Child category: 4509 books
Recovering My Kid
Parenting Young Adults in Treatment and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
National expert Dr. Joseph Lee explains the nature of youth addiction and treatment, and how families can create a safe and supportive environment for their loved ones during treatment and throughout their recovery.
National expert Dr. Joseph Lee explains the nature of youth addiction and treatment,...
The First Years Last Forever
Parental guide to early childhood behavior and development
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2017
In this thought-provoking book, the author examines the behavior of young children in a developmental context, taking into consideration the changes as young children grow and develop. The book will show parents and caregivers ways to deal with the kids in the various stages of their life, starting from...
by Stacey S Horn, Martin D Ruck, Lynn S Liben
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2016
The first of two volumes in the Advances in Child Development and Behavior series, Equity and Justice in Developmental Science: Theoretical and Methodological Issues focuses on conceptual issues, definitions, and critical concepts relevant to equity and justice for the developmental sciences. This...
Stolen Child
A Mother's Journey to Rescue Her Son from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2016
A year in the desperate life of a boy transformed by OCD from a bright ten-year-old into a stranger in his own skin.
Although Laurie Gough was an intrepid traveller who had explored wild, far-off reaches of the globe, the journey she and her family took in their own home in their small Quebec...
Children in the Holocaust and its Aftermath
Historical and Psychological Studies of the Kestenberg Archive
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2017
The testimonies of individuals who survived the Holocaust as children pose distinct emotional and intellectual challenges for researchers: as now-adult interviewees recall profound childhood experiences of suffering and persecution, they also invoke their own historical awareness and memories of their...
Discipline without Damage
How to Get Your Kids to Behave Without Messing Them Up
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2016
A child psychologist equips parents with tools to manage behavioral issues more effectively while supporting their child’s healthy, natural development.
When your child is threatening a meltdown in the grocery aisle, is it really possible to keep your cool, correct the behavior, and reinforce...
How Toddlers Thrive
What Parents Can Do Today for Children Ages 2-5 to Plant the Seeds of Lifelong Success
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2014
Dr. Tovah Klein, called “the toddler whisperer” on Good Morning America, has penned “a parenting milestone” (Dr. Harvey Rotbart, No Regrets Parenting) with How Toddlers Thrive, which shows parents of children ages two to five how to harness the singular power of the toddler mind during what...
For Your Own Good
Hidden Cruelty in Child-Rearing and the Roots of Violence
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2002
For Your Own Good, the contemporary classic exploring the serious if not gravely dangerous consequences parental cruelty can bring to bear on children everywhere, is one of the central works by Alice Miller, the celebrated Swiss psychoanalyst.
With her typically lucid, strong, and poetic language,...
by Mark A. Craymer
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2011
The objective of this book is to provide an experience of a newly expecting father as he has the expectation of being able to fulfill his duties, he quickly realizes that to bring a child into this world is going to be the hardest thing he has ever done, but one of the most rewarding. The focus is...
Happy Fluent Readers
No tests, no tears.
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2016
Every child wants to learn to read, but sometimes our educational system can take the fun out of it, or worse yet, make him feel like a failure.
Happy Fluent Readers will help you teach your little one to love reading. It guides you step-by-step through the stages of teaching reading, with...
Shelter From The Storm
Caring For A Child With A Life-threatening Condition
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2009
critically ill and unlikely to survive. A recent Harvard University study on pediatric end-of-life care has shown that the medical community is failing such children and their families. Indeed, in their effort to be ever-hopeful and cure-oriented in the face of a child's terminal illness, they neglect...
Please Explain Anxiety to Me!
Simple Biology and Solutions for Children and Parents
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014
What's happening to me?
This book translates anxiety from the jargon of psychology into concrete experiences that children can relate to. Children and their parents will understand the biological and emotional components of anxiety responsible for the upsetting symptoms they experience. Please Explain...
Positive Discipline A-Z
1001 Solutions to Everyday Parenting Problems
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2007
As a parent, you face one of the most challenging—and rewarding—roles of your life. No matter how much you love your child, there will still be moments filled with anger, frustration, and, at times, desperation. What do you do? Over the years, millions of parents just like you have come to trust...
Just Tell Me What to Say
Simple Scripts for Perplexed Parents
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
Parents are often perplexed by their children's typical behaviors and inevitable questions. This down-to-earth guide provides "Tips and Scripts" for handling everything from sibling rivalry and the food wars to questions about death, divorce, sex, and "whyyyy?" Betsy Brown Braun...