"When Astrid Strick witnesses a school bus accident in the center of town, it jostles loose a repressed memory from her young parenting days, decades years earlier. Suddenly, Astrid realizes she was not quite the parent she thought she'd been to her three, now-grown children. But to what consequence? Astrid's youngest son is drifting and unfocused, making parenting mistakes of his own. Her daughter is intentionally pregnant yet struggling to give...

"Drawing on principles developed by the educator Dr Maria Montessori, The Montessori Baby shows how to raise your baby from birth to age one with love, respect, insight, and a surprising sense of calm... Including how to prepare yourself for parenthood physically, emotionally, intellectually, and spiritually. Become an active observer to understand what your baby is really telling you. Create Montessori spaces in your home, including "yes" spaces...

Today's kids are unionized, and they've got a game plan to drive you up the wall. But you don't have to let them call the shots.

Looks at the most important issues in boy's development from birth to manhood and discusses the guidance and parenting that boys need.

"After the fictionalized version of her life became an overnight bestseller, the smart-tongued, bighearted Cannie Shapiro dropped out of the public eye and settled into a wonderfully predictable life--knitting in the front row of her daughter Joy's drama rehearsals, volunteering at the library, and taking over-forty yoga classes with her best friend, Samantha. She's happily married to the charming diet doctor Peter Krushelevansky, and as preparations...

"Ellen's personal experiences as a parent of children with autism and ADHD, a celebrated autism author, and a contributor to numerous publications, classrooms, conferences, and websites around the world coalesce to create a guide for all who come in contact with a child on the autism spectrum. This updated edition delves into expanded thought and deeper discussion of communication issues, social processing skills, and the critical roles adult perspectives...

"A journalist's searing investigation into how we teach boys to be men-and how we can do better"--

The covers of such magazines as Time and Newsweek have described parents as living in "mayhem" and "madness" with their children. TV's Supernanny regularly captures kids wildly, unbelievably out of control. How did our families get to such a state? Child psychologist Dr. Beth Grosshans has the answer. And mothers and fathers everywhere are listening. In what is sure to become a much-discussed blockbuster, Dr. Grosshans reveals why she believes nearly...