Early Childhood Development Parenting

Might you and your baby both sleep better if you shared a bed? How old is too old for breastfeeding? What is a father's role in nurturing a newborn? How does early attachment foster a child's eventual independence? Dr. Bill and Martha Sears - the doctor-and-nurse, husband-and-wife team who coined the term "attachment parenting" - answer these and many more questions in this practical, inspiring guide. Attachment parenting is a style of parenting that encourages a strong early attachment and advocates parental responsiveness to babies' dependency needs.

An essential guide for every parent and educator – all you need to know about inspiring children to read. Some kids refuse to read, others won’t stop. Either way, many parents question the best way to support their child’s literacy journey. When can you start reading to your child? How do...

New York Times Bestseller The Future is Emotionally Intelligent From two early childhood experts, an essential guidebook that empowers parents to help their little ones navigate their big feelings—including tantrums, outbursts, and separation anxiety—while laying the groundwork for a...

A Harvard-trained psychiatrist and mom of 3 gives parents and educators the tech habits children need to achieve their full potential--and a 6-step plan to put them into action. You may have picked up on some warning signs: The more your 9-year-old son plays video games, the more distracted and...

A game-changing book on child development--and the importance of physical play--for this digital and screen age. For children to develop to their fullest potential, their sensory system—which, in addition to the big five of sight, hearing, taste, touch, and smell, includes movement and balance...

"While it may seem as if we live in a man's world," reports Pollack, "we do not live in a boy's world." Many boys today are struggling either silently, with low self-esteem and feelings of loneliness and isolation, or publicly, by acting out feelings of emotional and social disconnection through...

Transform overwhelming parenting struggles into confident connection with this science-backed guide to child development. Whether you are navigating toddler tantrums, sleep disruptions, or early school anxiety, this warm and reassuring listen provides a flexible roadmap. Understand the...

World-class pediatric surgeon, social scientist, and best-selling author of Thirty Million Words Dr. Dana Suskind returns with a revelatory new look at the neuroscience of early childhood development—and how it can guide us toward a future in which every child has the opportunity to fulfill...

MORE THAN ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD The essential real-world guide for navigating your baby’s first year with confidence, written by a nationally renowned pediatrician and organized by topic for easy reference Welcome to parenthood! Having a baby is both exciting...and terrifying. Let's face...

In The Mommy Brain, Katherine Ellison reveals the ways that women get smarter after having kids. Motherhood makes women more perceptive, efficient, resilient, motivated, and emotionally intelligent - all of which adds up to tremendous mental enrichment and effectiveness.

The trusted, no-nonsense guide for successfully tackling the toddler years, written by a nationally renowned pediatrician and author of Baby 411 Congratulations! You’ve survived the first year of parenting. After countless diaper changes, late-night feedings, and record amounts of spit-up, you...

Expert advice for parents and caregivers to raise strong girls from the get-go, building a foundation in the formative elementary years that will set them up to thrive. This program is read by the author. Author of Strong As a Mother Kate Rope brings grace and humor in a new, non-judgmental...

An eye-opening look inside pre-K in America and what it will take to give all children the best start in school possible. At the heart of this groundbreaking book are two urgent questions: What do our young children need in the earliest years of school, and how do we ensure that they all get it?...