Pause and Reset: A Parent’s Guide to Preventing and Overcoming Problems with Gaming
Pause and Reset: A Parent’s Guide to Preventing and Overcoming Problems with Gaming By Nancy M. Petry, Ph.D. Pause and Reset by addiction expert Nancy Petry, is aimed at parents concerned about the role of video games in their children's lives. In this informative, reader-friendly book, the author sheds light on what constitutes problematic video gaming and what does not, how to determine whether a child, adolescent or young adult may be Read more »
Balanced and Barefoot: How Unrestricted Outdoor Play Makes for Strong, Confident, and Capable Children
Balanced and Barefoot: How Unrestricted Outdoor Play Makes for Strong, Confident, and Capable Children By Angela J. Hanscom, with Foreword by Richard Louv In this important book, pediatric occupational therapist and founder of TimberNook, Angela Hanscom shows how outdoor play and unstructured freedom of movement are vital for children’s cognitive development and growth, and offers tons of fun, engaging ways to help ensure that kids grow into healthy, balanced, and resilient adults. Today’s Read more »
UnSelfie: Why Empathetic Kids Succeed in Our All-About-Me World
UnSelfie: Why Empathetic Kids Succeed in Our All-About-Me World By Michele Borba, Ed.D. UnSelfie by Dr. Michele Borba explains what parents and educators must do to combat the growing empathy crisis among children today – including a 9-step empathy-building program with tips to guide kids from birth through college, and beyond. Borba notes that teens today are forty percent less empathetic than they were thirty years ago. Why is this lack of Read more »
Kid’s Corner: The Adventures of Phatty and Payaso: Central Park
The Adventures of Phatty and Payaso: Central Park By Marie Unanue Author Marie Unanue spins a delightful and suspenseful tale that will delight readers of all ages, especially animal lovers, and cat lovers in particular. It starts with a terrifying threat from a malevolent predator. Phatty the cat loves nothing more than spending his days balanced atop his favorite chair gazing out his windows at Central Park below. Everything is simply fan-tabby-lous Read more »January 16th 2021
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