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Measuring and Monitoring Children's Well-Being (Social Indicators Research Series, V. 7)
Published in Hardcover by Kluwer Academic Publishers (2001)
Authors: Asher Ben-Arieh, Natalie Hevener Kaufman, Arlene Bowers Andrews, Robert M. Goerge, Bong Joo Lee, and J. Lawrence Aber
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Measuring and monitoring children's well-being
This book is the product of international work since 1994 among close to 80 professionals from 27 countries in order to re-define and bring consensus to the issue of measuring and monitoring the status of children in our societies.
For many years many countries have gathered information and statistics about their children, but mostly in the area of basic needs and survival. This book and the international project is going beyond and looking at indicators to measure and monitor the well-being of our children. A task not easy to come about, but important, because it will provide important information, knowledge, tools for better planning and make monitoring more possible, when you have hard facts to compare with.
This book has nine chapters: Rationale for measuring child well- being, existing efforts around the world, basic guidelines, five new domains, indicators, how to measure, the community level, making of policy and summary with an agenda for future efforts in this field.
The message of the book is the importance of measurements of child well-being finding indicators that you will be able to monitor over time both improvements and change. The new approach can be described as looking at well-being instead of just survival, from negative aspects to positive aspects of child life, from well-becoming to well-being and from traditonal to new domains. The five 'new' domains the authors propose are in children's activities, children's economic resources and contribution, civic life skills, personal life skills, and safety and physical status with 49 indicators.
This is an easy-to-read book with good information for professionals trying to find ways to measure and monitor well-being in today's children and adolescents.

Professor Joav Merrick, MD
Medical director, Division for Mental Retardation, Box 1260, IL-91012 Jerusalem, Israel. E-mail: jmerrick@aquanet.co.il


No More Bedtime Battles: Simple Solutions to Bedtime Problems (Effective Parenting Books Series)
Published in Paperback by Lee Canter & Assoc (1996)
Authors: Lee Canter and Marlene Canter
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An informative, straightforward book.

I was able to read this book in about 45 minutes, which is a plus for this busy mom. The information is presented in a very straightforward manner. There are helpful tips for all types of different bedtime battles, from the child who gets out of bed a million times to the child who refuses to turn off the tv to get in bed.

This book seems to be geared more towards school age children, but nevertheless, it still gave us suggestions that have benefitted my 3 year old, and his tired parents. I can't say that reading the book solved all our problems, but I will say it gave me some great ideas, especially reward and sleep pattern charts.


The Parents Book of Lists: From Birth to Age Three: Everything You Need to Know, Do, and Buy to Keep Your Child Happy, Healthy, and Safe
Published in Paperback by Griffin Trade Paperback (1900)
Authors: Marge M. Kennedy, Parents Magazine, and Sally Lee
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A quick reference guide
Tips, tricks and strategies to help you deal with the joys of parenting.

Introduction

Chapter 1-Health & Safety

Medical care, Childproofing, Health & hygiene routines, Seasonal health & safety

Chapter 2-Everyday routines

Feeding & eating, Don't eat that, Sleeping, Clothing & dressing concerns, Bathing, groomnig, & toileting routines, Discipline

Chapter 3-Playtime fun and Learning

Reading & language skills, Social skills, Physicial development, Teaching math and science, The media, Early education

Chapter 4-Travel and everyday Outings

Car and public transportation travel, Everyday outings, Shopping Trips, Vacations away from home

Chapter 5-Special Events

Holidays, Birthday Parites, Making memories, Upsets and changes

Chapter 6-Relationships

Siblings & only children, Spouses, Extended Family, Child Care Providers

Great websites included

The book is very easy to read and understand. Since the topics are prsented in lists, it is very brief and helpful for a quick reference.


Teaching Your Child Creativity: A Playskool Guide (Playskool Guide)
Published in Paperback by Regnery Publishing (1998)
Authors: Lee Hausner, Jeremy Schlosberg, and Jeremy Schosberg
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Easy to read, easy to do activities
The activities outlined in the books are easy to play with young children, sometimes, without any props at all. It inspired me on creating other activities to play with my sons. I strongly recommended this book to any parents who want to build a closer relationship with their children and to help their children to be more creative. This book also indicates the benefits of each activity (help to see things from different perspective).


Die Trying
Published in Mass Market Paperback by Penguin USA (Paper) (1999)
Author: Lee Child
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It's Always Harder the Second Time Around
Lee Child's second Jack Reacher novel, "Die Trying" is a far-fetched but entertaining sequel to his tremendous debut, "Killing Floor." The storyline in this one is not as fascinating and intricate as his first adventure. Nonetheless, it has some pretty nasty villains, and some intriguing plot twists and action scenes. This time around, Child decided to use third person for his narrative; that may be what makes this one a little weaker. There was something about seeing everything through Jack's eyes in "Killing Floor." This story, however, would not have worked in the first person.

Both novels have relied on some pretty far-fetched coincidences to hurl Reacher into the plot, but this is fiction, and the suspension of belief is something required in this type of novel.

With all that said, Child still is a writer to reckon with. This book is entertaining and has a satisfying, if somewhat rushed, resolution.

Definitely worth reading, though.

Very good, but wait for paperback or buy "Killing Floor"
I REALLY liked this story, but I could have waited. After reading the utterly fabulous "Killing Floor", however, I couldn't buy this book fast enough. I wish I had read a review like this before I did so. Like the other reviewers, however, I hope Lee Child keeps writing books and forgets the TV angle. He is a very good writer, and Jack Reacher makes Connelly's Harry Bosch (who I just love) look like a pansy. One thing, however, is that Mr. Child should get a Thesaurus and look up some alternate words for "scrabbled". I haven't heard this verb used as many times in my entire life as in his two books.

Heroes Live!
I've spent a long time searching for a hero to replace John D. MacDonald's Travis McGee. I've found him in Jack Reacher. I was clueless when I purchased the book based on an Amazon recommendation, and I was hooked from page 1. Author Lee Child creates well-rounded, fully developed characters and places them in jeopardy in plots that are original and wonderfully complex. The amount of technical information actually *enhances* the action; you barely have time to breathe before being thrust into another life-and-death confrontation with evil. Okay, I'm in love with Jack Reacher, all right? He's way too tall for my tastes, but that's the magic of imagination -- I can make him Richard Burgi in my mind! If you love mysteries with a hard edge or jaw-clenching adventure, you must read this book!


How to Dump Your Wife
Published in Paperback by Fender Pub Co (1996)
Author: Lee Covington
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The REASON wives go for the jugular
I read this book after being dumped by my partner of 27 years because I honestly wanted to see the man's side of things. Well, the cruel and so-called "humorous" tips on how to cheat on your wife and deprive her of her legal rights confirmed what people warned: You've become just a business deal and a chess game to him. It helped me anticipate (especially the chapter on How to Hide Your Money) what Mr. Wonderful and his new woman (of course, 15 years younger) would eventually do--write off romantic interludes as "business expenses", put his income in her name and live happily ever after--2,000 miles away so he'd never have to co-parent. Six figure income and European travel, yet no alimony and only 800 a month child support? In fact, it cost me a fortune in legal bills just to defend against bogus affidavits by HIS attorney, designed to scare me into compliance. This is the kind of guy who will later whine that his kids are strangers and his ex-wife is a witch. And guess what Mr. Covington--did you warn the prospective new wife/girlfriend that whatever he did to #1 to get to her, is probably what he'll do to her to get to #3? I found this book unfortunately polarizing and cruel, but at least it served as warning of what I was up against. For something really valuable, both genders should read Crazy Time. Nobody wins in a divorce, especially not the girlfriend who's egged it on.

Ms. Covington covers a lot
Yes a woman named Lee wrote this book. She was on the radio talking about it. I had thought it was a man. My ignorance. I am the first to admit that divorce is horrible but sometimes necessary. Ask any loving man that has a self absorbed wife. Men get the short end of the stick in divorce and this is the one book you will find that addresses how you can get out with more than just the shirt on your back which she (and I mean her lawyer not her) will still try to get. The main thing is planning. If you plan ahead you will make divorce as painless for you as possible. If you are a woman reading this and think god how could someone write about this, take a look at the number of books written on the reverse side that show how to squeeze a man until he cries like a choir boy. Ms. Covington does say that you may have to pay and in some cases you should pay but the lawyers are the ones that will pressure your dear wife to nail you for everything.

Yess! You gonna need this book.
Get the book before your wife had put her hands on it all. You gonna need all advice you can get. You may save on a lawyer as well by reading it ahead! And on the doctor too..


Running Blind
Published in Audio Cassette by Brilliance Audio (2000)
Authors: Lee Child, Jack Reacher, and Dick Hill
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Great Action but too Far Fetched
This is the fourth of Lee Child's Jack Reacher novels. It's a difficult book to review for me because I thoroughly enjoy the characters, the fast paced plot, and the intrigues. As an action/mystery novel this is an outstanding book. I could barely put it down. I've really enjoyed each of Child's novels.

Here we find Reacher getting himself into trouble once again by being in the wrong place at the wrong time and winding up smack in the middle of the hunt for a serial killer. There are many plot twists and some great false foreshadowing. The end caught me completely by surprise. Child fooled me and had me going down the wrong path of who the killer really was.

The huge downturn is that the plot and set up is so farfetched and so unbelievable that it really ruined my suspension of disbelief. Granted, this sounds a little odd since most novels of this genre, including previous books in this series, have some pretty outlandish unbelievable plots. However, here Child paints an FBI that takes corruption to a level that only the most hard core conspiracy theorist could ever swallow. I think police organizations in this country,including the FBI are morally bankrupt and corrupt -- but Child goes beyond that to fantasy. What's worse is that even if the FBI is as corrupt as what they are painted to be in the novel -- the motive of the FBI officers in this case make no sense whatsoever. In short, the setup is absurd on the grounds of logic, if nothing else. He could have written a better novel had he not take such an approach.

Thus, yes I enjoyed the book -- but at the same time am irritated by it and give it poor rating.

My Favorite Reacher Novel Yet!
Gripping and Exciting, a book you will not be able to put down. This is definately one of the best books in the Jack Reacher series yet! If you loved Lee Child's previous 3 Reacher novels, you will definately love this one. In this fourth book of the series Reacher is cohersed by the FBI into helping them track down a serial killer who is killing women around the USA and then placing their bodies in bath tubs filled with olive green army paint. At first a suspect and then a consultant, Reacher reluctantly aids them in their search. This book has it all... an interesting story line, great characters and plenty of plot twists and turns. I highly recommend this book.

An Exciting, Well-Done Thriller
I have now read all of the Jack Reacher novels by Lee Child and I believe this one to be the best of them all. Not that it doesn't have flaws - some of the activities carried out by the FBI are pretty questionable, Reacher at times approaches super-human in his skills, and there are probably a few too many red herrings and digressions. Nevertheless, for what it is, this is an extremely fast-moving and exciting thriller. It is genuinely hard to put down and the ending will likely surprise you (though admittedly a careful reader will probably see it coming; there are clues aplenty). Child plays fair, however, and you buy the whole thing. I do wish Child's novels "reached" (pun intended) a wider audience; he is a good writer who has created an interesting and charismatic character. This book is well worth your time.


Success Without College: Why Your Child May Not Have to Go to College Right Now--And May Not Have to Go at All
Published in Paperback by Broadway Books (20 March, 2001)
Author: Linda Lee
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Money does not equal success
I have not read this book,but I was unfortunate enough to have to read Linda Lee's article in family circle for one of my COLLEGE courses. I do plan on reading the book, but I am so distraught over what I have read so far I must respond. I wonder why she places so much importance on money. For those of you who have not read the article Lee seems to always equate success with money. I did exactly what her son did, I dropped out of college and got a job doing home wiring and telecommunications. I worked hard and became a Manager of two branch offices. I was making 50K with a private office, car allowance, cell phone, shirt and tie lunches, success right? So, now that her son has a job and no degree what happens when he no longer wants to work in telecommunications? What happens when he has a wife and a couple of kids and then decides he wants to change careers? What happens when his company sells out to a conglomerate and his services are not retained? I'm lucky, at thirty I've managed to return to college, thanks to my wife and her family, and I am thankful beyond words that I have the chance. I was trapped, miserable, and it affected every part of my life. And I decided I don't want to be like everyone else. I don't want to live for weekends and those two weeks of vacation a year. Why spend the majority of your life stuck doing something you hate. How many people really love what they do? How many of us just fell into jobs because we needed a way to make money? Why do you suppose 50 percent of marriages end in divorce? Because most of us are miserable! Now think about those 50 percent of marriages that don't end in divorce. How many of those people are togehter simply because they are afraid to get a divorce? Success has NOTHING to do with money. Success is happiness. I've learned that the saying knowledge is power is wrong. In today's world money is power, knowledge is freedom, freedom to do what you want, on your own terms. That's success, being happy to get out of bed in the morning, enjoying your time with your wife and kids. I will never again work a job simply to make money, if I don't enjoy what I'm doing I will have the foundation laid to return to school and do something about it. Without a diverse education that would be impossible. If your child isn't ready for college figure out why and fix it. Remember your the adult, it's your job to make them ready. There is no alternative.

Enter College with a Sober Mind
Linda Lee's Success Without College is a sobering refutation of the assumption that high school graduates should march straight to the university. Starting with her son's disastrous jaunt into an expensive college, Lee does some soul-searching and concludes that in too many cases college is wasted on people who are not poised to benifit from it. She cites many reasons for not going to college. Among them a lack of maturity, the low rate of college graduation, the culture of hedonism, slackers, and ant-intellectualism, the binge drinking at college campuses, the many students who go for lack of any other alternatives, the outrageous college costs, the "dumbing down" of too many colleges. Lee suggests that young high school graduates might be better served if they take time off and do "character-building" activities such as volunteer work on an Indian reservation, an orphanage, or some such place. Only after someone has matured and is hungry for college learning, Lee argues, should that person go to college. Finally, she points out that many successful people never went to college and that many high-paying jobs only require, at the most, a certificate or a two-year community college degree.

There is much to admire in Lee's critique of Americans' blind march to college. However, some of her arguments seem less than convincing. First, her idea that high school graduates should take time off may result in protracted drifting. These young people, more than ever, may need structure and guidance found in some college environments. Second, the "character-building" activities Lee discusses require a certain emotional maturity, the very thing these young people lack, which is why they're not ready for college in the first place. I'm not sure very many people have the tools to work at an orphanage or a reservation right out of high school. Third, only a small percentage of people have the brilliance to be computer wizards and entrepeneurs. Therefore, I'm not sure these glorious careers can be obtained by a significant portion of the population. Fourth, when Lee wrote this book the economy was booming. She cited Cisco hiring people with two-year certificates at 60 and 70K a year. Since the book's publishing, the stock market has become sluggish and Cisco is probably not hiring as robustly as it did when Lee was writing. Finally, I'm not sure Lee's experience with her son, who by all accounts was a spoiled rich baby, makes sufficient basis for generalizing about the virtues of going to college. Whatever refutations Lee makes about going to college, the fact remains that in this country there is a huge stigma attached to those who don't have a college degree and all too few of us can, like John Cheever or Bill Gates, transcend that stigma.

If I'd read this 3 years ago, I wouldn't be wasting $20,000!
... I first read this book in the spring of 2000(hardcover ed) as I was completing my sophmore year at the University of California Irvine. In the year and a half that I've owned this book, I've read it 3 times. If nothing else, this book showed me alternatives to the boring, traditional path that society so often FORCES us to take. If only I could turn the clock back 3 years. I'd probably go to Evergreen State. Anyway, I also found comfort in hearing about Linda Lee's son and his experience at RIT. Hearing about her son assured me that I am not alone in my contempt for college(schools with more than 1,000-2,000 students, anyway).


50 Fabulous Places to Raise Your Family
Published in Paperback by Career Press (1992)
Authors: Lee Rosenberg, Sara Lee Rosenberg, and Saralee Rosenberg
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Be careful!
Please take note of the publication date - 1997. This means all the data is at least 5 years old (probably much older due to the time lag between gathering data and publication). Therefore information such as housing prices, job markets etc are all woefully out of date. It may have some interesting information, but don't bother using this book if you're looking for information on job situation, real estate or even taxes.

decent for starting point
Book was fairly informative since I got it purely for facts about the cities (not time dependent things such as tax rates and job oppertunities). My major problem with it is that since I had a relatively limited amount of areas I wished to live (east coast), the book produced a relatively limited amount of options and data. It was a good place to start, and gave decent information on the relocating process, but if you know in general where you want to live find a more recent and focused book.

Use this strictly as a starting point
This book has a lot of information. Some of it is very quantitative and objective but a good deal of it is personal opinion. The opinions are what allow the book to offer far more depth than the Places Rated Almanac but they also make for a somewhat unreliable set of "facts." What I like best about the book is that it touches on almost every aspect of living in each of the cities profiled. Medical care, the job market, recreational opportunities, and much more are explored.

Because a lot of the information is anecdotal in nature, however, your mileage could vary considerably from the people they spoke to. I have visited multiple cities they list in the book and found that beauty was very much in the eye of the beholder. This book is a worthwhile resource but don't just jump in and assume that their recommendation will mean you would enjoy living there.

If you are considering moving, I would suggest purchasing both this book and the Places Rated Almanac to draw up a short list of candidates. Then go there and do as many things as possible that you would if you lived in that city. Go to a movie, check out the local mall, look at a few houses, etc. Get an idea of what it's like to be there on a daily basis. You won't get that from this book or any other but Fabulous Places just might help you find a place to start looking.


Echo Burning
Published in Digital by Jove ()
Author: Lee Child
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