Author: Moya Sarner
Publisher: Scribe Publications
ISBN: 1922586366
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
When do you become an adult? What does it mean to grow up? And what are the experiences that propel us forward — or keep us stuck? These are the questions that journalist Moya Sarner sets out to answer as she begins training as a psychotherapist. But as she delves further into her own mind and others’, she soon realises that growing up is far from the linear process we imagine it to be. So begins a journey of discovery into what growing up really involves, and how we do it again and again throughout our lives. From early adulthood through to old age, When I Grow Up examines each life stage, interrogating the traditional markers of adulthood and finding new ones. Through conversations with grown-ups from all walks of life, and through her own experiences and training, Sarner probes deep into our psyches to discover how we grow and develop, and what we need to thrive throughout our lives.
When I Grow Up
Author: Moya Sarner
Publisher: Scribe Publications
ISBN: 1922586366
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
When do you become an adult? What does it mean to grow up? And what are the experiences that propel us forward — or keep us stuck? These are the questions that journalist Moya Sarner sets out to answer as she begins training as a psychotherapist. But as she delves further into her own mind and others’, she soon realises that growing up is far from the linear process we imagine it to be. So begins a journey of discovery into what growing up really involves, and how we do it again and again throughout our lives. From early adulthood through to old age, When I Grow Up examines each life stage, interrogating the traditional markers of adulthood and finding new ones. Through conversations with grown-ups from all walks of life, and through her own experiences and training, Sarner probes deep into our psyches to discover how we grow and develop, and what we need to thrive throughout our lives.
Publisher: Scribe Publications
ISBN: 1922586366
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
When do you become an adult? What does it mean to grow up? And what are the experiences that propel us forward — or keep us stuck? These are the questions that journalist Moya Sarner sets out to answer as she begins training as a psychotherapist. But as she delves further into her own mind and others’, she soon realises that growing up is far from the linear process we imagine it to be. So begins a journey of discovery into what growing up really involves, and how we do it again and again throughout our lives. From early adulthood through to old age, When I Grow Up examines each life stage, interrogating the traditional markers of adulthood and finding new ones. Through conversations with grown-ups from all walks of life, and through her own experiences and training, Sarner probes deep into our psyches to discover how we grow and develop, and what we need to thrive throughout our lives.
Growing Up with a Schizophrenic Mother
Author: Margaret J. Brown
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786480300
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
An estimated two to three million people in the United States today were raised by a schizophrenic parent. Brown and Roberts offer a unique book based on interviews with over forty adult children of mothers diagnosed as schizophrenic. Such topics as the isolation their family felt, their chaotic home environments, their present relationships with their mothers, and the lost potential of mother and child are covered. Their stories are fascinating and provide important information to both the mental health community and the lay public. The offspring have been described as having higher rates of "increased aggressivity" and "sibling conflict," but often their circumstances strengthened these children and contributed to artistic and creative talents, resiliency, and high achievements. The authors provide an overview of schizophrenia, behaviors of the affected parent, and the marital relationship of the patient and her non-schizophrenic spouse. As adults, the respondents now share their grievances about the psychological community--what they needed and did not get. Brown and Roberts then present suggestions for treatment of affected children aimed at psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, counselors, and health care providers.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786480300
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
An estimated two to three million people in the United States today were raised by a schizophrenic parent. Brown and Roberts offer a unique book based on interviews with over forty adult children of mothers diagnosed as schizophrenic. Such topics as the isolation their family felt, their chaotic home environments, their present relationships with their mothers, and the lost potential of mother and child are covered. Their stories are fascinating and provide important information to both the mental health community and the lay public. The offspring have been described as having higher rates of "increased aggressivity" and "sibling conflict," but often their circumstances strengthened these children and contributed to artistic and creative talents, resiliency, and high achievements. The authors provide an overview of schizophrenia, behaviors of the affected parent, and the marital relationship of the patient and her non-schizophrenic spouse. As adults, the respondents now share their grievances about the psychological community--what they needed and did not get. Brown and Roberts then present suggestions for treatment of affected children aimed at psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, counselors, and health care providers.
How to Die of Embarrassment Every Day
Author: Ann Hodgman
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
ISBN: 1429964332
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Ann Hodgman is a funny lady. In this book, she explains how she got that way. But the book only goes up through sixth grade. After that, her life became so embarrassing that writing it down would have caused the pages to burst into flames.
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
ISBN: 1429964332
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Ann Hodgman is a funny lady. In this book, she explains how she got that way. But the book only goes up through sixth grade. After that, her life became so embarrassing that writing it down would have caused the pages to burst into flames.
Growing Up Ethnic in America
Author: Maria Mazziotti Gillan
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101640200
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Stories navigating the commplicated terrain of race in America, from acclaimed writers like Toni Morrison, E.L. Doctorow, Sandra Cisneros, Sherman Alexie, and Amy Tan The editors who brought us Unsettling America and Identity Lessons have compiled a short-story anthology that focuses on themes of racial and ethnic assimilation. With humor, passion, and grace, the contributors lay bare poignant attempts at conformity and the alienation sometimes experienced by ethnic Americans. But they also tell of the strength gained through the preservation of their communities, and the realization that it was often their difference from the norm that helped them to succeed. In pieces suggesting that American identity is far from settled, these writers illustrate the diversity that is the source of both the nation's great discord and infinite promise. "These beautiful stories radiate with the poignant, ingenious ways young people come to terms with their ethnic identities, negotiating their families, school, friends and their futures . . . This exemplary collection fulfills the editors' aims: to open dialogue and encourage the telling of difficult, adaptive or affirming life experiences." -Publisher's Weekly
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101640200
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Stories navigating the commplicated terrain of race in America, from acclaimed writers like Toni Morrison, E.L. Doctorow, Sandra Cisneros, Sherman Alexie, and Amy Tan The editors who brought us Unsettling America and Identity Lessons have compiled a short-story anthology that focuses on themes of racial and ethnic assimilation. With humor, passion, and grace, the contributors lay bare poignant attempts at conformity and the alienation sometimes experienced by ethnic Americans. But they also tell of the strength gained through the preservation of their communities, and the realization that it was often their difference from the norm that helped them to succeed. In pieces suggesting that American identity is far from settled, these writers illustrate the diversity that is the source of both the nation's great discord and infinite promise. "These beautiful stories radiate with the poignant, ingenious ways young people come to terms with their ethnic identities, negotiating their families, school, friends and their futures . . . This exemplary collection fulfills the editors' aims: to open dialogue and encourage the telling of difficult, adaptive or affirming life experiences." -Publisher's Weekly
Growing Up Gay in the South
Author: James T Sears
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317773268
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 445
Book Description
This groundbreaking new book weaves personal portraits of lesbian and gay Southerners with interdisciplinary commentary about the impact of culture, race, and gender on the development of sexual identity. Growing Up Gay in the South is an important book that focuses on the distinct features of Southern life. It will enrich your understanding of the unique pressures faced by gay men and lesbians in this region--the pervasiveness of fundamental religious beliefs; the acceptance of racial, gender, and class community boundaries; the importance of family name and family honor; the unbending view of appropriate childhood behaviors; and the intensity of adolescent culture. You will learn what it is like to grow up gay in the South as these Southern lesbians and gay men candidly share their attitudes and feelings about themselves, their families, their schooling, and their search for a sexual identity. These insightful biographies illustrate the diversity of persons who identify themselves as gay or lesbian and depict the range of prejudice and problems they have encountered as sexual rebels. Not just a simple compilation of “coming out” stories, this landmark volume is a human testament to the process of social questioning in the search for psychological wholeness, examining the personal and social significance of acquiring a lesbian or gay identity within the Southern culture. Growing Up Gay in the South combines intriguing personal biographies with the extensive use of scholarship from lesbian and gay studies, Southern history and literature, and educational thought and practice. These features, together with an extensive bibliography and appendices of data, make this essential reading for educators and other professionals working with gay and lesbian youth.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317773268
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 445
Book Description
This groundbreaking new book weaves personal portraits of lesbian and gay Southerners with interdisciplinary commentary about the impact of culture, race, and gender on the development of sexual identity. Growing Up Gay in the South is an important book that focuses on the distinct features of Southern life. It will enrich your understanding of the unique pressures faced by gay men and lesbians in this region--the pervasiveness of fundamental religious beliefs; the acceptance of racial, gender, and class community boundaries; the importance of family name and family honor; the unbending view of appropriate childhood behaviors; and the intensity of adolescent culture. You will learn what it is like to grow up gay in the South as these Southern lesbians and gay men candidly share their attitudes and feelings about themselves, their families, their schooling, and their search for a sexual identity. These insightful biographies illustrate the diversity of persons who identify themselves as gay or lesbian and depict the range of prejudice and problems they have encountered as sexual rebels. Not just a simple compilation of “coming out” stories, this landmark volume is a human testament to the process of social questioning in the search for psychological wholeness, examining the personal and social significance of acquiring a lesbian or gay identity within the Southern culture. Growing Up Gay in the South combines intriguing personal biographies with the extensive use of scholarship from lesbian and gay studies, Southern history and literature, and educational thought and practice. These features, together with an extensive bibliography and appendices of data, make this essential reading for educators and other professionals working with gay and lesbian youth.
Growing up on Main Street
Author: Evelyn McCollum
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1669846725
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Growing up on Main Street is my memoir beginning with my earliest memories when I was five years old. In addition, in two other sections I tried to capture the emotional and tragic time when my grandfather and aunt died two months apart. The third section is the illustrious story of my maternal grandmother and her siblings who remain on property where they were born and grew up for the rest of their lives
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1669846725
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Growing up on Main Street is my memoir beginning with my earliest memories when I was five years old. In addition, in two other sections I tried to capture the emotional and tragic time when my grandfather and aunt died two months apart. The third section is the illustrious story of my maternal grandmother and her siblings who remain on property where they were born and grew up for the rest of their lives
Help, My Little Girl's Growing Up
Author: Annette Gail Smith
Publisher: Harvest House Publishers
ISBN: 9780736902793
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Join bestselling author Annette Smith and her daughter, Rachel, as they share personal anecdotes, counsel and biblical wisdom for moms and daughters at this turning point in their relationship. With grace, humor and practicality, Smith offers a helping hand to mothers of preteen and early-teenaged girls.
Publisher: Harvest House Publishers
ISBN: 9780736902793
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Join bestselling author Annette Smith and her daughter, Rachel, as they share personal anecdotes, counsel and biblical wisdom for moms and daughters at this turning point in their relationship. With grace, humor and practicality, Smith offers a helping hand to mothers of preteen and early-teenaged girls.
Growing Up In England In Nappies
Author: Ben Ingram
Publisher: AB Discovery
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
We all have a tale to tell about how we started wearing nappies (or diapers!) and each tale is different. There are varying themes, but there is the one consistent one that nappies 'called to us' when we were young and that attraction grew to become a 'siren call'. We were helpless in the embrace of that cloth nappy or plastic disposable that for reasons we didn't understand - and maybe never did - drew us to wear and wet them. For some, it was part of wanting to be a baby again and for others, a response to extended bedwetting. For others still, it was just the nappy; just the feel of its comfort and security. As children, these feelings are tough to handle, never-mind understand. Adults don't understand and most react badly... or worse. This 60,000 word, illustrated book is the story of one UK boy growing up in the 70s and 80s as a late bedwetter whose attraction to nappies has remained to him up until this day.
Publisher: AB Discovery
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
We all have a tale to tell about how we started wearing nappies (or diapers!) and each tale is different. There are varying themes, but there is the one consistent one that nappies 'called to us' when we were young and that attraction grew to become a 'siren call'. We were helpless in the embrace of that cloth nappy or plastic disposable that for reasons we didn't understand - and maybe never did - drew us to wear and wet them. For some, it was part of wanting to be a baby again and for others, a response to extended bedwetting. For others still, it was just the nappy; just the feel of its comfort and security. As children, these feelings are tough to handle, never-mind understand. Adults don't understand and most react badly... or worse. This 60,000 word, illustrated book is the story of one UK boy growing up in the 70s and 80s as a late bedwetter whose attraction to nappies has remained to him up until this day.
A Childhood of Abuse While Growing up in the Hood Revised Edition
Author: Liam Hope
Publisher: Liam Hope
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 429
Book Description
A Childhood of Abuse While Growing up in the Hood tells a story of a little girl and her journey into a woman. She grew up in an abusive home surrounded by a dangerous city. This book details her experiences, tribulations, and her faults. It’s a mixed collection of memories from a little girl’s early childhood to the state of her life as a young adult. Having three unhealthy parents – a father, a mother, and a stepfather – caused harm to the little girl’s life. As an imperfect person, Liam hung in there to continue her life's journey.
Publisher: Liam Hope
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 429
Book Description
A Childhood of Abuse While Growing up in the Hood tells a story of a little girl and her journey into a woman. She grew up in an abusive home surrounded by a dangerous city. This book details her experiences, tribulations, and her faults. It’s a mixed collection of memories from a little girl’s early childhood to the state of her life as a young adult. Having three unhealthy parents – a father, a mother, and a stepfather – caused harm to the little girl’s life. As an imperfect person, Liam hung in there to continue her life's journey.
Cherish
Author: Vicki Courtney
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
ISBN: 1433687844
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Relationships are hard. Teen girls are facing more and more each day, and this book offers solid, Godly advice on how to deal with relationship issues, whether it be with their parents, friends, guys, or even with God.
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
ISBN: 1433687844
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Relationships are hard. Teen girls are facing more and more each day, and this book offers solid, Godly advice on how to deal with relationship issues, whether it be with their parents, friends, guys, or even with God.