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Publisher
Learning Zone Express
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The changes that happen to humans in the first two decades of life are astonishing-from being helpless newborns to independent adults. The study of that journey-with its physical, intellectual, social, and emotional changes-is called child development theory. Theories in child development have changed the way that parents raise their children and the way teachers teach those children. Child Development Theorists is an entertaining and enlightening...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A fun way to cover the stages of child development! "¢ When can a baby grab a rattle? "¢ When are most kids potty trained? "¢ Can you play catch with a three-year-old? "¢ How do you keep a four-year old happy? When a group of young teenagers thinks about starting a babysitting group, they head to a child care center to learn the basics of child development. An expert at the child care center talks about physical, intellectual, and social growth...
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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Investigate how chronic stress can disrupt the growth of young children by focusing on stress dwarfism and the connection between stress and low growth hormone levels. Also, learn how mid-20th-century experiments with monkeys proved how important love: and not just nutrients: is in raising less-stressful children.
Publisher
Learning Seed
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
A variety of professionals are employed by proud parents and concerned care providers to ensure the health, education and general well-being of their children. Gain insight into the personality and skills required to become a social worker, developmental therapist, childcare worker and teacher. Learn what these jobs entail as well as other careers relating to the growth and development of children..
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Series
Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Today show expert “tackles 101 issues ranging from sibling rivalry, lying and peer pressure to cell-phone use and TV addiction . . . Indispensable” (Publishers Weekly).
A recommended read for moms by Working Mother magazine.
In this down-to-earth guide, parenting expert Michele Borba offers advice for dealing with children’s difficult behavior...
A recommended read for moms by Working Mother magazine.
In this down-to-earth guide, parenting expert Michele Borba offers advice for dealing with children’s difficult behavior...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
What Mums and Dads have learned over the past 100 years! Why do parents do what they do? What has influenced parenting practices for the last 100 years? This video reviews events, government policies, and child development theorists who have shaped the way we parent our children. --Kanopy.
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Language
English
Description
"Lisa Damour, Ph.D., director of the internationally renowned Laurel School's Center for Research on Girls, pulls back the curtain on the teenage years and shows why your daughter's erratic and confusing behavior is actually healthy, necessary, and natural. Untangled explains what's going on, prepares parents for what's to come, and lets them know when it's time to worry,"--Amazon.com.
Publisher
Pourquoi Pas Productions
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Being and Becoming explores the theme of trusting children and their development, and invites us to question our learning paradigms and options.. The filmmaker takes us on a journey of discovery through the US, France, the UK and Germany (where it's illegal not to go to school.) We meet parents who have made the choice of not schooling their children, neither at school nor at home, but of letting them learn freely what they are truly passionate about.....
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Beginning with Sigmund Freud, modern child development theories have changed the way that parents raise their children and the way that teachers teach those children. This video is an entertaining and enlightening view of the major child development theories, how the theories differ and how more than one approach can be beneficial. Historical footage and photos are combined with candid documentary footage from day care centers.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
c2016.
Language
English
Description
"Alison Gopnik, a leading developmental psychologist, illuminates the paradoxes of parenthood from a scientific perspective"--
"Caring deeply about our children is part of what makes us human. Yet the thing we call 'parenting' is a surprisingly new invention. In the past thirty years, the concept of parenting and the multibillion dollar industry surrounding it have transformed child care into obsessive, controlling, and goal-oriented labor intended...
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Your child's DNA is not destiny; you are at the helm, guiding their course. The truth is, nature and nurture are in a delicate dance--if one goes too fast, the other one falls. Science tells us that early childhood experiences have the capacity to structure and alter the brain. That means you didn't just supply your child's DNA--you're still shaping it. And it's only by wielding this power that your child will activate their full potential. You are...
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Your child's DNA is not destiny; you are at the helm, guiding their course. The truth is, nature and nurture are in a delicate dance-if one goes too fast, the other one falls. Science tells us that early childhood experiences have the capacity to structure and alter the brain. That means you didn't just supply your child's DNA-you're still shaping it. And it's only by wielding this power that your child will activate their full potential. You are...
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Father-of-three, motivational speaker and influencer Bodé Aboderin (AKA Papa B) is on a mission to show the world that Black fatherhood is not only compatible with ambition, but can inspire, nourish and amplify it too. Papa B is using his natural flair for motivational speech to share the joyful and transformative journey of starting a family, including the challenges involved and the opportunities to grow along the way. In this passionate parenting...
Author
Publisher
American Academy of Pediatrics
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Description
"Organized children are raised, not born. That's the philosophy behind this confidence-building, sanity-saving book. Fostering organized thinking in your child will help with concrete concerns (think a tidier bedroom!) and build critical life skills like learning to plan and grasping the big picture. Dr. Korb's 5 Steps to Raising an Organized Child apply to all ages. So, whether you have an infant or a teenager, it's never too late (or too early!)...
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"The transition to parenthood is one of the most life-altering and destabilizing life events that adults experience, even those with significant financial and social resources. We commonly hear about dual-career, professional couples coping with the wage penalties associated with new motherhood or a woman's career being derailed on the "mommy track." But we know much less about how low-wage, employed mothers and fathers manage the demands of full-time...
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