Growing Up Fast

Author : Sylvia Rimm
Publisher : Rodale
ISBN 13 : 9781594865251
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Growing Up Too Fast written by Sylvia Rimm and published by Rodale. This book was released on 2006-08-22 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A leading child psychologist draws on a wide-reaching survey of American pre-teens to reveal the earlier ages at which today's young people are being introduced to sex, drugs, and body-image issues, in a guide for parents on how to help young people address modern pressures. By the author of See Jane Win. Reprint.

Author : David Elkind
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 : 1458777871
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Hurried Child written by David Elkind and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010-09-07 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the first edition of The Hurried Child, David Elkind emerged as the voice of parenting reason, calling our attention to the crippling effects of hurrying our children through life. He showed that by blurring the boundaries of what is age appropriate, by expecting--or imposing--too much too soon, we force our kids to grow up too fast, to mimic adult sophistication while secretly yearning for innocence. In the more than two decades since this book first appeared, new generations of parents have inadvertently stepped up the assault on childhood, in the media, in schools, and at home. In the third edition of this classic (2001), Dr. Elkind provided a detailed, up-to-the-minute look at the Internet, classroom culture, school violence, movies, television, and a growing societal incivility to show parents and teachers where hurrying occurs and why. And as before, he offered parents and teachers insight, advice, and hope for encouraging healthy development while protecting the joy and freedom of childhood. In this twenty-fifth anniversary edition of the book, Dr. Elkind delivers important new commentary to put a quarter century of trends and change into perspective for parents today.

Author : Joanna Lipper
Publisher : Picador
ISBN 13 : 1250086655
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Growing Up Fast written by Joanna Lipper and published by Picador. This book was released on 2015-06-02 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing Up Fast tells the life stories of Shayla, Jessica, Amy, Colleen, Liz, and Sheri--six teen mothers whom Joanna Lipper first met in 1999 when they were enrolled at the Teen Parent Program in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Less than a decade older than these teen parents, she was able to blend into the fabric of their lives and make a short documentary film about them. Over the course of the next four years she continued to earn their trust as they shared with her the daily reality of their lives and their experiences growing up in the economically depressed post-industrial landscape of Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

Author : Jascha Kaykas-Wolff
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780692238721
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Growing Up Fast written by Jascha Kaykas-Wolff and published by . This book was released on 2014-08-17 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing Up Fast is a practical book about how to implement an agile marketing process in modern business to create the necessary collaboration between marketing and innovation for business success. The first half of the book covers the philosophical underpinnings of complementary opposites in nature, human interaction, and the workplace. It surveys business management over the last 100 years and shows how we've come to the "Agile Age," which is not about big ideas Mad Men-style, but lots of little ideas to test and try. The second half of the book discusses the mindsets and tools required for success in agile work, and examples are given throughout the text in the form of case studies on companies like Netflix, 3M, Microsoft, Domino's Pizza, and Dell Computer. The introduction and conclusion of the book set up the metaphor of the book's title, to personify the current impasse between big regulation government and total free market capitalism. Agile is posed as a third option between the Mom and Dad's battle between over-planning and wild speculation, concern for the future and obsession with "what worked" in the past-as both occupy our resources without agile process or priorities for the innovations we need going forward in society. Agile is portrayed as an inquisitive, experimental, brilliant child who still lives above the garage at her parents' house-and it's time for her to move out. "There are also plenty, plenty of high-level remarks out there about how businesses need to be agile - with very little insight about how. Hey, we should all be rich and good-looking too... But there have been few guides that address the gap between the fluffy and the functional. Growing Up Fast: How New Agile Practices Can Move Marketing and Innovation Past the Old Business Stalemates by Jascha Kaykas-Wolff and Kevin Fann brilliantly spans that chasm." Scott Brinker @chiefmartec

Author : Lauren Greenfield
Publisher : Alfred a Knopf Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9780676549102
Total Pages : 127 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fast Forward written by Lauren Greenfield and published by Alfred a Knopf Incorporated. This book was released on 1997-05-01 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Photographer Lauren Greenfield capures often shocking, always startling images of children at school, at play, or at home in the precocious city of Los Angeles. The stunning color photographs range from the children of the gang culture of South Central and East L.A. to the affluent, often show-business world of the Westside. Underlying is the overwhelming importance of image and celebrity, with its materialistic trappings of fast cars and expensive clothes. 80 full-color photos.

Author : Marybeth Hicks
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440630240
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bringing Up Geeks written by Marybeth Hicks and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-07-01 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A breakthrough parenting book that redefines the meaning of 'geek' and inspires parents to free themselves and their kids from the 'culture of cool.' In a world of superficial values, peer pressure, and out-of-control consumerism, the world needs more GEEKS: Genuine, Enthusiastic, Empowered Kids. Today's 'culture of cool' has changed the way kids grow up. Rather than enjoying innocent childhoods while developing strong, authentic characters, today's kids can become cynical 'even jaded' as they absorb the dangerous messages and harmful influences of a dominant popular culture that encourages materialism, high-risk behaviors, and a state of pseudo-adulthood. Author and mother of four Marybeth Hicks suggests an alternative: bringing up geeks. In this groundbreaking book, she shows parents how they can help their children gain the enthusiasm to pursue their passions, not just the latest fashions; the confidence to resist peer pressure and destructive behaviors; the love of learning that helps them excel at school and in life; and the maturity to value family as well as friends, as well as make good moral decisions. With a foundation like that, kids will grow up to be the coolest adults.

Author : Wayne Warburton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781862878235
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Growing Up Fast and Furious written by Wayne Warburton and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I am often approached by parents and professionals who work with children, who have heard conflicting reports about the effects of violent or sexualised media on children. Usually, they simply want to know what the scientific research has found. This book summarises the research findings in plain language. World leading scholars in disciplines such as psychology, psychiatry, neuropsychology, law and ethics discuss what we currently know about the effects of television, movies, video games, music and advertising, as well as the ethical, legal and policy implications. This book is anchored in up-to-date scientific evidence, offers plenty of helpful, practical advice, and will assist everyone with an interest in the effects of media on children to be well informed."Wayne WarburtonThe breadth of content and diversity of contributors come together to discuss important issues raised in the book:John Murray on behavioural and neurological effects of viewing violence on children. Craig Anderson and Wayne Warburton on the effects of violent video games. Wayne Warburton on the effects of music and music lyrics. Ed Donnerstein on the impact of the internet on youth and children. Louise Newman on the sexualisation of youth, on the role of the media in such sexualisation, and on the potential effects of restricting the distribution of sexual themes in the mass media. Cordelia Fine on the roles that advertisements in the mass media - and particularly highly sexualised advertisements - play in altering children's self images and behaviour. Emma Rush, philosophical ethicist, asks in the context of media effects and media regulation: Are principles or consequences more important? Is it more ethical to empower children or to protect them? What is the most ethical balance between allowing freedom of expression and protecting children from harm? Elizabeth Handsley exposes the difficulties of formal government regulation of violent and sexual media in societies that value free expression. Danya Braunstein and her colleagues make a strong plea to base regulation on empirical evidence rather than on political or even ethical positions. The evidence is in, they correctly point out, so let's base regulation on the evidence that is in, and let's do it now! Alan Hayes points out the multiply-determined nature of aggressive and violent behaviour that needs to be addressed if real reductions in violence are to be obtained.

Author : David Elkind
Publisher : Da Capo Lifelong Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Hurried Child written by David Elkind and published by Da Capo Lifelong Books. This book was released on 1988-01-21 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elkind calls readers attentions to the crippling stresses on children forced to grow up too fast, children mimicking adult sophistication while secretely yearning for innocence.

Author : Theo Walcott
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1446464067
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Theo: Growing Up Fast written by Theo Walcott and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-09-15 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the name of Theo Walcott was included in the England squad for the 2006 World Cup, shock waves ran through the football world. But no one was more surprised than Theo himself. Five years later, Theo Walcott is one of the most recognizable names in football. As the English heart of the brilliant young Arsenal team, he has become a firm favourite at the Emirates Stadium. He represents everything that is good about the beautiful game: a player with his feet on the ground, but lightning quick on the field. He carries the expectations of the nation on his shoulders, especially since one night in Croatia made him the youngest player in history to score a hat-trick for England. It has been an incredible adventure, an unbelievable story for a quiet boy from a small village who only started playing football when he was 10. But how does it feel for your dreams to come true? In Theo: Growing Up Fast, Theo Walcott takes you right inside his world.

Author : Ranjay Gulati
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0063088932
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Deep Purpose written by Ranjay Gulati and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2022-02-08 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thinkers50 Top 10 Best New Management Books for 2022 A distinguished Harvard Business School professor offers a compelling reassessment and defense of purpose as a management ethos, documenting the vast performance gains and social benefits that become possible when firms manage to get purpose right. Few business topics have aroused more skepticism in recent years than the notion of corporate purpose, and for good reason. Too many companies deploy purpose, or a reason for being, as a promotional vehicle to make themselves feel virtuous and to look good to the outside world. Some have only foggy ideas about what purpose is and conflate it with strategy and other concepts like “mission,” “vision,” and “values.” Even well-intentioned leaders don’t understand purpose’s full potential and engage half-heartedly and superficially with it. Outsiders spot this and become cynical about companies and the broader capitalist endeavor. Having conducted extensive field research, Ranjay Gulati reveals the fatal mistakes leaders unwittingly make when attempting to implement a reason for being. Moreover, he shows how companies can embed purpose much more deeply than they currently do, delivering impressive performance benefits that reward customers, suppliers, employees, shareholders, and communities alike. To get purpose right, leaders must fundamentally change not only how they execute it but also how they conceive of and relate to it. They must practice what Gulati calls deep purpose, furthering each organization’s reason for being more intensely, thoughtfully, and comprehensively than ever before. In this authoritative, accessible, and inspiring guide, Gulati takes readers inside some of the world’s most purposeful companies to understand the secrets to their successes. He explores how leaders can pursue purpose more deeply by navigating the inevitable tradeoffs more deliberately and effectively to balance between short- and long-term value; building purpose more systematically into every key organizational function to mobilize stakeholders and enhance performance; updating organizations to foster more autonomy and collaboration, which in turn allow individual employees to work more purposefully; using powerful storytelling to communicate a reason for being, arousing emotions and building a community of inspired and committed stakeholders; and building cultures that don’t merely support purpose, but also allow employees to link the corporate purpose to their own personal reasons for being. As Gulati argues, a deeper engagement with purpose holds the key not merely to the well-being of individual companies but also to humanity’s future. With capitalism under siege and relatively low levels of trust in business, purpose can serve as a radically new operating system for the enterprise, enhancing performance while also delivering meaningful benefits to society. It’s the kind of inspired thinking that businesses—and the rest of us—urgently need.