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Critical Materials for Parents (And something for the kid)
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Your Child's Self EsteemYour Child's Self Esteem by Dorothy Briggs
Buy new: $10.04 / Used from: $0.01
Start reading this book now!!! It's awesome and covers the biggest picture for you and your children. My copy is dog-eared, bent, falling apart. It's a book that lasts through the years!
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will TalkHow to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $3.49
Cartoons for dad right there in the pages! Just leave the book open to one of the pages. One cannot help but be compelled by how easy it is to do the WRONG thing, and how easy it is to correct most of our stumblings immediately.
The Happiest Baby on the Block - The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Baby Sleep Longer (DVD)The Happiest Baby on the Block - The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Baby Sleep Longer (DVD)
Buy new: $17.99 / Used from: $9.84
Why read when you can witness the magic? GET THIS DVD!!!!! Learn how you can give your child (and yourself) comfort with the five S's.
Vulli Sophie the Giraffe Teether, Brown/ WhiteVulli Sophie the Giraffe Teether, Brown/ White
Buy new: $17.01
This will become your infant's friend right away. It's perfect for chomping on and makes a cute squeek too! My daughter was given Sophie from a friend from France, where apparently every baby has one. I can see why!
Staying Connected to Your Teenager: How to Keep Them Talking to You and How to Hear What They're Really SayingStaying Connected to Your Teenager: How to Keep Them Talking to You and How to Hear What They're Really Saying by Michael Riera
Buy new: $11.52 / Used from: $3.12
Is your kid older than 12? Solid work and totally accessible. Psysiologically, psychologically, statistically based guidance, insight, and perspectives on adolescence. So much better than the standard "In my experience" books. Riera seems to have no ego, just a warm ability to distill and inform.
Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems: New, Revised, and Expanded EditionSolve Your Child's Sleep Problems: New, Revised, and Expanded Edition by Richard Ferber
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $4.42
Yes, it is the parents who can really help mess up a kid's ability to get to sleep themselves! This book helps teach you how to helpyour kids cope.
Raising An Emotionally Intelligent ChildRaising An Emotionally Intelligent Child by John Gottman
Buy new: $10.08 / Used from: $3.49
Hard-core research based tips for you to help your child to cope, mend, and feel great about themselves. You'll feel most proud when you say those right words and you SEE and FEEL it.
The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human NatureThe Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature by Steven Pinker
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $2.99
From what I've read so far, Pinker makes solid points about what's built in to all humans, and maybe what's built into individuals genetically. With other articles, Pinker is making it clear that a LOT of what we are made of is genetically hard wired. But we've got these switches that can be flipped on and off. The environment can flip those switches... That is where nurture comes in...