In a fast changing world where information overloads and parents find it overwhelming, The Kite Story seeks to provide a simple metaphorical framework for parents to follow and reflect upon, making parenting fun and engaging again. The book introduces kite flying as a meaningful and intuitive metaphor for parenting and mentoring, hoping to return its readers to an important aspect of what makes us human - relationships. A delightful and reflective read, parenting and mentoring tips are shared against a backdrop of a story. The Kite Story will certainly provide fresh perspectives to parenting and mentoring to anyone who desires to be a good parent or mentor.

"Language and Sexuality" explores the question of how linguistic practices and ideologies relate to sexuality and sexual identity, opening with a discussion of the emerging field of "queer linguistics" and moving from theory into practice with case studies of language use in a wide variety of cultural settings. The resulting volume combines the perspectives of the field's top scholars with exciting new research to present new ideas on the ways in which language use intersects with sexual identity.

"Language and Sexuality" explores the question of how linguistic practices and ideologies relate to sexuality and sexual identity, opening with a discussion of the emerging field of "queer linguistics" and moving from theory into practice with case studies of language use in a wide variety of cultural settings. The resulting volume combines the perspectives of the field's top scholars with exciting new research to present new ideas on the ways in which language use intersects with sexual identity.