Pregnancy & Parenthood

The completely revised edition of Touchpoints is required reading for anxious parents of babies and small children

A comprehensive parent's guide to your child's psychological development from birth through age 10 Written in an engaging, practical style, Ages and Stages offers you the benefits of the most current research on child development, featuring helpful tips and techniques to foster your child's maturation.

Many parents wonder how the sweet, chubby baby which gurgles happily at them for the first twelve months changes so suddenly into a bellowing, tantrum prone, heel drumming, carpet biting toddler.

Previously unpublished in the UK, this book shows how fathers can balance demands on their time to become the better parents to their children that they want to be and that their children deserve.

Strengthen your relationship with your children with this revised edition of the book by renowned psychologist Dr. Haim Ginott that has helped millions of parents around the world. In this revised edition, Dr. Alice Ginott, clinical psychologist and wife of the late Haim Ginott, and family relationship specialist Dr. H. Wallace Goddard usher this bestselling classic into the new century while retaining the book's positive message and Haim Ginott's warm, accessible voice. Based on the theory that parenting is a skill that can be learned, this indispensable handbook will show you how to: • Discipline without threats, bribes, sarcasm, and punishment • Criticize without demeaning, praise without judging, and express anger without hurting • Acknowledge rather than argue with children's feelings, perceptions, and opinions • Respond so that children will learn to trust and develop self-confidenceThis revolutionary book offered a straightforward prescription for empathetic yet disciplined child rearing and introduced new communication techniques that would change the way parents spoke with, and listened to, their children. Dr. Ginott's innovative approach to parenting has influenced an entire generation of experts in the field, and now his methods can work for you, too.

Contains things parents need to give their babies the best start.

Stern's research into mother-infant interaction has had an enormous impact on psychotherapy and developmental psychology. Now a noted authority on early development, Stern first reviewed his methods and observations in this book. Intended for parents, therapists, and researchers, it offers a lucid, nontechnical overview of the author's key ideas.

An action-handbook for building children's self-esteem and self-confidence This treasury of easy original games turns up the joy level in children's lives - a wonderful key to their emotional health. Like the author's highly successful Self-Esteem Games, this entertaining book promotes self-expression, self-acceptance, and imagination.

Making your own baby food is not only more economical than buying commercial brands - you can be sure that your baby has only the best-quality ingredients.

Sex and birth are often talked about as contrasting experiences. In fact, when birth is physiological, not medical or surgical, and a woman is free to be spontaneous, endorphins surge into her blood stream in the same way as during sexual excitement. Sheila Kitzinger discusses the sexuality of birth.

Tricia Allen, a qualified homeopath, offers a host of practical advice on how to treat illness using natural, homeopathic remedies. This guide gives you advice on; what homeopathy is and how to use it; the most common childhood illnesses and first aid.

A National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist An award-winning African American poet debuts in prose with a stunningly graceful and honest exploration of race, motherhood, and history.

Let your baby take the lead and learn how to communicate with them from birth to toddlerhood in this practical parenting book by child psychotherapist Marie Derome.