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Parenting For Dummies is a comprehensive guide offering updated advice on raising children from newborns to preteens. This edition includes the latest information on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), food allergies and nutrition, and immunisations. It emphasises child-centred parenting, building confidence and self-esteem, fostering early language development, and managing parental expectations with a more balanced approach. Contributions from Dr Mary Jo Shaw provide expert perspectives combining paediatric knowledge and parenting experience.
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This book is ideal for new and expectant parents seeking practical, research-based guidance on early childhood development from birth to 12 years. Health professionals looking for an accessible resource on recent child health updates may also find it useful.

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Teaches you how to keep the big mistakes to a minimum and make the parenting enterprise easier and more rewarding for your children and you. This book offers advice and guidance on how to: communicate with your kids; develop a good relationship with your kids; keep your kids safe and healthy; help your kids grow up to be good people; and more.

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Revisions to the previous edition include new information and research on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), added information on food allergies and nutrition, new sleep time timetable, updated immunization information, as well as a revised focus on child-centred parenting, building confidence and self-esteem, development of early language aptitude and reducing the tension of the tyranny of expectations. Mary Jo Shaw, MD has been added to the author team to bring her insight as both a pediatrician and parent. This new edition covers raising children - newborns to preteens - with a lot of child development information on age 0-12 months.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780764554186

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 30 May 2002

Country: United States

Imprint: For Dummies

Edition: 2nd edition

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 23.0mm

Width: 188.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 617g

Pages: 416

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About the Author

Sandra Hardin Gookin serves as a parenting expert for Parents Magazine and Working Mother Magazine.

Dan Gookin wrote the international bestseller DOS For Dummies. They have four sons.

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