Elevating Child Care A Guide to Respectful Parenting

• Author : Janet Lansbury
• Publisher : JLML Press
• Release : 01 May 2014

Janet Lansbury’s advice on respectful parenting is quoted and shared by millions of readers worldwide. Inspired by the pioneering parenting philosophy of her friend and mentor, Magda Gerber, Janet’s influential voice encourages parents and child care professionals to perceive babies as unique, capable human beings with natural abilities to learn without being taught; to develop motor and cognitive skills; communicate; face age appropriate struggles; initiate and direct independent play for extended periods; and much more. Once we are

• Author : United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 18 May 1984

• Author : Juliet F. Gainsborough
• Publisher : Georgetown University Press
• Release : 15 November 2010

Little work has been done to systematically analyze how high-profile incidents of child neglect and abuse shape child welfare policymaking in the United States. In Scandalous Politics, Juliet Gainsborough presents quantitative analysis of all fifty states and qualitative case studies of three states (Florida, Colorado, and New Jersey) that reveal how well-publicized child welfare scandals result in adoption of new legislation and new administrative procedures. Gainsborough’s quantitative analysis suggests that child welfare policymaking is frequently reactive, while the case

• Author : Colwyn Trevarthen,Jonathan Delafield-Butt,Aline-Wendy Dunlop
• Publisher : Oxford University Press
• Release : 30 August 2018

All children are born with emotional talent. But if left untended, those talents can wane during the first five years of life. Children are sensitive and social beings from birth, exhibiting an innate enthusiasm for communication that must be satisfied for healthy development. If their feelings, agency, and motivations are met with affection, if they are respected and nurtured, then children will respond creatively and that inherent desire for companionship will flourish. However, with the recent changes in political and

• Author : Edward Zigler,Mary E. Lang
• Publisher : Simon and Schuster
• Release : 18 May 1991

Examines the American child care system and its inadequacies and attempts to define the needs of children of different ages

• Author : Sally S. Cohen
• Publisher : Columbia University Press
• Release : 25 October 2001

Why has child care legislation developed along its present course? How did the political players influence lawmakers? What do the politics of child care legislation over the past thirty years indicate for the future? Based on more than one hundred interviews with legislators and executive branch officials, archival research, and secondary sources, this book looks at the politics behind child care legislation, rather than analyzing child care as a work and family issue. Identifying key junctures at which major child

• Author : Margaret Mih Tillman
• Publisher : Columbia University Press
• Release : 02 October 2018

A widespread conviction in the need to rescue China’s children took hold in the early twentieth century. Amid political upheaval and natural disasters, neglected or abandoned children became a humanitarian focal point for Sino-Western cooperation and intervention in family life. Chinese academics and officials sought new scientific measures, educational institutions, and social reforms to improve children’s welfare. Successive regimes encouraged teachers to shape children into Qing subjects, Nationalist citizens, or Communist comrades. In Raising China’s Revolutionaries, Margaret

• Author : Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families,United States,United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 18 May 1991

In this report of a hearing on infants' and children's health, two factsheets present information on the lack of recent progress in reducing infant mortality rates; the accessibility of prenatal care; low birthweight; nutrition; inadequate child health care; health risks for low-income children; the lack of adequate health insurance; the health care provider shortage; inflexibilities of the medical system; the limits of technology in addressing the issue of infant mortality; the relationship of maternal behaviors and characteristics, such as drug

• Author : Ramona W. Denby, PhD, MSW, LSW, ACSW
• Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
• Release : 25 November 2015

Kinship care is one of the most prevalent forms of placement used for maltreated children and youths. This book is the first to provide a systematic and theory-informed approach to preparing caregivers for the vital role they play in the lives of abused and neglected children. It presents a relationship-building framework that can be used to better achieve the three major child welfare goals: (1) protection, (2) permanency, and (3) well-being. Child welfare students and practitioners will learn evidence-based practice and policy strategies

• Author : Van Nguyen-Marshall
• Publisher : Peter Lang
• Release : 18 May 2022

In Search of Moral Authority: The Discourse on Poverty, Poor Relief, and Charity in French Colonial Vietnam is a pioneering exploration of the discourses on poverty and poor-relief activities in early twentieth-century Northern Vietnam. Treating poverty as a socially constructed idea, Van Nguyen-Marshall argues that poor relief was a domain where both French colonialists and Vietnamese intellectuals vied for moral authority. For the French colonial officials, poor relief fell within the purview of the French «civilizing» mission, the official justification

• Author : Maggie Dent
• Publisher : Pennington Publications
• Release : 01 December 2018

Real children need real experiences with real people to grow up happy, healthy, strong, kind and resilient. In the second edition of this bestselling book from one of Australia’s favourite parenting authors and educators Maggie Dent, Maggie explores the 10 essential building blocks that help children build resilience and self-esteem in our chaotic, uncertain world. We can’t change the world, however we can help our children to develop emotional buoyancy and competence by experiencing life's joys and successes, as

• Author : Philippa Perry
• Publisher : Penguin UK
• Release : 04 April 2019

This is a parenting book for people who don't buy parenting books With straight-talking advice from renowned Psychotherapist Philippa Perry, How to be a Parent is the definitive guide for any parent looking to navigate their past, avoid repeating mistakes, and ensure they don't land their own kids in therapy. Through the combination of case studies, and therapeutic insight gained from over 20 years of working directly with clients, Perry tackles the wider issues of what it actually means to be

• Author : Anonim
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 01 July 1997

• Author : Angela J. Hanscom
• Publisher : New Harbinger Publications
• Release : 22 April 2016

"Angela Hanscom is a powerful voice for balance." —Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods In this important book, a pediatric occupational therapist and founder of TimberNook shows how outdoor play and unstructured freedom of movement are vital for children’s cognitive development and growth, and offers tons of fun, engaging ways to help ensure that kids grow into healthy, balanced, and resilient adults. Today’s kids have adopted sedentary lifestyles filled with television, video games, and computer

• Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 18 May 2022