Caring for Your School-Age Child, 3rd Edition: Ages 5-12 - Paperback

by American Academy of Pediatrics (Author), Shelly Vaziri Flais (Author)

From the American Academy of Pediatrics, the most up-to-date advice for mothers, fathers, and caregivers of school-age children

You've outgrown the baby books--but your school-age child needs your guidance and support more than ever.

During the ages of 5 to 12, children continue to grow and develop skills and habits that will impact their future health and well-being. The American Academy of Pediatrics, the trusted organization that represents the nation's top pediatricians, presents this revised and updated age-specific guide to help your children thrive during these formative years.

A child's school years, while exciting, bring new transitions. A comprehensive resource, Caring for Your School-Age Child includes advice on:

- Your child's emotional, physical, behavioral, and social development
- The best ways to encourage good nutrition and physical fitness
- Gender-specific issues facing boys and girls as they approach adolescence, including the stages of puberty
- Your child's media use, including screen time, electronic devices, and internet use and safety
- Effective discipline, behavior problems, temper tantrums, and optimal nurturing
- Promoting independence and fostering resilience through balanced expectations
- Safety and injury prevention, plus handling emergency situations
- School issues including promoting good homework skills and social dynamics, and dealing with school problems and learning disabilities
- Talking to your child about self-esteem, puberty, being shy, and dealing with prejudice
- Family matters, including divorce, stepfamilies, adoption, sibling rivalry, working-parent households, and childcare
- Understanding your child's inborn temperament--and how it affects the child-parent relationship
- And much more, including a complete health encyclopedia covering injuries, illnesses, and chronic medical conditions such as asthma and diabetes

Caring for Your School-Age Child is an essential childcare resource--recommended by pediatricians and trusted by parents.

Author Biography

The American Academy of Pediatrics is an organization of 66,000 primary-care pediatricians, pediatric medical subspecialists, and pediatric surgical specialists dedicated to the health, safety, and well-being of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.