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The Turning: Why the State of the Family Matters, and What the World Can Do about It
By Richard Eyre
The Turning: Why the State of the Family Matters, and What the World Can Do about It
By Richard Eyre
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In São Paulo, Brazil, more than 1.2 million “street children” are addicted to cocaine;
Suicide is the third leading cause of death for American fifteen-to-twenty-four-year-olds;
Great Ormond Street Hospital in London has treated girls as young as seven or eight for eating disorders;
In Ethiopia, nearly half of the children under the age of six work 30-hour weeks; and
In the past year there have been over 64 school shootings in the U.S., equaling more than one shooting a week.The Turning uses research findings, statistics (like those listed above), and the Eyres’ personal experiences at home and abroad to show that families are essential to the survival and success of civilization.
With the well-being of the world at risk, The Turning will move readers in a way that will raise personal reflection, discussion, and action to * the family to its necessary position as the recognized and prioritized basic unit of society.
Product details
- Number of Pages:
- 366
- Release Date:
- 2014-09-02
- Publication Date:
- 2014-09-02
- Publisher:
- FAMILIUS LLC
- Languages:
- Published: English, Original: English
- ISBN10:
- 1942672691
- Weight:
- 703 g
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