Catholic Stories for Boys & Girls offers four volumes of happy and courageous stories, compiled and written by Catholic nuns in the 1930s.

Reconfiguring Families in Contemporary Vietnam chronicles and analyzes the most significant change for families in Vietnam's recent past – the transition to a market economy, referred to as Doi Moi in Vietnamese and generally translated as the "renovation". Two decades have passed since the wide-ranging institutional transformations that took place reconfigured the ways families produce and reproduce. The downsizing of the socialist welfare system...

American families are far more diverse and complex today than they were 50 years ago. As ideas about marriage, divorce, and remarriage have changed, so too have our understandings about cohabitation, childbearing, parenting, and the transition to adulthood. Americans of all socioeconomic backgrounds have witnessed changes in the nature of family life, but as this book reveals, these changes play out in very different ways for the wealthy or well off...

Catholic Stories for Boys & Girls offers four volumes of happy and courageous stories, compiled and written by Catholic nuns in the 1930s.

Essential guidance for new parents in bite-size form, this refresh of a classic deck from the bestselling 52 series is a perfect baby shower gift. Every new parent could use a little help-and a lot of encouragement. This updated version of a favorite deck from the beloved 52 series is full of reassurance and advice to smooth the transition into parenthood. With 52 cards offering guidance on everything from how to get sleep to how to stay calm (even...

Seemingly invisible in Christian canon, LGBTQ+ people have continually walked among us, serving as conduits of God's love. These Queer Hands of God are life savers, the support beams of chosen family, the gentle reminders to have hope when we're down and out, financiers when the bill is due, doorstops when the door is closing and finally-as we like to call them-angels when a miracle is all that will save us. In this anthology witness God working...

Divorce Dirty Tricks is an invaluable handbook for protecting your rights and getting everything you're entitled to when you have your day in court. Divorce Dirty Tricks offers practical advice on the legal pitfalls, loopholes and nasty surprises that can be involved in a marital split. In Divorce Dirty Tricks, the author gets the reader ready for his \"day in court.\" With over 1.2 million divorces in this country each year-and the number keeps climbing...

Animals! The Timbertoes try to protect their garden from hungry animals. The Timbertoes copy an otter. A goat rings the porch bell. Tommy hears peeper frogs for the first time. Stories by Rich Wallace and Marileta Robinson.

This exciting collection presents an in-depth, up-to-date analysis of the unprecedented phenomenon of increasing numbers of grandparents worldwide, co-existing and interacting for longer periods of time with their grandchildren. The book contains analyses of topics that have so far received relatively little attention, such as transnational grandparenting and gender differences in grandparenting practices. It is the only collection that brings together...

Oh no! Friends are coming, and the Messys must team up to clean up. But when an intricate cobweb and new litter of kittens take their eyes off the ball, the family just hopes no one opens any closets or peeks under any beds! In the end, they learn the Albrights don't come because the Messys are perfect-they come for the fun and fellowship of friends who love God!