Parenting: The Changing Norms revisits one of society's most important responsibilities in the context of a rapidly changing world. This second edition emerges from valuable feedback received from readers and reflects the growing influence of technology, artificial intelligence, changing lifestyles, and evolving family structures on parenting today.The book explores how professional pressures, modern aspirations, and declining community interactions are reshaping family relationshi...

This book brings together expert opinions from scientists to consider the evidence for climate change and its impacts on ticks and tick-borne infections. It considers what is meant by 'climate change', how effective climate models are in relation to ecosystems, and provides predictions for changes in climate at global, regional and local scales relevant for ticks and tick-borne infections. It examines changes to tick distribution and the evidence that climate change is responsible. The eff...

The roles of corporate and public stewards and the nature of their social contract with society have been changing over the past two centuries, and those changes have accelerated in recent decades. Moreover, with increasing focus on sustainability factors from the marketplace (regulators, investors, financiers, and consumers), corporate sustainability disclosure is shifting from voluntary to vital. Corporate and public stewards are now responsible for their performance and services from cr...