Child Development

The Phenomenon of Peer Orientation
Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers
by Gordon Neufeld, Ph.D., Gabor Maté, M.D.
Something has changed. We can sense it, can feel it, just not find the words for it. Children are not quite the same as we remember being. They seem less likely to take their cues from adults, less inclined to please those in charge, less afraid

Speaking of the Nature of Boys
Speaking of Boys: Answers to the Most-Asked Questions About Raising Sons
by Michael Thompson, Ph.D., Teresa Barker
Q: This may sound like a stupid question, but I am an expectant mother, and we know it will be a boy. I've never had any experience around little boys. I never had any brothers and my sisters never had boys.

In the Beginning
Changed by a Child
by Barbara Gill
In the space of a sentence our whole world can turn upside down and inside out. We learn that our baby has a disability, and suddenly we are uncertain about everything we think, feel, and do. This includes our sense of self as well as how to take care of

Parenting by Choice and Not by Chance
Raising Emotionally Intelligent Teenagers: Guiding the Way for Compassionate, Committed, Courageous Adults
by Maurice J. Elias Ph.D., Steven E. Tobias, Psy.D., Brian S. Friedlander, Ph.D.
Is your life hectic? Did you plan for it to be this way? Did you sit down two years ago and say, Wow, my life is so relaxed, I have so much time that over the next two years, I want to greatly increase how many things my kids-and we-are doing?

Introduction
Put Yourself in Their Shoes
by Barbara Meltz
On a wintry January morning, I stood transfixed in the lobby outside the gym of the Jewish Community Center while a twoish-year-old had a temper tantrum. It wasn't the toddler I was watching, though. It was his mother.

Opening the Black Box
Your Child's Growing Mind : Brain Development and Learning From Birth to Adolescence
by Jane M. Healy, Ph.D.
One evening some years ago, I received a call from a young teacher whom I hadn't seen since she had left school on maternity leave. We had often talked about her hopes and plans for the baby, but tonight she sounded worried.

The "Colicky" Baby
Baby Hearts: A Guide to Giving Your Child an Emotional Head Start
by Linda Acredolo, Ph.D., Susan Goodwyn, Ph.D.
Poor Lisa and Jimmy. The baby has colic. So goes the sympathetic lament when we hear about a baby who never seems to stop crying. But what is colic? Is it a disease? Are the children crying because they are in pain?

The Smart Advantage
Raise a Smarter Child by Kindergarten: Raise IQ points by up to 30 points and turn on your child's smart genes Points
by David Perlmutter, M.D., Carol Colman
What does it take to raise a smarter child? What must parents do during the first five years of life to ensure that their child is primed to excel in school and in life? The good news is, raising a smarter child is easier than you think.

Today Is My Birthday
The Brightening Glance: Imagination and Childhood
by Ellen Handler Spitz, Ph.D.
Dr. Ellen Handler Spitz looks at how children feel, sense, and relate to what is around them, and she examines the unlimited imaginative dimensions of their everyday experiences.

The Evolution of Babies
Our Babies, Ourselves: How Biology and Culture Shape the Way We Parent
by Meredith F. Small
Several years ago, The American Museum of Natural History in New York City sponsored a special exhibit of human ancestors. Their goal was to bring to the public a four-million-year record of original human fossils.

The Mother and Her Child
by William S. Sadler, M.D., Lena K. Sadler, M.D.
The newborn baby comes into the world in an absolutely helpless condition and completely unconscious of his surroundings. He unconsciously performs certain acts, such as opening his eyes, crying, urination, movement of the bowels

How the Brain Develops
by Child Welfare Information Gateway
The raw material of the brain is the nerve cell, called the neuron. When babies are born, they have almost all of the neurons they will ever have, more than 100 billion of them. Although there is research that indicates some neurons are developed

Children of Chemically Involved Parents: Special Risks
by Child Welfare Information Gateway
Polysubstance abuse. Most substance abusers use multiple drugs or drugs, alcohol, and nicotine in combination. In some cases, this polysubstance abuse may occur without the user's knowledge because it is common practice among street dealers to substitute

Finding Happiness in Your Child
Ready to Learn : How to Help Your Preschooler Succeed
by Stan Goldberg, Ph.D.
What do you think about when someone says happiness? Usually, what comes tomind are things, or outcomes. Happiness can be a four-car garage in the suburbs, a high-paying job, an expensive new car, or a child who becomes a successful professional.

Blundering Into the Future: Hype and Hope
Failure to Connect
by Jane M. Healy, Ph.D.
Technology shapes the growing mind. The younger the mind, the more malleable it is. The younger the technology, the more unproven it is. We enthusiastically expose our youngsters to new digital teachers and playmates, but we also express concern about

Kids' World
Kids: How Biology and Culture Shape the Way We Raise Young Children
by Meredith F. Small
I'm sitting on a tiny blue plastic chair with my knees wedged under a very short table. My hands rest on my lap to stop any fidgeting while I wait for the midmorning snack of crackers, juice, and vanilla yogurt.

Challenging Change
Failure to Connect
by Jane M. Healy, Ph.D.
Rather than mindlessly accepting "change" as important and necessary for our children, we should begin by pausing and reflecting on the long-range personal and cultural implications of our new technologies.

Fathers in the Healthy Development of Children
by Child Welfare Information Gateway
One of the most important influences a father can have on his child is indirect - fathers influence their children in large part through the quality of their relationship with the mother of their children.

Child Development and Positive Parenting : Infants & Toddlers
by CDC
Cognitive development for your baby means the learning process of memory, language, thinking and reasoning. Your baby is learning to recognize the sound of your voice. She is also learning to focus her vision from the periphery or the corner of her eyes

From Techno-Pusher to Critic: A Journey of Puzzlement
Failure to Connect
by Jane M. Healy, Ph.D.
My own experience with educational computing is typical of those of many educators who have reluctantly moved from bedazzled advocacy to troubled skepticism. It is also instructive in several respects, not the least of which is shaking up some simplistic