Feliz como una perdiz

An expert on early childhood education offers an important resource for Hispanic parents who try to maintain respect for cultural traditions while readying their children for success in the world, discussing history, customs, and responsibilities. Original.

En la secuela tan esperada al best seller del New York Times Grabada en la arena, Regina Calcaterra se une a Rosie, su hermana menor, para relatar su historia desgarradora, aunque finalmente triunfante, de una niñez de abusos y supervivencia. La desgarradora historia de dos hermanas y su supervivencia, desde las calles de Long Island hasta las granjas de Idaho. Eran cinco hijos de cinco padres diferentes y una madre alcohólica que los dejaba solos para que sobrevivieran como pudieran durante semanas. Sin embargo, durante esos momentos difíciles, se tenían la una a la otra. Rosie, la más...

Based on the idea that world salvation can be achieved by first saving the family unit, this book emerges from the tensions, arguments, disagreements, and other dysfunctions that affect modern family life. Its purpose is to come up with strategies to implement the author's central tenet: a family that stimulates and appreciates individual differences, tolerates mistakes, and has open communication creates upstanding men and women. Actual therapy sessions that reflect the Satir strategy are demonstrated step-by-step. Basándose en la idea que la salvación del mundo se encuentra en la...

"Several of the 22 papers presented at a 1990 conference are written by well-known social and public health scientists. Some contributions discuss health topics including impact of female employment on family health, role of family in health care, and consequences of family migration on nutrition. Other contributions examine family organization and female employment"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.