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Criar desde el corazón: Soluciones honestas de la infancia a la adolescencia

by Beatriz M. Muñoz Nitdia Aznárez

Tras el éxito de sus libros anteriores, Beatriz M. Muñoz y Nitdia Aznárez, traen Criar desde el corazón, una guía familiar para educar de forma más consciente, a través de la simbiosis de Montessori, la disciplina positiva y la conexión con uno mismo y la naturaleza. En este nuevo enfoque, ofrecen herramientas y soluciones respetuosas para que nuestros pequeños sean más autónomos y responsables, y especialmente para que cada miembro de la familia encuentre su lugar, y así, crezcan sintiéndose vistos y amados de forma incondicional. Para ello, es necesario que las personas adultas cultivemos también la conexión con nuestro niño interior, porque si queremos enfrentarnos a los retos diarios y a las necesidades de nuestros hijos e hijas desde la honestidad, tendremos que empezar por cuidarnos y comprendernos a nosotros mismos. Con este completo manual, aprenderemos a dejar atrás los castigos, los premios y todas las prácticas que no cultivan el amor incondicional, y a construir un entorno seguro, alentador y de calma familiar para nuestros hijos, desde su primera infancia hasta su adolescencia, sin perder el foco de la compasión y la benevolencia hacia nosotros mismos.

Criar hijos confiados, motivados y seguros: Hacia una paternidad responsable y feliz

by Maritchu Seitún

Este libro brinda herramientas para que los padres acompañen a sus hijosen ese «convertirse» en personas, en el desarrollo de la autoestima, derecursos ricos y variados para desenvolverse en la vida; en el despertarde su inteligencia, habilidades y motivaciones. También se centra en lasdiferentes etapas por las que transita la infancia y las dificultadespropias de cada una. Y en los límites, con ejemplos concretos, brindaalternativas que faciliten la vida diaria y ayuden a los padres aenojarse menos y sonreír más, y a mejorar el clima emocional de la casa. La llegada de un hijo al mundo es un hito en la vida de los padres. Lafelicidad es inmensa, y casi de la misma envergadura es laresponsabilidad de criarlo para que pueda desarrollar una vida plena.Durante la infancia, los chicos pueden jugar, establecer relaciones,aprender y desplegar al máximo sus potencialidades.Maritchu Seitún es psicóloga especializada en crianza. «Criar hijosconfiados, motivados y seguros» es un libro que aliviará a los padres,que los guiará y estimulará a seguir compartiendo y creciendo junto asus hijos. Porque, como dice la autora, «si el atajo fuera bueno, noexistiría el camino».

Criar hijos confiados, motivados y seguros: Hacia una paternidad responsable y feliz

by Maritchu Seitún

Criar hijos confiados, motivados y seguros, un clásico entre los libros de crianza y de lectura imprescindible para madres y padres, fue publicado por primera vez hace diez años. Rápidamente se convirtió en un best seller y Maritchu Seitún, en la psicóloga infantil más leída del país. Para esta edición aniversario la autora revisó el texto, agregó capítulos y conceptos reformulados y ampliados. Maritchu Seitún proporciona en este libro las herramientas necesarias para que los padres acompañen a sus hijos en ese "convertirse" en personas, en el desarrollo de la autoestima, de recursos ricos y variados para desenvolverse en la vida; en el despertar de su inteligencia, habilidades y motivaciones. También se centra en las diferentes etapas por las que transita la infancia y las dificultades propias de cada una. Y en los límites, con ejemplos concretos, brindando alternativas que faciliten la rutina diaria y ayuden a los padres a enojarse menos y sonreír más, y a mejorar el clima emocional de la casa. Criar hijos confiados, motivados y seguros aliviará a los padres, los guiará y estimulará a seguir compartiendo y creciendo junto a sus hijos. Porque, como dice la autora, "si el atajo fuera bueno, no existiría el camino".

Criar sin miedo

by Miguel Espeche

Un libro para recuperar la esencia de esa difícil y a la vez maravillosa tarea de ser padres. Hay una sabiduría oculta en todos los padres, y un objetivo de este libro es ayudar a que tomen conciencia de ella. Esta sabiduría sólo es accesible cuando el miedo no avanza sobre la vida familiar de manera avasallante, como lo está haciendo en estos tiempos. Si el miedo guarda el lugar que le corresponde, el amor (y, por ello, la inteligencia) puede expresarse de la mejor manera. Miguel Espeche, licenciado en psicología y terapeuta clínico, nos invita a entrar en un espacio de encuentro, donde es posible compartir las experiencias y descubrir recursos para acompañar a los hijos sin culpas, sin miedos, disfrutando de los roles de madres y de padres. La confianza en los hijos, la autoridad como instrumento del amor, el desarrollo de la intuición, la comprensión de las emociones propias y de la familia, son algunas de las ideas que recorren Criar sin miedo, una obra nacida de las charlas, talleres y conferencias que Miguel Espeche viene compartiendo con madres y padres desde hace más de diez años.

Crib Notes

by Heather King

A brief guide to the care of the neonate and pre-toddler.

Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool

by Emily Oster

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'Emily Oster is the non-judgemental girlfriend holding our hand and guiding us through pregnancy and motherhood. She has done the work to get us the hard facts in a soft, understandable way' Amy SchumerParenting is full of decisions, nearly all of which can be agonized over. There is an abundance of often- onflicting advice hurled at you from doctors, family, friends, and strangers on the internet. But the benefits of these choices can be overstated, and the trade-offs can be profound. How do you make your own best decision?Armed with the data, Oster finds that the conventional wisdom doesn't always hold up. She debunks myths and offers non-judgemental ways to consider our options in light of the facts. Cribsheet is a thinking parent's guide that empowers us to make better, less fraught decisions - and stay sane in the years before preschool.

Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool (The ParentData Series #2)

by Emily Oster

From the author of Expecting Better, The Family Firm, and The Unexpected an economist's guide to the early years of parenting.&“Both refreshing and useful. With so many parenting theories driving us all a bit batty, this is the type of book that we need to help calm things down.&” —LA Times&“The book is jampacked with information, but it&’s also a delightful read because Oster is such a good writer.&” —NPR With Expecting Better, award-winning economist Emily Oster spotted a need in the pregnancy market for advice that gave women the information they needed to make the best decision for their own pregnancies. By digging into the data, Oster found that much of the conventional pregnancy wisdom was wrong. In Cribsheet, she now tackles an even greater challenge: decision-making in the early years of parenting. As any new parent knows, there is an abundance of often-conflicting advice hurled at you from doctors, family, friends, and strangers on the internet. From the earliest days, parents get the message that they must make certain choices around feeding, sleep, and schedule or all will be lost. There's a rule—or three—for everything. But the benefits of these choices can be overstated, and the trade-offs can be profound. How do you make your own best decision? Armed with the data, Oster finds that the conventional wisdom doesn't always hold up. She debunks myths around breastfeeding (not a panacea), sleep training (not so bad!), potty training (wait until they're ready or possibly bribe with M&Ms), language acquisition (early talkers aren't necessarily geniuses), and many other topics. She also shows parents how to think through freighted questions like if and how to go back to work, how to think about toddler discipline, and how to have a relationship and parent at the same time. Economics is the science of decision-making, and Cribsheet is a thinking parent's guide to the chaos and frequent misinformation of the early years. Emily Oster is a trained expert—and mom of two—who can empower us to make better, less fraught decisions—and stay sane in the years before preschool.

Cricket Goes to the Dogs (Always Friends Club #2)

by Susan Meyers

More than anything, Cricket Connors wants one of the golden retriever puppies at Sunny Hill Kennels. But each puppy costs $200. Where will Cricket ever get that much money? The Always Friends Club has the answer! Cricket and her fellow club members—Meg, Amy, and Brittany—start a dog-washing service to earn the money for Cricket’s puppy. But when a huge Saint Bernard named Buster shows up, Cricket has a lot more dog than she bargained for. And when Buster’s owner disappears, it looks like the Always Friends Club may have a new member! Read the rest of The books in the Always Friends Club series from the Bookshare Library including: #1 Meg and the Secret Scrapbook, #3 Amy's Haunted House, #4 Beautiful Britany and #5 Hello Genny.

Cricket Man

by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Thirteen-year-old Kenny secretly calls himself "Cricket Man" after a summer of rescuing creatures from his family's Bethesda, pool, which gives him more self-confidence and an urge to be a hero, especially for his sixteen-year-old neighbor, Jodie.

Crimes against Children

by Stephen Robertson

In the first half of the twentieth century, Americans' intense concern with sex crimes against children led to a wave of public discussion, legislative action, and criminal prosecution. Stephen Robertson provides the first large-scale, long-term study of how American criminal courts dealt with the prosecution of sexual violence against children.Robertson describes how the nineteenth-century approach to childhood as a single phase of innocence began to shift at the end of the century to include several stages of childhood development, prompting reformers to create legal categories such as statutory rape and carnal abuse to protect children. However, while ordinary New Yorkers' involvement in the prosecution of those offenses reshaped their understandings of who was a child and produced a new concern to establish the age of their sexual partners, their beliefs in childhood innocence and in a concept of sexuality centered on sexual intercourse remained unchanged. As a result, families' use of the law and jurors' decisions ultimately diminished the protection the new laws offered to children. Robertson's study, based on the previously unexamined files of the New York County district attorney's office, reveals the importance of child sexuality and sex crimes in twentieth-century American culture.

Criminal Case Dispositions through Pleas in Greater China: Conception, Operation and Contradiction

by Yan Zhang Xiaoyu Yuan Enshen Li

This book investigates the policy implications, discursive ethos and practical realities of plea-based case dispositions in the criminal justice system of four Chinese-speaking jurisdictions, including Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. It aims to provide fresh and cutting-edge insights into important legal, social and cultural issues found throughout plea-based case dispositions in Greater China, but in a geographically specific manner – providing an in-depth view of issues that can help forge connections and inspire creative solutions for scholars gaining understanding of common problems across the societies in question. The book includes an introduction and conclusion with 9 chapters. Based on a diverse range of first-hand data and secondary sources of information, topics covered in the chapters represent multiangle perspectives and analysis that help to construct a sophisticated, intricate and evidence-based portrait of locally informed approaches to case disposition through pleas in Chinese-speaking societies.

Criminal Love: Theory and Praxis of Queerness in India

by R. Raj Rao

This book takes up the challenge of studying the wide gamut of lived reality of the Indian queer, against the backdrop of a set of theories. Written by a man who has been openly gay for the last 40 years, it dissects issues, concepts, and theories within the realm of queer studies against the day-to-day experiences of Indian queers. Drawing from personal and shared experiences, it highlights the sites of transgression within a seemingly monosexual society and analyses the aspects of the struggle of being queer in a repressive environment.This book comprises of three fundamental aspects of queerness relevant to us in India today—theory, culture, and politics, which has been primarily analysed through literature and film. The literature here includes references to the author’s own work as a practicing writer, as well as to that of other contemporary writers. It is an attempt to delink alternative sexuality from gender and establish it as an autonomous category.This book would be useful to the students, researchers and teachers of women and gender studies, sociology, history, economics, political science, and other interdisciplinary courses in social sciences. It will also be valuable reading for those interested in South Asian studies, especially post-colonial contemporary Indian society.

Criminalising Coercive Control: Family Violence and the Criminal Law

by Marilyn McMahon Paul McGorrery

This book considers whether coercive control (particularly non-physical forms of family violence) should be prohibited by the criminal law. Based on the premise that traditional understandings of family violence are severely limited, it considers whether the core of family violence is power-based controlling or coercive behavior: attempts by men to psychologically dominate their partners. Such behavior can cause significant psychological, physical and economic harms to victims and is increasingly recognized as a form of human rights abuse.The book considers the new offences that have been introduced in England and Wales (controlling or coercive behavior), Ireland (controlling behavior) and Scotland (domestic abuse). It invites consideration of three key questions: Do conventional criminal laws adequately regulate non-physical abuse? Is the criminal law an appropriate mechanism for responding to the coercive control of family members? And if a new and distinctive offence is warranted, what is the optimal form of that offence?This ground-breaking work is essential reading for researchers and practitioners interested in coercive control and the proper role of the criminal law as a mechanism for regulating family violence.

Criminals: My Family's Life on Both Sides of the Law

by Robert Anthony Siegel

A prismatic, provocative look at one family—led by a charismatic, defense attorney father—whose bonds exist on both sides of the lawThe Siegels of New York are a singular creation—quirky, idealistic, shaped in large part by Robert Anthony Siegel's father, a lovable, impossible man of gargantuan appetites and sloppy ethics, a criminal defense attorney who loved his drug–dealing clients a little too much and went to prison as a result. Siegel's mother decided to pour her energies into making her children art–loving mavens of fine dining in international settings—all the things that his father was not—with Robert as her most targeted ally. Once out of prison, Siegel's father struggled with depression, attempting to reenter legal practice, with age and finances nipping at his heels. Robert, as a son and later as an author, attempts to put all of these pieces together to make a coherent shape of family before realizing that perhaps no such thing exists.Where is the thin, permeable line between right and wrong? How does one family join the greater world of normal people beyond the demimonde of drug dealers, bikers, schemers, rock musicians, and artists that swirled around them? Criminals explores those questions without easy judgments, creating a prism of an eccentric collection of characters bound together as the mysterious tribe of family.

Crimson Bound

by Rosamund Hodge

An exhilarating tale of darkness, love, and redemption inspired by the classic fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood and the extravagant court of Versailles, from the author of Cruel Beauty. A doomed warrior and the king's most notorious bastard must join forces to defeat a dark evil in this gorgeously intricate fantasy--perfect for fans of An Ember in the Ashes and A Court of Thorns and Roses.When Rachelle was fifteen she was good--apprenticed to her aunt and in training to protect her village from dark magic. But she was also reckless--straying from the forest path in search of a way to free her world from the threat of eternal darkness. After an illicit meeting goes dreadfully wrong, Rachelle is forced to make a terrible choice that binds her to the very evil she had hoped to defeat.Three years later, Rachelle has given her life to serving the realm, fighting deadly creatures in a vain effort to atone. When the king orders her to guard his son Armand--the man she hates most--Rachelle forces Armand to help her hunt for the legendary sword that might save their world. Together, they navigate the opulent world of the courtly elite, where beauty and power reign and no one can be trusted. And as the two become unexpected allies, they discover far-reaching conspiracies, hidden magic . . . and a love that may be their undoing. Within a palace built on unbelievable wealth and dangerous secrets, can Rachelle discover the truth and stop the fall of endless night?

Crispin: At the Edge of the World (Crispin)

by Avi

In this riveting sequel to the Newbery-Award winning Crispin: The Cross of Lead--the second book in a planned trilogy--Avi explores themes of war, religion, and family as he continues the adventures of Crispin and Bear.The more I came to know of the world, the more I knew I knew it not.He was a nameless orphan, marked for death by his masters for an unknown crime. Discovering his name- Crispin-only intensified the mystery. Then Crispin met Bear, who helped him learn the secret of his full identity. And in Bear-the enormous, red-bearded juggler, sometime spy, and everyday philosopher-Crispin also found a new father and a new world.Now Crispin and Bear have set off to live their lives as free men. But they don't get far before their past catches up with them: Bear is being pursued by members of the secret brotherhood who believe he is an informer. When Bear is badly wounded, it is up to Crispin to make decisions about their future-where to go, whom to trust. Along the way they become entangled with an extraordinary range of people, each of whom affects Crispin and Bear's journey in unexpected ways. To find freedom and safety, they may have to travel to the edge of the world-even if it means confronting death itself.

Crispin: The Cross Of Lead (Crispin Ser. #1)

by Avi

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Crispin: The Cross of Lead (Crispin #1)

by Avi

"Asta's Son" is all he's ever been called. The lack of a name is appropriate, because he and his mother are but poor peasants in 14th century medieval England. But this thirteen-year-old boy who thought he had little to lose soon finds himself with even less - no home, no family, or possessions. Accused of a crime he did not commit, he may be killed on sight, by anyone. If he wishes to remain alive, he must flee his tiny village. All the boy takes with him is a newly revealed name - Crispin - and his mother's cross of lead.<P><P> A Newbery Award Winner.

Critical Analysis of Parental Involvement in School: Working with Families Across Sociocultural Contexts

by Meca Williams-Johnson Nicolette P. Rickert

Critical Analysis of Parental Involvement in School presents in-depth explorations of parental involvement within culturally distinct contexts. As teachers and leaders sense the impact of today’s social and political tensions in their schools, new guidance is needed to help them make decisions, solve problems, clarify interventions, and resolve conflict with their students’ families as they mutually pursue the well-being of diverse students. This edited volume examines parents’ culturally situated goals and values, communication and rearing styles, academic involvement, and other social-psychological factors across identities at the intersection of race, gender, class, and beyond. Each chapter addresses the complexities of a unique demographic context, innovative approaches toward inclusion, methodologies helpful to the study of parental involvement, new trends and directions in family-school partnerships, and more.

Critical Children’s Rights Studies: A Research Companion

by Wouter Vandenhole Afua Twum-Danso Imoh Didier Reynaert Valeria Llobet

The field of children’s rights studies is well established and largely dominated by a top-down approach that considers these rights as objective standards requiring implementation in practice or policy. This book argues for a critical perspective which views the area as contested terrain with conflicting normative foundations and traditions. The collection brings together established and rising scholars whose work has been central to not only challenging mainstream children’s rights discourses but also provides alternative pathways to conceptualizing children’s rights. It moves beyond critiques of these dominant discourses and sets out the emerging paradigm of Critical Children’s Rights Studies drawing on contexts in both the Global North and Global South. It proposes new pathways and subjects these to scrutiny, illuminating the importance of contextual situatedness and acknowledging the need to consider researchers’ own positionality when outlining their stance on children’s rights.Containing both empirical and theoretical scholarship, the book will be an essential resource for students, academics, researchers and policy-makers working in the multidisciplinary areas of childhood studies, children’s rights studies and international human rights.

Critical Conversations: A Christian Parents' Guide to Discussing Homosexuality with Teens

by Tom Gilson

Christian parents need to be prepared to answer the myriad challenges teens might hear in today's increasingly pro homosexual culture. "Why shouldn't gays get married?" "Who says gay sex is wrong?" "Does the Bible actually say there's anything wrong with homosexuality?" "Don't you care that kids are being bullied just for being themselves?"To start the discussion, Gilson provides a brief history of the issues beginning with the sexual revolution of the 1960s. He explains how and why cultural attitudes have reversed on this subject in such a short timespan, leaving Christians scrambling for answers.This is perhaps the most complicated and contentious issue Christians face in today's culture. Most churches are poorly equipped to handle it; parents are even less prepared. The good news is that parents need not have pat answers ready before they dive into conversations with their teens and preteens on this difficult topic. Learning together--parents struggling through these issues alongside their kids and leading them to biblical answers-- has relational benefits.Answers are important, though, so manageable, nontechnical answers to common questions surrounding this issue are provided, as well as a guide to further resources.

Critical Issues in Child Welfare

by Joan F. Shireman

Reconfigured for easier classroom use, this text begins with the issues facing at-risk children and families and then describes the intricacies of the child-welfare system and the role of protective services, family preservation, out-of-home care, foster care, adoption, and services for adolescents. New material addresses mental health and early childhood education in detail; the critical challenge of poverty and substance abuse; the importance of the community in shaping child welfare services; racial disproportionality; LGBT issues; family advocacy; emancipation; independent living; and changes to families' legal and civil rights.

Critical Issues in Youth Work Management

by Jon Ord

This valuable textbook communicates the complexities and controversies at the heart of youth work management, exploring key issues in a critical fashion. Written by a team of experienced youth work lecturers, the chapters cover topics such as planning, evaluation and supervision, whilst acknowledging the changing structures of integrated services and the impact of public service reform. Divided into three sections, it covers: Historical and theoretical context Critical practice issues, including leadership, policy constraints, planning and accountability Managing in different settings, for instance integrated services and the voluntary sector. Aimed at both youth work students studying for their professional qualification, as well as practicing managers, Critical Issues in Youth Work Management encourages critical thinking about what management in youth work is and what it can be. It includes reflective questions and further reading, and case studies are integrated throughout.

Critical Topics in Family Therapy: AFTA Monograph Series Highlights (AFTA SpringerBriefs in Family Therapy)

by Thorana Nelson Hinda Winawer

This Brief from the American Family Therapy Academy (AFTA) is a collection of chapters from the AFTA Monograph Series. The chapters specifically address responses to a wide range of contextual phenomena from a relational family therapy perspective. Chapters are grounded in family systems concepts and informed by postmodern perspectives including social justice. The collection provides cutting edge thinking and practices for a variety of experiences that strongly impact individuals and families. Authors address the treatment of couples and families oppressed by socio-contextual phenomena such as war and poverty, and of those marginalized by the insidious impact of dominant discourse on relationships and on the therapeutic context, for example, sexual/gender identity and sexual practices. Established practitioners and scholars with particular expertise in the areas addressed bring exceptional transparency and knowledge to the descriptions of their work. Researchers, clinicians, educators, and students of family and couples therapy will find this volume very useful.

Critically Impaired Infants and End of Life Decision Making: Resource Allocation and Difficult Decisions (Biomedical Law and Ethics Library)

by Neera Bhatia

Decisions to withdraw or withhold life-sustaining treatment are contentious, and offer difficult moral dilemmas to both medical practitioners and the judiciary. This issue is exacerbated when the patient is unable to exercise autonomy and is entirely dependent on the will of others. This book focuses on the legal and ethical complexities surrounding end of life decisions for critically impaired and extremely premature infants. Neera Bhatia explores decisions to withdraw or withhold life-sustaining treatment from critically impaired infants and addresses the controversial question, which lives are too expensive to treat? Bringing to bear such key issues as clinical guidance, public awareness, and resource allocation, the book provides a rational approach to end of life decision making, where decisions to withdraw or withhold treatment may trump other competing interests. The book will be of great interest and use to scholars and students of bioethics, medical law, and medical practitioners.

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