Overview
This is a rich common-sense manual on ""evidence-based parenting."" Grounded in the best research available, it provides parents with the evidence to help them make the ""tough parenting decisions"" that they face.
Full Product Details
Author: Esther Yoder Strahan (in private practice, Ohio, USA) ,
Wallace E. Dixon, Jr. (East Tennessee State University, USA) ,
J. Burton Banks (Medical Practitioner, Southwest Virginia, USA)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Volume: v. 1
Dimensions:
Width: 12.90cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 19.80cm
Weight: 0.860kg
ISBN: 9780415413282
ISBN 10: 0415413281
Pages: 376
Publication Date: 23 October 2009
Audience:
General/trade
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Professional and scholarly
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General
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Almost every day there is a story in the news announcing another supposedly scientific finding pertaining to children, parents or families. Parenting with Reason not only offers thoughtful guidance but, much more significantly, provides parents with ways of thinking about what they read and ways to thoughtfully weigh the evidence behind the many claims they encounter. As a result, this clearly written, engaging volume should prove useful to all parents who want the best for their children. -- Professor Jay Belsky, Director of the Institute for the Study of Children, Families and Social Issues, Birkbeck University of London What makes Parenting with Reason exceptional is that it treats parents like grown-ups -- overwhelmed and baffled grown-ups sometimes, to be sure, but grown-ups never the less. What they offer is something different -- research-based evidence for parents to take into account when faced with the many important dilemmas involved in bringing up their children. -- Rachel Gould, counsellor and mother of 2 I would definitely recommend this book to friends as it is so informative and insightful. There is such a wealth of information in this book and I like the way it explodes parenting myths that are not based on science - Joanna Brown, mother to 5-year-old twins
Author Information
Esther Yoder Strahan taught for a decade as Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology at Heidelberg College, combined with part-time clinical practice. She has recently moved into full-time clinical practice. She enjoys travel with her husband Jeffrey and two young children, Laura and Isaac. Wallace E. Dixon, Jr. is Professor and Chair of the Psychology Department at East Tennessee State University. His wife Michele is a clinical child psychologist, and the two struggle to raise their daughters Rachel and Sarah to withstand the stigma of having two child psychologist parents. J. Burton Banks is a former associative professor of family medicine at East Tennessee State University. His clinical interests include children's health and care of child abuse victims. Dr Banks now practises medicine in southwest Virginia, where he lives with his wife Korina and three children, Trent, Skylar and Tanner.
