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Book Insecure Times

    Book Details:
  • Author : Michael Hill
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Release : 2005-08-03
  • ISBN : 1134696752
  • Pages : 250 pages

Download or read book Insecure Times written by Michael Hill and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-08-03 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Insecure Times brings together a diverse group of contributors to provide a systematic analysis of insecurity and its effect on an important range of institutions.

Book Motherload

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ana Villalobos
  • Publisher : Univ of California Press
  • Release : 2014-09-05
  • ISBN : 0520959728
  • Pages : 297 pages

Download or read book Motherload written by Ana Villalobos and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2014-09-05 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a time of economic anxiety, fear of terrorism, and marital uncertainty, insecurity has become a big part of life for many American mothers. With bases of security far from guaranteed, mothers are often seeking something they can count on. In this beautifully written and accessible book, Ana Villalobos shows how mothers frequently rely on the one thing that seems sure to them: the mother-child relationship. Based on over one hundred interviews with and observations of mothers—single or married, but all experiencing varying forms of insecurity in their lives—Villalobos finds that mothers overwhelmingly expect the mothering relationship to "make it all better" for themselves and their children. But there is a price to pay for loading this single relationship with such high expectations. Using detailed case studies, Villalobos shows how women's Herculean attempts to create various kinds of security through mothering often backfire, thereby exhausting mothers, deflecting their focus from other possible sources of security, and creating more stress. That stress is further exacerbated by dominant ideals about "good" mothering—ideals that are fraught with societal pressures and expectations that reach well beyond what mothers can actually do for their children. Pointing to hopeful alternatives, Villalobos shows how more realistic expectations about motherhood lead remarkably to greater security in families by prompting mothers to cast broader security nets, making conditions less stressful and—just as significantly—bringing greater joy in mothering.

Book Time Based Security

Download or read book Time Based Security written by Winn Schwartau and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Cut Adrift

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  • Author : Marianne Cooper
  • Publisher : Univ of California Press
  • Release : 2014-07-31
  • ISBN : 0520958454
  • Pages : 315 pages

Download or read book Cut Adrift written by Marianne Cooper and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2014-07-31 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cut Adrift makes an important and original contribution to the national conversation about inequality and risk in American society. Set against the backdrop of rising economic insecurity and rolled-up safety nets, Marianne Cooper’s probing analysis explores what keeps Americans up at night. Through poignant case studies, she reveals what families are concerned about, how they manage their anxiety, whose job it is to worry, and how social class shapes all of these dynamics, including what is even worth worrying about in the first place. This powerful study is packed with intriguing discoveries ranging from the surprising anxieties of the rich to the critical role of women in keeping struggling families afloat. Through tales of stalwart stoicism, heart-wrenching worry, marital angst, and religious conviction, Cut Adrift deepens our understanding of how families are coping in a go-it-alone age—and how the different strategies on which affluent, middle-class, and poor families rely upon not only reflect inequality, but fuel it.

Book Hard to Get

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  • Author : Leslie C. Bell
  • Publisher : Univ of California Press
  • Release : 2013-03-08
  • ISBN : 0520261496
  • Pages : 276 pages

Download or read book Hard to Get written by Leslie C. Bell and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2013-03-08 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the love lives of twenty-something American women in the San Francisco Bay Area, revealing that young women have more opportunities and information than previous generations, but that unsatisfying sex and relationships tend to stem from sexual freedom.

Book Parenting Out of Control

Download or read book Parenting Out of Control written by Margaret K. Nelson and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2012-03 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They go by many names: helicopter parents, hovercrafts, PFHs (Parents from Hell). Drawing on a wealth of eye-opening interviews with parents across the country, Margaret K. Nelson cuts through the stereotypes and hyperbole to examine the realities of what she terms parenting out of control. Situating this phenomenon within a broad sociological context, she finds several striking explanations for why today's prosperous and well-educated parents are unable to set realistic boundaries when it comes to raising their children. Analyzing the goals and aspirations parents have for their children as well as the strategies and technologies they use to reach them, Nelson discovers fundamental differences among American parenting styles that expose class fault lines, both within the elite and between the elite and the middle and working classes. Today's parents are faced with unprecedented opportunities and dangers for their children, and are evolving novel strategies to adapt to these changes -- this lucid and insightful work provides an authoritative examination of what happens when these new strategies go too far

Book Cut Adrift

    Book Details:
  • Author : Marianne Cooper
  • Publisher : University of California Press
  • Release : 2014-07-31
  • ISBN : 0520277678
  • Pages : 314 pages

Download or read book Cut Adrift written by Marianne Cooper and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2014-07-31 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cut Adrift makes an important and original contribution to the national conversation about inequality and risk in American society. Set against the backdrop of rising economic insecurity and rolled-up safety nets, Marianne Cooper’s probing analysis explores what keeps Americans up at night. Through poignant case studies, she reveals what families are concerned about, how they manage their anxiety, whose job it is to worry, and how social class shapes all of these dynamics, including what is even worth worrying about in the first place. This powerful study is packed with intriguing discoveries ranging from the surprising anxieties of the rich to the critical role of women in keeping struggling families afloat. Through tales of stalwart stoicism, heart-wrenching worry, marital angst, and religious conviction, Cut Adrift deepens our understanding of how families are coping in a go-it-alone age—and how the different strategies on which affluent, middle-class, and poor families rely upon not only reflect inequality, but fuel it.

Book Free of Me

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  • Author : Sharon Hodde Miller
  • Publisher : Baker Books
  • Release : 2017-10-03
  • ISBN : 149340945X
  • Pages : 198 pages

Download or read book Free of Me written by Sharon Hodde Miller and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We live in a culture that's all about self, becoming the best "me" I can be instead of becoming like Jesus. This me-centered message affects every area of our lives--our friendships, our marriages, even our faith--and it breaks each one in different ways. The self-focused life robs our joy, shrinks our souls, and is the reason we never quite break free of insecurity. In this book, Sharon Hodde Miller invites us into a bigger, Jesus-centered vision--one that restores our freedom and inspires us to live for more. She helps readers - identify the secret source of insecurity - understand how self-focus sabotages seven areas of our lives - learn four practical steps for focusing on God and others - experience freedom from the burden of self-focus Anyone yearning for a purpose bigger than "project me" will cherish this paradigm-shifting message of true fulfillment.

Book Foundations and Practice of Security

Download or read book Foundations and Practice of Security written by Jean Luc Danger and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-03-20 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the carefully refereed post-proceedings of the 6th Symposium on Foundations and Practice of Security, FPS 2013, held in La Rochelle, France, in October 2013. The 25 revised full papers presented together with a keynote address were carefully reviewed and selected from 65 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on security protocols, formal methods, physical security, attack classification and assessment, access control, cipher attacks, ad-hoc and sensor networks, resilience and intrusion detection.

Book Social Mentality in Contemporary China

Download or read book Social Mentality in Contemporary China written by Yiyin Yang and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-11-27 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book not only seeks to theoretically analyze the concept, chief characteristics and framework of “social mentality”, but also explores the influence of social mentality on such elements of social functioning as individuals, groups, societies, markets and countries, and the influence of such elements as cultural, social, economic, political and mental factors on social mentality. Besides, this book discusses the structure of social mentality, tools for measuring it, and an indicator system. What’s more, it explores the role of the social mentality mechanism in the construction of harmonious societies.

Book The Consequences of COVID 19 on the Mental Well being of Parents  Children and Adolescents

Download or read book The Consequences of COVID 19 on the Mental Well being of Parents Children and Adolescents written by Emma Sorbring and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2022-07-25 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Motherload

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  • Author : Ana Villalobos
  • Publisher : Univ of California Press
  • Release : 2014-09-05
  • ISBN : 0520278097
  • Pages : 296 pages

Download or read book Motherload written by Ana Villalobos and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2014-09-05 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Motherload's core arguments are that security-seeking is the driving force of intensive mothering and that high expectation of security in the mother-child relationship--i.e. the motherload--is what makes mothering so difficult today. It further argues that the motherload, carried with every good intention to produce security through this one uniquely powerful relationship, can unintentionally undermine families' security. Strategies of producing security vary fundamentally along two dimensions. First, some strategies use mother-child connection as the primary security-producing tool whereas others use independence. Second, some strategies are intended to provide security to the child while others are aimed primarily at the mother's security. So, for example, one mother may use independence to create security for her child, and another may use connection to create security for herself. Motherload explores this variety of security strategies and argues against a one-size-fits-all understanding of intensive mothering. For each of these different strategies, I include a chapter to explore the various factors that predispose women toward mothering in that particular way, the family dynamics that security strategy tends to foster, and the early 'outcomes' associated with that strategy, including how the mother-child relationship itself tends to fare when a woman uses that strategy as versus another"--Provided by publisher.

Book Failing Moms

    Book Details:
  • Author : Caitlin Killian
  • Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
  • Release : 2023-10-03
  • ISBN : 1509557741
  • Pages : 173 pages

Download or read book Failing Moms written by Caitlin Killian and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2023-10-03 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While many claim that being a mom is the most important job in the world, in reality motherhood in the United States is becoming harder. From preconception, through pregnancy, and while parenting, women are held to ever-higher standards and are finding themselves punished – both socially and criminally – for failing to live up to these norms. This book uncovers how women of all ethnic backgrounds and socioeconomic statuses have been interrogated, held against their will, and jailed for a rapidly expanding list of offenses such as falling down the stairs while pregnant or letting a child spend time alone in a park, actions that were not considered criminal a generation ago. While poor mothers and moms of color are targeted the most, all moms are in jeopardy, whether they realize it or not. Women and mothers are disproportionately held accountable compared to men and fathers who do not see their reproduction policed and almost never incur charges for “failure to protect.” The gendered inequality of prosecutions reveals them to be more about controlling women than protecting children. Using a reproductive justice lens, Caitlin Killian analyzes how and why mothers are on a precipice and what must change to prevent mass penalization and instead support mothers and their children.

Book The Secure Child

    Book Details:
  • Author : Richard Volpe
  • Publisher : IAP
  • Release : 2010-01-01
  • ISBN : 1607523914
  • Pages : 250 pages

Download or read book The Secure Child written by Richard Volpe and published by IAP. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Secure Child: Timeless Lessons In Parenting and Childhood Education was designed to contribute meaning to the adage “what was old is new again.” Just as ideas in child psychology shifted in the 1960s from a focus on behavior to cognitive stages, we are currently seeing a shift away from stages of development toward an emphasis on the interplay between children and the world around them. Specifically, the book offers practical insights into how children can be helped to cope with their changing worlds. These insights emerged in the 1930s, a time of social and economic upheaval much like today. This collection of original papers by former students and colleagues of William E. Blatz, the renowned psychologist and pediatrician known as the “Dr. Spock of Canada,” makes a vital contribution by bringing forward and examining his work in the context of contemporary ideas about human development, parenting, and education. The collection forms a prologue to an included guide written by Blatz and colleagues, The Expanding World of the Child. The previously unpublished work articulates a comprehensive functional approach to parenting and childhood education. The unique format of this book will make it useful for courses in parenting, childhood education as well scholarship in child psychology, personality theory, and socialization.

Book Final Report of the Revision of the Settlement of the Jhelum District in the Punjab

Download or read book Final Report of the Revision of the Settlement of the Jhelum District in the Punjab written by Punjab. Settlement officer and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Seeking Security in an Insecure World

Download or read book Seeking Security in an Insecure World written by Dan Caldwell and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-02-24 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revised edition of Seeking Security in an Insecure World provides a thorough, accessible introduction to contemporary security studies. All chapters are updated and a wide range of new topics are discussed, including the Syrian civil war, Russia’s annexation of Crimea and its intervention in East Ukraine, the global refugee crisis, China’s military buildup, the impact of fracking on oil and gas markets, and rapidly evolving cyberwar capabilities. Each chapter also addresses what has been and can be done to enhance security. Overall, Seeking Security in an Insecure World offers a clear and compelling framework for understanding what security means today and how it can best be achieved.

Book Security and Software for Cybercafes

Download or read book Security and Software for Cybercafes written by Adomi, Esharenana E. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2008-04-30 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cybercafes, which are places where Internet access is provided for free, provide the opportunity for people without access to the Internet, or who are traveling, to access Web mail and instant messages, read newspapers, and explore other resources of the Internet. Due to the important role Internet cafes play in facilitating access to information, there is a need for their systems to have well-installed software in order to ensure smooth service delivery. Security and Software for Cybercafes provides relevant theoretical frameworks and current empirical research findings on the security measures and software necessary for cybercafes, offering information technology professionals, scholars, researchers, and educators detailed knowledge and understanding of this innovative and leading-edge issue, both in industrialized and developing countries.