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" Being a parent is hard work! And when your child refuses to do even the little things-like picking up their toys, taking a bath, or getting in the car to go to school-it's easy to become frustrated. But what if there was a gentle, effective way for you to improve your kid's behavior without losing your cool or raising your voice? In Is That Me Yelling? leading authority on parenting, Rona Renner outlines effective communication strategies that focus...
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"How can you prepare for and prevent your kids' inevitable meltdowns? Ready, Set, Breathe will show you and your child how to focus, calm down, and live in the present moment. Being a parent is stressful, and when your child has a meltdown, it can be difficult to keep cool-let alone help your child to calm down. Ready, Set, Breathe offers real solutions to help you both deal with stress using everyday mindfulness games, activities, rituals, and habits....
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Parenting a teen with intense emotions can be extremely difficult. This much-needed book will give you the tools needed to help your teen regulate his or her emotions. In addition, you'll learn the skills for managing your own reactions so you can survive these difficult years and help your teen thrive. The teen years can be daunting for any parent. But if you are the parent of a teen who lashes out or engages in troubling behavior, you may be unsure...
4) The biggest job we'll ever have: the Hyde School program for character-based education and parenting
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ATTITUDE OVER APTITUDE.
EFFORT OVER ACHIEVEMENT.
CHARACTER OVER TALENT.
For families, educators, corporations, and communities, The Biggest Job We'll Ever Have is nothing less than a new paradigm for reconnecting education with core values. With more than thirty-five years' experience at Hyde, an organization of internationally known, award-winning schools and programs, Laura and Malcolm Gauld argue persuasively that true education for our children...
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"As self-absorbed parents grow older and become more dependent on their adult children, hurtful relationships may resurface and become further strained. In the tradition of the best-selling Children of the Self-Absorbed, author Nina Brown offers the first book for adult children of aging narcissistic or self-absorbed parents. Readers will learn practical yet powerful strategies for navigating the intense negative feelings that these parents can incite,...
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During the past several years, violence by children has dominated the media, exposing this issue as one of the new epidemics of our society. The slaughter of children by children at Littleton--and the backlash of similar incidents--have opened our eyes to the severity of this problem. But what is the cause of all this anger in kids? In Angry Kids, Richard Berry draws from his experience as a marriage and family therapist to provide some answers about...
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It seems impossible to reach the light when you are in the deepest darkness. After experiencing an event as painful as a child's death, you cannot imagine that you will be able to celebrate life again, but today, I tell you it is actually possible. The loss of a loved one leaves a permanent mark on your heart, on your soul and your memory.
Going through grief is inevitable because it is the only path that can give you back the breath you need to accept...
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Celebrants and skeptics alike have produced valuable analyses of the Internet's effect on us and our world, oscillating between utopian bliss and dystopian hell. But according to Robert W. McChesney, arguments on both sides fail to address the relationship between economic power and the digital world. McChesney's award-winning Rich Media, Poor Democracy skewered the assumption that a society drenched in commercial information is a democratic one....
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When parents welcome their new infants into their families, those babies are totally dependent on their parents for all their needs. The job of parents is to care for and guide that child into becoming a self-regulating, capable, independent young adult. It is not an easy task, even in the best of circumstances. The current challenges in nearly every aspect of family, work, health and community life present additional layers of stress. The purpose...
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When our children are born, we do everything we can to make sure they have love, food, clothing, and shelter. But despite all this, one in five children today suffers from a diagnosed anxiety disorder, and countless others suffer from anxiety that interferes with critical social, academic, and physical development. Dr. Donna Pincus, nationally recognized childhood anxiety expert, is here to help. In Growing Up Brave, Dr. Pincus helps parents identify...
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En este libro Francisco Peñarrubia no aborda la paternidad de manera genérica sino la particular relación entre el padre y el hijo, dos varones con dificultades de encuentro, de conocimiento y de transparencia emocional. Nuestra cultura ha dado por sobreentendido este vínculo, como si se tratara únicamente de autoridad, de modelo o de referencia pero evitando pudorosamente todas las implicaciones emocionales que le dan sentido.
Por eso podemos...
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Renowned family and child psychiatrist Dr. Charles Sophy's Side by Side offers a proven strategy to restore loving and effective communication between mothers and daughters. Dr. Sophy, Medical Director for the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services and regular guest on the Today Show and Larry King Live, has found that the most promising-and problematic-family dynamic is the one between mother and daughter. Dr. Sophy developed...
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Confident Parents, Confident Kids lays out an approach for helping parents-and the kids they love-hone their emotional intelligence so that they can make wise choices, connect and communicate well with others (even when patience is thin), and become socially conscious and confident human beings.
How do we raise a happy, confident kid? And how can we be confident that our parenting is preparing our child for success? Our confidence develops from understanding...
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In this compelling book, Elan Golomb identifies the crux of the emotional and psychological problems of millions of adults. Simply put, the children of narcissist—offspring of parents whose interest always towered above the most basic needs of their sons and daughters—share a common belief: They believe they do not have the right to exist.
The difficulties experienced by adult children of narcissists can manifest themselves in
...15) Life Worth Living: A Practical and Compassionate Guide to Navigating Widowhood and Sole Parenting
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Evocative of Option B by Sheryl Sandberg, Life Worth Living shines the light on the topic of resilience and shows widows and sole parents that they can still have dreams of their own.
Having walked this journey, Michelle Hoffmann shares guidance on how to deal with the unthinkable like removing one's wedding ring, adjusting social media, and finding the right surrogate to represent at the father-daughter dance. Within Life Worth Living, Michelle...
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The Mindful Parent: Nurturing Your Child's Emotional Intelligence, by Ryan Knightly, is the ultimate guide for parents who want to raise emotionally intelligent and resilient children. Through 20 comprehensive chapters, this book provides readers with a step-by-step roadmap to mindful parenting, covering everything from emotional regulation and effective communication, to positive discipline and building resilience.In today's fast-paced world, it...
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The summer Lisa A. Phillips turned thirty, she fell in love with someone who didn't return her feelings. She became obsessed, following him around, calling him compulsively, and talking about him endlessly. One desperate morning, after she snuck into his apartment building, he picked up a baseball bat to protect himself and threatened to dial 911. Her unrequited love had changed her from a sane, conscientious college teacher and radio reporter into...
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When you're "fired as a mom" and hurled into the dreaded empty nest, there is typically ZERO warning. I was unaware when I entered my empty nest season until the 10th person enthusiastically greeted me with, "Hey, empty nester!" At first I thought they were cursing at me. I became more and more disillusioned each time I heard it.So you've been "fired," now what? We mamas don't step into motherhood with the intention to fail. We intend to be the most...
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« Les censures d'un père sont un remède agréable, l'utilité en surpasse l'amertume. » - Démophile
Être un « bon père », rien de plus simple ni de plus compliqué. Aujourd'hui, les idées reçues et autres mythes sont mis au placard et les hommes ont tout le loisir d'improviser leur paternité. Dans ce deuxième tome de la collection "Des choses de la vie", Diane Drory nous raconte l'histoire de 30 papas qui veulent le meilleur pour...
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