child development

Reveals seven essential life skills every parent should teach their child in order to ensure they grow up to become well rounded adults who can deal with challenges, communicate well with others, and become productive members of society.

Explores the impact the high-stakes testing movement and the race to wireless classrooms have had on preschoolers, discussing how educational reforms are stunting children's intellects, block in brain development, and fueling mental illness.

Describes for teenage parents the development and special needs of children from one to three.

Provides information on the reproductive process, including birth. Also discusses early childhood development and childhood illness.

"George Couros encourages teachers and administrators to empower their learners to wonder, to explore--and to become forward-thinking leaders."--Provided by publisher.