child psychology

Offers parents a step-by-step plan designed to help children develop strong social skills and learn how to cope with teasing, join in with other children, read social cues, feel better about themselves, and express their emotions appropriately.

Describes the difference between normal anxiety and anxiety disorders, the personality traits of anxious children, causes of anxiety, and various therapies, and explains how parents can help their children.

Explains how parents can use redirection to improve their child's behavior, describing the foundations of redirection and offering advice on how it can be implemented in any family situation.

Offers the basics of child development, addressing exactly how children's bodies can affect their behavior.

Addresses issues that most concern parents of infants, toddlers, preteens, and teens such as: eating, sleeping, toilet training, starting school, discipline, bad habits, gifted children, hyperactivity, drinking and drugs, abuse and abduction.

Examines the various theories about the rising rate of childhood violence, focusing on how bad parenting advice has led to the rise of violence in the past thirty-five years, and offers suggestions on how parents can help their children avoid violence.