Eva offers to babysit for little brother Baby Mo so her parents can go sky-dancing competition, and she enlists a couple of her friends to help--unfortunately Mo proves to be a handful, eating too much candy, making a big mess, and throwing a tantrum, and she and her friends have to clean up fast before her parents get home.

« On ne choisit pas ses parents, on ne choisit pas sa famille. On ne se choisit même pas soi-même » - Philippe Geluck Dans ce troisième tome de la collection « Des choses de la vie », la psychanalyste Diane Drory pose un regard perspicace sur les relations parfois chahutées entre frères et sœurs ainsi que sur les rapports souvent difficiles des parents avec leurs enfants et ados. Chamboulée par les nouvelles technologies, le règne de...

Children must learn to pick themselves up, brush themselves off, and bounce back. How do you allow for the physicality required to build resilience why you are tasked with children's safety? This guide provides the tools and strategies for creating a culture of resilience, including families in the process, and keeping safety front-of-mind. * Examine common safety concerns and how to address and prepare for them * Learn how to work with families and...

This leading resource is a specifically designed curriculum for family child-care providers. They will be able to incorporate best practices and activities appropriate for the mixed ages of children in their care. Developmental domains and milestones, learning areas, age-appropriate activities and outcomes, and more are included. It is far more affordable than other family child care curriculum alternatives, and it aligns with Quality Rating and Improvement...

Death is inevitable, and yet the vast majority of the developed world seems to want to ignore this fact and avoid the sad inevitability. However, death is an inevitability, and trying to avoid talking about it is a mistake. Estimate Time of Departure takes readers on a journey of one man and his family having these discussions and how powerfully loving and revealing they were. In this funny, moving, poignant memoir, William Donaldson tells the story...

Confronting the Child Care Crisis is an outstanding, historically important analysis of childcare dynamics and a practical guidebook for change is essential reading about unmet needs of childcare. Based on years of personal, professional experience, facts and problems show how inadequate childcare significantly contributes to a national dilemma of increased family stress. Recounting experiences in the federal government, Dr. Auerbach reveals red-tape,...

Special Needs and Services examines and supports parent participation, training programs, role of play in the physical, mental and social development of children, and community involvement as the basis for effective childcare programs. Includes perspectives from different cultures and needs when considering the delivery of services. This valuable volume provides views on historical, political issues; social, economic needs; and essential insights...

En France, plus des 2/3 des femmes travaillent : toutes celles qui ont des enfants sont concernées par cet ouvrage ! « Ma mission ? Aider les mamans débordées, fatiguées ou stressées à se réapproprier leur emploi du temps et à mieux s'organiser au quotidien : prendre du temps pour elles sans culpabiliser, savoir se poser quand elles en ont besoin, prendre de la hauteur sur leur quotidien, réfléchir à leur organisation, se positionner...

'Don't read parenting books before having kids. Except this one.' From the hilarious Victoria Emes comes an unfiltered view of motherhood, highlighting the unspoken realities of parenting with her trademark brutal honesty and humour. What Not to Expect When You're Expecting will prepare parents to-be for the physical, mental and emotional onslaught of having kids, as well as exploring taboo aspects of pregnancy, birth and mothering that other parents...