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Knowing WHY Changed Everything: The Long-Awaited Owner's Manual for Ages 0-12

Knowing WHY Changed Everything: The Long-Awaited Owner's Manual for Ages 0-12 - Paperback

by David A. Smith
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Availability:In StockContributor:David A. SmithSeries:RecognitionTheme:Topical/FamilyPublish date:5/19/2026Pages:264
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Recognition PressISBN-13:9798999730930UPC:9798999730930Book Category:Family & Relationships, PsychologyBook Subcategory:Parenting, Children with Special Needs, DevelopmentalBook Topic:ChildSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.55 inchesWeight:0.359Product ID:SC3PQK3A2R

You've been handed a small, baffling, beautiful human - and no instructions.

That changes now.

Knowing WHY Changed Everything is the owner's manual parents have always needed but never had. From the first wordless weeks of infancy through the complex world of the preteen years, this book translates what's actually happening inside your child's developing brain, what they need from you - and what that means for how you connect, communicate, and yes, survive until bedtime.

You'll discover why the toddler who "defies" you often simply can't process what you're asking. Why the five-year-old who "should know better" is running on architecture that isn't built for that yet. Why the ten-year-old who "doesn't care" is navigating an interior world you can no longer fully see.

This isn't excuse-making. It's science. And understanding it changes everything.

Inside: - a developmental field guide for each stage - the research behind every claim - what it looks like when it's working - and how to repair when it doesn't.

When you understand what's actually happening inside your child - the science, the stages, the beautiful chaos of a brain under construction - the hard moments stop feeling like failure. They start feeling like something you can work with.

Languages:EnglishPublisher:Recognition PressISBN-13:9798999730930UPC:9798999730930Book Category:Family & Relationships, PsychologyBook Subcategory:Parenting, Children with Special Needs, DevelopmentalBook Topic:ChildSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.55 inchesWeight:0.359Product ID:SC3PQK3A2R
Smith, David A.: - "David A. Smith sold his company to become a single father raising two daughters, and encountered the exhausting cycle that millions of parents face: feeling unheard and wondering what he was doing wrong. Through years of observing human behavioral patterns - especially watching his daughters build their understanding of language from scratch - he discovered something crucial: the problem wasn't defiance or poor parenting. It was a fundamental mismatch between what parents expect and what developing brains can actually do.With four decades of experience studying human behavior and a commitment to translating complex research into practical wisdom, he wrote Why Won't You Listen? to address the communication gap - and Knowing WHY Changed Everything to give parents the complete developmental roadmap they always needed.He is the founder of Recognition Press and the author of The Recognition Series."
Publisher: Recognition Press

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