Dust Mites to Meteorites, Tsunamis to Ticks, Killer Clouds to Jellyfish,
Talks about the hidden (and sometimes not-so-hidden) dangers of our world, from what's lurking at your next picnic or on a kitchen sponge to bad bullfrogs and the dangers of burning backyard barrels. A concluding chapter is devoted to resources on the Web that offers what is known about each hazard.
This study looks into how children learn about the 'first R'-race-and challenges the current assumptions with case-study examples from three child-care centers. Parents and teachers will find this remarkable study reveals that the answer to how children learn about race might be more startling than could be imagined.
In recent years, social and economic pressures have combined to affect the traditional role of the homemaker. With emphasis being placed on the world of work as opposed to the life of home, many people now struggle to fulfil several functions simultaneously. This increasingly busy and hectic climate has led to an apparent downgrading of the work ......
Understand the influence of birth order Learn from the shape of a family Between each birth, the family undergoes a reshaping. The experiences of a first child or an only child are very different from those of a youngest child with three siblings. Each person's position within the family affects the way he or she will think and act as an adult. ......
A guide to quit smoking without pain or weight gain. It offers the author's self-help program to those who want to kick the habit of smoking. It contains the author's own story of addiction and success in quitting. It promotes understanding of nicotine addiction and offers a solution to breaking the habit through reduction.
Collects checklists and forms for tracking essential information and advice on home safety, financial planning, assisted living, living wills, and eldercare organizations.
Chemical sensitivity describes people with numerous troubling symptoms attributed to environmental factors, from simple house paint to complex building structures and materials in offices and schools. This book examines this phenomenon and the scientific, legal, ethical, and political issues that surround it.
Keeping Your Faculties while You Mentor, Nurture, Teach, and Serve
How do the necessities of caring for others deter, benefit, or redefine research and teaching in higher education? What have universities done to recognize the difficulties facing academic parents, single mothers and fathers, graduate students, lesbian and gay couples? What pro-family policies can be enacted during institutional budget crises? At ......
