"This book answers girls' letters about everything from pimples to periods, plus gives tips for how to ask your parents questions of your own."--Back cover.

Explains why good hygiene, sleep, and nutrition habits are crucial to a healthy life. Includes fun facts, a glossary, and a further reading list.

Provides tips, how-tos, and facts about boys' changing bodies that will help them take care of themselves.

The complete why, when, and how-to guide for parenting a one-year-old. Just in time for those first steps, here’s the next step in What to Expect. Picking up the action at baby’s first birthday, What to Expect the Second Year is the complete guide to the “wonder year”—twelve jam-packed months of amazing milestones, lightning-speed learning, and endless discoveries. Filled with must-have information on everything from feeding (tips to tempt...

"From the author of EXPECTING BETTER, an economist's guide to the early years of parenting With Expecting Better, award-winning economist Emily Oster spotted a need in the pregnancy market for advice that gave women the information they needed to make the best decision for their own pregnancies. By digging into the data, Oster found that much of the conventional pregnancy wisdom was wrong. In Cribsheet, she now tackles an even great challenge: decision...

Discusses physical changes in boys as they reach puberty.

"Baby has a new tooth. It's good for all kinds of things: chewing, biting ... and don't forget brushing"--

A pioneering physician reveals how childhood stress leads to lifelong health problems, and what we can do to break the cycle.

"The coming-of-age experience has changed dramatically, with girls maturing sooner than ever. But what happens when a girl has the body of a 13-year-old and the brain of an 8-year-old? Contrary to popular wisdom, early puberty is not merely a reflection of physical changes--it's deeply psychological, too, with effects that can put a girl at higher risk for behavioral problems and long-term health challenges, such as obesity, depression, eating disorders,...

"Growing up isn't as easy as it looks. With changing emotions, friends, expectations, and bodies, some days it can seem like life is one big roller coaster ride. [This book] is here to help with ... advice, ... tips, fast facts, and answers to ... questions a girl might have"--Amazon.com.