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Children Taken Seriously
Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2005; US$ 42.95In Children Taken Seriously, leading researchers and policy makers consider how children can be recognized as social actors rather than passive consumers or victims. Using children's own views and experiences as a starting point, they explore how children can be involved as partners in the decision-making processes that affect them. more...
Family Day Care
Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2003; US$ 47.95Family day care or childminding plays a significant role in the provision of childcare in many countries, but is facing new challenges. Bringing together theory, research and knowledge from practice, this topical book presents a variety of informative perspectives on this important service. more...
Babies and Young Children in Care
Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2006; US$ 85.00Babies and Young Children in Care examines why babies enter care or accommodation and why securing their long-term future can be a lengthy process. It analyses the circumstances, characteristics and experiences of these young children before, during and after being looked after, including reasons for changes of carer and placement disruptions. more...
Growing Up
Baylor University Press 2005; US$ 15.95Growing Up combines two flourishing historical fields-the history of childhood and world history-to address the question of how much of childhood is natural and how much is historically determined. The first lecture gauges the impact of the development of agriculture, civilization, and religion upon the premodern experience of childhood. The second... more...
Understanding Early Childhood
McGraw-Hill Education 2004; US$ 151.00Drawing on research evidence from across the world, this book offers a perspective on the ways in which we understand and study young children. It summarizes debates in child development, and looks at different ways of understanding early childhood and the various methods used to gain understanding. more...
Eraly Childhood Care and Education
Taylor and Francis 2006; US$ 56.95Throughout the world the number of working mothers with young children has continued to grow. This has important consequences for social policy decisions, particularly in the fields of parental leave, childcare and pre-school services provision. Some countries are far more successful at combining high quality early childhood services with high percentages... more...
Time To Care
Temple University Press 2008; US$ 24.95In this important work, Joan Lombardi, one of Americas foremost experts on child care, shows how our current system is not meeting the needs of America's families and describes a vision for redesigning this system to promote healthy child and youth development. Both as an expert and as a parent, the author guides the reader through the problems that... more...
Keep Your Kids Safe on the Internet
McGraw-Hill 2004; US$ 19.99Simon Johnson (Victoria, Australia) has 10 years experience as an IT security professional with a number of organizations and government departments. He co-founded and managed Shake Communications in 1997, an IT security business. In 1998 he co-founded SecuritySearch.Net, which at the time, was the largest IT security portal on the Internet. SecuritySearch.Net... more...
Key Indicators of Child and Youth Well-Being
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates 2007; US$ 49.95Indicators of child and youth well-being are indispensable tools for improving the lives of children. This book reviews the progress made in the measurement, collection, dissemination, and use of indicators of child and youth well-being. more...









