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The book relays a series of small comical adventures largely contrasting the children's natural acceptance of the change with their parents' struggles to keep up with them, such as eldest child Laurie's introduction to kindergarten (and his daily reporting of troublemaker classmate Charles' antics); Family's middle child Jannie's insistence ...
An adult child hugging her mom. It may seem like only yesterday you were baby-talking to a newborn or videotaping a toddler's first words. Now, that little one is all grown up.
Judith Rich Harris (February 10, 1938 – December 29, 2018) was an American psychology researcher and the author of The Nurture Assumption, a book criticizing the belief that parents are the most important factor in child development, and presenting evidence which contradicts that belief. [1]
Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids is the debut book by British author Jamie Rix and was the first book in the children's cautionary horror book series Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids. It was published on 17 May 1990 by André Deutsch Limited and contains 15 short cautionary tales. These stories featured a monster maths teacher, animal nannies, a ...
Parent vs. parent (frequent fights amongst adults, whether married, divorced, or separated, conducted away from the children.) The polarized family (a parent and one or more children on each side of the conflict.) Parents vs. kids (intergenerational conflict, generation gap or culture shock dysfunction.)
Per the book’s publisher, Henry Holt and Co., the picture book aims to introduce the concept of gender identity to kids using “child-friendly language” and give both children and parents the ...
Maggot(s) in the rice: [25] A derogatory term in contemporary Chinese culture referring to baby girls; the term is typically associated with 20th century China's authoritarian "One Child Policy", which limited birth of children per family and also favoured male children. China's government has since implemented efforts to change this perception.
Kate Sommers: The protagonist. 12 years old, Kate loves the beach, the ocean, and initially hates cold weather with a passion.She enjoys being social, though she goes through a period of intense social withdrawal after her arrival in Pennsylvania, earning herself a reputation as "the quiet kid" in school.