Family Life In The Fast Lane

Timothy Smith challenges today's frantic pace and offers helpful solutions to families who are missing out on togetherness because of overscheduling. Simple Solutions for Families In the Fast Lane will help families connect with each other in meaningful ways in spite of work, school, extracurricular activities, and other responsibilites.

Timothy Smith challenges today's frantic pace and offers helpful solutions to families who are missing out on togetherness because of overscheduling. Simple Solutions for Families in the Fast Lane will help families connect with each other in meaningful ways in spite of work, school, extracurricular activities, and other responsibilities.

This book explores contemporary families as sites of consumption, examining the changing contexts of family life, where new forms of family are altering how family life is practised and produced, and addressing key social issues – childhood obesity, alchohol and drug addiction, social networking, viral marketing – that put pressure on families as the social, economic and regulatory environments of consumption change.

The annual is a venue of publication for sociological studies of Chinese societies and the Chinese all over the world. The main focus is on social transformations in Hong Kong, Taiwan, the mainland, Singapore and Chinese overseas.

Along with her daughter, Mason has written a guide for young women who are facing the tough decision of when--and if--to start a family. The result is a roadmap of new choices for women facing the sobering question of how to balance a successful career with family.

Are you struggling to keep your marriage together? Has your relationship hit a rough patch and you're not sure how to get back on track? Don't give up hope just yet. Introducing "Marriage in Crisis? Fast-Track Your Way to a Happy Ending." This comprehensive guide is designed to help couples navigate through the challenges and obstacles that often arise in marriage. Whether you're dealing with communication breakdowns, financial stress, infidelity, or simply feeling disconnected from your partner, this guide has the tools and strategies to help you get back on track. Written by relationship experts and based on proven methods, "Marriage in Crisis?" offers practical advice and actionable steps to help couples rekindle their love, build stronger connections, and create a happier, healthier marriage. With this guide, you'll learn how to communicate effectively, manage conflicts, prioritize intimacy, and more. You'll also gain insights into the root causes of marital problems and how to overcome them. Don't wait until it's too late. Get "Marriage in Crisis? Fast-Track Your Way to a Happy Ending" today and take the first step towards a brighter future with your partner.

By combining stories of care, the reflections of caregiving practitioners, and interpretations of caregiving within a larger social and theoretical framework, this collection identifies the values and skills involved in quality caregiving at the individual level and affirms their importance for reshaping our public caregiving institutions. Contributors from the fields of medicine, nursing, teaching, ministry, sociology, psychotherapy, theology, and philosophy articulate their values, hopes, commitments, and practices both in theoretical essays and in narratives of caregiving that reveal the complexities of skillful practice.

Promoting Health and Emotional Well-Being in Your Classroom, Fifth Edition provides pre-service and current teachers all the tools and up-to-date information needed for effectively promoting healthy life choices. Framed around the National Health Education Standards and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s six risk behaviors, this practical text facilitates instructional planning, allows for easy adaptation into various curricular frameworks, and ensures that the most essential health education content is addressed.