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- Awakening Children's Minds: How Parents and Teachers Can Make a Difference Laura E. Berk. 2001. 649.1 BERK
- Parents and teachers today face a swirl of conflicting theories about child rearing and educational practice. Indeed, current guides are contradictory, oversimplified, and at odds with current scientific knowledge. Now, Laura Berk cuts through the confusion of competing theories, offering a new way of thinking about the roles of parents and teachers and how they can make a difference in children's lives. This is the first book to bring to a general audience, in lucid prose richly laced with examples, truly state-of-the-art thinking about child rearing and early education.
- Caring For Your School-Age Child Ages 5 to 12 The American Academy Of Pediatrics. 1999. 649.124 CARING
- Written by pediatric specialists, the companion volume to the best-selling offers up-to-date information about the most important emotional, physical, and behavioral concerns of school-age children.
- Dr. Spock's The School Years: The Emotional and Social Development of Children Benjamin Spock, M.D. 2001.
649.124 SPOCK - In a second volume of previously uncollected writings, the renowned pediatrician offers information and advice for parents of school-age children, from preschoolers through teens, sharing tips on teach youngsters values and responsibilities, discipline, dealing with violence, peer pressure, step-parenting, stress, and prioritizing school work.
- The Educated Child: a Parent's Guide From Preschool Through Eighth Grade William J. Bennett. 1999. 371.192 BENNETT
- Provides a guide for what parents should expect their children to learn at each stage of grade school.
- The Irreducible Needs of Children: What Every Child Must Have to Grow, Learn, and Flourish T. Berry Brazelton, M.D. and Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D. 2000. 649.1 BRAZELTON
- A clearly written, straightforward guide to meeting children's needs in the first few years of life answers important questions, such as how much one-on-one time does a child require with parents and how to deal with custody arrangements.
- The Launching Years: Smart Parenting During Senior Year and Beyond Laura S. Kastner. 2002. 378.198 KASTNER
- Explains how to cope with the tumultuous, challenging transition from high school to college life, providing practical advice on effective parenting from afar, dealing with the empty-nest syndrome, coping with the college application process and freshman year, helping young people deal with their newfound independence, and more.
- A Mind At a Time: America's Top Learning Expert Shows How Every Child Can Succeed Melvin Levine, M.D. 2002. 370.1523 LEVINE
- A professor of pediatrics reveals the many modes of learning and arms parents and teachers with the knowledge they need to help children prosper in a school environment.
- The Myth of Laziness Melvin Levine, M.D. 2003. 370.1530 LEVINE
- A leading expert in the art of learning shows parents how to help their children, and themselves, become productive adults, explaining what to do to help youngsters overcome the common and persistent problem of getting work done, identifying seven areas of neurodevelopmental weakness, and demonstrating how to emphasize a child's strengths to promote success.
- The New Public School Parent: How To Get the Best Education For Your Child Bob Chase. 2002. 371.192 CHASE
- A practical guide to public education is designed to help parents get the best education for their children, explaining how the public school system works, how to get the most out of a parent-teacher conference, how to deal with standardized tests, how to help one's child learn, how to cope with learning disabilities, and more.
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