Delahooke, Mona
Summary: From a leading child psychologist comes this groundbreaking new understanding of children's behavior, offering insight and strategies to support both parents and children. Over her decades as a clinical psychologist, Dr. Mona Delahooke has routinely counseled distraught parents who struggle to manage their children's challenging, sometimes oppositional behaviors. These families are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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Summary: Distilled, research-based developmental information paired with simple activities to play with your baby on a week-by-week basis, gently guiding you and your baby through the first year of life. You'll learn all about what your baby is likely to be working on in the areas of cognitive, communicative, motor/sensory, and social/emotional development; simple, practical ways to support those areas...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Strength in Words LLC 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Parents MarinovichMoskowitz, Eva S.
Summary: "Eva Moskowitz has built a national reputation as the founder and leader of Success Academy Charter Schools, one of the country's most highly regarded networks of schools, but while most people know Eva for her success in educating 20,000 mainly low-income students who are routinely accepted to our nation's best universities, she has also been responsible for raising three children of her own....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvest, an imprint of William Morrow 2023
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Amen, Daniel G.
Summary: The book gives parents practical tools to help children of all ages go from behaviors like defiance, meltdowns, and power struggles to being responsible, confident, kind, resilient, prepared to make good decisions, focused and motivated, and equipped to develop healthy relationships.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale Refresh 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.1 AMEWhippman, Ruth
Summary: "An illuminating deep dive into the complexities of raising boys within the confines of harmful cultural norms-and how mothers can challenge those social pressures to support their sons and guide them to become connected, emotionally nuanced humans"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harmony 2024
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Summary: "Description: All kids occasionally space out, get sidetracked, run out of time, or explode in frustration--but some do it much more often than others. With over 425,000 in print, this encouraging, bestselling parent guide is now in a revised and updated second edition. The authors explain the crucial brain-based skills that 4- to 12-year-olds need to get organized, stay focused, and control...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Guilford Press 2025
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Summary: "By using characters who embody big feelings, parents and caregivers can facilitate meaningful moments of connection that allow children to feel seen, valued, and loved at the deepest level. Allowing all feelings to be expressed in these moments of connection helps solidify the bonds that are essential for an emotionally healthy childhood."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wiley 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 649.1 ORIKlein, Tovah P.
Summary: "An expert on child development and the author of How Toddlers Thrive presents a new approach for parents to help children and teens build resilience and flourish in an unpredictable world"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
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Summary: An essential guide for parents and educators, offering practical suggestions and strategies for raising smart, well-balanced, happily productive children.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anansi 2014
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Khalilallah, Saniyyah
Summary: "With a toddler-sized hairbrush, a mirror hung at just the right height, and the step-by-step photos in I Did It Myself!, children aged 2 to 5 are on the path to mastering self-care skills. From getting dressed to washing hands, brushing teeth, and applying lotion, each activity fosters independence, builds concentration, helps develop motor skills, and encourages responsibility"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Publishing 2022
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Summary: After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in the early 2010s, with rates of depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicide rising sharply. The author lays out the facts about the epidemic of teen mental illness that hit many countries at the same time, and then investigates the nature of childhood, including why children need play and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2024
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Summary: "Blending cutting-edge research with engaging storytelling, The Breakthrough Years offers readers a paradigm-shifting comprehensive understanding of adolescence. Almost every adolescent has said to parents, "You JUST don't understand." In The Breakthrough Years, child development expert Ellen Galinsky explains why that is so often true. Galinsky's seven-year inquiry into the adolescent brain...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.1 GALKris, Deborah Farmer
Summary: In rhyming text, a caregiver lovingly validates their young one's endeavors to try new things.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Spirit Publishing, an imprint of Teacher Created Materials, Inc. 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD KRIWatts, Mandisa
Summary: "Engage your child in hours of play with Mandisa Watts's colorful collection of sensory bin activities that aid with memory formation, language development, problem-solving skills and more. Perfect for toddlers from eighteen months to three years old and beyond, each bin makes use of materials you already have at home and helps reignite your kids' interest in toys long forgotten"--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Page Street Publishing Co. 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 649.6 WATKhalilallah, Saniyyah
Summary: "Sweeping, scrubbing, dusting, and picking up are perfect hands-on activities for teaching toddlers to care for their environment, while also fostering independence and developing strong motor skills. Inspired by the Montessori curriculum, this colorful guide specially created for 2- to 5-year-olds, teaches practical life skills with step-by-step photos"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Publishing 2022
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Summary: "There's almost nothing better for toddlers than outdoor play. It promotes creativity, strengthens muscles, enhances social and emotional development, and most importantly, it makes learning fun. So grab The Outdoor Toddler Activity Book, take your toddler outside, and watch the joy of learning in the fresh air. Spring or winter, rain or shine--these simple-to-set-up activities are designed to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rockridge Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 371 BONBenaroch, Roy
Summary: Covering everything from burping and naptime to filing for paternity leave and setting up a safe play area, this is the complete survival manual for first-time dads. Discover more than 100 things dads can do to help their baby--and their partner--thrive in the first year.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Callisto Publishing, an imprint of Sourcebooks 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.122 BENLutz, Amy S. F.
Summary: "In her 2006 memoir Strange Son, Portia Iversen coined the phrase "intact mind" to describe the typical cognitive abilities she believed were buried within even the most seemingly impaired autistic individuals, like her son Dov - who, at nine years old, was completely nonverbal and spent much of his time "chewing on blocks and tapping stones." Although he didn't know the alphabet, colors, or...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.85 LUTSummary: Little ones can’t wait to get their hands inside this adorable box…and find out exactly what’s inside! The soft, machine-washable box is packed with 10 different sensory objects for kids to feel and explore—like a pretty butterfly with crinkly wings, a cute lion with a corduroy coat, a shiny frog for tots to squeak and more. Plus, a big 4" opening on top makes it extra-easy for tots to reach...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lakeshore 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Cares Kits, Call number: CARES KitEmery, Sharon
Summary: "Sharon Emery struggled with the losses and limits she faced but couldn't change - no matter how hard she tried. And she did try. First with her incurable severe stutter, then with the death of her daughter, Jessica, and the too-early deaths of her own younger siblings. Meanwhile, her "broken" voice meant her long career in communications was regularly a battle. Emery wrote this memoir to help...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mission Point Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 EMERY, SHARON EMECopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI 921 EmeryRajput, Minoti
Summary: Rajput, a certified financial planner, has spent the last thirty years helping parents of children with special needs to plan for their retirement and the long-term care of their children. This book shares stories from her experiences and offers advice to families in similar circumstances.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mission Point Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.151 RAJPrasadam-Halls, Smriti
Summary: A handy guide for new BIG brothers and sisters who are welcoming a new baby into the family. Covering the first 18 months of baby's life, this book helps readers bond with the new arrival and explains some key developmental milestones to look out for. Fact-filled guide packed with fun and safe suggestions for how siblings can interact and play with baby.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kane Miller, a division of EDC Publishing 2021