parenting

A collection of articles in which psychologists, public health officials, philosophers, anthropologists, and other experts examine the issues surrounding the debate over whether there should be any controls placed on the birthing and raising of children.

The author draws on his own personal experiences with his daughter to provide practical advice to parents of troubled teens.

Teaches parents how to deal with their emotions on learning that their child is deaf or hard of hearing, and offers guidance on communication in the family and effective behavior management.

Explains how parents and teenagers can work together to overcome the issues that divide them, and, in the process, rediscover the love that initially defined their relationship.

Text and accompanying photographs provide a guide for teenage fathers who want to develop their parenting skills, with an emphasis on dealing with children from birth to the age of three.

Dr. Bettelheim presents the results of his lifelong effort to understand what is most clearly and crucially involved in successful child-rearing.

Humorist Dave Barry presents more than one hundred musings on parenting teenagers, discussing such topics as his son's choices of music, his daughter's choices of clothing, driving lessons, and college orientation.

Offers realistic advice on how parents can deal with thirty-eight types of difficult behavior, including anger, biting, defiance, hitting, stealing, tantrums, whining, and more.

Examines the negative impact absentee parenting is having on children in the twenty-first century, discussing how lack of parental presence, whether due to divorce, death, or work, is leading to a rise in psychiatric problems, obesity, school violence, and other behavioral problems.