Книги жанра семейная психология
Nine-year-old Archie and his five-year-old sister, Bobbi, are taken into emergency police protective custody after an incident of domestic violence at their family home.Rosie collects the children from their out-of-hours foster carer on New Year’s Day and instantly recognises Archie from a domestic violence workshop she helped with. Rosie remembers that when asked what he enjoyed most about the co…
Nine-year-old Archie and his five-year-old sister, Bobbi, are taken into emergency police protective custody after an incident of domestic violence at their family home.Rosie collects the children from their out-of-hours foster carer on New Year’s Day and instantly recognises Archie from a domestic violence workshop she helped with. Rosie remembers that when asked what he enjoyed most about the co…
Cruel To Be Kind is the true story of Max, aged 6. He is fostered by Cathy while his mother is in hospital with complications from type 2 diabetes.Cruel To Be Kind is the true story of Max, aged 6. He is fostered by Cathy while his mother is in hospital with complications from type 2 diabetes. Fostering Max gets off to a bad start when his mother, Caz, complains and threatens Cathy even before Max…
“I have a darling baby. A patient placid baby who nuzzles warmly into her sheepskin and gives me a sleepy smile when I come in. She sits up, bounces happily and reaches out for a cuddle …”“I’ve had my darling baby for nearly twenty years now and unless something happens, I guess I’ll have her for another twenty years.”Praise for Forever Baby –“Mary’s writing has the quality of being both a partici…
With gender dynamics changing the world over, parenting is a key area where this change is most perceptible. Modern dads today have no inhibitions in changing their baby’s diapers, spending sleepless nights catering to their newborn or looking after the baby while the mother is at work.They often tend to be more patient and indulgent with the baby, a marked shift from the way Indian fathers used t…
Bestselling author and foster carer Casey Watson tells the heartbreaking true story of a teenage mother and baby in need of a safe and loving home.At fourteen, Emma is just a child herself – and one who’s never been properly mothered. She has been in foster care several times already and when she discovered she was pregnant, and refused to have an abortion, her mother threw her out of the house.Ca…
Six-year-old Darby arrives on Casey’s doorstep terrified and hysterical. As Casey tries to soothe the little girl she realises that this is likely to be one of the most difficult placements she had ever had to deal with…Casey is shocked to answer the door on a Sunday afternoon, the week before Christmas, to find John Fulshaw on her doorstep – unannounced and looking very serious. John explains why…
‘I’m so sorry, Casey,’ my link worker John said, sounding weary. ‘I know this is probably the worst time I could ring you, but we desperately need someone to take a child tonight.’It’s the night before Christmas when Casey and Mike get the call. A twelve year old girl, stuck between a rock and a hard place. Her father is on a ventilator, fighting for his life, while her mother is currently on rema…
Experienced foster carer, Rosie Lewis, takes on the heart-breaking case of Megan, a baby born with a drug addiction and a cleft palate.Addicted to drugs from birth because of her mother’s substance abuse during pregnancy, new-born Megan is taken into Rosie’s loving care. Rosie is supposed to help Megan find her new permanent home, but it turns out that Megan has already found her ‘forever mummy’ i…
Experienced foster carer, Rosie Lewis, takes on the heart-breaking case of Megan, a baby born with a drug addiction and a cleft palate.Addicted to drugs from birth because of her mother’s substance abuse during pregnancy, new-born Megan is taken into Rosie’s loving care. Rosie is supposed to help Megan find her new permanent home, but it turns out that Megan has already found her ‘forever mummy’ i…
‘I’m so sorry, Casey,’ my link worker John said, sounding weary. ‘I know this is probably the worst time I could ring you, but we desperately need someone to take a child tonight.’It’s the night before Christmas when Casey and Mike get the call. A twelve year old girl, stuck between a rock and a hard place. Her father is on a ventilator, fighting for his life, while her mother is currently on rema…
Несколько месяцев назад Наталья развелась со своим мужем, поскольку встретила «своего принца на белом коне» – богатого, красивого, респектабельного. После развода, Наталья приезжает за своими вещами к мужу. Собирая вещи, Наталья натыкается на свой любимый ковер. Наталья просит мужа уступить ей ковер. Муж Игорь предлагает сделку: за это Наталья проведет с ним ночь. Смеха ради, Наталья соглашается. …
Степан Асямочкин давно мечтал о личном автомобиле, но приобрести удалось лишь недавно. Степан был счастлив, теперь ему было о чем говорить с «мужиками на работе», а еще на него обратила внимание симпатичная соседка Рита. Недовольной была только жена Елизавета. Целый месяц она напоминала о сломанном кране в ванной, в конце-концов, поругалась со Степаном и отобрала у него ключи от машины. Психолог п…
Ольга Морозова готовится выйти замуж за Александра Вавилова – человека, которого она по-настоящему любит. Мать Ольги – Марина неожиданно меняет отношение к будущему зятю. Она против этой свадьбы и советует дочери не торопиться. Ольга не может понять причины такой перемены в отношениях между матерью и Сашей. Вскоре Саша объявляет Ольге, что по независящим от него причинам свадьбу всё же придётся от…
Полина Карташова знакомит подругу Татьяну со своим ухажером, красавчиком Андреем. Полина признается, что Андрей не в ее вкусе, но его любовь тешит ее самолюбие. Вернувшись из поездки к родителям, она узнает от Татьяны, что та полюбила Андрея с первого взгляда и переспала с ним. Поссорившись с Татьяной, Полина рассказывает подруге Вере о ее вероломстве. Она держит с Верой пари на дорогую заколку, з…