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Summary: Tons of helpful information.
Review: A key to finding success as a parent is to have realistic expectations for behavior and development. This book packs an incredible amount of good advice from a wide variety of experts into an accessible guide. A great handbook for parents to keep on hand - you'll refer to it over and over again.
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Summary: Informative Book
Review: I found this book to be very helpful,
easy to find what you are looking for,
and well indexed.I would recommend this to any parent of
pre-schoolers.
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Summary: Excellent Parenting reference book
Review: I found this to an excellent source of "how to's" and "where to find's". It was well laid out, easy to use and information was very valuable. The reference subjects were comprehensive also for the age group. Bring on the next age ranges!!!!!
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Summary: Excellent Parenting reference book
Review: I found this to an excellent source of "how to's" and "where to find's". It was well laid out, easy to use and information was very valuable. The reference subjects were comprehensive also for the age group. Bring on the next age ranges!!!!!
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Summary: Good composite
Review: I found this to be a good composite of imformation from many famous authorities on child-rearing. However, some of the areas addressed don't go into enough detail on the subjects- I found consulting the individual authors' own books a little more helpful in putting things into greater context. Overall, a good book though.
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Summary: The Ultimate Guide for Busy Parents
Review: Shelley Butler and Deb Kratz have accomplished an enormous feat. They have single-handedly eliminated my need for 10+ parenting guides on my bookshelf and replaced them with one single-volume reference that makes finding information easy and getting advice a breeze. Packed into this 580-page guide is information, tips and solutions for raising children ages one to five from leading childcare and parenting experts such as T. Berry Brazelton, Penelope Leach, Arlene Eisenberg and many more. Also offered are great ideas and activities parents can share with their children, year-by-year development for physical, emotional and intellectual skills, solutions and advice on more than 50 subjects from dawdling to diversity--all contained in a beautifully organized format with priceless children's illustrations throughout. My parenting shelf is now clear--except for The Field Guide To Parenting, which is a busy parent's dream come true.
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Summary: user friendly
Review: The Field Guide to Parenting is the best 'user friendly' book on parenting today. This book provides quality and reliable information in practical language. The Field Guide to Parenting is what every parent &/or educator needs for today's busy lifestyle. As a parent/family life educator, i consider this book a must for all book shelves, in homes, schools, libraries, counseling offices, community centers....wherever, parents congregate!
Buy one for yourself, a friend and your child's teacher. sincerely,
joan Henderson
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Summary: Many topics, many tools, many points of view in one book!
Review: There is no one "right" way to raise a child. Consequently, there is an overwhelming amount of great information and advice for parents and caregivers to help them raise happy, healthy children. As a librarian and a parent educator, we teamed our talents to organize a vast amount of child development information and parenting advice into one well-indexed, user-friendly handbook, written in everyday language. We considered ideas from over 2,000 books, articles, magazines, brochures, pamphlets, web sites, and videos from experts in the field, national organizations, government agencies, health care professionals, and parents themselves. In THE FIELD GUIDE TO PARENTING, you will find the tools that topics and multiple approaches to common problems. · Basic information to help you understand children's development and behavior. · Fun and inexpensive activities to do with young children. · Advice on when and where to get more help, should you need it. Because there are many right ways to raise a child, this book offers choices for parenting that can help you make decisions that work best for your family. We hope you find THE FIELD GUIDE TO PARENTING useful. Treasure the time you have with the young child in your life! -Shelley and Deb
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Summary: A book that stays within arm's reach
Review: This fantastic resource is one that I can't imagine doing without. Throughout the past three years, I have grabbed this great 580-page guide and easily found advice and ideas about everything from whining to macaroni art! The Field Guide to Parenting is organized so that you can find this fast, with development stages listed for benchmarking your child's accomplishments, then great ideas for projects and fun games that enhance mental, physical and emotional growth, followed by a huge section that covers more than 60 topics. Each topic is explained, expectations listed, approaches to dealing with that subject from experts in child development, when to get more help and a resource section listing Web sites, books, videos, 800 numbers and more!
What I like the most about this book is that one person is not telling me what is the "right" way to parent. The compilation of advice comes from so many experts that the reader can choose what is right for him or her. This is a welcome change from the trends in parenting styles that seem to dominate the shelves. I highly recommend having this book around from birth (even before when there is time to read!) to well past your child's 5th birthday. Mine is well worn, and still on an easy-to-reach shelf!
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Summary: all-in-one resource for parents of young children
Review: This is a wonderful book for parents of young children. It starts out with year-by-year chapters on the developmental changes for one to five-year-olds. Then it goes on to chapters on specific problems of young childhood, such as toileting or grieving or moving away. These chapters include quotes and ideas from many authorities and writers on parenting. I would always wonder, looking at a book by one author, whether one person could have all the right answers for parents' problems. This book gives you the best of many ideas, plus lists of books and resources, should you need more help on any problem. But it isn't just about problems. There are descriptions of projects and games to do with the kids, too. It would make a great baby shower gift or a gift for a parent on a child's first birthday.
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