parent and child

Presents a five-point plan to teaching children how to make good decisions, providing alternatives to punishment, showing how to shape a child's independence and sense of responsibility, and focusing on dignity.

Offers information to parents on what to expect from their adolescent in terms of emotional, cognitive, moral, physical, and behavioral development; discussing some of the milestones and concerns common to all parent-teen relationships.

Mothers and fathers participating in everyday activities show their love for their children in very similar ways.

Cody, Jenny, and Ezra, deserted by their father and raised by their angry mother, go their separate ways but meet again for their mother's funeral.

In his letters to his favorite rock star, fourteen-year-old Terry reveals his musical aspirations and his problems coping with his parents' separation, communicating with girls, and finding his own place in the world.

Readers learn about some of the reasons that can cause a parent to lose his or her job, and how to help their families cope with change and the possibility of hard times.

Provides parents with an explanation of the separation process that college-age children go through on their way to healthy independence, and presents a chronological discussion of each stage of that process, from senior year in high school to college graduation.

While 13-year-old Finn and his uncle are digging up treasure left behind by Finn's Archaeologist parents, who are missing, and they discover evidence of multiple murders.

Rhyming text compares the love Mommy and Daddy have for their baby to the various things that animals love to do.

Brown Rabbit wants a family, but when three newborn ducklings think that he is their mother, he's not sure this is the right family for him.