by Gordon Neufeld and Gabor Maté (2004)
Canadian doctors Neufeld and Maté woke up one day to find that their children had become secretive and unreachable. Pining for time with friends, they recoiled or grew hostile around adults. Why? The problem, Neufeld and co-writer Maté suggest, lies in a long-established, though questionable, belief that the earliest possible mastery of the rules of social acceptance leads to success. In a society that values its economy over culture, the book states, the building of strong adult/child attachments gets lost in the shuffle. Multiple play dates, day care, preschool and after school activities groom children to transfer their attachment needs from adults to their peers. They become what the authors call "peer oriented." The result is that they squelch their individuality, curiosity and intelligence to become part of a group whose members attend school less to learn than to socialize. And these same children are bullying, shunning and murdering each other, as well as committing suicide, at increasing rates. The authors' meticulous exploration of the problem can be profoundly troubling. However, their candidness and exposition lead to numerous solutions for reestablishing a caring adult hierarchy. Beautifully written, this terrific, poignant book is already a bestseller in Canada.
Tracy Hogg with Melinda Blau
This tip-based edition distils the wisdom Tracy Hogg demonstrated in her bestselling 'Secrets of the Baby Whisperer'. This follow-up aims to enable parents to work out what kind of baby they have and what parenting plan will work best for them.
Dan Pearce
A quick go-to guide of essential rules to help fathers know what to expect, what to say, and what to do in difficult moments.
Zhou Lingyu zhu
A book of more than 240 real parenting cases through which the author Zhou Lingyu demonstrates the current education viewpoints, providing parents with lessons to emulate or to steer away from. These real life experiences open parents eye to the world of their children.
Jean-Marie Miron, François Victor Tochon
Cet ouvrage se fonde sur la pratique quotidienne du métier de parent. Il s'adresse à tous les parents motivés par l'éducation de leurs jeunes enfants.