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Moms on Call Basic Baby Care: 0-6 Months - Laura Hunter, LPN Cover Art

Moms on Call Basic Baby Care: 0-6 Months

Moms on Call Basic Baby Care: 0-6 Months Moms on Call Parenting Book 1 of 3 by Laura Hunter, LPN

Over a million happy parents trust Moms on Call worldwide! Celebrating 20 years of guiding parents with trusted advice, this updated book helps you navigate the first six months with your baby. The go-to guide for sleep and feeding basics, simple routines and practical advice, our Basic Baby Care for 0-6 Months is recognized as one of Babylist’s Best Baby Sleep Resources. Inside you'll find: • Hour-by-hour routines that bring structure and peace • Tips for breast, bottle, and combo feeding • Symptom guides and when to call the doctor • Tips for swaddling • Built-in flexibility that works in real-life • A step-by-step approach to full nights of sleep • Enhanced guidance for short naps, early morning wake-ups, schedule flexibility, and our take on wake windows Confident parenting starts here—simple, doable, and grounded in real-life experience. Spanish version now available on Kindle and Apple Books. Why It Works • Over the past 20 years, the trusted Moms on Call method has provided over 8 million hours of sleep for babies and parents all over the world • Basic baby care book written by pediatric nurses, who are also moms, with decades of experience • NEW in the 20th anniversary edition: schedule flexibility, our approach to wake windows, short naps, feeding tips and refreshed guidance for twins and soothing rounds • NEW product recommendations based on two decades of supporting families • Learn proven strategies to care for your baby and help them sleep through the night (so you can too!) using the trusted Moms on Call Sleep System • Covers all the essentials to help you navigate the first six months with confidence • Feeding tips for breastfeeding, bottle feeding, and combo feeding • Identify signs that may require immediate medical attention • Create an ideal sleep environment • Navigate nap times and implement practical routines • Establish a healthy foundation that works with your baby's natural rhythms Key Features • Step-by-step advice to create a routine that will help your baby thrive in the first six months • Typical day schedules for 2-4 weeks, 4-8 weeks, 8-16 weeks and 4-6 months • Expert guidance on baby care, common illnesses, feeding, sleeping, routine, safety and everything newborn • Easy to understand format, perfect for busy, sleepy and tired parents Spanish edition now available: Mamás de Guardia Cuidado básico infantil 0-6 meses (Moms on Call Spanish Edition)

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The Happiest Toddler on the Block - Harvey Karp, M.D. Cover Art

The Happiest Toddler on the Block

The Happiest Toddler on the Block How to Eliminate Tantrums and Raise a Patient, Respectful and Cooperative One- to Four-Year-Old: Revised Edition by Harvey Karp, M.D.

Perfect for expecting parents who want to prepare themselves for the challenging toddler years (which starts around eight months of age), this essential guide, a national bestseller by respected pediatrician and child development expert Dr. Harvey Karp, not only helps reduce tantrums but makes happy kids even happier by boosting patience, cooperation, and self-confidence. Toddlers can drive you bonkers…so adorable and fun one minute…so stubborn and demanding the next! Yet, as unbelievable as it sounds, there is a way to turn the daily stream of “nos” and “don’ts” into “yeses” and hugs…if you know how to speak your toddler’ s language. In one of the most useful advances in parenting techniques of the past twenty-five years, Dr. Karp reveals that toddlers, with their immature brains and stormy outbursts, should be thought of not as pint-size people but as pintsize…cavemen. Having noticed that the usual techniques often failed to calm crying toddlers, Dr. Karp discovered that the key to effective communication was to speak to them in their own primitive language. When he did, suddenly he was able to soothe their outbursts almost every time! This amazing success led him to the realization that children between the ages of one and four go through four stages of “evolutionary” growth, each linked to the development of the brain, and each echoing a step in prehistoric humankind’s journey to civilization: • The “Charming Chimp-Child” (12 to 18 months): Wobbles around on two legs, grabs everything in reach, plays a nonstop game of “monkey see monkey do.” • The “Knee-High Neanderthal” (18 to 24 months): Strong-willed, fun-loving, messy, with a vocabulary of about thirty words, the favorites being “no” and “mine.” • The “Clever Caveman” (24 to 36 months): Just beginning to learn how to share, make friends, take turns, and use the potty. • The “Versatile Villager” (36 to 48 months): Loves to tell stories, sing songs and dance, while trying hard to behave. To speak to these children, Dr. Karp has developed two extraordinarily effective techniques: 1) The “fast food” rule—restating what your child has said to make sure you got it right; 2) The four-step rule—using gesture, repetition, simplicity, and tone to help your irate Stone-Ager be happy again. Once you’ve mastered “toddler-ese,” you will be ready to apply behavioral techniques specific to each stage of your child’ s development, such as teaching patience and calm, doing time-outs (and time-ins), praise through “gossiping,” and many other strategies. Then all the major challenges of the toddler years—including separation anxiety, sibling rivalry, toilet training, night fears, sleep problems, picky eating, biting and hitting, medicine taking — can be handled in a way that will make your toddler feel understood. The result: fewer tantrums, less yelling, and, best of all, more happy, loving time for you and your child.

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The Sober Diaries - Clare Pooley Cover Art

The Sober Diaries

The Sober Diaries How One Woman Stopped Drinking and Started Living by Clare Pooley

Like many women, Clare Pooley found the juggle of a stressful career and family life a struggle so she left her successful role as a Managing Partner in one of the world's biggest advertising agencies to look after her family. She knew the change wouldn't be easy but she never expected to find herself an overweight, depressed, middle-aged mother of three who was drinking more than a bottle of wine a day, and spending her evenings Googling 'Am I an alcoholic?' This book is the bravely honest story of a year in Clare's life. A year that started with her quitting booze and then being given the devastating diagnosis of breast cancer. By the end of the year she is booze-free and cancer-free, she no longer has a wine belly, is two stone lighter and with a life that is so much richer, healthier and more rewarding than ever before. She has a happier family and a more positive outlook. Sober Diaries is an upbeat, funny and positive look at how to live life to the full. Interwoven within Clare's own very personal and brilliantly comic story is research and advice as she discovers the answers to questions like: How do I know if I'm drinking too much? How will I cope at parties? What do I say to friends and family? How do I cope with cravings? If I stop drinking will I lose weight? What if my partner still drinks? And many more.

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Dopamine Kids - Michaeleen Doucleff Cover Art

Dopamine Kids

Dopamine Kids A Science-Based Plan to Rewire Your Child's Brain and Take Back Your Family in the Age of Screens and Ultraprocessed Foods by Michaeleen Doucleff

From the bestselling author of Hunt, Gather, Parent comes a revolutionary five-step guide—packed with practical, science-backed strategies—that shows you how to raise confident, happy kids while breaking the cycle of overdependence on screens and ultraprocessed foods. “ Dopamine Kids promises to wean families from two modern scourges: screens and ultraprocessed foods...in essence, promising a solution to the problems laid out by Jonathan Haidt in The Anxious Generation ....On the other side, readers can discover lives full of authentic pleasure.” — The New York Times When Dr. Michaeleen Doucleff decided to address her family’s screen time and dependence on processed foods, she found that parenting advice around these products is woefully outdated, hinging on studies of dopamine that date back twenty to fifty years. But new research reveals that contrary to what we’ve been told, dopamine isn’t the molecule of happiness and pleasure. Instead, dopamine gives us motivation , and can drive us to engage in activities that we don’t actually enjoy—activities that can make us feel sad, lonely, anxious, and depressed. What works, Doucleff found, isn’t depriving children of pleasure, but bringing more joy and pleasure back into their lives. Merging modern neuroscience and psychology with practical experience, Dopamine Kids is a five-step operating manual for habit remodeling that is tailored for parents and their children, shifting the power dynamic back to families. Instead of devices and foods controlling us, we can control them, retraining children's brains so they want and reach for activities and foods that leave them feeling good afterward. You’ll learn how to: - Create boundaries around screens and ultraprocessed foods that not only work but that kids enjoy; - Replace screen time with equally enticing activities; - Set up your routine, so that so that the healthy options become the default without negotiation or struggle; - Celebrate your family’s choices before, during, and after trying new hobbies, and, finally, - Transform your home into a screen-free sanctuary that protects conversations, focus, sleep, and adventure. After reading Dopamine Kids , you will be empowered to create habits that genuinely fulfill your family’s biological and emotional needs, to bring true satisfaction and purpose to their lives, and to improve their behavior, happiness, and confidence. The Anxious Generation alerted you to the danger of screens, but the demands of the twenty-first century require that you use them anyway. Dopamine Kids is your handbook for solving that fundamental problem of our times—and for teaching your kids to have a healthy relationship with technology and food.

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The Whole-Brain Child - Daniel J. Siegel, MD & Tina Payne Bryson Cover Art

The Whole-Brain Child

The Whole-Brain Child 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind by Daniel J. Siegel, MD & Tina Payne Bryson

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • More than 2 million copies in print! • The authors of No-Drama Discipline and The Yes Brain explain the new science of how a child’s brain is wired and how it matures in this pioneering, practical book. “Simple, smart, and effective solutions to your child’s struggles.”—Harvey Karp, M.D. In this pioneering, practical book, Daniel J. Siegel, neuropsychiatrist and author of the bestselling Mindsight , and parenting expert Tina Payne Bryson offer a revolutionary approach to child rearing with twelve key strategies that foster healthy brain development, leading to calmer, happier children. The authors explain—and make accessible—the new science of how a child’s brain is wired and how it matures. The “upstairs brain,” which makes decisions and balances emotions, is under construction until the mid-twenties. And especially in young children, the right brain and its emotions tend to rule over the logic of the left brain. No wonder kids throw tantrums, fight, or sulk in silence. By applying these discoveries to everyday parenting, you can turn any outburst, argument, or fear into a chance to integrate your child’s brain and foster vital growth. Complete with age-appropriate strategies for dealing with day-to-day struggles and illustrations that will help you explain these concepts to your child, The Whole-Brain Child shows you how to cultivate healthy emotional and intellectual development so that your children can lead balanced, meaningful, and connected lives. “[A] useful child-rearing resource for the entire family . . . The authors include a fair amount of brain science, but they present it for both adult and child audiences.” —Kirkus Reviews “Strategies for getting a youngster to chill out [with] compassion.” —The Washington Post “This erudite, tender, and funny book is filled with fresh ideas based on the latest neuroscience research. I urge all parents who want kind, happy, and emotionally healthy kids to read The Whole-Brain Child . This is my new baby gift.”—Mary Pipher, Ph.D., author of Reviving Ophelia and The Shelter of Each Other “Gives parents and teachers ideas to get all parts of a healthy child’s brain working together.” —Parent to Parent

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The Expectant Father - Armin A. Brott & Jennifer Ash Rudick Cover Art

The Expectant Father

The Expectant Father by Armin A. Brott & Jennifer Ash Rudick

The Expectant Father is the best-selling pregnancy guide for men, trusted by millions of dads-to-be and their partners. This reassuring month-by-month overview gives you the tools you need to support your partner, prepare for your baby’s arrival, and take care of yourself during this exciting time. It concludes with two special sections: one on labor and delivery, guiding you through the big day; and the other on what comes next, covering the first few months after the baby’s arrival. This new edition of The Expectant Father is updated from cover to cover with the latest information on fertility options, delivery options, navigating pregnancy in a post–COVID-19 world—and much more. It incorporates the expertise of leading OB-GYNs and researchers, and the real-life experience of hundreds of dads and moms. Illustrated throughout with stress-relieving cartoons, The Expectant Father is a friendly and readable companion for dads-to-be seeking confidence, guidance, and joy. (Moms will love it, too!)

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Cribsheet - Emily Oster Cover Art

Cribsheet

Cribsheet A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool by Emily Oster

From the author of Expecting Better, The Family Firm , and The Unexpected an economist's guide to the early years of parenting. “Both refreshing and useful. With so many parenting theories driving us all a bit batty, this is the type of book that we need to help calm things down.” — LA Times “The book is jampacked with information, but it’s also a delightful read because Oster is such a good writer.” — NPR With Expecting Better , award-winning economist Emily Oster spotted a need in the pregnancy market for advice that gave women the information they needed to make the best decision for their own pregnancies. By digging into the data, Oster found that much of the conventional pregnancy wisdom was wrong. In Cribsheet , she now tackles an even greater challenge: decision-making in the early years of parenting.  As any new parent knows, there is an abundance of often-conflicting advice hurled at you from doctors, family, friends, and strangers on the internet. From the earliest days, parents get the message that they must make certain choices around feeding, sleep, and schedule or all will be lost. There's a rule—or three—for everything. But the benefits of these choices can be overstated, and the trade-offs can be profound. How do you make your own best decision?  Armed with the data, Oster finds that the conventional wisdom doesn't always hold up. She debunks myths around breastfeeding (not a panacea), sleep training (not so bad!), potty training (wait until they're ready or possibly bribe with M&Ms), language acquisition (early talkers aren't necessarily geniuses), and many other topics. She also shows parents how to think through freighted questions like if and how to go back to work, how to think about toddler discipline, and how to have a relationship and parent at the same time.  Economics is the science of decision-making, and Cribsheet is a thinking parent's guide to the chaos and frequent misinformation of the early years. Emily Oster is a trained expert—and mom of two—who can empower us to make better, less fraught decisions—and stay sane in the years before preschool.

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Moms on Call Next Steps Baby Care: 6-15 Months - Laura Hunter, LPN Cover Art

Moms on Call Next Steps Baby Care: 6-15 Months

Moms on Call Next Steps Baby Care: 6-15 Months Moms on Call Parenting Book 2 of 3 by Laura Hunter, LPN

Over a million happy parents trust Moms on Call worldwide! Celebrating 20 years of guiding parents with trusted advice, this updated book helps you navigate months 6-15 with your baby. From trying new foods to taking first steps, this enhanced guide offers a steady foundation for this exciting (and busy) season. Inside you'll find: • Hour-by-hour routines that support sleep, play, and growth • Feeding strategies, sample grocery lists, and the sippy cup transition • Guidance for short naps, schedule flexibility, early morning wake-ups and wake windows (the Moms on Call way) • Nap tips and tools to get 10-12 hours of overnight sleep • Illness guidance: what’s normal, what to do, and when to call the doctor • Real-world flexibility for real-life parenting. With Moms on Call, you’ll find rhythm, reassurance, and a clear path forward. Spanish version now available on Kindle and Apple Books. Why It Works • Over the past 20 years, the trusted Moms on Call method has provided over 8 million hours of sleep for babies and parents all over the world • Baby care book written by pediatric nurses, who are also moms, with decades of experience • NEW in the 20th anniversary edition: schedule flexibility, our approach to wake windows, and short naps • NEW product recommendations based on two decades of supporting families • Learn proven strategies to care for your baby and help them sleep through the night (so you can too!) using the trusted Moms on Call Sleep System • Covers all the essentials to help you navigate 6-15 months with confidence • Feeding tips including schedules, sample menus, and grocery lists • A guide for thriving through developmental milestones including transferring to a toddler bed, weaning, and transitioning to sippy cup • Identify signs that may require immediate medical attention • Create an ideal sleep environment • Navigate nap times and implement practical routines • Establish a healthy foundation that works with your baby's natural rhythms Key Features • Step-by-step advice to create a routine that will help your baby thrive in the months 6-15 • Typical day schedules for 4-6 months, 6-8 months, 8-10 months, 11 months, 12-15 months (two naps per day or one nap per day) • Expert guidance on baby care, common illnesses, feeding, sleeping, routine, safety and everything infant through early toddlerhood • Easy to understand format, perfect for busy, sleepy and tired parents Spanish edition now available: Mamás de Guardia: Siguientes pasos del cuidado infantil: 6-15 meses (Moms on Call Spanish Edition)

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Raising Good Humans - Hunter Clarke-Fields Cover Art

Raising Good Humans

Raising Good Humans A Mindful Guide to Breaking the Cycle of Reactive Parenting and Raising Kind, Confident Kids by Hunter Clarke-Fields

“A wise and fresh approach to mindful parenting.” —Tara Brach, author of Radical Acceptance A kinder, more compassionate world starts with kind and compassionate kids. In Raising Good Humans , you’ll find powerful and practical strategies to break free from “reactive parenting” habits and raise kind, cooperative, and confident kids. Whether you’re running late for school, trying to get your child to eat their vegetables, or dealing with an epic meltdown in the checkout line at a grocery store—being a parent is hard work! And, as parents, many of us react in times of stress without thinking—often by yelling. But what if, instead of always reacting on autopilot, you could respond thoughtfully in those moments, keep your cool, and get from A to B on time and in one piece? With this book, you’ll find powerful mindfulness skills for calming your own stress response when difficult emotions arise. You’ll also discover strategies for cultivating respectful communication, effective conflict resolution, and reflective listening. In the process, you’ll learn to examine your own unhelpful patterns and ingrained reactions that reflect the generational habits shaped by your parents, so you can break the cycle and respond to your children in more skillful ways. When children experience a parent reacting with kindness and patience, they learn to act with kindness as well—thereby altering generational patterns for a kinder, more compassionate future. With this essential guide, you’ll see how changing your own “autopilot reactions” can create a lasting positive impact, not just for your kids, but for generations to come. An essential, must-read for all parents—now more than ever. “To raise the children we hope to raise, we have to learn to become the person we hoped to be…. This wonderful book will help you handle the ride.”  —KJ Dell’Antonia, author of How to Be a Happier Parent   “Hunter Clarke-Fields shares her wisdom and personal experience to help parents create peaceful families.” —Joanna Faber and Julie King, coauthors of How to Talk So Little Kids Will Listen  

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Parenting from the Inside Out - Daniel J. Siegel, MD & Mary Hartzell Cover Art

Parenting from the Inside Out

Parenting from the Inside Out How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive: 10th Anniversary Edition by Daniel J. Siegel, MD & Mary Hartzell

An updated edition—with a new preface—of the bestselling parenting classic by the author of "BRAINSTORM: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain" In Parenting from the Inside Out , child psychiatrist Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., and early childhood expert Mary Hartzell, M.Ed., explore the extent to which our childhood experiences shape the way we parent. Drawing on stunning new findings in neurobiology and attachment research, they explain how interpersonal relationships directly impact the development of the brain, and offer parents a step-by-step approach to forming a deeper understanding of their own life stories, which will help them raise compassionate and resilient children. Born out of a series of parents' workshops that combined Siegel's cutting-edge research on how communication impacts brain development with Hartzell's decades of experience as a child-development specialist and parent educator, this book guides parents through creating the necessary foundations for loving and secure relationships with their children.

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The Epic IEP - Karen Mayer Cunningham Cover Art

The Epic IEP

The Epic IEP A Powerful Playbook for Parents, Educators, and Advocates Navigating the Special Education Process by Karen Mayer Cunningham

A powerful, practical guide that empowers parents, educators, and advocates to navigate the IEP process with clarity, confidence, and compassion—so every child can thrive. The Epic IEP is an essential, all-in-one guide for parents, educators, and advocates seeking to navigate the often overwhelming world of special education. Known globally as the Special Education Boss, Karen Mayer Cunningham has dedicated her life to championing the rights of children and families—and now she shares her expertise in this empowering and compassionate resource. Karen opens the book with her own experience as a mother of a child with special needs, then weaves in the stories of other students and families to illuminate every step of the IEP journey. With warmth and clarity, she unpacks the process from start to finish—cutting through the jargon, explaining legal protections, and offering clear guidance on how to write meaningful goals, advocate for necessary supports, and build student-centered plans. Inside this book, readers will learn how to: · Understand evaluation results and special education terminology · Write effective, measurable goals that support student success · Identify and implement the right accommodations and modifications · Navigate legal protections with confidence · Use action checklists and key questions to stay informed and empowered The Epic IEP is more than a manual—it’s a mission. It equips parents to overcome fear and confusion, helps educators better meet the needs of all learners, and empowers advocates to challenge systemic barriers with clarity and purpose. For anyone who believes every child deserves the chance to learn and thrive, this book is your trusted companion and call to action.

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The Tired Dad. - Jon Gustin Cover Art

The Tired Dad.

The Tired Dad. 100 Reflections on Showing Up for What Matters Most by Jon Gustin

100 doses of wisdom for all the tired dads out there. You aren’t alone in pursuing what matters most: showing up for your family. “This book isn’t about having it all figured out—it’s about showing up, even when you’re running on fumes. Because in the chaos, there’s meaning.”—Raashaun Casey, aka DJ Envy, co-host of The Breakfast Club If you’re a tired dad, that means that you’re a good dad. Parenting is some of the hardest work you’ll do. Jon Gustin—writer, content creator, and father of two—has lived this, and he knows one thing with certainty: The effort you put in will outlast you. It becomes legacy. In The Tired Dad , Gustin encourages dads (and, really, all parents) to keep showing up. This isn’t a parenting manual; it’s a companion for the trenches and a reminder that presence is a discipline and ordinary moments matter more than you think. In one hundred brief reflections, short enough to read with your morning coffee and lasting enough to shape you into the man you want to be, Gustin offers the kind of steady wisdom that tired dads crave: simple truths that hold up under pressure. You’re doing a good job, Dad. Keep showing up. It matters.

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Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters - Meg Meeker M.D. Cover Art

Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters

Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters The 30-Day Challenge by Meg Meeker M.D.

Dr. Meg Meeker issues fathers thirty days of challenges to help strengthen their relationships with their daughters. Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters: The 30-Day Challenge is the highly anticipated follow-up companion to the national bestseller, Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters by Dr. Meg Meeker. The 30-Day Challenge takes readers through thirty practical father-daughter activities, meant to strengthen dads in their parenting roles, while also creating honest and thriving relationships.

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Wild Things - Stephen James & David Thomas Cover Art

Wild Things

Wild Things The Art of Nurturing Boys by Stephen James & David Thomas

A practical guide to understanding the way, the mind, and the heart of a boy. A boy's endless imagination, hunger for adventure, and passionate spirit are matched only by his deep desire to be affirmed, esteemed, and loved. Yet over the past few decades, our culture has adopted a model of parenting and educating children that doesn't affirm, celebrate, nurture, or embrace a boy's wildness but rather seeks to tame it. As a result, many moms and dads find themselves frustrated, confused, and wearied by their sons' behavior. The truth is, boys don't need to be tamed—they need to be understood, loved, challenged, and encouraged. Based on clinical research and filled with practical tips and suggestions, therapists Stephen James and David Thomas Stephen James and David Thomas give fresh insight and much-needed encouragement on the road to raising boys by talking about: • Parenting the different stages in a boy's life • Healthy discipline and correction • Sitting still and paying attention • Hot topics like screen time and dating Wild Things helps Christian parents, teachers, mentors, and coaches understand and explore the hearts, minds, and ways of boys and the vital role parents and caregivers play on the journey to authentic manhood.

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Colic Solved - Bryan Vartabedian Cover Art

Colic Solved

Colic Solved The Essential Guide to Infant Reflux and the Care of Your Crying, Difficult-to- Soothe Baby by Bryan Vartabedian

For generations, doctors have been diagnosing babies with colic, offering little comfort and few solutions to worried, weary parents. But recent medical advances made through cutting-edge technology now reveal that many if not most cases of colic are actually caused by acid reflux. In this revolutionary book, Bryan Vartabedian, a noted pediatric gastroenterologist and the father of two babies with acid reflux, provides hands-on, practical advice about this hidden epidemic–and how to make your own baby happy again. • Recognize the seven signs of reflux in infancy. • Discover the role of milk protein allergy–the other colic. • Learn what, when, and how to feed an irritable baby and the best positions for sleep. • Recognize the role of formula, breast milk, bottle systems, burping, and pacificers in your baby’s fussiness, and irritability. • Understand when and why your baby may need testing for reflux. Weigh the pros and cons of available treatment options. Identify when a specialist is needed and where to find one. Complete with inspiring real-life cases of colic solved, plus tips, sidebars, and illustrations, this essential guide provides real answers to a problem that has been upsetting babies–and parents–for years. Help and hope are at hand! “This is the book for every parent whose young baby is a ‘bundle of misery,’ in pain, and hard to feed, and for that baby’s pediatrician, too.” –Laura Nathanson, M.D., F.A.A.P., author of The Portable Pediatrician “Great news for exhausted parents and for suffering babies! Colic Solved gets to the root of what is making many babies cry, and offers powerful, real-world solutions. This is a must-have book for desperate parents everywhere.” –Alan Greene, MD, FAAP, author of From First Kicks to First Steps and founder of DrGreene.com

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Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteen - Michelle Icard Cover Art

Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteen

Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteen The Essential Conversations You Need to Have with Your Kids Before They Start High School by Michelle Icard

The fourteen essential conversations to have with your tween and early teenager to prepare them for the emotional, physical, and social challenges ahead, including scripts and advice to keep the communication going and stay connected during this critical developmental window.  “This book is a gift to parents and teenagers alike.”—Lisa Damour, PhD, author of  Untangled  and  Under Pressure Trying to convince a middle schooler to listen to you can be exasperating. Indeed, it can feel like the best option is not to talk! But keeping kids safe—and prepared for all the times when you can't be the angel on their shoulder—is about having the right conversations at the right time. From a brain growth and emotional readiness perspective, there is no better time for this than their tween years, right up to when they enter high school. Distilling Michelle Icard's decades of experience working with families, Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteen focuses on big, thorny topics such as friendship, sexuality, impulsivity, and technology, as well as unexpected conversations about creativity, hygiene, money, privilege, and contributing to the family. Icard outlines a simple, memorable, and family-tested formula for the best approach to these essential talks, the BRIEF Model: B egin peacefully, R elate to your child, I nterview to collect information, E cho what you're hearing, and give F eedback. With wit and compassion, she also helps you get over the most common hurdles in talking to tweens, including: • What phrases invite connection and which irritate kids or scare them off • The best places, times, and situations in which to initiate talks • How to keep kids interested, open, and engaged in conversation • How to exit these chats in a way that keeps kids wanting more Like a Rosetta Stone for your tween's confounding language, Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteen is an essential communication guide to helping your child through the emotional, physical, and social challenges ahead and, ultimately, toward teenage success.

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10 Days to a Less Defiant Child, second edition - Jeffrey Bernstein Cover Art

10 Days to a Less Defiant Child, second edition

10 Days to a Less Defiant Child, second edition The Breakthrough Program for Overcoming Your Child's Difficult Behavior by Jeffrey Bernstein

The popular, powerful guide to help parents regain control over a defiant child or teenager Occasional clashes between parents and children are not uncommon, but when defiant behavior-including tantrums, resistance to chores, and negativity-becomes chronic, it causes big problems within the family. In 10 Days to a Less Defiant Child , family and child psychologist Dr. Jeffrey Bernstein shares a groundbreaking ten-day program to help parents understand their child's behavior and regain control of their household. In this updated edition, parents will learn how to face new challenges, including defiance resulting from excessive technology use (even to the point of addiction) and the stress of modern family life. Dr. Bernstein explains what causes defiance in kids and why it's so destructive to the family, then offers parents a step-by-step guide on how to reduce conflict and end upsetting behaviors.

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Differently Wired - Deborah Reber Cover Art

Differently Wired

Differently Wired Raising an Exceptional Child in a Conventional World by Deborah Reber

It’s time to say NO to trying to fit square-peg kids into rounds holes, and YES to raising them from a place of acceptance and joy. Today millions of kids are stuck in a world that doesn’t embrace who they really are. They are the one in five “differently wired” children with ADHD, dyslexia, giftedness, autism, anxiety, or other neurodifferences, and their challenges are many. And for the parents who love them, the challenges are just as numerous, as they struggle to find the right school, the right support, the right path. But now there’s hope. Differently Wired is a revolutionary book—weaving together personal stories and a tool kit of expert advice from author Deborah Reber, it’s a how-to, a manifesto, and a reassuring companion for parents who can so often feel that they have no place to turn. At the heart of Differently Wired are 18 paradigm-shifting ideas—what the author calls “tilts,” which include how to accept and lean in to your role as a parent ( #2: Get Out of Isolation and Connect ). Deal with the challenges of parenting a differently wired child ( #5: Parent from a Place of Possibility Instead of Fear ). Support yourself (# 11: Let Go of Your Impossible Expectations for Who You “Should” Be as a Parent ). And seek community ( #18: If It Doesn’t Exist, Create It ). Taken together, it’s a lifesaving program to shift our thinking and actions in a way that not only improves the family dynamic, but also allows children to fully realize their best selves.   “In this generous and urgent book, Deborah Reber lets the light in. She helps parents see that they’re not alone, and even better, delivers a positive action plan that will change lives.”—Seth Godin, author of Linchpin   “Differently Wired will help parents of children who think differently to accept their child for who they are and facilitate their successful development.”—Temple Grandin, author of Thinking in Pictures and The Autistic Brain  

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Madres fuertes, hijos fuertes - Meg Meeker Cover Art

Madres fuertes, hijos fuertes

Madres fuertes, hijos fuertes by Meg Meeker

Conoce los secretos para hacer de tus hijos seres positivos, independientes y felices. Conoce los secretos para hacer de tus hijos seres positivos, independientes y felices. Los niños de hoy se enfrentan a retos y presiones únicas, y la responsabilidad de las madres para guiar a sus hijos a través de las diversas complicaciones puede resultar abrumadora. Este libro es un apoyo maravilloso para ayudar a las madres a encontrar la fuerza y la confianza para impulsar en sus hijos un mayor potencial; te ofrece consejos prácticos sobre: - Ser más audaces y más seguras para asesorar y dirigir a los niños. - Desempeñar un papel crucial en la expresión de su amor a los hijos de manera saludable. - Enseñar a los hijos acerca de los valores del trabajo duro y una vida interior bien desarrollada. - Ser una madre fuerte, consciente, independiente y buen ejemplo para sus hijos. Con 25 años de experiencia como pediatra, consejera de adolescentes, profesora de la escuela de medicina y madre de cuatro hijos, Meg Meeker te invita a conocer los problemas que enfrentan muchos niños y te muestra cómo ayudar a tus hijos a navegar por un territorio difícil creando un ambiente sano.

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Safe Infant Sleep - James J. McKenna Cover Art

Safe Infant Sleep

Safe Infant Sleep Expert Answers to Your Cosleeping Questions by James J. McKenna

In the world of pediatric care, sleep safety guidelines are controversial and often misguided. Health professionals broadly discourage all forms of cosleeping, which, along with the potentially devastating consequences, makes deciding how and where your baby should sleep both confusing and frightening. Parents who cherish the closeness, security, and warmth of cosleeping are finding themselves conflicted, concerned, and exhausted. Cosleeping, a term which encompasses sleeping in the same room or on the same bed as your infant, is a common parental instinct driven by physiology and seen throughout human history. Despite mainstream opposition, thousands of parents continue the practice, whether intentionally, accidentally, or out of necessity. So, why do current medical guidelines insist that cosleeping is unsafe? What is the difference between SIDS and SUID, and are they related to cosleeping? What should parents do to make a safe sleep space for their infant? If a family chooses to cosleep, how should they respond to reproach from friends, family, or medical professionals? In  Safe Infant Sleep , the world’s authority on cosleeping breaks down the complicated political and social aspects of sleep safety, exposes common misconceptions, and compares current recommendations to hard science. With the latest information on the abundant scientific benefits of cosleeping, Dr. James J. Mckenna informs readers about the dangers of following over-simplified recommendations against the age-old practice, and encourages parents to trust their knowledge and instincts about what is and is not safe for their baby. This book offers a range of options and safety tips for your family’s ideal cosleeping arrangement. These include variations of roomsharing and bedsharing, and introduce the concept of “breastsleeping.” This term, coined by Dr. McKenna himself, is based on the inherent biological connection between breastfeeding and infant sleep, and provides readers with everything they need to know about safely sharing a bed with their baby. Complete with resource listings for both parents and professionals, this book teaches you how to confidently choose a safe sleeping arrangement as unique as your family. 

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La educación temprana de 0 a 3 años - Ana Sánchez Prieto Cover Art

La educación temprana de 0 a 3 años

La educación temprana de 0 a 3 años (Hacer Familia) by Ana Sánchez Prieto

Un libro lleno de ejercicios facilísimos de poner en práctica, con poco esfuerzo y unos resultados sorprendentes, para desarrollar al máximo las potencialidades del niño. La autora nos ofrece en este libro nuevas técnicas de estimulación temprana para realizarlas desde antes de nacer el bebé. Porque las ventajas de esta educación ya están experimentadas. El niño es feliz aprendiendo de una manera relajada, sin presionarle. Desde que nace es como un ordenador en blanco ansioso de aprender. Esta maravillosa motivación en unos padres que saben utilizar este mecanismo hacen un complemento perfecto, bases firmes en las que se fundamentarán todos los aprendizajes posteriores en la vida de su hijo. La edad de oro en educación es de cero a ocho años y dentro de este período los tres primeros son los más importantes. Ana Sánchez es madre de 6 hijos, y profesora de educación infantil. Trabajó en la Institución Familiar de Educación, donde experimentó las técnicas pedagógicas más avanzadas como coordinadora de la Educación de Preescolar.

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Sons to Men: A Mothers Guide - Anne Harvey Cover Art

Sons to Men: A Mothers Guide

Sons to Men: A Mothers Guide by Anne Harvey

How to put into practice the principles of the bestselling trans-Tasman parenting phenomenon, He'll Be OK 'Helping mothers to laugh with their gorgeous boys' - CELIA LASHLIE Struggling to cope with an emotionally charged minefield as your son becomes a man? Do you sometimes wonder if you'll both come out alive? In SONS tO MEN, Anne Harvey offers a practical guide for mothers as their sons enter adolescence. While many other books concentrate on teenage boys' propensity to misjudge situations and inability to consider implications, Anne focuses on mothers and how they are impacted by their sons' actions and developments. Using real-life examples, she demonstrates how these situations can affect any boy and mother, suggesting practical ways of dealing with them. By asking mothers to appreciate their importance as women within their role as the female parent of an adolescent boy, she encourages an honest look at guilt, nagging, anxiety and doubt. Learn how to examine what could be causing each issue, and connect with the central calm space within. Follow Anne's clear, accessible and logical process and begin to minimize the turbulence of raising your son. Most importantly, learn how to relax and enjoy your boy's transition to manhood now, when it's happening - don't spend these precious years as a confused, angry and frustrated casualty. Anne Harvey lives in Nelson, and has qualifications in adult learning, facilitation, non-violent communication, life coaching and early childhood education. Winner of an Excellence in Business Award, she is a mentor with Business Mentors New Zealand. More to the point, she is raising four sons.

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The Parent's Tao Te Ching

The Parent's Tao Te Ching Ancient Advice for Modern Parents by William Martin

Classic Taoist wisdom applied to the world of parenting, guiding mothers and fathers to meaningful conversations and relationships with their children. William C. Martin has freshly reinterpreted the Tao Te Ching to speak directly and clearly to the most difficult of modern tasks -- parenting. With its combination of free verse and judicious advice, The Parent's Tao Te Ching addresses the great themes that permeate the Tao and that support loving parent- child relationships: responding without judgment, emulating natural processes, and balancing between doing and being. "A masterpiece. William Martin captures the essence of what it means to raise a child. Urgently needed, this precious book lifts parenting to new heights."-- Judy Ford, author of Wonderful Ways to Love a Child and Wonderful Ways to Be a Family

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Built at Home - Amanda McNeal Cover Art

Built at Home

Built at Home Small Parenting Habits That Shape Steady Adults by Amanda McNeal

Most parenting happens in the ordinary moments. Not the milestone speeches. Not the perfectly planned family vacations. Not the once-in-a-lifetime conversations parents imagine will shape their children forever. It happens on rushed Tuesday mornings. At the dinner table. In the way a parent responds to disappointment. In the small habits children absorb without anyone realizing they are learning. Built at Home is a thoughtful, deeply practical guide to the everyday rhythms that quietly shape emotionally steady, resilient adults. Drawing from developmental psychology, emotional intelligence research, and real-life family dynamics, Amanda McNeal explores the invisible lessons children absorb from the atmosphere of home. Inside this book, readers will discover how to: Build calm, structured morning routines that reduce stress and create emotional security Create meaningful connection through presence, conversation, and shared rituals Teach emotional resilience without harshness or shame Help children handle disappointment, frustration, and failure with confidence Build family habits that encourage responsibility, contribution, and empathy Create stronger attachment and trust with children of every age, including teenagers Use ordinary daily moments to shape character, confidence, and emotional stability Warm, honest, and refreshingly free from performance parenting, Built at Home offers a grounded approach for parents who want to raise capable, emotionally healthy children without chasing perfection. This is not a book about becoming a flawless parent. It is a book about becoming a present one. Because the adults children become are often built quietly, day after day, at home.

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Oh Crap! Potty Training

Oh Crap! Potty Training Everything Modern Parents Need to Know to Do It Once and Do It Right by Jamie Glowacki

From potty-training expert and social worker Jamie Glowacki, who’s already helped over half a million families successfully toilet train their preschoolers, comes a newly revised and updated guide that’s “straight-up, parent-tested, and funny to boot” (Amber Dusick, author of Parenting: Illustrated with Crappy Pictures ). Worried about potty training? Let Jamie Glowacki, potty-training expert, show you how it’s done. Her six-step, proven process to get your toddler out of diapers and onto the toilet has already worked for tens of thousands of kids and their parents. Here’s the good news: your child is probably ready to be potty trained EARLIER than you think (ideally, between 20–30 months), and it can be done FASTER than you expect (most kids get the basics in a few days—but Jamie’s got you covered even if it takes a little longer). If you’ve ever said to yourself: -How do I know if my kid is ready? -Why won’t my child poop in the potty? -How do I avoid “potty power struggles”? -How can I get their daycare provider on board? -My kid was doing so well—why is he regressing? -And what about nighttime?! Oh Crap! Potty Training can solve all of these (and other) common issues. This isn’t theory, you’re not bribing with candy, and there are no gimmicks. This is real-world, from-the-trenches potty training information—all the questions and all the answers you need to do it once and be done with diapers for good.

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Puddle Jumpers

Puddle Jumpers Simple and Proven Ways to Raise Confident & Joyful Kids by Brandon Webb

Raise kids who can handle whatever life throws at them—from the Navy SEAL performance coach who discovered that real resilience comes from connection, not pressure. Every parent wants to raise strong, confident kids. But we're often told we have to choose between gentle parenting that feels too permissive and tough love that damages connection. In the process, modern parenting has too often replaced preparation with protection. There's another way: Puddle Jumper Parenting. As a Navy SEAL performance coach, Brandon Webb once believed mental toughness came from pressure and perfection. Then he became a dad and everything changed. He discovered that real resilience isn't built by pushing harder. It's grown through compassion, connection, giving kids permission to fail forward, and being a steady presence in an uncertain world. Puddle Jumper Parenting is about raising kids who leap, splash, and grow stronger with every mess. Kids who aren't afraid to make mistakes, take risks, or bounce back from failure. Using the same mental-performance techniques Webb used to train elite operators—now adapted for real families—you'll learn how to build lasting confidence through positive self-talk, help children handle stress and setbacks without falling apart, and create clear boundaries while maintaining emotional connection. This isn't theory. It's battle-tested methods from the most demanding environments on earth, refined through years of raising three kids who are now grounded, joyful, and living lives on their own terms. Your kid doesn't need to be perfect. They just need to be brave enough to jump.

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No-Drama Discipline

No-Drama Discipline The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind by Daniel J. Siegel, MD & Tina Payne Bryson

NEW YORK TIMES  BESTSELLER • The pioneering experts behind The Whole-Brain Child and The Yes Brain tackle the ultimate parenting challenge: discipline.   “A lot of fascinating insights . . . an eye-opener worth reading.”— Parents Highlighting the fascinating link between a child’s neurological development and the way a parent reacts to misbehavior, No-Drama Discipline provides an effective, compassionate road map for dealing with tantrums, tensions, and tears—without causing a scene.   Defining the true meaning of the “d” word (to instruct, not to shout or reprimand), the authors explain how to reach your child, redirect emotions, and turn a meltdown into an opportunity for growth. By doing so, the cycle of negative behavior (and punishment) is essentially brought to a halt, as problem solving becomes a win/win situation. Inside this sanity-saving guide you’ll discover   • strategies that help parents identify their own discipline philosophy—and master the best methods to communicate the lessons they are trying to impart • facts on child brain development—and what kind of discipline is most appropriate and constructive at all ages and stages • the way to calmly and lovingly connect with a child—no matter how extreme the behavior—while still setting clear and consistent limits • tips for navigating your child through a tantrum to achieve insight, empathy, and repair • twenty discipline mistakes even the best parents make—and how to stay focused on the principles of whole-brain parenting and discipline techniques   Complete with candid stories and playful illustrations that bring the authors’ suggestions to life, No-Drama Discipline shows you how to work with your child’s developing mind, peacefully resolve conflicts, and inspire happiness and strengthen resilience in everyone in the family. Praise for No-Drama Discipline   “With lucid, engaging prose accompanied by cartoon illustrations, Siegel and Bryson help parents teach and communicate more effectively.” — Publishers Weekly “Wow! This book grabbed me from the very first page and did not let go.” —Lawrence J. Cohen, Ph.D., author of The Opposite of Worry

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Wife, Mother, Spy - An Extraordinary Life Filled with Ordinary Days - Ann E Butler Cover Art

Wife, Mother, Spy - An Extraordinary Life Filled with Ordinary Days

Wife, Mother, Spy - An Extraordinary Life Filled with Ordinary Days by Ann E Butler

Many mothers shuttle their kids to dance lessons and sports practice, coordinate playdates, read bedtime stories, and struggle to get dinner on the table after a long day at the office. Very few do all this while secretly meeting with spies, carrying a purse retrofitted to conceal a Glock, and tasked with protecting the security of the United States. For several decades, this was the life of Ann Butler - wife, mother of five, and operations operative for the CIA. From New York to Paris to Sarajevo, from Northern Africa to Central Europe, Wife, Mother, Spy provides a rare behind-the-scenes glimpse of the rewarding, chaotic, exhausting, often challenging, but always exciting life of a CIA spy who also happens to be a wife and mother. Juggling parenthood, aliases, transatlantic moves every few years with five children and a dog, and going into labor during a clandestine meeting isn't for the faint of heart. But with determination, a sense of humor, and unflappable optimism, Butler takes readers along on an inspiring journey that knits together a life full of the dailiness, hopes, and fears all parents share with an exhilarating career few can imagine.

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Hunt, Gather, Parent

Hunt, Gather, Parent What Ancient Cultures Can Teach Us About the Lost Art of Raising Happy, Helpful Little Humans by Michaeleen Doucleff

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • MORE THAN 1 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE The oldest cultures in the world have mastered the art of raising happy, well-adjusted children. What can we learn from them? “ Hunt, Gather, Parent is full of smart ideas that I immediately wanted to force on my own kids.” —Pamela Druckerman, The New York Times Book Review When Dr. Michaeleen Doucleff becomes a mother, she examines the studies behind modern parenting guidance and finds the evidence frustratingly limited and often ineffective. Curious to learn about more effective parenting approaches, she visits a Maya village in the Yucatán Peninsula. There she encounters moms and dads who parent in a totally different way than we do—and raise extraordinarily kind, generous, and helpful children without yelling, nagging, or issuing timeouts. What else, Doucleff wonders, are Western parents missing out on? In Hunt, Gather, Parent , Doucleff sets out with her three-year-old daughter in tow to learn and practice parenting strategies from families in three of the world’s most venerable communities: Maya families in Mexico, Inuit families above the Arctic Circle, and Hadzabe families in Tanzania. She sees that these cultures don’t have the same problems with children that Western parents do. Most strikingly, parents build a relationship with young children that is vastly different from the one many Western parents develop—it’s built on cooperation instead of control, trust instead of fear, and personalized needs instead of standardized development milestones. Maya parents are masters at raising cooperative children. Without resorting to bribes, threats, or chore charts, Maya parents rear loyal helpers by including kids in household tasks from the time they can walk. Inuit parents have developed a remarkably effective approach for teaching children emotional intelligence. When kids cry, hit, or act out, Inuit parents respond with a calm, gentle demeanor that teaches children how to settle themselves down and think before acting. Hadzabe parents are experts on raising confident, self-driven kids with a simple tool that protects children from stress and anxiety, so common now among American kids. Not only does Doucleff live with families and observe their methods firsthand, she also applies them with her own daughter, with striking results. She learns to discipline without yelling. She talks to psychologists, neuroscientists, anthropologists, and sociologists and explains how these strategies can impact children’s mental health and development. Filled with practical takeaways that parents can implement immediately, Hunt, Gather, Parent helps us rethink the ways we relate to our children, and reveals a universal parenting paradigm adapted for American families.

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'Til Death Do We Parent

'Til Death Do We Parent Raising My Kid with His Dad by Jess Hilarious

Jess Hilarious, comedy’s whip-smart and unapologetic superstar, continues to push boundaries and offers a hilarious account of the challenges in creating a healthy coparenting relationship and the lessons she’s learned on life's journey. Before Jess Hilarious ever had dreams of telling jokes in front of sold-out arenas across the country, being featured on Wild-’n-Out , or becoming a cohost on The Breakfast Club , Jess dreamt of marrying her high school sweetheart and raising a family together in their hometown of Baltimore, Maryland. In hopes that having her partner’s child would solidify this outcome, Jess became pregnant at nineteen but begrudgingly learned that the vision she had for her life—as a wife and mother—would have to be reimagined. After multiple attempts at a relationship between her and her son’s father failed, Jess accepted that, while they would never get married, they were forever linked by the lifetime commitment of raising a child together. With her trademark wit and perspective, Jess shares her experiences with valuable and vulnerable insight for coparents who struggle with what it means to put their children first while protecting them from the ups and downs of adult relationships. ’ Til Death Do We Parent is an inspirational journey to coparenting with ease and humor.

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Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters - Meg Meeker Cover Art

Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters

Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters 10 Secrets Every Father Should Know by Meg Meeker

Inspiration for the motion picture streaming on Pure Flix! Drawing on her thirty years' experience practicing pediatric and adolescent medicine, teen health expert Dr. Meg Meeker explains why an active father figure is maybe the single most important factor in a young woman's development. In this invaluable guide, Meeker shows how a father can be both counsel and protector for his daughter as she grows into a spiritually and mentally strong young woman. From cradling his newborn to walking her down the aisle, a father must relish his paramount responsibility—guiding the course of his daughter’s life. Meeker reveals • how a man can become a "strong father" • how a father's guidance influences every part of a woman's life, from her self-respect to her perspective on drugs, alcohol, and sex • how to lay down ground rules that are respected without creating distance in your relationship with your daughter • why you need to be your daughter's hero • the mistakes most fathers make and their serious consequences • how to help daughters make their own good decisions and avoid disastrous mistakes • how a father's faith will influence his daughter's spiritual development • how to get through to you daughter, even during her toughest don't-talk-to-me years • true stories of daughters who were on the wrong path—and how their fathers helped to bring them back Learn how to grow, strengthen, or rebuild your relationship with your daughter to better both your life and hers in the bestselling Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters: 10 Secrets Every Father Should Know .

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Raising Cain

Raising Cain Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys by Dan Kindlon, Ph.D. & Michael Thompson, Ph.D.

The stunning success of Reviving Ophelia, Mary Pipher’s landmark book, showed a true and pressing need to address the emotional lives of girls. Now, finally, here is the book that answers our equally timely and critical need to understand our boys. In Raising Cain, Dan Kindlon, Ph.D., and Michael Thompson, Ph.D., two of the country’s leading child psychologists, share what they have learned in more than thirty-five years of combined experience working with boys and their families. They reveal a nation of boys who are hurting—sad, afraid, angry, and silent. Statistics point to an alarming number of young boys at high risk for suicide, alcohol and drug abuse, violence and loneliness. Kindlon and Thompson set out to answer this basic, crucial question: What do boys need that they’re not getting? They illuminate the forces that threaten our boys, teaching them to believe that “cool” equals macho strength and stoicism. Cutting through outdated theories of “mother blame,” “boy biology,” and "testosterone,” Kindlon and Thompson shed light on the destructive emotional training our boys receive—the emotional miseducation of boys. Through moving case studies and cutting-edge research, Raising Cain paints a portrait of boys systematically steered away from their emotional lives by adults and the peer “culture of cruelty”—boys who receive little encouragement to develop qualities such as compassion, sensitivity, and warmth. The good news is that this doesn't have to happen. There is much we can do to prevent it. Kindlon and Thompson make a compelling case that emotional literacy is the most valuable gift we can offer our sons, urging parents to recognize the price boys pay when we hold them to an impossible standard of manhood. They identify the social and emotional challenges that boys encounter in school and show how parents can help boys cultivate emotional awareness and empathy—giving them the vital connections and support they need to navigate the social pressures of youth. Powerfully written and deeply felt, Raising Cain will forever change the way we see our sons and will transform the way we help them to become happy and fulfilled young men.

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Raising Mentally Strong Kids - Daniel G. Amen, M.D. & Charles Fay, Ph.D. Cover Art

Raising Mentally Strong Kids

Raising Mentally Strong Kids How to Combine the Power of Neuroscience with Love and Logic to Grow Confident, Kind, Responsible, and Resilient Children and Young Adults by Daniel G. Amen, M.D. & Charles Fay, Ph.D.

Instant national bestseller! Parenting is about to get easier--and a whole lot more effective…. In a time when so many children and young adults seem to be struggling, parents are looking for help in bringing up mentally healthy kids who are equipped to thrive. Finally, evidence-based help is now available for overwhelmed parents who are trying their best but feel like they're falling short. #1 New York Times bestselling author and neuropsychiatrist Dr. Daniel Amen and child psychologist Dr. Charles Fay have teamed up to reveal what's missing from most parenting books. It's the fact that you need to address both the brain and the mind of your child (and yourself) in order to effectively raise good and strong humans. In this groundbreaking book where neuroscience meets love and logic, parents are given practical tools to help children of all ages go from behavioral problems like defiance, meltdowns, and power struggles to being: • Responsible, confident, kind, and resilient • Better prepared to make good decisions • More focused and motivated • Better able to have healthy relationships, and more…. Let Dr. Amen and Dr. Fay help you learn how to be the parent you've always dreamed you could be—and raise great kids who are on their way to reaching their full potential, including their best possible mental health.

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Raising Men - Eric Davis & Dina Santorelli Cover Art

Raising Men

Raising Men Lessons Navy SEALs Learned from Their Training and Taught to Their Sons by Eric Davis & Dina Santorelli

After Eric Davis spent over 16 years in the military, including a decade in the SEAL Teams, his family was more than used to his absence on deployments and secret missions that could obscure his whereabouts for months at a time. Without a father figure in his own life since the age of fifteen, Eric was desperate to maintain the bonds he’d fought so hard to forge when his children were young—particularly with his son, Jason, because he knew how difficult it was to face the challenge of becoming a man on one’s own. Unfortunately, Eric learned the hard way that Quality Time doesn’t always show up in Quantity Time. Facebook, television, phones, video games, school, jobs, friends—they all got in the way of a real, meaningful father-son relationship. It was time to take action. As a SEAL, Eric learned to innovate and push boundaries, allowing him to function at levels beyond what was expected, comfortable, ordinary, and even imaginable, and he knew that as a father he needed to do the same with his son. Meeting extreme with extreme was the only answer. Using a unique blend of discipline, leadership, adventure, and grace, Eric and his SEAL brothers will teach you how to connect, and reconnect, with your sons and learn how to raise real men—the Navy SEAL way.

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Strong Mothers, Strong Sons - Meg Meeker Cover Art

Strong Mothers, Strong Sons

Strong Mothers, Strong Sons Lessons Mothers Need to Raise Extraordinary Men by Meg Meeker

A timely and empowering book featuring “solid, practical advice for women on how to properly nurture their sons” ( Kirkus Reviews ). Boys today face unique challenges and pressures, and the burden on mothers to guide their children through them can feel overwhelming. Calling upon over thirty years of experience as a pediatrician and a mother of four, Meg Meeker, M.D., shares the secrets that every mother needs to know in order to strengthen—or rebuild—her relationship with her son, including: • the crucial role mothers play in teaching their sons to respect women as they grow up • the importance of conveying the values of hard work, community service, and a well-developed inner life • the natural traps mothers of boys often fall into—and how to avoid them • the key to raising sons without emotional baggage and limitations • the best ways to survive the moments when the going gets tough and a mom’s natural ways of communicating—talking, analyzing, exploring—only fuel the fire By providing encouragement, education, and essential advice, this empowering book offers a road map to help mothers find the strength and confidence to raise extraordinary sons—so that they will become the men they are meant to be.

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Raising a Healthy, Happy Eater: A Parent's Handbook, Second Edition - Nimali Fernando & Melanie Potock Cover Art

Raising a Healthy, Happy Eater: A Parent's Handbook, Second Edition

Raising a Healthy, Happy Eater: A Parent's Handbook, Second Edition Avoid Picky Eating, Identify Feeding Problems, and Inspire Adventurous Eating, from Birth to School-Age by Nimali Fernando & Melanie Potock

Now updated in a second edition—the category-leading guide to parenting adventurous eaters Pediatrician Nimali Fernando and feeding therapist Melanie Potock (aka Dr. Yum and Coach Mel) know the importance of giving your child the right start on their food journey—for good health, motor skills, and even cognitive and emotional development. In this updated, second edition of Raising a Healthy, Happy Eater, they explain how to expand your family’s food horizons, avoid the picky eater trap, identify special feeding needs, and put joy back into mealtimes, with the latest research and advice tailored to every stage from newborn through school-age new guidance on pacifiers, thumb-sucking, feeding concerns, and barriers to eating well helpful insights on the sensory system, difficult mealtime behaviors, and everything from baby-led weaning to sippy cups and seven “passport stamps” for modern parenting: joyful, compassionate, brave, patient, consistent, proactive, and mindful. Raising a Healthy, Happy Eater shows the way to lead your child on the path to adventurous eating. Grab your passport and go!

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Raising Boys, Third Edition

Raising Boys, Third Edition Why Boys Are Different--and How to Help Them Become Happy and Well-Balanced Men by Steve Biddulph

A revised edition of the bestselling and practical guide to the issues parents face in raising sons--including sex, violence, homework, sports, the Internet, and more--and how to best aid boys' development from birth to manhood. From award-winning psychologist Steve Biddulph comes this new edition of Raising Boys , his international best seller published in 14 countries. This complete guide for parents, educators, and relatives includes sections on bullying, online pornography, social media, and how boys' and girls' brains differ. With gentle humor and proven wisdom, Raising Boys focuses on boys' unique developmental needs to help them be happy and healthy at every stage of life.

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Queen Bees and Wannabes, 3rd Edition - Rosalind Wiseman Cover Art

Queen Bees and Wannabes, 3rd Edition

Queen Bees and Wannabes, 3rd Edition Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boys, and the New Realities of Girl World by Rosalind Wiseman

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The parenting classic that inspired Mean Girls, now fully revised and updated with new material on gender expression, cancel culture, social media, and bullying based on feedback from today’s teenagers   More than twenty years ago, Queen Bees and Wannabes let parents inside the secret world of their adolescent daughters’ female relationships, giving us a new vocabulary for these fickle social dynamics as well as invaluable strategies for helping our daughters navigate them. Since then, nationally recognized thought leader and speaker Rosalind Wiseman has interviewed and listened to thousands of girls talk about the powerful role cliques play in shaping what they wear and say, how they respond to boys, and how they feel about themselves. This fully revised and greatly updated edition of this parenting classic now reflects the pressures unique to today’s girls—including the role that social media and gender as a spectrum play in adolescent life. With input and stories from dozens of girls experiencing these dynamics today, Wiseman takes readers into “Girl World” to analyze teasing, gossip, and reputations; beauty and fashion; alcohol and drugs; boys and sex; and more, plus how cliques play a role in every situation. Full of sample scripts, strategies, and pointed advice, this book will equip adults with all the tools needed to build the right foundation to help a young woman make smarter choices and empower her during this baffling, tumultuous time of life.

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Children of the Aging Self-Absorbed

Children of the Aging Self-Absorbed A Guide to Coping with Difficult, Narcissistic Parents and Grandparents by Nina W. Brown

Growing up with a parent who is self-absorbed is difficult, and they may become more difficult to deal with as they age. This essential book shows how to cope with your aging parent's narcissistic behavior, and provides tips to help protect yourself and your children from their self-absorbed, destructive actions. As your self-absorbed parent grows older and becomes more dependent on you, hurtful relationships may resurface and become further strained. In the tradition of Children of the Self-Absorbed , author Nina Brown offers the first book for adult children of aging narcissistic or self-absorbed parents. You will learn practical, powerful strategies for navigating the intense negative feelings that your parents can incite, as well as tips to protect your children from the criticism, blame, or hostility that may exist between you and their grandparent. In this book, you will gain greater awareness of how and why your parent's self-absorbed behaviors and attitudes get worse, and develop strategies to manage the negative feelings that can arise as a result. You'll also learn to reduce the shame and guilt that may be felt when you feel like you don't want to be a caretaker.  Finally, you'll learn to set limits with your parent so you can stay sane during this difficult time. Having an aging parent can be stressful enough, but dealing with an aging narcissistic or self-absorbed parent is especially challenging. This essential guide will help you through.

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Your Sleepless Baby The Rescue Guide

Your Sleepless Baby The Rescue Guide by Rowena Bennett

Babies are not born as good or bad sleepers, they become that way. In Your Sleepless Baby, Rowena Bennett describes medical, developmental and behavioural reasons for babies who experience broken sleep, trouble falling asleep and unusual sleeping patterns. Rowena challenges the western practice of medicating distressed, overtired babies simply because their behaviour is misunderstood. She also dispels common misperceptions about bed sharing, sleep training, and what it takes to support a child's emotional development. To encourage a baby to become a "good sleeper" parents must support them to self-regulate sleeping patterns and stabilise their baby's internal body clock. Fail to provide the right support and you might find that promoting sleep and contentment becomes an exhausting and never-ending battle. Babies are individuals and each family is unique. Solutions that what work for one, may not work for another. Rowena explains ways parents and caregivers influence their baby's sleeping patterns and behaviour... for better or worse. No matter what your preferred style of parenting, in Your Sleepless Baby you'll find a drug-free solution to match.

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The 4 Habits of Raising Joy-Filled Kids

The 4 Habits of Raising Joy-Filled Kids A Simple Model for Developing Your Child's Maturity- at Every Stage by Marcus Warner & Chris Coursey

Is “Joy-Building” the secret to raising mature healthy kids? Joy-filled kids aren’t always happy kids, but they do know how to work for and wait for what is truly satisfying in life. In The 4 Habits of Raising Joy-Filled Kids you will discover a tool box full of skills that you can use with your children to help them grow in maturity and live with greater joy. These tools help your kids, from infants to teens, build skills like: • Regulating upset emotions so they can return to joy • Forming a stable identity that doesn’t change with each new emotion • Developing discernment to distinguish between what is satisfying and what is only temporarily pleasurable • Discovering heart values and not just living to please others • Building “joy bonds” rather than “fear bonds” The skills you’ll learn in The 4 Habits of Raising Joy-Filled Kids will not only help you parent your children well, but they will also help you grow joy in your family.

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Pronti, si nasce! - Davide Michienzi Cover Art

Pronti, si nasce!

Pronti, si nasce! Guida pratica ed emotiva per vivere al meglio la gravidanza, il parto e la nascita by Davide Michienzi

Informazioni e consigli per i genitori in attesa, per il loro benessere e per la salute del neonato. Dalla preparazione alla gravidanza ai suggerimenti per i nove mesi di mamma e bambino, dal ruolo di osteopata e ostetrica a nutrizione e sessualità, dalla scelta di come partorire alle prime ore dalla nascita. Quando il desiderio di avere un bambino comincia a concretizzarsi, arriva il momento di prendersi più cura della propria salute per preparare al meglio il viaggio verso una nuova vita. Il secondo, attesissimo libro di Davide Michienzi vuole essere una guida che possa accompagnare i genitori - e in special modo la madre, il cui corpo subirà grandi cambiamenti - in un percorso che preservi il loro benessere psicologico ed emotivo e la salute e lo sviluppo di chi sta per venire alla luce. Con l'aiuto di Maria Chiara Terzulli, ostetrica di lunga esperienza, offre con un linguaggio semplice e chiaro informazioni su quel che avviene prima, durante e dopo la gravidanza, abbracciando il punto di vista di tutti i soggetti coinvolti: la donna, il partner e il bambino. Si parte dall'importanza della preparazione alla gravidanza nel corpo e nella relazione emotiva, per viverla serenamente e ridurre elementi di stress e problematiche; si scopre che cosa succede durante i nove mesi di attesa, in cui il corpo della donna cambia, accoglie e si adatta a una vita che cresce dentro di lei; e poi si osserva che cosa accade al bambino che si va formando. Il libro esplora anche gli aspetti della nutrizione, del microbiota e dell'attività fisica, oltre a spiegare come prepararsi al parto, come scegliere il luogo e la modalità, quel che avviene fino alla nascita del bambino, dedicando uno spazio ai genitori nel post parto, con particolare attenzione alla neomamma, che vive alcuni dei momenti più intensi e profondi della sua vita: l'incontro con il proprio bambino e l'inizio della sua relazione con lui.

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Disney/Pixar How to Raise Incredible Kids - Alison Throckmorton Cover Art

Disney/Pixar How to Raise Incredible Kids

Disney/Pixar How to Raise Incredible Kids Harness the Powers of Your Super Family, One Mission at a Time by Alison Throckmorton

Super-size parenting advice courtesy of the Incredibles family in a humorous guide to raising super-duper kids, inspired by Disney and Pixar feature films The Incredibles and Incredibles 2. Filled with hilarious and heartfelt tidbits to comfort parents in need of a good laugh or an incredible-sized hug, this playful parenting guide is a pure delight of tips, tricks, and moments of solidarity to help navigate the world of raising super kids. From Helen Parr’s advice to stay flexible to Bob Parr’s thoughtful reminder that sometimes it’s okay to not be incredible, these words of wisdom are perfect for sharing with any super moms, dads, and parents in your life. © 2024 Disney/Pixar. All rights reserved. INCREDIBLES PARENTING 101: Everything you need to know about how to be a successful parent from a trusted source: the Incredibles!   GIFT FOR SUPER PARENTS: It takes a village, and sometimes even the most super parents need a break. Find a moment for yourself throughout your hectic day to enjoy this parenting humor book. Perfect for:Disney and Pixar fans of all agesBaby shower, baby sprinkles, and gender reveal party giftsMother's Day and Father's Day presentsParents looking to find humor in the everyday struggles of parentingFamilies that love watching Disney and Pixar films together

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The Ultimate Long-Distance Dads Guide - drs. Danny R. Andreas Msc Cover Art

The Ultimate Long-Distance Dads Guide

The Ultimate Long-Distance Dads Guide by drs. Danny R. Andreas Msc

I've lived it myself. I wrote this book to share the knowledge I wish I'd known ten years ago—before I became a distance dad, before the legal battles, and before parental alienation began. It would have saved me so much time, energy, sanity, and money. You can't always be near your child. But that doesn't mean you can't still be their dad. Read this book if you want to build bonds that distance, legal obstacles, or parental alienation can't break. Own Fatherhood. It Matters Today. Through research and trial and error, I developed strategies across many areas that actually work. The close bond my child and I share today—despite all the odds—is living proof of that. My book is filled with practical, easy-to-follow tips you can apply right away. It's not rocket science. In fact, you'll see much of it is just common sense. Some of the things you'll learn: •Parent your child positively and effectively, even from afar •Build and keep a meaningful bond at each developmental stage •Use tech and smart tricks to turn boring video calls into engaging moments •Handle legal battles and parental alienation as a divorced or long-distance dad •Save money on legal fees, travel, and gifts You don't need permission to be a dad. You just need the right knowledge and tools. Let this guide help you become the dad your child remembers and respects —no matter the circumstances.  

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How to Talk so Children Will Listen & Learn : How to Communicate with Your Child to Build a Trustworthy Relationship, Engage Cooperation, Set Limits, and Prevent Conflicts - Samantha Kimell Cover Art

How to Talk so Children Will Listen & Learn : How to Communicate with Your Child to Build a Trustworthy Relationship, Engage Cooperation, Set Limits, and Prevent Conflicts

How to Talk so Children Will Listen & Learn : How to Communicate with Your Child to Build a Trustworthy Relationship, Engage Cooperation, Set Limits, and Prevent Conflicts by Samantha Kimell

If you want to know how to communicate to prevent conflicts and raise a happy child, then keep reading... As a parent, can you honestly say that your little kids are really listening to you when you speak to them? If so, then you can proudly claim to have built a trustworthy relationship with them! Then, it's peanuts for you to engage their cooperation, set limits, and prevent conflicts in almost all aspects of their life for now… As children grow, changes occur. Hey, it's hard being a little child, and similarly, it's tough being an adult who's in charge of that little growing kid. Life is a never-ending growing and changing experience. To cope with all of these, we need to learn. I am sharing this book with you not only as a parent, but also as a professional with years of experience working alongside kids with different personalities. Here Is A Preview Of What You'll Learn: •What Is the Best Way to Build a Trustworthy Relationship? •How Can You Help Your Child to Cope with Negative Feelings? •How to Engage Your Child's Willing Cooperation. •Setting Limits and Rules. •What Are the Best Punishment Alternatives? •Simple Strategies to Resolve Family Conflicts in a Positive Manner. •How to Prevent Tantrums Easily. Personally, I believe that parenting is the ultimate purpose of one's life. It is a choice you make, a challenge, the cross carried by some people, but a source of joy and fulfillment for many. How we tackle this task somehow defines who we are and the future of humanity… Even if you`ve tried everything, you can build a strong Parent-Child Connection in just a few days. Would You Like To Know More? Download this book and it will help you to reconnect with your child. Scroll to the top of the page and select the "Buy now with 1-Click" button.

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The Japanese Way of Parenting - Lisa Katayama Cover Art

The Japanese Way of Parenting

The Japanese Way of Parenting And What It Taught Me About Raising (Mostly) Calm, Caring, Capable Kids by Lisa Katayama

In this fascinating half-memoir, half-parenting guide, Lisa Katayama shares her quest to raise her American kids using Japanese parenting principles—combining unconditional love with unwavering rules. While Bringing Up Bébé introduced readers to the French way of raising obedient children who are seen but not heard, and Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother shared an in iron-will parental approach to creating high-achieving kids, Lisa Katayama’s The Japanese Way of Parenting brings the principles of Japanese parenting to Americans, emphasizing unconditional love, community, and harmony with nature, to nurture children who are well-behaved, respectful, and creative.   Japan is well known for its culture of respect, technological innovations, delicious food, peaceful vibes, and deep connection to nature. The source code to all of it is the way the Japanese view childhood—as a time of rigorous training for societal participation, where they learn from the start that are just one part of a larger whole. Katayama takes readers along with her as she travels back and forth from her motherland of Tokyo to the East Bay of California to expose her two American, mixed-race kids to the Japanese way of parenting. Readers will be inspired to take some of her insights—the importance of routine and ritual or the benefits of simplified spaces or the power in making everyday things cute—and adopt them into their own parenting, no matter where they live.  

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The Ultimate Guide to Children's Nutrition - Lucy Upton Cover Art

The Ultimate Guide to Children's Nutrition

The Ultimate Guide to Children's Nutrition How to nurture happy, healthy eaters in the first five years by Lucy Upton

'This book is a must-have for parents looking to nurture happy, healthy eaters from the very start' ― Annabel Karmel The first five years of a child's life are critical to getting nutrition right and building a positive, healthy foundation that can shape their future. A time in which the path of health and happiness, or an increased risk of disease and health challenges, can manifest as a direct result of what is put onto a child's plate. The right approach to nutrition can help promote healthy gut health, brain development, growth, allergy profile, food relationships, systemic health and impact a child's well-being for life. From milk feeding through weaning, to toddler food refusal and fussy eating, to dealing with specific diets, allergies and common feeding worries, this book provides guidance on developmental benchmarks alongside useful ideas and strategies to help you navigate the feeding journey with ease. Parents will find reassurance and appeal in this evidence-based, authoritative, yet pragmatic guide. Lucy Upton is a qualified Paediatric Dietitian and Feeding Therapist and the voice to trust in the noisy influencer-dominated landscape surrounding the feeding needs of your growing child. Delivered with empathy and hands-on mother experience, Lucy helps parents navigate the crucial first five years of a child's nutrition journey and provides readers with the tools and understanding needed to make informed decisions about their child's diet and health at every stage.

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Second Nature - Erin Clabough, PhD Cover Art

Second Nature

Second Nature How Parents Can Use Neuroscience to Help Kids Develop Empathy, Creativity, and Self-Control by Erin Clabough, PhD

Use Neuroscience to Raise an Awesome Person—Starting Now   Searching for a roadmap to raise a successful child who makes a positive difference in this world? Neuroscientist and mother Erin Clabough teaches that to thrive as adults, children need to learn self-regulation, a master life skill founded in empathy, creativity, and self-control. The lack of even one of these intertwined skills underlies nearly all of the parenting problems we face.   The good news is that you can build these strengths in children at any age, from infancy to adulthood. Here, using key insights from brain development research, you'll learn how.   With scientific depth and in clear language, Erin gets you up to date on the vast tide of emerging neuroscience discoveries and how they can help you parent better.   Practicing these skills requires a new mindset, but "second nature" parenting is low effort and high impact. It only takes a few minutes each day to nurture the skills your kids need, simply by using everyday situations that you're already facing in a different way.   A hands-on exploration of   • Empathy, creativity, and self-control—three key, interrelated skills that support your child's decision-making, emotional regulation, happiness, and independence   • Self-regulation—where the three key skills come together, giving your child the power to blaze a trail towards a personal goal while preserving healthy relationships   • A wealth of tools based on neuroscience principles—from quick "do anywhere" games to long-term strategies—for creating positive lifelong habits   • How to better understand and deal with tantrums, impulsivity, inattention, bickering, bullying, and other common challenges   • In-depth guidance on how to build motivation, enhance critical thinking skills, encourage accountability, create space for play and reflection, cultivate compassion, solve problems, and much more  

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Long-Distance Parenting - Louise Blount Cover Art

Long-Distance Parenting

Long-Distance Parenting Staying Connected Across the Miles by Louise Blount

Long-Distance Parenting: Staying Connected Across the Miles is a heartfelt guide for parents separated from their children by geography but not by love. Through ten practical chapters, it offers emotional insight, real-life examples, and creative strategies to nurture deep bonds despite the distance. From building trust and maintaining consistent communication to managing emotions and planning meaningful visits, this book empowers parents to stay present in their child’s life—every step of the way. Whether you're new to long-distance parenting or looking to strengthen an existing bond, this is your blueprint for love that travels.

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Normal Schmormal - Ashley Blaker Cover Art

Normal Schmormal

Normal Schmormal My occasionally helpful guide to parenting kids with special needs by Ashley Blaker

The heartwarming and hilarious part-memoir, part-guide from comedian and father-of-six Ashley Blaker, on parenting, adoption and raising children with special needs. ‘A funny, irreverent and loving book’ Daily Express ‘We had such a variety of experts visiting our home, we really needed a revolving door. All these professionals would watch our son playing while shaking their heads and making tutting sounds, like builders considering a bad job you wanted them to fix. “Tut tut tut. No speech, disordered social skills, sensory issues. This is going to cost you!!”’ Ashley Blaker has six children, three of whom have an SEN diagnosis. Between endless meetings, countless therapists, public humiliations, failed playdates, surreal monologues and occasional violence, it’s certainly not what anyone would call a ‘normal’ household – but would he want it any other way? Normal Schmormal is part-memoir, part how-to guide, highlighting the many challenges, as well as the hugely rewarding elements, of parenting children with additional needs. Written with humour, compassion and a lot of love, it’s a must-read for parents, carers and teachers of children with SEN, either looking for a bit of support or in need of a very big laugh. Reviews ADVANCE PRAISE ‘A very funny and honest account of Ashley’s extraordinary ordinary life. There is treasure here for all parents, non-parents and children of parents, and that is surely most people.’ Alex Horne ‘Great insights and advice for any parent, from a unique and fascinating family and their brilliantly funny dad.’ Katy Brand ‘Absolutely hilarious and yet so poignant. This book is going to both entertain and bring comfort to so many people, giving them hope for the future.’ Matt Lucas ‘There’s so much love and good energy in this book. It had me smiling from the very first words.’ Adam Hills ‘Normal Schmormal is a laugh-out-loud, touching memoir of advice, where embracing the weird becomes something wonderful. Every parent should have a copy.’ Emma Kennedy ‘Hilarious, fascinating, and moving. A very special book about a very special family. I laughed and learned so much.’ Elis James ‘This is a must read. Ashley Blaker has a special brand of comic magic. His gift is in making the toughest life challenges seem relatable and even joyous.’ Rob Rinder ‘Funny and warm hearted, this book is a godsend for neurodivergent parents like me.’ Josie Long ‘Inspirational, moving and massively funny. A beautiful schmeautiful book.’ David Schneider ‘Ashley is a superb comic writer and this is a brilliantly funny and often incredibly emotional memoir.’ David Walliams ‘Full of love, this book is a unique and uplifting document of a remarkable everyday life. God knows how Ashley found time to write it.’ Mark Watson ‘Funny, moving and incredibly useful. This book can teach us all something about parenting.’ Lucy Porter ‘A vivid record of a father’s love for his children and a plea for others to follow suit, whatever their kids may be like. A gorgeous book.’ Jeremy Dyson ‘Chipped away at my ignorance and made me laugh at the same time. A neat trick.’ Mike Wozniak

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