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Häftad, Engelska, 2005
266 kr
Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar
Whether they see themselves as King of the Wild Things or protector of Toto, children live in a world filled with animals--both real and imaginary. From Black Beauty to Barney, animal characters romp through children's books, cartoons, videos, and computer games. As Gail Melson tells us, more than three-quarters of all children in America live with pets and are now more likely to grow up with a pet than with both parents. She explores not only the therapeutic power of pet-owning for children with emotional or physical handicaps but also the ways in which zoo and farm animals, and even certain purple television characters, become confidants or teachers for children--and sometimes, tragically, their victims.Yet perhaps because animals are ubiquitous, what they really mean to children, for better and for worse, has been unexplored territory. Why the Wild Things Are is the first book to examine children's many connections to animals and to explore their developmental significance. What does it mean that children's earliest dreams are of animals? What is the unique gift that a puppy can give to a boy? Drawing on psychological research, history, and children's media, Why the Wild Things Are explores the growth of the human-animal connection. In chapters on children's emotional ties to their pets, the cognitive challenges of animal contacts, animal symbols as building blocks of the self, and pointless cruelty to animals, Melson shows how children's innate interest in animals is shaped by their families and their social worlds, and may in turn shape the kind of people they will become.
Inbunden, Engelska, 1986
2 349 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
First published in 1986. In recent years, the importance of caring for and nurturing the young has moved from the private concern of families to the public agenda. This has been due in part to some of the failures of childrearing within the family, as shown in instances of abuse, neglect, and incest. Other symptoms that also may be related to the stresses inherent in contemporary parenting are latch-key children, delinquency, adolescent suicide, and substance abuse among children and adolescents.Part I of this volume focuses on the developing child's responses to infants and younger children as possible precursors of later nurturance. The research studies outlined in this section provide detailed descriptions of the range of responses of children of different ages to the young. In addition, they call attention to person and situational variables-such as gender, sibling status, adult encouragement, and the infant's own responses to the child-that appear to modify children's behavior during child-infant interaction. Part II extends the developmental course of nurturance by examining early parenting and its determinants. In addition, cultural contexts and biological influences are examined for their potential impact on the developmental course of nurturance.