Loving Each One Best : A Caring and Practical Approach to Raising Siblings

Samalin, Nancy ; Whitney, Catherine

ISBN 10: 0553096419 / ISBN 13: 9780553096415

Published by Bantam Books, New York, 1996

About this Item

FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition. A thoughtful, practical guide for parents on raising siblings, dealing with the various psychological issues, rivalry and competition, conflicts, parental exhaustion, much more, offering many facts and much advice on helping to create a loving, functional family. Hardcover with dust jacket, contains reading list, appendices, indexed, 203pp. A very nice copy, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free archival plastic protector. Rare. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Loving Each One Best : A Caring and Practical Approach to Raising Siblings
• Publisher: Bantam Books, New York
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0553096419
• ISBN 13: 9780553096415
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Book Type: Book
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Synopsis

All those baby boomers who have embarked on the journey of raising their second and third children have found themselves left in the lurch by existing child care literature. Now child care expert Nancy Samalin, who has earned a reputation for her forgiving and empowering approach to parenting, brings her inspiring outlook to this guide to the pitfalls and rewards of parenting two or more children.



Parents who consider themselves pros after the first child are in for a surprise when the encounter life after the second child is born and beyond. Suddenly their world is an exhausting haze of competing demands, perpetual squabbling, sibling rivalry, complaints of unfairness and "you love him more" (and sometimes you do), unrelenting stress, and a pervasive sense of guilt and inadequacy. Culled from her years of workshops with hundreds of parents, Nancy Samalin shares the trials and joys of parenthood and provides specific advice on steering your way through the parenting rapids. This is a must-read for today's harried parents.


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by boomers who have embarked on the journey of raising their second and third children have found themselves left in the lurch by existing child care literature. Now child care expert Nancy Samalin, who has earned a reputation for her forgiving and empowering approach to parenting, brings her inspiring outlook to this guide to the pitfalls and rewards of parenting two or more children.



Parents who consider themselves pros after the first child are in for a surprise when the encounter life after the second child is born and beyond. Suddenly their world is an exhausting haze of competing demands, perpetual squabbling, sibling rivalry, complaints of unfairness and "you love him more" (and sometimes you do), unrelenting stress, and a pervasive sense of guilt and inadequacy. Culled from her years of workshops with hundreds of parents, Nancy Samalin shares the trials and joys of parenthood and provides specific advice on steering your way through the parenting rapids. Th