An informative and compelling guide for families to enrich their home life in our age of distraction. Like millions of parents, bestselling author and New York Times family columnist Bruce Feiler felt squeezed between the needs of aging parents and rapidly growing children. Over…
"This volume tackles key issues in the changing nature of family life from a global perspective, and is essential reading for those studying and working with families. Covers changes in couple relationships and the challenges these pose; parenting practices and their implication…
AN ALL-ENCOMPASSING GUIDE THAT PARENTS WILL WANT FOR THEIR TEENS This thorough, concise guide offers straight talk about: The male and female body as it changes and matures. Teen relationships: what it takes to create happy, supportive, positive, and meaningful connections with …
by Buhler, Charlotte Malachowski
fromInternational library of psychology
As many as 80,000 African Americans have sickle disease (SCD). Though the political activism of the 1960s and a major 1970s health campaign spurred demands for testing, treatment, and education programs, little attention has been given to how families cope with sickle cell trait…
"[This book] addresses the challenges of providing optimal general and routine care for the special needs population. More than just caring for the patients, the text stresses the importance for their families as well. [It] begins with chapters on common aspects of this populati…
An academic study of fathers and families in the period from the First World War to the end of the 1950s, suggesting that though the roles and responsibilities fulfilled by men did not shift rapidly, their relationships, position in the family, and identities underwent significa…
This book is directed at the lay audience of patients and their families who are confronted by highly complex and difficult medical procedures and issues.
What do young people want from life? This book shows how the 'internal conversation' guides individual choices.
