While covering such topics as sleep, 'toilet learning,' tantrums and separation anxiety, the authors emphasize that parenting is a process in which adults grow and change along with their children. Dealing particularly well with the topic of kids who push limits, the authors suggest practical means for responding calmly and effectively to whining, nagging, biting, swearing and other potentially disruptive behaviors. This may be the best sex-education book around. Pact Praise book award-winner. Increased insight into the ways children develop their understanding of sex and family creation will help you clearly explain to your children how your family came to be.
Adoption is addressed.
A Pact bestseller. You may be surprised by the answers given in this revised and expanded edition of the popular 1978 title. The interviews demonstrate each child's level of mental development and also show how a child's thinking changes with age. This understanding of child development will help adults communicate better with children about the origin of families as well as the origin of babies. The revision also deals with such 2lst-century topics as assisted reproductive technology, donor insemination, and surrogacy.