Human Science / Psychology / Developmental / Child

Minding the Children: Child Care in America from Colonial Times to the Present

by Geraldine Youcha

"Beyond childcare theories and early childhood gurus, here is how children have actually been raised in America over the last four centuries. From wet nurses and Southern mammys, settlement houses and"

I'll Be The Parent, You Be The Child: Encourage Excellence, Set Limits, And Lighten Up

by Paul Kropp

Trustworthy advice for parents who want to rear bright, polite children-and a contrarian look at hot-button parenting issues, from quality time to good manners

The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind

by Daniel J. Siegel & Tina Payne Bryson

“Simple, smart, and effective solutions to your child’s struggles.”—Harvey Karp, M.D.

“Daniel Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson have created a masterly, reader-friendly guide to helping children grow...

Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys

by Michael Phd Thompson & Dan Phd Kindlon

The stunning success of Reviving Ophelia, Mary Pipher's landmark book, showed a true and pressing need to address the emotional lives of girls. Now, finally, here is the book that answers our equally timely...

The Hurried Child-25th Anniversary Edition

by David Elkind

The 25th anniversary edition of a parenting classic

Working Memory and Academic Learning: Assessment and Intervention

by Milton J. Dehn

Equipping school and child psychologists, and neuropsychologists with critical information on the role of working memory in learning and achievement, Working Memory and Academic Learning offers guidance on assessment...

The Dark Side of Innocence: Growing Up Bipolar

by Terri Cheney

“Killing yourself at any age is a seriously tricky business. But when I was seven, the odds felt insurmountable.”

As a young girl, Terri Cheney’s life looked perfect. Her family lived in a lovely house...

What Kids Buy and Why: The Psychology of Marketing to Kids

by Daniel Acuff

If you're in the business of marketing or developing products and programs for kids, What Kids Buy and Why belongs in your office.

How can you create outstanding products and programs that will win in the marketplace...

Encouraging Your Child's Spiritual Intelligence

by Mollie Painton

More and more children are expressing spiritual qualities, and parents, caregivers, pediatricians, teachers, and therapists are increasingly taking notice of children's spiritual lives. Mollie Painton, Psy.D.,...

The Myth of the First Three Years: A New Understanding of Early Brain Development and

by John Bruer

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

The Infinite Gift: How Children Learn and Unlearn the Languages of the World

by Charles Yang

A child's very first word is a miraculous sound, the opening note in a lifelong symphony. Most parents never forget the moment. But that first word is soon followed by a second and a third, and by the age of...

What Kids Buy: The Psychology of Marketing to Kids

by Daniel Acuff & Robert H Reiher

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

Every Child Has a Thinking Style: A Guide to Recognizing and Fostering Each Child's Natural Gifts and Preferences

by Lanna Nakone

Everyone has a natural thinking style-a set of preferences that helps with relating to the rest of the world. Using the latest research into how we think and learn, Lanna Nakone has divided children into four...

The Way of Boys

by Anthony Rao & Michelle Seaton

The problem isn't with boys, it's with our expectations of them

In a book that's part advice and part exposé, psy­chologist and expert on boyhood development Dr. Anthony Rao challenges some of the potentially...

Easy To Love, Difficult To Discipline: The 7 Basic Skills For Turning Conflict

by Becky A. Bailey

The 7 Basic Skills for Turning Conflict into Cooperation.

Have you ever opened your mouth to discipline your child, and your parents' nastiest words tumble out? In an era when most parenting books focus on the...

School Education

by Charlotte Mason

School Education, the third volume of Charlotte Mason's Homeschooling Series, consists of thoughts about the teaching and curriculum of children aged 9-12, either at school or at home. She suggests that parents...

Ourselves

by Charlotte Mason

Ourselves, the fourth volume of Charlotte Mason's Classic Homeschooling Series, is a character curriculum book written directly to children. Book I, Self-Knowledge, is for elementary school students; Book II,...

The Dyslexic Brain: New Pathways in Neuroscience Discovery

by Glenn D. Rosen

The Dyslexic Brain: New Pathways in Neuroscience Discovery offers a state-of-the art examination of the neural components and functions involved in reading and in the possible sources of breakdown. Suggestions...

Kids' Slips: What Young Children's Slips of the Tongue Reveal About Language Development

by Jeri J. Jaeger

The study of speech errors, or "slips of the tongue," is a time-honored methodology which serves as a window to the representation and processing of language and has proven to be the most reliable source of...

Cultures of Infancy

by Heidi Keller

Cultures of Infancy presents the first systematic analysis of culturally informed developmental pathways, synthesizing evolutionary and cultural psychological perspectives for a broader understanding of human...