"We've all heard the complaint from parents: They're more overwhelmed than ever before -- juggling demands on their time as well as conflicting advice from family, friends, frenemies and 'experts' on how to achieve parental perfection-- or risk jeopardizing their little one's future happiness. Pediatrician Jane Scott has seen this parental anxiety up close, and in The Confident Parent she shares advice on how to cut through the confusion, dial down...

"Vivimos tiempos en los que hay mucha información accesible sobre crianza y en los que cada vez existen más métodos educativos. Sin embargo, ¿cuántos están centran en los menores? ¿Cuántos se ponen a su altura, miran a los principales protagonistas y dan respuesta a lo que han observado? Muchas veces olvidamos lo esencial: las infancias necesitan ser escuchadas y disponer de su propio espacio para crecer y desarrollar sus habilidades individuales....

"A leading cognitive scientist argues that a deep sense of good and evil is bred in the bone. From Sigmund Freud to Lawrence Kohlberg, psychologists have long believed that we begin life as amoral animals. After all, isn't it the parents' role to turn babies into civilized beings who can experience empathy and shame, and override selfish impulses? In Just Babies, Paul Bloom argues that humans are in fact hardwired with a sense of morality. Drawing...

"Esther Wojcicki -- "Woj" to her many friends and admirers -- is famous for three things: teaching a high school class that has changed the lives of thousands of kids, inspiring Silicon Valley legends like Steve Jobs, and raising three daughters who have each become famously successful. What do these three accomplishments have in common? They're the result of TRICK, Woj's secret to raising successful people: Trust, Respect, Independence, Collaboration,...

"How much of my child's personality and behavior is inborn? How much is learned? Every parent has pondered the "nature vs. nurture" question as they grapple with how to handle today's complex parenting challenges. Increasingly competitive schools, looming threats of climate change, and the COVID-19 pandemic have sent many parents' anxiety spiraling out of control Parents' anxiety affects their kids, creating a recurring cycle of stress and worry....

"In some parts of northwestern Nigeria, mothers studiously avoid making eye contact with their babies. Some Chinese parents go out of their way to seek confrontation with their toddlers. Japanese parents almost universally co-sleep with their infants, sometimes continuing to share a bed with them until age ten. Yet all these parents are as likely as Americans to have loving relationships with happy children. If these practices seem bizarre, or their...

Here is a compelling, thought-provoking, practical guide to parenting and educating today's children. By incorporating twelve key capabilities, such as sensory awareness, creative imagination and self-awareness, parents and teachers can help develop critical tools for children's survival and success.

Brief text and illustrations trace the journey of a colorful train as it goes through tunnels, by cities, and over trestles. Includes study guide.