Parenting Matters
Title | Parenting Matters PDF eBook |
Author | National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine |
Publisher | National Academies Press |
Pages | 525 |
Release | 2016-11-21 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0309388570 |
Decades of research have demonstrated that the parent-child dyad and the environment of the familyâ€"which includes all primary caregiversâ€"are at the foundation of children's well- being and healthy development. From birth, children are learning and rely on parents and the other caregivers in their lives to protect and care for them. The impact of parents may never be greater than during the earliest years of life, when a child's brain is rapidly developing and when nearly all of her or his experiences are created and shaped by parents and the family environment. Parents help children build and refine their knowledge and skills, charting a trajectory for their health and well-being during childhood and beyond. The experience of parenting also impacts parents themselves. For instance, parenting can enrich and give focus to parents' lives; generate stress or calm; and create any number of emotions, including feelings of happiness, sadness, fulfillment, and anger. Parenting of young children today takes place in the context of significant ongoing developments. These include: a rapidly growing body of science on early childhood, increases in funding for programs and services for families, changing demographics of the U.S. population, and greater diversity of family structure. Additionally, parenting is increasingly being shaped by technology and increased access to information about parenting. Parenting Matters identifies parenting knowledge, attitudes, and practices associated with positive developmental outcomes in children ages 0-8; universal/preventive and targeted strategies used in a variety of settings that have been effective with parents of young children and that support the identified knowledge, attitudes, and practices; and barriers to and facilitators for parents' use of practices that lead to healthy child outcomes as well as their participation in effective programs and services. This report makes recommendations directed at an array of stakeholders, for promoting the wide-scale adoption of effective programs and services for parents and on areas that warrant further research to inform policy and practice. It is meant to serve as a roadmap for the future of parenting policy, research, and practice in the United States.
Museum Matters
Title | Museum Matters PDF eBook |
Author | Miruna Achim |
Publisher | University of Arizona Press |
Pages | 313 |
Release | 2021-08-24 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 081653957X |
Museum Matters tells the story of Mexico's national collections through the trajectories of its objects. The essays in this book show the many ways in which things matter and affect how Mexico imagines its past, present, and future.
National Matters
Title | National Matters PDF eBook |
Author | Geneviève Zubrzycki |
Publisher | Stanford University Press |
Pages | 339 |
Release | 2017-05-09 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1503602761 |
National Matters investigates the role of material culture and materiality in defining and solidifying national identity in everyday practice. Examining a range of "things"—from art objects, clay fragments, and broken stones to clothing, food, and urban green space—the contributors to this volume explore the importance of matter in making the nation appear real, close, and important to its citizens. Symbols and material objects do not just reflect the national visions deployed by elites and consumed by the masses, but are themselves important factors in the production of national ideals. Through a series of theoretically grounded and empirically rich case studies, this volume analyzes three key aspects of materiality and nationalism: the relationship between objects and national institutions, the way commonplace objects can shape a national ethos, and the everyday practices that allow individuals to enact and embody the nation. In giving attention to the agency of things and the capacities they afford or foreclose, these cases also challenge the methodological orthodoxies of cultural sociology. Taken together, these essays highlight how the "material turn" in the social sciences pushes conventional understanding of state and nation-making processes in new directions.
A Nation Like No Other
Title | A Nation Like No Other PDF eBook |
Author | Newt Gingrich |
Publisher | Regnery Publishing |
Pages | 274 |
Release | 2011-06-13 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1596982713 |
A best-selling author and former speaker of the House argues for "American Exceptionalism"--the notion that Americans get their rights not from the government, but from God. 300,000 first printing.
Why Nation-Building Matters
Title | Why Nation-Building Matters PDF eBook |
Author | Keith W. Mines |
Publisher | U of Nebraska Press |
Pages | 401 |
Release | 2020-08 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1640122826 |
Why Nation-Building Matters establishes a framework for building security forces, economic development, and political consolidation that blends soft and hard power into a deployable and effective package.
Gross National Happiness
Title | Gross National Happiness PDF eBook |
Author | Arthur C. Brooks |
Publisher | |
Pages | 294 |
Release | 2008-04-22 |
Genre | Political Science |
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The author analyzes evidence and empirical research to determine which groups are the happiest in America; and offers suggestions on how the government can help individuals maximize their happiness.
Because Writing Matters
Title | Because Writing Matters PDF eBook |
Author | National Writing Project |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Pages | 144 |
Release | 2012-06-28 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 1118429672 |
This updated edition of the best-selling book Because Writing Matters reflects the most recent research and reports on the need for teaching writing, and it includes new sections on writing and English language learners, technology, and the writing process.