Family & relationships / Education

Sandplay: Therapy with Children and Families

by Lois J. Carey

Lois Carey explores the application of sandplay therapy as she learned it from Dora Kalff, among others, and shares her professional experience in a chapter on equipping the office with miniatures and also with...

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...

YOU: Raising Your Child (Enhanced eBook)

by Michael F. Roizen & Mehmet C. Oz

Now available as an enhanced e-book, YOU: Raising Your Child will include 12 videos that feature Dr. Oz and pediatrician Dr. Jennifer Trachtenberg answering real parents' questions about child-rearing.  They talk...

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....

Raising Financially Fit Kids

by Joline Godfrey & Kit Hinrichs

Is your child a spendthrift? A hoarder? Or maybe, downright oblivious? Are there family money dramas you can do without? In RAISING FINANCIALLY FIT KIDS, Joline Godfrey, one of the country’s leading experts...

Made for You and Me: Going West, Going Broke, Finding Home

by David Dosa

A remarkable cat. A special gift. A life-changing journey.

They thought he was just a cat.

When Oscar arrived at the Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Rhode Island he was a cute little guy with...

Valley of Death: The Tragedy at Dien Bien Phu That Led America into the Vietnam War

by Ted Morgan

Pulitzer Prize–winning author Ted Morgan has now written a rich and definitive account of the fateful battle that ended French rule in Indochina—and led inexorably to America’s Vietnam War. Dien Bien Phu...

The Misunderstood Child, Fourth Edition: Understanding and Coping with Your Child's Learning Disabilities

by Larry B. Md Silver

The fully revised and updated must-have resource to help you become a supportive and assertive advocate for your child

In print for more than twenty years, The Misunderstood Child has become the go-to reference...

Raising Children Who Think for Themselves

by Elisa Medhus

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

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...

How to Raise a Brighter Child

by Joan Beck

THE LATEST STUDIES PROVE SOONER IS SMARTER

• How much is a child capable of learning before the age of six?

• What happens to a child's brain during the preschool years when the body is growing so rapidly?

• How...

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...

How It Feels to Have a Gay or Lesbian Parent: A Book by Kids for Kids of All Ages

by Judith E. Snow

Sometimes I fantasize about having a magic wand. How awesome it would be to wave it and completely eliminate prejudice, hate, and ignorance. Just imagine what it would be like to live in a world like that.

How...

The Open-Hearted Way to Open Adoption: Helping Your Child Grow Up Whole

by Lori Holden & Crystal Hass

Open adoption has become more popular in the United States as domestic closed adoptions have become more difficult to arrange, and as restrictions on international adoptions continue to be drawn. The Open-Hearted...