Family & relationships / Education / Child Rearing

What to Expect the Second Year: From 12 to 24 Months

by Heidi Murkoff

Heidi Murkoff's What to Expect has delivered again. Announcing the arrival of a brand-new member of the What to Expect family: What to Expect the Second Year. The essential sequel to What to Expect the First...

Dr. Spock's Baby Basics: Take Charge Parenting Guides

by Robert Needlman

Are you ready to care for your new baby?

Here's all the practical advice you need! Distinguished pediatrician Robert Needlman, one of the new team of experts at The Dr. Spock Company, provides the best up-to-date...

Growing Up with Divorce: Help Yr Child Avoid Immed

by Neil Kalter

For many years, Growing Up With Divorce has offered divorced parents transformative insight, solace, and practical guidance on how to help their children cope with the stresses caused by marital separation....

Writing Motherhood: Tapping Into Your Creativity as a Mother and a Writer

by Lisa Garrigues

Have you always wanted to chronicle your experience of motherhood, but never knew how to begin? Are you looking for an outlet for self-expression, but can't imagine how you could juggle one more thing? In Writing...

Mothering Twins: From Hearing the News to Beyond the Terrible Twos

by Linda Albi, Deborah Johnson & Debra Catlin

Invaluable real-life advice and emotional support for mothers of multiples.

Meeting the double challenge and reaping the double rewards of having twins can be both exhilarating and exhausting. In this comprehensive...

Dr. Spock's The School Years: The Emotional and Social Development of Children

by Benjamin, M.D. Spock

America's favorite pediatrician, Dr. Benjamin Spock has helped two generations of parents raise their kids with his timeless bestseller, Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care. Now, today's parents can rejoice: a new...

The Nursing Mother's Problem Solver

by Claire Martin

Finally! Answers to your most urgent questions in an easy-to-use format!

Based on questions posed by thousands of real mothers, this A-to-Z guide has a practical, realistic view of how nursing fits into a modern...

Adoption Life Cycle: The Children and Their Families Through the Years

by Elinor B. Rosenberg

A Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.

Letitia Baldrige's More Than Manners: Raising Today's Kids to Have Kind Manners and Good

by Letitia Baldrige

A Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.

In Care and After: A Positive Perspective

by Elaine Chase, Antonia Simon & Sonia Jackson

Based on research from the Thomas Coram Research Unit, the contributors to this text look at the views and experiences of young people and provide an encouraging outlook of what those in care have the potential...

Parenting, Uncensored: Straight Talk from Real Moms on Potty Training

by Sarah Smiley

Fifty-two guests take turns filling a military father's chair at his family's dinner table while he serves his yearlong deployment.

The week before Thanksgiving 2011, Dustin Smiley left for a yearlong military...

Mediated Maternity: Contemporary American Portrayals of Bad Mothers in Literature and Popular Culture

by Linda Seidel

Mediated Maternity: Contemporary American Portrayals of Bad Mothers in Literature and Popular Culture, by Linda Seidel, explores the cultural construction of the bad mother in books, movies, and TV shows, arguing...

Tradition and Policy Perspectives in Kinship Care

by Rowena G. Wilson & Sandra Edmonds Crewe

Kinship care is part tradition and part social welfare policy. Tradition and Policy Perspectives in Kinship Care examines the balance of the two perspectives and presents current practice challenges of formal...

The Image of God and the Psychology of Religion

by Richard L Dayringer & David Oler

What are the implications of a client’s image of God?

Improve your confidence—and your practice skills—by enhancing your knowledge of how individuals are likely to perceive God, and of how those perceptions...

Roots and Wings, Revised Edition: Affirming Culture in Early Childhood Programs

by Stacey York

A new edition of the best-selling guide to multicultural education for young children.

The Dinnertime Survival Cookbook: Delicious, Inspiring Meals for Busy Families

by Debra Ponzek & Mary Goodbody

Accessible recipes using only a few simple ingredients, transforming them in minutes into delicious restaurant-quality dishes.

Ethics in Social Work: A Context of Caring

by David Guttmann

Professional knowledge doesn't guarantee you'll make the right decisions when it comes to professional ethics

Ethics in Social Work introduces students, practitioners, and educators to theoretical and conceptual...

Understanding 12-14-Year-Olds

by Margot Waddell & Jonathan Bradley

This book offers helpful advice to parents whose children have reached the turbulent teenage years. From conflict management to issues of bullying, stealing and smoking, it guides parents as their children alternate...

Understanding Your One-Year-Old

by Sarah Gustavus-Jones

Acknowledging the crucial role of relationships and parenting, Sarah Gustavus Jones offers guidance and reassurance in this sensitive exploration of the issues central to your child's developing physical and...

Understanding Your Three-Year-Old

by Louise Emanuel

Louise Emanuel presents practical tips and a great deal of emotional reassurance for both the first-time and the experienced parent. She offers helpful guidance on a range of topics, from managing sibling rivalry...