parent and child

?mbar Dorado and her best friend, Justo, enjoy a wonderful day at the fair, until her parents begin to argue and ?mbar gets lost.

A guide to effective parenting, offering advice on how to prepare children for new or difficult situations, help them solve problems and make responsible decisions, reduce the power of peer pressure, and increase their self-esteem, and discussing issues of behavior, responsibility, and setting and achieving realistic goals.

Shows parents how to build better relationships with their children, teaching practical skills for encouraging positive behavior, preventing misbehavior, correcting problem behaviors, handling emotionally intense situations, and helping children succeed in school.

Presents three William Steig stories, including the title work in which Pete is cheered up on a rainy day when his father pretends to turn him into a pizza.

Discusses briefly the role of parents in raising and caring for children and how the feelings of the child can affect those of the parent.

Text in Spanish. In his letters to his favorite author, ten-year-old Leigh reveals his problems in coping with his parent's divorce, being the new boy in school, and. ..

Twelve-year-old Emily travels to Scotland with her father in hopes of learning more about her family and perhaps finding a way to bring her mom and dad back together, and at the last minute she brings along a beautiful, old jeweled mirror left to her by her grandmother, that proves to be invaluable to Emily's understanding of her heritage and her parents.

Atlanta journalist Melissa Fay Greene shares how her and her husband, a criminal defense attorney, adopted five children, one from Bulgaria and four from Ethiopia, and raised them with their four biological children.