One Percent For The Kids

Author : Isabel V. Sawhill
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2004-05-13
Category : Education
ISBN : 0815777434

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One Percent for the Kids by Isabel V. Sawhill Pdf

In the United States, long considered the land of opportunity, children born into different types of families begin life with very unequal prospects. A growing group of children is being raised in families in which a poorly educated mother begins childbearing at an early age, often outside marriage, and ends up dependent on public welfare. Another group is raised by parents who delay childbearing until they are well-educated, married, and have stable jobs; these children go on to lead more advantageous lives. While virtually everyone talks about the importance of investing in the next generation, in the late 1990s federal spending on children represented only 2 percent of the nation's gross domestic product. This volume argues forcefully that the life prospects of children at the bottom of the socioeconomic ladder can be improved substantially—and the growing gap between them and more privileged children reduced—by making appropriate investments now. Taking their cue on funding from the Blair government in the United Kingdom, which since 1997 has invested almost an extra 1 percent of GDP to reducing child poverty, the contributors offer specific proposals, along with their rationales and costs, to improve early childhood education and health care, bolster family income and work, reduce teen pregnancy, encourage and strengthen marriage, and allow families to move to better neighborhoods. The final chapter assesses the progress of the Blair government toward reaching its goals. Contributors include Isabel Sawhill (Brookings Institution), Greg Duncan (Northwestern University), Katherine Magnuson (Columbia University), Andrea Kane (Brookings Institution), Sara McLanahan (Princeton University), Irwin Garfinkel (Columbia University), Robert Haveman (University of Wisconsin–Madison), Jens Ludwig (Georgetown University), David Armor (George Mason University), Barbara Wolfe (University of Wisconsin–Madison), Scott Scrivner (Public/Private Ventures), and John H

Author : Blythe Grossberg
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2021-08-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780369703156

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I Left My Homework in the Hamptons by Blythe Grossberg Pdf

A captivating memoir about tutoring for Manhattan’s elite, revealing how a life of extreme wealth both helps and harms the children of the one percent. Ben orders daily room service while living in a five-star hotel. Olivia collects luxury brand sneakers worn by celebrities. Dakota jets off to Rome when she needs to avoid drama at school. Welcome to the inner circle of New York’s richest families, where academia is an obsession, wealth does nothing to soothe status anxiety and parents will try just about anything to gain a competitive edge in the college admissions rat race. When Blythe Grossberg first started as a tutor and learning specialist, she had no idea what awaited her inside the high-end apartments of Fifth Avenue. Children are expected to be as efficient and driven as CEOs, starting their days with 5:00 a.m. squash practice and ending them with late-night tutoring sessions. Meanwhile, their powerful parents will do anything to secure one of the precious few spots at the Ivy Leagues, whatever the cost to them or their kids. Through stories of the children she tutors that are both funny and shocking, Grossberg shows us the privileged world of America’s wealthiest families and the systems in place that help them stay on top.

Author : Michelle Gross
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1094607665

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One Percent of You by Michelle Gross Pdf

Make no mistakes about it. I know what I look like to others. Young, government-aided, pregnant mom. They see Lucy on my hip, and they see a mistake. I mean, why else would someone have a child so young, right? They couldn't be more wrong. I'm too busy most days between parenting, work, and finishing up my last year of nursing school to let their judging gaze tear me down until he moves into the vacant house next to the apartments I live in.His cold, blunt observation of us doesn't differ from any other stranger. He doesn't know me, but he's already painting a picture of who he thinks I am in his mind. He judges my very round belly, Lucy's inability to leave him alone, the bags under my eyes, and the fact that I couldn't care less what I look like anymore.He's a rude guy. Stays that way for months too. Then something happens, I'm not even sure what. Judgmental Guy decides Lucy and me-as well as baby Eli, are worth his friendship.Turns out, Judgmental Guy isn't too mean-okay, he kind of still is. But he graduates to Elijah. I build an unlikely friendship with him which deems it necessary for him to start smiling around me and my kids. I'm wrong again. Elijah isn't rude. He's terrifying. His strange acts of kindness are unraveling me. Elijah is only my friend.Right? Oh, fudge. I think I'm wrong. Again.

Author : Joe White
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Child rearing
ISBN : 9781878990884

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What Kids Wish Parents Knew about Parenting by Joe White Pdf

A bestselling author and family reveals the insecurities and fears that lurk in the hearts and minds of children. In this life-changing book, Joe White tells parents how to give their children the everyday encouragement and unshakable conviction they need to live in today's world.

Author : United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee. Subcommittee on Education and Health
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Children with social disabilities
ISBN : MINN:31951003085147M

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The Economic and Social Benefits of Early Childhood Education by United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee. Subcommittee on Education and Health Pdf

Author : United States. Congress
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1394 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Law
ISBN : HARVARD:32044116494501

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Congressional Record by United States. Congress Pdf

The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)

Author : Sally Sugarman
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Education
ISBN : 0739113968

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If Kids Could Vote by Sally Sugarman Pdf

Building on previous research and including interviews and surveys of children, this book examines the effect of the media including television, video games, films, books, and text books on children's ideas about democracy as well as the implications that their classroom and media experiences have on their preparation for citizenship.

Author : Larry Winget
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2009-12-24
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781101163061

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Your Kids Are Your Own Fault by Larry Winget Pdf

Read Larry Winget's posts on the Penguin Blog. Straight-talking, bestselling Pitbull of Parenting Larry Winget says "This is not a fix your kid book. It's a fix the way you parent book. You owe it to your kids to parent with a plan!" Being a parent is the toughest job in the world, especially with the increasing number of negative influences and pitfalls facing our kids today, from childhood obesity and out-of-control celebrity culture to the dangers of the internet and credit card debt. Larry Winget has never been one to shy away from tough truths, and what he says here may well be difficult for some parents to swallow: we are in the midst of a crisis with our kids. Kids today are over-indulged, over-entertained, under-achieving, and under-disciplined, with a sense of entitlement that is crippling society. And the real problem is that parents aren't paying attention to what's going on. If they were they would realize that most kids today barely read and write, except with their thumbs on their cell phones! Well-behaved, respectful kids are the exception, not the rule, and for the most part, parents are to blame. Responsible parenting is about beginning with the end in mind and parenting with a plan. But most parents have never stopped to consider what kind of adult they want to raise. They have all this fun creating a baby, but they don't have a plan for the end product. Larry's message to parents: Teach your kids to become the best adults they can be. But don't expect your kids to improve until you improve. Your Kids Are Your Own Fault covers familiar lessons and principles that have led Larry's readers to greater success with money, career, and goal setting, this time at a level where they can be taught to children. This book shows parents how to design the adult they want their kid to become and work backwards to make sure it happens. Kids don't come with an instruction manual, but finally being a parent does! Watch a Video

Author : Karen Sternheimer
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2006-05-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781461638513

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Kids These Days by Karen Sternheimer Pdf

Kids snatched from their bedrooms, shot at in school, fatter than ever, prone to risk-taking and cruelty_is childhood today as bad as the news accounts would have us believe? Is this generation headed for disaster? Kids These Days: Facts and Fictions About Today's Youth critically examines the hottest news stories of the past few years to assess whether the news is really as bad as it sounds. For instance, is kidnapping by strangers really a bigger threat now than in the past? Are disputes at school now settled with guns instead of fists? And are kids, especially girls, becoming bigger bullies than ever before? Kids These Days looks at the stories that made headlines and goes deeper to explore overall trends and statistics to compare the hype to reality. The truth is, kids today do face unique obstacles and challenges, but their situation isn't nearly as dire as the compelling news accounts would have us believe. Our nation's youth have been targeted as a problem population to absolve adult responsibility for creating the often dangerous and difficult conditions many young people must endure. Kids These Days will give the reader pause and perspective to better understand the realities of the first generation to come of age in the twenty-first century.

Author : Bettina Elias Siegel
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-04
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780190862138

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Kid Food by Bettina Elias Siegel Pdf

Most parents start out wanting to raise healthy eaters. Then the world intervenes. In Kid Food, nationally recognized writer and food advocate Bettina Elias Siegel explores one of the fundamental challenges of modern parenting: trying to raise healthy eaters in a society intent on pushing children in the opposite direction. Siegel dives deep into the many influences that make feeding children healthfully so difficult-from the prevailing belief that kids will only eat highly processed "kid food" to the near-constant barrage of "special treats." Written in the same engaging, relatable voice that has made Siegel's web site The Lunch Tray a trusted resource for almost a decade, Kid Food combines original reporting with the hard-won experiences of a mom to give parents a deeper understanding of the most common obstacles to feeding children well: - How the notion of "picky eating" undermines kids' diets from an early age-and how parents' anxieties about pickiness are stoked and exploited by industry marketing - Why school meals can still look like fast food, even after well-publicized federal reforms - Fact-twisting nutrition claims on grocery products, including how statements like "made with real fruit" can actually mean a product is less healthy - The aggressive marketing of junk food to even the youngest children, often through sophisticated digital techniques meant to bypass parents' oversight - Children's menus that teach kids all the wrong lessons about what "their" food looks like - The troubling ways adults exploit kids' love of junk food-including to cover shortfalls in school budgets, control classroom behavior, and secure children's love With expert advice, time-tested advocacy tips, and a trove of useful resources, Kid Food gives parents both the knowledge and the tools to navigate their children's unhealthy food landscape-and change it for the better.

Author : Curtis Alan Woods, JD, MSAJ, BA
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2016-09-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781480971974

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One Percent Devils and Their Satanic Tools by Curtis Alan Woods, JD, MSAJ, BA Pdf

One Percent Devils and Their Satanic Tools by Curtis Alan Woods, JD, MSAJ, BA One Percent Devils and Their Satanic Tools addresses the rampant moral crisis in a dozen professions. Moral politicians, religious leaders, news media and economists are allowing One Percent Devils and their Satanic Tools (Republican politicians, preachers and the press) to gradually eliminate and replace democracy, moral capitalism, the Bill of Rights and the Constitution with an Anglo-Saxon new world order that would be as tyrannical and immoral as Nazi and atheistic communist orders. Satanic Tools disrespect, suppress, and bully anyone who is not a male, Caucasian and a Judeo-Christian. They are against: equal rights; justice; fair distribution of national income and wealth; education (so voters are unintelligent); regulation of any business; and social safety nets for their victims. They don’t want Medicare, Medicaid or Affordable Health Care so victims die and taxes can be reduced. Immoral means to immoral ends includes: Orwellian Repetitive Lies; and Hitler Nixon type Machiavellian Divide and Conquer Wedge Issue Tactics so people vote against their own socio-economic interests, freedoms and rights.

Author : David J Palmiter
Publisher : Sunrise River Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2011-03-16
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781934716328

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Working Parents, Thriving Families by David J Palmiter Pdf

A straightforward, lighthearted, and research-based parenting book for working parents who want to do the best they can for their children in the time they have together. Board-certified child psychologist David J. Palmiter, PhD, distills the broad and complex endeavor of parenting into 10 effective strategies for promoting happy and well-adjusted children in busy households.

Author : United States. Bureau of the Census
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Child care
ISBN : UFL:31262081059346

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Who's Minding the Kids? by United States. Bureau of the Census Pdf

Author : Susan Solovic,Ray Manley
Publisher : AMACOM
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2018-02-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780814438817

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The One-Percent Edge by Susan Solovic,Ray Manley Pdf

You are in the business of staying competitive--seeing solid profits, building a strong brand, and keeping steady customers who return again and again. But the market is constantly changing and competition is fierce. How do you not only keep from losing ground but manage to remain a step ahead? Is a complete overhaul and rebranding every few years really necessary to make sure your footprint is still making its mark, reminding consumers of your presence?Entrepreneur expert Susan Solovic says that the answer to remaining competitive and keeping steady growth for your business is not ground-breaking, business-altering innovations, but by simply making one tweak at a time. By making incremental adjustments to every aspect of the business--marketing, customer service, finances, products, people--then repeating the process, you will find yourself constantly fixing weaknesses and spotting opportunities for growth. A winning habit for every successful business!In The One-Percent Edge, learn how to put energy into profitable areas and trim dead weight, raise prices by selling value instead of things, access new markets by adapting products or services, turn customers into brand ambassadors, and many other subtle yet highly effective strategies for affecting profitable changes to your business. Pull ahead of the pack by constantly evolving . . . one tweak at a time.

Author : David Dutwin
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2008-12-01
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781440518362

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Unplug Your Kids by David Dutwin Pdf

TV. Web Surfing. IMing. Text Messaging. Video Games. iPods. Kids today are plugged into so much, so much of the time, it’s hard to keep track. But parents do know this much: It’s too much, already! In this book, parent and scholar David Dutwin, Ph.D., shows parents everywhere how to cut the digital cord and free their children to play and learn the old-fashioned way - actively! Organized in three sections, this practical, prescriptive book offers a balanced - and realistic - approach for every age, including how to: introduce toddlers to TV - or not; let little kids use computers; control pre-teens’ online access; evaluate the pros and cons of video games; filter the Internet for teens; combat the impact of the media; and counteract all that sex and violence. This guide arms parents with all the tricks and tools they need to make sure their kids remain happy, healthy, active, and aware, no matter how pervasive the digital world we live in becomes.