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African American families Government policy African American families Social conditions Gender expression Gender identity Gender-nonconforming children Juvenile literature Respect for persons Social media Psychological aspects SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General Social work with African American children United StatesRoberts, Dorothy E.
Summary: "An award-winning scholar exposes the foundational racism of the child welfare system and calls for radical change. Many believe the child welfare system protects children from abuse. But as Torn Apart uncovers, this system is designed to punish Black families. Drawing on decades of research, legal scholar and sociologist Dorothy Roberts reveals that the child welfare system is better...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2022
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Summary: After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in the early 2010s, with rates of depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicide rising sharply. The author lays out the facts about the epidemic of teen mental illness that hit many countries at the same time, and then investigates the nature of childhood, including why children need play and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2024
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Summary: "This book introduces different terms for gender identity and expression, while also teaching children how to accept and respect others"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2023