Children's Studies

In a world of modern, involved, caring parents, why are so many kids aggressive and cruel? Where is intelligence hidden in the brain, and why does that ma...

Michael Gurian's blockbuster bestseller The Wonder of Boys is the bible for mothers, fathers, and educators on how to understand and raise boys. It has sol...

This is the moving and powerful account of two  remarkable boys struggling to survive in Chicago's  Henry Horner Homes, a public housing complex  disfigur...

Margaret Humphreys. Includes Index.Categories: Politics & Social Sciences Social SciencesChildren's Studies

Evaluates The Benefits Of A Hands-off Approach To Parenting That Promotes A Young Person's Natural Instincts And Independence, Explaining How Today's Protec...

All over the U.S. and in over twenty countries around the world, Touchpoints has become required reading for anxious parents of babies and small children. T...

In this ground-breaking new book on the Norteña/Sureña (North/South) youth gang dynamic, cultural anthropologist and linguist Norma Mendoza-Denton looks a...

Why do some children succeed while others fail? The story we usually tell about childhood and success is the one about intelligence: success comes to those...

Children:The Challenge gives the key to parents who seek to build trust and love in their families, and raise happier, healthier, and better behaved childr...

What could cause a mother to believe that giving away her newborn baby is her only option? Cathy Glass is about to find out. From author of Sunday Times an...

This book introduces the inter-disciplinary study of childhood and youth and the multi-agency practice of professionals who serve the needs of children, you...

One day, third-grade teacher Kyle Schwartz asked her students to fill-in-the-blank in this sentence: "I wish my teacherknew _____." The results astounded he...

“Funny, touching, tragic….A remarkable tale of corruption, child trafficking and civil war in a far away land—and one man’s extraordinary quest to ...