Recommended
Reading
Touchpoints
- the Essential Reference:Your Child's Emotional & Behavioral Development
Brazelton, T. Berry
"Touchpoints" are the spurts of development, and the trying periods
of regression that accompany them, throughout childhood. From pregnancy to first
grade, all the concerns and questions that parents have about their child's
behavior, feelings, and development are anticipated and answered in both chronological
and reference form.
Raise
Your Child's Social IQ: Stepping Stones to People Skills for Kids
Cohen, Cathi
A practical, step-by-step plan for teaching social skills to children. The program
is broken down into ten sections, each one focusing on a specific social skill,
such as "joining in," "managing anger" or "coping with
teasing." The program is designed so that skills can be practiced on a daily
basis and easily integrated into daily life.
Raising
Black Children
Comer, James
P. & Poussaint, Alvin F,
The authors, noted child psychiatrists who are African-American, focus on the
special concerns of black parents. They focus on the challenges parents face in
combating negative messages of racism while teaching their children to succeed.
The chapters on infancy and the preschool child (ages 2-4) address parental concerns
including the development of racial pride, child care, discipline and learning.
Parenting
Young Children: Systematic Training for Effective Parenting (STEP)
Dinkmeyer, Don and McKay Gary
Based on the nationally successful STEP (Systematic Training for Effective Parenting)
program, Parenting Young Children focuses on parents of children under six years
of age, and offers guidance on building self-esteem, communicating with young
children, and dealing with issues from tantrums to toilet training. Illustrations
& charts.
The
Six Stages of Parenthood
Galinsky, Ellen
The tasks of
parenting change as children grow and change. This book, written by a well-known
parent educator, describes the stages of parenthood, starting in pregnancy, infancy
and on through adolescence. Filled with case histories and examples, this book
provides reassurance and insight into parents' concerns and challenges.
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