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Cheaper by the dozen
By Frank Gilbreth. 1948
The Growing years: a guide to your child's emotional development from birth to adolescence
By Mark Rubinstein. 1987
This book, written by a psychiatrist, offers practical advice on fostering a child's emotional growth from infancy to age twelve.…
Part one includes advice on a wide array of common concerns from weaning to television. Part two deals with special contemporary issues in emotional development, such as working mothers and divorceNo more lonely nights: overcoming the hidden fears that keep you from getting married
By Stephen Price. 1988
Through broad questions designed to help the readers find personally meaningful solutions to their problems, two psychotherapists discuss ways in…
which women can overcome the subconscious psychological barriers that keep them from forming lasting relationshipsThe earliest relationship: parents, infants, and the drama of early attachment
By T. Brazelton. 1990
A pediatrician and a psychiatrist combine their research and experience to create a unified picture of the birth and growth…
of the relationship between a child and its parents. They discuss pregnancy as the beginning of the attachment, the newborn as a participant, and the effects of emotions a parent brings from past experiencesHELP: when the parent is handicapped
By Stephanie Parks. 1984
Adapted from a version of the "Hawaii Early Learning Profile Activity Guide," this book helps parents with disabilities participate in…
their child's learning and development. The focus is on training parents in facilitating the development of their child's mental, motor, and emotional skillsChild care that works: how families can share their lives with child care and thrive
By Ann Muscari. 1989
In the late 1980s, more than twelve million American families were using day care. The author offer an insider's view…
of how children adapt and behave in various child-care situations. They address such concerns as how to recognize quality care, what to do if you disagree with caregivers' discipline, and how to be a good rest-of-the-week parentIt's better to be over the hill than under it: thoughts on life over sixty
By Eda LeShan. 1990
This collection contains seventy-five selections from LeShan's regular columns on aging. She covers topics such as marriage, friendship, retirement, grandchildren,…
sex, health, money, and she encourages the aging to love, grow, accept and continue to keep their minds alive and receptiveAre you the one for me?: Knowing who's right & avoiding who's wrong
By Barbara Angelis. 1992
Author of bestselling Secrets about Men Every Woman Should Know (RC 31291) questions our understanding of relationships. De Angelis identifies…
ten types of relationships that won't work, and six qualities to look for in a mate. Includes self-evaluation exercises based on the author's theories about sexual attraction, compatibility, and commitment levels. BestsellerChildren at risk: the battle for the hearts and minds of our kids
By James Dobson. 1990
According to the authors, a great civil war between secular and religious values is raging throughout North America at every…
level of society. Because the outcome of the struggle is in doubt, they say we must work to protect our children from addictive and immoral behaviorWhen love dies: the process of marital disaffection
By Karen Kayser. 1993
To write about the process of falling out of love in a marriage (disaffection), marital therapist Kayser completed in-depth interviews…
with spouses who no longer loved their partner and surveyed spouses experiencing varying degrees of marital love and disaffection. The author uses the responses to illustrate the phases and warning signs of disaffection. She also discusses how to restore loveOperating instructions: a journal of my son's first year
By Anne Lamott. 1993
Novelist Lamott describes the humorous and terrible moments of her son Sam's first year. A recovering alcoholic, ex-addict, and single…
mother, Lamott had doubts about her parenting skills. A network of loving friends and family helped her through Sam's colicky period and celebrated his achievements. A serious illness in one of these friends made this a bittersweet year. Strong languageFoster care (The Changing family)
By Nancy Millichap. 1994
Description of the foster care system includes history, governing laws, controversies, and alternatives. Also covers reasons children are placed in…
foster care, what it is like for them, and the roles of the case workers and the foster parents. For junior and senior high and older readersGiving away Simone: a memoir
By Jan Waldron. 1995
When the author was seventeen, she gave up her biracial baby, Simone, for adoption. Eleven years later Waldron met Simone…
(now named Rebecca), and the mother and daughter began to forge a relationship. Waldron describes the factors in her own life that led to the adoption (she was essentially abandoned by her mother who was an adoptee herself) and the hurdles that she and Rebecca have had to overcomeAs a child grows
By Rosanne Keller. 1979
Using language that is easy to understand and read, explains how children's needs change as they grow. Gives parents ideas…
about what to expect of their children and how to handle problems. A high-interest, low-vocabulary book; reading level grades 2-3Pregnant? Adoption is an option: making an adoption plan for a child
By Jeanne Lindsay. 1997
For pregnant girls and women, married or unmarried, who feel they are not in a position to parent their child.…
The author includes excerpts from interviews with thirty-nine birthparents to explain what's involved in open adoption and how it compares to adoptions in the past. For junior and senior high and older readersThe passions of fatherhood
By Samuel Osherson. 1995
A psychotherapist recounts his own personal and intimate experiences as a father. Depicts the love, anger, excitement, and frustration of…
being a parent; and offers insights and guidance for effective fathering. Advises fathers to get to know their children and to give them their time and encouragementRaising a reader: make your child a reader for life
By Paul Kropp. 1996
A parents' guide to helping children grow up reading. Explains the parents' critical role in nurturing the young reader, suggesting…
techniques for making reading an important part of a child's life. Recommends more than 300 "must have" book titlesI love Gootie: my grandmother's story
By Max Apple. 1998
A grandson's recollections of his grandmother, who grew up in a Lithuanian village and preferred Yiddish to English. Gootie is…
the wife of Rocky, Apple's grandfather portrayed in Roommates (DB 41562, BR 09790)Lost in the system
By Charlotte Lopez. 1996
Lopez, who became Miss Teen USA in 1992, tells of spending her entire childhood in foster care after being taken…
as a toddler from a mother she describes as mentally unbalanced. Although her sister is adopted by their foster parents, Lopez is seventeen before she is adopted by another couple. Some strong languageLate-talking children
By Thomas Sowell. 1997
The author, an economist and columnist, discusses the response he received to his article about his son's lateness in learning…
to talk. He describes other traits shared by many such children, who often go on to become intelligent and successful adults, even in cases of early misdiagnosis