Age groups and generations

Adult adoptee and family therapist Katie Naftzger shares her personal and professional wisdom in this guide to help adoptive parents remain a calm parental influence in the midst of stormy and erratic teen behavior.

This collection examines LEGO from an array of critical and cultural studies approaches, foregrounding the world-renowned brand's ideological power and influence.

An examination of the secret world of children that shows how important special places are to a child's development.

Auslandserfahrungen sollten selbstverständlicher Bestandteil des Werdegangs junger Menschen sein.

Metro Vancouver is a diverse city where half the residents identify as people of colour, but only one percent of the population is racialized as Black.

Childhood held a special place in Soviet society: seen as the key to a better future, children were imagined as the only privileged class.

Im Zeichen der Inklusion rücken in verschiedenen Handlungsfeldern des Sozialwesens zunehmend die Schnittstellen zwischen den Hilfesystemen ins Blickfeld.

With the impending retirement of some 76 million Baby Boomers, understanding the economic, political, and social issues related to the aging population is paramount.

As the demographics of the United States shift toward a population that is made up of an increasing percentage of older adults and people with disabilities, the workforce that supports and enables these individuals is also shifting to meet the demands of this population.

Ältere Menschen sind online: Obwohl sie häufig als digitale Nachzügler*innen oder widerständige digitale Offliner*innen portraitiert werden, nehmen diverse ältere Zielgruppen heute in vielfältiger Art und Weise an digitalen Lebenswelten teil und konsumieren regelmäßig digitale Inhalte.

In this highly acclaimed work first published in 1974, Glen H.

Children are an end and means of progress.

With climate change in the news, an urban core that has reached boiling point, and many children growing up without role models and with limited dreams, where is hope?

It is widely assumed that as we grow older there is a gradual decline in the way we use our brains.

The indisputable fact of Japan's rapidly aging population has been known for some time.

There is much controversy about the dangers of a free media when it comes to children and adolescents.

Youth delinquency, involving behaviours such as smoking, drinking, and premature sexual misconduct, is an ongoing issue in Southeast Asia.

This book offers rich critical perspectives on the marketing of a variety of toys, brands, and product categories.

Wherever contemporary therapists offer treatment, whether in social agencies or clinics, in outpatient or inpatient services, or even in private practice, they are likely to find themselves increasingly working with people whose histories are characterized by deprivation and repeated trauma-experiences that have left them feeling damaged, often short of basic trust in others, and lacking confidence in themselves.

Eine große Anzahl Kinder kommt in diese Welt, die nicht mehr mit herkömmlichen Maßstäben zu messen ist.

The Electrified Mind helps therapists understand and empathize with patients who rely heavily upon cell phones and the internet for the purposes of self-expression as well as for defensive avoidance of actual interpersonal contact.

Replays addresses the challenging behaviors of children with autism spectrum disorders through interactive symbolic play.

In this companion to his acclaimed and inspirational bestseller, Heroes for My Son, national bestselling novelist Brad Meltzer brings together the stories of fifty-five remarkable individuals, from intellectual explorers such as Marie Curie, Sally Ride, and Jane Goodall to cultural champions like Billie Jean King; from implacable public figures such as Rosa Parks and Winston Churchill to artistic icons such as Leonardo Da Vinci and Stevie Wonder; and beyond.

The authors examine youths' practices in digital culture affecting social change, pedagogy, and creative learning practices.

Full of ideas, activities and exercises, this book provides imaginative ways to inspire young people to put down the computer games, disconnect from social media, and spend more time away from a screen.

This is the first study of its kind to provide such a broadly comparative and in-depth analysis of children and empire.

Children play a crucial role in today's economy.

How can sociology inform our understanding of young people's experiences?

Welche Bedeutung hat Bildung für ein gutes und gelingendes Leben von Kindern im städtischen Raum?

Rooted in the crisis over slavery, disagreements about child labor broke down along sectional lines between the North and South.

Alternde Stadtgesellschaften stehen vor der Herausforderung, in den Wohnquartieren ein "gutes" Leben im Alter zu ermöglichen.

The Development of Self-Regulatory Mechanisms contains the papers presented at the conference on Early Childhood: The Development of Self-Regulatory Mechanisms, held at The Pennsylvania State University in January, 1970.

In How to Be Childless: A History and Philosophy of Life Without Children, Rachel Chrastil explores the long and fascinating history of childlessness, putting this often-overlooked legacy in conversation with the issues that childless women and men face in the twenty-first century.

Dawn of Memories is a journey into the realm of early recollections of childhood and a search for the meaning of the remembrances.

Die Steuerung der Patientenbehandlung in der Palliativversorgung erfolgt durch Assessmentinstrumente.

Most in the United States likely associate the concept of the child bride with the mores and practices of the distant past.

This book offers a theoretically sophisticated and empirically rich study of the intersections of contemporary Christianity and youth culture, focusing on evangelical engagements with punk, hip hop, surfing, and skateboarding.

Saari's book discusses the impact of traumatic events and the key principles underlying acute crisis work.

Global Childhoods in International Perspective gathers a wide spectrum of contributors from Europe, the U.

Each year, of the approximately four million babies born, 800,000 suffer from colic: excessive crying that causes extreme distress to parents and children.

Sustainability has become a core concept in considering tourism planning and development.

This gripping book considers the history, techniques, and goals of child-targeted consumer campaigns and examines children's changing perceptions of what commodities they "e;need"e; to be valued and value themselves.

From ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) to ZS (Zellweger Syndrome)-there seems to be an alphabet disorder for almost every behavior, from those caused by serious, rare genetic diseases to more common learning disabilities that hinder children's academic and social progress.

Emotionally competent children and young adults are able to recognize emotions in themselves and others and articulate them verbally, expressing their feelings and, if necessary, regulating them.

Unearthing Culturally Responsive Mathematics Teaching: The Legacy of Gloria Jean Merriex focuses on the theory and practices of a highly successful mathematics teacher of African American children in a high-poverty school.

'This is an excellent textbook for which there is currently a niche in the market.

Offers expert comparative analysis of the child''s best interests within the context of Article 3 of the UNCRC.

A powerful book for readers aiming to support trans youth that Booklist calls a "e;warm and generous book [that] will help a wide range of readers"e; and Publishers Weekly says is "e;a pragmatic program for parenting beyond the gender binary.