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Raising Healthy, Happy Children

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By Rosalie Greenberg
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Bipolar Kids: Helping Your Child Find Calm in the Mood Storm

Dr. Greenberg is a board-certified child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist specializing in the treatment of childhood mood disorders. She maintains a private practice in child psychiatry in New Jersey, and has spent countless hours listening to bipolar kids about the challenges they face. Her book, Bipolar Kids, offers hope and practical advice, walking parents through many scenarios that occur with BP kids, and helping moms and dads learn to identify the triggers for manic episodes; better communicate with their child and monitor their child’s moods; and devise day-to-day strategies for supporting their kids in school and at home.


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By Jennifer Block
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Pushed: The Painful Truth About Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care

The majority of U.S. women are not having optimal birth experiences. Women should seek out an optimal, evidence-based birth experience, and they need to know that, statistically, they are not likely to have that experience in this country unless they are proactive about it.


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By Michael Crider
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The Guy's Guide to Surviving Toddlers, Tantrums, and Separation Anxiety (Yours, Not Your Kid's!)

Honest, heartwarming, and hilarious, Michael Crider's newest book gives new meaning to "be careful what you wish for!" From his son’s first steps to his first ride on the school bus, the new Guy's Guide chronicles Crider’s feeble fatherly attempts to hang on to his little boy.


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By David Elkind
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The Power of Play: Learning What Comes Naturally

This easy-to-read, informative book stresses the importance of unstructured play-time in the development of happy, healthy children. Dr. David Elkind, a professor of Child Growth and Development at Tufts University and the author of over a dozen books on child development, defends that most wonderful aspect of childhood – the chance to dream and to make this a wonderful world for them and for us.


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By Jill Stamm
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Bright From the Start: The Simple, Science-Backed Way to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind fromBirth to Age 3

Jill Stamm translates recent findings in infant neuroscience into easy to understand, practical information for parents. Bright from the Start gives parents the most leading-edge approach to maximizing their children’s potential. In addition it offers parents tips on how to bond with their children to create a safe, nurturing environment for learning and what factors they should look for when choosing childcare. Stamm also offers explanations as to why “edu-tainment” toys and DVD’s don’t often work.


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Prozac Use During Pregnancy Linked To Birth Problems

Prozac Use During Pregnancy Linked To Birth Problems

Pregnant women who take Prozac for depression during the third trimester have an increased risk of birth complications.

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Lifestyle Intervention Helps Overweight Children Lose Weight

Lifestyle Intervention Helps Overweight Children Lose Weight

A recent study finds overweight children and adolescents lose the most weight when engaged in lifestyle intervention with parental support.

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Daycare Benefits Children Provided it is High-Quality

Daycare Benefits Children Provided it is High-Quality

Researchers report that children in daycare do not seem to suffer significant detrimental effects, provided they are placed in a high quality daycare and they have a supportive home life.

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Bipolar Patients Benefit From Intensive Psychotherapy

Bipolar Patients Benefit From Intensive Psychotherapy

Adding intensive psychotherapy to the treatment of patients already taking drugs for bipolar disorder appears to have significant benefit.

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