| Description |
xxi, 180 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction : welcoming strangers -- Responding to a major need -- The multiple violences suffered by children in care -- Larger-houses, more children -- Thinking further about violence -- Why re-parenting? -- Teens, tantrums, sex, and substance abuse -- A question of ethics : how shall we live? -- The long term : permanence, adoption, returning home, and keeping in touch -- Spanking, discipline, and nonviolence -- Loving nonviolent habits and virtues -- Second-hand shock syndrome and caring for yourself -- Praxis : creating a nonviolent home with the ordinariness of love -- Addendum : money can't buy me love. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-176) and index. |
| Subject |
Foster children -- United States.
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Foster home care -- United States.
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Abused children -- Services for -- United States.
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Child welfare -- United States.
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Abused children -- Services for.
(OCoLC)fst00794832
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Child welfare. (OCoLC)fst00854709
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Foster children. (OCoLC)fst00933178
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Foster home care. (OCoLC)fst00933198
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Added Author |
Fitz-Gibbon, Andrew L., 1951- author.
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| ISBN |
9781412862769 (hardcover) (alkaline paper) |
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1412862760 (hardcover) (alkaline paper) |
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9781412862264 (e-book) |
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9781412863209 |
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1412863201 |
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