Offers advice on such issues as how to survive a trantrum in public and how to say "no" and act like you mean it.
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Step-by-step, this supportive and practical guide explains the causes and symptoms of anxiety in children and introduces an effective programme, called COPE, that can be used to help.
Based on documentary research and extensive interviews, this book breaks new ground by relating the personal histories of child care pioneers to wider policy and practice developments.
This book looks at the lives of six inspirational individuals who have made significant contributions to the well-being of disadvantaged children. Based on documentary research and extensive interviews, the book relates personal histories to wider developments and makes importan…
"Numerous books have been written about Victorian child care pioneers, but few biographical studies have been published about more recent child care and welfare giants. In this book, Bob Holman, a champion for children in his own right, looks at the lives of six inspirational in…
This book looks at the lives of six inspirational individuals who have made significant contributions to the well-being of disadvantaged children over the course of the 20th century. Based on documentary research and extensive interviews, the book relates personal histories to w…
"For more than a decade the 'Muslim question' on integration and alleged extremism has vexed Europe, revealing cracks in long-held certainties about the role of religion in public life. Secular assuptions are being tested not only by the growing presence of Muslims but also by o…
This edition of this topical approach to child development continues its tradition of utilizing cutting-edge research and pedagogy.
There is a widespread perception that the foundations of American democracy are dysfunctional, public trust in core institutions is eroding, and little is likely to emerge from traditional politics that will shift those conditions. Youth are often seen as emblematic of this cris…
"The question of how boys become men or how girls become women may seem simple, but the answers can be complex. This new edition draws upon rich examples from research, popular media, and global accounts, to explore how gender is produced, consumed, regulated and performed in yo…
Examines the history of industrial homework in the United States. Focuses on representative examples and major turning points in the emergence of homework as a social and political problem. Covers the period from the 1870s to the 1980s.
"Care Work in Europe provides a cross-national and cross-sectoral study of care work in Europe today. It covers policy, provision and practice, as well as how care work is conceptualised and understood." "This comparative study will provoke new thinking about the current situati…
From the beloved TV disciplinarian and bestselling author of 'Supernanny' comes an amazingly simple five-step programme of toddler rules to help parents tame tantrums, prevent bad behaviour, and create long-term peace and stability in the home
This title addresses how a shift in the way we parent can influence child outcomes. It examines evolved contexts for mammalian development, optimal and suboptimal contexts for human evolved needs, and the effects on children's development and human wellbeing.