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Delahooke, Mona

Summary: From a leading child psychologist comes this groundbreaking new understanding of children's behavior, offering insight and strategies to support both parents and children. Over her decades as a clinical psychologist, Dr. Mona Delahooke has routinely counseled distraught parents who struggle to manage their children's challenging, sometimes oppositional behaviors. These families are...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 155.4 DEL

McCready, Amy.

Summary: "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...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2015

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 MCC

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 MCC

Cavell, Timothy A.

Summary: "To build healthy and lasting parent-child relationships, parents need practical strategies that meet their child's needs and address the circumstances that affect their families. Written for parents of children from toddlers to teens, this book gives parents a science-based plan to help their children grow up to be emotionally healthy adults. A parent's job unfolds and shifts over time....

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Publisher / Publication Date: APA LifeTools 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.4 CAV

Fink, Jennifer L. W.

Summary: Confounded by rapidly changing gender norms, today's parents are attempting to raise kind, compassionate, emotionally sensitive boys in a society that simultaneously rewards stereotypical masculinity and is increasingly hostile to boys. Making the world safer for women and girls is not the only reason to rethink our boy raising practices: current culture harms our boys too. Fink offers rules...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.132 FIN

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Adult, Call number: Parent Fink

Ginsburg, Kenneth R.

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 GIN

Pollak, Susan M

Summary: "I yelled at the kids again--and feel so ashamed." "I barely have time to shower, let alone exercise; no wonder I'm so out of shape." "I'm just not the dad I hoped I would be." Parenting is hard. That's why self-compassion is so important. In this empathic resource, mindfulness expert and psychologist Susan M. Pollak helps you let go of constant self-judgment and treat yourself with the same...

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Publisher / Publication Date: The Guilford Press 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 POL

Bronson, Po

Summary: Argues that popular nurture-based parenting techniques are proving unsuccessful because they fail to include key aspects of scientific research, in an analysis that covers such topics as aggression, intelligence, and moral behavior.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Audio 2009

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 305.231 BRO

Frost, Jo.

Summary: "From the beloved TV disciplinarian and bestselling author of Supernanny comes an amazingly simple five-step program of Toddler Rules to help parents tame tantrums, prevent bad behavior, and create long-term peace and stability in the home. Jo Frost hasalways had a natural gift for connecting with kids, and for helping parents navigate milestones with practical know-how and ease. With the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2014

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Gopnik, Alison

Summary: "Caring deeply about our children is part of what makes us human. Yet the thing we call 'parenting' is a surprisingly new invention. In the past thirty years, the concept of parenting and the multibillion dollar industry surrounding it have transformed child care into obsessive, controlling, and goal-oriented labor intended to create a particular kind of child and thereby a particular kind of...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2016

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155 GOP

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155 GOP

Hakanson, Cath

Summary: 'Mommy, where do babies come from?' It's the question every parent dreads - and, worse still, it's just the tip of the iceberg. Just wait for 'What's a blowjob?' or 'What's an orgasm?' With kids being so curious and the world being so full of sex, ignoring your child's questions just isn't going to cut it - and if you don't tell them, they'll (mis)inform themselves elsewhere: the internet,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Sex Ed Rescue 2018

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Josephs, Sheila Achar

Summary: "Parenting a teen isn't easy, but parenting an anxious teen is especially challenging. Written by a psychologist and expert on adolescent anxiety, this essential book will show you what really works to overcome all types of teen anxiety and how to apply specific skills to support your teen. Most parents find it frustrating when common sense and logical methods such as reassurance don't seem to...

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Publisher / Publication Date: New Harbinger Publications, Inc. 2016

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: 649.125 JOS

Tsabary, Shefali

Summary: "Every parent is capable of raising happy, healthy, and emotionally grounded children. Despite this, too many of us struggle along the journey. From the fast-changing realities of social media to the fear that permeates our culture, to the generational expectations that are unconsciously placed on children, the pressures on parents and children have reached a critical moment. We feel it and our...

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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.1 TSA

Condrell, Kenneth N.

Contents: Mismanaged divorces -- Depressed parents -- Children who feel like failures -- Peer rejection, peer cruelty -- Quarreling parents -- Parental favoritism -- Permissive parenting -- Stepfamilies -- Sibling abuse -- The angry parent -- What makes a child happy.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Prometheus Books 2006

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 649 Condr

Berman, Robin E.

Summary: Based on her clinical experience, a psychiatrist presents a valuable guide that helps parents and children navigate the emotional and psychological minefields of family dynamics.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.1 BER

Bronson, Po

Summary: Award-winning science journalists Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman demonstrate that many of modern society's strategies for nurturing children are in fact backfiring--because key twists in the science of child development have been overlooked. The authors discuss the inverse power of praise, why insufficient sleep adversely affects kids' capacity to learn, why white parents don't talk about race,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2009

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult, Call number: 305.231 BRO

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 BRO

Shanker, Stuart

Summary: Draws on the tandem sciences of child psychology and physical health to counsel parents on how to help their kids engage calmly when approaching social and educational challenges.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2016

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155 SHA

Wojcicki, Esther

Summary: The Godmother of Silicon Valley, legendary teacher, and mother of a Super Family shares her tried-and-tested methods for raising happy, healthy, successful children using Trust, Respect, Independence, Collaboration, and Kindness: TRICK. 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...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 649.1 WOJ

Brazelton, T. Berry

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Publisher / Publication Date: Perseus Books 2001

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Dato, Lara

Summary: "Help kids develop a positive relationship with food, so they can become healthy and adventurous eaters for life!Is your child a picky eater? Do they insist on having the same foods served over and over again? Be it chicken nuggets, pizza, pancakes, or French fries-if your child is only eating a few foods regularly, their diet may be seriously lacking in the nutrition and vitamins they need to...

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Publisher / Publication Date: New Harbinger Publications, Inc. 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 DAT

Dyer, Wayne W.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Quill 2001

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.1 DYE

Hill, Amanda

Summary: Raising kids is hard, and the rules, behaviors, and patterns seem to change as they get older. It’s enough to make any parent feel irritated, overwhelmed, or exasperated―and that’s okay. Growing Pains brings you age- and stage-specific strategies to keep you from feeling helpless. Tantrums, sulking, rule enforcement―this book will assist you in navigating the ups and downs of child development...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Rockridge Press 2019

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Wojcicki, Esther

Summary: "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...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2019

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: 649 WOJ

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 649.1 WOJ

Dick, Danielle M. (Danielle Marie)

Summary: "A provocative, science-based approach to parenting centered on a child's unique genetic "code," from an award-winning developmental psychology professor and researcher"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 DIC

Solter, Aletha Jauch

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Publisher / Publication Date: Shining Star Press 1998

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.1 SOL

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