Parents guide in enhancing the physical, mental, socio-emotional and self-help of children?

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Parents guide in enhancing the physical, mental, socio-emotional and self-help of children?

Answer 1

If you are looking for a parents' guide, you are looking for a book on child development.  There are many written for parents and many written for teachers.  I usually advise going to the library and leafing through many of them.  Make a list of the few you like best, and try to get them online.  Try fetchbook.info as a great source of books.  You can get the edition that's one before the latest one out for very little money.  If you buy 5 by different authors, when your child has a problem, read only that section of all of them.  Usually they will have different advice.  Try the one that fits your style.  If it doesnt' work, go to the next most interesting.  Most of the time, by the time you get to the last one, the child has outgrown the problem.

If all the books agree (rare), it's usually the result of research, so go with what they say and see if it works.

There are also online guides, particularly from Family Communications (started by Mr. Rogers) with sound help and advice.

Answer 2

I think two specific books I would recommend are:

How Talk So Your Kids will Listen and Listen so your Kids Will Talk:

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How to Raise an Amazing Child by Tim Seldin:

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Other books Amazon recommends:

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Happy Hunting!

Matt