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Annotation: These resources are designed to help parents handle common challenges and build a safe, stable, and nurturing relationship with their child. Topics include communicating, creating structure and rules, giving directions, using discipline and consequences, and using time-out. Videos, activities for practicing positive parenting skills, and other resources are included.

Contact: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30329-4027, Telephone: (800) 232-4636 Secondary Telephone: (888) 232-6348 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.cdc.gov Available from the website.

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Keywords: Child rearing, Communication skills, Discipline, Multimedia, Parenting education, Parenting skills, Parents

Annotation: This guide for new fathers explains how to take care of a new baby. It includes a prenatal checklist to help fathers know what to expect before the baby is born, guidelines on supporting and maintaining a healthy partnership with the baby's mother, and advice on being a responsible father after the baby is born. The guide addresses common concerns and fears, basic care of a newborn, and the importance of ongoing involvement in your baby's life. Included are hands-on activities and notes intended to help fathers become responsible parents. The guide is available in English and Spanish. Supplemental materials include a guide for making a mobile to hang over the baby's crib, posters, and other brochures.

Contact: Texas Office of the Attorney General, P.O. Box 12548, Austin, TX 78711-2548, Telephone: (512) 936-1737 Fax: (512) 469-3157 Web Site: http://www.oag.state.tx.us Available from the website.

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Keywords: Child rearing, Consumer education materials, Father child relations, Fathers, Infant care, Parenting, Paternal behavior, Prenatal care, Spanish language materials

Annotation: This book explores the history of the founding and progress of the field of child development from the late 1800s up to World War II. Topics in part one of the book, encompassing 1893-1910, include the rise of social research, feminism, the child study movement, scientific child rearing, parent education, social welfare reform and reform-minded scientsts. Part two provides an overview of the creation of models from 1910-1921. Contents include the establishment of the Children's Bureau, research perspectives from juvenile delinquency to child guidance, and a case study of the methods used in the Iowa Child Welfare Research Station to grow better crops, better pigs, and better children. The third section reviews breakthroughs during the period from 1922 to 1940. It discusses the "Children's Decade" of the 1920s, child development research and preventive politics, a case study of the Yale Clinic, activities of the Child Guidance Movement and its transformation to child psychiatry, and the continued activities of the Children's Bureau.

Contact: Yale University Press, P.O. Box 209040, New Haven, CT 06520-9040, Telephone: (203) 432-0960 Fax: (203) 432-0948 Web Site: http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/home.asp $32.00 for paperback, plus shipping and handling. Document Number: ISBN 9780300144352.

Keywords: Behavioral sciences, Biological sciences, Child development, Child health, Child health programs, Child rearing, Children, Children', Federal agencies, History, Mother child relations, Mothers, Parent education, Pediatrics, Social sciences, United States, s Bureau

Annotation: This book looks at families with infants and toddlers: how they prepared for parenthood, how they spend their time together, the nature and patterns of their routines and practices, their relationships with extended family members and other supports, and the stresses they experience. The book is organized into four parts. Part one describes the contemporary conditions of families in the United States with children from birth to age three. Part two examines contemporary child rearing practices. Part three focuses on the healthcare system and parents' relationships with health professionals. Part four looks toward the policy implications of the survey findings. Tables and graphs present statistical data throughout the book and an index is provided.

Contact: Cambridge University Press, 32 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10013-2473, Telephone: 212-924-3900 Secondary Telephone: (914) 937-9600 Fax: 212-691-3239 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.cambridge.org/us/ Available in libraries. Document Number: ISBN 0-521-01264-3.

Keywords: Child rearing, Family relations, Family support services, Health care delivery, Parenting, Parenting skills, Surveys, Young children

Annotation: This book for expecting and new parents gives tips on pregnancy and early childhood development. It is divided into seven chapters entitled becoming a parent; nine months long; at home with your newborn; feeding baby (6 months to 2 years); keeping baby well; keeping baby safe; and your growing child. Included are various checklists for planning and discussions, keeping track of baby's health, questions for doctor visits, and supplies to have on hand. Information is designed in narrative and chart formats with extensive illustrations.

Contact: MELD, Parents as Teachers National Center, 2228 Ball Drive, St. Louis, MO 63146, Telephone: 314-432-4330 Secondary Telephone: (314) 432-4330 ext. 208 Fax: 314-432-8963 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.parentsasteachers.org $12.50, plus $5.00 shipping and handling. Document Number: ISBN 0-9676470-0-2.

Keywords: Child care, Child development, Child nutrition, Child rearing, Child safety, Consumer education materials, Developmental stages, Discipline, Infant care, Parenting, Parenting education, Postpartum care, Pregnancy, Prenatal care, Well child care

Annotation: This report contains estimates on the costs of raising children; it includes estimates for traditional husband-wife and single-parent families. It is based on data derived from the 1990-1992 Consumer Expenditure Survey and other surveys, updated to the current year using the Consumer Price Index. It includes a discussion of the data and the methodology used to calculate the costs of child rearing as presented here. Estimates are presented by age of child, family income, and region of residence; categories of expenditures include housing, food, transportation, clothing, health care, child care and education, and miscellaneous. Earlier editions of this report have been called "USDA Estimates of the Cost of Raising a Child."

Contact: U.S. Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 1034, Alexandria, VA 22302-1594, Telephone: (703) 305-7600 Fax: (703) 305-3300 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.cnpp.usda.gov Available from the website.

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Keywords: Child rearing, Family economics, Parents, Single parents, Statistics

Annotation: This report presents the results of a survey taken of 2,000 families with children under three to determine how the health care system can help them insure the health and development of their children. The introduction describes the purpose and methodology of the survey, and presents and discusses the findings on these topics: early hospital discharge patterns, the promotion of breast feeding, the provision of information regarding early childhood development, parents' access to pediatric information and services, stress factors affecting child rearing, the role of parental emotional and mental health, financial pressures, and the parents' preparedness for parenting. Appendices provide profiles of selected parents; and survey charts, highlights, and data tables.

Contact: Commonwealth Fund, One East 75th Street, New York, NY 10021, Telephone: (212) 606-3800 Contact Phone: (212) 535-0400 Fax: (212) 606-3500 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.commonwealthfund.org Available in libraries.

Keywords: Child rearing, Early childhood development, Family characteristics, Family economics, Financial support, Knowledge level, Length of stay, Parenting skills, Parents, Physician parent relations, Statistics, Surveys, Young children

Annotation: This issue of "The Future of Children" examines current trends in financing child care services and considers various future alternatives to them. It includes an analysis of the topics and makes policy recommendations. The topics of the articles include a history of federal funding; an assessment of trends with regard to affordability, availability, and quality; and a review of current and emerging trends. Other articles analyze alternative financing strategies, consider the relationship between funding public education and child care, look at the impact of funding child rearing through the provision of child allowances and parental leave on child care, or provide commentaries on the proposals.

Contact: David and Lucile Packard Foundation, 343 Second Street, Los Altos, CA 94022, Telephone: (650) 948-7658 E-mail: https://www.packard.org/contact-us Web Site: https://www.packard.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Access to care, Child care, Child rearing, Federal initiatives, Financing, Parental leave, Policy development, Quality assurance, Trends

Annotation: This pamphlet tells the story of several infants born with congenital disabilities or whose brains were injured during infancy. The stories are told by the parents, and reflect their initial dismay, the process of finding educational and care solutions, and several years later, the children's remarkable success socially, at school, or at work. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: University Affiliated Program of New Hampshire, Institute on Disability, 10 West Edge Drive, Suite 101, Durham, NH 03824, Telephone: (603) 862-4320 Secondary Telephone: (603) 228-1541, ext. 1180 Contact Phone: (603) 228-2084 Fax: 603-862-0555 Web Site: http://iod.unh.edu Available in libraries.

Keywords: Academic achievement, Brain diseases, Child development, Child rearing, Children with special health care needs, Congenital abnormalities, Special education, Syndromes

Annotation: This series assesses the impact and significance of the changes in domestic policy that have occurred under the Reagan administration and analyses the critical economic and social issues facing the nation during the 1980s and beyond. This title brings a social science perspective to bear on family change and family policy, identifies the determinants of change, and analyses the role that government has played and can play in affecting the course of family life. It analyses the trends from the perspective of children, mothers, and fathers. The contributors report on changes in the child population, their physical and mental health, academic achievements, economic status, and social behavior. It includes reports on the changing role of marriage and the family, the economic and social roles of mothers and fathers, and the implications for social policy; these reports are supported by statistical tables. The final chapter analyzes the links between government policy and family structure.

Contact: University Press of America, 4501 Forbes Boulevard, Suite 200, Lanham, MD 20706, Telephone: (410) 459-3366 Secondary Telephone: (800) 462-6420 Web Site: http://www.univpress.com Available in libraries. Document Number: ISBN 0-87766-422-6, cloth; 0-87766-421-8, paper.

Keywords: Academic achievement, Adolescent mental health, Adolescent pregnancy, Adolescents, Child mortality, Child rearing, Child welfare, Children, Divorce, Families, Family characteristics, Family relations, Family support programs, Family support services, Fathers, Fertility, Financial support, Marital status, Public policy, Single parents, Social change, Statistics, Working mothers

Annotation: This book is the result of a series of interviews with and filming of five families that examined common child rearing issues. Each chapter describes the history of the family, two or three problems raised at office visits with the pediatrician, and family follow-up. Topics include a quiet child versus an active one; sibling rivalry; discipline; separation and divorce; sleep; crying; the middle child; walking; overload; sense of self; early learning; a new member of the family; and fears and fantasies.

Contact: Pearson Higher Education, Addison-Wesley , One Lake Street, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458, Telephone: (201) 236-7000 Contact Phone: (800) 822-6339 Web Site: http://www.pearsonhighered.com/ Available in libraries.

Keywords: Case studies, Child psychology, Child rearing, Parent child relations, Parenting, Personal narratives

Annotation: This book discusses the infant, including feeding, personality development, and relationship with the mother. It further discusses child development, including family relationships and social development. It then discusses the educational system and how the child interacts with other systems such as hospitals and the juvenile system. It is based primarily on talks of the author, a British pediatrician who specialized in child psychiatry, that were broadcast by the British Broadcasting Corporation and were originally published in 1964.

Contact: Pearson Higher Education, Addison-Wesley , One Lake Street, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458, Telephone: (201) 236-7000 Web Site: http://www.pearsonhighered.com/ Available in libraries. Document Number: ISBN 0-201-16517-1.

Keywords: Child rearing, Children, Families, Infants, Parent child relations

Annotation: This book contains narratives from interviews of mothers about the experiences of having and raising children.

Keywords: Child rearing, Interviews, Mother child relations, Mothers, Parenting, Personal narratives

Annotation: This book is a collection of more than 100 letters from mothers sent to the Children's Bureau between 1915 and 1932, along with selected replies. The letters, which document the daily lives of mothers from various geographic regions and backgrounds, are organized into sections on pregnancy, childrearing, and the conditions of women's lives during this period in time. Each section begins with background information and a brief summary of the letters.

Contact: Rutgers University Press, Administrative Office, 100 Joyce Kilmer Avenue, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8099, Telephone: 732-445-7762 Fax: 732-445-7039 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://rutgerspress.rutgers.edu/index.html $13.95 via Amazon.com or borrow (after free registration). Document Number: ISBN 0-8135-1177-1.

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Keywords: Child health, Child rearing, Communication, Federal agencies, Government programs, History, Mothers, Personal narratives, Pregnancy

Annotation: This book for parents examines the developmental reasons for difficulties in child behavior such as fears, sadness, thumbsucking, discipline problems, feeding and sleep issues, and psychosomatic problems such as stomachaches and bedwetting. It also examines medical problems such as croup and asthma and listening to the child who is hospitalized.

Contact: Pearson Higher Education, Addison-Wesley , One Lake Street, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458, Telephone: (201) 236-7000 Contact Phone: (800) 822-6339 Web Site: http://www.pearsonhighered.com/ Available in libraries.

Keywords: Child behavior, Child development, Child mental health, Child rearing, Parent child relations

Annotation: This book presents papers from a round table discussion to examine and provide guidelines for improved communication between health care professionals and parents and children. Topics include areas of need for improved health care communications (such as teaching self-care skills, communicating with a child in the hospital or a child with a chronic disease, and parents' groups roles in communication); strategies for teaching better communication (such as training nurses and preparing physicians in training); and techniques for implementation of training for better communications. A set of communication guidelines is included, along with descriptions of several initiatives designed to teach improved communication skills.

Keywords: Child rearing, Communication, Parent child relations, Parent professional relations

Annotation: This book has been written to help health professionals bridge the gap between their own cultural values and the values of their clients/patients. It discusses the influence of culture on child rearing, and the child rearing values, beliefs, and practices of the major cultures in the United States. The authors of each chapter are professional nurses who have the cultural background being described. Chapters cover mainstream America, the American Indian, the Black American, the Japanese American, the Chinese American, the Filipino in America, the Mexican American (the Chicano), the Puerto Rican in Mainland America, and the Vietnamese in America.

Contact: F. A. Davis Company, Distribution Center, 404 North Second Street, Philadelphia, PA 19123, Telephone: (212) 440-3016 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.fadavis.com/ $24.00.

Keywords: Child rearing, Cultural diversity, Ethnic groups

Annotation: This manual for professionals who work with children emphasizes the need to be sensitive and develop a heightened responsiveness to the changing needs and concerns of parents and children. It covers models for assessment and screening, and child raising issues such as sleep, feeding, child care, child behavior, sibling interactions, and mental retardation.

Keywords: Assessment, Child development, Child rearing, Management, Manuals

Annotation: In May 1981 the World Health Organization adopted an international code of marketing infant formula and other breast-milk substitutes. The code encompasses encouraging and supporting breastfeeding, promoting and supporting timely weaning practices with the use of local food resources, providing information and education on feeding infants and young children, promoting the health and social status of women engaged in child care, and appropriate marketing and distribution of breast-milk substitutes.

Contact: World Health Organization, 20, Avenue Appia, Geneva, Switzerland , Telephone: (+ 41 22) 791 21 11 Fax: (+ 41 22) 791 3111 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.who.int/en Available from the website. Document Number: ISBN 92 4 154160 1.

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Keywords: Bottle feeding, Breastfeeding, Child rearing, Education, Guidelines, Infant formula, International health, Marketing, Weaning, Women', s health

Annotation: This booklet is designed to provide parents the basic knowledge needed for rearing children between the ages of one and six. The topics discussed include out of babyhood into childhood, the child's physical surroundings, preserving health and preventing disease, teeth, food and eating habits, sleep, clothing, play, child development, the sick child, and selected books of interest to parents. It is a publication of the U.S. Department of Labor, Children's Bureau.

Contact: Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchlibrary.org Available from the website. Document Number: DHEW (OHDS) 78-30026.

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Keywords: ., Child health, Child nutrition, Child rearing, Young children