Gary Ezzo Books

Why do teenagers rebel? Is it due to hormones, a suppressed primal desire to stake out their own domain, or a natural and predictable process of growth? To what extent do parents encourage or discourage the storm and stress of adolescence? On Becoming Teenwise looks at the many factors that make living with a teenager a blessing or a curse. It exposes the notions of cultural myth and brings to light the proven how-to applications of building and maintaining healthy relationships with your teens. For some parents, the biggest challenge is to get their teen to turn off the bedroom light without being reminded. Others are faced with school and peer influences but no serious relational difficulty. Yet, many others are in open war with their teens and are deeply troubled, to the point of despair. They are overwhelmed by the feeling that something has gone dreadfully wrong and are continually berated by an inner voice that relentlessly chants, "You are a failure."

Wonderful news for worried moms and dads! "Parents can raise great teens without the fear of storm and stress," say Gary Ezzo and Dr. Robert Bucknam. These parenting experts and bestselling authors explain that parents need not expect rebellion and conflict during their children's adolescence. The authors offer practical how-to's for building a positive relationship that leads to teen years marked by excitement, respect, and smooth family interaction. They show that the key is learning to build bridges to your teen's heart, creating a strong family fabric that lasts well beyond the difficult teenage years.

"Learn how over 500,000 babies were trained to sleep through the night the natural way."--Cover

As a child moves beyond the toddler years, new challenges arise for parents. Be prepared for this exciting stage with fifteen "Childwise" principles for training children ages 3-7 in happy and responsible living.  You became a parent overnight..... but it takes much longer to become  Childwise .  Just when you master the baby stage, greater challenges arise.  Intellect, self-awareness, curiosity, and social roles are emerging-- requiring consistent caring guidance from you.Equip yourself with more than fifteen  Childwise Principles  for training kids in the art of living happily among friends and family.  Foster the safe, secure growth of your child's self-concept and world view.  Nurture your little one's uniqueness while setting loving boundaries on his or her world.  And sow seeds for a rich harvest in the ten years ahead. On Becoming Childwise  shows you how to raise emotionally balanced, intellectually assertive, and morally sensible children.  It's the essential guidebook for the adventurous years from toddler to grader schooler!  Come join 26 year Pediatrician Dr. Robert Bucknam, M.D. and co-author Gary Ezzo, M.A. and the community of 6 million homes in all 50 states and around the world that are finding peace and success with their children in the  On Becoming  best selling series! 

The middle years, 9 to 12 years of age, are perhaps the most significant attitude-forming period in the life of a child. It is during this time that the roots of moral character are established. From the foundation that is formed, healthy or not-so-healthy family relationships will be built. During the preteen years, patterns of conduct are firmly established patterns that will impact your parent-child relationship for decades to come. Rightly meeting the small challenges of the middle years significantly reduces the likelihood of big challenges in the teen years. On Becoming Preteenwise is based on the familiar axiom that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. It is much easier to avoid making mistakes than it is to correct them after the fact. This is particularly true of parenting.    Just ask any mother or father continually challenged by a contentious or rebellious teen.

Above all else, a preschooler is a learner whose amazing powers of reasoning and discrimination are awakened through a world of play and imagination. Through home relationships, the preschooler learns about love, trust, comfort and security; and through friends, learns to place him or herself amongst a world of peers.

Teaches parents about synchronized feedings so their baby will establish cycles for wake time and nighttime, giving both parent and child the rest they need.

How 100,000 new parents trained their babies to sleep through the night the natural way.

On Becoming PreToddlerwise continue picks up where Babywise II left off. During the next 180 days (12-18 months of age) the newly emerging walking, talking, explor¬ing child begins a developmental metamorphosis from baby¬hood to toddlerhood. This means the challenges successfully accomplished a few months ago give way to new abilities and challenges as your pretoddler's mind and world expands expo¬nentially. As mealtime and waketime activities become more complex, parenting strategies will have to adjust to properly accommodate your child's expanding world of discovery. On Becoming Pretoddlerwise was written to prepare parents for the hectic, fast moving, exciting and fatiguing toddler years.

Potty Training doesn't have to be complicated and neither should a resource that explains it.  for Toddlers looks to developmental readiness cues of children as the starting point of potty training. Readiness is a primary prerequisite for successful training.  Join Pediatrician Robert Bucknam, M.D. and co-author Gary Ezzo, M.A. and the 6 million homes that have found great success with their concepts as they bring simplicity and common sense to a topic that otherwise can bring anxiety to parents that feel like "they are the only ones."   Welcome to the growing community in all 50 states and all around the world that are finding peace and success with their children!