Top 101 Child Development & Parenting Articles

21 outstanding parenting experts teamed together to provide you with the best electronic parenting book on the market. The 101 articles are listed in alphabetical order.

Five Winning Discipline Strategies that Don't Include Yelling, Nagging or Spanking

ASL for Babies: Level 1

Did you know that preverbal babies can learn to communicate long before they can talk? This manual provides you with 80 simple signs that babies as young as 6 months can begin to learn. The order is chosen only to match their typical early vocabulary. I invite you and your baby to enjoy the beautiful language of signs.

In 2002, the Deaf Children Society of British Columbia contracted me to teach what they were calling: "Baby Sign" and showed me the program Joseph Garcia had created called "Sign with Your Baby". I was confident that with my Early Childhood Education background, my experience of raising young children, and my over 25 years as a signer, that I could create something myself. As a Parent Educator, I was also excited about leading a group that brought parents and babies together to meet other parents and learn something new. I remember when I was a young mom, I was eager to sign up for anything where I could meet other parents and offer some fun and stimulation to my baby.

When I first began my classes, parents frequently asked for pictures of the signs so they could go home and practice. My step-son Roger is an excellent artist and is also deaf ,so I thought who better to approach to illustrate the 80 signs I was teaching? The result is this little manual.

Raise Your Children but Not Your Voice

Praise for Raise Your Children But Not Your Voice:

In her first parenting e-book, Raise Your Children But Not Your Voice, parenting expert Barbara Desmarais puts her 17 years of education, training and parenting to good use. In this well-organized, attractive e-book, Desmarais shares a multitude of solid parenting tips and success secrets. At the same time, she is careful to point out that each child is different, and her suggestions should be applied as appropriate to each individual child.

This insightful, easy-to-read e-book includes tips for childproofing your environment, offering choices, and effectively communicating with your child. The parenting expert continues with more in-depth advice in her discussions of logical and natural consequences, acknowledging positive behavior, and focusing on what really matters. Desmarais completes her advice by explaining the importance of taking care of the child’s parent (aka YOU) and not feeling guilty for having to say “no.”

Whether you are a veteran parent or an anxious mom-to-be, Desmarais’ parenting guide is a great, abbreviated version of tried and true techniques to get through to your child. You’ll be sure to love this Reader’s Digest version of Parenting 101. Don’t miss this one – it’s a must have for any parent!

Dana Blozis
Independent Book Reviewer and Mother

I have known Barb Desmarais for the past 20 years, as a colleague in the ECE field, as a Coach, and as a friend. Her advice and suggestions on parenting have always been more than helpful in raising my two children. Barb has raised two amazing, respectful and thoughtful teenagers by living what she teaches: a caring, calm and democratic approach to parenting. Barb has written a little gem of a book on parenting; full of practical ideas which are easy to understand and implement. She has done so in such a concise and easy to read format. These ideas will help parents of any age child in their daily journey of parenthood.

Nancy Higgs
ECE, BA

This book gives the parent the "essential" tools to guide their parenting. With so many parenting books promoting different approaches to parenting it is refreshing to read a book with a common sense approach to raising children.

A valuable resource for any parent, one that you can come back to again and again.

Christine Broatch
ECE, Childcare Licensing Officer & Mother of Two

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