La revolución de la crianza

Text in Spanish. Offering solid guidance for mothers and mothers-to-be whose reading skills are limited and who may have limited access to adequate health care, this guide focuses on basics like prenatal care, lifestyle choices, nutritional advice, and a baby's first few months. This updated edition includes new chapters on parent-newborn interaction; baby's health, feeding, and safety; a more positive approach to breastfeeding; and current recommendations on immunisations, SIDS, and antibiotics. Checklists, a glossary, and a list of additional resources round out this invaluable book....

Examines the life-long effects of manipulative, self-centered parents on their children, including extreme parsimony, harsh and unmerited criticism, and other psychological abuse, and suggests ways for adults to overcome the damage.

An intriguing study on families and their changing roles, Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Families, Work, and Change provides fresh viewpoints on factors that have an impact on family life and relationships. This thematic volume, with chapters from scholars in Italy, Australia, Israel, Jordan, West Germany, Yugoslavia, Norway, and Finland, is truly international and covers a variety of substantive concerns. Among these is the concern for new familial models which will meld both the individual and the whole into a viable family entity capable of providing for the wishes, needs, and aspirations...

Si los padres de todo el mundo consiguieran comprender los asombrosos beneficios educativos y la profunda felicidad derivada de leer en voz alta a sus hijos, y si tanto ellos como cualquier adulto que cuide a un nino se acostumbraran a realizar esa actividad con una cierta frecuencia, es muy probable que se pudiera erradicar el analfabetismo por completo en una sola generacion. Todos esperamos y confiamos en que nuestros hijos aprenderan a leer, pero cuantos somos conscientes de nuestra capacidad de orientarlos hacia la lectura antes de que empiecen a ir a la escuela simplemente leyendoles en ...