Almost A Childhood
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Almost A Childhood
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Author : Hans-Georg Behr
language : en
Publisher: Granta
Release Date : 2006
Almost A Childhood written by Hans-Georg Behr and has been published by Granta this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Austria categories.
Hans-Georg Behr experienced a remarkable childhood in wartime Austria. His liberal, artistic grandparents belonged to the aristocracy; his cold-hearted mother was a celebrated opera singer; and his distant father a prominent industrialist. His parents were also rabid Nazis. This book is a moving read.
A Country Called Childhood
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Author : Jay Griffiths
language : en
Publisher: Counterpoint
Release Date : 2014-11-11
A Country Called Childhood written by Jay Griffiths and has been published by Counterpoint this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-11 with Family & Relationships categories.
While traveling the world in order to write her award winning book Wild, Jay Griffiths became increasingly aware of the huge differences in how childhood is experienced in various cultures. One central riddle, in particular captured her imagination: why are so many children in Euro–American cultures unhappy – and why is it that children in traditional cultures seem happier? In A Country Called Childhood, Griffiths seeks to discover why we deny our children the freedoms of space, time and the natural world. Visiting communities as far apart as West Papua and the Arctic as well as the UK, and delving into history, philosophy, language and literature, she explores how children's affinity for nature is an essential and universal element of childhood. It is a journey deep into the heart of what it means to be a child, and it is central to all our experiences, young and old.
The Poetics Of Childhood
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Author : Roni Natov
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-06-03
The Poetics Of Childhood written by Roni Natov and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-03 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
The Poetics of Childhood investigates the sensibility of childhood and the ways writers try to recapture it. It explores the earliest conceptions of innocence and the development of literature about children through contemporary times. It encompasses the pastoral, the dark pastoral, the anti-pastoral; it addresses picture books, fantasy, and realism. It looks with originality at the literature of childhood, inclusive of children's literature and literature about childhood, so that the child and adult can be seen reflexively--the child in the adult and the various stages of childhood as they are remembered and retained in adulthood. It confronts issues of primal and socially constructed desire adn the use of childhood to talk about desire. It is a poetics, a way of imagining the experience of childhood and explores childhood as a particulary fluid and porous time, it also addresses issues of creativity. This is an essential reference for teachers, parents, artists, and writers.
Remembrances Of An Almost Ordinary Childhood And Then Some
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Author : Ron Corlyn
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
Remembrances Of An Almost Ordinary Childhood And Then Some written by Ron Corlyn and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Milwaukee (Wis.) categories.
Take Me Home
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Author : Jill Duerr Berrick
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2008-08-27
Take Me Home written by Jill Duerr Berrick and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-08-27 with Social Science categories.
There is a profound crisis in the United States' foster care system, Jill Duerr Berrick writes in this expertly researched, passionately written book. No state has passed the federally mandated Child and Family Service Review; two-thirds of the state systems have faced class-action lawsuits demanding change; and most tellingly, well over half of all children who enter foster care never go home. The field of child welfare has lost its way and is neglecting its fundamental responsibility to the most vulnerable children and families in America. The family stories Berrick weaves throughout the chapters provide a vivid backdrop for her statistics. Amanda, raised in foster care, began having children of her own while still a teen and lost them to the system when she became addicted to drugs. Tracy, brought up by her schizophrenic single mother, gave birth to the first of eight children at age fourteen and saw them all shuffled through foster care as she dealt drugs and went to prison. Both they and the other individuals that Berrick features spent years without adequate support from social workers or the government before finally achieving a healthier life; many people never do. But despite the clear crisis in child welfare, most calls for reform have focused on unproven prevention methods, not on improving the situation for those already caught in the system. Berrick argues that real child welfare reform will only occur when the centerpiece of child welfare - reunification, permanency, and foster care - is reaffirmed. Take Me Home reminds us that children need long-term caregivers who can help them develop and thrive. When troubled parents can't change enough to permit reunification, alternative permanency options must be pursued. And no reform will matter for the hundreds of thousands of children entering foster care each year in America unless their experience of out-of-home care is considerably better than the one many now experience. Take Me Home offers prescriptions for policy change and strategies for parents, social workers, and judges struggling with permanency decisions. Readers will come away reinvigorated in their thinking about how to get children to the homes they need.
Childly Language
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Author : Alison Sealey
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-06-11
Childly Language written by Alison Sealey and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-11 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Childly Language explores how attitudes and cultural assumptions about children and childhood are revealed in contemporary English. It addresses such questions as: How is concern for children's safety and welfare reflected in the vocabulary and grammar of contemporary English? and When we say that an adult is being 'childish', what are we saying about the characteristics of children?
When I Was A Child I Read Books
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Author : Marilynne Robinson
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2012-03-22
When I Was A Child I Read Books written by Marilynne Robinson and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-22 with Literary Collections categories.
From the author of the magnificent, award-winning novels GILEAD, HOME and LILA comes this wonderful, heart-warming collection of essays about reading. 'Grace and intelligence ...[her work] defines universal truths about what it means to be human' Barack Obama Marilynne Robinson is not only a writer of sharp, subtly moving fiction, but also a rigorous thinker and incisive essayist. In this luminous collection she returns to the themes which have preoccupied her bestselling novels: the place literature has in life, the role of faith in modern living, the contradictions inherent in human nature. Clear-eyed and forceful as ever, Robinson demonstrates once again why she is regarded as one of our best-loved writers.
The Lancet
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1894
The Lancet written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1894 with categories.
The Spectator
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1898
The Spectator written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1898 with English literature categories.
Almost Grown Launching Your Child From High School To College
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Author : Patricia Pasick
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 1998-03-17
Almost Grown Launching Your Child From High School To College written by Patricia Pasick and has been published by W. W. Norton & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-03-17 with Family & Relationships categories.
A time of tumult, your children's transition from high school to college can also be a time of growth. This book shows you how. Almost Grown is a guide for parents to the final years of high school and first years of college, offering intelligent counsel not only in practical issues such as developing a college search plan or handling questions of money, sex, and substance abuse, but also in the psychological issues that arise during this family transition. Writing as both psychologist and parent, Patricia Pasick tackles the key question of how mothers and fathers can foster adolescents' growth and autonomy while maintaining family connections and stability. She also explores the unexpected: the impact of the changing family on younger siblings, the benefits and frustrations of college students' returning home, the challenges and opportunities that nontraditional families face, and more. Pasick delves into another critical yet underplayed aspect of the college transition: how parents' lives change. Almost Grown guides readers through this major step in adult development and new start to adult partnerships. Almost Grown contains advice from high school and college admissions counselors across the country and, at the heart of the book, stories of personal experience from parents and adolescents who are making, or have made, the transition.