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A collection of articles, this book focuses on the child-rearing and educational practices of the Kibbutz and their effect on children. The topics covered include motherhood, family relationships, sleeping arrangements, elementary school children and adolescence.

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This book combines theories of power with empirical material on childrens lives across the world to propose a novel framework for understanding kid power. It explores the nature of power relations between children and adults and provides a critical analysis of kid power, considering inequalities and inter-generational relations.

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This book combines theories of power with empirical material on childrens lives across the world to propose a novel framework for understanding kid power. It explores the nature of power relations between children and adults and provides a critical analysis of kid power, considering inequalities and inter-generational relations.

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Are you different from everyone else That's okay! Harrison knows exactly what it feels like to be different. In this story, Harrison will show you what makes him special and how he looks at life with his limb differences.

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Until recently, older men were not a social phenomenon commanding great attention. They constitute a distinct minority of the elderly. This is a thorough bibliography on the topic, and it brings together more than 750 articles, organised by broad subject area.

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A portion of the book describes the psychological traumas associated with political unrest and a society undergoing major transition, paying particular attention to three major traumas: child abuse and neglect, children who have been the victims of an unjust and inequitable educational system, and children caught in the war of political violence.

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Denise Sullivan Near is a Children's book author who turns her first-hand experience with her sweet little girl into a fun, very simply written, educational picture book. Through Nessie and Her Tisms, Denise teaches young children about some of the unique behaviors of children on the spectrum by nurturing their natural curiosity.

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Investigates the consequences for children of changes in work patterns and the job market, marriage breakdown, higher educational expectations, community breakdown, and the growing divide between those who have and haven't benefited from the nation's increased prosperity. This work reflects on the community's responsibility for children.

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second memoir. embellishing and continuing from first memoir

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Every amazing adventure begins with a single roll.

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Slesnick (professor of psychology and director of the runaway and homeless youth program at the U. of New Mexico) surveys and synthesizes the literature on runaway and homeless youth, forming a primer for those that work with these youths and their families. In the opening chapters she discusses the

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From the hugely respected journalist Miranda Sawyer, a very modern look at the midlife crisis delving into the truth, and lies, of the experience and how to survive it, with thoughtfulness, insight and humour.

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In Pat, Paste and Patience, we meet Camille. A woman who is determined to make the last chapter of her life the best chapter, while proving getting older can be fun.

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"Mergen. . . has written a book that is both scholarly and accessible. Recommended for research collections in child study, recreation, and American culture." Library Journal

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This book reveals the desperate plight of the poor, neglected, illegitimate, and abused children in an Irish society that claimed to "cherish" and hold them sacred, but in fact marginalized and ignored them. -- .

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Having established laws removing many children from the marketplace, turn-of-the-century America was discovering new, sentimental criteria to determine a child's monetary worth. This book traces the emergence of the modern child, at once economically 'useless' and emotionally 'priceless,' from the late 1800s to the 1930s.

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Two experts tackle one of the most formidable and pervasive developmental issues facing children today: Sensory Integration Dysfunction. Illustrations throughout.

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This volume develops a comprehensive multivariate paradigm of the process of aging, delineating the factors underlying age-related degeneration.

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This unique research tool will lead researchers and practitioners to published materials and documents that can provide answers needed for making informed decisions regarding issues related to today's children.