This classic study of the spontaneous play of young children combines vivid and delightful observations with profoundly important insights. Alison Stallibrass, an expert on children's play and the mother of five children, makes clear the importance of uninhibited games and activities, without adult interference, in building a child's skill, judgment, and self-esteem, and shows how to make this kind of play possible in a nursery school, day-care center, or at home.

The Self-respecting Child: Development Through Spontaneous Play (Classics in Child Development)

Stallibrass, Alison

Teen & Young Adult

Balance

A collection of essays and writings on child care by the distinguished late pediatrician and child psychiatrist sheds new light on such topics as early infant development, family dynamics, autism, adoption, and the nature of therapy with children.

Thinking About Children

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Winnicott, D.W.

Mental Health

The book that helps parents match the child care to the child Most children fall into five basic personality types that stem from inborn physical characteristics: the sensitive child, the self-absorbed child, the defiant child, the inattentive child, and the active/aggressive child. For each of these, there are parenting patterns to avoid and those that help the most. The Challenging Child reassures parents that they do not simply have to "live with" their child's temperament but can fit their parenting style to their child's unique personality and help each child build on strengths, master weaknesses, and embrace life with confidence and skills.

The Challenging Child

Greenspan, Stanley I.

Psychology & Counseling

The mighty bond between parent and child is one of the enduring wonders of psychology. John Kennell and Marshall and Phyllis Klaus bring decades of research, insight, and clinical practice into one book that offers parents, and those who care for them during pregnancy, everything they need to know to enhance this essential relationship. This important work explores the effects of various birth practices and situations—prenatal testing, labor support, testing of newborns, breast feeding, prematurity, and adoption—on the parents' feelings and on the development of later attachment and independence.

Bonding: Building The Foundations Of Secure Attachment And Independence

Klaus, Phyllis H.

Klaus, Marshall H.

Kennell, John H.

First published in the mid 1960s, How Children Fail began an education reform movement that continues today. In his 1982 edition, John Holt added new insights into how children investigate the world, into the perennial problems of classroom learning, grading, testing, and into the role of the trust and authority in every learning situation. His understanding of children, the clarity of his thought, and his deep affection for children have made both How Children Fail and its companion volume, How Children Learn, enduring classics.

How Children Fail (Classics in Child Development)

Holt,John

Drawing on the theories of Jung, the teachings of Buddhism, and stories of people who have faced hardship, the author shows how to move beyond suffering

The Resilient Spirit: Transforming Suffering Into Insight And Renewal

Young-Eisendrath, Polly

Religion & Spirituality

Dr. Philip G. Zimbardo's ground-breaking studies have found that there are more than 84 million shy people in America today, including such "secretly shy" celebrities as Carol Burnett, Barbara Walters, and Johnny Carson. In this best-selling book, Dr. Zimbardo analyzes shyness with a personal understanding of the emotions involved. He then presents advice, exercises, and encouragement to help shy people strengthen their social skills and their self-confidence. If you're troubled by shyness, or love someone who is, reading Shyness can open new worlds.

Shyness: What It Is, What To Do About It

Zimbardo, Philip G.

One of the all-time classic self-help books--with over four million in print Twenty-five years and four million readers show that Born to Win can change lives for the better. This bestselling classic uses the well-known psychological method called transactional analysis (TA) to uncover the roles we unconsciously act out day after day. Its fifty gestalt exercises have helped a generation realize how they communicate with others and think about themselves. If you want to have more control over your life, work more efficiently, and love others happily, Born to Win will help bring out the insight and confidence of a born winner. "For the general reader [Born to Win] is probably the clearest and most up-to-date statement of the current thinking in transactional analysis, and easily the best of the popular books."--Psychology Today "Enriching, stimulating, rewarding reading is here for anyone interested in understanding himself, his relationship with others, and his goals."--Kansas City Times

Born To Win: Transactional Analysis With Gestalt Experiments

Jongeward, Dorothy

James, Muriel

Parenting & Relationships

One complete season in the garden--sharing the author's experiences and discussing a variety of vegetables, flowers, and gardening techniques "Glory be! A gardening book stuffed with regional advice and real first-hand experience. The mix of personal opinion and horticultural insight has created a most useful almanac. Read it and grow wise."--Roger B. Swain, Host, PBS Television's "Victory Garden" "Lee Reich is exactly the sort of guide to gardening I wish I'd had when I started out--he's a fount of information and he's good company. A Northeast Gardener's Year brings together the authority of an experienced horticulturalist and the grace of a fine writer. A rare, and welcome, combination."--Michael Pollan, Author of Second Nature

A Northeast Gardener's Year

Reich, Lee A.

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

"Commonsense guidelines along with a pediatrician's expertise. There are critical stages of mothering, and returning to a job must be very carefully timed, he explains. . . . This is a valuable book, made so by its realistic, intelligent approach."--Publishers Weekly "Three actual families . . . are followed from pregnancy through toddlerhood. The Snows are a young professional couple, she a lawyer and he an accountant, having their first child. The Thompsons are a single (by choice) mother, a sculptor and teacher, and her baby girl. The third family, the McNamaras, is a working class couple. . . . Brazelton examines these three families' decisions and dilemmas, such as when to return to work, choosing day care, dealing with special problems such as feeding, nursing, sleeping, toilet training, illness, etc. His voice is compassionate as he empathizes with the hard choices these people must make, and his advice is practical."--Bestsellers

Working And Caring

Brazelton, T. Berry

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