In quick hits, small bites, and short lists of essential, commonsense and occasionally creative advice, pediatrician Rotbart answers a parents three most commonly asked questions: what do my kids need from me? what must I do to be a good parent? how can I avoid feeling guilty for not doing everything? His aim is to help parents maximize and optimize time spent with their kids and realize that there is ample opportunity for active and passive positive...

"Cure your kids of the entitlement epidemic so they develop happier, more productive attitudes that will carry them into a successful adulthood. Whenever Amy McCready mentions the "entitlement epidemic" to a group of parents, she is inevitably met with eye rolls, nodding heads, and loaded comments about affected children. It seems everywhere one looks there are preschoolers who only behave in the grocery store for a treat, narcissistic teenagers...

A newborn typically deprives parents of 400 to 750 hours of sleep in the first year of its life. Many mothers and fathers wrestle with the overwhelming number of sleep-training methods offered to them, from the 'cry-it-out' techniques to the gentler 'no-cry' approaches. But there are no scientific studies that prove one method is superior to any other. Lewis and Granic, however, have uncovered astonishing research and crucial information about sleep-training...

¿C?MO PROTEGER A TU HIJO SIN AGOBIARLO? La falta de autoestima de un ni?o puede ser causa de trastornos de la personalidad durante su vida adulta: drogadicci?n, dificultades emocionales, problemas de relaci?n... Existen muchas formas de reforzar la confianza del ni?o en sus propias capacidades a partir de las vivencias de cada d?a. Un ni?o seguro de s? mismo se convertir? m?s tarde en un adulto sereno y equilibrado. El ingrediente principal de la...

"Esther Wojcicki--"Woj" to her many friends and admirers--is famous for three things: teaching a high school class that has changed the lives of thousands of kids, inspiring Silicon Valley legends like Steve Jobs, and raising three daughters who have each become famously successful. What do these three accomplishments have in common? They're the result of TRICK, Woj's secret to raising successful people: Trust, Respect, Independence, Collaboration,...

"As children grow, some of the terms listed on this book's front cover may be used to describe them on occasion. When there seems to be a recurrent pattern of one or more of these types of behavior, however, something may be wrong. As a parent, if you have noticed something "off" about the way your child has been acting, perhaps it's time to take a closer look at what might actually going on--before it gets worse. What to Do About Your Troubled Child...

"Revised and updated with more than 45 new games and the latest brain research, this book provides everyday opportunities to nurture brain development in the critical period from birth through twelve months"--

"Strategies for bringing out the best in your strong-willed child"--cover.

"What if your parents turn you into a human lab rat when you're a child? Will that change the story of your life? Will that change who you are? When Susannah Breslin is a toddler, her parents enroll her in an exclusive laboratory preschool at the University of California, Berkeley, where she becomes one of over a hundred children who are research subjects in an unprecedented 30-year study of personality development that predicts who she and her cohort...