Author: Karen Sternheimer
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 9780742546684
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 180
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Kids These Days critically examines the hottest news stories of the past few years to assess whether the news is really as bad as it sounds. Is kidnapping by strangers really a bigger threat now than in the past? Are disputes at school now settled with guns instead of fists? And are kids, especially girls, becoming bigger bullies than ever before? This book dissects the stories that made headlines and explores overall trends and statistics to compare the hype to the reality. The truth is that kids today do face unique obstacles and challenges, but their situation isn't nearly as dire as the compelling news accounts would have us believe. Rather, the author proposes that our nation's youth have been targeted as a problem population to absolve adult responsibility for creating the often dangerous and difficult conditions many young people must deal with.
Author: Malcolm Harris
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0316510874
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 237
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In Kids These Days, early Wall Street occupier Malcolm Harris gets real about why the Millennial generation has been wrongly stereotyped, and dares us to confront and take charge of the consequences now that we are grown up. Millennials have been stereotyped as lazy, entitled, narcissistic, and immature. We've gotten so used to sloppy generational analysis filled with dumb clichés about young people that we've lost sight of what really unites Millennials. Namely: We are the most educated and hardworking generation in American history. We poured historic and insane amounts of time and money into preparing ourselves for the 21st-century labor market. We have been taught to consider working for free (homework, internships) a privilege for our own benefit. We are poorer, more medicated, and more precariously employed than our parents, grandparents, even our great grandparents, with less of a social safety net to boot. Kids These Days is about why. In brilliant, crackling prose, early Wall Street occupier Malcolm Harris gets mercilessly real about our maligned birth cohort. Examining trends like runaway student debt, the rise of the intern, mass incarceration, social media, and more, Harris gives us a portrait of what it means to be young in America today that will wake you up and piss you off. Millennials were the first generation raised explicitly as investments, Harris argues, and in Kids These Days he dares us to confront and take charge of the consequences now that we are grown up.
Author: Marc Clearwater
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1594570108
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 363
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An amazing tale of growing up in the world today, brought to you by an incredible new talent with a lot to say. This tale follows the life of a teenager as he finds trouble with the law, drugs, women, and violence. It is a fast-paced journey through a fast-paced life; presented in a first-person view with enough engaging dialogue to make you laugh, make you cry, and make you want to shout in triumph. For anyone who has ever been lost in their life, this tale is for you. Living in the world today is hard, and it's even harder to be happy, but in the end, there is always a light at the end of the tunnel.
Author: Drew Perry
Publisher: Algonquin Books
ISBN: 1616201711
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 321
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Forced to relocate to Florida and accept an in-law's dubious employment after losing his job, Drew Perry awaits the birth of his first child and becomes unwittingly embroiled in the company's shady business dealings. By the award-nominated author of This Is Just Exactly Like You. Original.
Author: Nicola Madge
Publisher: Policy Press
ISBN: 1861347847
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 184
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"The book provides unique evidence on children's and adults' views of childhood, and draws conclusions on the attitudes and policies to be challenged and developed in the 21st century." "Children these days is essential reading for policy makers, practitioners, academics, researchers, and students on childhood studies, social sciences and social policy courses. It has been written in a style that means it is also accessible to others with a more general interest in children and childhood."--BOOK JACKET.
Author: Nicky Drumbolis
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 14
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Author: Jody Carrington
Publisher: Impress, LP
ISBN: 9781948334211
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 242
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During a child's development, educators become a crucial connection point, with the potential to make a huge impact on a student's well-being. But are the educators okay? Carrington believes that most great educators want to make a difference. It's time we did a better job of looking after educators first!
Author: Stephen Dozeman
Publisher: Resource Publications (CA)
ISBN: 1725287919
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 191
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In April 2019, Canadian psychologist Jordan B. Peterson sat down with Slovenian philosopher and psychoanalyst Slavoj Zizek for a debate that would collect higher ticket prices than the local Toronto Maple Leafs game. The debate was considered by many to be something of a dud, with both figures largely appearing to talk past each other, but to ignore it would be a mistake. Instead, the fact that a major public event put the Communist vs. Capitalist question back into play speaks to larger cultural trends that are occurring; an old consensus seems to be bursting at the seams, and it's unclear if the center will hold or be moved. Taking on the existentialism of Martin Heidegger as their starting point, Stephen Dozeman argues that understanding this debate means starting with the individual subject, and understanding its increasingly confused and precarious place in a disenchanted world. Wandering in between philosophical theory, history, popular culture, and back to philosophy again, this book tries to explore why so many feel compelled to call ancient wisdom into question, and what it might mean to take responsibility for our lives.
Author: Thomas
Publisher: Kids These Days
ISBN: 9780997898613
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Tired of reading the daily headlines, about kids out of control? Then it is time for you to change what it is that you are reading. Take a four-decade journey with high school teacher, Mary Thomas, as she shares amazing, emotional, life changing stories of kids with compassion; kids with character; kids that make a 180 degree turn in their life because someone cared. Each chapter is a true story depicting events throughout this teacher's career of her encounters with teens that are sure to inspire the reader to think differently about our under-estimated youth. She reminds us that every generation of kids responds the same when given an opportunity knowing that someone cares. Take a front row seat and witness tragedy transformed into triumph as kids faced with incredible challenges refuse to give up. You will be inspired by students who embrace their difficult circumstances and use them as opportunities to grow stronger; opportunities to achieve their dreams. Each chapter makes you hungry for the next as she shares her heart warming stories of 'Kids These Days."
Author: Steven Propp
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595864627
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 389
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Who says it's easy to raise kids these days? Certainly not Nana and Papa, the proud grandparents―and definitely not the parents, other grandparents and great-grandparents, and aunts and uncles of 7-year old Deion and his younger cousins Joshua and Donovan. But "Life is for learning," and that's just what takes place: whether it's while going to the park, playing on the computer, talking a walk, making music, playing football, eating fast food, playing board games, going to the State Fair, or just doing homework―not to mention celebrating birthdays, and observing holidays such as Valentine's Day, Easter, Mother's Day, the 4th of July, Halloween, and Christmas. The lessons of life may involve the miracle of new birth, or the passing away of a loved one―but they are always shared in a gentle and loving way. Inspired by the real-life adventures, trials, and tribulations of real-life kids, Family Lessons is a heartfelt celebration of the joy, wonder, and beauty of children, told from the perspective of "Nana" and "Papa Teague"―who undoubtedly learn more lessons from their grandchildren than they ever impart to them
