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Lifelong Books, Da Capo Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group
Pub. Date
©2015
Edition
Second edition.
Language
English
Description
Sleepless nights, wailing babies, and defiant toddlers-these are universal issues for new parents. Now beloved pediatrician T. Berry Brazelton and his esteemed colleague the child psychiatrist Joshua Sparrow come to the rescue with these highly effective and affordable guides. Full of empathy, warmth, and wisdom, each book in the Brazelton Way series leads parents step-by-step through these trying struggles. Courtesy of Dr. Brazelton's unparalleled...
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"New from the New York Times bestselling author of The Conscious Parent comes a radically transformative plan that shows parents how to raise children to be their best, truest selves"--Amazon.com.
3) Parenting
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uuuu
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English
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Vertical file folder contains pamphlets on the subject.
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Full revised Edition
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English
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This is a book to keep for a lifetime--from the first new baby to the last grandchild. Parenting by Temperament helps you to tailor all your parenting practices to each unique child and to you as entirely unique parents. Read about, measure and understand your own temperament and the temperament of each child. From this you will gain new insight into the many ways that your children bring their own skills, talents, wishes and personal qualities into...
5) No-drama discipline: the whole-brain way to calm the chaos and nurture your child's developing mind
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Pub. Date
2014
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English
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"[Offers] parents of children aged 2-13 a ... roadmap to ... discipline, highlighting the fascinating and important connection between the way a parent reacts to misbehavior and a child's neurological development"--
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Pub. Date
2015
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English
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Brings together Dr. Peterson's village interviews, observations, research, and over thirty-five years of work as a psychologist to teach modern parents how to raise healthier, more well-balanced, and kinder children. It includes creative ideas from parents who are currently adopting these practices and balancing other aspects of their personal, career, and financial responsibilities to assure their children get the support they need to thrive. --Publisher's...
Author
Publisher
Forlaget Ehrhorn Hummerston
Pub. Date
c2014
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
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Denmark, a small country famous for Hans Christian Andersen and the Little Mermaid, has consistently been voted as having the happiest people in the world for over 40 years in a row. In 2013 they were, again voted in first place by the World Happiness Report. What is the secret to their satisfied success? This deeply insightful book takes a look at the way Danish children are raised and offers a profound parenting theory that claims to be the at the...
8) Duct tape parenting: a less is more approach to raising respectful, responsible, and resilient kids
Author
Publisher
Bibliomotion
Pub. Date
c2012
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English
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Publisher
Shared Ventures, LLC
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
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English
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Discover...why ignorance is not bliss, but to ignore your child's behavior is divine... whne it's wise to be a do-nothing-say-nothing parent... how to teach your children to manage money... the major trust busters between you and your child... how to stop feeling like you're on the gerbil wheel!... which technique works better: bribing or begging (hint: neither)... what to do when there's so much chaos, frustration and confusion that you don't know...
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Publisher
Shared Ventures, LLC
Pub. Date
2008
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English
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Discover...why ignorance is not bliss, but to ignore your child's behavior is divine... whne it's wise to be a do-nothing-say-nothing parent... how to teach your children to manage money... the major trust busters between you and your child... how to stop feeling like you're on the gerbil wheel!... which technique works better: bribing or begging (hint: neither)... what to do when there's so much chaos, frustration and confusion that you don't know...
11) Getting your child to say "yes" to school: a guide for parents of youth with school refusal behavior
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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
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Language
English
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Publisher
Tarcher
Pub. Date
2015.
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Language
English
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"Cure your kids of the entitlement epidemic so they develop happier, more productive attitudes that will carry them into a successful adulthood. Whenever Amy McCready mentions the "entitlement epidemic" to a group of parents, she is inevitably met with eye rolls, nodding heads, and loaded comments about affected children. It seems everywhere one looks there are preschoolers who only behave in the grocery store for a treat, narcissistic teenagers posting...
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Pub. Date
2014
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English
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"Homework gets a bad rap these days. Overscheduled kids (and parents) complain that it's pointless busy work without academic value. The truth is, homework offers our kids the opportunity to learn much more than what will be "on the test"--including essential life skills and learning habits that will help them succeed in the highly competitive job market of tomorrow. These skills include concentration and focus, time management, decision-making, goal-setting,...
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Pub. Date
2016
Edition
Sixth edition.
Language
English
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"Being a parent is one of the most rewarding experiences in life, but every family faces challenges that can be frustrating and overwhelming. For more than twenty-five years, internationally renowned clinical psychologist Thomas W. Phelan's 1-2-3 Magic has helped millions of parents, teachers, and caregivers raise independent, emotionally intelligent children and build happier, healthier families-all through an easy-to-understand program that you'll...
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Pub. Date
2015
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English
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"With all the parenting information out there and the constant pressure to be the "perfect" parent, it seems as if many parents have lost track of one very important piece of the parenting puzzle: raising happy kids. Parenting today has gotten far too complicated. It's never been the easiest job in the world, but with all the "parenting advice" parents are met with at every corner, it's hard not to become bewildered. It seems that in the past it was...
Author
Publisher
Sterling Pub. Co
Pub. Date
c2008
Edition
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English
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The covers of such magazines as Time and Newsweek have described parents as living in “mayhem” and “madness” with their children. TV’s Supernanny regularly captures kids wildly, unbelievably out of control. How did our families get to such a state? Child psychologist Dr. Beth Grosshans has the answer. And mothers and fathers everywhere are listening. In what is sure to become a much-discussed blockbuster, Dr. Grosshans reveals why she believes...
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Bibliomotion
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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"Parents these days are under a great deal of pressure to be "perfect." With extensive research on the subject of parenting and the emotional development of children, and more and more experts and bloggers writing about specific parenting tips and techniques, parents are inundated every day with countless dos and don'ts of raising their children. Vicki Hoefle's Straight Talk Parenting makes the bold claim that it's not about perfection. In fact, there...
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Pub. Date
2015
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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"A provocative manifesto that exposes the detrimental effects of helicopter parenting and puts forth an alternative philosophy for raising self-sufficient young adultsAcross a decade as Stanford University's Dean of Freshmen, Lythcott-Haims noticed a startling rise in parental involvement in students' lives. Every year, more parents were exerting control over students' academic work, extracurriculars, and career choices, often taking matters into...
19) When parents part: how mothers and fathers can help their children deal with separation and divorce
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Pub. Date
2015
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English
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"From the author of the best-selling Your Baby & Child: completely practical, comprehensively researched information and advice on how you can do what is best for your child when you are going through a separation or divorce. Using the latest scientific research in child development, Penelope Leach covers the various effects of divorce on children in five stages of life (infants, toddlers/preschoolers, primary school children, teenagers, college students/young...
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