Download or read book The Good Child written by Jing Xu and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2017-08-08 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chinese academic traditions take zuo ren—self-fulfillment in terms of moral cultivation—as the ultimate goal of education. To many in contemporary China, however, the nation seems gripped by moral decay, the result of rapid and profound social change over the course of the twentieth century. Placing Chinese children, alternately seen as China's greatest hope and derided as self-centered "little emperors," at the center of her analysis, Jing Xu investigates the effects of these transformations on the moral development of the nation's youngest generation. The Good Child examines preschool-aged children in Shanghai, tracing how Chinese socialization beliefs and methods influence their construction of a moral world. Delving into the growing pains of an increasingly competitive and changing educational environment, Xu documents the confusion, struggles, and anxieties of today's parents, educators, and grandparents, as well as the striking creativity of their children in shaping their own moral practices. Her innovative blend of anthropology and psychology reveals the interplay of their dialogues and debates, illuminating how young children's nascent moral dispositions are selected, expressed or repressed, and modulated in daily experiences.
Download or read book The Good Child written by S. C. Karakaltsas and published by . This book was released on 2021-11 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone hates Lucille for what her son Tom, did and she can't blame them. He'll probably go to jail. She's to blame too - she ignored all of his faults - perhaps even encouraged them. She never wanted him in the first place. But that wasn't her first mistake. She'd ignored her grandmother's warning that if she married the man she loved, her life would be a disaster. She was right too.Now Lucille's on a train with no money and no home. All she's left with is a blind overprotective love for her son, but even that is now pushed to the brink as she comes to terms with her actions and those of Tom's.Quin worked for Tom and knows exactly what he's done because she helped him do it - she turned a blind eye to the corners he cut and the lies he told. Now, she's lost everything and it's her own fault. She wants revenge.Then she meets Lucille on the train and finds herself facing her past and her future.Rich in detail and epic in scope, The Good Child is a powerful novel of emotional and financial resilience, loss and unexpected friendship.
Download or read book The Good Child Guide written by Noel Swanson and published by Good Child Guide. This book was released on 2007 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Child of Mine written by Ellyn Satter and published by Bull Publishing Company. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Widely considered the leading book involving nutrition and feeding infants and children, this revised edition offers practical advice that takes into account the most recent research into such topics as: emotional, cultural, and genetic aspects of eating; proper diet during pregnancy; breast-feeding versus; bottle-feeding; introducing solid food to an infant's diet; feeding the preschooler; and avoiding mealtime battles. An appendix looks at a wide range of disorders including allergies, asthma, and hyperactivity, and how to teach a child who is reluctant to eat. The author also discusses the benefits and drawbacks of giving young children vitamins.
Download or read book A Good and Happy Child written by Justin Evans and published by Crown. This book was released on 2007-05-22 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young man reexamines his childhood memories of strange visions and erratic behavior to answer disturbing questions that continue to haunt him and his new family in this psychological thriller named a Washington Post best book of 2007. Thirty-year-old George Davies can’t bring himself to hold his newborn son. After months of accepting his lame excuses and strange behavior, his wife has had enough. She demands that he see a therapist, and George, desperate to save his unraveling marriage and redeem himself as a father and husband, reluctantly agrees. As he delves into his childhood memories, he begins to recall things he hasn’t thought of in twenty years. Events, people, and strange situations come rushing back. The odd, rambling letters his father sent home before he died. The jovial mother who started dating too soon after his father’s death. A boy who appeared one night when George was lonely, then told him secrets he didn’t want to know. How no one believed this new friend was real and that he was responsible for the bad things that were happening. Terrified by all that he has forgotten, George struggles to remember what really happened in the months following his father’s death. Were his ominous visions and erratic behavior the product of a grief-stricken child’s overactive imagination? Or were his father’s colleagues, who blamed a darker, more malevolent force, right to look to the supernatural as a means to end George’s suffering? Twenty years later, George still does not know. But when a mysterious murder is revealed, remembering the past becomes the only way George can protect himself--and his young family. A psychological thriller in the tradition of Donna Tartt’s The Secret History--with shades of The Exorcist--A Good and Happy Child leaves you questioning the things you remember and frightened of the things you’ve forgotten. “Beautifully written and perfectly structured. . . . This novel is much more than The Omen for the latte generation, and Evans cleverly subverts expectations at every turn.” –Washington Post “[A] satisfying, suspenseful first novel. . . . Young George’s intriguing story unbalances the reader right up to the book’s deliciously chilling end.” —People “A scary, grown-up ghost story that combines Southern gothic with more than a twist of The Exorcist. . . . Combine[s] mind-bending storytelling with excellent prose.” —Portland Tribune “Think Rosemary’s Baby—plus . . . told in the kind of prose that mesmerizes, sweeping the reader along so fast that there’s no time to ask questions.” —Hartford Courant “[A] dazzling debut . . . part psychological thriller, part horror story.” —Chicago Tribune “Relat[es] his otherworldly suspense story with the cool, calm eye of a skeptic.” —Entertainment Weekly (A—)
Download or read book The Good Child s River written by Thomas Wolfe and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 1994-02-01 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the last eight years of his life, Thomas Wolfe worked periodically on a series of chapters that were part of a huge work-in-progress. The work was based loosely on the early life of New York stage and costume designer Aline Bernstein, with whom Wolfe
Download or read book The good child s gift book written by Jabez Burns and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Good Child s Book of Poetry written by Eliza Leslie and published by . This book was released on 1840 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Affectionate Parent s Gift and the Good Child s Reward written by Henry Sharpe Horsley and published by . This book was released on 1827 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Child of God written by Cormac McCarthy and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2010-08-11 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of The Passenger and the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Road • In this taut, chilling story, Lester Ballard—a violent, dispossessed man falsely accused of rape—haunts the hill country of East Tennessee when he is released from jail. While telling his story, Cormac McCarthy depicts the most sordid aspects of life with dignity, humor, and characteristic lyrical brilliance. "Like the novelists he admires-Melville, Dostoyevsky, Faulkner-Cormac McCarthy has created an imaginative oeuvre greater and deeper than any single book. Such writers wrestle with the gods themselves." —Washington Post Look for Cormac McCarthy's latest bestselling novels, The Passenger and Stella Maris.
Download or read book The Good Child S Way written by Raymond Carl Hizon and published by Partridge Publishing Singapore. This book was released on 2017-05-25 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Good Childs Way can serve as a guideline for young boys and girls who want to be good children. The book contains seven poems, each dealing with different aspects of a childs life. A core theme of the book is his relationships with other people, the world, and the Creator.
Download or read book The Good Enough Child written by Brad E. Sachs and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2001-06-05 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Brad Sachs knows what it's like for parents. Your son or daughter often turns out to be the child of your dreams. In The Good Enough Child, this uite different from the experienced and respected psychologist eases you down the unpredictable path of child-rearing, offering lively anecdotes, practical strategies, and hands-on exercises that will help you to develop realistic expectations of your family, and to understand, forgive, and accept them in spite of their imperfections. The result is that you will raise your children with greater clarity and compassion, and finally enjoy a loving, supportive relationship with them.
Download or read book Be Kind written by Pat Zietlow Miller and published by . This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thoughtful picture book illustrating the power of small acts of kindness, from the award-winning author of Sophie's Squash.
Download or read book The Good Housekeeping Book of Child Care written by Good Housekeeping and published by Hearst Books. This book was released on 2003-03-28 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Good Housekeeping Book of Child Care offers the expert guidance you'll need on key child-rearing topics during the first twelve years, including: Parenting Advice, Commonsense fundamentals of raising a healthy, happy, and well-adjusted child. Health Care, Easy-to-follow advice on illnesses, prevention, and recommended first aid treatments. Child Development, Relevant and insightful tips on the major developments in every child's physical growth, skills, thinking, understanding, and behavior. Newly revised, The Good Housekeeping Book of Child Care now includes updated immunization charts, growth charts, and the latest information on coping with childhood illnesses. It will help you tackle every new challenge with confidence. Book jacket.
Download or read book The Good Child s River written by Thomas Wolfe and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells of Esther Jack and her circle of friends in turn-of-the-century New York.
