Kohn, Alfie.
Summary: "Somehow, a set of deeply conservative assumptions about children -- what they're like and how they should be raised -- have congealed into the conventional wisdom in our society. Parents are accused of being both permissive and overprotective, unwilling to set limits and afraid to let their kids fail. Young people, meanwhile, are routinely described as entitled and narcissistic. . . among...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.7 KOHCoyne, Malie
Summary: An indispensable guide that empowers parents to understand and recognise anxiety in their children, and to help them to develop strategies to manage it together. Parents hold the key to helping their children with the strains of our always-on world.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Pressman, Aliza
Summary: Drawing on nearly twenty years' experience, a developmental psychologist, providing expert advice and strategies, helps parents chart a manageable course for raising good humans that's aligned to their own values and their children's unique temperaments.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Element 2024
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.1 PRECline, Foster
Summary: Who uses love and logic in their parenting? Parents, counselors, and teachers around the globe--even Bill and Melinda Gates have found the philosophy of Parenting with Love and Logic an important guide when raising their three children. Learn how to reel in your own emotions while teaching your children responsibility, establishing boundaries, and growing their character. Establish healthy...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Cline, Foster.
Summary: If you want to raise kids that who are self-confident, motivated, and ready for the real world, take advantage of the win-win approach to parenting. Your kids will win because they'll learn responsibility and the logic of life by solving their own problems. And you'll win because you'll establish healthy control -- without resorting to anger, threats, nagging, or exhausting power struggles.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Pio Press 2006
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Price, Adam
Summary: "On the surface, capable teenage boys may look lazy. But dig a little deeper, writes child psychologist Adam Price in He's Not Lazy, and you'll often find conflicted boys who want to do well in middle and high school but are afraid to fail, and so do not try. This book can help you become an ally with your son, as he discovers greater self-confidence and accepts responsibility for his future"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling 2017
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.2 PRICopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 305.235 PRIDias, Janice Johnson
Summary: "An accessible blueprint to embolden our daughters to be critical thinkers, fearless doers, and joyful change agents for our future--from the proud mother of teen activist Marley Dias, founder of #1000BlackGirlBooks. Can we teach our daughters to change the world? Renowned sociologist Janice Johnson Dias is here to show us how. She knows that self-realized girls are created through purposeful...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2021
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.874 DIACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 306.874 DIABorden, Marian Edelman
Summary: A guide to navigating parenthood teaches about each stage of development and covers such topics as choosing a pediatrician, babyproofing the home, figuring out sleeping patterns, potty training, and feeding a picky eater.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Adams Media Corp 2014