By supporting and influencing their families and communities, grandparents―and those who act as grandparents―can play a key role in today's society. Their special mission is derived from a strong sense of purpose and direction that develops from making significant contributions to family life. These include compiling and recounting family histories, maintaining meaningful relationships among different generations, opening up family communications, explaining social changes, and participating in community life. With the aid of real-life examples of intergenerational family dynamics, the author―a clinical sociologist who has practiced family therapy for more than 25 years―presents principles, techniques, and perspectives for today's grandparents.

The Special Mission of Grandparents: Hearing, Seeing, Telling

Politics & Social Sciences

Hall, C.Margaret

Social Sciences

Praeger

Social Intelligence and Gender

Self-Help

Personal Transformation

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Social Intelligence in Everyday Life shows how powerful social influences affect our thinking and actions. Readers are encouraged to increase their social intelligence, so that their lives become more meaningful and more effective. C. Margaret Hall is a clinical sociologist.

Social intelligence in Everyday Life

It's what everyone knows, but few analyze: the way our families shape us and the way we relate with everyone else. Families and Social Intelligence guides readers to be more aware of the power and complexity of families and other social influences in day-to-day life. Our social intelligence, the sum total of this kind of understanding, shows us how our families are related to our beliefs, social classes, cultures, and societies, as well as how we can makes changes in ourselves and our families. Increasing our social intelligence encourages us to add meaning and purpose in our lives, so that we are freer and more independent in our families, as well as more effective in contributing to the common good. As we continue to build our social intelligence, we and our families become stronger and healthier. Because social intelligence is learned rather than innate, we can pass this know-how on to others, especially to members of the youngest generations of our families.

Families and Social Intelligence

Sociology

Women and Identity: Value Choices in a Changing World

First Published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &amp; Francis, an informa company.

Women And Identity: Value Choices in a Changing World

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Mental Health

Routledge

Social Intelligence in Everyday Life

Llumina Christian Books

It's what everyone knows, but few analyze: the way our families shape us and the way we relate with everyone else. Families and Social Intelligence guides readers to be more aware of the power and complexity of families and other social influences in day-to-day life. Our social intelligence, the sum total of this kind of understanding, shows us how our families are related to our beliefs, social classes, cultures, and societies, as well as how we can makes changes in ourselves and our families. Increasing our social intelligence encourages us to add meaning and purpose in our lives, so that we are freer and more independent in our families, as well as more effective in contributing to the common good. As we continue to build our social intelligence, we and our families become stronger and healthier. Because social intelligence is learned rather than innate, we can pass this know-how on to others, especially to members of the youngest generations of our families. About the Author: C. Margaret Hall is a Professor of Sociology in the Sociology and Anthropology Department of Georgetown University. In addition to teaching and research, she has practiced clinical sociology in a variety of settings. Hall was born and raised in the north of England. She married a U.S. citizen, and after living in London, Paris, Brussels, and New York, she moved to Washington, DC. She and her husband have three married daughters and seven grandchildren.

Relationships

Aeon Publishing Inc.

Social Intelligence and Gender guides readers to become more aware of the power and complexities of societies and gender concerns in their everyday lives. Our social intelligence, the sum total of this understanding, shows us how societies and gender are related to families, beliefs, social classes, and cultures, as well as how we can change societies and ourselves. Increasing our social intelligence develops meaning and purpose in our lives, so that we can be critical about our ongoing world views. As we become more socially intelligent, we are freer and more independent from major social influences, as well as more effective in contributing to the common good and social justice. For example, we gain courage to let go of our most contradictory, unproductive gender identities, so that we can choose more authentic gender and societal affiliations, in order to work cooperatively with others to build better societies. Becoming more objective about societies and gender, through increasing our social intelligence, makes us stronger and healthier. Furthermore, because social intelligence and gender concerns are learned, we can pass on this valuable know-how to others, especially to members of the next generations.

Llumina Press

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