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A childhood development manual features a weekly guide to the mental, physical, and emotional development of the young child, including discipline, sibling rivalry, toilet training, and more.

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An award-winning book by the author of the acclaimed child-care guide The Difficult Child shows parents how to deal with their child's or adolescent's emotional problems, from aggression to inattention to lack of friends. Repri

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This book empowers parents, educators, and counselors to prevent youth violence by teaching the thinking skills necessary for children and teens to deal with anger and frustration in healthy, productive ways.

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This book empowers parents, educators, and counselors to prevent youth violence by teaching the thinking skills necessary for children and teens to deal with anger and frustration in healthy, productive ways.

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Accessible, helpful advice for parents bringing up boys of any age.

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The personal stories of 12 girls and boys from across America provide real insight for parents trying to raise well-adjusted children in this difficult age. The book is filled with wisdom and common sense, based on cutting-edge research, and features a resource list.

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A comprehensive overview of teenage obesity and what parents and teens can do to overcome weight problems

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Diane Kramer shares some of her most memorable mom moments in this poignant narrative recalling challenging, personal, and amusing experiences in her thirty-seven years of mothering to date.

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Contains ideas on how to stop disabling youth and instead bring out their full potential. This book shows how parental fears have been stoked and families harmed as a consequence. Based on sociological research, this book can bolster your confidence in your own judgements and enable you to bring up self-assured, imaginative, capable children.

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Aimed at helping parents prepare their child for the huge milestone of starting 'big school', this practical, jargon-free guide includes lots of ideas on supporting learning in the early years as well as vital information on the process of choosing a school and then handy tips on how to make sure your child settles in.

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Most parents lack the time, training, and other resources needed to consult the extensive research on parenting that has been produced by scientific study.

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Verhaagen explains how research shows adults can help keep these young people on a positive path, stoke their ideals, and help them be resilient when the inevitable mistakes and obstacles arise.

The Baby Boomers and older Gen Xers are parenting this new crew, aiming to ground them and instill great hope for the future.

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This is for every parent who feels that purpose and meaning are things they lost under a pile of nappies, crayons and odd socks. Living and parenting with soul means enjoying a rewarding and active inner life. It also means living a life that is rich, deep, authentic, heartfelt - complete with the flaws and imperfections that make us who we are.

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The essential hand-holding guide to navigating the difficult toddler years--by one of the country's leading experts.

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Offers advice on handling everyday family situations such as constant fighting between siblings and hassling for the latest gadgets/a new pet/more pocket money, as well as challenges related to school, friendships and separated or blended families.

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Whether they're at home with just a cold or confined by a long-term illness, sick children will find recovery easier with the dose of fun and games found in this delightful activity book. Includes practical advice on making a child comfortable, maintaining physical fitness, dealing with visitors, and more.

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Suitable for all parents who want to support their child's development in a fun and pressure free way, this book includes activities and insights to help parents support their child through the critical first five years of life.

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Playground Politics is the first book to look at the neglected middle years of childhood--from kindergarten to junior high--and to help parents understand the enormous emotional challenges these childre

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This volume presents unique, culturally relevant interventions that can teach coping skills to African American boys with a history of aggression. These include teaching coping skills and anger management via athletics such as basketball and martial arts.

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This newly revised and updated edition of shows parents how to build stronger bridges of communication with their children, break the destructive cycles of guilt and blame that occur in parent-teen power struggles, and work toward greater mutual respect with their adolescents.