{"product_id":"restoring-power-to-parents-and-richard-s-kordesh-9781462048717","title":"Restoring Power to Parents and Places","description":"\u003cp\u003eTo progress successfully through all of their stages of development, children need to grow up in good communities. Good communities do not occur without viable, productive families. In \u003ci\u003eRestoring Power to Parents and Places\u003c\/i\u003e, author Richard Kordesh makes a compelling call for the productive family's renewal and provides creative steps for parents, professionals, and policymakers to take to strengthen communities around all children.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKordesh's experiences as a planner, professor, and father, have taught him that productive families are vitally important to the creation of good communities around children. He details historically, and with contemporary examples, the forces in our society that place stresses on families in all sectors. \u003ci\u003eRestoring Power to Parents and Places\u003c\/i\u003e presents a pointed critique of economic and political forces that have harmed families, but it also offers practical suggestions for action by parents, community leaders, community development and planning professionals, and governments at the local, state, and federal levels.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRestoring Power to Parents and Places\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates the productive potentials of a family's habitat, and it provides tools for empowering families-giving them more time and ability to raise their children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard S. Kordesh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1462048714\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781462048717\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 156\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.36d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlueInk Review\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/23\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/27\/2012","brand":"Richard S. Kordesh","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48439254122751,"sku":"9781462048717","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_95bc06d4-af24-45d6-a1a9-ceca151a5462.jpg?v=1777176443","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/restoring-power-to-parents-and-richard-s-kordesh-9781462048717","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}