Parenting Suggestions

Updated November 19, 2024
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Baby & toddler basics : expert answers to parents' top 150 questions
Altmann, Tanya Remer
Paper Book
Fast, evidence-based advice that's a lot more accurate than "Dr. Google"! This easy-to-use guide offers parents the advice they need for (distressing) baby and toddler health and development concerns--fast! Dr. Altmann draws on more than 20 years in practice to answer parents'...
The gift of failure : how the best parents learn to let go so their children can succeed
Lahey, Jessica
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In the tradition of Paul Tough's How Children Succeed and Wendy Mogel's The Blessing of a Skinned Knee, this groundbreaking manifesto focuses on the critical school years when parents must learn to allow their children to experience the...
Thirty million words : building a child's brain : tune in, talk more, take turns
Suskind, Dana
Paper Book
The founder and director of the Thirty Million Words Initiative, Professor Dana Suskind, explains why the most important--and astoundingly simple--thing you can do for your child's future success in life is to to talk to them. What nurtures the brain to optimum intelligence and...
Unplugged play. 233 activities & games for ages 3-5Preschool
Conner, Bobbi
Paper Book
Unplug Your Preschooler with more than 200 screen-free games and activities! "Just plain fun!... Will help parents give their children the kind of childhood that more and more children are missing."--Mary Piper, PhD., author of Reviving Ophelia Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls From Animal...
The breakthrough years : a new scientific framework for raising thriving teens
Galinsky, Ellen
Paper Book
Blending cutting-edge research with engaging storytelling, The Breakthrough Years offers readers a paradigm-shifting comprehensive understanding of adolescence. "Just wait until they're a teenager!" Many parents of newborns have heard this warning about the...
The gardener and the carpenter : what the new science of child development tells us about the relationship between parents and children
Gopnik, Alison
Paper Book
In The Gardener and the Carpenter, Alison Gopnik, one of the world's leading child psychologists, illuminates the paradoxes of parenthood from a scientific perspective and shatters the myth of "good parenting". Caring deeply about our children is part of what makes us...
When parents part : how mothers and fathers can help their children deal with separation and divorce
Leach, Penelope.
Paper Book
From the acclaimed, best-selling author of Your Baby & Child and one of the world's leading experts on child development and parenting, a practical, comprehensively researched guide to doing the best for your child during and after separation or divorce.  Recent...
The no-cry sleep solution for newborns : amazing sleep from day one - for baby and you
Pantley, Elizabeth
Paper Book
Just reading The No-Cry Sleep Solution for Newborns can help your newborn baby sleep better! Yes, it's true!
The complete IEP guide : how to advocate for your special ed child
Siegel, Lawrence M.
Paper Book
Create an IEP with this start-to-finish guide for caring parents Your special needs child needs a special education, and as a parent, you face a number of obstacles as you work with your school district to develop an Individual Education Plan (IEP) - lots of steps, complicated...
All joy and no fun : the paradox of modern parenthood
Senior, Jennifer
Paper Book
"Salted with insights and epigrams, the book is argued with bracing honesty and flashes of authentic wisdom...[an] excellent book." --Andrew Solomon, The New York Times Book Review "[A] richly woven, entertaining, enlightening, wrenching and funny book." --The Washington Post ...
The brave learner : finding everyday magic in homeschool, learning, and life
Bogart, Julie
Paper Book
Publishers Weekly bestseller A joyfuland accessible homeschool guide to making learning a part of everyday life Parents who are deeply invested in their children's education can be hard on themselves and their kids. When exhausted parents are living the day...
How to raise a wild child : the art and science of falling in love with nature
Sampson, Scott D.
Paper Book
From the beloved host of PBS Kids'Dinosaur Train, an easy-to-use guide for parents, teachers, and others looking to foster a strong connection between children and nature, complete with engaging activities, troubleshooting advice, and much more American...
Positive discipline : the first three years
Nelsen, Jane
Paper Book
The celebrated Positive Discipline brand of parenting books presents the revised and updated third edition of their readable and practical guide to communicating boundaries to very young children and solving early discipline problems to set children up for success. Over the years...
The opposite of spoiled : raising kids who are grounded, generous, and smart about money
Lieber, Ron
Paper Book
In the spirit of Wendy Mogel's The Blessing of a Skinned Knee and Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman's Nurture Shock, New York Times "Your Money" columnist Ron Lieber delivers a taboo-shattering manifesto that explains how talking openly to children about money can help parents raise modest, patient,...
Raising kids who read : what parents and teachers can do
Willingham, Daniel T.
Paper Book
How parents and educators can teach kids to love reading in the digital age Everyone agrees that reading is important, but kids today tend to lose interest in reading before adolescence. In Raising Kids Who Read, bestselling author and psychology professor Daniel T. Willingham...
The kids will be fine : guilt-free motherhood for thoroughly modern women
Waugh, Daisy.
Paper Book
A bracing, hilarious manifesto for motherhood as it ought to be: spontaneous, loving, and just a little bit selfish Pre-chewing toddler food. Flash cards for two-year-olds. Endless hours of school gatherings to sit through in smiling silence. How did motherhood--which even under the...
No-drama discipline : the whole-brain way to calm the chaos and nurture your child's developing mind
Siegel, Daniel J.
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The pioneering experts behind The Whole-Brain Child and The Yes Brain tackle the ultimate parenting challenge: discipline.   "A lot of fascinating insights . . . an eye-opener worth reading."--Parents
Born reading : bringing up bookworms in a digital age--from picture books to ebooks and everything in between
Boog, Jason.
Paper Book
A program for parents and professionals on how to raise kids who love to read, featuring interviews with childhood development experts, advice from librarians, tips from authors and children's book publishers, and reading recommendations for kids from birth up to age five. Every...

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