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The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Nightby Elizabeth Pantley
McGraw-Hill 2002; US$ 16.95A breakthrough approach for a good night's sleep--with no tears There are two schools of thought for encouraging babies to sleep through the night: the hotly debated Ferber technique of letting the baby "cry it out," or the grin-and-bear-it solution of getting up from dusk to dawn as often as necessary. If you don't believe in letting your baby cry it out, but desperately want to sleep, there is now a third option, presented in Elizabeth Pantley's sanity-saving book The No-Cry Sleep Solution . Pantley's successful solution has been tested and proven effective by scores of mothers and their babies from across the United States, Canada, and Europe. Based on her research, Pantley's guide provides you with effective strategies to overcoming... more...
Teach Like Your Hair's on Fireby Rafe Esquith
Penguin Group Inc. 2007; US$ 12.99Read Rafe Esquith's posts on the Penguin Blog. The New York Times bestseller that is revolutionizing the way Americans educate their kids-"Rafe Esquith is a genius and a saint" ( The New York Times ) Perhaps the most famous fifth-grade teacher in America, Rafe Esquith has won numerous awards and even honorary citizenship in the British Empire for his outstandingly successful methods. In his Los Angeles public school classroom, he helps impoverished immigrant children understand Shakespeare, play Vivaldi, and become happy, self-confident people. This bestseller gives any teacher or parent all the techniques, exercises, and innovations that have made its author an educational icon, from personal codes of behavior to... more...
The No-Cry Nap Solutionby Elizabeth Pantley
McGraw-Hill 2009; US$ 15.95“Easy naptime solutions that really work--without any tears.” Kathy Lynn, President, Parenting Today “Naps: Children need them. Parents want them. Here are the tools to make them happen.” Maureen A. Doolan Boyle, Executive Director, MOST (Mothers of Supertwins), Inc. Does your child: nap only in your arms, a sling, a swing, or the car? require elaborate rituals before sleeping? get fussy, act cranky, or have tantrums due to lack of sleep? take very short naps--or none at all? Naps are important to a child's mood, well-being, and development. The No-Cry Nap Solution offers you a proven formula to allow your baby, toddler, or preschooler to get daily restorative rest. You'll learn... more...
Children Learn What They Liveby Dorothy Law Nolte; Rachel Harris
Workman Publishing Company 1998; US$ 4.99Dorothy Law Nolte, a lifelong teacher and lecturer on family dynamics, presents a simple but powerful guide to parenting the old-fashioned way: instilling values through example. Dr. Nolte-s inspirationó?Children Learn What They Live,O the celebrated poem she wrote in 1954. Written with psychotherapist Rachel Harris, each of the 19 couplets of the poem is developed into a chapteróon jealousy, shame, praise, recognition, honesty, fairness, tolerance, and more. Positive, realistic, filled with a rare common sense, it is a book to help parents find their own parenting wisdom, and to raise children with a surer, steadier, more understanding hand. more...
Great Sex for Momsby Valerie Davis Raskin
Simon & Schuster 2002; US$ 10.99The only book from a physician-mom with warm, practical, and medically sound advice that will help moms reclaim their passion for sex There's one thing that almost every mother knows but won't discuss: Sex drive diminishes after a baby is born, and it's a struggle to reclaim passion in the years that follow. In Great Sex for Moms Dr. Raskin brings the problem out into the open -- at last. From her fifteen years as a psychiatrist she knows that mothers silently rationalize that sex will return "after the baby sleeps through the night," then "when the children start having sleepovers," and then "once the kids go to college." And she believes that eighteen years is an awfully long time to wait. Dr. Raskin reveals the reasons that... more...
The Highly Sensitive Childby Elaine Aron
Broadway Books 2002; US$ 13.99The bestselling author and psychologist whose books have topped 240,000 copies in print now addresses the trait of “high sensitivity” in children–and offers a breakthrough parenting guidebook for highly sensitive children and their caregivers. With the publication of The Highly Sensitive Person , Elaine Aron became the first person to identify the inborn trait of “high sensitivity” and to show how it affects the lives of those who possess it. Up to 20 percent of the population is born highly sensitive, and now in The Highly Sensitive Child, Aron shifts her focus to highly sensitive children, who share the same characteristics as highly sensitive adults and thus face unique challenges as they grow up. ... more...
Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems: Revised Editionby Richard Ferber
Simon & Schuster 2006; US$ 12.99Does your child Have difficulty falling asleep? Wake in the middle of the night? Suffer sleep terrors, sleepwalking, or nighttime fears? Have difficulty waking for school or staying awake in class? Snore, wet the bed, or head bang? In the first major revision of his bestselling, groundbreaking classic since it was published twenty years ago, Dr. Richard Ferber, the nation's foremost authority on children's sleep problems, delivers safe, sound ideas for helping your child fall and stay asleep at night and perform well during the day. Incorporating new research, Dr. Ferber provides important basic information that all parents should know regarding the nature of sleep and the development of normal sleep and... more...
The Diaper-Free Babyby Christine Gross-Loh
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 10.99Imagine infants free from painful diaper rash, new parenthood without thousands of dollars wasted in diapering costs, toilet training that is natural and noncoercive, and, most important, happier babies and parents As Christine Gross-Loh reveals in her progressive, enlightening book, all this is possible and more. Infants are born with the ability to communicate their need to "go," just as they communicate hunger or sleepiness. Gross-Loh, a mother of two children who were diaper-free at eighteen and fifteen months, uses the tenets of "elimination communication," or EC, to teach parents how to identify and respond to their baby or toddler's natural cues. Unlike the all-or-nothing approach of some parenting books, The Diaper-Free... more...
The Price of Privilegeby Madeline Ph.D. Levine
HarperCollins 2007; US$ 9.99Madeline Levine has been a practicing psychologist for twenty–five years, but it was only recently that she began to observe a new. breed of unhappy teenager. When a bright, personable fifteen–year–old girl, from a loving and financially comfortable family, came. into her office with the word empty carved into her left forearm, Levine was startled. This girl and her message seemed to. embody a disturbing pattern Levine had been observing. Her teenage patients were bright, socially skilled, and loved by their. affluent parents. But behind a veneer of achievement and charm, many of these teens suffered severe emotional problems. What was going. on? Conversations with educators and clinicians across the country as well as meticulous... more...
Mending the Broken Bondby Dr. Frank Lawlis
Penguin Group Inc. 2007; US$ 12.99Bestselling author Dr. Frank Lawlis has provided thousands of parents with vital information they needed to confront their children?s challenges. With his newest book, he turns his attention and expertise to bridging the divides that can come between kids and their parents. Mending the Broken Bond leads parents through a 90-day program of practical steps and action plans toward building?or rebuilding?a positive, loving, and healthy bond with their children. Whether parents are faced with toddlers throwing temper tantrums, ten-year-olds who prefer videogames to talking, or rebellious teenagers, Dr. Lawlis presents sound solutions to repair relationships and regain a meaningful and lasting connection with their children. Dr. Frank Lawlis... more...









