
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When Cedric longed for adventures and exciting experiences; he came across an ant, and much to his surprise, he realized the ant was no ordinary insect. The ant could grant Cedric Special wishes. He could visit other planets and talk to aliens, but at what cost? He even went deep under the sea and dig out some treasures- but will he be able to get back safely to his home? Playing with his friends in the backyard, he found all the games absolutely...
14) Annie Goes Hero
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Annie searches for coins dropped beneath the boardwalks of Nome so she can buy her little brother a much, desired ice cream cone. Will Annie's perseverance overcome the obstacles she faces and allow her to become Little Brother's hero?
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"Freddy and the Band" is a very current book that will engage your child immediately through its electric colors and today's familiar technology. While learning valuable morals your child will be identifying with cool terminology and all of today's stylish and trendy things!
In this book I have emphasized that ART is very important in everyone's life. If you can sing...SING! If you can dance...DANCE! ... Whatever it is, chasing your artistic...
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This textbook for advanced and post-graduate students sets out the contexts of children's and young people's lives and encourages students to explore their complexities and contexts. This new edition has been substantially updated to discuss and analyse new topics and issues that have emerged over the last ten years, including: • developments in the way that children and young people's lives have been theorised and understood; • their engagement...
17) Equipping Quality Youth Development Professionals: Improving Child and Youth Program Experiences
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Whether you are a seasonal volunteer, group leader or full-time professional, you need practical advice on how to provide young people with the tools they need to succeed. Equipping Quality Youth Development ProfessionalsE-QYP for shortprovides best practices to help young people ages six to eighteen reach their potential. It also offers age-appropriate ideas that you can translate to your specific child and youth program. E-QYP is a handy reference...
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Permteme a travs de estas pginas acompaarte a vencer los peligros a los que te enfrentas durante el periodo escolar. Los jvenes que no han logrado cristalizar sus sueos o metas, desconocen las causas que los han desviado de su camino o llevado incluso a perder la vida. Motivos que tal vez sus padres desconocieron o evadieron por ignorancia o negligencia. Deseo mostrarte cmo vencer las debilidades juveniles en sus tiempos ms difciles, guindote a descubrir...
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They are the abandoned ones, the forgotten ones, the voiceless ones. Cruelly abandoned at an early age of by parents who otherwise unable, unqualified, or unwilling to care for them, the children who face life as wards of the state need our help. Too many will never know the true meaning of the word home, as they are shifted from one foster home to the next. Too many will never have a feeling of security or self-worth. But it doesn't have to be that...
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