A young man with his arms crossed against his chest and a young woman gesturing with her hands as their woman braids material and their father sits reading a paper beyond; a representing a safe-sex and AIDS prevention advertisement by the Kuleana Centre for Sexual Health in Tanzania. Colour lithograph by Marco Tibasima, ca. 1997.

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Presents a collection of personal accounts by parents of children with such developmental challenges as ADHD, Asperger's syndrome, and autism, offering insight into the daily experiences of raising children with special needs.

The elephant in the playroom : ordinary parents write intimately and honestly about raising kids with special needs / Denise Brodey.

National Children's Bureau series

A fairer future for children : towards better parental and professional care / Mia Kellmer Pringle ; with F.S.W. Brimblecombe [and others].

"Raising Drug-Free Kinds In a Drug-Filled World is based on the Parents Program Bill and Nancy presented across the United States, and on the life experiences of the many thousands of parents and children they met and learned from on their journey."--From synopsis.

Raising drug-free kids in a drug-filled world / William Mack Perkins, Nancy McMurtrie-Perkins.

Mothers have consistently relied upon one another for guidance and support as they navigate the difficult world of parenting. For many women, the increasingly established online community of "mommyblogs" now provides a source of camaraderie and support that acknowledges both the work of mothering and the implications of its undertaking. Beyond their capacity to entertain, how have mommyblogs shifted our understanding of twenty-first-century motherhood? In examining the content of hundreds of mommyblogs, May Friedman considers the ways that online maternal life writing provides a front row seat to some of the most raw, offbeat, and engaging portraits of motherhood imaginable. Focusing on the composition of the "mamasphere" and on mommyblogs' emphasis on connection, Friedman reveals the changing face of contemporary motherhood - one less concerned with the proscriptions of what good mothers should do, and more invested in what diverse mothers have to say.

Mommyblogs and the changing face of motherhood / May Friedman.

Charming film in beautiful colour showing nurses in Hong Kong being trained in the care of mothers and babies. Among the subjects illustrated are how to bath and dry a baby (as the nanny-ish female commentator opines that 'A bath like this every day is what we'd all enjoy'), clothes for baby, breastfeeding (good shot of baby feeding at mother's breast), making baby comfortable in its cot, baby getting diphtheria injection, issues of safety in the home, how to help a baby bring up wind, sterilization of bottles for bottle-fed babies, giving orange juice and cod liver oil to baby, the importance of teaching good habits like brushing teeth and washing hands, suitable toys and babies being strapped onto their mothers' backs in slings or shawls. Towards the end of the film, the commentator firmly reminds us what we have learnt: 'Prevention is better than cure' and 'Health is happiness'.

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The elephant in the playroom : ordinary parents write intimately and honestly about raising kids with special needs / Denise Brodey.

A fairer future for children : towards better parental and professional care / Mia Kellmer Pringle ; with F.S.W. Brimblecombe [and others].

Raising drug-free kids in a drug-filled world / William Mack Perkins, Nancy McMurtrie-Perkins.

Mommyblogs and the changing face of motherhood / May Friedman.

Students of mothercraft.

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Parenting

Images

Catalogue

The elephant in the playroom : ordinary parents write intimately and honestly about raising kids with special needs / Denise Brodey.

A fairer future for children : towards better parental and professional care / Mia Kellmer Pringle ; with F.S.W. Brimblecombe [and others].

Raising drug-free kids in a drug-filled world / William Mack Perkins, Nancy McMurtrie-Perkins.

Mommyblogs and the changing face of motherhood / May Friedman.

Students of mothercraft.

Wellcome Collection

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