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Community leaders and activists Gómez and Arroyo worked with children, teenagers, and parents - both the victims and the bullies - to put together this searing anthology of original essays, poetry, plays, and commentary on how bullying has affected their lives.

Alongside their personal stories, the writers -decorated novelists, poets, and essayists - address the history of the C-section as well as its risks, social inequities, impact on the body, and psychological aftermath. My Caesarean is a heartfelt meditation, offering much-needed comfort through shared experience. 

Motherhood is the toughest - and funniest - job you'll ever love. Raising kids is hard work. The pay sucks, your boss is a tyrant, and the working conditions are pitiful - you can't even take a bathroom break without being interrupted with another outrageous demand. Hasn't every mother said it before? "I just want to pee alone!" Hear these hysterical essays.

El libro inclusivo que todas las familias necesitan para hablar de sexo sin miedo ni prejuicios. Frente a los riesgos y a los desafíos de un presente cada vez más complejo, la educación sexual de las nuevas generaciones es una preocupación compartida tanto por los padres como por sus hijos...

After author Harlyn Aizley gave birth to her daughter, she watched in unanticipated horror as her partner scooped up the baby and said, "I'm your new mommy!" While they both had worked to find the perfect sperm donor, Aizley had spent nine months carrying the baby and hours in labor, so how could her partner claim to be their child's mommy? Many diapers later, Aizley began to appreciate the complexity of her partner's new role as the other mother. Together, they searched for stories about families like their own.

Barb Cook and 14 other autistic women describe life from a female autistic perspective, and present empowering, helpful and supportive insights from their personal experience for fellow autistic women. Michelle Garnett's comments validate and expand the experiences described from a clinician's perspective, and provide extensive recommendations. Autistic advocates including Liane Holliday Willey, Anita Lesko, Jeanette Purkis, Artemisia and Samantha Craft offer their personal guidance on significant issues that particularly affect women, as well as those that are more general to autism.

A diverse collection of autistic voices that highlights how parents can avoid common mistakes and misconceptions, and make their child feel truly accepted, valued, and celebrated for who they are. Most resources available for parents come from psychologists, educators, and doctors, offering...

Chapter authors review theories, conceptual models, and measures of gatekeeping, and evaluate its consequences for parent-child relationships. Offering a holistic perspective, this book not only explores mothers' gatekeeping of fathers but also considers the potential roles of others, including fathers, as gatekeepers. Chapter authors also explore parental gatekeeping processes in at-risk families, including separated and divorced families and those with adolescent and nonresident fathers.

An anthology that gives access to the voices of mothers of color and marginalized mothers. 

In this anthology of creative nonfiction, 28 writers set out to discover what they know, and don't know, about the person they call Mother. Celebrated writers Samia Serageldin and Lee Smith have curated a diverse and insightful collection that challenges stereotypes about mothers and expands our notions of motherhood in the South. The mothers in these essays were shaped, for good and bad, by the economic and political crosswinds of their time.

Los autores de este audiolibro somos parte de un grupo de más de treinta profesionales que pertenecemos al Centro de Adolescencia de Clínica Alemana, que desde el año 2000 nos hemos dedicado a la atención del adolescente en sus múltiples dimensiones. Este audiolibro va dirigido a padres, educadores y personas que se relacionan con adolescentes. Quisimos poner a su disposición lo que le enseñamos a los padres de nuestros pacientes y es fruto de la práctica clínica. Esperamos que entregue herramientas para prevenir daño, pero más que eso, fomentar la salud de nuestros hijos.

While the ‘ nerdy white man’ stereotype of Autism dominates in media and popular culture, other Autistic people miss out on seeing themselves, their unique experiences, their hardships and their triumphs. In Someone Like Me, edited by Clem Bastow and Jo Case, twenty-five Autistic...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE From two-time National Magazine Award winner Tom Junod, a searching, brilliantly stylized memoir about a charismatic, philandering father who tried to mold his son in his image, the many secrets he hid, the son’s obsessive quest to uncover...

In How We See Us, Michaela Leslie-Rule amplifies the voices of young people approaching adulthood as they consider their experiences, needs, and goals for their education, early careers, and lives. Leslie-Rule encourages adults who support young people to listen more closely to youth voices so that their perspectives are centered in interventions made on their behalf.

He Never Came Home is a collection of 22 personal essays written by girls and women who have been separated from their fathers by way of divorce, abandonment, or death. The contributors to this collection come from a wide range of different backgrounds in terms of race, socioeconomic status, religion, and geographic location. Their essays offer deep insights into the emotions related to losing one’s father, including sadness, indifference, anger, acceptance—and everything in between.

Ter ou não ter filhos? A pergunta parece simples, mas carrega dentro de si um mundo inteiro. Ruth Manus não oferece soluções milagrosas, e sim companhia. Para essa grande questão–que ocupa mesas de bares, sessões de terapia e madrugadas insones de tantas mulheres–não há respostas certas, mas há conversas que iluminam.

As pesquisas mais recentes revelam que a qualidade dos óvulos é vital para determinar quanto tempo uma mulher levará para engravidar e também para diminuir os riscos de interrupção da gravidez. A baixa qualidade dos óvulos é a causa isolada mais comum de infertilidade relacionada ao envelhecimento, de abortos espontâneos e de ciclos malsucedidos de fertilização in vitro.

Muitos pais passam anos economizando para ajudar os filhos a começar a vida com menos dificuldades. No entanto, é muito mais importante ensinar os jovens a administrar os próprios recursos desde cedo. Neste audiolivro, Gustavo Cerbasi mostra como preparar as crianças para poupar, investir e refletir sobre suas prioridades. Além disso, aponta atitudes erradas dos pais que acabam incutindo nos filhos uma mentalidade consumista.

Becoming a Screen-Savvy Family will quickly become an essential tool to guide your family's relationship with media and your child's screen consumption.

A Educação Estatística nas Diretrizes Curriculares da Educação Básica tem um papel fundamental no desenvolvimento da interdisciplinaridade, da transversalidade, do espírito científico e da formação dos alunos para a cidadania. Nesse livro são destacados os resultados da investigação "O Pensamento Estatístico no Ensino Fundamental: uma experiência articulando projetos de pesquisa com a implementação de uma sequência didática eletrônica", buscando estreitar laços entre o desenvolvimento teórico e a prática da sala de aula.