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Free Download Abbie E. Goldberg, "Lesbian and Gay Parents and Their Children: Research on the Family Life Cycle "
English | ISBN: 1433805367 | 2009 | 233 pages | PDF | 16 MB
The past several decades have seen increasing controversies over lesbian and gay parenthood. More same-sex couples than ever are becoming parents, while society struggles to define their legal rights pertaining to marriage and parenthood. Against this sociopolitical backdrop, how do same-sex couples transition to parenthood, and what are their experiences as parents? Furthermore, what are the experiences of their children? Lesbian and Gay Parents and Their Children provides a comprehensive overview of the research on same-sex parenthood, exploring ways in which lesbian and gay parents resist, accommodate, and transform fundamental notions of gender, parenting, and family. The book takes a family life cycle approach, beginning with research on how same-sex couples meet and build healthy relationships, then describing how and why same-sex couples decide to have children and how they grapple with the changing roles each partner must adopt. Their experiences raising children through young adulthood are explored, including the challenges of interacting with their children s schools and teachers. In the end, the book considers the perspectives of the children themselves as young adults and adults speak out about their experiences having lesbian or gay parents. Integrating both qualitative and quantitative research, this book incorporates a range of disciplines, including psychology, sociology, sexuality/gender studies, and human development. It also highlights understudied aspects of same-sex parenting, such as termination of couple relationships. With practical recommendations in every chapter, this book is an indispensable resource for those who research lesbian and gay mental health and family issues, as well as those who provide services to lesbian and gay parents and/or parents-to-be.

Free Download Herbs for Children’s Health: How to Make and Use Gentle Herbal Remedies for Common Childhood Ailments, 3rd Edition by Rosemary Gladstar
English | September 24th, 2024 | ISBN: 1635868289 | 208 pages | True EPUB | 12.78 MB
Rosemary Gladstar, one of the most trusted names in natural medicine, shares dozens of easy-to-make, safe and effective herbal remedies and home care advice for addressing children’s most common ailments.

Free Download William F. Arsenio PhD, "Emotions, Aggression, and Morality in Children: Bridging Development and Psychopathology"
English | ISBN: 1433807645 | 2010 | 270 pages | PDF | 2 MB
Chapters demonstrate how early affective experiences and relationships provide a foundation for children’s subsequent social cognitive understanding of victimization, harm, and moral intentionality.

Free Download Department of Design and Environmental Analysis Gary W Evans, "Chaos and Its Influence on Children’s Development: An Ecological Perspective "
English | ISBN: 1433805650 | 2010 | 312 pages | PDF | 22 MB
Historically, developmental psychologists have tended to focus on the effects of understimulation and certain types of deprivation on child development. More recently researchers have shifted their attention to the deleterious effects of overstimulation or "chaos" in children’s environment. Chaos refers to physical and social settings characterized by crowding, noise, unpredictability or a lack of routines, and instability or unplanned changes. This book is an important first step in exploring how, why, and at what level, chaos at the familial and societal level affects children. The contributors to the volume honor the work of Uri Bronfenbrenner, whose bioecological theory of human development provides a rich conceptual basis for understanding the impact of environmental chaos. The theory permits study at both what Bronfenbrenner called the "microsystem" level (the family, school and daycare), as well as at higher-order levels that include parents’ work environments, the child’s local neighborhood, and his or her cultural milieu. Within this framework, the role of individual characteristics and other moderating and mediating mechanisms can be fruitfully explored, as well as how chaos relates to poverty and culture. These elements are explored both as independent influences and collective, interrelated influences. The topics explored in this book will be thought-provoking for developmental scientists interested in the study of environmental contributions to development, as well as practitioners and policy makers interested in promoting children’s healthy development.

Free Download Telemental Health Care for Children and Families by Larissa N. Niec, Ciera E. Schoonover
English | PDF EPUB (True) | 2024 | 202 Pages | ISBN : 3031692632 | 20.1 MB
This book examines state-of-the-science telemental health interventions for children and families. It explores the adaptations necessary to provide remote formats of evidence-based models, such as parent-child interaction therapy and trauma-focused cognitive behavior therapy. Chapters provide clear descriptions of how to implement interventions in a telemental health format, a review and critique of the empirical evidence supporting them, and useful case studies. The volume addresses the use of telemental health care within parenting interventions, individual child interventions, and family interventions, with particular attention paid to the evidence base of efficacy for families from marginalized and underserved communities.

Free Download An Anthology of Exquisite Birds (DK Children’s Anthologies) by Ben Hoare
English | September 17th, 2024 | ISBN: 0593843584 | 224 pages | True EPUB | 91.53 MB
Soar through the sky with best-selling author Ben Hoare and discover some of the most exquisite birds on our planet.

Free Download Marion Crook, "Writing For Children & Young Adults"
English | 2016 | ISBN: 1770402764 | EPUB | pages: 184 | 0.7 mb
The dynamic world of reading and writing has changed greatly over the past few years. Writers are pitching their ideas online, exchanging works in progress with critique partners and forming street teams to promote their work. The online community of writers is a fast-paced and often confusing place. In the publishing world today, writers need to direct online traffic to their book and stimulate sales. In addition to the tried and true advice author Marion Crook shared in earlier editions of Writing for Children and Young Adults, in this vibrant new edition, Crook explains some of the nuances and choices about the writing world online that can overwhelm writers.

Free Download Attachment-Based Clinical Work with Children and Adolescents By Joanna Ellen Bettmann (auth.), Joanna Ellen Bettmann, Donna Demetri Friedman (eds.)
2013 | 287 Pages | ISBN: 1461448476 | PDF | 3 MB
Attachment-Based Social Work with Children and Adolescents is a wide-ranging look at attachment theory and research, its application to youth populations, and its natural fit with the social work profession. This book covers the applicability of attachment theory to the profession’s various domains that include human behavior, practice, policy, research, and social work education. In particular, it addresses the broad spectrum of clinical social work, including practice in a variety of public and private settings and with a number of diverse populations. The book highlights the contribution of the social work profession to the development of attachment theory and research.

Free Download What Are Children For?: On Ambivalence and Choice (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CKLYPWSD | 2024 | 9 hours and 26 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 272 MB
Author: Anastasia Berg, Rachel Wiseman
Narrator: Jennifer Pickens, Kirsten Potter, Zura Johnson
A modern argument, grounded in philosophy and cultural criticism, about childbearing ambivalence and how to overcome it. Becoming a parent, once the expected outcome of adulthood, is increasingly viewed as a potential threat to the most basic goals and aspirations of modern life. We seek self-fulfillment; we want to liberate women to find meaning and self-worth outside the home; and we wish to protect the planet from the ravages of climate change. Weighing the pros and cons of having children, millennials and zoomers are finding it increasingly difficult to judge in its favor. With lucid argument and passionate prose, Anastasia Berg and Rachel Wiseman offer the guidance necessary to move beyond uncertainty. The decision whether or not to have children, they argue, is not just a women’s issue but a basic human one. And at a time when climate change worries threaten the very legitimacy of human reproduction, Berg and Wiseman conclude that neither our personal nor collective failures ought to prevent us from embracing the fundamental goodness of human life-not only in the present but, in choosing to have children, in the future.

Free Download The Children’s Book of the Future (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CZ7LF4SF | 2024 | 2 hours and 10 minutes | M4B@256 kbps | 239 MB
Author: Lavie Tidhar, Richard Watson
Narrator: Gemma Lawrence
The Children’s Book of the Future is a narrative non-fiction audiobook offering an inclusive and hopeful vision of the future, with a diverse, multicultural approach that will appeal to children of all backgrounds. Some of the diverse visions explored include: underwater cities; the solar system and space travel; green technologies and sustainability; robots and AI; the future of cities; and much more! In short, the audiobook sets out to reclaim the future for current and future generations of children. Complete with full sound design and engaging narration by Gemma Lawrence, The Children’s Book of the Future is the perfect listen for children.