by Benjamin D. Garber (Author)
Never before has there been so much parenting advice available, but it can be confusing and contradictory, leaving parents wondering what to do.
In The Healthy Parent's ABCs, Dr. Benjamin Garber helps parents gets professional advice in small bites using 26 letters and 26 lessons. Well-suited to the needs and abilities of all parents, it spans parents of any age from any culture; parents with little or no education, limited English and financial resources to those with advanced educational degrees. The goal is to empower parents to raise healthier kids by:
being clear, calm and safe
building consistency between parenting partners
building consistency and partnerships between parents, teachers and other caregivers
Caregivers, schools, and any child-centered organization can use it in their curriculum to help parents focus on the basics of raising healthier kids by completing the alphabet in full twice each year, one week at a time.
The Healthy Parent's ABCs is Book 1 in the Healthy Parenting series. Book 2 is Caught in the Middle: A Letter to My Divorced Parents, and Book 3 is Taming the Beast: Managing Anger in Ourselves and Our Children Through Divorce
Author Biography
Psychologist and author, Benjamin Garber, is a New Hampshire licensed psychologist, a former Guardian ad litem and a Parenting Coordinator. He speaks in the U.S. and abroad, in addition to being a researcher and an award-winning freelance journalist, writing in the areas of child and family development for popular press publications and in juried professional publications in both law and psychology. Dr. Garber has advanced degrees in child and family development, clinical psychology, and psycholinguistics from the Pennsylvania State University and the University of Michigan. He has lived and worked in New Hampshire since 1988, opening his present practice in clinical child, family, forensic and consulting psychology in 1999.