In this wide-ranging account of the reproductive technologies currently available, John Robertson goes to the heart of issues that confront increasing numbers of people - single individuals or couples, donors or surrogates, gays or heterosexuals - who seek to redefine family, parenthood, the experience of pregnancy, and life itself.

The fourth book in the bestselling I Am series by Susan Verde and Peter H. Reynolds I put my hands on my heart and listen. And that is where I find the answer: I have compassion. I act with tenderness. I am love. Susan Verde and Peter H. Reynolds continue their collaboration with the fourth book in their wellness series. A celebration of love in all its forms, I Am Love asks readers to look inward when they feel afraid. Love allows us to act with compassion and kindness, to live with gratitude, and to take care of ourselves by practicing self-love.

A critical review of the debate over the still-hypothetical possibility of prenatal intervention by parents to select the sexual orientation of their children. Parents routinely turn to prenatal testing to screen for genetic or chromosomal disorders or to learn their child's sex. What if they could use similar prenatal interventions to learn (or change) their child's sexual orientation? Bioethicists have debated the moral implications of this still-hypothetical possibility for several decades. Some commentators fear that any scientific efforts to understand the origins of homosexuality could mean the end of gay and lesbian people, if parents shy away from having homosexual children. Others defend parents' rights to choose the traits of their children in general and see no reason to treat sexual orientation differently. In this book, Timothy Murphy traces the controversy over prenatal selection of sexual orientation, offering a critical review of the literature and presenting his own argument in favor of parents' reproductive liberty. Arguing against commentators who want to restrict the scientific study of sexual orientation or technologies that emerge from that study, Murphy proposes a defense of parents' right to choose. This, he argues, is the only view that helps protect children from hurtful family environments, that is consistent with the increasing powers of prenatal interventions, and that respects human futures as something other than accidents of the genetic lottery.

This book presents early childhood students and staff with a broad and diverse range of teaching techniques to support children's learning. It examines 26 techniques ranging from simple ones, such as describing and listening, to more complex methods, such as deconstruction and scaffolding. The strategies selected are derived from the best current research knowledge about how young children learn. A detailed evaluation of each strategy enables childcare staff, early childhood teachers and students to expand their repertoire of teaching strategies and to critically evaluate their own teaching in early childhood settings. Vignettes and examples show how early childhood staff use the techniques to support children's learning and help to bring the discussion of each technique to life. Revised and updated in light of the latest research, new features include: * Coverage of the phonics debate * Addition of ICT content * Questions for further discussion * Revision to the chapter on problem solving * Updated referencing throughout Teaching Young Children is key reading for students and experienced early childhood staff working in diverse settings with young children.

Children's Reading Choices discusses the reading habits of children aged between 10 and 14. The book reports the findings of the Children's Reading Choices project - conducted by the authors from the University of Nottingham and the largest national survey of children's reading choices since the 1970s. The book includes reports and discussion on: * girls' and boys' reading preferences and the differences between their reading habits * the place of series books, teenage magazines and comics in children's reading * the most popular authors and titles at different ages * purchasing habits and library use.

About the Book: This BOOK is for YOU…Whether you are an enthusiastic couple, a would-be parent, a single parent, a grandparent, a counsellor, a teacher, a trainer or one who deals with children around them all the time; this book will change your perspective towards children and open all the secrets to Conscious Parenting. Parenting Journeys begin with the idea of starting a family, pursuing the idea and bringing a child into your world or adopting, or even having a surrogacy to conceive and impregnate, followed by raising infants into toddlers, progressing into young kids and teenagers, finally sending them off on their way into the world. You remain in their lives as a friend and a guide forever. This book addresses all these stages of Parenting. Are you confused and always questioning your parenting techniques , Old school v/s the new? Are you trying to give the best of both worlds to your child? Do you wish to imbibe virtues and train the child in a pragmatic manner? And in the process are you burning out? Are you constantly trying to be the Best Parent, Best Coach, Best in Everything? And, is it working for you? Are you trying to raise your child in the present, from the rules of the past to live an independent life in the future? Is it time to enter into a communion with your child? This book equips you with practical tools to shift your mindset away from the traditional parent-to-child "know it all" approach and moves towards a mutual parent-with-child conscious relationship? It is never too late. You can begin at any age! The dynamic yet simple ideas and techniques in this book will assist you in achieving results with your child that you had always dreamt of/wished for. Using the tools herein, will inspire you and your child to create a lasting bond and thrive in this Special Relationship. These concepts form the core of the '7 Tools to Cool Conscious Parenting' workshop and 'Conscious Parenting Master Class', where you can interact with Meheck and receive pragmatic and result-oriented solutions to the roadblocks in your parenting journey. I hope this book contributes to your journey. Happy Parenting! About the Author: Meheck Mukherjee, an Author, Transformation Coach, Founder of AIKYA - The Oneness Program, Children and Relationships Counsellor. She has written two books on Conscious Parenting and a Coffee Table Book which is a compilation of Empowering Poetry and Travel Photography. She graduated as a Biomedical Engineer with a Honors Degree from the University of Mumbai. She excelled at school, college and university, be it the Arts, Literature, Sanskrit, Mathematics or Sciences as well as at Dance and the performing arts. Meheck has come a long way in the journey of her life from being a perfectionist, extremely logical and practical person to being pragmatic and a fully aware energy worker. She was born in an affluent business family with strong value systems and an orthodox mindset. As she carved her way from the conventional education and career path to a completely radical energetic one, she had one flame burning all along; her Passion. She gave up her decade long status as a Professor in Quantitative Statistics and Research at Business Schools to choose Counselling and transforming peoples’ lives. She has facilitated great transformations in single or divorced women, empowering them to pursue more choices and acknowledging themselves; teenagers and youngsters who had fallen prey to various addictions, alcohol, smoke, drugs or gaming and bringing the zest for real life back in them, bringing them abreast with more possibilities and multiple career options; special children - autistic, ADHD, ADD, OCD, being the catalyst in making their parents and them aware of their special potencies and facilitating them to create lives beyond what they could imagine; individuals who have given up on life and are depressed, motivating them and facilitating them to transform their personal, professional, mental and physical health. Meheck has one ask: To be able to touch numerous lives: Spread Consciousness in the world. This book is an attempt to work at the roots and empower the future generations and bring more consciousness on the planet.

Drawing from global insights and the education supply and demand theory, this book investigates migrant children’s education in China, as well as the educational financial policies, which serves as both a background and possible solutions. From a comparative perspective, the education fiscal policies regarding issues with migrant/immigrant students and inequality in the United States and Europe were first examined, before comprehensive theoretical framework is constructed to evaluate the government and public schools’ input and migrant children’s educational demand in China. Their school choices, academic performances, educational choices and impact factors from the perspectives of class, gender, society and family are then discussed in depth. By tracing back to previous fiscal policies regarding migrant children in China and local policies in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, the author further interrogates the existing challenges, possible strategies and solutions. This book will appeal to scholars of education economics, education policy, educational equality and those who're generally interested in Chinese education and society.