[PDF] Cotton Wool Kids eBook

Author : Stella O'Malley
Publisher : Mercier Press Ltd
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 42,79 MB
Release : 2015-02-13
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1781173214

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What has happened to Irish childhood? Parents are keeping their children indoors for fear of predators lurking around every corner and children are spending their days in front of screens or in supervised activities, over-controlled and growing steadily fatter and more unhappy. But it doesn't have to be like this. Commercial interests ensure parents feel anxious and filled with fear simply to sell them more stuff, when in fact childhood has never been safer; the rates of child mortality, injury and sexual abuse are lower today than at any time since records began. Cotton Wool Kids exposes the truth behind the scary stories and gives parents the information and the confidence to free themselves from the the treadmill of after-school activities and over-supervision that has become common today. The author provides parents with strategies to learn how to handle the relentless pressure from society and the media to provide a 'perfect' childhood and instead to raise their children with a more relaxed and joyful approach, more in touch with the outdoors and the community around them.

Author : Ellie Lee
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 29,68 MB
Release : 2023-12-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 3031441567

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Now in its second edition, Parenting Culture Studies seeks to understand how parenting is taken as a particular mode of childrearing that reflects broader social trends. Ten years after the initial volume's groundbreaking publication, the authors once again closely examine how the main aspects of parenting have been established, explored, and critically evaluated. Chapters revisit phenomena such as intensive parenting and politics around parenting, as well as controversial issues including policing pregnant women's bodies and parental determinism. In addition to updates throughout the volume, including those addressing literature that has built from the book’s original publication, the book features a new third part discussing parents dealing with risk assessment, school closures, contradictory care arrangements, and vaccine hesitancy during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Author : Jeanne Willis
Publisher :
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 47,25 MB
Release : 2020-06-04
Category : Mice
ISBN : 9781839130021

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Colin is small, even for a mouse. His mother refuses to let him play outside with his brothers and sisters unless he is wrapped in a big fluffy ball of cotton wool. But instead of keeping him safe, the cotton wool attracts the attention of every fierce creature imaginable - little boys, ducks, even foxes! After a day of being flung, pecked and chased, Colin returns home without his cotton wool, but feeling much BIGGER, and ready to tell his mother that he can look after himself.

Author : Laura Sassi
Publisher : Beaming Books
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 36,96 MB
Release : 2021-02-23
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1506466664

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Little Ewe would rather jump on logs and investigate spider webs than follow the shepherd when he calls. But what happens when she gets lost? How will she find her way home? Told in whimsical rhyme, this humorous counting book for our littlest ones is a delightful reminder that, like a loving parent, our Shepherd will find us and care for us, even when we wander from the path. In Little Ewe: The Story of One Lost Sheep, award-winning author Laura Sassi and illustrator Tommy Doyle tell an endearing tale of a distracted sheep and her persistent shepherd, inspired by the Parable of the Lost Sheep in Luke 15.

Author : Akiko Mano
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 42,91 MB
Release : 2009
Category : House furnishings
ISBN : 1590306481

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25 simple projects to sew with natural fabrics.

Author : Jeanne Willis
Publisher : Eerdmans Young Readers
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 35,19 MB
Release : 2008-01-02
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0802853315

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Afraid that her smallest child, Colin, will be hurt if he goes outside or plays, a mother mouse insists that he sit quietly indoors until his grandmother suggests wrapping him in cotton wool, which proves to be effective, but in a most unexpected way.

Author : Jonathan Gibson
Publisher : New Growth Press
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 25,33 MB
Release : 2019-09-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1645071332

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Even young children want answers to the hard questions about God and suffering. In The Moon Is Always Round, seminary professor and author Jonathan Gibson uses the vivid imagery of the moon to explain to children how God’s goodness is always present, even when it might appear to be obscured by upsetting or difficult circumstances. In this beautiful, full-color illustrated book, he allows readers to eavesdrop on the conversations he had with his young son in response to his sister’s death. Father and son share a simple liturgy together that reminds them that, just as the moon is always round despite its different phases, so also the goodness of God is always present throughout the different phases of life. A section in the back of the book offers further biblical help for parents and caregivers in explaining God’s goodness to children. Jonathan Gibson reminds children of all ages that God’s goodness is present in the most difficult of times, even if we can’t always see it.

Author : Stephen Moss
Publisher : Crown
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 31,78 MB
Release : 2010-06-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0307590011

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When was the last time you climbed a tree? Picked blackberries? Held a snail race? Made maple syrup candy, an old-fashioned quill pen from a bird feather you found, or a plaster cast of an animal track? If the ­answer is "can't remember" or quite possibly ­"never," The Bumper Book of Nature will inspire you to get outdoors and enjoy the very best kind of free entertainment for you and your family. Who wouldn't love to discover a colorful butterfly ­hibernating in a woodshed for the winter or look at a ­snowflake under a magnifying lens? In warmer weather, why not explore rock pools by the seaside, pick wild ­meadow flowers (and then fry up elderflower fritters!), or go on a city safari? Whether you live in the heart of the city, the suburbs, or the deepest countryside, The Bumper Book of ­Nature will bring out the child in you with its treasure trove of offbeat, playful nature activities arranged by season. With lovely full-color illustrations as well as related trivia, quotes, and bits of poetry, it's a wonderful keepsake as well as a one-of-a-kind field guide.

Author : Mem Fox
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 29,92 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780152049072

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A story about many different sheep, and one that seems to be missing.