Age groups and generations

The importance of high quality early childhood education is now universally recognised, and this quality crucially depends upon the practitioners who work with our young children, and their deep understanding of how children develop and learn.

This book considers the issues facing contemporary Japan as it struggles to adapt its employment system to the global economy.

"e;This is an invaluable, nuanced, and deeply needed guide to parenting diverse children as we move, together, toward a future in which all brains and bodies are supported-and belong.

In its updated and expanded second edition, this helpful guide offers a wealth of information for people living with HIV and for people caring for HIV-positive loved ones.

This book chronicles the intersection of chaplaincy, autopathography (illness narratives), and stigmatized illness through the observations and stories of a chaplain working at a facility for people with HIV and AIDS.

Nationally and internationally, we are being driven to reflect on how to respond to a changing world.

Emotional difficulties in children aged 5-11 can display themselves in a range of different behaviours, and it is important for staff in schools to be able to identify and address these problems, and to provide appropriate help.

This book explores cultural conceptions of the child and the cinematic absence of black children from contemporary Hollywood film.

A unique interdisciplinary analysis of the age discrimination debate in Britain and the USA.

In the early years of the twenty-first century, the US music industry created a new market for tweens, selling music that was cooler than Barney, but that still felt safe for children.

Mass Communication Theories: Explaining Origins, Processes, and Effects explores mass communication theories within the social and cultural context that influenced their origins.

Vor dem Hintergrund einer alternden Gesellschaft sehen sich die Krankenhäuser nicht nur mit immer älteren Patienten, sondern auch mit einem Wandel des Krankheitspanoramas konfrontiert.

Adolescence has been codified as an unpredictable, experimental and liminal time.

By 2030, when most American baby boomers will have retired, all the large industrial economies will see a massive increase in the old age population.

Dieses Buch verbindet drei verschiedene theoretische Felder: die Bindungstheorie, klinische Theorien der sexuellen Entwicklung und die interpersonale Theorie der Persönlichkeit und Persönlichkeitsentwicklung.

An indispensable book for parents, teenagers and anyone concerned with issues in adolescence, from former headteacher Tony Little and child psychiatrist Herb Etkin.

Gender diversity and non-conformity are becoming increasingly visible within society.

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This book presents a critical analysis and examination of the major theories and social issues in the social construction of aging and death.

Solway explains that the current generation of students, raised in a nonhistorical and iconic environment, do not live in time as an emergent, continuous medium in which the complexities of experience are parsed and organized.

Wie können zentrale Fragen der Gegenwart und der nahen Zukunft auf gerechte Weise beantwortet werden?

During the 1990s lone mothers reached the top of the political agenda, viewed as both a drain on public expenditure and a moral threat.

Despite evidence of a more sexually active 'third age', ageing and later life (50+) are still commonly represented as a process of desexualisation.

Reshaping Youth Participation reframes discussions around youth political, social, civic, and cultural participation.

Reclaiming real life in a world of devicesMaking good choices about technology in our families is more than just using internet filters and determining screen-time limits for our children.

This important text shows how child development theory applies to professionals' working practice.

Since the 1980s, neoliberalism has had a major impact on social life and, in turn, research in the social sciences.

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Company towns are often portrayed as powerless communities, fundamentally dependent on the outside influence of global capital.

This book describes the multidisciplinary approach needed to tackle better aging.

A practical resource for dealing with family matters upon death, this first-of-its-kind publication from the American Bar Association and AARP - the nation's leading associations in the law and the advancement of issues that matter most to people 50+ and their families - helps answer the myriad of questions surrounding what needs to be done following a loved one's passing.

Perhaps because of the wisdom received from our Romantic forbears about the purity of the child, depictions of children as monsters have held a tremendous fascination for film audiences for decades.

In this book, Faye Woods explores the raucous, cheeky, intimate voice of British youth television.

Are today's young adults gender rebels or returning to tradition?

Meet Max - a boy with Tourette syndrome (TS).

In Spain, on May 15, 2011, a movement against austerity measures began.

Giving voice to the lived experiences of people with dementia across the globe, including Australia, Canada, Sweden and the UK, this critical and evidence-based collection engages with the realities of life for people living with dementia at home and within their neighbourhoods.

In diesem Buch von Hauke Burgarth berichten Männer schonungslos und ehrlich von den Tiefpunkten ihres Lebens.

Desi Land is Shalini Shankar's lively ethnographic account of South Asian American teen culture during the Silicon Valley dot-com boom.

This book is a collection of scientific studies regarding the biological, economic, historical, health, social, and other aspects of the populations of the western Balkans, a geographic area with distinct as well as diverse socioeconomic backgrounds, political systems, ethnic characteristics, development, and history.

Discover the enchanting and insightful world of childhood in From Two to Five by Kornei Chukovsky, a beloved classic that delves into the whimsical yet profound ways young children perceive and interact with the world.

In 1990, disturbing television footage emerged showing the inhumane conditions in which children in Romanian institutions were living.

Discover a new and hopeful path forward as you consider your family's approach to social media, screen time, and technology.

The 20th Century has been marked by enormous change in terms of how we define race.

In an era of rapidly increasing technological advances and international exchange, how did young people come to understand the world beyond their doorsteps?

Menschenrechte und die gesellschaftliche Teilhabe von älteren Menschen gewährleistet werden?

The rise in popularity of South Korean entertainment and culture began and is promoted as an official policy of the Korean government to revive the country's economy.

Contemporary feminist theory has moved into posthuman terrains as feminist theorists utilise human/nonhuman relations and a motley crew of nonhuman entities to reinvigorate feminist critique of nature/culture dichotomies.

This book offers global evidence about the increasing longevity, its consequences and its potential for societal benefits.