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The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self by Alice Miller Publisher Comments Why are many of the most successful people plagued by feelings of emptiness and alienation? This wise and profound book has provided thousands of readers with an answer—and has helped them to apply it to their own lives.Far too many of us had to... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper 
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Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys by Ph.D. and Michael Thompson Dan Kindlon, Ph.D. Publisher Comments In Raising Cain, Dan Kindlon, Ph.D., and Michael Thompson, Ph.D., two of the country's leading child psychologists, share what they have learned in more than thirty-five years of combined experience working with boys and their families. They reveal a... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Your Two-Year-Old: Terrible or Tender by Louise Bates Ames and Frances L. Ilg and Carol C. Haber Publisher Comments Are two-year-olds really so terrible, or does the world have a slightly skewed view of this sometimes difficult, sometimes adorable lot? Drs. Ames and Ilg, recognized worldwide as authorities on child behavior and development, offer parents practical... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Best Friends, Worst Enemies: Understanding the Social Lives of Children by Michael Thompson Publisher Comments Friends broaden our childrens horizons, share their joys and secrets, and accompany them on their journeys into ever wider worlds. But friends can also gossip and betray, tease and exclude. Children can cause untold suffering, not only for their peers... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Smart But Scattered: The Revolutionary "Executive Skills" Approach to Helping Kids Reach Their Potential by Peg Dawson Synopsis Theres nothing more frustrating than watching your bright, talented son or daughter struggle with everyday tasks like finishing homework, putting away toys, or following instructions at school. Your “smart but scattered” child might also have... (read more) Your price: $17.95 New - Trade Paper
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From Neurons To Neighborhoods : the Science of Early Childhood Development (00 Edition) by Jack P. (ed.) Shonkoff Publisher Comments How we raise young children is one of today's most highly personalized and sharply politicized issues, in part because each of us can claim some level of "expertise." The debate has intensified as discoveries about our development-in the womb and in the... (read more) List Price $44.95 Your price: $22.00 Used - Hardcover
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Life-span Development (13TH 11 Edition) by John W. Santrock Publisher Comments Connect with Life-Span Development and connect with success. Informed and driven by research. At McGraw-Hill, we have spent thousands of hours with you and your students, working to understand the key needs and concerns you face in Human Development... (read more) List Price $203.45 Your price: $144.00 Used - Hardcover
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Understanding Children's Drawings by Cathy A Malchiodi Publisher Comments Illustrated with over 100 children's drawings, this practical resource demonstrates how all clinicians can broaden and enhance their work with young people by integrating drawing into therapy. Topics covered include how to assist children in making art... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $16.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Nurtureshock: New Thinking about Children by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman Staff Pick Though rarely would I refer to a parenting book as a "page turner," NurtureShock is just that fascinating. Bronson and Merryman call on neuroscience to show how conventional parenting wisdom often doesn't jive with the biological reality of a child's... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $11.50 Used - Hardcover
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Deep Play by Diane Ackerman Publisher Comments With A Natural History of the Senses, Diane Ackerman let her free-ranging intellect loose on the natural world. Now in Deep Play she tackles the realm of creativity, by exploring one of the most essential aspects of our characters: the abitlity to play.... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Mind in Society: Development of Higher Psychological Processes by L. S. Vygotsky Publisher Comments The great Russian psychologist L. S. Vygotsky has long been recognized as a pioneer in developmental psychology. But somewhat ironically, his theory of development has never been well understood in the West. Mind in Society should correct much of this... (read more) List Price $32.50 Your price: $19.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Absorbent Mind by Maria Montessori Publisher Comments In response to the crisis in American education, more than five thousand public and private schools across the nation have adopted the timeless Montessori Method of teaching, of which this book is the cornerstone. Written by the women whose name is... (read more) List Price $18.99 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Nurtureshock (09 Edition) by Po Bronson Publisher Comments One of the most influential books about children ever published, NurtureShock offers a revolutionary new perspective on children that upends a library's worth of conventional wisdom. With impeccable storytelling and razor-sharp analysis, the authors... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Touchpoints : Birth To Three (2ND 06 Edition) by T. Berry Brazelton Publisher Comments 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. Berry Brazelton's great empathy for the universal concerns of parenthood, and honesty about the... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Savage Spawn: Reflections on Violent Children (Library of Contemporary Thought) by Jonathan Kellerman Publisher Comments discusses the legal and psychological ramifications of treating such children as adult criminals. He explores the "nature v. nurture" theory and tackles, with surprising results, the popular idea that violence in the media is to blame. Kellerman then... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Children of Immigration (01 Edition) by Carloa Suarez-orozco Publisher Comments demonstrates how "Americanization," long an immigrant ideal, has, in a nation so diverse and full of contradictions, become ever harder to define, let alone achieve.... (read more) List Price $33.75 Your price: $20.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Child Growth and Development 11/ 12 (18TH 11 - Old Edition) by Ellen Junn Publisher Comments The Annual Editions series is designed to provide convenient, inexpensive access to a wide range of current articles from some of the most respected magazines, newspapers, and journals published today. Annual Editions are updated on a regular basis... (read more) List Price $43.45 Your price: $30.00 Used - Trade Paper
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On Playing a Poor Hand Well: Insights from the Lives of Those Who Have Overcome Childhood Risks and Adversities by Mark Katz Publisher Comments Drawing upon research examining life's trajectories, Mark Katz identifies sources of protection, strength, and understanding - the cards that enable some children to "beat the odds." He encourages therapists, educators, and other child caretakers to... (read more) List Price $29.00 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Born for Love: Why Empathy Is Essential--And Endangered by Maia Szalavitz Publisher Comments Uncover the startling importance of empathy From birth, when babies' fingers instinctively cling to those of adults, their bodies and brains seek an intimate connection—a bond made possible by empathy, the remarkable ability to love and to share... (read more) Your price: $15.99 New - Trade Paper
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Brain-Based Therapy with Children and Adolescents: Evidence-Based Treatment for Everyday Practice by John B. Arden Publisher Comments An insightful and practical guide that looks at the role neuroscience plays as it relates to the treatment of childhood and adolescent disorders Written in an accessible way, Brain-Based Therapy with Children and Adolescents: Evidence-Based Treatment for... (read more) Your price: $50.95 New - Trade Paper
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