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Book cover for Douglas A. Gentile: Media Violence and Children

Media Violence and Children : A Complete Guide for Parents and Professionals

Douglas A. Gentile
Hardcover - $134.95

The foremost experts in the field of media violence research present a broad range of approaches and findings to confirm what has long been suspected: media violence has profoundly negative effects on children. The contributors share concise and read ...

Book cover for Robert Gibbs: Imminent Risk

Imminent Risk : The Child Welfare State

Robert Gibbs
Paperback - $25.95

Astonishing answers to questions we all ask when a child is left at risk!
Your lovely children are removed from your home, for whatever reason, and are placed in foster care. They are placed with family after family and begin to lose faith in the ...

Book cover for Jim Goddard: The Politics of Childhood

The Politics of Childhood : International Perspectives, Contemporary Developments

Jim Goddard
Hardcover - $191.95

Wide-ranging developments concerning children in the fields of social policy, sociology and politics have spurred significant growth in the social study of childhood. The book, which is primarily designed for students, academics and practitioners who ...

Book cover for Marjorie H. Goodwin: The Hidden Life of Girls

The Hidden Life of Girls : Games of Stance, Status, and Exclusion

Marjorie H. Goodwin
Hardcover - $148.95

On countless playgrounds each day, girls are at work crafting intricate social arrangements through language and embodied action. In this ground-breaking ethnography, the interactions of girls of diverse ethnicities and social classes show that rathe ...

Book cover for Marjorie Harness Goodwin: The Hidden Life of Girls

The Hidden Life of Girls : Games of Stance, Status, and Exclusion

Marjorie Harness Goodwin
Paperback - $64.95

In this ground-breaking ethnography of girls on a playground, Goodwin offers a window into their complex social worlds.
Combats stereotypes that have dominated theories on female moral development by challenging the notion that girls are inherent ...

Book cover for Meir Gotesman: Recent Changes and New Trends in Extrafamilial

Recent Changes and New Trends in Extrafamilial

Meir Gotesman
Hardcover - $191.95



Book cover for M. Gottesman: Residential Child Care

Residential Child Care : An International Reader

M. Gottesman
Hardcover - $191.95

This book provides an overview of the history, current state and future prospects of 22 residential child and youth care and education systems as they were at the time of writing. The book concentrates on Europe and North America. While not a formal ...

Book cover for Michael Gurian: The Wonder of Children

The Wonder of Children : Nurturing the Souls of Our Sons and Daughters

Michael Gurian
Paperback - $24.95

With "The Wonder of Girls" and "The Wonder of Boys," bestselling author Michael Gurian presented his groundbreaking views on parenting. Now, with the same breadth of vision and depth of commitment, he puts forth a practical design for better nurturin ...

Book cover for Marta Gutman: Designing Modern Childhoods

Designing Modern Childhoods : History, Space, and the Material Culture of Children

Marta Gutman
Paperback - $51.95



Book cover for Verna R. Harps-Morrow: My Mommy Wears Army Boots

My Mommy Wears Army Boots

Verna R. Harps-Morrow
Paperback - $40.95

This book is about children of military parents, who learn and understand the meaning and sacrifices, of a mother in the military

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