Raising Henry

Author : Rachel Adams
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780300184297

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Raising Henry by Rachel Adams Pdf

Rachel Adams's life had always gone according to plan. She had an adoring husband, a beautiful two-year-old son, a sunny Manhattan apartment, and a position as a tenured professor at Columbia University. Everything changed with the birth of her second child, Henry. Just minutes after he was born, doctors told her that Henry had Down syndrome, and she knew that her life would never be the same. In this honest, self-critical, and surprisingly funny book, Adams chronicles the first three years of Henry's life and her own transformative experience of unexpectedly becoming the mother of a disabled child. A highly personal story of one family's encounter with disability, "Raising Henry" is also an insightful exploration of today's knotty terrain of social prejudice, disability policy, genetics, prenatal testing, medical training, and inclusive education. Adams untangles the contradictions of living in a society that is more enlightened and supportive of people with disabilities than ever before, yet is racing to perfect prenatal tests to prevent children like Henry from being born. Her book is gripping, beautifully written, and nearly impossible to put down. Once read, her family's story is impossible to forget.

Author : Henry Cloud,John Townsend
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2009-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780310860068

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Raising Great Kids by Henry Cloud,John Townsend Pdf

What does it take to raise great kids? If you've read any books on parenting, conflicting opinions have probably left you feeling confused. Get tough! Show acceptance. Lay down the rules. Lighten up, already! There's got to be a balance--and there is. Joining their expertise with the wisdom of MOPS International (Mothers of Preschoolers), Drs. Henry Cloud and John Townsend help you provide both the care and acceptance that make grace real to your child, and the firmness and discipline that give direction. Avoiding the twin extremes of permissiveness and over-control, Drs. Cloud and Townsend show how you can help your child cultivate six necessary character traits: attachment, responsibility, reality, competence, morality, and worship/spiritual life. At last, here is an effective middle ground for raising up children who will handle life with maturity and wisdom. Raising Great Kids will help you equip your son or daughter to accept life's responsibilities, grow from its challenges, and freely and fully explore all that it has to offer.

Author : Linda M. Blum
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781479819508

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Raising Generation Rx by Linda M. Blum Pdf

Winner, 2016 Outstanding Publication in the Sociology of Disability, American Sociological Association, Section Disability and Society Recent years have seen an explosion in the number of children diagnosed with “invisible disabilities” such as ADHD, mood and conduct disorders, and high-functioning autism spectrum disorders. Whether they are viewed as biological problems in brain wiring or as results of the increasing medicalization of childhood, the burden of dealing with the day-to-day trials and complex medical and educational decisions falls almost entirely on mothers. Yet few ask how these mothers make sense of their children’s troubles, and to what extent they feel responsibility or blame. Raising Generation Rx offers a groundbreaking study that situates mothers’ experiences within an age of neuroscientific breakthrough, a high-stakes knowledge-based economy, cutbacks in public services and decent jobs, and increased global competition and racialized class and gender inequality. Through in-depth interviews, observations of parents’ meetings, and analyses of popular advice, Linda Blum examines the experiences of diverse mothers coping with the challenges of their children’s “invisible disabilities” in the face of daunting social, economic, and political realities. She reveals how mothers in widely varied households learn to advocate for their children in the dense bureaucracies of the educational and medical systems; wrestle with anguishing decisions about the use of psychoactive medications; and live with the inescapable blame and stigma in their communities.

Author : Carolyn Harris
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2017-04-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781459735705

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Raising Royalty by Carolyn Harris Pdf

Raising Royalty examines the struggles and successes of twenty sets of royal parents over the past thousand years as they raised their children in the public eye. From Edgar and Elfrida in Anglo-Saxon times to William and Kate today, Raising Royalty discusses centuries of royal parenting.

Author : Eugene R. Tempel
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2010-08-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780787966799

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Hank Rosso's Achieving Excellence in Fund Raising by Eugene R. Tempel Pdf

This thoroughly revised and updated edition of the classic book in the field provides a conceptual foundation for the fund raising profession. Hank Rosso's Achieving Excellence in Fund Raising examines the profession's principles, strategies, and methods and is filled with practical examples. Guided by the enduring philosophy of fund raising master Henry A. Rosso, contributors explain the reasoning behind the planning and selection of strategies for all fund raising activities, including building your case for support, approaching donors, managing campaigns, and demonstrating stewardship. Read a Charity Channel review: http://charitychannel.com/publish/templates/?a=293&z=25

Author : Marian Hale
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2006-09-19
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781429981620

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Dark Water Rising by Marian Hale Pdf

I looked and saw water rushing in from Galveston Bay on one side and from the gulf on the other. The two seas met in the middle of Broadway, swirling over the wooden paving blocks, and I couldn't help but shudder at the sight. All of Galveston appeared to be under water. Galveston, Texas, may be the booming city of the brand-new twentieth century, but to Seth, it is the end of a dream. He longs to be a carpenter like his father, but his family has moved to Galveston so he can go to a good school. Still, the last few weeks of summer might not be so bad. Seth has a real job as a builder and the beach is within walking distance. Things seem to be looking up, until a storm warning is raised one sweltering afternoon. No one could have imagined anything like this. Giant walls of water crash in from the sea. Shingles and bricks are deadly missiles flying through the air. People not hit by flying debris are swept away by rushing water. Forget the future, Seth and his family will be lucky to survive the next twenty-four hours. Dark Water Rising is a 2007 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

Author : Ann Stirland
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015049712725

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Raising the Dead by Ann Stirland Pdf

"In Raising the Dead, A. J. Stirland uses archaeological and skeletal evidence to give the reader a welcome insight into the lives of the mariners and soldiers of the Mary Rose, from their ages and height to their health, diet and physical condition. This book examines the building, sinking and raising of the Mary Rose and her historical context before moving on to the examination of what the remains of the crew can reveal to us about fighting men of that period. Many new findings have been made through analysis of their bones, including the effects of some activities and occupations on the skeletons of the men.".

Author : Sir Francis Palgrave
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 762 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1864
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : PRNC:32101067400620

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The History of Normandy and of England: William Rufus. Accession of Henry Beauclerc. 1864 by Sir Francis Palgrave Pdf

Author : Heather Lanier
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-07
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780525559641

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Raising a Rare Girl by Heather Lanier Pdf

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice Kate Bowler's The Everything Happens Book Club Pick! Award-winning writer Heather Lanier's memoir about raising a child with a rare syndrome, defying the tyranny of normal, and embracing parenthood as a spiritual practice that breaks us open in the best of ways. Like many women of her generation, Heather Lanier did everything by the book when she was expecting her first child. She ate organic foods, recited affirmations, and drew up a birth plan for an unmedicated labor in the hopes that she could create a SuperBaby, an ultra-healthy human destined for a high-achieving future. But her daughter Fiona challenged all of Lanier's preconceptions. Born with an ultra-rare syndrome known as Wolf-Hirschhorn, Fiona received a daunting prognosis: she would experience significant developmental delays and might not reach her second birthday. Not only had Lanier failed to produce a SuperBaby, she now fiercely loved a child that the world would sometimes reject. The diagnosis obliterated Lanier's perfectionist tendencies, along with her most closely held beliefs about certainty, vulnerability, God, and love. With tiny bits of mozzarella cheese, a walker rolled to library story time, a talking iPad app, and a whole lot of pop and reggae, mother and daughter spend their days doing whatever it takes to give Fiona nourishment, movement, and language. They also confront society's attitudes toward disability and the often cruel assumptions made about Fiona's worth. Lanier realizes the biggest question is not, Will my daughter walk or talk? but, How can I best love my girl, just as she is? Loving Fiona opens Lanier up to new understandings of what it means to be human, what it takes to be a mother, and above all, the aching joy and wonder that come from embracing the unique life of her rare girl.

Author : Israel Smith Clare
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 842 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1881
Category : World history
ISBN : COLUMBIA:CR59884517

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Illustrated Universal History by Israel Smith Clare Pdf

Author : Jean A. Larson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Bobwhite
ISBN : MINN:319510029738154

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Raising Quail, Partridge, Pheasant, Bobwhites, and Ostriches, January 1979 - May 1989 by Jean A. Larson Pdf

Author : John Locke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1824
Category : Coinage
ISBN : UCLA:31158002916061

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Some considerations of the consequences of lowering the interest and raising the value of money (Letter to a member of Parliament. 1691.) Short observations on a printed paper entitled, 'For encouraging the coining silver money in England' ... Further considerations concerning raising the value of money. Two treatises of government by John Locke Pdf

Author : Justin Richardson,Peter Parnell
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2015-06-02
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781481460958

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And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson,Peter Parnell Pdf

The heartwarming true story of two penguins who create a nontraditional family. At the penguin house at the Central Park Zoo, two penguins named Roy and Silo were a little bit different from the others. But their desire for a family was the same. And with the help of a kindly zookeeper, Roy and Silo got the chance to welcome a baby penguin of their very own.

Author : Peter E. Gillquist
Publisher : Conciliar Press Ministries, Inc.
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0962271306

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Raising Them Right by Peter E. Gillquist Pdf

This work...applies in a concrete manner the profound spiritual wisdom of Orthodoxy to the realities of the common life and, in this case, the raising of children. Must reading for Orthodox Christian pastors, teachers and parents.--Fr. Stanley Harakas

Author : Henry Jeffreys
Publisher : Unbound Publishing
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016-11-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783522255

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Empire of Booze by Henry Jeffreys Pdf

Winner of the Fortnum and Mason Best Debut Drink Book Award 2017 From renowned booze correspondent Henry Jeffreys comes this rich and full-bodied history of Britain and the Empire, told through the improbable but true stories of how the world’s favourite alcoholic drinks came to be. Read about how we owe the champagne we drink today to seventeenth-century methods for making sparkling cider; how madeira and India Pale Ale became legendary for their ability to withstand the long, hot journeys to Britain’s burgeoning overseas territories; and why whisky became the familiar choice for weary empire builders who longed for home. Jeffreys traces the impact of alcohol on British culture and society: literature, science, philosophy and even religion have reflections in the bottom of a glass. Filled to the brim with fascinating trivia and recommendations for how to enjoy these drinks today, you could even drink along as you read... So, raise your glass to the Empire of Booze!