Most new parents think of diapers as a smelly, expensive, and unavoidable necessity. The good news is that it’s possible—even practical—to raise your kids without diapers. In Diaper Free!, Ingrid Bauer shows how you can:* Save thousands of dollars* Reduce landfill waste (single-use disposable diapers are responsible for one third of the non- biodegradable waste in landfills)* Avoid diaper rash* Use the “Four Tools for Diaper Freedom” to enhance your re...

At the beginning of June 1961, the tensions of the Cold War were supposed to abate as both sides sought a resolution. The two most important men in the world, John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev, met for a summit in Vienna. Yet the high hopes were disappointed. Within months the Cold War had become very hot: Khrushchev built the Berlin Wall and a year later he sent missiles to Cuba to threaten the United States directly.Despite the fact that the Vienna Summit yielded barely any t...

This collection of surveys and research articles explores a fascinating class of varieties: Beauville surfaces. It is the first time that these objects are discussed from the points of view of algebraic geometry as well as group theory. The book also includes various open problems and conjectures related to these surfaces.Beauville surfaces are a class of rigid regular surfaces of general type, which can be described in a purely algebraic combinatoric way. They play an important ro...

Memory is the brain's ability to keep track of past experience and make it reappear in consciousness. Memory is a complex process that involves three phases: learning, information storage, return (evocation and recognition). These phenomena are not precise and controlled by a specialized region of the brain, but develop together at the nerve centers polyvalent (hippocampus, hypothalamus, and mammillary bodies) and nerve fibers that connect them. In general, we distinguish the short-term me...

A thought-provoking combination of practical parenting information and scientific analysis, Our Babies, Ourselves is the first book to explore why we raise our children the way we do--and to suggest that we reconsider our culture's traditional views on parenting.New parents are faced with innumerable decisions to make regarding the best way to care for their baby, and, naturally, they often turn for guidance to friends and family members who have already raised children. B...

America's foremost baby and childcare experts explain the benefits—for both you and your child—of connecting with your baby early.Would you and your baby both sleep better if you shared a bed? How old is too old for breastfeeding? What is a father's role in nurturing a newborn? How does early attachment foster a child's eventual independence?Dr. Bill and Martha Sears—the doctor-and-nurse, husband-and-wife team who coined the term "attachment parenting"—answer...

Make a Difference During the Most Important Years of Your Child's LifeThe months leading up to the birth of a child are filed with joy, dreams, plans—and a few worries. As a caring parent, you want to start your child out in life on the proper foundation. But where do you go for the answers to such questions as: How do I communicate with an infant who doesn't understand words? How can I effectively teach boundaries to my toddler? Should I ever spank my child?...

"At long last -- Magda Gerber's wisdom and spice captured in a book --what a treasure! Now parents and caregivers everywhere can benefit from learning what it means to truly respect babies."--Janet Gonzalez-Mena, Author of Infants, Toddlers, and Caregivers and Dragon Mom"Magda Gerber's approach will deepen your understanding of your baby and help you truly appreciate the complexity, competence, and amazing capacities of the small human being for who...

For twenty-five years, Positive Discipline has been the gold standard reference for grown-ups working with children. Now Jane Nelsen, distinguished psychologist, educator, and mother of seven, has written a revised and expanded edition. The key to positive discipline is not punishment, she tells us, but mutual respect. Nelsen coaches parents and teachers to be both firm and kind, so that any child–from a three-year-old toddler to a rebellious teenager–can learn creative cooperation and sel...

Do you automatically cut toast into fingers?Appreciate finger painting as much as fine art?Hear 'no' a million times a day?If the answer is yes, then Toddler Tactics is for you. Being the parent of a toddler can be exciting, inspiring and exhausting - all at once! Your adorable little baby has now become a moving, grooving tot with attitude, and it will take all your patience and skill to deal with these chang...

Based on Dr. Maria Montessori's philosophies for nurturing babies and toddlers, this practical and useful guide is brimming with instructions, anecdotes, and encouragement for raising calm, competent, and confident children—from designing the baby’s bedroom to encouraging life skills such as dressing themselves and working both independently and collaboratively.What can parents do to help their youngest children in their task of self-formation? How does the Montess...