Bringing a baby into the family is undeniably one of lifesmost momentous experiences, marked by expectation, joy, andhundreds of tasks and questions. Which baby gear essentials do youneed to buy and when? How can you reorganize your home to make roomfor your baby? When should you start looking for a daycare centeror nanny? One Year to an Organized Life with Baby prioritizeseverything that parents-to-be need to know in order to get theirhome and life ready for a new baby, as well as strategies forkeeping it all together once the baby is born. Packed withtimelines, checklists, and tips, this unique week-by-week,month-by-month program eliminates stress and refocuses prospectiveparents so that they can fully enjoy the changing landscape oftheir lives.
"A must-read for expectant or multitasking mothers ofmultiples by an academic pediatrician and mother of twins, Twins101 provides practical tips and wise words in a readable style thatfits into the fast pace of these mothers’ lives." —Theodore Sectish, MD, associate professor of pediatrics,Harvard Medical School; program director, Children’s HospitalBoston Dr. Le-Bucklin's new parenting book is the first by apediatrician who is also a mother of twins. No other pregnancy andparenting book for multiples offers this unique and much-neededperspective. Twins 101 features practical advice andwell-researched information in an easy-to-read format. Frommaintaining a healthy twin pregnancy to meeting the daily challengeof caring for twins, Twin 101 guides families through each stagewith insightful tips, practical advice, useful resources, andinspirational stories.
Potty Training Boys the Easy Way is a pediatricians guide fornavigating the challenges unique to toilet training boys. Boys tendto take longer to be trained, learn this skill at later ages, andhave different challenges from girls. Parents will find anaccessible plan for getting their son trained quickly, clever gamesto make learning to use the toilet fun, as well as important tipsfor handling accidents and setbacks. The book includes advice onboy-specific problems, such as whether to teach him to sit or standand how to aim, dealing with distractions, handling refusals, andstaying dry through the night. Practical and reassuring, PottyTraining Boys the Easy Way is packed with all the information afamily needs to achieve this important milestone calmly andconfidently.
"FREE RANGE KIDS" has become a national movement, sparked bythe incredible response to Lenore Skenazy's piece about allowingher 9-year-old ride the subway alone in NYC. Parent groups arguedabout it, bloggers blogged and the media jumped all over it. Thisbook debunks dangerous myths and advocates rational care for safeand independent kids, using the Range Parenting Commandments,including: Know When to Worry (And Not) -- Playdates and AxeMurders: How to Tell the Difference Never Listen to Experts -- WhoSays You Are Doing Everything Wrong. Them. Who knows less than youdo about you and your kids. Them Eat Chocolate -- Give HalloweenBack to the Trick or Treaters. There's never been a single case ofa razor blade in an Apple in history. Never. Turn off the 24 HourNewsTURN OFF THE 24 HOUR NEWS -- Go Easy on "Law and Order" too.The inflammatory hysteria will make you crazy. Stop Thinking Like aLawyer -- Some aspects of normal life will not lead to litigation.Study History -- Your 10-year-old Would Have Been Forging H
How women can overcome the pressure to please others and feelfree to be their true selves Are you too nice for your own good? Dofamily members manipulate you? Do coworkers take advantage of you?If any of this sounds familiar, read "The Nice Girl Syndrome." Inthis breakthrough guide, renowned author and therapist BeverlyEngel, who has helped thousands of women recognize and leaveemotionally abusive relationships, can show you how to take controlof your life and take care of yourself. Engel explains that womentoday simply cannot afford to be Nice Girls, since "nice girls" aremuch more likely to be victimized-emotionally, physically, andsexually-than those who are not so "nice." She identifies sevendifferent types of Nice Girls and helps you understand which typemight apply to you. She helps you determine whether the Nice GirlSyndrome is keeping you in an abusive relationship or inmanipulative situations, and helps you challenge and change NiceGirl beliefs and behaviors that are holding you back. Helps yo
Being understood by someone you love is one of the mostpowerful feelings, at all ages. For a young child, it is the mostimportant of all experiences because it allows the child's mind andsense of self to grow. In the midst of the perennial concerns parents bring to Dr. ClaudiaGold, she shows the magical effect of seeing a problem from theirchild's point of view. Most parenting books teach parents what todo to solve behavior problems, but Dr. Gold shows parents "how tobe" with a child. Crises are defused when children feel truly heardand validated; this is how they learn to understand, and,eventually, control themselves. Dr. Gold's insightful guide uses new research in developmentalpsychology and vivid stories from her practice to show parents howto keep a child in mind and deepen this central relationship intheir lives.
All parents share the same goal—to give their kids the best ofeverything. But despite our good intentions, the life-enhancingabundance we heap on our children is often more than they need orcan handle, and we cross the line into overindulgence. In How MuchIs Enough?, parenting experts Jean Illsley Clarke, Connie Dawson,and David Bredehoft explain for the first time how giving childrentoo much, over-nurturing them, and providing them with softstructure will prevent them from learning many of the importantlife skills they need to become happy, healthy adults. Filled withsmart advice, real-life stories, and effective strategies, How MuchIs Enough? tells you everything you need to know to avoid—orrepair—the damage overindulgence causes, including: ? How to figure out if you’re being overindulgent and ways toact differently ? How to teach your child what "enough" means ? Tips on establishing firm rules and structure ? How to instill responsibility and independence in yourkids ? What to do w
《爱传小子：穿越81个经典国学故事%26nbsp;玩转2700个易混英文单词》提炼了81个中华经典故事，整理了靠前、英国剑桥等初中英语教材中出现过的近2700个单词，镶嵌其中。主人公阳伯带着侄儿阳
A resource of fun games for parents or teachers to help youngchildren learn social and motor skills Barbara Sher, an expert occupational therapist and teacher, haswritten a handy resource filled with games to play with youngchildren who have Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) or other sensoryprocessing disorders (SPD). The games are designed to help childrenfeel comfortable in social situations and teach other basic lessonsincluding beginning and end, spatial relationships, hand-eyecoordination, and more. Games can also be used in regularclassrooms to encourage inclusion. A collection of fun, simple games that can improve the lives ofchildren with ASD or other SPDs. Games can be played by parents or teachers and with individualchildren or groups. Games are designed to make children more comfortable in socialsituations and to develop motor and language skills Also included are a variety of interactive games to play in water,whether in a backyard kiddie pool, community swimming pool, orlake
How parents and teachers can help young children through thecrises of confidence that mark their formative years. Boys need tobe noticed, admired, understood, and accepted to feel good aboutthemselves. Boys who lack appropriate emotional support from theadults close to them are at risk of believing they don't fit in andare likely to act accordingly, engaging in riskybehaviors-including at worst using drugs and acting out violently.Raising Confident Boys teaches readers what makes boys prone to lowself-esteem and provides practical, effective tips for managingthese situations as they arise.
《爱传小子：穿越81个经典国学故事 玩转2700个易混英文单词》提炼了81个中华经典故事，整理了靠前、英国剑桥等初中英语教材中出现过的近2700个单词，镶嵌其中。 主人公阳伯带着侄儿阳阳，从中国靠前个朝代——夏朝开始，采取穿越古今的方式，畅游华夏五千年，拜访历代人物；从《大禹治水，三过家门而不入》，到《东方崛起，量子之父潘建伟》，结合81个中华典故来学习英语词汇；并以“词典记忆法”为基础，以的顺口溜展现出来，朗朗上口，押韵好记。单词一串串记！其记忆效果可速达传统学习法的5倍！10倍！甚至20倍！激发学习兴趣，让学习者尽情沉浸在历史文化与英语学习水乳交融的情境中，从而牢固掌握海量英语单词。 《爱传小子：穿越81个经典国学故事 玩转2700个易混英文单词》既可为少年儿童未来取得出类拔萃的成绩打下坚实基础；也可为广大
《爱传小子：穿越81个经典国学故事 玩转2700个易混英文单词》提炼了81个中华经典故事，整理了靠前、英国剑桥等初中英语教材中出现过的近2700个单词，镶嵌其中。 主人公阳伯带着侄儿阳阳，从中国靠前个朝代——夏朝开始，采取穿越古今的方式，畅游华夏五千年，拜访历代人物；从《大禹治水，三过家门而不入》，到《东方崛起，量子之父潘建伟》，结合81个中华典故来学习英语词汇；并以“词典记忆法”为基础，以的顺口溜展现出来，朗朗上口，押韵好记。单词一串串记！其记忆效果可速达传统学习法的5倍！10倍！甚至20倍！激发学习兴趣，让学习者尽情沉浸在历史文化与英语学习水乳交融的情境中，从而牢固掌握海量英语单词。 《爱传小子：穿越81个经典国学故事 玩转2700个易混英文单词》既可为少年儿童未来取得出类拔萃的成绩打下坚实基础；也可为广大
《爱传小子》提炼了81个中华经典故事，整理了国内、英国剑桥等初中英语教材中出现过的近2700个单词，镶嵌其中。 主人公阳伯带着侄儿阳阳，从中国DI一个朝代 夏朝开始，采取穿越古今的方式，畅游华夏五千年，拜访历代人物；从《大禹治水，三过家门而不入》，到《东方崛起，量子之父潘建伟》，结合81个中华典故来学习英语词汇；并以 词典记忆法 为基础，以独创的顺口溜展现出来，朗朗上口，押韵好记。单词一串串记！其记忆效果可速达传统学习法的5倍！10倍！甚至20倍！激发学习兴趣，让学习者尽情沉浸在历史文化与英语学习水乳交融的情境中，从而牢固掌握海量英语单词。 《爱传小子》既可为少年儿童未来取得出类拔萃的成绩打下坚实基础；也可为广大英语爱好者自由阅读英文报刊、出国留学保驾护航。
Clinical psychologists have been dealing with miserablefeelings since their discipline was established. In the last 30years, neuroscientists have made major headway in the understandingof the sources of anger, depression, and fear. Today, wholeindustries profit from this knowledge—producing pills for everysort of pathological mood disturbance. But until recently, fewneuroscientists focused on the subject of happiness. Now, in TheScience of Happiness, leading German science journalist StefanKlein ranges widely across the latest frontiers of neuroscience andneuropsychology to explain how happiness is fostered in our brainsand what biological purpose it serves (and, importantly, how we cancontrol our negative feelings and emotions). In addition, heexplains the neurophysiology of our passions (the elementary rulesof which are hardwired into our brains), the power ofconsciousness, and how we can use it. In a final section, Kleinexplores the conditions required to foster the "pursuit ofhappiness." A remark
A classic for parents and teachers, with over 750,000 copiessold.. This enduring classic of educational thought offers teachersand parents deep, original insight into the nature of earlylearning. John Holt was the first to make clear that, for smallchildren, learning is as natural as breathing. In this delightfulyet profound book, he looks at how we learn to talk, to read, tocount, and to reason, and how we can nurture and encourage thesenatural abilities in our children.
