In an effort to gain insight into the troubled terrain of middle schoolers, Pearlstein traces the experiences of five Maryland students. She follows them through a full year of school and comes out with valuable insights about them and their friends, and what really goes on in their heads--which is a lot.
The eight-year-old child is an exuberant, outgoing bundle of energy; he meets every challenge head-on, willing to try almost anything. Sometimes parents are amazed at the enthusiasm and excitement with which their child greets the world.However, eight is also a time when the child begins to do a great deal of analyzing and evaluating, ...
Following the successful series that includes Your One, Two, Three, Four, Five, and Six Year Old, this look at seven-year-olds is filled with valuable insights and advice essential for parents of children this age. Photographs.
What happened to that sunny outgoing child of eight? As parents of nine-year-olds often discover, nine is a tricky age. Children are more distant from Mother and Father; they're more independant and rely on friends for companionship, or they have a tendency to spend time alone. Some nines are boisterous and wild, others thoughtful and withdrawn ...
Introduces the reader to those involved in child care: the children, the families, and then shows how caregivers can help children in various competencies throughout different stages of childhood.
The authors of "Caring for Your Baby and Young Child" give parents a further guide to childrearing during the middle years. Detailed information on nutrition, temperament, self-esteem, sex education, sibling rivalry, maintaining open communication, children's relationships with other children, schoolwork, and preparing children for the future are ...
They may look sweet and compliant, but these days children aged between 8 and 12tweens are fast emerging as a force to be reckoned with. Gaining in confidence, expecting more freedom, and increasingly targeted commercially, they present many new and challenging issues for parents. But getting the relationship right during these important years ...
This lively and much-needed guide for parents is chock full of information, activities, and tips for helping their children learn to read, based on the award-winning PBS series. Line art throughout.
This book, based on the I Can Problem Solve program, provides a series of activities and discussions that parents can share with their preteens. The author teaches parents how they can use the program to teach their preteens how to think and act confidently in their everyday lives, and also emphasizes that parents can benefit from the program ...
With wisdom, compassion, and humor, author Brott covers pre-kindergarten through the fourth grade and outlines the physical, intellectual, emotional, and social changes the child is going though, and examines the emotional and psychological development the father may be experiencing as well.
The second book in a two-volume compendium is an invaluable reference for parents of preschoolers through teens, featuring discussions and advice on feelings, values, behavioral expectations, and social development.
Following the successful series that includes Your One, Two, Three, Four, Five, and Six Year Old, this look at seven-year-olds is filled with valuable insights and advice essential for parents of children this age. Photographs.
Completing the highly acclaimed child care series from the Gesell Institute, Ames and Haber reveal the secret to that unpredictable age when children are starting to break free from their parents--with adolescence just around the corner. Black-and-white photographs.
School refusal behaviour is a common and difficult problem facing parents of children and teenagers. It can have severe consequences for a child's academic, social, and psychological well-being. A child's absence from school can also significantly increase family conflict. This parent Workbook is designed to help parents work with a therapist to ...
Presenting an analysis of Rational Emotive Therapy (RET), this book focuses on the A, B, C model of problem identification and resolution, and provides numerous case examples. It describes uses of RET within both individual and group therapy on depression, anxiety, anger, low frustration tolerance, low self-esteem, and alcohol/drug addiction. ...
Dr. Milton Chen--who has worked in program development for "Sesame Street" and the "Electric Company"--shows parents how to make use of the educational potential of television, video, and other media--while avoiding their pitfalls. Short, concise chapters spotlight subjects such as TV and violence, role models, and more.
This timely book informs teens and parents what every student can do to increase his or her own safety, both at school and in the community. Topics covered include how to dress, what to do if threatened, and many other practical safeguards.
"Peer Power" seeks to explode existing myths about children's friendships, power and popularity, and the gender chasm between elementary school boys and girls. Based on eight years of intensive insider participant observation in their own children's community, Peter and Patti Adler discuss the vital components of the lives of preadolescents, ...
A leading child psychologist reveals the results of an unprecedented survey of America's pre-teens-and helps parents deal with the troubling findings Through instant messaging, cell phones, and email, today's middle schoolers hide their real lives from their parents. To find out what these youngsters are really up to, Dr. Sylvia Rimm, author of ...
What does it feel like to be a six-year-old? This book, which is one of a series, follows the development of a six-year-old's personality, and addresses the issues that arise as a child grows emotionally, socially and intellectually. Written to appeal to parents, grandparents and family friends this book outlines the progress, the problems and the ...
The only book on preschoolers devoted entirely to play, this completely updated, richly illustrated, informative book describes hundreds of play activities that will help this age group experiment with language and ideas through questions; explore the properties of living and non-living things; draw, build, act and tell stories; develop counting ...
A parenting guide that covers the years from 6 to 12, and thoroughly explains the way children grow in these years, how they behave at home and at school, and how these years are so important because they often determine how children will fare in their teens.
An acclaimed journalist explores secrets teenagers hide from everyone but their peers in this warm, funny, and eye-opening account of two teens from a small New England town. "Offers a sympathetic and insightful portrait of high school life in the heartland".--Julie Salamon, author of Devil's Candy. Photos.
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