Recommended Reading for Parents
Discover the best books for parents with our curated list of recommended reads. Boost your parenting skills with expert-approved guides, child development books, and must-read resources for every stage of parenthood.
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Reviving Ophelia
by Mary Bray Pipher
Describes the psychological pitfalls faced by teenage girls growing up in a dangerous world in which violence, sexual harassment, eating disorders, promiscuity, and drug use have become the norm.
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Boys and Girls Learn Differently!
by Philip Carter
At last, we have the scientific evidence that documents the many biological gender differences that influence learning. For instance, girls talk sooner, develop better vocabularies, read better, and have better fine motor skills. Boys, on the other hand, have better auditory memory, are better at three-dimensional reasoning, are more prone to explore, and achieve greater abstract design ability after puberty. In this profoundly significant book, author Michael Gurian synthesizes the current knowledge and clearly demonstrates how this distinction in hard-wiring and socialized gender differences affects how boys and girls learn. Gurian presents a new way to educate our children based on brain science, neurological development, and chemical and hormonal disparities. The innovations presented in this book were applied in the classroom and proven successful, with dramatic improvements in test scores, during a two-year study that Gurian and his colleagues conducted in six Missouri school districts.
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Odd Girl Out
by Rachel Simmons
Describes female bullying and aggression, examines why it is often overlooked, and makes specific suggestions for curbing the behavior.