parent and child

A little dragon makes life more interesting for his mom and dad.

A photography-loving fifteen-year-old and a Greek grocery clerk in Manhattan meet and help each other assert themselves with their parents.

Thirteen-year-old Conrad, who lives with his aunt and uncle in St. Louis, decides to pay a surprise visit to his divorced parents in New York and comes face to face with bitter reality. Only the friendship of an emotionally troubled girl helps to sustain him through this crisis.

"A golden rule book to parenting best practices, What Great Parents Do concisely presents key strategies to help parents reshape kids' challenging behaviors, create strong family bonds, and guide children toward becoming happy, kind, responsible adults. What Great Parents Do is an everything-you-need-to-know road map for parenting that you will consult again and again. Psychologist Erica Reischer draws on research in child development and cognitive science to distill the best information about parenting today into bite-size pieces with real examples, useful tips, and tools and techniques that parents can apply right away. This book will show you how to do what great parents do so well, including: - Great parents start with empathy - Great parents accept their kids just as they are - Great parents avoid power struggles - Great parents see the goal of discipline as learning, not punishment - Great parents know they aren't perfect. A toolbox of the most effective parenting strategies known to man, What Great Parents Do is accessible, actionable, and easy to follow"--.

"Barry said, a third time, "I wish I had better parents!" And then suddenly the entire room started to shake ... Barry Bennett hates being called Barry. In fact it's number 2 on the list of things he blames his parents for, along with 1) 'being boring' and 3) 'always being tired'. But there is a world, not far from this one, where parents don't have children. That's far too random for something so big and important. In this world, children are allowed to choose their parents. For Barry Bennett, this world seems like a dream come true. Only things turn out to be not quite that simple..."--Dust jacket.

From toughLOVE, a unique online community: balanced, practical advice for parents of school-age children from child psychology experts on how to handle everything from picky eating to media consumption to the homework wars.

Ryan Quinn finds out his parents are part of the Emergency Rescue Committee after his father disappears and his mother is kidnapped and goes on a rescue mission.

Parent and child prepare for bed by cleaning up toys, folding clothes, talking about the events of the day, and reading a book.

Provides suggestions for parents of teenagers for dealing with the problems of sexuality, drug use, and violence.