How can you teach your family with the Spirit of the Lord? How can you reach a wayward child? How can you hold more effective, enjoyable family home evenings? In Raising Up a Family to the Lord, Elder Cook teaches parents how to counter the destructive forces in the world we live in and explains how children can be taught to love the Lord.

    A gifted writer and teacher, Lamott (Crooked Little Heart) is a single mother and ex-alcoholic with a pleasingly warped social circle and a remarkably tolerant religion to lean on. She responds to the changes, exhaustion, and love Sam brings with aplomb or outright insanity. The book rocks from hilarious to unbearably poignant when Sam's burgeoning life is played out against a very close friend's illness. No saccharine paean to becoming a parent, this touches on the rage and befuddlement that dog sweeter emotions during this sea change in one's life.

    Spock generation, already embraced by hundreds of thousands of American parents, has now been revised, expanded, and brought thoroughly up-to-date -- with the latest information on everything from diapering to day care, from midwifery to hospital birthing rooms, from postpartum nutrition to infant development. Dr. Bill and Martha Sears draw from their vast experience both as medical professionals and as the parents of eight children to provide comprehensive information on virtually every aspect of infant care. Working for the first time with their sons Dr. Bob and Dr. Jim, both pediatric specialists in their own right, the Searses have produced a completely updated guide that is unrivaled in its scope and authority. The Baby Book focuses on the essential needs of babies -- cating, sleeping, development, health, and comfort -- as it addresses the questions of greatest concern to today's parents. The Baby Book presents a practical, contemporary approach to parenting that reflects the way we live today. The Searses acknowledge that there is no one way to parent a baby, and they offer the basic guidance and inspiration you need to develop the parenting style that best suits you and your child. The Baby Book is a rich and invaluable resource that will help you get the most out of parenting -- for your child, for yourself, and for your entire family.

    We dangle goodies (from candy bars to sales commissions) in front of people in much the same way we train the family pet. Drawing on a wealth of psychological research, Alfie Kohn points the way to a more successful strategy based on working with people instead of doing things to them. "Do rewards motivate people?" asks Kohn. "Yes. They motivate people to get rewards." Seasoned with humor and familiar examples, Punished By Rewards presents an argument unsettling to hear but impossible to dismiss.

    Helping your children develop values such as honesty, self-reliance, and dependability is as important a part of their education as teaching them to read or how to cross the street safely. The values you teach your children are their best protection from the influences of peer pressure and the temptations of consumer culture. With their own values clearly defined, your children can make their own decisions -- rather than imitate their friends or the latest fashions. In Teaching Your Children Values Linda and Richard Eyre present a practical, proven, month-by-month program of games, family ctivities, and value-building ecercises for kids of all ages.

    Often the very things parents do to develop self-esteem in their children actually does just the opposite-Dr. Leman helps parents avoid that. Some of the topics addressed are "Oh no, I told myself I would never do that to my kids," "The crucial difference between praise and encouragement," and "How to raise responsible children." Readers will learn to develop a strategy of discipline that works in any family with any child and how to get the best behavior from each child. At the end of each chapter, readers will find steps to follow in their own families, plus self-evaluating questions that help them gain insight into their own parenting style. There is also a question-and-answer section to quickly reference specific problem areas.

    Building on a biblical foundation, they discuss how to talk with your children about sexual issues and when it’s appropriate to tell them what. With stark honesty and practical suggestions, they address Building a Christian understanding of sex and sexuality Developing a healthy dialogue with children about sexuality How and when to explain sexual intercourse Preparing for the physical changes of puberty Preparing for dating: dealing with romance and sexual attraction Encouraging a commitment to chastity What to do if you’re getting a late start telling your kids about sex Now revised and updated with helpful material on the dangers of pornography, sexual orientation, and gender identity.

    With hundreds of prayers grouped according to topic and based entirely on Scripture, you will have within your reach a rich resource of personal, inspirational prayer.

    And many of us -perhaps unknowingly- spend a lifetime striving for this acceptance.

    

    With quizzes, checklists, games, and illustrations throughout, My Body, My Self for Girls also includes journal pages and lots of personal stories addressing girls’ concerns, experiences, and feelings during this new stage of their lives.

    Easy to carry with you making looking up words simpler. Will readily fit into storage places as in your handbag, car or other vehicles. Use larger edition for reference at home, office or school for initial learning. Carry the pocket edition to help refresh, review and remind.

    In addition, self-doubt and guilt may dampen the joy you experience raising your child. What do you do? Over the years, millions of parents just like you have come to trust Jane Nelsen's classic POSITIVE DISCIPLINE series for its consistant, commonsense approach to child rearing. In this completely revised and updated edition of Positive Discipline for Single Parents you'll learn how to succeed as a single parent in the most important job of your life: raising a child who is responsible, respectful, and resourceful.Inside this reassuring book, you'll discover how to: ·Identify potential problems and develop skills to prevent them ·Budget time each week for family activities ·Create a respectful coparenting relationship with your former spouse ·Use nonpunitive methods to help your children make wise decisions about their behavior ·And much, much more!"Provides very important information for single parents, especially in today's violent society. Used as a resource, it can help parents deal with discipline issues in a positive way and in turn help their children become responsible citizens."—Judye Foy, international vice president, Community Relations, Parents Without Partners"Another great resource for both single parents and therapists . . . practical and enjoyable to read. A must for your parenting library."—Stephen Sprinkel, marriage and family therapist

    

    The true life examples, humorous approach and clear format make the book easy to read and use. These methods have been applied successfully for over 30 years by the Santa Cruz Toddler Care Center, which has built its program around the belief that what young children learn about themselves and their world during their toddler years will affect the rest of their lives. Topics include: -Settling limits -Biting, -Sharing -Sleeping -Eating -Separation -Toilet learning. There is also a section on successful parenting including -Learn from others -Trust yourself -Take care of yourself -Stop feeling guilty -Enjoy your child -Finding and keeping quality child care.

    This is not "pie in the sky" -- this is a personal testimony of how one couple overcame defeat and triumphed in God's plan! Jackie Mize had been told she could never have children. However, by unlocking powerful truths and dynamic faith principles she and her husband Terry found in the Bible, they now have four miracle children! This exciting book shares with you these truths and faith principles. You will learn:How to put faith principles into action for your very own supernatural childbirth How you can be a living example of God's promises in action How to deal with fear during pregnancy and delivery How and when to use your faith for pregnancy and delivery Also included in Supernatural Childbirth: Faith-inspiring testimonies from women who have followed these principles and experienced their own supernatural childbirth Confessions and prayers for a supernatural conception, pregnancy, childbirth, and all circumstances surrounding each stage A powerful teaching section by Terry Mize explaining the curse on Eve in the Garden of Eden

    This practical, informative book covers topics of vital importance to adoptive parents with sensitivity and insight. The authors bring years of experience to the complex emotional issues that parents will negotiate, and expert advice on establishing a healthy, loving parent-child relationship.

    He gives many examples of conversations he's had with parents who want to enroll their kids in his classes, which serve to illustrate many of the wrong reasons parents want children to participate in martial arts. In the second half, he gives examples of many of the exercises children in his aikido classes perform, accompanied by black-and-white line drawings.

    Michael Popkin, founder and president of Active Parenting Publishers and one of the nation's foremost experts on parent education, shows you how to develop courage, responsibility and self-esteem in your children.

    Together with Breastfeeding and Human Lactation, this study guide will prove indispensable for anyone preparing for certification in lactation.

    Switch off the TV - and switch on a world of outdoor fun!

    Birds and Worms. Pollution Search. These are some of the 96 hands-on interdisciplinary activities in PLT's PreK-8 guide. The PreK-8 Guide covers such topics as water and air quality, ecology, urban environments, and recycling. See the Topic Index from the PreK-8 Guide for a complete listing of activities that address various topics.Education ConnectionsThe guide is designed to meet the common components of national education reform by using the constructivist approach to learning, whole language teaching, cooperative learning, problem solving, and authentic assessments.In many states, the PreK-8 Guide and the secondary modules have been correlated to state learning standards. At the national level, the curriculum has been correlated to the National Science Standards, National Social Studies Standards, Excellence in EE Guidelines, and Girl Scout (badge) program activities.Before making the guide widely available, PLT commissioned a formal evaluation. The results confirmed that PLT is effective in helping students become more environmentally literate citizens.What's Inside the GuideThe activities are organized into five main themes: diversity, interrelationships, systems, structure and scale, and patterns of change.The guide is designed so you can use a single activity or many over the course of a quarter or school year. Each activity includes an overview, background content, a teachers' step-by-step guide, and provides: * Grade level recommendations * Incorporating subjects, such as math or language arts * Concepts, skills, and curriculum objectives * Needed materials, many of which are easy to obtain, free or low-cost * A timeline - how long it will take to prepare and conduct the activity * Related Activities * Assessment opportunities for students * Reproducible student pages (for most activities) that are also available in Spanish (for editions prior to 2006) * Reading Connections listed at the end of each activity * Technology Connections in most activities * Differentiating Instruction enhancements The PreK-8 Guide also featuers 16 Appendices that contain additional resources and other helpful information. One example includes advice for Teaching Controversial Issues.

    An interactive book filled with anecdotes alongside wisdom and practical how-to\u2019s that deal with praying for your kids.

    

    

    "The First Twelve Months Of Life." For over twenty years, this invaluable book has been helping parents understand their new babies: from what an infant knows and feels at each stage of development to what he or she needs from a parent to grow and thrive. Now completely updated to include the latest information on everything from breast-feeding versus bottle-feeding to coping with colic and choosing a reliable sitter, "The First Twelve Months Of Life" is the definitive child-care resource. Featuring:--monthly grow charts that reveal how your baby's motor, language, mental, and social skills develop--reassuring answers to the questions most parents ask--brief overviews of what to expect from your baby each month--proven techniques for soothing crying babies, solving sleep problems, and dealing with diaper rash, fear of strangers, and teething--essential information on when to call a doctor and the best schedule for immunizations-- plus more than 150 fascinating photosWhether you're a first-time parent or an old hand, you'll find that "The First Twelve Months Of Life" offers a rewarding glimpse into your baby's world that will only deepen your appreciation of the wondrous strides he or she is about to make.

    Challenges with complicated truth the formulas of middle-class love and ma rriage against which we measure ourselves, so often with disheartening results.--Mirabella.

    This eloquent book puts together all the puzzling facts and conflicting accounts to show us as never before what the American family has become.

    But no guidelines exist to prepare parents for the various ways their children might respond when these conversations take place. In this wise and sympathetic book, a clinical psychologist and a psychiatrist, both adoptive mothers, discuss how young children make sense of the fact that they are adopted, how it might appear in their play, and what worries they and their parents may have. Accounts by twenty adoptive parents of conversations about adoption with their children, from ages two to ten, graphically convey what the process of sharing about adoption is like. The book will be of invaluable help to parents, teachers, mental health professionals, and lawyers as they deal with the concerns young children have about being adopted.Mary Watkins and Susan Fisher begin by discussing parental fantasies and concerns that interfere with talking about adoption with their children. They then review the often outdated and disheartening adoption research, showing how its results can be distorted by apprehension and bias. They next discuss how adoption conversation evolves between parents and young children, what the child at various developmental stages does and does not understand, what kinds of questions the young child has, and how these questions reflect more general developmental issues. The heart of the book consists of the stories from families--nuclear, single- parent, lesbian, and interracial families, families with adopted children only, families with both biological and adopted children, families that adopted a child after first foster-parenting. These stories make it clear how early sharing about adoption establishes a family atmosphere in which worries and concerns can freely arise and be addressed, allowing the fact of adoption to strengthen family understanding, honesty, and intimacy. An appendix lists by age the adoption comments, related questions, and play sequences of children.

    Everything affected by the onset of puberty is covered, from body image, diet, height, weight, pimples, cramps, to first periods, first bras, and first impressions. Drawings, cartoons, and photos illustrate the pages throughout.