The Erotic Life of Racism, Holland Sharon Patricia

Автор: Patricia Noller, Sharon Atkin
Название: Family Life in Adolescence
ISBN: 3110402483 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783110402483
Издательство: Walter de Gruyter
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Описание: Many parents fear the time when their beautiful happy children will become unmanageable adolescents continually engaging in risky or destructive behaviour. Unfortunately, this view of adolescents is the focus of the media, even though it relates to just a small proportion of young people.As the large amount of research we report shows, most adolescents are responsible young people who care about their families and crave the support of their parents. It is also true, however, as much research indicates, that the quality of the relationship parents have with their adolescents is crucial to the wellbeing of those young people. We discuss the need for parents to set reasonable limits on their adolescents and to expect appropriate behavior. We also show, on the basis of research, that children who have experienced positive, caring relationships with their parents are more likely than other adolescents to behave responsibly. In other words, behavior in adolescence does not ‘come out of nowhere’ but builds on earlier experiences in the family.Because of the large amount of research reported in this volume, we expect that it will be useful to practitioners from a range of professions that are likely to focus on adolescents: social workers, youth leaders, welfare workers, religious leaders, psychologists and psychiatrists and contribute to a better understanding of young people and their development, and the importance of families to that development.

Автор: Patricia Holland
Название: The Styx
ISBN: 1922198307 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781922198303
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Sophie can't walk or talk, but behind her disability hides a keen intelligence. Living on The Styx River cattle station with her father and a nanny, Sophie is acutely aware that she is a non-person.

Sophie feels as voiceless and isolated as the wallabies of The Wall, an eerie wilderness of basalt lava tubes forming a natural stone labyrinth that protects its remote lushness from anyone foolish enough to wander in.

Sophie's mother Rose, as The Wall's indigenous custodian, taught Sophie its secrets. When a bitter divorce forces Rose to leave, Sophie's father takes custody of both Sophie and The Wall. He and his "cronies" plot to build a multi-million dollar tourist resort, a development that will only go ahead if the rare wallabies are already extinct. But the cronies don't realise Sophie has heard their plans to hire roo shooters to help nature along.

With the aid of computer technology, a desperate Sophie writes Silent Scream, an anonymous blog that reveals the threat. When scientists commissioned to find evidence of the wallabies' existence go missing, the rescuers appeal to Silent Scream for help.

Raising awareness is one thing, but how can one impossibly disabled girl, who can barely help herself, help save the lives of others?