Child Development category: 2058 books
by Michael Reist
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2011
From video games to the Internet, technology and popular culture are having a profound effect on today's boys. Boys need guidance more than ever. But how can we help them do better in school? How can we keep the lines of communication open?
Raising Boys in a New Kind of World is a passionate...
WOW DAD! Book 1: Outside
Be the wonderful, smart, fun parent you always knew you were
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2012
Think of this series of books as a toolbox of un-craft books. You don’t need empty cereal boxes, paint, glitter or glue; whether you're outdoors, indoors, in a restaurant, on the road or when you're just ready to learn something new together, the Wow Dad! books give you simple and interesting ways to entertain, educate and have fun with your child anytime and anywhere.
WOW DAD! Book 2: Good to Know
Be the wonderful, smart, fun parent you always knew you were
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2012
Think of this series of books as a toolbox of un-craft books. You don’t need empty cereal boxes, paint, glitter or glue; whether you're outdoors, indoors, in a restaurant, on the road or when you're just ready to learn something new together, these books give you simple and interesting ways to have fun with your child anytime and anywhere.
WOW DAD! Book 3: Let's Go
Be the wonderful, smart, fun parent you always knew you were
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2012
Think of this series of books as a toolbox of un-craft books. You don’t need empty cereal boxes, paint, glitter or glue; whether you're outdoors, indoors, in a restaurant, on the road or when you're just ready to learn something new together, these books give you simple and interesting ways to have fun with your child anytime and anywhere.
Just Babies
The Origins of Good and Evil
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
A leading cognitive scientist argues that a deep sense of good and evil is bred in the bone.
From John Locke to Sigmund Freud, philosophers and psychologists have long believed that we begin life as blank moral slates. Many of us take for granted that babies are born selfish and that it is...
Brain-Based Learning and Education
Principles and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2017
Brain-Based Learning and Education presents a new type of education that uses brain-based and self-control theory-driven training. Leaving aside the current focus in education on content knowledge, it examines essential character strengths such as selfcontrol, persistence, creativity, attention,...
How She Really Does It
Secrets of Successful Stay-at-Work Moms
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2009
Yes, some women are opting out of their careers, taking an "off-ramp," and heading home to raise their babies. But millions of us cannot afford to make that choice. And millions more choose to work because we love our careers. So how are women holding on to financially necessary or stimulating...
by Muffy Mead-ferro
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2008
Parents who are fed up with the pressure to turn their children into star athletes, concert violinists, and merit scholars-all at once!-finally have an alternative: the world of Slacker Moms, where kids learn to do things for themselves and parents can cut themselves some slack; where it's perfectly...
Entre padres e hijos
Un clasico que revoluciono la comunicacion con nuestros hijos
Language: Spanish
Release Date: December 10, 2008
Durante los últimos treinta y cinco años, Entre padres e hijos ha permitido que millones de padres alrededor del mundo fortalezcan las relaciones con sus hijos. Escrito por el célebre psicólogo Dr. Haim Ginott, este libro revolucionario brinda consejos y enseñanzas para educar a los hijos de...
Megan and the Money Tree
Introducing Your Child to Money and Finance
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2011
The first part of this book tells a story about Megan, whose family grows apples to sell at the local market. But when a storm destroys the "huge, twisty apple tree" in her garden, Megan has to figure out a way to fix things and make everyone happy again.
Part II is a resource for parents...
Montessori in the Classroom
A Teacher's Account of How Children Really Learn
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2013
What really happens inside a Montessori classroom? How do teachers teach? How do children learn? This fascinating day-by-day record of a year in the life of a Montessori classroom answers these questions by providing an illuminating glimpse of the Montessori method in action.
NurtureShock
New Thinking About Children
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2009
In a world of modern, involved, caring parents, why are so many kids aggressive and cruel? Where is intelligence hidden in the brain, and why does that matter? Why do cross-racial friendships decrease in schools that are more integrated? If 98% of kids think lying is morally wrong, then why do 98%...
Killing Monsters
Our Children's Need For Fantasy, Heroism, and Make-Believe Violence
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2008
Children choose their heroes more carefully than we think. From Pokémon to the rapper Eminem, pop-culture icons are not simply commercial pied pipers who practice mass hypnosis on our youth. Indeed, argues the author of this lively and persuasive paean to the power of popular culture, even trashy...
by Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov
Language: Spanish
Release Date: May 10, 2013
Language: Spanish
Release Date: May 10, 2013
“Se puede comparar el ser humano con un reino cuyos habitantes son sus propias células, y cuyo rey es él mismo. Desgraciadamente, en la mayoría de los casos se trata de un rey destronado, porque ha sido derribado por su propio pueblo, al que no ha sabido gobernar y educar sabiamente. Mientras...