Kategoria BISAC: Family & Relationships >> Parenting - Co-Parenting

This bestselling guide rejects "quick-fix" solutions and focuses on helping kids develop their own self-discipline by owning up to their mistakes, thinking through solutions, and correcting their misdeeds while leaving their dignity intact. Barbara Coloroso shows these principles in action through dozens of examples -- from sibling rivalry to teenage rebellion; from common misbehaviors to substance abuse and antisocial behavior....

In a book likely to transform how parents manage many of their child's daily struggles, Drs. Smith and Gouze explain the central and frequently unrecognized role that sensory processing problems play in a child's emotional and behavioral difficulties. Practicing child psychologists, and themselves parents of children with sensory integration problems, their message is innovative, practical, and, above all, full of hope.

A child with sensory processing problems overreacts or underreacts to sensory experiences most of us take in stride. A busy classroom, new clothes, food smells,...

Around the world and into your heart

Everywhere you go--no matter how far you travel-- from Amsterdam to Zambia, one thing remains the same: a parent's love for her newborn child. Our wide world is becoming a global village, filled with a multitude of rich cultures and traditions--and thousands of wonderful, resonant names any son or daughter would be proud to own.

In The Best Baby Names in the World, you'll discover popular and beautiful names from around the globe, as well as meanings, derivations, and fascinating, fact-filled sidebars. Organized by country, this...

Trim Kids(TM) is a unique 12-week plan that gives parents and children a positive, safe initial approach to lifetime weight management. Each week, parents and kids together practice scientifically proven ways to increase daily activity and set (and celebrate ) achievable eating and exercise goals. Children learn exercises especially designed for their weight levels, and the family will enjoy dozens of...

One in three girls will be in a controlling, abusive dating relationship before she graduates from high school - from verbal or emotional abuse to sexual abuse or physical battering. Is your daughter in danger?

Dr. Jill Murray speaks on the topic of dating violence at high schools around the country, reaching more than 10,000 students, teachers, and counsellors each year. In every school she visits, she is approached by teenage girls in miserable relationships who, when confronted with the option of breaking up with the boy, exclaim, "But I love him "

Many young women - and...

This practical, wise, and encouraging book contains all the information a couple or an individual needs to investigate adoption alternatives, arrange for and complete a successful adoption, and raise an adoptive family. Beginning with a broad overview of options for both domestic and foreign adoption, the author provides details about agencies, home studies, paperwork, and legal issues. Also covered are procedures for agency and...

Definitive advice from the author of the bestselling "Get out of my life".

Divorce, argues Anthony E. Wolf, does not have to do long-term damage to a child. In his groundbreaking new book, he shows parents how to steer children through the pain and the complex feelings engendered by divorce, feelings that, if not resolved, can create continuing problems for a child. Wolf also explains how to deal with the difficult issues that so frequently accompany a divorce. How do you tell your child about the divorce? How do you keep your children from being caught between you and your...

I Love You Rituals offers more than seventy delightful rhymes and games that send the message of unconditional love and enhance children's social, emotional, and school success.Winner of a 1999 Parent's Guide Children's Media Award, these positive nursery rhymes, interactive finger plays, soothing games, and physically active can be played with children from infancy through age eight. In only minutes a day, these powerful rituals:

• Prime a child's brain for learning
• Help children cope with change
• Enhance attention, cooperation, and self-esteem
• Help busy...

The challenge: How to raise children in a drug-filled society and prevent substance abuse

Dr. Schwebel's Recommendations:

• Start when your children are young
• Create a family climate for communication
• Show your children how to meet their needs without drugs
• Help kids understand the dangers of drugs
• Help them learn to resist peer pressure
• Teach your children how to make wise decisions
• Establish give-and-take discussions with teens
• Stay alert to potential drug problems and know how to respond

How to listen...