The Journey of Life

This comprehensive book is a combination of medicine, psychiatry, and the science and art of parenting, and its purpose is to be a support for new mothers and fathers in this wonderful world; the world of caring for and raising children and doing what is called parenting in the best way.

Drawing on her practical and professional experience as a pediatrician, a professor at the Faculty of Medicine, and also a mother of two daughters, Dr. Hana Abu Al-Ghar covers the following topics in this encyclopedic book:

Stages of pregnancy and childbirth

- Stages of physical and mental development of the child from birth until the age of eighteen.

Common physical and psychological illnesses, and how to deal with them as parents.

- Positive parenting and the problems that children may encounter at each age, and how to avoid them if possible or deal with them when they occur.

Negative situations and experiences that affect children’s lives within the family, such as: marital disputes, divorce, and death.

- It addresses contemporary issues such as screen time, teaching methods and their difficulties, protection from sexual harassment and how to deal with it if it happens to a child, sports: its goals, importance and methods of choosing it, and play and its importance.

Modern life and its impact on our children, the reading cycle, the concept of holidays, public spaces and respect for them, and the elements of building a cross-cultural personality in an increasingly interconnected world.

The book is equipped with a set of tables and illustrations explaining many practical guidelines to help parents deal with the child and his care needs.