The Etiology and Prevention of Drug Abuse Among Minority Youth
by Dr Steven Schinke and Dr Gilbert J Botvin
How to Easily Start a Conversation with a Girl and Keep It Going
"The unique thing about Ms. Langford's approach is that she writes from her own childhood memories...from the perspective of what she wishes she'd been told by her parents. This makes her words powerful-especially for parents of teenagers."-Linda and Richard Eyre Authors of Teaching your Children Values and How to Talk to Your Child About SEX. Parents know it's important to talk to their kids about sex and dating but they don't always know how. As a former teenage runaway who turned her life aro...
Every working day, many children are cared for by childminders. Childminding offers children a close relationship with a single carer, the child often a part of a small group of children, in a home environment based in the child's own community. Childminding support, in terms of training, networks and resources is crucial not only for childminders themselves but also for the quality of care they are able to offer children and families. This booklet sets out the development and progress of childm...
Growing Up and Leaving Home (Information booklet, #14)
Episodes from the young life of Annie John, aged 10 to 17, as she grows up on the Caribbean Island of Antigua. This is a magical coming-of-age tale, ripe with the special ambience of its tropical setting and sustained by Annie's far from naive awareness of the world around her. Death, illness, and poverty intrude on the narrator's perceptive sensibility from time to time, but even these experiences instruct her and expand her understanding of life and its shifting reality. Although Annie leaves...
