Kategoria BISAC: Family & Relationships >> Parenting - General

While being pregnant is thrilling, the responsibility of a growing baby can provoke anxiety about what is and isn't safe. In The Complete Organic Pregnancy, Deirdre Dolan and Alexandra Zissu address how you can minimize your exposure to the invisible toxins that surround us—in everything from food, cleaning products, and cosmetics to furniture, rugs, air, and water. Step by step, they tell you where dangerous chemicals are lurking, why it's so important to avoid them when pregnant, and what you can do before, during, and after your pregnancy to protect your child.

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Saving Childhood offers parents and grandparents practical strategies to cope with a society that seems perversely determined to frighten and corrupt its young. Cultural critic and popular radio host Michael Medved and his wife, psychologist Diane Medved, argue that in a mistaken effort to curb problems plaguing its youth, our culture has changed from protecting childhood as a precious time of growth to hammering even the smallest youngsters with a grim, harsh, and menacing view of the world. The Medveds systematically present unassailable scientific evidence, moving anecdotes,...

Larry J. Koenig, Ph.D., creator of the hugely popular Smart Discipline(R) seminars, explains his simple, dramatically effective system to help children follow the rules at home and at school. It is easily tailoredto differences in age, temperament, and the needs of children with ADD/ADHD. Positive results usually are seen within a few days. Best of all: instead of nagging, parents can use Dr. Koenig's powerful esteem-building strategies to affirm their children's strengths.

The Smart Discipline system:

• Gets kids to do what you ask, the first time you ask

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From A Tree Grows in Brooklyn to Ramona the Pest to Wringer, here are 100 great books guaranteed to stir the imagination, spark conversation, and lead the way to adventure.

In 100 Books for Girls to Grow On, Shireen Dodson, author of the acclaimed The Mother-Daughter Book Club, offers a selection of both new and classic titles. Each book has been handpicked because it is a joy to read, because it inspires mother-daughter dialogue, and because it encourages creativity beyond the book experience.

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When kids start going on TV binges or devouring fistfuls of cookies, it's easy to say, "They'll grow out of it." More likely, they're acquiring bad habits that could lead to childhood obesity and chronic adult diseases, from diabetes and depression to heart trouble and osteoporosis.

But by making simple changes now, you can help your children avoid these problems later. Good Kids, Bad Habits supplies the tools you need, starting with the unique RealAge^(R) Healthy Kids Test. Based on the proven RealAge Test, which measures biological--not calendar--age, the...

Why It's Great to Be a Girl is a must-have for every girl from six to sixteen Chock-full of fascinating facts, enlightening girl-knowledge, and important historical milestones--even a list of great books written by women--here is a guaranteed self-esteem booster for young females everywhere . . . and it's lots of fun too After all, what girl wouldn't feel great about herself knowing that:

• girls hear better than boys
• girls drive better than boys
• girls' bodies are stronger than boys' in every way, except for muscles
• girls are less susceptible...

Parents are often perplexed by their children's typical behaviors and inevitable questions. This down-to-earth guide provides "Tips and Scripts" for handling everything from sibling rivalry and the food wars to questions about death, divorce, sex, and "whyyyy?" Betsy Brown Braun blends humor with her expertise as a child development specialist, popular parent educator, and mother of triplets. Whatever your dilemma or child's question--from "How did the baby get in your tummy?" to "What does 'dead' mean?" to "It's not fair "--Betsy offers the tools and confidence you need to...

Winner of a 2003 National Parenting Publications Gold Award

The Baffled Parent's Guide to Stopping Bad Behavior shows parents how to keep bad behavior to a minimum. Written by a mother of three, this concise guide addresses specific normal behavior issues of children from toddler hood through early school years--including tantrums, talking back, and aggressiveness, as well as coping with bedtime and getting ready in the morning--and includes fourteen simple practices for inspiring good behavior in young children.

A dynamic program for empowering children to protect themselves

In Raising Kids Who Can Protect Themselves, Debbie and Mike Gardner share their decades of self-defense experience to show parents how to teach their children courage--the trait needed to make brave, smart, and safe choices, no matter what their age, no matter what the situation. Raising Kids Who Can Protect Themselves helps families foster courage in their children at an early age so that it becomes an inherent trait, rather than a situational need. The book features:

• Age-appropriate...

Winner of the Disney's iParenting Media Award for Best Product

Fred Rogers and his Neighborhood have been a presence in millions of homes for more than twenty-five years, educating, comforting, and influencing three generations of Americans. This compilation of his signature sayings and wise, succinct, straightforward thoughts is organized by themes--such as "Relationships," "Childhood," "Parenthood," and "Communicating"--all enriched by personal memories of growing up. His ability to touch and...

• Avoiding daily battles
• Using alternatives to punishment
• Dealing with anger
• Learning to let go
• Diminishing sibling rivalries and much, much more.