Palfrey, John
Summary: "Today's teenagers spend an average of nine hours per day with their noses immersed in the glow of their screens. Tweens are not far behind, at six hours a day. Parents of this new, ultra-connected generation struggle with decisions completely new to parenting: Should they limit a child's screen time? Should an eight-year old be allowed to go on social media? What about playing video games with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 004.67 PALKohn, 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.7 KOHHutton, John (John S.)
Summary: Infants encourage their parents to be patient with their crying in a book that includes tips for dealing with a fussy baby.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Manatee Press 2014
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Summary: "Written by a pediatrician, this soft, rhyming story from a baby's point of view with dreamy watercolor illustrations celebrates the beloved, healthy ritual of parent-child reading. It also reinforces recent American Academy of Pediatrics recommendations to begin daily reading with children at birth, to promote bonding, language, attention, and other aspects of development."--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Manatee Press 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD HUTCohen, Rich
Summary: "An exploration of parenting, sports, and the suburbs, all through the sport of children's ice hockey"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2021
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Summary: Drawn from the author's experience as a coach and athlete, offers seven principles for parents to help their children become happy, high-performing athletes in competitive youth sports.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Morgan James Publishing 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.083 OSUSummary: When three parents discover their daughters' pact to lose their virginity at prom, they launch a covert one-night operation to stop the teens from sealing the deal.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2018
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Summary: "In difficult and challenging situations with our kids, every parent wants to react as much as possible in a way that reflects our family values and expectations. And yet when our children "push our buttons," we often find ourselves reacting in ways that we know are far from our principles, and even seem to further inflame a situation. Most distressing of all is when we feel ourselves falling...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shambhala 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 306.874 PAYRosemond, John K.
Summary: A newly updated version of the parenting classic, encouraging a return to tried-and-true, fundamental parenting methods.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews McMeel Pub. 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.1 ROSSummary: Is your mama a llama? Lloyd the llama asks all kinds of baby animals his question. Will he ever get the answer he longs to hear? Leo the late bloomer: What's the matter with Leo? He can't read, write or speak like the other baby animals can. Will Leo ever bloom? Elizabeti's doll: When her new baby brother arrives, Elizabeti wants a baby of her own. She finds a rock that will make a perfect...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV ISSummary: Danny is the perfect kid; the only problem is that he doesn't have the perfect parents. Desperate to spend more time with his busy mom and dad, Danny and his friend Marco devise a plan to get him placed on the infamous no-sit list, a list of kids that are so bad no babysitter will take them. But the stakes are raised when Danny is babysat by ex-prison guard Santiago. To break Santiago and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: KaBOOM! Entertainment 2011
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Summary: Provides over sixty art projects for children designed to inspire creativity and imagination, including creating artful envelopes, tracing shadow shapes, and making collage frames.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roost Books 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.5 VANCopies Available at Woodmere
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