Here are some of the topics you can learn about on our website...and in our book. Click on the subject of your choice. To get back to this list of topics, just press the "back" button on your browser.

Topics covered include:

Tantrums ¤ Fear ¤ Separation ¤ Children's Feelings ¤ Sleep ¤ Eating ¤ Toilet Learning ¤ Talking to Kids About Sex ¤ Child Care ¤ Stealing ¤ The Reasons for Difficult Behavior ¤ Moving Beyond Punishment ¤ Sharing ¤ Supporting Children's Friendships ¤ Resolving Conflicts Between Parent and Child ¤ Teaching Compassion ¤ Learning From Your Mistakes ¤ A Vision for Your Family ¤ Learning About Child Development ¤ Finding Optimism ¤ The Vulnerability of New Parents ¤ Staying Open to Your Children ¤ Balancing Needs in Families ¤ Advocacy for Children ¤ Gender Roles ¤ Learning About Diversity ¤ Making Books for Your Kids ¤ Parenting with a Partner ¤ Building Strong Sibling Relationships

Excerpted from Becoming the Parent You Want to Be: A Sourcebook of Strategies for the First Five Years by Laura Davis and Janis Keyser.
Copyright © 1997 by Laura Davis and Janis Keyser. Excerpted by permission of Broadway Books, a division of the Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.