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James Windell, M.A., is a writer, college instructor and editor. He also has a consulting business called My Personal Editor.

As a writer, Mr. Windell wrote the weekly newspaper column Coping With Kids for the Staten Island (NY) Advance and the Oakland Press for more than 28 years. He also wrote the Coping With Kids column in Working Mother Magazine. In addition, he has published journal articles on juvenile justice and criminal justice, and has written several booklets on such topics as children's self-esteem, discipline, and hyperactivity. He has been writing non-fiction books since 1991 and has published 38 books. He has been the editor of The Michigan Psychologist for 15 years. In addition, he has been editing and consulting with author James Windell, M.A., is a writer, college instructor and editor. He also has a consulting business called My Personal Editor.

As a writer, Mr. Windell wrote the weekly newspaper column Coping With Kids for the Staten Island (NY) Advance and the Oakland Press for more than 28 years. He also wrote the Coping With Kids column in Working Mother Magazine. In addition, he has published journal articles on juvenile justice and criminal justice, and has written several booklets on such topics as children's self-esteem, discipline, and hyperactivity. He has been writing non-fiction books since 1991 and has published 38 books. He has been the editor of The Michigan Psychologist for 15 years. In addition, he has been editing and consulting with authors and writers for several years.

His first book, Discipline: A Sourcebook of 50 Failsafe Techniques for Parents, was published by Macmillan in 1991. He subsequently published 8 Weeks to a Well-Behaved Child (Macmillan/Hungry Minds, Inc., 1994) and several other parenting books.

In addition to parenting books, he has authored or co-authored books on such topics as divorce, ADHD, child psychology, writing a dissertation, grief and loss and criminal justice.

Some of his more recent books are A Widow’s Guide to Healing: Gentle Support and Advice for the First Five Years (Sourcebooks, 2015); Crime and Intelligence Analysis: An Integrated Real-Time Approach (CRC Press, 2016); Who Shaped the American Criminal Justice System: Innovators and Pioneers (Cognella Publishing, 2018); Cognitive Behavior Protocols for Medical Settings: A Clinician’s Guide (Routledge, 2018); Juvenile Delinquency in American Society: Race, Class and Politics (Cognella Publishing, 2019).
His most recent book is Sentencing Youth to Life in Prison: Justice Denied (Routledge, 2022).

He has written two plays and edited a novel.

Mr. Windell earned his Master's Degree in Clinical Psychology at Oakland University (Rochester, MI). He has been a consultant to various juvenile court programs, the State of Michigan, the Michigan Department of Social Services, and to daycare and preschool programs. He has run parenting classes at the Haven, a domestic violence shelter for women and children in Pontiac, MI. He has been a court psychologist and run high-conflict divorce groups and anger management programs for adolescent delinquents.

Since 1991, Mr. Windell has appeared on over 185 radio and television programs including CNN, The Company Show, Gerry Spence, and The Donahue Show. Reviews and articles about his books and his work with parents have appeared in The New York Times, the Chicago Sun-Times, The Detroit News, Working Mother Magazine, Child Magazine, Parent Magazine, Parents Digest, and many other publications. His book 8 Weeks to a Well-Behaved Child was a best seller.

He teaches criminal justice classes at Wayne State University and Oakland University. He lives in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan with his wife, Jane, a speech and language pathologist and Director of the Early Childhood Education Department at Schoolcraft College.

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	The Everything Child Psychology and Development Book: A comprehensive resource on how children think, learn, and play - from the final months leading up to birth to their adolescent years by James Windell (Goodreads Author), Elizabeth Saenger 3.92 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	8 Weeks To a Well-Behaved Child: A Failsafe Program for Toddlers Through Teens 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1994 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Discipline: A Sourcebook of Fifty Failsafe Techniques for Parents 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1991 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Children Who Say No When You Want Them to Say Yes: Failsafe Discipline Strategies for Stubborn and Oppositional Children and Teens liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1996	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The American Criminal Justice System: A Concise Guide to Cops, Courts, Corrections, and Victims 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“After the death of a parent, children will typically start to worry about your safety as their mother, so they will need extra reassurance from you.”
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