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Youth Library: Family Life

Barnes, Kenneth C., Discipline in the Quaker Home,
Friends Home Service Committee, London, 1973
Essays for Adults.
A 1959 address to a gathering of parents at Yearly Meeting.


Berends, Polly Berrien, Whole Child/ Whole Parent,
Harper & Row, New York, 1983
A calming, spiritually inspiring book about parenting.


Berrien Berends, Polly, Gently Lead: How to Teach Your Children about God While Finding Out for Yourself,
Harper Collins, New York, 1991
All Ages.
Through anecdotes from her own family life, the author guides us through teaching the art of spiritual direction for children.


Biehl,J.K., Limstrand,L., Talvivaara,A., Making Connections Facing Aids,
World Council of Churches, Geneva, 1993
14 and up.
Discussion and activity programme, resource book for facing and stopping HIV/Aids.


Boulding, Elise, Children and Solitude,
Pendle Hill Pamphlet #125, Wallingford, PA, 1962
Essays for Adults.
To examine the positive functions of aloneness in the development of the individual.


Boulding, Elise, One Small Plot of Heaven,
Pendle Hill Publications, Wallingford, PA, 1989
Essays for Adults.
A collection of essays on children and the family.


Boulding, Elise, The Personhood of Children,
FGC, Philadelphia, 1975
Essays for Adults.
Rufus Jones lecture given in 1975; non-violence and children in the technological society.


Ecumenical Task Force on Christian Education for World Peace, Try This - Family Adventures Towards Shalom,
Discipleship Resources, Nashville, TN, 1979
All Ages.
Games and activities for children and adults to enjoy together in and around the home.


Gefvert, Ruth Hunt, Religious Education in the Family and Small Meeting,
FGC, Philadelphia, 1964
All Ages.
Ideas for the isolated family and First Day School.


Heath, Harriet, William Penn, George Fox and Violent Play: Lessons for Quaker Parents?,
Friends' Journal, 1994
Essays for Adults.
An article dealing with our faith in the Inner Light of our children in relation to violent games.


Heath, Harriet, Answering That of God in Our Children,
Pendle Hill Publications, Wallingford, PA, 1994
Essays for Adults.
Stories, drawn from life, illustrate the wondering that our children do and the role it opens for us who live and work with them.


Heath, Harriet, Using Your Values to Raise Your Child to Be an Adult You Admire,
Parenting Press, Seattle, Washington, 2000
All Ages.
This is a thought-provoking and insightful book on parenting by a Friend, which will help parents integrate their values into family life and pass them on to their children.


Hendricks, Gay, The Family Centering Book,
Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 1979
All Ages.
Awareness activities the whole family can do together, to help build and maintain a healthy family relationship.


Loukes, Harold M.A., Friends and Their Children,
PYM, Philadelphia, 1967
Essays for Adults.
A Study in Quaker Education: covers all stages of development from infancy to mature religion.


McGinnis, Kathleen & James, Parenting for Peace and Justice,
Orbis Books, New York, 1981
Essays for Adults.
A book about transforming ideas into everyday adventures in living and parenting.


Phillips, Emily B.P., Thoughts from a Quaker Home,
FGC, Philadelphia, 1968
Essays for Adults.
A pamphlet for parents which indicates some of the ways in which the normal incidents in the life of a family have been worked out in a creative, useful way.


Redfern, K., Collins,S., ed., Relative Experience - A Contemporary Anthology of Quaker Family Life,
QHS, London, 1994
Essays for Adults.
Contains recent accounts of the experiences of Quaker parents which will be helpful to others in need of help and advice.Topics covered include new babies, adoption, bereavement, lesbian parents, divorce, single parents and family problems of all kinds.


Rubenson, Birgitta, Learning About AIDS,
WCC, Geneva, 1989
Essays for Adults.
A manual for pastors and teachers.


Smith, Martha G., Brothers and Sisters All,
PYM, Philadelphia, 1997
8 and up.
Projects include: who is myfamily?, caring for one another in families, honouring different gifts in families, resolving conflicts in families, celebrating the world family of God.


Talbot, Mary Lee, Teenage Suicide,
Reformed Church in America, Grandville, MI,
15 to 20.
Designed to help people choose life. The process will help people become aware of the signs of potential suicide, and suggests ways to help.


Vanornum,W., Wicker,M., Talking to Children about Nuclear War,
Continuum, New York, 1984
Essays for Adults.
Focus on talking about the feelings this topic evokes.


Vellacott, Jo, Constructive Caring,
Argenta Friends Press, Argenta, 1983
Essays for Adults.
Specific suggestions on how to help young people grow to a fulfillment which rests on values other than those of the prevailing system.

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