Family category: 58238 books
International Family Law
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
International law has become part of everyday family law practice, as lawyers everywhere are confronted with questions regarding the rights of 'mail-order' brides, the adoption of children from other countries, the abduction of children by foreign parents, and domestic violence victims seeking asylum....
Second Chance for a Love to Last
The Ultimate Guide to Marrying Again
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2014
Everything you need to know whether you are recently divorced, dating, committing to a new beginning or dealing with the myriad of challenging second unions bring. Second Chance for a love to last takes you on a journey, It starts with marriage and relationships in general and takes you through...
Gender and Justice in Family Law Disputes
Women, Mediation, and Religious Arbitration
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
Recently, new methods of dispute resolution in matters of family law—such as arbitration, mediation, and conciliation—have created new forms of legal culture that affect minority communities throughout the world. There are now multiple ways of obtaining restitution through nontraditional alternative...
by Andrew Gilbert
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2018
What does conservatism, as a body of political thought, say about the legal regulation of intimate relationships, and to what extent has this thought influenced the Conservative Party's approach to family law? With this question as its focus, this book explores the relationship between family law,...
Raising Children
Emerging Needs, Modern Risks, and Social Responses
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2008
Modern family life raises tough questions: Who should be responsible for children's daily care? How can their financial support be fairly allocated between parents? Should extended family members be paid for their help? Can women have full careers and also be good mothers? In Raising Children, leading...
by Professor Gillian Douglas
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2018
A tension lies at the heart of family law. Expressed in the language of rights and duties, it seeks to impose enforceable obligations on individuals linked to each other by ties that are usually regarded as based on love or blood. Taking a contextual approach that draws on history, sociology and social...
The Couple and Family Technology Framework
Intimate Relationships in a Digital Age
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
Couples and families worldwide have a constant electronic connection to others, a fact that is influencing the concerns and issues they bring to therapy. The authors of this resource help mental health practitioners to better deal with concerns such as online infidelity, online dating, internet addictions,...
Shared Care or Divide Lives
What is best for children when parents separate
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2015
Shared Care or Divided Lives? Dr Watts' book serves as a timely reminder of just how important it is to keep your children's happiness and wellbeing as the focal point of the separation process. He answers questions you may not have thought to ask, providing a range of practical suggestions for a variety...
The Gina Ford Baby and Toddler Cook Book
Over 100 easy recipes for all the family to enjoy
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2012
The importance of good childhood nutrition has never been more topical. Parents are constantly being reminded of the need to offer their children healthy, home cooking and cut down on the number of fat, salt and suger-laden ready-prepared meals they feed them instead. Yet busy lifestyles dictate that...
by Lisa Spiegel
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017
Internal Family Systems Therapy with Children details the application of IFS in child psychotherapy. The weaving together of theory, step-by-step instruction, and case material gives child therapists a clear roadmap for understanding and utilizing the healing power of this modality. In addition, any...
by Tracy Farr
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2018
In Cassetown, Geologue Bay, Iris and her extended family — her ex-husband and his wife and their new baby; her son and her best friend’s daughter — gather on a midwinter long weekend, to pack up the family holiday house now that it has been sold. They are together for one last time, one last...
by Dorothy Becvar
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2014
One of the few books on this topic, The Family, Spirituality, and Social Work offers mental health professionals new information and research for creating more positive, effective, and satisfying sessions. You will learn how integrating spirituality and therapy can create open and trusting environments...
Family Stew
Our Relationship Legacy
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2012
We each have a personal narrative about our life that incorporates stories within a larger whole. One or more of these stories may reveal roots of traumas or life-changing events that have impacted how we define ourselvestraumas or events that may affect our relationships today. In Family Stew, author...
The Future of Child and Family Law
International Predictions
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2012
Child and family law tells us much about how a society operates, since it touches the lives of everyone living in that society. In this volume, a variety of experts examine child and family law in thirteen countries - Australia, Canada, China, India, Israel, Malaysia, The Netherlands, New Zealand,...