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Parenthood & Family Relations — page 2
63 public-domain parenthood & family relations books, summarised. Page 2 of 2.
Handicaps of Childhood
H. Addington (Henry Addington) Bruce
Parents hold the power to shape a child’s lifelong emotional health, for even the most subtle behavioral quirks often mask deep-seated anxieties that demand immediate, compassionate intervention.
Broken Homes: A Study of Family Desertion and its Social Treatment
Joanna C. (Joanna Carver) Colcord
The shadow of a departing spouse falls long across a household, leaving behind not just financial ruin but a complex web of social and emotional debris. Understanding the roots of this rupture requires more than legal force; it demands a patient, human-centered examination of the individuals involved.
The Unfolding Life: A Study of Development with Reference to Religious Training
Antoinette Abernethy Lamoreaux
A life is a bundle of possibilities and self-activity, and the greatest work in the world is to provide the nurture that guides that life toward its highest potential.
The book of the child: An attempt to set down what is in the mind of children
F. D. (Frederick Douglas) How
To gaze into the mind of a child is to discover a realm of bright wonder, intense terrors, and sudden logic. This understated study observes young lives with quiet affection, recording how children actually think, remember, and dream.
The dramatic instinct in children
American Institute of Child Life
Children navigate their world not by passive observation, but by actively stepping into imagined roles to comprehend life, build character, and master human sympathy.
What Shall I Be? A Chat With Young People
Francis Bernard Cassilly
Navigating the pivotal choices of youth requires quiet courage, steadfast prayer, and an open heart attuned to divine grace.
Grandma's Memories
Mary D. (Mary Dow) Brine
In the quiet twilight of a fading year, a grandmother’s memories weave together the threads of four generations. This gentle narrative explores the continuity of family love through the recurring comfort of a timeless lullaby.
Our Nervous Friends
Robert S. (Robert Sproul) Carroll
This collection of case studies argues that physical health and nervous stability are deeply intertwined with one’s moral choices, daily habits, and emotional discipline. It seeks to demystify chronic ailments by illustrating how they are often the somatic consequences of misdirected energy, poor hygiene, and…
The value of a praying mother
Isabel C. (Isabel Coston) Byrum
A quietly passionate plea for intentional parenting, this nineteenth-century moral guide uses real-life home dramas to argue that maternal devotion and divine guidance shape a child's destiny.
Vocations Explained: Matrimony, Virginity, the Religious State and the Priesthood
Dennis J. Downing
Discerning one's proper path in life requires deep reflection, spiritual clarity, and an understanding of divine calling across matrimony, virginity, the religious state, and the priesthood.
Rural Problems of Today
Ernest R. (Ernest Rutherford) Groves
The country is not merely a place of production but a landscape of the mind, where the habits of the soil shape the character of the soul. Understanding the rural experience requires looking past the harvest to the internal lives of those who sustain it.
Nestlings: A Collection of Poems
Ella Fraser Weller
The joy and sorrow of nurturing a young soul form the heart of these verses, which capture a mother’s devotion and her struggle to release her children into a challenging world.
Youthful folly detected: Written for the benefit of youth, particularly the female sex
Anonymous
A young woman’s reputation is a fragile vessel, and her future happiness depends entirely upon the careful cultivation of virtue and the avoidance of social pitfalls.
Is the Young Man Absalom Safe?: A Sermon Preached in the Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Stoke Bishop, on Sunday, July 19th, 1885
David Wright
A nineteenth-century preacher turns a grief-stricken king's desperate query into a piercing inquiry for his own age: are the young people of this generation truly protected from moral ruin?
Educational Work of the Girl Scouts
Louise Stevens Bryant
This document serves as an official snapshot of a rapidly expanding movement, detailing the educational philosophy and organizational structure of a program designed to prepare girls for active citizenship. It captures the early 20th-century transition of the Girl Scouts from a small regional initiative into a…