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A modern, practical, and inspiring guide to creating deep heart connections with kids by regularly creating new experiences and intentional adventures together.
Parents today complain of fragmented relationships with their kids. What parents yearn for--and their kids too--is deep, heart-to-heart connections. But how can parents compete with all the other noise fighting for their kids' attention?
The answer, says Greta Eskridge, is to break free from...
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"A Single Mom's Guide to Raising Black (Gentle) Men" is an impactful book that shows you how to persevere and ultimately raise young men who are confident, accountable, and capable of facing whatever life throws at them.
Throughout her book, author Sanya Simmons dives deeply into the real issues single moms face when raising Black sons. Full of practical tips and real-life examples, this book addresses a wide range of topics. This includes the role...
64) Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be A-Holes: Unfiltered Advice on How to Raise Awesome Kids
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Do you ever feel like you're failing miserably at parenting? Do your kids keep acting like douchenuggets no matter what you do? Then this book is for you.
From the creator of Baby Sideburns and I Heart My Little A-Holes (and the creator of two kids who once were little a-holes but are slowly turning into awesome human beings), Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be A-Holes is a hilariously honest parenting guide written by a regular mom who...
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How to Raise Black Kids in a Racist World #1 New Release in Teacher Resources and Student Life
Raising Confident Black Kids includes everything Black and multi-racial families need to know to raise empowered, confident children. From the realities of living while Black to age-appropriate ways to discuss racism with your children, educator M.J. Fievre provides a much-needed resource for parents of Black kids everywhere.
It's hard to balance protecting...
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With all the buzz geek culture receives, you would think it would be easy for parents to look up how to connect through their kids' geeky interests, but it is more trying than ever. It is not a secret that keeping up with your children can be a challenge. You work hard, make sacrifices, and try to relate to your kids, but it can be an uphill battle when their interests, opinions, and habits change like the seasons. Relating to geeks, though, can be...
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Reaccionar ante comportamientos física y mentalmente estresantes, como tratar con niños disruptivos, indisciplinados y que no escuchan, es realmente difícil.
A menudo estamos tan desesperados que, para obligarles a obedecer, acabamos incluso gritando.
O quizás intentemos negociar una solución a estos berrinches....
O tal vez acabemos suplicando....
¿Pero qué obtenemos?
Sólo un horrible sentimiento de frustración y culpabilidad....
Empezar...
68) Practical Guide for Prospective Parents to Get Prepared for the Birth of the Baby and the New Family
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Parenting is a joint venture that requires communication, understanding, love, and a willingness to compromise. Couples who do not develop these attitudes and skills before the birth of their children cannot believe that they will assimilate them overnight once the first baby is born.
Andrea Ross will help you and your spouse figure out how to deal with common problems and how to keep your marriage strong after children arrive. The first few months...
69) Parenting Skills
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Avoiding mistakes, learning skills, and valuing the role of the father are central to the themes of this parenting guide. Learn how to improve your parenting skills from an experienced parent and deep thinker.
You must be doing a lot right already, and parenting is not an easy job, but with the relationship rewards and the fulfillment that countless individuals have expressed, it's worth the effort.
Many parents have been puzzled over boundaries,...
70) Parenting Styles
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Create a happy home by raising your children with love and affection, with kind words and clever parenting styles.
The population has been on a decline in many areas in the world. People seem to shy away from parenting altogether. Many factors contribute to this, and in a spirit of research and analytical criticism, the author brings some of these aspects to light.
Following this careful examination, a compilation of new knowledge and reminders of...
71) Night road
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From Kristin Hannah, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the smash-hit novels Firefly Lane, The Nightingale, and The Four Winds comes a novel about how one reckless night destroys the lives of three teenagers and their families.
For eighteen years, Jude Farraday has put her children's needs above her own, and it shows—her twins, Mia and Zach, are bright and happy teenagers. When Lexi Baill moves
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No Better Mom for the Job is for any mom who has ever felt inadequate--who loves her kids fiercely but sometimes thinks another mom would do a better job in her shoes. Becky Keife knows the ups and downs of motherhood. And she has learned along the way and from other mamas that it doesn't work to try to do more or be better. Confidence comes from leaning on the One who made you a mother.
Through these pages, you will discover how to
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Be a different kind of mom. Break through the distractions and create lasting memories.
What's the solution to gaining the balanced, meaningful life you desire with your family? Create traditions that bring joy and significance. Popular "Smartter Each Day" blogger and mom of three, Jessica Smartt explains why memory-making is the puzzle piece that today's families are longing for. She highlights ten tradition-gifts kids need most, including a rich...
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Cultivate a Wild and Free family culture in your home and build wonder and adventure into your children's daily routine with this essential guide from the founder of Wild + Free, packed with practical suggestions and imaginative ideas.
While every family has its own culture, Ainsley Arment believes that being intentional about how we raise our kids is one of the most important things parents can do. Drawn from her own family's stories and those shared...
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Contemporary grandmothers are often marginalized from extended family life because social institutions and grandmothers themselves do not understand that they could be vital for working parents, for overactive children, for suicidal youth, indeed for many of the problems of modern grandchildren.
The genetics and hormones of older women have designed them to be vital family members, with patience and perspective that come with age and experience....
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Ever Feel Like Your Son Is From a Different Planet? Don't worry, Mom. There's a good reason why your son perplexes you. He's the OPPOSITE sex! Boys really do think, communicate, and process the world differently than girls. But no matter your son's age, he needs you, and he needs you in not-so-apparent ways. Drawing from her own experiences, as well as those from moms and sons from around the country, Cheri Fuller shares what makes boys and young...
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A guide to caring for mind and body while trying to conceive from the bestselling authors of “The First Forty Days”, with recipes included.
The path to motherhood is a deep and transformative process. It can also include unexpected twists and turns. Awakening Fertility is a loving companion to accompany you along the journey, whether your desire to become a mother, burns fiercely today or is a future calling just beginning to stir.
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When parents welcome their new infants into their families, those babies are totally dependent on their parents for all their needs. The job of parents is to care for and guide that child into becoming a self-regulating, capable, independent young adult. It is not an easy task, even in the best of circumstances. The current challenges in nearly every aspect of family, work, health and community life present additional layers of stress. The purpose...
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We all yearn to look back to find we lived a life of significance. But is it even possible anymore? Considering the amount of distraction and pressure that exists in society today, living a fulfilling life may seem like an unachievable dream. But it is not-not with the nine habits outlined in this book. New York Times bestselling author and widely known blogger, Rachel Macy Stafford, reveals nine habits that help you focus on investing in the most...
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"There is really no better indicator you're a mother than acquiring the ability to catch throw-up in a plastic bag, disinfect your hands, and immediately ask your friend to pass the beef jerky as you put on another Taylor Swift song and act as if nothing has happened."This is the type of insight Melanie Shankle offers in this quirky memoir of motherhood. Written in the familiar, stream-of-consciousness style of her blog, Big Mama, Sparkly Green Earrings...
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