All Alone After School

All Alone After School
Author: Muriel Stanek
Publisher: Albert Whitman
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1985
Genre: Children's stories, American
ISBN: 9780807502785

When his mother must take a job and can't afford a babysitter, a young boy gradually develops confidence about staying home alone after school.

Alone

Alone
Author: Megan E. Freeman
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2022-05-03
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1534467572

Originally published in hardcover in 2021 by Aladdin.

The After-school Lives of Children

The After-school Lives of Children
Author: Deborah Belle
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 217
Release: 1999-03
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1135689733

Based on research about after-school experiences and dilemmas conducted over a four-year period with employed parents and their children, this book draws on the stories these parents and children told--often using their actual words--to emphasize the wide variety of children's after-school arrangements, children's movement over time in and out of different arrangements, and the importance to children of multiple facets of their after-school arrangements, not simply the presence or absence of an adult caretaker. The book also emphasizes that children are not randomly assigned to after-school arrangements. Rather, parents and children struggle to reach optimal solutions to what are often difficult child care dilemmas. To understand these dilemmas, and the diverse strategies that families adopt, one must attend to the individual situations of children as family members understand them. This book was written to contribute to the development of new family and work policies and practices by illuminating the difficulties families face and their consequences for children. Written for psychologists, sociologists, and other social scientists who study families, maternal employment, child care, or child development, it will also be useful for parents, educators, community leaders, and public policymakers concerned about the well being of children whose parents are employed.

How to Be Alone

How to Be Alone
Author: Sara Maitland
Publisher: Picador
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2014-09-02
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1250059038

IN THIS AGE OF CONSTANT CONNECTIVITY, LEARN HOW TO ENJOY SOLITUDE AND FIND HAPPINESS WITHOUT OTHERS. Our fast-paced society does not approve of solitude; being alone is antisocial and some even find it sinister. Why is this so when autonomy, personal freedom, and individualism are more highly prized than ever before? In How to Be Alone, Sara Maitland answers this question by exploring changing attitudes throughout history. Offering experiments and strategies for overturning our fear of solitude, she helps us practice it without anxiety and encourages us to see the benefits of spending time by ourselves. By indulging in the experience of being alone, we can be inspired to find our own rewards and ultimately lead more enriched, fuller lives.

Alone!

Alone!
Author: Barry Falls
Publisher: Pavilion Children's
Total Pages: 42
Release: 2021-03-04
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1843655101

Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2022. There once was a boy called Billy McGill who lived by himself at the top of a hill. He spent every day in his house all alone for Billy McGill liked to be on his own. But life doesn't always turn out how you plan it... One day Billy hears the squeak of a mouse – destroying his perfectly peaceful existence. So he gets a cat to catch the mouse. But the cat and the mouse make friends. So he gets a dog to chase the cat. But they all play together too. So then he gets a bear... then a tiger... and on it goes, until Billy's house is so filled with characters that he has to move out. Will he find that he still craves peace and quiet, or is it actually quite lovely to have company and friends? The brilliant second book from Barry Falls is a laugh-out-loud tale of growing chaos, with a lovely message about how it's good to have friends.

No Child Left Alone

No Child Left Alone
Author: Abby W. Schachter
Publisher: Encounter Books
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2016-08-16
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1594038627

Uncle Sam is the worst helicopter parent in America. Children are taken from their parents because they are obese. Parents are arrested for letting their children play outside alone. Sledding and swaddling are banned. From games to school to breast-feeding to daycare, the overbearing bureaucratic state keeps getting between kids and their parents. The state’s safety, hygiene, and health regulations rule, and the government’s judgment may not coincide with yours. Which foods and drinks to send to school, what toys to buy, whether to breast- or bottle-feed babies are all choices that used to be left to you and me. Not anymore. As a mom to four kids, I should be used to it, but I’m not. All the government-mandated parenting gets under my skin. And I’m not alone. No Child Left Alone explores the growing problem of an intrusive, interfering government and highlights those parents—all the Captain Mommies and Captain Daddies across America—fighting to take back control over their families.

Grown and Flown

Grown and Flown
Author: Lisa Heffernan
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Total Pages: 291
Release: 2019-09-03
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1250188954

PARENTING NEVER ENDS. From the founders of the #1 site for parents of teens and young adults comes an essential guide for building strong relationships with your teens and preparing them to successfully launch into adulthood The high school and college years: an extended roller coaster of academics, friends, first loves, first break-ups, driver’s ed, jobs, and everything in between. Kids are constantly changing and how we parent them must change, too. But how do we stay close as a family as our lives move apart? Enter the co-founders of Grown and Flown, Lisa Heffernan and Mary Dell Harrington. In the midst of guiding their own kids through this transition, they launched what has become the largest website and online community for parents of fifteen to twenty-five year olds. Now they’ve compiled new takeaways and fresh insights from all that they’ve learned into this handy, must-have guide. Grown and Flown is a one-stop resource for parenting teenagers, leading up to—and through—high school and those first years of independence. It covers everything from the monumental (how to let your kids go) to the mundane (how to shop for a dorm room). Organized by topic—such as academics, anxiety and mental health, college life—it features a combination of stories, advice from professionals, and practical sidebars. Consider this your parenting lifeline: an easy-to-use manual that offers support and perspective. Grown and Flown is required reading for anyone looking to raise an adult with whom you have an enduring, profound connection.

Me, All Alone, at the End of the World

Me, All Alone, at the End of the World
Author: M. T. Anderson
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2005
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780763615864

A boy enjoys living quietly by himself at The End of the World until Mr. Constantine Shimmer, "Professional Visionary," builds an inn and an amusement park, demanding that tourists come and have "Fun Without End!" Jr Lib Guild.

You Are Not Alone

You Are Not Alone
Author: Lynne B. Hughes
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2005
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780439585910

Offers teenagers an informative discussion on the pain of losing one's parent, providing techniques and guidance for learning to deal with the loss through the various stages of one's young life.

If I Lived Alone

If I Lived Alone
Author: Michaela Muntean
Publisher:
Total Pages: 30
Release: 1992
Genre: Families
ISBN: 9780895777287

If I lived alone, I could eat ice cream, for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I wouldn't have to share my toys or clean up my room. That would be great! Or would it? With humor and insight, this book explores the many ways family members need each other.