Sometimes it feels as though everybody has an opinion
on how you should bring up your child - and no two
people seem to agree on how it should be done for the
best! ''Parenting with Reason'' cuts through the masses
of confusing and often contradictory advice about
parenting by providing hard evidence to back up the
tough decisions all parents face. Unlike many self-help
guides to parenting which are based on the opinion of
one author, this book is based on many findings from
scientific research, giving you a trustworthy,
'evidence-based' guide to help see your way through
parenting dilemmas. Written by a clinical psychologist,
a developmental psychologist and a doctor of family
medicine, the book looks at pressing questions such as:
'What should I do when my child acts up?', 'How can I
get my baby to sleep through the night?' and 'How do I
begin to toilet-train my child?'. The authors, who are
also parents themselves, debunk common myths about
parenting, such as the notion that a healthy baby needs
to be able to breastfeed at will throughout the night,
or the idea that children who are adopted need
specialized counselling.They also cover issues such as
how children might be affected by seeing violence on
television, how a parent's psychological health can
affect their child, what the scientific evidence is for
and against circumcision, and how divorce and adoption
affect a child's development. The end of each chapter
gives you 'The Bottom Line', a handy summary of the key
points of each issue. This book is ideal for new or
prospective parents, and paediatricians, family health
providers and anyone who works with children and their
parents will also find the book's objective, scientific
approach useful in their work. |
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