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Neville Continues to Attract Praise

Want to hear parents oooh and ahhhh with praise? Come listen to Helen F. Neville speak.

“She explains so many important points,” said one mother as she waited to have Neville autograph a copy of Is This a Phase? Child Development & Parent Strategies, Birth to 6 Years.

What parents say is much like what reviewers write. As Cheryl Murfin enthused on the web site of Seattle’s Child:

“Here’s a secret for parents of today’s infants through preschoolers: You have it made. Luckily for you, Neville, a registered nurse, shares the vast knowledge and insights she’s gleaned as a parent educator, pediatric advice nurse and infant temperament expert in the comprehensive new guide, Is This a Phase? Child Development & Parent Strategies, Birth to 6 Years, published by Seattle-based Parenting Press.”

She goes on to describe Is This a Phase? as a “jam-packed, authoritative reference guide” and says, “A book like this would have saved my husband and me a lot of time and worry.”

Professionals are equally effusive about Neville’s recent revision of the always popular Mommy! I Have to Go Potty! (2nd ed.):

“Comprehensive and well written,” writes Peter Levine, M.D., a pediatrician in Walnut Creek CA.

“[The authors’] common sense, websites, references and anecdotes all merge to provide a reassuring and encouraging approach.. . . . It is also a useful reference for those who have already begun the training and are not experiencing success,” agrees Gary Spector, M.D., a pediatrician associated with Polyclinic Pediatrics who also serves as an associate clinical professor at the University of Washington Department of Pediatrics and as a staff pediatrician at Seattle Children’s Hospital.

“Effectively identifies and addresses the issues of a child’s physical, intellectual, emotional, and social readiness . . . Helps parents understand the role that a child’s temperament plays in this process,” adds Nancy Glass-Quattrin, RN, BSN, BCIAC, with the Encopresis Treatment Center in Edmonds, WA.

Created by Seattle parent educator Jan Faull, Mommy! has been expanded to include several important topics, including special needs children and how a child’s temperament affects potty training.