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Missing Mila, Finding Family

An International Adoption in the Shadow of the Salvadoran Civil War

by Margaret E. Ward ...

Series series Louann Atkins Temple Women & Culture Series
In the spring of 1983, a North American couple who were hoping to adopt a child internationally received word that if they acted quickly, they could become the parents of a boy in an orphanage in Honduras. Layers of red tape dissolved as the American Embassy there smoothed the way for the adoption. Within a few weeks, Margaret Ward and Thomas de Witt were the parents of a toddler they named Nelson ... Read more

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In the spring of 1983, a North American couple who were hoping to adopt a child internationally received word that if they acted quickly, they could become the parents of a boy in an orphanage in Honduras. Layers of red tape dissolved as the American Embassy there smoothed the way for the adoption. Within a few weeks, Margaret Ward and Thomas de Witt were the parents of a toddler they named Nelson
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The Richer Sex

How the New Majority of Female Breadwinners Is Transforming Sex, Love and Family

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A REVOLUTION IS UNDER WAY.Within a generation, more households will be supported by women than by men. In The Richer Sex, Liza Mundy takes us to the exciting frontier of this new economic order: she shows us why this flip is inevitable, what surprising adjustments will have to be made along the way, and how both men and women will feel surprisingly liberated in the end.The bestselling author and ... Read more

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A REVOLUTION IS UNDER WAY.Within a generation, more households will be supported by women than by men. In The Richer Sex, Liza Mundy takes us to the exciting frontier of this new economic order: she shows us why this flip is inevitable, what surprising adjustments will have to be made along the way, and how both men and women will feel surprisingly liberated in the end.The bestselling author and
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Reasons Why Men Pull Away

Men, Romance & Reality, #2

by Richard H. Doughery ...

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Sometimes Your Knight In Shining Armour Acts Like An Idiot In Tin FoilPerhaps you can't quite put your finger on it, but something is definitely not quite right. The generous and attentive love-interest you had a short while ago, seems to have faded. Replaced by someone whose feelings towards you seem ambivalent at best.Reasons Why Men Pull Away Is The Book For YouI Will Make You Fall For Me Then ... Read more

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Sometimes Your Knight In Shining Armour Acts Like An Idiot In Tin FoilPerhaps you can't quite put your finger on it, but something is definitely not quite right. The generous and attentive love-interest you had a short while ago, seems to have faded. Replaced by someone whose feelings towards you seem ambivalent at best.Reasons Why Men Pull Away Is The Book For YouI Will Make You Fall For Me Then
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Raising America

Experts, Parents, and a Century of Advice About Children

by Ann Hulbert ...

Since the beginning of the twentieth century, millions of anxious parents have turned to child-rearing manuals for reassurance. Instead, however, they have often found yet more cause for worry. In this rich social history, Ann Hulbert analyzes one hundred years of shifting trends in advice and discovers an ongoing battle between two main approaches: a “child-centered” focus on warmly encouraging ... Read more

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Since the beginning of the twentieth century, millions of anxious parents have turned to child-rearing manuals for reassurance. Instead, however, they have often found yet more cause for worry. In this rich social history, Ann Hulbert analyzes one hundred years of shifting trends in advice and discovers an ongoing battle between two main approaches: a “child-centered” focus on warmly encouraging
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Motives in Children's Development

Cultural-Historical Approaches

Edited by Mariane Hedegaard, Anne Edwards, Marilyn Fleer ...

The contributors to this collection employ the analytic resources of cultural-historical theory to examine the relationship between childhood and children's development under different societal conditions. In particular they attend to relationships between development, emotions, motives and identities, and the social practices in which children and young people may be learners. These practices are ... Read more

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The contributors to this collection employ the analytic resources of cultural-historical theory to examine the relationship between childhood and children's development under different societal conditions. In particular they attend to relationships between development, emotions, motives and identities, and the social practices in which children and young people may be learners. These practices are
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Vasco Nunez de Balboa, Illustrated

by A Guernsey ...

The story of the Spanish discovery of the Pacific by Balboa, and his conquest of the Indians along the way. ... Read more

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The story of the Spanish discovery of the Pacific by Balboa, and his conquest of the Indians along the way.
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Burdened Children

Theory, Research, and Treatment of Parentification

Edited by Nancy D. Chase ...

Editor Nancy Chase defines parentified children as parents to their parents—those are the children who are compelled to fulfill the role of parent at the expense of their own developmentally appropriate needs and pursuits. With uncanny sensibilities, these children are attuned to their parents′ moods, wishes, vulnerabilities, and nuances. This volume is a comprehensive study of parentification in ... Read more

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Editor Nancy Chase defines parentified children as parents to their parents—those are the children who are compelled to fulfill the role of parent at the expense of their own developmentally appropriate needs and pursuits. With uncanny sensibilities, these children are attuned to their parents′ moods, wishes, vulnerabilities, and nuances. This volume is a comprehensive study of parentification in
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Close Relationships

by Pamela Regan ...

This multidisciplinary text introduces the concepts, methodologies, theories, and empirical findings of the field of interpersonal relationships. Information is drawn from psychology, communication, family studies, marriage and family therapy, social work, sociology, anthropology, the health sciences, and other disciplines. Numerous examples capture readers’ attention by demonstrating how the ... Read more

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This multidisciplinary text introduces the concepts, methodologies, theories, and empirical findings of the field of interpersonal relationships. Information is drawn from psychology, communication, family studies, marriage and family therapy, social work, sociology, anthropology, the health sciences, and other disciplines. Numerous examples capture readers’ attention by demonstrating how the
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Cultural Perspectives on Youth Justice

Connecting Theory, Policy and International Practice

Edited by Elaine Arnull, Darrell Fox ...

Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
Young people, crime and delinquency are words that are commonly linked in public perception and young people are often blamed for social ills. Their deviancy and threat to social control has been held to be a social fact from Plato to today. This book subjects that ‘fact’ to critical examination through consideration of youth justice systems in six different countries, drawing on sociological and ... Read more

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Young people, crime and delinquency are words that are commonly linked in public perception and young people are often blamed for social ills. Their deviancy and threat to social control has been held to be a social fact from Plato to today. This book subjects that ‘fact’ to critical examination through consideration of youth justice systems in six different countries, drawing on sociological and
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Methods of Family Research

by Theodore N. Greenstein, Shannon N. Davis ...

Proud sponsor of the 2019 SAGE Keith Roberts Teaching Innovations Award—enabling graduate students and early career faculty to attend the annual ASA pre-conference teaching and learning workshop.In the 3rd edition of Methods of Family Research, authors Theodore N. Greenstein and Shannon N. Davis continue to help students better understand the research results they encounter in doing family ... Read more

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Proud sponsor of the 2019 SAGE Keith Roberts Teaching Innovations Award—enabling graduate students and early career faculty to attend the annual ASA pre-conference teaching and learning workshop.In the 3rd edition of Methods of Family Research, authors Theodore N. Greenstein and Shannon N. Davis continue to help students better understand the research results they encounter in doing family
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Fertility Rates and Population Decline

No Time for Children?

Edited by A. Buchanan, A. Rotkirch ...

Series series Social Sciences (R0)
While many worry about population overload, this book highlights the dramatic fall in fertility rates globally exploring questions such as why are parents having fewer babies? Will this lead to population decline? What will be the impact of a world with fewer children and can social policy reverse fertility decline? ... Read more

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While many worry about population overload, this book highlights the dramatic fall in fertility rates globally exploring questions such as why are parents having fewer babies? Will this lead to population decline? What will be the impact of a world with fewer children and can social policy reverse fertility decline?
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The Awakening Coast

An Anthology of Moravian Writings from Mosquitia and Eastern Nicaragua, 1849-1899

Edited by Karl Offen, Terry Rugeley ...

The indigenous and Creole inhabitants (Mosquitians of African descent) of the Mosquito Reserve in present-day Nicaragua underwent a key transformation when two Moravian missionaries arrived in 1849. Within a few short generations, the new faith became so firmly established there that eastern Nicaragua to this day remains one of the world’s strongest Moravian enclaves.The Awakening Coast offers the ... Read more

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The indigenous and Creole inhabitants (Mosquitians of African descent) of the Mosquito Reserve in present-day Nicaragua underwent a key transformation when two Moravian missionaries arrived in 1849. Within a few short generations, the new faith became so firmly established there that eastern Nicaragua to this day remains one of the world’s strongest Moravian enclaves.The Awakening Coast offers the
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