Books tagged: emotional development

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How to Teach Children to be Sex Offenders    by Jane Gilgun
Price: $0.99 USD. 7260 words. Published on February 23, 2010. .

This small book outlines steps parents can take to teach children how to be sex offenders. It's easy. This part is satire. Next I discuss what parents and a concerned public can do to prevent children from becoming sex offenders. Prevention is hard. People must really want to do it. Apparently, not enough of us do. So, we will keep on raising children to be sex offenders. Is that what we want?
School Violence & Workplace Violence: Risk Assessment    by Jane Gilgun
Price: $2.99 USD. 4030 words. Published on March 12, 2010. .

Risk assessment for violence involves the investigation of five factors: These factors are 1 ) precipitating events, 2) patterns of direct statements, 3) circumstances that increase the likelihood of violence, 4) signs of cumulative stress, and 5) indicators of lowered risks for violence. This article describes a risk assessment based on these factors. For school violence and workplace violence
Attachment & Child Development    by Jane Gilgun
Price: $0.99 USD. 4340 words. Published on December 27, 2010. .

Attachment is fundamental to child development. The article covers attachment in infancy and childhood, adult attachment, issues related to attunement, inner working models, mutual regulation, and repair. This information is for parents, professionals, and other people who work with children.
Douglas the Dragon: Book 1 - Douglas the Unloved Dragon    by William Forde 
Price: Free! 14480 words. Published on January 4, 2012. .

Douglas the Dragon symbolises ‘the power of love.’ A young orphaned dragon is found and adopted by a young boy and becomes a much-loved dragon in the village. When the boy is killed by a volcano, the dragon is eventually evicted from the community. The dragon spends 50 years in exile sitting upon his volcano of hate, getting angrier and angrier until his anger explodes and he seeks revenge
Douglas the Dragon: Book 2 - Douglas the Dragon Gets Angry Again    by William Forde 
Price: $1.59 USD. 8060 words. Published on January 9, 2012. .

‘Douglas the Dragon’ was once an angry dragon, but became a much-loved dragon and guardian of the village. When the villagers are threatened by an erupting volcano, it is left to Douglas to save them as he allows his ‘righteous anger’ to defeat the ‘destructive anger’ of the volcano. The young reader learns that the expression of anger is part of a healthy process which is to be encouraged.
Douglas the Dragon: Book Three - Douglas Gets the Sneezes    by William Forde 
Price: $1.59 USD. 5250 words. Published on January 24, 2012. .

Old age and death are stages in a person’s life that all children find difficult concepts to understand, but this is eased considerably when ‘death’ is associated with the concept of ‘rebirth.’ At a time of separation, bereavement or loss, children become more isolated, non-communicative and vulnerable. Allow Douglas to help them ‘live again’ through his own experiences of illness and near death.
Whispering Mind    by Philippe Aves
Price: $0.99 USD. 32740 words. Published on February 14, 2012. .

Whispering Mind is a work of fiction written by Nathaniel Taylor (a.k.a Philippe Aves) that tells a college student’s tale as he is sent on the emotional ride of his life, all the while struggling with the usual problems of the modern young man as well as a few more unusual ones.