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Between Parent and Child
Crown Publishing Group 2009; US$ 14.00Over the past thirty-five years, Between Parent and Child has helped millions of parents around the world strengthen their relationships with their children. Written by renowned psychologist Dr. Haim Ginott, this revolutionary book offered a straightforward prescription for empathetic yet disciplined child rearing and introduced new communication... more...
The Handbook of Children, Media and Development
Wiley 2009; US$ 228.95The Handbook of Children, Media and Development brings together an interdisciplinary group of experts in the fields of developmental psychology, developmental science, communication, and medicine to provide an authoritative, comprehensive look at the empirical research on media and media policies within the field. 25 newly-commissioned essays bring... more...
Residential Care of Children
Oxford University Press, USA 2009; US$ 37.99Introduction by the Editors (Mark E. Courtney and Dorota Iwaniec). 1. "Residential Care in Ireland" by Robbie Gilligan. 2. "Residential Care in the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland" (Roger Bullock and Dominic McSherry). 3. "Swedish Residential Care in the Landscape of Out-of- Home Care" (Marie Sallnas ). 4. "Residential... more...
Coming to Care
The Policy Press 2007; US$ 99.00This book provides fascinating insights into the factors that influence why people enter and leave care work, their motivations, understandings and experiences of their work and intersection of it with their family lives. more...
Children of the 21st Century
The Policy Press 2005; US$ 39.95This book documents the early lives of almost 19,000 children born in the UK at the start of the 21st century, and their families. It is the first time that analysis of data from the hugely important Millennium Cohort Study, a longitudinal study following the progress of the children and their families, has been drawn together in a single volume. The... more...
Politicising Parenthood in Scandinavia
The Policy Press 2006; US$ 39.95How to respond to the needs of working parents has become a pressing social policy issue in contemporary Western Europe. This book highlights the politicising of parenthood in the Scandinavian welfare states - focusing on the relationship between parents and the state, and the ongoing renegotiations between the public and the private. more...
Children These Days
The Policy Press 2006; US$ 29.95What is it like to be a child growing up in Britain these days? Is it a happy time, or is there too much to worry about? What are the best and worst aspects of being a child today? Children these days draws on the accounts of over two thousand children, and five hundred adults, to examine the present day meaning of childhood and its implications for... more...
City Survivors
The Policy Press 2007; US$ 36.95This book provides a unique insider view on the impact of neighbourhood conditions on family life and explores the prospects for families from the point of view of equality, integration, schools, work, community, regeneration and public services. more...
Reclaming Childhood
Taylor and Francis 2009; US$ 31.95Children are cooped up, passive, apathetic and corrupted by commerce? or so we are told. Reclaiming Childhood confronts the dangerous myths spun about modern childhood. Yes, children today are losing out on many experiences past generations took for granted, but their lives have improved in so many other ways. This book exposes the stark consequences... more...
Assessing the Validity of the Qualistar Early Learning Quality Rating and Improvement System as a Tool for Improving Child-Care Quality
RAND Corporation 2004; US$ 9.95Assesses the validity of Qualistar Early Learnings child-care quality rating and improvement system, which was designed to make child-care quality transparent and improve the quality of care in participating providers. more...









