How Parental Pressure & Material Advantage Are Creating a Generation of Disconnected & Unhappy Kids

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Book Description
In recent years, numerous studies have shown that bright, charming, seemingly confident and socially skilled teenagers from affluent, loving families are experiencing epidemic rates of depression, substance abuse, and anxiety disorders—rates higher than in any other socioeconomic group of American adolescents. Materialism, pressure to achieve, perfectionism, and disconnection are combining to create a perfect storm that is devastating children of privilege and their parents alike.

In this eye-opening, provocative, and essential book, clinical psychologist Madeline Levine explodes one child-rearing myth after another. With empathy and candor, she identifies toxic cultural influences and well-intentioned, but misguided, parenting practices that are detrimental to a child's healthy self-development. Her thoughtful, practical advice provides solutions that will enable parents to help their emotionally troubled "star" child cultivate an authentic sense of self.

About the Author
Madeline Levine, Ph.D., has been a practicing clinical psychologist in Marin County for the past twenty-five years. She is the author of Viewing Violence and See No Evil: A Guide to Protecting Our Children from Media Violence. A frequent lecturer on child and adolescent issues, she lives in California with her husband and three sons.

School Is Where the Home Is: 180 Devotions for Parents

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Book Description
An estimated 2 million children are homeschooled in the United States. This is a devotional for those dedicated parents.

Mellott’s 180 anecdotal devotionals explore specific homeschooling issues and present biblical truths to guide parents through challenging times. Themes include:

• Homeschool Basics — fundamentals such as obedience to the call, prioritizing, decision-making
• Homeschool and You — how homeschooling affects the primary educator (and vice versa)
• Homeschool and Family — juggling parenting, marriage, education, and domestic life
• Gifts We Give Our Children — intangible gifts, from a godly heritage to freedom to pursue their dreams
• And A Child Will Lead them — discovering life and faith though our child’s eyes
• Spiritual Vitamins: inspiration for Christian life, addressing fear, faith, prayer, and more
• Faith of Their Own — intentional discipleship that nurtures children in their own faith

School Is Where the Home Is presents a unique blend of the practical and inspirational for today’s homeschooling parents.

About the Author
Anita Mellott, in her eighth year of homeschooling, has first-hand experience with the ups and downs, the joys and challenges of the homeschooling life. She leads a homeschool encouragement group and regularly contributes to Homeschool Enrichment, Crosswalk.com, and the Cypress Times. Her blog, From the Mango Tree, focuses on encouragement through life’s journey. For thirteen years, Mellott has worked as a writer/editor with Habitat for Humanity International. Prior to moving to the United States, she headed the Department of Journalism at Mt. Carmel College, Bangalore, India, and also has experience in public relations and advertising in India.

The Social Success Workbook for Teens

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Book Description
Making friends is a skill like any other--there are rules to follow, ways to measure your progress, and reasons why some people are better at it than others. Although it may seem like this skill comes naturally to those who don't have Asperger's disorder, nonverbal learning disorder (NLD), or other problems relating to others, the reality is that even the most popular people must constantly hone their abilities in order to make new friends and keep the friends they already have. This workbook includes forty activities you can do to recognize and use your unique strengths, understand the unspoken rules behind how people relate to each other, and improve your social skills.

After completing the activities in this workbook, you will discover that you can get along with others and build friendships despite the challenges you face. All you need is the confidence to be yourself while still keeping the feelings of others in mind.

About the Author
Barbara Cooper, MPS, ATR-BC, LMHC, is a registered, board-certified art therapist with twenty-three years of experience treating children and adults in school, hospital, and private practice settings. Her specialty is helping parents develop their own style of effective parenting. With Widdows, she is codirector of SuperKids, a social skills program in Connecticut. Cooper received her master's degree in art therapy from the Pratt Institute in New York, where she is now an associate professor.

Nancy Widdows, MS, ATR-BC, LPC, is a licensed professional counselor and registered, board-certified art therapist with thirteen years' experience treating children in school, hospital, and private practice settings. Widdows' specialty is using art therapy to create concrete visual tools to help kids understand the social environment. Cooper and Widdows codirect SuperKids, a unique program that focuses exclusively on social skills development, in Ridgefield, Norwalk, and Orange, Connecticut.

The 1-2-3 Magic Workbook for Christian Parents

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Book Description
This companion workbook to 1-2-3 Magic for Christian Parents takes parents carefully through the program to immediately manage troublesome behavior with reason, patience, and Christian compassion. This successful, straightforward program has guided parents through the difficult task of raising competent and happy children for more than 20 years and shows mothers and fathers how to achieve three crucial parenting objectives—controlling obnoxious behavior, encouraging good behavior, and strengthening the parent-child relationship. Special exercises and biblical references highlight the Christian point of view, and each workbook chapter contains a summary, questions about the content, case studies, troubleshooting exercises, and wrap-up bullets. In addition to providing material for parents, this guide includes curricula and activities for group leaders, teachers, and pastors as well as tactics for addressing the challenges that commonly arise when trainers teach the method in group environments. Extensive reference and resource sections also suggest further research and follow-up study.

About the Author
Thomas W. Phelan, PhD, is a member of the Illinois and American Psychological Associations and the author of 1-2-3 Magic, All About Attention Deficit Disorder, and Surviving Your Adolescents. He lives in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. Chris Webb, MS, MA, is a national certified counselor and an associate pastor at First Baptist Church in Jackson, Mississippi.

Your Infant Sleeping Through the Night by 9 Weeks

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Book Description
The Baby Sleeps Tonight teaches anyone, no matter how sleep deprived, how to create order and predictable happiness by getting baby to sleep through the night by nine weeks. Sleep schedule specialist Shari Mezrah helps new parents regain control over their lives, guiding them from pre-birth through the toddler years with a plan to ensure that baby and the whole family--sleeps tonight.

• Proven scheduling system of efficient feedings, naps, and wake-times
• A troubleshooting guide answering the toughest sleep questions
• Checklists and helpful tips to stay ahead of baby's needs and take control--essential to a good sleep plan
• Real-life success stories of parents who have found peace through the plan
• Simple, effective solutions discussing a wide array of childcare issues that affect sleep
• Strategies to customize the plan to your family's needs

The Baby Sleeps Tonight offers a proven system for taking back control of your life, your sleep, and your happiness.

About the Author
Shari Mezrah, "The Sleep Mom," is a sleep schedule specialist and mother of two who developed the innovative The Baby Sleeps Tonight program in 1999, and published her first book, The Baby Sleeps Tonight: Your Infant Sleeping Through the Night by 9 Weeks (Yes, Really!) in April 2010. Through her Tampa-based consulting practice, BabyTIME, Mezrah has helped hundreds of families worldwide turn chaos into calm and regain control over their lives by getting babies and toddlers on schedules and sleeping through the night. In addition to schedules for feedings, naps and wake times, she provides successful techniques for soothing and stimulating, making transitions and mapping out plans for caregivers, among many other challenges new parents face. She appears as a nationally recognized expert on the syndicated talk show "Daytime," in addition to being featured on ABC, FOX, NBC and CBS. Mezrah is a much sought after guest speaker for hospitals, pediatricians, child psychologists, ob/gyns and parenting organizations. She has served on the Board of Directors for the Glazer Children's Museum in Tampa and has been active with the Alpha House of Tampa, a nonprofit organization focused on empowering pregnant women and moms in crisis. Mezrah holds a Bachelor of Arts in Speech Communication from California State University.

Adolescents, Families, and Social Development: How Teens Construct Their Worlds

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Book Description
Adolescence is an important developmental period that poses significant challenges for both teens and parents. Although adolescents may become significant sources of irritation and frustration to parents, it is clear now that notions of adolescence as a time of storm and stress are overstated. In this book, Smetana proposes that adolescents' conflicts and disagreements with parents and their attempts to keep secrets and manage personal information are all reflections of adolescents' developing autonomy.

Using examples from extensive interviews with adolescents and parents, Smetana illustrates how adolescents and parents in different contexts actively negotiate autonomy and coordinate concerns with autonomy and personal choice with their developing understanding of society and social conventions, safety and health, and moral concerns with justice, welfare, and rights. Smetana draws on social domain theory to consider adolescent–parent relationships, parenting beliefs, and parenting practices among families of different cultures and ethnicities. Drawing on the author's 25 years of research, as well as popular sources and scholarly research drawn from anthropology, history, sociology, and psychology, this book provides an in-depth examination of adolescent social development in the context of the family.

About the Author
Judith G. Smetana is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Ph.D. Program in Developmental Psychology at the University of Rochester, where she also held the Frederika Warner Chair in Human Development from 1995 to 1998. She has served on the editorial boards of numerous journals, and she is the author of more than 150 articles and chapters on the development of children's moral and social reasoning and on adolescent–parent relationships in different ethnic and cultural contexts.

1-2-3 Magic: Effective Discipline for Children 2-12

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Book Description
This revised edition of the award-winning 1-2-3 Magic program addresses the difficult task of child discipline with humor, keen insight, and proven experience. The technique offers a foolproof method of disciplining children ages two through 12 without arguing, yelling, or spanking.

By means of three easy-to-follow steps, parents learn to manage troublesome behavior, encourage good behavior, and strengthen the parent-child relationship, avoiding the "Talk-Persuade-Argue-Yell-Hit" syndrome which frustrates so many parents. Ten strategies for building a child’s self-esteem and the six types of testing and manipulation a parent can expect from the child are discussed, as well as tips on how to prevent homework arguments, make mealtimes more enjoyable, conduct effective family meetings, and encourage children to start doing their household chores. New advice about kids and technology and new illustrations bring this essential parenting companion completely up-to-date.

About the Author
Thomas W. Phelan, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and a nationally renowned expert on child discipline and attention deficit disorder. His books include 1-2-3 Magic for Teachers, All About Attention Deficit Disorder, and Surviving Your Adolescents. He lives in Glen Ellyn, Illinois.

Child Discipline Techniques

Overview

Disciplining a child is the least favorite part of parenthood for many parents. When your child is born, it is hard to imagine your sweet baby would ever do anything wrong. As she grows up, there will be times when you must correct her behavior. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, a loving parent includes three elements when disciplining a child: a way to learn from mistakes, a plan for teaching correct behavior and a strategy for handling undesirable behavior. Put together a discipline plan that works for you and your child.

Step 1

Use positive reinforcement techniques when disciplining your child. Instead of reacting strongly to bad behavior from your child, enforce the good behaviors he exhibits. A publication from James Madison University explains that you should reinforce your child's good efforts verbally and nonverbally. When you child asks for something politely, thank him for asking nicely or just give him a big smile so he knows you are pleased.

Step 2

Utilize the effective discipline technique of timeout, which work well for younger school-age children and toddlers. The KidsHealth website says to tell your child that her behavior is not OK and put her in the timeout chair. Sit very young children in timeout for just one minute. As you child grows older, set a timer. If she is 6 years old, set the timer for six minutes. After releasing your child from the timeout chair, sit down with her and discuss why you put her in timeout and how to fix the behavior next time. Give lots of hugs and positive affirmation.

Step 3

Distract your young child from potentially dangerous situations and undesirable behaviors. If your child is trying to play with the electrical outlets, do not yell at him. Instead, turn him away from the outlet and show him an appropriate toy. Engage him until he forgets about the outlet. Take him to another room if he continues to show interest in the outlet. Use this technique for other behaviors, such as snatching toys from other children or running in the house.

Step 4

Give your child choices. As your child grows older, she may argue over what color shirt to wear, what book to read or what cereal to have for breakfast. Follow the choice principle technique recommended by Old Dominion University. This technique gives your child a voice in choosing between two acceptable outcomes. If you are at home and she wants to go through every item of clothing in her closet before getting dressed every morning, do not get frustrated. Hold up two acceptable choices and tell her, "You may wear the red or blue shirt." This technique eliminates conflict and makes the situation resolve more smoothly.

Tips and Warnings

• Engage your child when you discipline them by talking to them about the problem. Never speak negatively about your child in front of other people. Use good behavior charts to encourage your child to make the right choices. Be clear about your expectations of your child's behavior. Outline the consequences of poor behavior to your children.
• Check with your pediatrician if you have concerns about your child's behavior. Never hit your child.

The Rhythm of Family

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Book Description
Many of us with busy families yearn for a slower and simpler life with our kids—one that is connected to the seasons and the natural rhythm of the year, one that has our children spending more time out of doors rather than in, one that balances out some of the busyness of our lives—the computers, the televisions, the cell phones—with a deeper connection to the Earth and an appreciation for and understanding of the natural world. The Rhythm of Family is a guide to living such a life for any family.

Following the course of a year through the passing of the seasons, this book explores the ways we can create deep family connections and meaningful memories through living in tune with the cycles of nature. From stomping around in mud boots in the spring to gathering around the woodstove in winter, our activities naturally change from season to season—from the rhythms of the seasons comes the rhythms in our homes, our hearts, our families, and our every day. Paying attention to these changes slows us down, inspires new types of creative play and exploration, instills a sense of family togetherness, and deepens an awareness of nature and self that can make our lives, days, family, and earth grow stronger.

The Rhythm of Family explores what we learn and can gain as parents and families by encouraging and experiencing creativity and nature exploration with our children, the seasons can provide us with a rhythm that brings us close to the earth, and closer to our children.

About the Author
Amanda Blake Soule is the creator of the popular blog www.SouleMama.com. Amanda spends her days with her four young children—making things, thrifting, exploring and being inspired by their coastal Maine surroundings.

The Complete Daily Curriculum for Early Childhood

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Book Description
There’s more than one way to be smart! This innovative book for three-to six-year-olds offers a complete plan for every childhood learning style. Organized by theme, The Complete Daily Curriculum for Early Childhood includes a morning circle and end-of-day reflection, and different activities for each learning center. With more than 1,200 activities and ideas to engage multiple in-telligences, assessment tools, and a comprehensive appendix of songs, stories, games and dances, props, recipes, patterns, chants, rhymes, and arts and crafts, you’ll find everything you need to captivate and challenge every child in your classroom.

About the Author
Pam Schiller, Ph.D., is an early childhood author, consultant, and highly sought after speaker. She has written numerous articles for early childhood journals, including Child Care Information Exchange and Texas Child Care Quarterly. Pam is the author of five early childhood curriculums, eleven children's books and more than 30 teacher and parent resource books.

The Truth Advantage: The 7 Keys to a Happy & Fulfilling Life

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Book Description
From "I have a headache" to "I don't remember that," studies show that most of us lie once or twice a day. While some lies are considered "white lies," other lies can destroy relationships, careers, and lives. In this helpful and fascinating book, Lis Wiehl shows just how and why the truth is a powerful tool. Using news stories, court cases, and personal anecdotes, she teaches you the seven ways to unlock the Truth Advantage and gives you practical techniques to improve all aspects of your life, from your job to your relationships. This book will also equip you with your own personal lie detector, the secret to finding out when people are not telling you the truth, and then gives you advice on precisely what to do when that happens.

• Master the truth to your advantage
• Discover how to win by telling the truth
• Become your own personal lie detector and spot the clues of dishonesty

Lis Wiehl shares her knowledge as a lawyer and news commentator (and the daughter of an FBI agent) to help you sort through the lies and get to the truth. When you tell the truth and can get the truth from others, you are well liked and respected, and your life is happier. This book will help you become the best, most powerful person you can be by using one uncomplicated tool—the Truth Advantage.

Stay Healthy at Every Age

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Book Description
The most important thing in your life is your health. To protect your health, you need to pay attention to it. It's a bit like having a car, in fact: to protect your investment in a car, you want to keep it running smoothly for as long as possible. So, just as routine auto tune-ups prevent major repairs down the road, regular medical checkups can keep you driving right by the hospital.

Dr. Shantanu Nundy's book describes the diagnostic tests needed for "routine maintenance," including what and who is involved and when the tests should be done. It also covers all the common diseases, explaining causes, symptoms, and treatment. To guard against disease before it develops, the book provides and interprets at-a-glance schedules for screening, preventive medicine (such as heart disease prevention and infectious disease vaccinations), and counseling as recommended by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Like the checklists found in the owner's manual of your vehicle, Dr. Nundy's simple preventive health guidelines will keep your motor running longer and stronger.

About the Author
Shantanu Nundy, M.D., is a physician at the University of Chicago Medical Center.

Caring for Our Aging Parents & Ourselves

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Book Description
As painful as the role reversal between parent and child may be for you, assume it is worse for your mother or father, so take care not to demean or humiliate them. Avoid hospitals and emergency rooms, as well as multiple relocations from home to assisted living facility to nursing home, since all can cause dramatic declines in physical and cognitive well-being among the aged. Do not accept the canard that no decent child sends a parent to a nursing home. Good nursing home care, which supports the entire family, can be vastly superior to the pretty trappings but thin staffing of assisted living or the solitude of being at home, even with round-the-clock help.

About the Author
Jane Gross was a reporter for Sports Illustrated and Newsday before joining The New York Times in 1978. Her twenty-nine-year tenure there included national assignments as well as coverage of aging. In 2008, she launched a blog for the Times called The New Old Age, to which she still contributes. She has taught journalism at the University of California, Berkeley, and at Columbia University, and was the recipient of a John S. Knight Fellowship. She lives in Westchester County, New York.

Decent & Helpful Overview of Homeschooling Methods

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Book Description
For new and veteran homeschool families alike, this extensive new release from the editors of The Old Schoolhouse TM Magazine serves as “a homeschool convention in a book.” It details today’s most viable education models, helping parents formulate an educational game plan and choose teaching methodologies. There are more than twenty contributors including Christine Field, Jessica Hulcy, Dr. Raymond Moore, and Dr. Ruth Beechick.

The Guy's Guide to Surviving Pregnancy, Childbirth & the First Year of Fatherhood

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Book Description
In high school, Michael Crider was the jokester, the drummer in a band, the Howie Mandel impersonator. Fast-forward ten years and the funny man has married and become the family man. The Guy’s Guide to Surviving Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the First Year of Fatherhood—Crider’s candid, down-to-earth account of his transformation—proves that even without much sleep, he has kept his sense of humor completely intact. From the moment he hears the unexpected news that the pregnancy test is positive to the end of his son’s first year of life, Michael Crider is awed, anxious, and all-too-human. In between these milestones, he endures the aches and pains of his wife’s pregnancy (which had a clear impact on his own bodily comfort), swallows his pride when bunny wallpaper replaces his beloved Budweiser mirror, has a short and only partially-appreciated stint as her labor coach on the Big Day, and experiences every one of his son’s “firsts” as though they were his own. Honest, informative, hilarious, and heartwarming, The Guy’s Guide to Surviving Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the First Year of Fatherhood is a must-read for all new parents.

About the Author
Michael Crider is the author of The Guy’s Guide to Surviving Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the First Year of Fatherhood, and The Guy’s Guide to Dating, Getting Hitched, and Surviving the First Year of Marriage. He lives in Tennessee with his wife and son.

How You Can Prevent Osteoporosis & Have Strong Bones for Life Naturally

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Book Description
A decade ago, the author was diagnosed with osteopenia-a loss of bone density. Today, by following the recommendations discussed in this book, she has strong, healthy bones. The medicines prescribed for osteoporosis should be your last choice: not only do they have terrible side effects, they cause retention of old, brittle bone instead of creating new, healthy bone! Your Bones will be an important handbook for anyone wanting to prevent osteoporosis in later life.

Giving Your Infant the Gift of Nighttime Sleep

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Book Description
The infant management concepts presented in this book have found favor with over two million parents and twice as many contented babies. On Becoming Babywise brings hope to the tired and bewildered parents looking for an alternative to sleepless nights and fussy babies. The Babywise Parent Directed Feeding concept has enough structure to bring security and order to your baby's world, yet enough flexibility to give mom freedom to respond to any need at any time. It teaches parents how to lovingly guide their baby's day rather than be guided or enslaved to the infant's unknown needs.

The information contained within On Becoming Babywise is loaded with success. Comprehensive breast-feeding follow-up surveys spanning three countries, of mothers using the PDF method verify that as a result of the PDF concepts, 88% breast-feed, compared to the national average of only 54% (from the National Center for Health Statistics). Of these breast-feeding mothers, 80% of them breast-feed exclusively without a formula complement. And while 70% of our mothers are still breast-feeding after six months, the national average encourage to follow demand feeding without any guidelines is only 20%. The mean average time of breast-feeding for PDF moms is 33 1/2 weeks, well above the national average. Over 50% of PDF mothers extend their breast-feeding toward and well into the first year. Added to these statistics is another critical factor. The average breast-fed PDF baby sleeps continuously through night seven to eight hours between weeks seven and nine. Healthy sleep in infants is analogous to healthy growth and development. Find out for yourself why a world of parents and pediatricians utilize the concepts found in On Becoming Babywise.

About the Author
Gary Ezzo, M.A., serves as the executive director of Growing Familes International. He and his wife Anne Marie have authored a number of parenting curriculums translated into fifteen different languages and utilized by more than two million households. Robert Bucknam, M.D., F.A.A.P. is the founder of Cornerstone Pediatrics in Louisville, Colorado, where he resides with his wife Gayle, and their four sons. Whether Ezzo and Bucknam are working with new or expectant parents or pediatric residents in training, they always find a receptive audience looking to Babywise as a refreshing alternative to sleepless nights, fatigued moms and bewildered dads.

Healthy Living Spaces

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Book Description
Create Homes, Offices, and Schools where: You Feel Great! Kids get better grades in School Businesses make more Money. Numerous studies have shown than being indoors affects our health and well-being. Mold, chemicals, and "mystery" toxins affect academic achievement in schools and productivity at work. Did you know: Bleach does not kill mold. Ozone type air-purifiers damage your lungs. Vinegar is the best anti-microbial in the world. Healthy Living Spaces is your guide to simple and effective ways to feel good indoors. There are many things affecting our health. Fortunately, ninety-percent can be avoided by looking at the Top Ten Hazards Affecting Your Health. Learn how to: Prevent and eliminate mold Allergen-proof your home Get a good night's sleep Daniel Stih is a certified mold inspector, indoor environmental consultant and aerospace engineer. In this book, Healthy Living Spaces, he takes you on a journey to create a healthier living space, be it your home, office or school.

Proven 3-Month Program for Maximum Fertility

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Book Description
MAKING BABIES offers a proven 3-month program designed to help any woman get pregnant. Fertility medicine today is all about aggressive surgical, chemical, and technological intervention, but Dr. David and Blakeway know a better way. Starting by identifying "fertility types," they cover everything from recognizing the causes of fertility problems to making lifestyle choices that enhance fertility to trying surprising strategies such as taking cough medicine, decreasing doses of fertility drugs, or getting acupuncture along with IVF. MAKING BABIES is a must-have for every woman trying to conceive, whether naturally or through medical intervention. Dr. David and Blakeway are revolutionizing the fertility field, one baby at a time.

About the Author
Sami David, M.D., is a reproductive endocrinologist. He was the first doctor in New York state to perform a successful IVF, though he now focuses on more conservative approaches to infertility.

Jill Blakeway, L.Ac, is a Licensed Acupuncturist and Board Certified Herbalist, and founder and clinical director of The YinOva Center, an alternative health service for women in New York City.

Why Kids with ADHD and LD Hate School and What We Can Do About It

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Book Description
This groundbreaking book addresses the consequences of the unabated stress associated with Learning disabilities and ADHD and the toxic, deleterious impact of this stress on kids' academic learning, social skills, behavior, and efficient brain functioning. Schultz draws upon three decades of work as a neuropsychologist, teacher educator, and school consultant to address this gap. This book can help change the way parents and teachers think about why kids with LD and ADHD find school and homework so toxic. It will also offer an abundant supply of practical, understandable strategies that have been shown to reduce stress at school and at home.

• Offers a new way to look at why kids with ADHD/LD struggle at school
• Provides effective strategies to reduce stress in kids with ADHD and LD
• Includes helpful rating scales, checklists, and printable charts to use at school and home

This important resource is written by a faculty member of Harvard Medical School in the Department of Psychiatry and former classroom teacher.

About the Author
Jerome J. Schultz, Ph.D., a clinical neuropsychologist for over thirty years, is on the faculty of Harvard Medical School and consults to schools in the United States and abroad. A former middle school teacher, Schultz specializes in the neuropsychological assessment and treatment of youth with learning disabilities and ADHD.

Creative Ways to Make and Listen to Music as a Family

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Book Description
Music is not only fun, but it can be the all-purpose, go-to tool for any family--it can soothe a crying baby, engage an active toddler, entertain during long car rides, and help everyone get through daily chores. From playtime to bedtime, making music a larger part of your family's life can be hugely rewarding and lead to a lifetime of family memories.

You don't need to know a thing about music to get something out of this book. If you're new to singing or playing an instrument, this book offers tips and guidelines to get you started. By the same token, you might be a classical violinist or a teacher of elementary school music; this book provides songs, games, and ideas to inspire every family. Here you'll find:

• Songs for entertaining a new baby, first songs for little voices, rounds for when family members are ready to experiment with singing a part, songs to modify for any occasion, traditional folk songs, original songs, and more. Each song is presented with the lyrics, the chords, and any other fun information that may be helpful. The songs are also included on a CD so you can learn the melody and sing or play along.
• Musical games including songs with movements, dancing, rhythm games, audiation (leaving words out of a song), and imaginative play.
• Homemade instruments to make--from cardboard guitars to small hand drums--as well as practical tips on starting your interested child in learning an instrument. Also included are tips on how to help your child to practice (and how not lose your mind when they do!).
• Family traditions and community events to take your musical interests further, from seasonal celebrations to all-school sing-alongs and community hootenannies.

Making music with any group of people is one of the best and surest ways to forge deep emotional connections. Making music with the members of your family practically guarantees a lifetime of distinct, memorable, warm moments of togetherness. This book is a celebration of the connections that music can make.

About the Author
Nerissa and Katryna Nields are national touring musicians and sisters, a part of the legendary band The Nields who toured North America throughout the nineties and into this millennium. As a duo, they were a part of Lillith Fair, and have shared the stage with Pete Seeger, Arlo Guthrie, Natalie Merchant, Suzanne Vega, Sarah McLaughlin, Dar Williams, the Indigo Girls, James Taylor, Joan Baez, the Band, 10,000 Maniacs, Billy Bragg, Dan Zanes, and countless others. With fifteen albums in fifteen years, they remain prolific. Now that they are parents to young children, they have expanded their repertoire to include the youngest in the folk festival crowds. They have released two family albums, All Together Singing in the Kitchen and Rock All Day/Rock All Night, and a family music DVD titled Organic Farm.

The Revolutionary Program That Gets Your Kids To Listen Without Nagging, Reminding, or Yelling

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Book Description
Why is it so difficult sometimes to get kids to listen? You ask your child to turn off the TV, do her homework, or get ready for school or bedtime. You know he heard you, but he ignores you. You ask again and still...no response. You've tried everything-time-outs, nagging, counting to three-and nothing seems to work.

In If I Have to Tell You One More Time..., founder of the popular online parenting course Positive Parenting Solutions Amy McCready presents a nag- and scream-free program for compassionately, yet effectively, correcting your children's bad behavior.

In this invaluable book, McCready shows parents how an understanding of the psychological theory espoused by Alfred Adler (1870-1937) can put an end to power struggles in their households. Adlerian psychology focuses on the central idea that every human being has a basic need to feel powerful-with children being no exception to the rule. And when this need isn't met in positive ways, kids will resort to negative methods, which often result in some of the most frustrating behavior they exhibit. If I Have to Tell You One More Time... provides the knowledge and tools parents need to address the deeper issues that inspire their children to misbehave. Read this book and rediscover the joy of parenting!

About the Author
Amy McCready is the founder of the popular online parenting course Positive Parenting Solutions. A sought-after parenting expert, Amy has appeared on NBC's Today, Rachael Ray, MSNBC's Dr. Nancy, and elsewhere. A regular parenting contributor for the "Mom Blogs," Amy lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, with her husband and two sons.

101 Things to Do Outdoors Before You Grow Up

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Book Description
Young people these days are often homebound, entertaining themselves with the Internet, television, video games, and text messages, but completely disconnected from the reality of the great outdoors. Many have never experienced simple pleasures such as telling stories around a warm campfire, camping outdoors, or whittling a stick. Go Wild! is the perfect book for families with children ages 10 to 14 wanting to get in touch with the natural world. The authors describe a range of wild and fun adventures for families to share. Readers learn potentially life-saving skills that give them confidence, independence, and a sense of environmental awareness. Topics include building shelter, building a fire, foraging for food, cooking outdoors, tools and weapons, bushcraft skills, water and keeping clean, and safety. From making a catapult to catching crayfish, creating fire without matches to constructing a tepee, Go Wild! is all about thrilling activities, amazing discoveries, and young people having the time of their lives in the great outdoors.

About the Author
Fiona Danks did a degree in Ecology at Edinburgh University followed by a PGCE in Rural and Environmental Science at Bath College of Higher Education. She worked in environmental education for a number of years, first for the Shropshire Wildlife Trust and then for the Berkshire Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust, organizing training for teachers and taking groups of children out to nature reserves and other wild sites. She then went on to write books about the Chiltern Hills and the Cotswold Hills while working part-time running activities in a pre-school nursery. She currently runs the Trust for Oxfordshire's Environment, a non-profit making company providing grants for a wide range of community and environmental projects across Oxfordshire. Through their website www.goingwild.net Jo and Fiona provide more ideas for outdoor activities and an opportunity for debate on the importance of real world adventures for all young people. For more information on how to encourage children to go outdoors, visit Fiona and Jo's website click here Jo Schofield gained a degree in psychology from Exeter University and began her career working for an educational psychologist in London. After getting involved in the production of a film, she went on to work in the creative department of a TV advertising agency where she began taking still photographs. This led on to her becoming a commercial photographer in Australia and then London. She worked mainly for national editorial magazines such as Country Living. When her children were small she worked in Watlington Primary School and the Dragon school in Oxford, applying her creative knowledge to the classroom with children aged 6-9 years. More recently she has been focusing on writing and photographing for a series of books with co-author Fiona Danks. Through their website www.goingwild.net Jo and Fiona provide more ideas for outdoor activities and an opportunity for debate on the importance of real world adventures for all young people.

Setting Limits with Your Strong-Willed Child

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Book Description
Now You Can Effectively Parent Your Strong-Willed Child Does your child constantly misbehave and ignore or refuse your requests for proper behavior? Is your relationship with your child based on conflict instead of mutual respect and cooperation? With the help of this groundbreaking book, you can create a positive, respectful, and rewarding relationship with your child.

Inside are proven techniques and procedures that provide a refreshing alternative to the ineffective extremes of punishment and permissiveness. Parents and teachers alike will discover how to effectively motivate the strong-willed child and achieve proper conduct. You will learn how to:

• Understand and empathize without giving in
• Hold your ground without threatening
• Remove daily power struggles between you and your child
• Give clear, firm messages that your child understands and respects
• And much more!

About the Author
Robert J. MacKenzie, Ed.D., is an educational psychologist and family therapist who founded the Setting Limits Program. He is the author of Setting Limits and Setting Limits in the Classroom.

The Naked Truth about Pregnancy & Childbirth

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Book Description
Oh, the joys of pregnancy! There's the gassiness, constipation, queasiness, and exhaustion, the forgetfulness, crankiness, and the constant worry. Of course, no woman is spared the discomforts and humiliations of pregnancy, but most are too polite to complain or too embarrassed to talk about them. Not Jenny McCarthy! In the New York Times best-selling Belly Laughs, actress and new mother Jenny McCarthy reveals the naked truth about the tremendous joys, the excruciating pains, and the unseemly disfigurement that go along with pregnancy. Never shy, frequently crude, and always laugh-out-loud funny, McCarthy covers it all in the grittiest of girlfriend detail. From morning sickness and hormonal rage, to hemorrhoids, pregnant sex, and the torture and sweet relief that is delivery, Belly Laughs is must-read comic relief for anyone who is pregnant, who has ever been pregnant, is trying to get pregnant, or, indeed, has ever been born!

About the Author
Jenny McCarthy is the former host of the enormously popular MTV dating show Singled Out. She has starred in many films, including Dirty Love, the Sundance 2005 film that she also wrote. She is the mother of four year-old Evan and lives in Los Angeles.

Consumer Reports Best Baby Products

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Book Description
With hundreds of baby products in the market today, protecting your baby should be your number one priority. Consumer Reports Best Baby Products is the perfect personal baby shopping consultant. Over the years, this invaluable guide has helped thousands of new parents navigate the multitude of complex and sophisticated baby products, pointing them to the best products, and steering them away from the less-than-the-best.

Written with warmth, wit and authority, Best Baby Products will help alleviate some of the anxieties caused by all the concerns and questions running through the minds of new parents. Consumer Reports buying advice and ratings allows buyers to streamline the selection process, avoid shopping pitfalls, and help keep the baby budget in balance. This newly revised edition includes:

• Helpful tips on “building” the baby’s nursery from crib to diaper bag
• Ratings of car seats, carriers, play yards, and travel systems
• Recent safety recalls and articles regarding safety
• The most commonly prescribed medications for babies
• Childproofing and home-safety tips
• Shopping guides to websites, catalogs, and stores
• Checklists and worksheets to help organize the shopping process.

About the Author
Best Baby Products comes to you from CONSUMER REPORTS, the testing and consumer information source best known for product ratings and buying guidance. Since 1936, the mission of Consumer Reports has been to test products, inform the public, and protect consumers.