Brings the science of biological anthropology to bear on understanding how our evolutionary history has shaped a phenomenon everyone has experienced – childhood. Tracking deep into our evolutionary history, anthropological science has begun to unravel one particular feature that sets us apart from the many, many animals that came before us – our uniquely long childhoods. Growing Up Human looks at how we have diverged from...

"The book is a classic: comprehensive, beloved, encompassing the latest research and thinking on child development and learning"--

"From New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Coddling of the American Mind, an essential investigation into the collapse of youth mental health--and a plan for a healthier, freer childhood. After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in the early 2010s. Rates of depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicide rose sharply, more than doubling on most measures. Why? In The Anxious Generation, social...

Learning, playing and learning through play are complex issues that we have tried to simplify and explain with this film. It shows learning taking place through self chosen, enjoyable activities. By following one boy for a year (from his third to his fourth birthday) we see clearly how his development and learning are progressed through his rich play experiences. He is seen playing at home indoors and out and sometimes at his playgroup. He plays on...

Learning about literacy is a social act. Young children develop the necessary skills they will need to be competent and confident readers and writers from the people around them and their environment. Children need to know about their language(s) and the sounds and all about print and its uses. They need to develop a love of books and storytelling and have the confidence to express themselves, use their imagination and be creative. It is young children's...

As a former teacher, school board chair, and state legislator, Kristen J. Amundson has spent decades answering parents’ questions about school. This book highlights 81 questions, covering a child’s school journey from preschool to postsecondary education. It includes some of the school secrets parents need to know—the often unwritten rules that can make a child’s K-12 experience the best it can be. Should you “redshirt” your kindergartener...

"Un libro riguroso, actual e imprescindible que aboga por una crianza responsable basada en la ciencia y el amor. En los últimos años han surgido diversas tendencias, muchas veces opuestas o enfrentadas, que hacen que los padres se sientan inseguros sobre cuál es la mejor manera de criar a sus hijos. ¿Métodos conductistas para dormir o colecho? ¿Baby Led Weaning o purés? ¿Guardería o canguro? Hoy existen tantas opciones que la mayoría de...

The first three months of life are portrayed in detail, concentrating on communication and showing how the encouragement of early interaction lays the foundations for a satisfying relationship right from the start. The film follows three babies and their interactions with their families. It shows how to help stimulate and understand communicative behaviour and establish a rewarding relationship during the babies' first few months of life.