Developmental Psychology

In a time when so many children and young adults seem to be struggling, parents are looking for help in bringing up mentally healthy kids who are equipped to thrive. Finally, evidence-based help is now available for overwhelmed parents who are trying their best but feel like they’re falling short.

A must-have resource for anyone who lives or works with young kids....

Many of us find ourselves stuck in unhealthy habits simply because we don't see a better way. With Mother Hunger, trauma counselor Kelly McDaniel helps women break the cycle of destructive behavior by taking a fresh look at childhood trauma and its lasting impact....

The pioneering experts Tina Payne Bryson and Daniel J. Siegel now explore the ultimate child-raising challenge: discipline....

How does trauma affect a child's mind—and how can that mind recover? In the classic The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog, Dr. Perry explains what happens to the brains of children exposed to extreme stress and shares their lessons of courage, humanity, and hope....

In Running the Room: The Teacher's Guide to Behaviour, Tom Bennett rewrote the book on behaviour management, and outlined the psychology and dynamics underpinning student habits. In this companion, he goes into more detail about how to apply those principles to the classroom....

Trauma and Recovery is revered as the seminal text on understanding trauma survivors. By placing individual experience in a broader political frame, Harvard psychiatrist Judith Herman argues that psychological trauma is inseparable from its social and political context....

If your child is between the ages of nine and twelve, you are in the throes of the 'between' years....

Make It Stick will appeal to all those interested in the challenge of lifelong learning and self-improvement....

The latest research in neuroscience and parenting come together in this groundbreaking book, which brings to light new realizations about the power of nurture for our children's mental and physical health outcomes.

Now updated with new material, Alicia F. Lieberman's The Emotional Life of the Toddler is the seminal, detailed look into the varied and intense emotional life of children aged one to three....

Teach Your Own helped launch the homeschooling movement; now, its timeless and revolutionary message of recognizing the ways children come to understand the world has been updated for today’s environment....

Dr. Ross Greene explains how to cultivate a better parent-child relationship while also nurturing empathy, honesty, resilience, and independence....

In Inner Work, the renowned Jungian analyst offers a powerful and direct way to approach the inner world of the unconscious, often resulting in a central transformative experience....

Changing Our Minds brings together research, theory and practice on learning. It includes interviews with influential thinkers in the field of self-directed education and examples from families alongside practical advice....

In this fully revised and updated edition, neuroscientist Dr Sarah McKay delivers the essential guide to understanding women's brain health and wellbeing, redefining how we think and talk about the female brain across the lifespan...

Anxious Kids offers parents a new perspective on their children's anxiety, encouraging them to view each episode as an opportunity to empower their kids with the skills to manage anxiety and thrive....

What is the boy crisis? It's a crisis of education. For the first time in American history, our sons will have less education than their dads. It's a crisis of mental health. It's a crisis of sexuality. It's a crisis of purpose....

If you're the parent of a "smart but scattered" teen, trying to help him or her grow into a self-sufficient, responsible adult may feel like a never-ending battle. This positive guide provides a science-based program for promoting teens' independence by building their executive skills....

Current child-rearing techniques seek to develop children who are confident, self-assured, and unafraid to speak their minds-lions instead of lambs. Although largely positive, this shift has brought with it some very serious problems in our children's behavior....

One of the very best scientific predictors for how any child turns out - in terms of happiness, academic success, leadership skills, and meaningful relationships - is whether at least one adult in their life has consistently shown up for them....

This highly influential work - now in a revised and expanded third edition incorporating major advances in the field - gives clinicians, educators, and students a new understanding of what the mind is, how it grows, and how to promote healthy development and resilience....

The latest groundbreaking tome from Tim Ferriss, the number-one New York Times best-selling author of The 4-Hour Workweek....

When our children are at their worst, they need us to be at our best. Educator and family counselor Kim John Payne, author of Simplicity Parenting, offers techniques that simply and directly shift these damaging patterns in communication and parental behavior....

On the surface, capable teenage boys may look lazy. But dig a little deeper, writes child psychologist Adam Price in He's Not Lazy, and you'll often find conflicted boys who want to do well in middle and high school but are afraid to fail and so do not try....

From the much loved 'Auntie' of TikTok, and the author of How to Clean Everything and How to Save Money, How to be an Adult covers everything that a young (or not so young) person needs to know—the stuff that should be taught in schools but isn't. From renting and budgeting to dealing with breakups and grief, and from how to change a plug to how to ace a job interview, no-one should leave home for the first time without a copy of this book.

Theo Parker ist Psychologe und selbst seit über zehn Jahren mit ADHS diagnostiziert. Er nähert sich dem Phänomen differenziert, wobei er auf überraschende Erkenntnisse und ein paar unbequeme Fragen stößt. Verständlich und fundiert klärt er rund um die Themen Diagnose und Medikamentierung auf, nimmt dabei aber auch den gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhang in den Blick.

Per questo è nato il progetto La Via della longevità felice, un sentiero verso la consapevolezza del dono prezioso di una lunga vita. E così è nato questo manuale che vede convergere le esperienze e le conoscenze di Franco Berrino, Nino Frustaglia e gli altri medici ed esperti della "Grande Via" in campi diversi come l'alimentazione, la psicologia, lo yoga, la botanica e la medicina tradizionale cinese.

Educators Tony Wagner and Ulrik Juul Christensen call for a radical new system of learning, where students progress individually when they demonstrate that they can use what they have learned—no matter how long it takes to get there. This is called mastery learning, and it is the future of education. This book shows how mastery learning is already being put to use in the United States and around the world, from kindergarten to college and in the workplace.

Exploring a range of factors contributing to this wicked problem—from social media, overprotection, and environmental toxins to the erosion of connection—Kids These Days clearly identifies what works for raising happy and healthy youth, and what does not.

In Free to Fly, Nicole Runyon reveals how today’s technology is crippling our kids' development, and she offers parents a clear path to reclaim their children’s mental health, build resilience, and foster true independence in the next generation. In two-plus decades of working as a child therapist, author Nicole Runyon, LMSW, has seen the devastating effect technology is having on today’s young people. From social media and gaming addiction to pornography and sextortion, children’s innocence and health are being demolished by their virtual realities.

The understanding of ADHD has been evolving: Once seen as a problem of "bad kids with bad parents," today people of all ages and from all walks of life are diagnosed with ADHD. With effective treatment, people with ADHD can have amazing career trajectories and make highly original and valuable contributions to society. But what does it mean to have ADHD? The recognition of ADHD has been increasing steadily, and the American Academy of Neurology is proud to shed light on this topic and bring greater understanding to all involved.

The book is for when you have absolutely no idea what to do and may indeed suspect your kid is actually a coordinated plot against your sanity.

Marilyn Monroe, Jean Seberg, Dalila: tre donne bellissime, celebrate dive dello spettacolo che al culmine del successo hanno preferito la morte. Alice Miller, scrutando l'enigma di questi suicidi, vi scorge la sofferenza del bambino che ha visto prematuramente soffocata la propria vitalità. Niente è infatti più mortifero del mettere a tacere i propri sentimenti profondi di ribellione contro i maltrattamenti subiti da piccoli. Perché si può forse sopravvivere a un'infanzia di umiliazioni, ma non si può tornare a vivere davvero, riprendendosi l'esistenza, se non dopo aver riconosciuto la rabbia e il dolore di un tempo.

Entdecken Sie die faszinierende Welt der Lernunterschiede zwischen Jungen und Mädchen! Stellen Sie sich vor, Sie könnten in die Köpfe Ihrer Kinder blicken und verstehen, warum sie auf ganz bestimmte Weise lernen und agieren. Vera F. Birkenbihl, die Erfinderin des Infotainments, nimmt Sie mit auf eine spannende Reise durch die unterschiedlichen Lernwelten von Jungen und Mädchen. Mit ihrer einzigartigen Mischung aus Humor, wissenschaftlicher Tiefe und praktischen Tipps eröffnet sie Ihnen neue Perspektiven auf das Lernen.