In this now-classic, straightforward approach to childraising, Nancy Samalin shows parents how to set clear, concise guidelines to ensure positive and constructive discipline. Based on her extensive work with parents and children, she offers the most recent and invaluable advice on: Avoiding daily battles Using alternatives to punishment Dealing with anger Learning to let go Diminishing sibling rivalries and much, much more. Filled with practical solutions to everyday problems and thoughtful, useful information on opening up communication between the generations, Loving Your Child Is Not Enough will help parents to truly enjoy their child's growing years. Nancy Samalin is a contributing editor to Parents magazine with a regular column on discipline. Available on audiocassette from Penguin HighBridge Audio
This book … should revolutionize parenting for many readers." —Former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. C. Everett Koop, from the Foreword From a Respected Pediatrician Comes This Liberating Approach to Parenting Dr. William B. Carey, director of Behavioral Pediatrics at the renowned Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, brings important research to the public in this enlightening book. Unlike many approaches to parenting that view children in relation to just one particular trait or behavior, Understanding Your Child's Temperament offers a way to look at your child in his or her totality, as a combination of nine different kinds of behavioral styles. Temperament is an individual's unique way of reacting to people, things, and situations—at home, at school, and in the community. Anxious parents can breathe a sigh of relief: Dr. Carey makes it clear that a child's temperament is mostly inborn, and not something caused by "good" or "bad" parenting. And, reassuringly, he explains that while about 50 percent of a child's temperament is genetic, parents can learn to work with it to prevent and reduce problems. Using Dr. Carey's practical strategies, parents will learn how to: profile a child's temperament in relation to nine aspects: activity • adaptability • distractibility • initial reaction • intensity • mood • persistence and attention span • regularity • sensitivity see both the positive and negative sides of temperaments apply the most rewarding techniques for working with your child's inborn nature tailor parental discipline to each child's temperament, and more Comprehensive and filled with Dr. Carey's warm and wise counsel, Understanding Your Child's Temperament belongs in every family's library and is sure to be consulted again and again. http://www.mgr.com
The second in the Delta series of child-care books with the renowned Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, this is the quintessential guide for parents to their children's eating disorders, including anorexia, bulimia, and obesity.
Chronicles the moving story of coma patient Jacqueline Cole and her family's decision to turn off her life support system--an event that was delayed just long enough for her to recover from her affliction
In this now-classic, straightforward approach to childraising, Nancy Samalin shows parents how to set clear, concise guidelines to ensure positive and constructive discipline. Based on her extensive work with parents and children, she offers the most recent and invaluable advice on: Avoiding daily battles Using alternatives to punishment Dealing with anger Learning to let go Diminishing sibling rivalries and much, much more. Filled with practical solutions to everyday problems and thoughtful, useful information on opening up communication between the generations, Loving Your Child Is Not Enough will help parents to truly enjoy their child's growing years. Nancy Samalin is a contributing editor to Parents magazine with a regular column on discipline. Available on audiocassette from Penguin HighBridge Audio
The obesity rate among children has doubled in the last twenty years, while the incidence of anorexia nervosa and bulimia has grown among adolescents and young adults to almost epidemic proportions. This is an essential guide to the diagnosis and treatment of eating disorders and obesity from the pediatricians, neurologists, child psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers at the renowned Children's Hospital and its affiliate, the Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic. Included in the book: RECOGNIZING EATING DISORDERS AND OBESITY: How to interpret the warning signs of anorexia, bulimia, compulsive overeating, and obesity DIAGNOSIS: A step-by-step examination of the symptoms; the medical complications and effects; understanding the physical and psychological implications TREATMENT: The current treatments available. Including medical and psychological therapies RECOVERY: Family involvement for the recovery process; what to expect in the future; what is the prognosis for your child Also included is a list of resources and organizations specializing in eating disorders
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