Dr. Toy's Smart Play
Author: Auerback, Stevanne (A) Klugman, Edgar (A)
HStevanne Auerbach, Ph.D., more affectionately known as Dr. Toy, has dedicated a lifetime to the importance of play and gives you specific advice on which toys to buy and what kind of games to play to empower your child's overall development.
Category: Family Relationship
Hyper-Parenting
Author: Coles, Robert (A) Rosenfeld, Alvin (A) Wise, Nicole (A)
Hyper-Parenting addresses a hot button issue: the over-scheduling and over-enriching of our children. Parenting today has come to resemble a relentless to-do list. The fact is, parenting should not consume every last bit of our time, money, and energy. It's not good for us as parents, and it's potentially dangerous for our children and their healthy development. Luckily, there is a cure for hyper-parenting. The authors tell you how to identify the hyper-parent in yourself. They also prescribe clear, comforting steps to make parenting a happier and healthier experience for you and your child.
Category: Family Relationship
Learning Activities
Author: Daniel, Becky (A)
Learning Activities is a great book for parents who lead busy lives but still want to help their children succeed in school. This book offers a variety of activities in which families play word games, discover science facts, learn about our world, and have fun! Each activity concludes with suggestions to help tailor the experience to the different ages of your children. Some activities are simple and brief, others are more involved, but all of them will help you know your children better while you launch them into a lifetime of learning enjoyment.
Category: Family Relationship
Parents Who Think Too Much
Author: Ann Cassidy
This may be the last parenting book you'll ever sell! Responding to the current crop of parents taking parenting classes, buying dozens of parenting books and feeling like their kids are still out of control, Cassidy explores the cultural phenomenon of how we got to be a generation so dependent on the advice of "experts" and so distrustful of our own instincts -- and how we can learn to become the experts ourselves. With the baby boom generation came the genre of parenting books that told parents how to teach their kids everything from toilet training to developing self-esteem. Generally the message has been: go easy on your child, but hard on yourself. It is starting to become apparent, especially in the best of families, that giving your kids lots of choices, validating their feelings at great peril to your own and providing "enough" individual attention for each child is creating a generation of kids over whom we have no control. Cassidy argues that this comes from over-thinking our role as parents. We've pondered every step so much that the juice, the joy, and worst of all, our confidence is gone. The reasons are clear: We have fewer children later in life so we've had more time to ponder. We've grown up just as research on infant and child development has come of age, so there's no shortage of material to think about. As a generation we've prided ourselves on self-improvement and we bring the same zeal to child improvement. We're less likely to live close to our families, and so are more likely to seek out expert solutions. To counter this thinking, Cassidy will suggest keeping the big picture in mind -- what kind of people do you really want your kids to be? Honest, kind, cooperative, empathetic? It may mean losing sight of whether enough play dates are scheduled for the week and if you've positively reenforced the latest creative endeavor, but it will bring back your instincts about what is important to your family as a whole, and to your kids to become decent people.
Category: Family Relationship
The Over Scheduled Child
Author: Coles, Robert (A) Rosenfeld, Alvin (A) Wise, Nicole (A)
Hyper-Parenting addresses a hot-button issue: the over-scheduling and over-enriching of our children. Lists and schedules, meetings and appointments, the need to be the best no matter what - doesn't it sound like your life? It's not; it's your child's. Parenting today has come to resemble a relentless to-do list. Even parents with the best intentions strive to micro-manage every detail of their kid's life and live in constant fear that their child will underperform in any area - academic, social, athletic. The fact is, parenting should not consume every last bit of our time, money, and energy. It's not good for us as parents, and it's potentially dangerous for our children and their healthy development. Luckily, there is a cure for hyper-parenting. In their groundbreaking new book, renowned child psychiatrist Alvin Rosenfeld, M.D., and longtime family-issues journalist Nicole Wise identify and attack this rampant phenomenon. With the strength of their combined professional and personal experience, Rosenfeld and Wise tell you how to identify the hyper-parent in yourself. They also prescribe clear, comforting steps to make parenting a happier and healthier experience for you and your child.
Category: Family Relationship
Why Won't My Child Listen?
Author: Cater, Janet Grisdale,Myra Morton-Evans, Michael
Written by experts in early childhood development and psychology, Why Won't My Child Listen? presents an entirely new approach to parenting in the 21st century. The key to raising happy, confident children with healthy self-esteem is understanding how their minds work - from birth onwards. This book explains the workings of the brain and, using the principles of Brain Gym, shows you how you can encourage them to grow into happy, well-adjusted teenagers, along with advice and practical tools on how to improve communication, nurture their spirit and build self-esteem.
Category: Family Relationship
What Did I Just Say!?!
Author: CDonovan, Denis (A) McIntyre, Deborah (A)
Did you know that when you say: "How many times have I told you not to?" your toddler thinks you are actually changing the subject rather than reiterating a question? Based on years of clinical experience and original child development research, What Did I Just Say!?! shows how conventional communication styles actually prevent parents from saying what they mean and cause children to hear something entirely different than what was intended. The authors demonstrate how a simple understanding of the logic of language and of childhood thinking can dramatically improve parent-child communication. Among the subjects covered are: Understanding the complex experiential world of young children; Putting structure, rules, and boundaries into children's lives while still fostering individuality; Encouraging healthy emotional responsiveness and interpersonal sensitivity while decreasing anger and aggression; Focusing a child's attention and foiling behaviors such as tuning out and forgetting. By helping parents understand the very different linguistic and experiential world of children, What Did I Just Say!?! offers a foundation for parent-child communication that will last a lifetime.
Category: Family Relationship
Simplify Your Life With Kids
Author: St. James, Elaine (A)
A practical-minded manual for busy, working parents offers advice on simplifying family life and negotiating time-consuming issues, covering such topics as establishing a bedtime routine, stopping tantrums, and when to say yes.
Category: Family & Relationship
From Chaos To Calm
Author: Goldstein, Sam (A) Heininger, Janet E. (A) Weiss, Sharon K. (A)
Three points of view - parent's, therapist's, and child's - make this the most practical guide on the market for raising a child with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder or other behavioral issues. Traditional parenting and discipline books aren't effective for parents who are dealing with kids with ADHD, OCD, depression or other disorders. They need a guide that will help them with the unique discipline and organization challenges kids with these issues have. When getting up, going to school, completing homework, helping with chores, and getting to bed all become battlegrounds, the step-by-step proven techniques presented here will help parents achieve peace in their households.
Category: Family & Relationship
Maverick Mind
Author: Florance, Cheri (A) Gazzaniga, Marin (A)
As a scientist and speech-language therapist, Florance had the skills and training to help her patients to overcome speech and hearing difficulties. But she was not completely prepared to encounter her toughest challenge - her own autistic son. Going against the experts, Florance was determined to bring her son out of his shell and into the world.
Category: Family & Relationship
Thinking Games for Kids (Updated Edition)
Author: Paquette, Penny Hutchins (A) Tuttle, Cheryl Gerson (A)
This exciting new edition of the popular interactive book Thinking Games for Kids applies cutting-edge research in cognitive learning to simple and creative games for children of all ages. Playful and family-friendly, the guide provides you with entertaining and effective tools to sharpen reading, writing, and math skills - and develop valuable memory strategies - even in children as young as three years old. Best of all, the games are fun!
Category: Family & Relationship
Read Right!
Author: Tadlock, Dee (A)
The first book for parents based on the highly successful Read Right program. Read Right! provides simple techniques to help parents guide young children into their own reading excellence, with fun, easy activities designed to be integrated into everyday life. Based on nearly 25 years of research, the Read Right system is a proven alternative to phonics-based or whole-language methods. Most important, this interactive system can teach anyone, even adults, how to "figure out" the process of reading.
Category: Family & Relationship
A Parent's Guide to Developmental Delays
Author: LeComer, Laurie
Special education expert and consultant Laurie LeComer, M.Ed., provides essential information for any parent with a child who might have cognitive, physical, or emotional delays. Easy to understand, reassuring, and up-to-date, the book covers everything concerned parents need to know. Using real-life examples and case studies along with checklists, exercises, and other hands-on advice, the book covers a range of delays and disorders that include autism, ADHD, learning disabilities, Sensory Processing Disorder, aggressive behavior, and motor-control problems.
Category: Nonfiction
Growing Up Is Hard
Author: McFeeley, Daniel (Ilt) (A) Schlessinger, Laura (A)
Dr. Laura's third picture book provides parents an opportunity for discussion with their kids about how to handle all the sad and scary parts of growing up. Full color.
Category: Nonfiction
Why Do You Love Me?
Author: Lambert, Martha McFeeley, Daniel (Ilt) Schlessinger, Laura
A young boy asks his mother why she loves him and learns that her love is unconditional.
Category: Nonfiction
What Dads Can't Do
Author: Cushman, Doug (Ilt) (A) Wood, Douglas (A)
Now in a mini-edition, this New York Times bestseller describes how dads show love by explaining all the things that they cannot do, such as sleeping late, keeping their ties clean, and reading books by themselves.
Category: Nonfiction
What Moms Can't Do
Author: Cushman, Doug (Ilt) (A) Wood, Douglas (A)
Now in a miniature format - the beloved book that shows a child pondering the many problems that mothers must deal with in the course of a normal day.
Category: Nonfiction
Early-Start Potty Training
Author: Sonna, Linda (A)
While parents around the world successfully potty train their children well before preschool age, in the United States, we've moved away from this early introduction. However, there's no evidence that later is better - in fact, there's even significant reason to believe that later can be detrimental. Written by a respected child psychologist, Early-Start Potty Training shows why the early-start method is preferable to the commonly used readiness method. Waiting until children show signs of readiness can hold them back from preschool, cost a fortune in diapers, and lead to health problems. The early-start method avoids these concerns by starting the process of training as early as six months old.
Category: Family & Relationships
Born To Be Wild
Author: Boylan, Kristi Meisenbach (A)
Children fidget. They act up. They exhibit behavior which, in today's society, might be called "noncompliant." Every year, millions of these children are diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, and subsequently drugged, psychoanalyzed, and ostracized. In Born to Be Wild, Kristi Meisenbach Boylan tells how, with the help of an enlightened doctor and some very devoted teachers, she and her husband were able to free her son from labels and medicine. This compelling story not only offers comfort and hope to parents, but gives us a new way of thinking about the "ADD/ADHD epidemic."
Category: Family & Relationships
Calm Mother, Calm Child
Author: Wilson, Paul (A) Wilson, Tania (A)
Paul Wilson, dubbed "the guru of calm" by the London Times, spent three years doing research and interviews with mothers of young children. He learned that high-strung mothers have high-strung children. But mothers who take it easy are not only healthier and happier; they're also more likely to have calm children. From his research and observations he developed this handy guide to relaxation and calming techniques, showing moms how to: Settle a newborn for a calm night's sleep; Ease the back-to-work transition; Spend more time relaxing; Deal effectively with toddler tantrums; Bring calm to the household.
Category: Family & Relationships
Character Matters
Author: Lickona, Tom (A)
Succeeding in life takes character. In Character Matters, award-winning psychologist-educator Thomas Lickona offers more than 100 practical strategies that parents and schools have used to help kids build strong personal character as the foundation for a purposeful, productive, and fulfilling life. Lickona shows how irresponsible and destructive behavior can invariably be traced to the absence of good character and its 10 essential qualities: wisdom, justice, fortitude, self-control, love, a positive attitude, hard work, integrity, gratitude, and humility. He lays out a blueprint for building these core virtues through a partnership shared by families, schools, and communities.
Category: Family & Relationships
Daredevils and Daydreamers
Author: Ingersoll, Barbara D. (A)
Not so long ago, people thought attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder was a condition that only affected children - whirling dervishes who careened through life leaving a path of destruction in their wake. We now know, however, that there is a sizeable group of quiet daydreamers whose inability to organize themselves and focus on the task at hand makes it impossible for them to meet the demands of everyday life. And we know that many children with ADHD continue to have symptoms as adults. But this increased knowledge has sometimes contributed more confusion than clarification. In Daredevils and Daydreamers, Ingersoll - one of the foremost clinicians and researchers in the field - looks at what we've learned in a decade. From obtaining a good diagnosis through the most recent, cutting edge medical and psychological solutions offered, Ingersoll's examples and research have an immediacy missing from the other books in the field. In addition, she tackles a number of peripheral issues other books ignore such as the problem of the ADHD child in adoptive families, divorced families and step-families, and she handles "real-world" issues (like soiling and bed-wetting) that others disregard.
Category: Family & Relationships
From Difficult to Delightful in Just 30 Days
Author: Azerrad, Jacob
If you're the parent of a difficult child, you understand the frustrations of dealing with daily tantrums, tearful tirades, and other troublesome behavior. You may have even resorted to therapy or drugs. But if you follow the simple, commonsense steps described in this book, you will see a remarkable turnaround in your child's behavior - in only four weeks. Based on Dr. Jacob Azerrad's thirty-five years of experience as a child psychologist, this back-to-basics parenting program is a proven method for transforming the behavior of the most problematic child - even one diagnosed with ADHD. Dr. Azerrad's method is surprisingly simple and really works. In fact, you'll see a delightful difference in your difficult child almost immediately.
Category: Family & Relationships
Getting On With On Others
Author: Cooper, John
In Getting on with Others, clinical psychologist John Cooper identifies three skills as being essential building blocks for children developing cooperative behavior, acquiring basic social skills and solving social problems. He shows how parents can teach these skills and help children learn about feelings. In addition, he presents methods to assist children to develop assertiveness, reduce anxiety and handle situations involving conflict. The techniques described are clinically proven and research shows they are effective in changing children's behavior.
Category: Family & Relationships
The Gift of Learning
Author: Braun, Eldon M. (A) Davis, Ronald D. (A)
Using the proven methods he developed to overcome dyslexia, Ron Davis adapts those techniques to help sufferers triumph over a variety of common learning disabilities, including: Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD); ADHD (the hyperactive variety); Math deficiency (dyscalculia and acalculia); Handwriting problems (dysgraphia and agraphia). Outlining clear instructions, the author demonstrates that through a series of mental and physical exercises called "Orientation Counseling" and learning tools called "Symbol Mastery," those struggling with these conditions can now learn how to correct them, embrace their gift, and enjoy learning.
Category: Family & Relationships
How to Negotiate with Kids... Even When You Think You Shouldn't
Author: Brown, Scott (A)
Having mastered the art of negotiating in the world of political, governmental, and corporate conflict, Brown adapts his highly acclaimed techniques to help parents become persuasive negotiators in everyday conflicts with their children. Here he explains the seven essential skills to end conflict within the family.
Category: Family & Relationships
I'll Be the Parent, You Be the Child
Author: Kropp, Paul (A)
Paul Kropp considers the most difficult issues in parenting, using real-life scenarios, and offers sound opinions based on the latest research. Drawing on his own experiences as an educator and parent, his talks with hundreds of families, and 40 years of reliable parenting research, Kropp tackles such topics as: discipline and spanking, sibling rivalry, daycare, the impact of television on kids, the myth of quality time, allowances, technology and toys, and much more.
Category: Family & Relationships
Kitchen-Table Play and Learn
Author: Copley, Tara Custer, Andrea
As a parent, you are your child's first and most important teacher. Become an active educator during your preschooler's formative years with the games and activities found in Kitchen-Table Play & Learn. The thirty lessons offer step-by-step activities that help you foster important skills in your preschooler and let you set the pace for learning. All you need are inexpensive, everyday items from around the house! Kitchen-Table Play and Learn is packed with activities, games, crafts, and so much more.
Category: Family & Relationships
The Manipulative Child
Author: Cotter, Patrick (A) Swihart, E.W. (A)
Manipulation is the behavior kids learn when their parents are reluctant or afraid to say no. Although it may seem easier to give in, allowing manipulative behavior will have serious long-term effects on a child's self-esteem and his or her ability to successfully meet life's challenges. Drs. Swihart and Cotter, a pediatrician and a child psychologist who have collaborated for nearly twenty-five years, here offer their groundbreaking and clinically proven program for blocking manipulative behavior and getting kids back on track.
Category: Family & Relationships
A Kid Just Like Me
Author: Roseman, Bruce (A)
In spite of his learning difficulties, Bruce Roseman persevered and attended college and medical school to finally achieve his dream of becoming a physician. When his young son, Joshua, was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder, Bruce and Joshua embarked on an extraordinary journey of both heart and mind. Drawing on his medical training and knowledge gleaned from a lifetime of dealing with his own disability, Bruce was able to determine where his son's difficulties lay, and eventually developed a system that enabled Joshua to combat his disability and learn to read. Deeply moving and full of information about this all-too-common disorder, A Kid Just Like Me is the true story of a father who refused to believe that his son was "unteachable" - and proved that with a little patience, and a lot of love, anything is possible.
Category: Family & Relationships