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1) The 3 Ms of Fearless Digital Parenting: Proven Tools to Help You Raise Smart and Savvy Online Kids
Author
Pub. Date
2021
Physical Desc
234 p.
Language
English
Description
How can we protect our kids online-and teach them to protect themselves?
In just a generation, childhoods have changed radically. More than half of children in the US now own a smartphone by the age of eleven; and the latest data shows teens spending an average of seven hours a day on screen media. As parents, we can feel overwhelmed by this rate of change, and concerned that we don't understand what our children are doing online.
The 3Ms of Fearless...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks, Inc
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
ix, 244 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Why does my child seem to worry so much? Being the parent of a smart child is great-until your son or daughter starts asking whether global warming is real, if you are going to die, and what will happen if they don't get into college. Kids who are advanced intellectually often let their imaginations ruin wild and experience fears beyond their years. So what can you do to help? In Why Smart Kids Worry, Allison Edwards guides you through the mental...
Author
Publisher
Avid Reader Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
An NPR Science Desk correspondent challenges the misleading child-rearing practices commonly recommended to parents, outlining alternatives grounded in international ancestral traditions that are being used effectively throughout the modern world.
Author
Edition
5th ed.
Physical Desc
335 pages.
Language
English
Description
This reassuring month-by-month overview gives you the tools you need to support your partner and prepare for the joys and challenges of fatherhood. It concludes with two special sections: on on labor and delivery, and the other covering the first few months after your baby's arrival.
Author
Publisher
Workman Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
248 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Turn your home into a Montessori home-and become a more mindful, attentive, and easygoing parent.
It's time to change the way we see toddlers. Using the principles developed by the educator Dr. Maria Montessori, Simone Davies shows how to turn life with a "terrible two" into a mutually rich and rewarding time of curiosity, learning, respect, and discovery.
With hundreds of practical ideas for every aspect of living with a toddler, here are five...
Author
Publisher
Convergent
Pub. Date
c2020.
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
202 p.
Language
English
Description
"A heartfelt, subversively funny memoir and a bold personal manifesto that pushes back against the superficial expectations of motherhood -- and challenges the idea that there's a "right" way to raise kids. With hard-won knowledge gained from having four kids in four years, Kristen Howerton navigates the emotional and sometimes messy waters of motherhood, sharing valuable lessons from her journey through infertility, adoption, pregnancy, toddler tantrums,...
Author
Publisher
Sterling
Pub. Date
c2017
Physical Desc
xvi, 272 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
On the surface, capable teenage boys may look lazy. But dig a little deeper, writes child psychologist Adam Price, and you'll often find conflicted boys who want to do well in middle and high school but are afraid to fail, and so do not try. This book can help you become an ally with your son, as he discovers greater self-confidence and accepts responsibility for his future.
11) The best of me
Author
Series
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Language
English
Description
Take a trip to Blessings, Georgia, where bestselling author Sharon Sala welcomes you with a small-town romance filled with: An orphaned little girl who desperately needs a new home A couple ready to welcome her with open arms Friendly neighbors who are always there for each other A Southern small town where great things happen to good people Ruby Butterman and her husband, Peanut, cannot have children, but they're given a second chance at a family...
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
2019
Physical Desc
xxvi, 424 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Your child's DNA is not destiny; you are at the helm, guiding their course.
The truth is, nature and nurture are in a delicate dance-if one goes too fast, the other one falls. Science tells us that early childhood experiences have the capacity to structure and alter the brain. That means you didn't just supply your child's DNA-you're still shaping it. And it's only by wielding this power that your child will activate their full potential. You are...
Author
Publisher
Cardinal Rule Press
Pub. Date
2019
Physical Desc
236 p. ;
Language
English
Description
“Sunny Side Upbringing” is a simple parenting toolkit designed to make your life easier and more fulfilled by keeping your family values on the forefront of daily life. Parent educator Maria Dismondy took her greatest advice, research, ideas, activities, and educational resources from over the last 20 years and put them down on paper for us all to benefit from. The result is a month-by-month parenting resource (kind of like "a parent's best friend")...
17) Daring greatly: how the courage to be vulnerable transforms the way we live, love, parent, and lead
Author
Publisher
Avery
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
303 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Based on twelve years of research, thought leader Dr. Brene Brown argues that vulnerability is not weakness, but rather our clearest path to courage, engagement, and meaningful connection.
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"You fall down. You get hurt. You get up again. You know Jennifer Weiner as many things: a bestselling author, a Twitter phenomenon, and "an unlikely feminist enforcer" (The New Yorker). She's also a mom, a daughter, and a sister; a former rower and current runner; a best friend and a reality TV junkie. Here, in her first foray into nonfiction, she takes the raw stuff of her personal life and spins it into a collection of essays on womanhood as uproariously...
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
2023
Physical Desc
vii, 257 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Building Boys offers tips and tools that parents can use to help boys move beyond persistent gender stereotypes to full humanity. Understanding, acknowledging, and respecting male development is key to facilitating boys’ growth and making the world a safer place for humans of all genders.