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Raising Children
books for children in the first five years of life
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Touchpoints,
by Berry Brazelton
-- This marvelous book goes through the first five years by developmental stages. It also features practical advice on issues such as thumb sucking. Its real strength lies in the glorious glimpse Dr. Brazelton gives into the inner life of your child. It also provides rich insight into our inner lives as parents.
Note: The volumes by Shelov and Brazelton, side by side, provide a thorough, balanced groundwork for raising babies and preschool children.
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Encounters with Children: Pediatric Behavior and Development,
by Suzanne Dixon & Martin Stein
-- On the other end of the spectrum, for a very detailed look at child development, the best book I've read is Encounters with Children: Pediatric Behavior and Development. It is a rich, magical, finely wrought tome on childhood development. Intended for health care providers, the book is also well suited to lay parents who want to know more about their children.
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books for children five and up
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Caring for Your School-Age Child,
edited by the American Academy of Pediatrics
-- For older children, there are many fewer books on the market. Parents often leave the problem solving to schools. This is very unfortunate, since the school-age years are the bridge to adolescence. The best overall reference I have read is Caring for Your School-Age Child, put out by the American Academy of Pediatrics as the second in their series. Like their volume about younger children, the first half discusses issues likely to arise at each age. The second half is again encyclopedic and gives practical information on such topics as poison ivy, car restraints, strep throat, chicken pox, etc.
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Siblings Without Rivalry,
by Faber & Mazlish
-- This is the best book I've seen on the new dynamics that arise whenever the second child comes along. I reread this book every year as a springboard to reevaluate how I am parenting each of my children.
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