This book reviews the current state of knowledge in the field of child and adolescent psychology. It distinguishes between what is new in child psychology, given that certain phenomena did not previously exist in a significant way in the lives of young people (such as homoparentality, attacks, cyber-bullying or Covid-19). It also examines new studies of subjects that already exist and have done so for a long time (intelligence, the mother-child relationship,...

With toddlers, yelling, screaming, wailing, and flailing are a normal part of life. Very young children don't yet have the words to express strong feelings, and they're still learning social skills.

A leading educator discusses the importance of the first six years to a child's normal physical and emotional development.

D. W. Winnicott's distinctive contribution to our understanding of human development, based on extensive clinical work with babies and young children, is known and valued the world over. In “Playing and Reality”, he is concerned with the springs of imaginative living and of cultural experience in every sense, with whatever determines an individual's capacity to live creatively and to find life worth living. The ideas expressed here extend the...

The works published by the Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget and his associates during the past forty years constitute the largest repository of knowledge about the cognitive development of children that is available anywhere, and Piaget's general theory of intellectual development rivals, in scope and comprehensiveness, Freud's theory of personality development Here is a self-contained general summary of Piaget's theory, written at a relatively nontechnical...

"The Moral Judgment of the Child" by Jean Piaget is a seminal work in the field of developmental psychology, offering profound insights into how children develop moral reasoning. Piaget, a pioneering psychologist, meticulously examines the stages of moral development from early childhood through adolescence, providing a comprehensive framework for understanding how children distinguish right from wrong. In this influential book, Piaget presents his...

Children's Moral Lives makes use of case studies, observation, interviews and questionnaires to offer a fascinating, behind-the-scenes view of children's school lives and the complex moral issues and disputes they routinely negotiate • The first ethnography of childhood to focus on children's morality in the peer group • Case studies shed light on the psychological, social and cultural processes by which children and adults reach starkly different...

Draws on the author's Positive Parenting Solutions online course to explain how to correct negative behaviors in children, introducing the psychological theories of Alfred Adler on using empowerment to promote healthy child development.

"Early readers are introduced to a foundation of daily mindfulness practices in the My Mindful Day series. Meditation explores the importance of simple breathing exercises and taking time to pause. This engaging early approach to mindfulness helps readers develop word recognition and reading skills. Each book in this series includes a table of contents, glossary, index, and an author biography"-- Provided by publisher.

What do babies and young children really need? This impassioned dialogue cuts through all the theories, platitudes, and controversies that surround parenting advice to define what every child must have in the first years of life. The authors, both famed advocates for children, lay out the seven irreducible needs of any child, in any society, and confront such thorny questions as: How much time do children need one-on-one with a parent? What is the...