Child Adolescent category: 2820 books
Analyzing Children
Psychological Structure, Trauma, Development, and Therapeutic Action
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2019
Freud described changes in the structure of the mind, including the consolidation of the superego with resolution of the oedipal complex. Important psychoanalytic thinkers since Freud have studied and emphasized the role of pre-oedipal development in the creation of psychological structure. While...
by Helen DeWitt
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2016
Called “remarkable” (The Wall Street Journal) and “an ambitious, colossal debut novel” (Publishers Weekly), Helen DeWitt’s The Last Samurai is back in print at last
Helen DeWitt’s 2000 debut, The Last Samurai, was “destined to become a cult classic” (Miramax). The enterprising...
The Uses of Enchantment
The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2010
Winner of the National Book Award and National Book Critics Circle Award
"A charming book about enchantment, a profound book about fairy tales."—John Updike, The New York Times Book Review
Bruno Bettelheim was one of the great child psychologists of the twentieth century...
A Special Book About Me
A Book for Children Diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2009
There's a kid at school who gets extra help from a special teacher. He has temper tantrums when he is angry and sometimes finds it hard to pay attention. He might even have been to a special school to learn how to behave appropriately in class. One day this kid started to ask questions like, “Why...
Speaking about the Unspeakable
Non-Verbal Methods and Experiences in Therapy with Children
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2008
Children do not always have the capacity or need to express themselves through words. They often succeed in saying more about their feelings and experiences by communicating non-verbally through play and other expressive, creative activities. The basic premise of Speaking about the Unspeakable is...
by Sherrie Eldridge
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2009
"Birthdays may be difficult for me."
"I want you to take the initiative in opening conversations about my birth family."
"When I act out my fears in obnoxious ways, please hang in there with me."
"I am afraid you will abandon me."
The voices of adopted children are poignant,...
Mind in the Making
The Seven Essential Life Skills Every Child Needs
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2010
“Ellen Galinsky—already the go-to person on interaction between families and the workplace—draws on fresh research to explain what we ought to be teaching our children. This is must-reading for everyone who cares about America’s fate in the 21st century.”
— Judy Woodruff, Senior Correspondent...
What's Going on in There?
How the Brain and Mind Develop in the First Five Years of Life
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2010
As a research neuroscientist, Lise Eliot has made the study of the human brain her life's work. But it wasn't until she was pregnant with her first child that she became intrigued with the study of brain development.
She wanted to know precisely how the baby's brain is formed, and when and...
Playful Parenting
An Exciting New Approach to Raising Children That Will Help You Nurture Close Connections, Solve Behavior Problems, and Encourage Confidence
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2008
Parents have heard that play is a child's work—but play is not for kids only. As psychologist Lawrence J. Cohen, Ph.D., demonstrates in this delightful new book, play can be the basis for an innovative and rewarding approach to parenting. From eliciting a giggle during baby's first game of peek-a-boo...
The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness
Five Steps to Help Kids Create and Sustain Lifelong Joy
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2002
Here, at last, is a book brimming with the good news of raising children—the basic reassuring news about happiness and unconditional love, about enduring family connections and kids who grow up right. Edward M. Hallowell, M.D., father of three and a clinical psychiatrist, has thought long and hard...
The Optimistic Child
A Proven Program to Safeguard Children Against Depression and Build Lifelong Resilience
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2007
The epidemic of depression in America strikes 30% of all children. Now Martin E. P. Seligman, the best-selling author of Learned Optimism, and his colleagues offer parents and educators a program clinically proven to cut that risk in half. With this startling new research, parents can teach children...
Simplicity Parenting
Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier, and More Secure Kids
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2009
Today’s busier, faster society is waging an undeclared war on childhood. With too much stuff, too many choices, and too little time, children can become anxious, have trouble with friends and school, or even be diagnosed with behavioral problems. Now internationally renowned family consultant Kim...
by Joosr
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2016
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Bébé Day by Day
100 Keys to French Parenting
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2013
À la carte wisdom from the international bestseller Bringing up Bébé
In BRINGING UP BÉBÉ, journalist and mother Pamela Druckerman investigated a society of good sleepers, gourmet eaters, and mostly calm parents. She set out to learn how the French achieve all this, while telling the story...