Parenting

Clinical psychologist Mardi Allen and James Dickerson, a former social worker who has placed hundreds of children into adoptive and foster homes, have combined the best of psychology and social work experience into a definitive guide for screening adoption and foster home applicants...

First Published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

Coming Out, Coming In: Nurturing the Well-Being and Inclusion of Gay Youth in Mainstream Society describes the process of "coming in" to a welcoming and nurturing family, from both the teen's and the parents' perspective. Linda Goldman draws on her personal and professional experience as a school gu..

Coming Out, Coming In: Nurturing the Well-Being and Inclusion of Gay Youth in Mainstream Society describes the process of "coming in" to a welcoming and nurturing family, from both the teen's and the parents' perspective. Linda Goldman draws on her personal and professional experience as a school gu..

Through a global, multidisciplinary perspective, this book describes how four factors influence parenting practices: a countries historical and political background, the parent’s educational history, the economy and the parent’s financial standing, and advances in technology. Part 1 reviews each of ..

Men do not often enter into counseling or therapy because they are having difficulties with being a father, but many of the presenting problems and self-described reasons for seeking help can be related to the roles and responsibilities of parenting. This book speaks to the variety of fathers and th..

Dropping the Baby and Other Scary Thoughts provides initial relief for women who hope to normalize their experiences with motherhood and augments recovery for women who are in treatment for postpartum emotional disturbances...

Effective Parenting for the Hard-to-Manage Child is a skills-based book for parents who need practical advice from experts, without all the jargon and generalizations. The book provides specific strategies and techniques for children who are intense, highly reactive, and unable to self-calm. It inte..

Effective Parenting for the Hard-to-Manage Child is a skills-based book for parents who need practical advice from experts, without all the jargon and generalizations. The book provides specific strategies and techniques for children who are intense, highly reactive, and unable to self-calm. It inte..

This book provides a multidisciplinary, global, and critical appraisal of evidence-based parenting education (PEd) programs. Readers learn to design, implement, and evaluate effective PEd programs in order to teach clients how to be effective parents. The best practices used in a number of venues ar..

The audience for this book is researchers and students in family studies, developmental psychology, social psychology, and clinical psychology. The primary family themes are gender, generations, and lineage; faith, hope, and justice; gifts, duties, and d..

This book explores the pleasures and difficult aspects of being a new mum or a new baby, informed by clinical experience and new research methods...