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Protecting the Gift by Gavin De Becker
An authority on human violence shares advice on how parents can protect their children from being victimized, explains how to minimize danger, and discusses such topics as school safety, teenage dating, and firearms
Paperback, 336 pp, $20.95. Buy
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Becoming the Parent You Want to Be by Laura Davis and Janis Keyser
Informative, inspiring, and enlightening, Becoming the Parent You Want to Be provides parents with the building blocks they need to discover their own parenting philosophy and develop effective parenting strategies. Through in-depth information, practical suggestions, and many lively first-person stories, the authors address the many dilemmas and joys that the parents of young children encounter and demonstrate a range of solutions to the issues that arise in the raising of babies and small children. Becoming the Parent You Want to Be gives parents permission to be human: to question, to learn, to make mistakes, to struggle and to grow, and, most of all, to have fun with their children.
Paperback, 426 pp, $29.95. Buy
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Loving Each One Best by Nancy Samalin and Catherine Whitney
Nancy Samalin provides help for parents of more than one child in this warm, forgiving, empowering look at the pitfalls and rewards of raising siblings. Culled from years of workshops, here is essential advice for today's stressed-out parents
Paperback, 203 pp, $22.95. Buy
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Parent Effectiveness Training by Thomas Gordon
Parent Effectiveness Training, pioneered by Dr. Thomas Gordon, was the first national program to stress how ineffective and destructive punishing kids is and to teach parents effective alternatives. It introduced concepts adapted by numerous other parenting and relationship books (e.g., Adele Faber's How To Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen To Kids Will Talk), such as active listening, I messages, no-lose conflict resolution, and conflict resolution. PET teaches parents: -- how to listen so kids will feel understood -- how to talk so kids will understand you -- how to make family rules kids will follow -- how to resolve conflicts so nobody loses -- how parents unknowingly block communication -- why punishment, both physical and verbal, is
Paperback, 365 pp, $22.95. Buy
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How to Say It to Teens: Talking about the Most Important Topics of Their Lives by Richard Heyman
Offering practical how-to information, this important reference teaches parents how to talk to their teens not only as a parent, but as a friend and advisor
Paperback, 442 pp, $23.95. Buy
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Parenting an Only Child by Susan Newman
Looks at the advantages and disadvantages of the single-child family, and offers tips on raising an "only."
Paperback, 268 pp, $19.95. Buy
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Screamfree Parenting by Hal Edward Runkel
You Can Start a Revolution in Your Family . . . Tonight ScreamFree Parenting is not just about lowering your voice. It's about learning to calm your emotional reactions and learning to focus on your own behavior more than your kids' behavior . . . for their benefit. Our biggest enemy as parents is not the TV, the Internet, or even drugs. Our biggest enemy is our own emotional reactivity, When we say we lost it with our kids, the it in that sentence is our own adulthood, And then we wonder why our kids have so little respect for us, why our kids seem to have all the power in the family. It's time to do it differently. And you can. You can start to create and enjoy the types of calm, mutually respectful, and loving relationships with your kid
, 240 pp, $35.95. Buy
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Finding Our Way by Wheatley
A collection of articles written by Margaret Wheatley, covering a very wide and diverse scope of topics. From leadership, to raising children in turbulent times, to specific organizational techniques
Hardback, 296 pp, $49.95. Buy
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When You're a Parent with Diabetes: A Real-Life Guide to Staying Healthy While Raising a Family by Kathryn Gregorio Palmer
Finding the time and energy to maintain a healthy diet and exercise program is a challenge for any parent� but it can be a matter of life and death for parents with diabetes. Diabetes in pregnancy, if poorly controlled, can increase the risk of miscarriage, birth defects, and prematurity. Mood swings and personality changes during a parent� s spells of low blood sugar can frighten young children. And even on good days, it can be difficult for a parent to remember to check their glucose levels in the haste of getting the kids off to school. From the psychological to the medical to the purely practical, Kathryn Gregorio Palmer guides parents with either type 1 or type 2 diabetes through the ups and downs of staying healthy while raising a fam
Paperback, 123 pp, $18.95. Buy
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The Wonder of Boys by Michael Gurian
I n this edition of his parenting classic, Michael Gurian considers how the culture has changed in the ten years since The Wonder of Boys was first published, including the impact of the Internet
Paperback, 296 pp, $26.95. Buy
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Raising Boys by Laurie A. Helgoe and Barron M. Helgoe
A positive look at parenting sons. Hereas a hands-on parenting guide that takes readers from the birth of their sons to the day they head off to college. In warm, wise words, the husband-and-wife team who are parents of two sons themselves, explore all that is different and the same, precious and at times irritating, about the boys in their lives. a Written by parents of a pair of teenage boys a Offers a unique positive perspective a Full of practical parenting tips a Topics covered include school, discipline, puberty, bullies, girls, and much more
Paperback, 300 pp, $24.95. Buy
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Playful Parenting by Lawrence J. Cohen
A clinical psychologist presents an innovative, hands-on approach to using play in all facets of parenting, explaining how children use play to communicate feelings, get close to those they care about, help alleviate stressful situations, release tension, and foster emotional healing. Winner of the 2001 NAPPA Gold Award. Reprint
, 320 pp, $20.95. Buy
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