Currie-McGhee, L. K. (Leanne K.)
Summary: "Stress, social media, and other pressures all have contributed to millions of teens dealing with mental health issues. This has lead to a significantly increasing percentage of youth struggling in life"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: ReferencePoint Press 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 616.89 CURChapman, Gary D.
Summary: "Over 400,000 copies sold! Socially, mentally, and spiritually, teenagers face a variety of pressures and stresses each day. Despite these pressures, it is still parents who can influence teens the most, and The Five Love Languages of Teeneagers equips parents to make the most of that opportunity. In this adaptation of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Five Love Languages
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Publisher / Publication Date: Northfield Publishing 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Parent ChapmanGalinsky, Ellen
Summary: "Blending cutting-edge research with engaging storytelling, The Breakthrough Years offers readers a paradigm-shifting comprehensive understanding of adolescence. Almost every adolescent has said to parents, "You JUST don't understand." In The Breakthrough Years, child development expert Ellen Galinsky explains why that is so often true. Galinsky's seven-year inquiry into the adolescent brain...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2024
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Summary: This book offers coping strategies for facing the combined elements of academic performance, high achievement standards, media messages, peer pressure, and family tension.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Academy of Pediatrics 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 GINShatkin, Jess P.
Summary: Texting while driving. Binge-drinking. Bullying. Unprotected sex. There are plenty of reasons for parents to worry about getting a late-night call about their teen. But most of the advice parents and educators hear about teens is outdated and unscientific--and simply doesn't work. Acclaimed adolescent psychiatrist and educator Jess Shatkin brings more than two decades' worth of research and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: TarcherPerigee 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.89 SHADamour, Lisa
Summary: Lisa Damour introduces the seven developmental transitions that turn girls into grown-ups and helps parents form happier, healthier relationships with their daughters.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 649.125 DAMSummary: Good communication skills are often forgotten when the person one is talking with is too young to respond equally, frequently resulting in frustration on both sides of the conversation. This program presents specific techniques to improve communication skills with preschool children. Parents share what works for them and what does not, while experts in early childhood development offer insights...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: As the number of two-earner families continues to rise, the demand for daycare is increasing. Filmed at a nursery, this three-section program discusses some of the possible impacts of daycare on children's long-term development. Parents, caregivers, and psychology experts express their views about the effects of daycare on attachment; about children's emotional, cognitive, and social...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: The breathtaking, generation-defining Broadway phenomenon becomes a soaring cinematic event as Tony, Grammy, and Emmy Award winner Ben Platt reprises his role as an anxious, isolated high schooler aching for understanding and belonging amid the chaos and cruelty of the social-media age. Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Stephen Chbosky, the film is written for the screen by the show's Tony winner...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DEACopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVD DEACopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE DEACopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS DEASummary: As children begin school and other new experiences, what happens to the values, behavior, and expectations they have learned at home? Why do so many young people follow the crowd? And when does conformity become a bad thing? This program explores those questions, visiting a group of 25 seven-year-olds who are learning to cope with peer groups and situations. Children and parents are given tasks...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: Why are siblings often so different? Are "only" children lucky or disadvantaged? What are the long-term effects of birth order and sibling relationships? This program underscores recent theories that suggest relationships among a nuclear family's children-rather than those between parent and offspring-are the most meaningful to an individual's growth. Monitoring a group of 25 six-year-olds, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: Communication is at the core of the human experience, even though effective communication takes a lifetime to learn. This program explores how we develop the arts of speech and physical expression to make ourselves understood and to understand others. Visiting a group of 25 three-year-olds, the film observes them learning as many as ten new words a day-some already grasping the first 1,500...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: How and why do humans learn new things? Why are we stronger in some skills than others? At what age do we learn most quickly, and how can we improve our learning capacity? This program studies the knowledge-building process that typically occurs in childhood by observing 25 six-year-olds as they adapt to the challenges of their surroundings. Focusing on seven key areas in which learning takes...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: Early childhood is a time of complex social and cognitive development, but it can be explained in ways that are helpful to the average parent or caregiver. This video sheds light on toddler behavior and presents strategies for coping with children in the 1- to 3-year-old range. Helen and Clive Dorman, founders of The Children's Project, share their firsthand parenting experiences and the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Holding hands with a child is one of the great pleasures of parenting-but it's also a manifestation of key steps in infant and toddler development. This program looks at the growth of manipulative skills in childhood, from a newborn's primitive grasp to the creative tool-use of a two-year-old. Viewers gain an understanding of how babies learn to pick up objects, drop or release them, and use...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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McDonagh, Thomas (Thomas M.)
Summary: Provides guidance for teenagers in managing anxiety in areas such as school, parents, and friends, describing strategies including meditation, mantras, and breathing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ulysses Press 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 616.85 MCDSummary: What are the consequences of bullying, high-stakes testing, homework overload, and family turmoil? Do these experiences prepare kids for an uncertain life ahead or are they too much, too young? This program explores what happens under the stressful conditions that children often face at home and school. Tracking a group of 25 eight-year-olds, the program follows young subjects through academic,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: This video provides a roadmap for parents and caregivers to help them understand a baby's first 12 months of life. Included in this presentation is the identification of key developmental issues, with specific regard to the physical, emotional, social, and intellectual growth an infant undergoes during his or her first year. Interviews with experts in the field of child development help to...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Five developmental stages of an infant's first year.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Using historical footage and photos in combination with video shot at daycare centers, this program offers an entertaining and enlightening introduction to the major child development theorists, how their theories differ, and how the application of multiple theories can be beneficial to parents, caregivers, and educators. Theorists presented include Sigmund Freud, Maria Montessori, Arnold...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Life outside the womb requires an ability to interact with others right from day one. This informative program clinically tracks the social development of two young children, Max and Ellie. Video footage taken during their first 24 months demonstrates their progress from awareness and bonding; to communication by vocalization, facial expression, body language, and speech; to attachment to key...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Parents and caregivers not only need to nurture the physical and intellectual development of young children, but their emotional development as well. Each stage of emotional development provides children with opportunities to explore new feelings as they grow. This program focuses on the importance of emotional education during the various stages of childhood development and explains how...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Put today's best practices in child-rearing into context with this video. Divided into 20-year increments, History of Parenting Practices provides an overview of the events, policies, and theories that shaped how mothers and fathers raised their children over the course of the 20th century. Correlates to all applicable National and State Educational Standards including the NCLB Act.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: What shapes a child's identity-situation and surroundings, or unchangeable factors within the child? This program weighs in on that question by capturing the emotional and psychological development of 25 boys and girls at age five. In fascinating and sometimes disturbing scenes, the children reveal clear signals about their self-worth and their expectations for the future that bear strong...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006