Parenting

摘要

Spring has sprung, and keeping kids on task with the warmer weather is a bit of a challenge. Compared to the buoyant return of outdoor pursuits such as bike rides to the ice cream shop, baseball games, and spring planting, the titles reviewed in this issue are a bit heavy, tackling goliaths such as stepfamilies, hospitalized children, religion for secular families, and baby poop. Ylonda Gault Caviness provides some comic relief with her witty memoir, Child, Please, and despite the downer subject of divorce and separation, the esteemed Penelope Leach returns with an excellent When Parents Part. Finally, in keeping with the return of spring, the beloved duo Robert and William Sears offer a full-length yet readable text on all things allergy. Pollen sufferers take note!