Authors:Helen Neville, Diane Clark Johnson,  Dave Garo
Publisher: Parenting Pre
Keywords: inborn, traits, child, working, tools, temperament
Number of Pages: 124
Published: 1997-11-01
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 1884734340
ISBN-13: 9781884734342

One of your children is easy-going. The other one’s a challenge every single day. This book helps parents and teachers understand that temperament isn’t good or badâ€"it’s just the way we are. Recommended by Washington Post parenting columnist Marguerite Kelly, "Temperament Tools" explains young children. New research shows that children are different from the day they’re bornâ€"and their temperaments stay different no matter how they’re parented. But your children’s behavior does reflect their inborn traits; once you understand those traits, you’ll be be

Author: Karen Johnso
Publisher: Parenting Pr
Keywords: secrets, trouble
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 1986-03-01
List price: $7.95
ISBN-10: 094399022X
ISBN-13: 9780943990224

Recommended by members of Parents Anonymous, and available in both Spanish and English, this book helps children understand what to do when asked to keep a secret. Some secrets are fun and should be kept secret, author Johnsen explains. But if you feel hurt or confused when you’re told something is a secret, you need to tell a grownup. Uses examples of secrets that will be familiar to children.

Author: Helen F. Neville
Publisher: Parenting Pre
Keywords: birth, years, strategies, parent, child, development, phase
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2007-10-01
List price: $22.95
ISBN-10: 1884734634
ISBN-13: 9781884734632

New parents are often so ancious; they need to know what’s normal and when they should worry. This concise reference by pediatric nurse and parent educator Helen Fowler Neville, R.N., B.S., provides reassuring information on each phase of development. Numerous easy-to-read charts amplify the text.

Authors:Elizabeth Crary, Pati Casebolt,
Publisher: Parenting Pr
Keywords: children, guide, raising, responsible, practical, need, skills, growing, pick, socks
Number of Pages: 108
Published: 1990-01-02
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0943990521
ISBN-13: 9780943990521

Responsibility is a skill you can teach. Hard to believe? Not with the no-nonsense advice in this classic book. For more than a decade, parents have been relying on Elizabeth Crary’s step-by-step guyide to getting kids to both accept and learn responsibility. Whether you’re teaching a small child to pick up his socks or a teenager to handle peer pressure, you’ll appreciate the real-life examaples, complete with consequences. Crary also helps parents be realistic in their expectations. She explains normal developmental stages and learning styles, so we understand how our kids

Authors:Shari Steelsmith, Rebekah Strecker,
Publisher: Parenting Pr
Keywords: everyday, parenting, series, tools, baby, games, play, peekaboo
Number of Pages: 120
Published: 1995-09-01
List price: $13.95
ISBN-10: 0943990815
ISBN-13: 9780943990811

Wondering what to do with this brand-new baby? Here are hundreds of ideas for using mirrors, blocks, shaving creamâ€"and even your own smileâ€"to keep babies laughing and learning. Whether you’re a parent or a caregiver, help your baby make the most of those important first 18 months. "Peekaboo" suggests games that are just right for this stage of development, when young children are intent on exploring and figuring out their world.

Author: Elizabeth Crary
Publisher: Parenting Pr
Keywords: tools, parenting, everyday, raising, magic, kids
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 1995-02-01
List price: $13.95
ISBN-10: 0943990777
ISBN-13: 9780943990774

You’re ready for more cooperation and fewer power struggles? It’s time to squelch those behavior issues that never seem to disappear? Then you’ll appreciate Elizabeth Crary’s time-tested recommendations. The unique five-step problem-solving process she introduces in Magic Tools seems simple, but it teaches you a formula you can apply nowâ€"and for years to comeâ€"as you guide your children.

Author: Elizabeth Crary
Publisher: Parenting Pr
Keywords: feelings, dealing, frustrated
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 1992-01-01
List price: $7.95
ISBN-10: 0943990645
ISBN-13: 9780943990644

Too often kids’ feelings get ignored. "I’m Frustrated" is part of the "Dealing with Feelings" series that helps children and adults accept and acknowledge their emotions. It also helps them distinguish between feelings and actions. Even more important, the stories give kids several ways to cope with feelings by utilizing the "choose-your-own-ending" format. They also allow parents and teachers to discuss other situations in a nonjudgmental way. This story describes a boy who is struggling to learn to skate. Young readers and their parents can help him decide how to handle his frust