child development

Contains a guide to understanding the emotional and cognitive development of two-year-olds including language skills, independence, personality, behavior, and interaction with others.

Provides advice for parents of children ages five and under, discussing how to prepare for a new baby, childbirth, basic care, feeding, growth and development, behavior and safety issues, and other topics; and features an encyclopedic guide to recognizing and solving health problems.

Offers guidance on parenting children ages five to twelve, with topics including nutrition and physical fitness, personal and social development, behavior and discipline, emotional problems and behavior disorders, family matters, and school.

Describes the stages of human development from infancy through age eleven.

365 fun-filled activities for building character, conscience, and emotional intelligence in children.

Describes strategies parents and teachers can use to help children develop the "executive skills" needed to be successful at home, school, and with friends, including getting organized, planning and initiating work, staying on task, controlling impulses, regulating emotions, and being adaptable and resilient.

Contains ten essays that challenge conventional wisdom about raising children, contending that good intentions in child rearing practices are actually backfiring and discussing topics such as praise, emotional well-being, race, lying, and teen rebellion.

Contains ten essays that challenge conventional wisdom about raising children, contending that good intentions in child rearing practices are actually backfiring and discussing topics such as praise, emotional well-being, race, lying, and teen rebellion.