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Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy (Writer's Library)

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Dozois, Gardner R.

Lee, Tina

Schmidt, S.

Strock, I.

Science Fiction

St Martins Pr

Catching a Case: Inequality and Fear in New York City's Child Welfare System

Influenced by news reports of young children brutalized by their parents, most of us see the role of child services as the prevention of severe physical abuse. But as Tina Lee shows in Catching a Case, most child welfare cases revolve around often ill-founded charges of neglect, and the parents swept into the system are generally struggling but loving, fighting to raise their children in the face of crushing poverty, violent crime, poor housing, lack of childcare, and failing schools. Lee explored the child welfare system in New York City, observing family courts, interviewing parents and following them through the system, asking caseworkers for descriptions of their work and their decision-making processes, and discussing cases with attorneys on all sides. What she discovered about the system is troubling. Lee reveals that, in the face of draconian budget cuts and a political climate that blames the poor for their own poverty, child welfare practices have become punitive, focused on removing children from their families and on parental compliance with rules. Rather than provide needed help for families, case workers often hold parents to standards almost impossible for working-class and poor parents to meet. For instance, parents can be accused of neglect for providing inadequate childcare or housing even when they cannot afford anything better. In many cases, child welfare exacerbates family problems and sometimes drives parents further into poverty while the family court system does little to protect their rights. Catching a Case is a much-needed wake-up call to improve the child welfare system, and to offer more comprehensive social services that will allow all children to thrive.

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Rutgers University Press

More and more people decide to try it. The ketogenic diet is one of the best ways to lose weight and keep weight within normal limits. You may have tried this diet in the past, but without any success, and therefore decided that this is not for you. However, before you abandon this highly effective diet, check out the common mistakes of beginners. In the book, the author considers the most common mistakes of those who follow this style of nutrition. Success in the Keto diet also depends on what goals you set for yourself: <ul> <li>lose weight</li> <li>lower blood sugar</li> <li>improve your health</li> <li>improve athletic performance</li> <li>or you follow fashion</li> </ul> One way or another, but the book provides answers to many questions related to ketogenic nutrition.

What is the Keto Diet?: How to Avoid Mistakes and Get Results (Beginner's Guide)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Diets & Weight Loss

Independently published

Simply Keto Diet for Beginners: 7 Days Ketogenic Meal PlanDo you know that you can lose weight by eating fat?Would you like to lose weight and feel better? Do you think that excess weight affects your health?There are countless methods to lose weight, but traditional diets and the fast itself are certainly wrong and often unsafe. Keto diet suggests you begin to eat low carbohydrate and high fat; your body will use fats instead of carbohydrates to produce energy, not to conserve them. Thus, your body naturally burns fats for you, just get the right foods.This is a healthy way to lose extra pounds because it does not deplete muscles, but simply affects the excess unwanted layers of fat and discards them. Imagine how ketogenic cooking improves your form and overall health.Some of the benefits that you will get by going keto:Quickly and naturally lose weightFeel better, mentally and physicallyEat healthy foods that are tasty and do not leave you hungry all dayHealthy young skinFeel the energy for the whole dayReduce the risk of heart attacksAnd many othersIn this book you will learn:What is a ketogenic diet and how does it work?All the real benefits of a ketogenic dietA complete 7-day diet plan for Keto for the successful passage of Keto28 delicious keto recipes for breakfast, lunch, lunch, dinnerAnd much more

Simply Keto Diet for Beginners: 7 Days Ketogenic Meal Plan

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Special Diet

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

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