Product Description: How children think is one of the most enduring mysteries-and difficulties-encountered by parents. In an effort to raise our children smarter, happier, stronger, and better, parents will try almost anything, from vitamins to toys to DVDs...read more

An look at how children feel about working parents asks the children themselves about their feelings, and includes valuable data, such as the difference in parenting styles between mothers and fathers. Reprint.

An look at how children feel about working parents asks the children themselves about their feelings, and includes valuable data, such as the difference in parenting styles between mothers and fathers. 25,000 first printing. Tour. (view table of contents)

This guide to preschool-age children examines some of the problems faced by parents and offers a range of solutions

Argues that parents develop different skills and attitudes to cope with each stage in their children's lives, and looks at how parents compare their experiences with their expectations

A reaffirmation of the positive aspects of parenthood analyzes the effects a developing child has on its parents, identifying six predictable stages--and crises--triggered by the child as the child progresses from conception to adulthood

A reaffirmation of the positive aspects of parenthood analyzes the effects a developing child has on its parents, identifying six predictable stages--and crises--triggered by the child as the child progresses from conception to adulthood

Product Description: Almost all books for parents focus on the way children develop. Ellen Galinsky, instead, writes about how parents develop. Drawing on the work in adult development of Erik Erikson and Daniel Levinson, she describes six distinct stages in the life of a parent: the image-making that occurs during pregnancy; the nurturing role that swallows parents up from birth through the first couple of years; the authority parents must develop as small children show independence; the interpretive stage when parents explain the world and their values to school-age children; the interdependent stage when teenagers challenge authority; and the departure years when parents let go and take stock of their accomplishments and failures...read more

Information on numerous child-care arrangements as established throughout the United States, from infant-care to after-school programs, is augmented by guidance in choosing and shaping programs