parent and child

Presents an approach to improving parent-child communication based on a simple understanding of the logic of language and of childhood thinking.

When his class of underachievers is assigned to spend three torturous weeks taking care of their own "babies" in the form of bags of flour, Simon makes amazing discoveries about himself while coming to terms with his long-absent father.

Presents the results of a nationwide survey in which children and parents were asked for their views on work and family life in the late twentieth-century.

A guide to caring for African-American children from birth through age five that discusses how parents can cope with the issues African-American children have to deal with, how parents can find the proper pediatrician, how to discipline a child, and other related topics.

Presents guidance and exercises for parents of "spirited" children on such topics as dealing with tantrums and power struggles, helping a child focus and adapt to change, and recognizing cues when trouble is brewing.

On one of his frequent trips to the zoo, T.J. meets a woman who turns out to be his biological mother and as he gets to know her and his sister over the course of the summer, he must chose between his new-found family and the man who adopted him twelve years ago.

An intense examination of a family being torn apart by tension and tragedy. The family's apparently ordinary existence has been shattered by the death of the oldest son in a boating accident. The younger son struggles against suicide and guilt left behind by the drowning, with a lifeline to survival provided by an empathetic psychiatrist.