You’ll discover how to pray specifically and expectantly for their faith, character, safety, relationships, and future. You’ll gain new, biblical perspectives on God’s purposes for your children. And through the encouragement of the Scriptures and true-life stories, you’ll find out what a huge difference your prayers really make in the lives of those you love most.Discover How to Pray God’s Will for Your Children’s LivesThere’s no place like God’s Word to turn to when you want to pray confidently and effectively for your kids.“Prayers permeated with the Word of God bring about changes in our children and keep us in touch with God’s priorities. This is a wonderful resource that you will want to refer to over and over.”Fern Nichols, founder and president of Moms in Touch International“If I could choose only one book to help me pray for my children, this is it! Not only has Jodie given us a rich treasure of true stories, practical prayers, and relevant Scriptures for our children, but a surprise awaits! In reading this I found my own confidence if God growing. RUN and get this book for moms and grandmoms.”Susan Alexander Yates, author of How to Like the Ones You Love“I know of no one who can speak more authoritatively than Jodie Berndt on praying for your children. Every parent who wants their children to grow into godly men and women should read this book.

    When Theodore Roosevelt taught Sunday school for a time, a boy showed up one Sunday with a black eye. He admitted he had been fighting and on a Sunday too. He told the future president that a bigger boy had been pinching his sister, and so he fought him. TR told him that he had done perfectly right and gave him a dollar. The stodgy vestrymen thought this was a bit much, and so they let their exuberant Sunday school teacher go. What a loss. Unbelief cannot look past surfaces. Unbelief squashes; faith teaches. Faith takes a boy aside and tells him that this part of what he did was good, while the other part of what he did got in the way. "And this is how to do it better next time." As we look to Scripture for patterns of masculinity for our sons, we find them manifested perfectly in the life of the Lord Jesus Christ. He is the one who set the ultimate pattern for friendship, for courage, for faithfulness, and integrity.

    Now in paperback, here is the book that updates the rulebook, giving parents the training and skills they need to transform their teenage children into strong, confident, productive adults.

    A clinical psychologist and Jewish educator use the Torah and other Jewish texts to offer psychological and practical insights into parenting and sharing practical advice on how to develop realistic expectations for each child, teach respect for adults, deal with frustration, enhance independence, and more.

    Now, 38 and pregnant, she had become a habitat—for a population of one.Having Faith is Steingraber's exploration of the intimate ecology of motherhood. Using her scientist's eye to study the biological drama of new life being knit from the molecules of air, food, and water flowing into her body, she looks at the environmental hazards that now threaten pregnant and breastfeeding women and examines the effects these toxins can have on a child. Having Faith makes the metamorphosis of a few cells into a baby astonishingly vivid, and the dangers to human reproduction urgently real.

    and Martha Sears, R.N., explain the benefits -- for both you and your child -- of connecting with your baby early. Would you and your baby both sleep better if you shared a bed? How old is too old for breastfeeding? What is a father's role in nurturing a newborn? How does early attachment foster a child's eventual independence? Dr. Bill and Martha Sears -- the doctor-and-nurse, husband-and-wife team who coined the term "attachment parenting" -- answer these and many more questions in this practical, inspiring guide. Attachment parenting is a style of parenting that encourages a strong early attachment, and advocates parental responsiveness to babies' dependency needs. The Attachment Parenting Book clearly explains the six "Baby B's" that form the basis of this popular parenting style: Bonding, Breastfeeding, Babywearing, Bedding close to baby, Belief in the language value of baby's cry, and Beware of baby trainers. Here's all the information you need to achieve your most important goals as a new parent: to know your child, to help your child feel right, and to enjoy parenting.

    Cohen points out, play is children’s way of exploring the world, communicating deep feelings, getting close to those they care about, working through stressful situations, and simply blowing off steam. That’s why “playful parenting” is so important and so successful in building strong, close bonds between parents and children. Through play we join our kids in their world–and help them to• Express and understand complex emotions• Break through shyness, anger, and fear• Empower themselves and respect diversity• Play their way through sibling rivalry • Cooperate without power strugglesFrom eliciting a giggle during baby’s first game of peekaboo to cracking jokes with a teenager while hanging out at the mall, Playful Parenting is a complete guide to using play to raise confident children. Written with love and humor, brimming with good advice and revealing anecdotes, and grounded in the latest research, this book will make you laugh even as it makes you wise in the ways of being an effective, enthusiastic parent.

    That's why thousands of parents and educators have turned to the solutions in Setting Limits With Your Strong-Willed Child. This revised and expanded second edition offers the most up-to-date alternatives to punishment and permissiveness--moving beyond traditional methods that wear you down and get you nowhere, and zeroing in on what really works so parents can use their energy in more efficient and productive ways. With fully updated guidelines on parenting tools like "logical consequences," and examples drawn directly from the modern world that children deal with each day, this is an invaluable resource for anyone wondering how to effectively motivate strong-willed children and instill proper conduct.

    Ginger's candid approach will help moms move beyond the frustrations of not knowing how to handle issues of disobedience and into a confident, well-balanced approach to raising their children.

    With passion and humor, acclaimed author and internationally respected literacy expert Mem Fox tells readers how she herself became aware of the astonishing effects that reading aloud and bonding through books have on very young children.She speaks of when, where, and why to read aloud and demonstrates how to read aloud to best effect and how to get the most out of a read-aloud session. She walks readers through the three secrets of reading which together make reading possible. She gives guidance on defining, choosing, and finding good books and closes with tips on dealing effectively with the challenges that sometimes arise when children are learning to read.Filled with practical advice, activities, and inspiring true read-aloud miracles, this book is a must for every parent-and for anyone interested in how children learn to read.

    Parenting with Scripture is an easy-to-use topical resource for parents who want to make the most of teachable moments with their children. It is a guide to help you train your children in how to think and apply God's Word in the day-to-day.The 101 alphabetically-arranged, two-page topics address behavior, attitude, emotions, and actions. Examples include forgiveness, humility, anger, and procrastination. Each topic is comprised of Scripture passages, discussion questions, action items, and parenting tips. This revised edition of Parenting with Scripture adds detailed help for parents to quickly identify teachable moments and know what to do when they appear.

    Number-one New York Times bestselling authors Richard and Linda Eyre, have spent the last twenty-five years helping parents nurture strong, healthy families. Now they've synthesized their vast experience in an essential blueprint to instilling children with a sense of ownership, responsibility, and self-sufficiency. At the heart of their plan is the "Family Economy" complete with a family bank, checkbooks for kids, and a system of initiative-building responsibilities that teaches kids to earn money for the things they want. The motivation carries over to ownership of their own decisions, values, and goals. Anecdotal, time-tested, and gently humorous, The Entitlement Trap challenges some of the sacred cows of parenting and replaces them with values that will save kids (and their parents) from a lifetime of dependence and disabling debt.

    In the ten years since the publication of Shepherding, Tedd Tripp has had the opportunity to teach on parenting to thousands of young parents across the country and in many other parts of the world. That, coupled with ten years of insights into God's Word on the subject, has resulted in a broader and deeper understanding of the content and application of Shepherding a Child's Heart. Here are questions about the meaning and application of Scripture texts to the challenges of shepherding children.There are sections of Bible study, application, strategic questions to help parents commit to change, and gospel encouragement that you can be a better parent because of the power of grace working in you. The Parent's Handbook is a valuable tool for personal or group study.

    This book will help ensure that your impact is positive. In the pages of this insightful and inspiring book, you will learn seven, simple principles for shaping your family for good -- principles that work for stay-at-home and working moms alike. As you read this captivating book, you will see how your attitude and actions can fill the lives of those you care about the most with love and encouragement. Become the mom you've always wanted to be. You might even surpass your own dreams.

    

    With his trademark blend of humor, illustrative stories, and common-sense advice, Gregory Popcak shows us seven principles for having age-appropriate discussions about sex.

    The situations are familiar--pressure from an older sibling, fears, need for compassion, and finances--but the kids and the solutions focus on younger readers. Kids will look forward to reading the true-to-life stories, Scripture verses, and fun activities that await them each day.

    Kelemen's research offers pratical long-term solutions to the most difficult problems faced by modern parents and teachers with scholarly evidence that reveals that the fad parenting tricks presented by many of today's most well-known experts may do more harm than good.

    It shows how to use story telling as a therapeutic tool with children and how to make an effective response when a child tells a story to you. It is an essential accompaniment to the "Helping Children with Feelings" series and covers issues such as: Why story telling is such a good way of helping children with their feelings? What resources you may need in a story-telling session? How to construct your own therapeutic story for a child? What to do when children tell stories to you? Things to do and say when working with a child's story.

    In this provocative book, award-winning economics journalist Ann Crittenden argues that although women have been liberated, mothers have not. Drawing on hundreds of interviews from around the country, as well as the most current research in economics, sociology, history, child development,. and law, she shows how mothers are systematically disadvantaged and made dependent by a society that celebrates the labor of child-rearing but undervalues and even exploits those who perform it. The price of motherhood is everywhere apparent. College-educated women pay a "mommy tax" of more than a million dollars in lost income when they have a child. Family law deprives mothers of financial equality in marriage. Most child care is excluded from the gross domestic product, at-home mothers are not counted in the labor force, and the social safety net simply leaves them out. With passion and clarity, Crittenden dismantles the principal argument for the status quo: that it's a woman's "choice." She demonstrates, on the contrary, that if mothers had more resources and respect, everyone -- including children -- would be better off. Bold and galvanizing, full of innovative solutions, The Price of Motherhood reveals the glaring disparity between the value created by mothers' work and the reward women receive for carrying out society's most important job.

    Department of Justice, black males die at a rate fifteen times higher than that of white males because of homicidal violence. The Department estimates that 28 percent of black males will enter state or federal prisons during their lifetime. In response to these devastating statistics, psychologist, educator, and father Raymond Winbush has created The Warrior Method -- a program designed for parents and teachers to help black boys become strong, self-reliant men. Filled with thoughtful reflections on the author's own experiences, the book looks at a male's life through the prism of the four seasons: spring -- conception to four years old; summer -- ages five through twelve; autumn -- ages thirteen through twenty-one; and winter -- age twenty-two and beyond.Winbush's comprehensive, step-by-step approach draws on such African traditions as the "Birthing Circle" and a "Young Warriors Council" to help boys make important transitions, along with numerous other modern variations on tribal customs that instill the values of self-respect, dignity, and honor.

    Yet, all the academic research coupled with the best diagnoses for children can still leave parents feeling completely powerless. In her book, Dare to Love, Heather Forbes, LCSW, describes in detail, through a series of questions and answers, how to merge science into everyday parenting. This book gives practical, effective, and loving solutions for any parent struggling with his or her child. It will leave you feeling empowered, hopeful, and excited to be a parent, again.

    This 9th edition is a comprehensive guide through Los Angeles, Orange County, Santa Barbara County, and then some! Have fun using this book to entertain, enjoy, and explore with your child.

    One day you were an easy-going kid, and the next---wham! You're an emotional roller-coaster. Hair is growing in all-new places, and your best friend whispers the word 'bra' in gym class. Now that you're not a little girl anymore, you have lots of questions about growing up, your changing body, and your desires to move beyond kiddie lip gloss. In this book you'll discover all the really weird body stuff you're going through is actually part of God's plan for the beautiful, confident, grown-up you! In addition to health and beauty tips, you'll find answers to some awkward, changing-body questions, ways to create a unique style all your own, and most importantly, you'll discover the true beauty that is revealed as you grow closer to God in this fun, inspirational and interactive book by best-selling author Nancy Rue.

    With its handy built-in easel, it can stay on a table, and the 240 fully-scripted devotionals can be done with no advance preparation.

    This book presents a six-step mediation process adults can use to support young children at these tense and emotional times. It includes more than 50 actual stories of conflict experiences from preschools, nursery schools, Head Start centers, elementary schools, and homes. Through these stories and the accompanying photos of conflict resolution in action, readers can "see and hear " real children resolving disputes successfully, guided by adults using the six-step process. Using this book as a guide, teachers and parents will have the strategies in hand to make the most of these valuable learning opportunities, whether the children they are caring for are toddlers, preschoolers, or school-aged children.

    That's why they need the encouragement and direction they'll find in "Tender Mercy for a Mother's Soul." Filled with solid teaching, heartwarming illustrations, and practical ideas for growing in a daily personal walk with Jesus, this captivating hardcover book will connect with moms in a very personal way. It will motivate even the busiest mom to take the time to nurture her soul.

    Based on the obervations of Jean Piaget and his pioneering research into the development of imitationin young children, Becoming Verbal illustrates new and effective methods that have helped many of these children learn to Acquire speech (from the back cover)

    The book contains advice on how to deal with diagnosis, cope with turmoil and help create positive attitudes.

    In this indispensable book for parents, Borba has created a new break-through in conceptualizing and teaching virtue, character and values under the auspices of a measurable capacity -- Moral Intelligence. This book confronts the front-page crisis we now face in our country regarding youth violence, alienation, self-destructive behavior, cold-heartedness, lack of compassion, insensitivity, intolerance and the break down of values. The author provides a new way to understand, evaluate and inspire our kids with the seven essential virtues which comprise moral intelligence.

    In this insightful guide, parenting specialist Jan Hunt links together attachment parenting principles with child advocacy and homeschooling philosophies, offering a consistent approach to raising a loving, trusting, and confident child. The Natural Child dispels the myths of "tough love," building baby's self-reliance by ignoring its cries, and the necessity of spanking to enforce discipline. Instead, the book explains the value of extended breast-feeding, family co-sleeping, and minimal child-parent separation.Homeschooling, like attachment parenting, nurtures feelings of self-worth, confidence, and trust. The author draws on respected leaders of the homeschool movement such as John Taylor Gatto and John Holt, guiding the reader through homeschool approaches that support attachment parenting principles.Being an ally to children is spontaneous for caring adults, but intervening on behalf of a child can be awkward and surrounded by social taboo. The Natural Child shows how to stand up for a child's rights effectively and sensitively in many difficult situations.The role of caring adults, points out Hunt, is not to give children "lessons in life"–but to employ a variation of The Golden Rule, and treat children as we would like to have been treated in childhhood.Jan Hunt is the Director of The Natural Child Project, Coordinator of the Canadian Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children in British Columbia, and on the Board of Directors for Attachment Parenting International. She lives in Victoria, British Columbia.

    It offers clear, accessible illustrations along with stimulating activities to help kids explore dramatic play, creation, sensation, self-expression, nature, feelings, science, helping, sharing, and other areas. It also presents helpful parenting advice and explanations of the skills developed through each activity.

    Now, for the first time in print, the Mommy and Me "TM" people show new mothers all the tips and techniques that made their renowned classes indispensable to new mothers everywhere.It's a simple fact of life: Parents want the best for their children. With the importance of early childhood well-documented, many parents are filled with questions about what they can do to nurture their children's emotional, physical, social, and intellectual growth. In a lively, colorful format, Fun with Mommy and Me "TM" provides exactly the guidance they need.Thanks to her extensive experience with parents and children, Dr. Cindy Nurik gives valuable insight into creative activities for parents and their children. Throughout the book, she notes the developmental milestones that mothers should watch for at various stages in their child's life. She'll explain how to introduce children to new concepts at the appropriate time and how to incorporate evolving skills into playtime. Including parenting tips, games, recipes, crafts, and much more, Fun with Mommy and Me "TM" is the ultimate parent-child activity book.

    Deciding whether or when to vaccinate a child is one of the most important--and most difficult--health-care decisions a parent will ever make. The recent increase in the number of vaccinations recommended and the concurrent controversies about whether vaccinations are safe or even effective have left many parents confused and concerned. Midwife, herbalist, and mother of four, Aviva Jill Romm sifts through the spate of current research on vaccine safety and efficacy and offers a sensible, balanced discussion of the pros and cons of each routine childhood vaccination. She presents the full spectrum of options available to parents: full vaccination on a standardized or individualized schedule, selective vaccination, or no vaccinations at all. Negotiating daycare and school requirements, dealing with other parents, and traveling with an unvaccinated child are covered in detail. The book also suggests ways to strengthen children's immune systems and maintain optimal health and offers herbal and homeopathic remedies for childhood ailments. Emphasizing that no single approach is appropriate for every child, the author guides parents as they make the choices that are right for their child.

    Luckily, perinatal exercise specialist Helene Byrne has developed a fast, safe, and effective exercise program that restores your body to optimum shape just months after childbirth. Exercise After Pregnancy offers a three-step program you can start days after giving birth without any specialized equipment. It's the only post-pregnancy exercise program that counterbalances all of the biomechanical stresses of pregnancy and childbirth while realigning the spine and developing core strength and flexibility.

    Frog is very much in love with the moon because she once smiled at him. So now he spends all his time dreaming about her. He waits and waits for her to smile at him again. One day a wise and friendly crow helps frog to see how he is wasting his life away. All the time he has been facing the place of very little, he's had his back to the place of plenty.

    Written for a multidisciplinary audience of infant-family professionals, the authors integrate knowledge from a variety of fields to help readers understand sensory development, and learn about effective assessment and intervention approaches.

    Three essential parts form this unique work: a detailed account of all aspects of normal development from birth through the school years, a carefully designed emergency section, and a comprehensive guide to every common illness or condition that affects children.For the first time, a single work offers parents all the medical, psychological, and practical information they need to raise healthy children from birth through elementary school. Packed full of information on symptoms, causes, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention, vital, up-to-date advice for choosing medical care and insurance, and finding good childcare, the Children's Hospital Guide includes the charts of normal development at all ages, and a comprehensive resource section.

    Here author Amy Krouse Rosenthal explores the joys and pitfalls of parenting in a way that mothers everywhere will recognize and appreciate. Rosenthal, who has written for The New York Times and Redbook, offers a series of essays, anecdotes, vignettes and asides, and she explores the universal themes of motherhood, from guilt and inadequacy to joy and magic to the astonishing sense of self-discovery that comes with being a mother. With wit, understanding, and hilarity, Rosenthal covers everything from "What I've Learned About Humility" to a mother's occasional, secret fantasy to run away from it all. Her fresh, Seinfeld-esque humor taps into the minutiae of everyday life with "that-is-so-true" insight and sets itself apart with its smart, witty, and delightfully quirky nature.

    When a son is born, every Jewish parent knows what ceremony will welcome him into the community and signal his part in the Jewish people--the brit milah. What to do when a girl is born? How can you welcome your new daughter in a truly Jewish way, and celebrate your joy with family and friends? In the past, parents who wanted a simchat bat (celebration of a daughter) ceremony for their new daughter often had to start from scratch. Finally, this first-of-its-kind book gives families everything they need to plan the celebration.History & Tradition--The roots of simchat bat in Jewish tradition, how it has evolved and how the past can be used to bring today's dynamic ceremonies to life.A How-to Guide--New and traditional ceremonies, complete with prayers, rituals, handouts to copy and step-by-step instructions for creating your own unique ceremony.Planning the Details--What to call your daughter's welcoming ceremony, when and where to have it, setting it up, how long it should be, how to handle the unexpected, how to prepare a program guide and more.Ideas & Information--Practical guidelines for planning the event, and special suggestions and resources for families of all constellations.

    When completed, My Baby’s Journal is a unique memento full of happy, poignant and appealing memories of the first year of your child’s life—memories you will cherish forever.

    In 1997, 4 to 5 children a day were still dying of child abuse. The only difference was that half of them died in foster care.More than 3,000 children are removed from their homes every day. Most of these children have suffered no injury or harm at the hands of their parents.Between 1997 and 2002, the goal of the Federal government was to double adoptions by offering financial incentives to remove children from their homes and terminal parental rights. The state does not have to prove a child was harmed or injured before terminating parental rights.This is the face of child protection. Are you willing to risk your family?This book exposes the motivation and deceit behind child protection and gives you the tools you need to protect your family from unwarranted intrusions by the state. Her success rate with family reunification is unparallelled. Profane Justice remains the only book of its kind available to parents and families seeking information and advice about child welfare practices. In today's society, many undesirable' parental practices are being falsely interpreted as abuse; practices such as home schooling, spanking and other methods of discipline, Bible reading and believing in the Constitution, and even breast-feeding. This results in the prosecution of many innocent parents. Most parents accept plea bargains without knowing the dreadful consequences. They don't know that they are being deceived and manipulated in the name of Federal dollars, and they don't know how to protect their families and their rights. They don't even know they can fight and the odds are overwhelmingly in their favor that they would win.This book is unique in that it is not an expose' of abuses perpetrated on families by the agents of the state. Rather, it is an intensive how-to manual that teaches exactly how the child savers' use the color of law to violate the rights of parents and destroy the family, and how parents can fight the corrupt child protection system and win. Once the you have learned about the deceitful and illegal tactics that are employed against you in the state's hysterical endeavors to protect children who don't need protecting, the author gives specific actions to take to thwart those tactics. The author operates on the premise that most people don't know their rights, and in not knowing their rights, they effectively have no rights. This book teaches you just what your rights are, and how to peacefully and lawfully protect your rights. It covers every possible aspect related to parental rights and false allegations of child abuse.The author of Profane Justice is an advocate of spanking, a disciplinary technique that has been recently maligned by so-called experts.' In spite of spankings being universally legal, it is often classified as abuse by the agents of the state, and parents who spank often face child abuse charges for their disciplinary actions. This book examines the fallacy that spanking a child teaches him violence' and discusses when, why and how-to spank effectively, safely and defensively, including disciplining the child who misbehaves in public. It examines other discipline techniques in light of their effectiveness and their potential risks for being charged with child abuse when parents employ them.The book provides in-depth coverage of what activities put parents at risk of child abuse charges, including a discussion of warning signs that indicate a child could be considering turning them in for abuse. Innocent medical emergencies are often the trigger for abuse charges, and this book teaches how to protect yourself in that situation.Suzanne Shell writes from over 20 years hands-on experience.

    

    What defines a legal family? Should there be any restrictions on buying and selling eggs and sperm, or hiring "surrogate mothers"? How many parents can a child have?While there's no going back to the traditional family, Mary Lyndon Shanley shows us that we don't have to live in moral chaos. She offers a new vision of family law that puts each child's right to be cared for at its center, while also taking into account the complex needs of every family member.

    From birth to three years is the crucial window of opportunity during which a child’s learning potential is at its fullest and most formative. Now with this amazing book, parents can use the revolutionary BabyTalk program to maximize their baby’s language skills– and provide a solid foundation for later learning–in just thirty minutes a day!A simple and fun one-on-one program created by a renowned speech and language therapist, BabyTalk is based on extensive clinical experience and is firmly rooted in natural parent-child interaction. What’s more, it fits into the normal pattern of your child’s play! You’ll discover how to best talk to your child–and what to talk about–at each stage of development, including how to• CREATE an environment in your home that most benefits your baby’s development• NURTURE your child to become a confident communicator• STRENGTHEN his or her ability to concentrate and retain information• STIMULATE your child with specific toys and books at each stage• RECOGNIZE problems that may hinder language development• PRESENT games, play ideas, and words to stimulate the imaginationUse BabyTalk to give your baby a lifelong advantage for learning!

    Trish Kuffner shows parents how to make fifty favorite picture books come alive for children by providing a variety of activities that tie into the themes, characters, and plots of the books:discussion topicsarts and craftsrhymes and finger playsfun and gamesimaginative play ideasrecipesmusic and movementlearning activitiesoutdoor adventuresThis book will help you make reading with your child a favorite part of the day. You'll enjoy:"Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad DayAnd to Think That I Saw It On Mulberry StreetBlueberries for SaleBread and Jam for FrancesCaps for SaleA Chair for My MotherChicka Chicka Boom BoomCorduroy"Could Be Worse!"Curious GeorgeFortunatelyFrederickFrog and Toad TogetherGeorge and MarthaGeraldine's BlanketGilberto and the WindThe Happy LionHarold and the Purple CrayonHarquinHarry the Dirty DogA House for Hermit CrabIf You Give a Mouse a CookieImogene's AntlersIra Sleeps OverJust Plain FancyLittle BearThe Little Engine That CouldThe Little HouseLittle TootMadelineMillions of CatsMirette on the High WireMittensNoisy NoraOne Monday MorningOwl MoonPurple, Green and YellowThe Rag CoatThe Runaway BunnyThe SnowmanThe Snowy DayThe Story about PingThe Story of BabarThe Story of FerdinandSylvester and the Magi PebbleThere's an Alligator under My BedThe Three Little PigsTikki Tikki TemboWhere the Wild Things AreWilliam's Doll"

    June Hunt has put together a book that takes the discussion of these concepts to the next level.Bonding with Your Teen through Boundaries addresses real-life parent/teen situations, giving parents specific responses to common teen issues. Bonding with Your Teens through Boundaries provides biblical guidance in forming an ever-deepening bond between parents and their teens.

    We find everything we need for spiritual growth as we picnic with the children, go to the grocery store, and pick up the morning paper. Denise’s intimate approach invites us to recognize the grace that exists within our own lives. We needn’t pull over and look for enlightenment; the divine is always present, even in the car-pool lane.   Stories of finding wisdom in the everyday   God is in the silence and also in the noise. Spirit is in stillness and also in silliness. The Sacred is in the monastery and also in the minivan. “I don’t know how it is that days filled with children and noise and mess and clutter can seem endless, and then, when the kids are grown, it can seem as if those same days passed ever too quickly. I don’t know how many billions of stars are up in the sky or how suffering can hold the seeds of resurrection. I don’t know how to answer all my children’s questions, or my own. I don’t know how to completely let go. Life keeps inviting me to learn these things, presenting me each and every day with opportunities for growth. And it does seem that when I open my eyes and heart to others, I begin to recognize something that has been there all along. It feels like a presence, a light, a love that is unbounded by time or space or matter. It moves within us and among us, healing us, filling us, calling us to recognize that what we seek is right here in our midst.” —From My Monastery Is a Minivan   “I was thrilled to discover a soul sister in Denise Roy.  This book will be a wonderful companion to any parent, whatever their faith tradition.” —Rabbi Nancy Fuchs-Kreimer, author, Parenting as a Spiritual Journey “This is the kind of book that makes you want to grab all your friends and say, ‘You’ve got to read this!’ This collection of inspirational stories will lift your spirits and soothe your soul. Denise Roy’s minivan wisdom invites you to discover the sacred right smack in the middle of ordinary life.” —Steve and Patt Saso, authors, 10 Best Gifts for Your Teen “The humor and honesty of Denise Roy’s writing pulled me in right away. If you are not a saint but an ordinary man or woman hoping to live the joys and trials of daily life with your eyes and your heart wide open to the sacred, this is a book for you.” —Oriah Mountain Dreamer, author, The Invitation and The Dance “Some people can hold up a lens to life that reveals the depth and beauty all around us. Denise Roy is that kind of person, and spending time reading the stories that fill her book is like spending time with a wise friend who brightens your life.” —Tom McGrath, family-life editor, U.S. Catholic, author, Raising Faith-Filled Kids

    Best of all, they can be assembled using basic items found around the house. Become a Marvelous Mermaid after making the seashore bracelet and deep sea charms or a Super Jungle Explorer with the Nutty Racing Turtles and Zany Zoo Stickers. Before you know it, chopsticks have become a Cosmonaut Cap, buttons are the eyes of a Crazy Creature and an old T-shirt is a Divine Diva Boa. Featuring more than 25 different craft projects to tie, weave, fold, sculpt or paste, and an inspirational list of items to put into your own craft junk box, Cool Crafts for Creative Kids shows how todays trash, mixed with a little glue and glitter, can become tomorrows treasure.

    Numerous visitors have been impressed by the acknowledgement given to the potential of children, the organisation and quality of the environments created, the promotion of collegiality and a climate of co-participation of families in the educational project.

    This book shows how to: set goals; plan your practice time; program your brain for success; fix mistakes and weaknesses; demystify scales and arpeggios; and, achieve confident performance.

    Debunking common myths about fatherhood, reveals the corrosive effects of negative media, government, and the legal system on the role of fathers, and discusses why fathers should be reunited with their children.

    More than a manual on parenting, this book is for everyone who wishes to become childlike in heart or to be closer to children--two desires that are intimately and wondrously entwined.

    Includes easy-to-follow instructions for lesson plans and assignments to teach basic phonics and numbers. Games and illustrations.

    Based on 25 years of meticulous research, ICPS has proven to be extremely effective in helping children learn to resolve interpersonal problems and prevent antisocial behaviors. ICPS teaches children how to think, not what to think. It is a self-contained program that involves the use of games, stories, puppets, and role plays to make learning enjoyable. Each lesson contains a teacher script, reproducible illustrations, and a list of readily available materials.

    The calendar-like pages, designed to be displayed, offer developmentally

    Fay brings you lots of giggles and plenty of easy-to-use strategies to help you handle the unexpected, lower your stress level and make life fun again. The great news is, it works on kids of all ages - toddler to teen.

    

    Dr. Jones has a down-to-earth (down right funny!) approach that teaches the principles of correct parenting with humor and common sense. You will find practical, easy to understand solutions to many common parenting problems--and they really work! These include: 1. Parenting Myths, Falsehoods and Lies: Good parents raise good kids; bad parents raise bad kids. 2. Freedom of Choice: Must man be free to choose, or should he be forced to do what's right? 3. Mission Impossible: Can parents always be in control of their children? 4. What is a Parent Trap? The harder you try, the harder you fall. 5. The Control Trap: The greatest pitfall and misconception parents have. 6. The Trap of Anger: The key to understanding why we get angry. 7. The Trap of Rage: What is the Rage Gauge? 8. The Traps of Arguing and Contention: How do you stop the contention and arguing in your home? 9. The Traps of Lying and Inconsistency: Are you lying to your children? 10.The Traps of Being Critical and Unforgiving: Discounting, shaming and rejection. 11. The Teenage Retirement Trap: How are you retiring your children? 12. The Rescuing Trap: How kids are set up to be at high risk for drug abuse and suicide. 13. The Lecturing and Insight Traps: Boring! Don't they already know 99% of what you'll say? 14. The Nagging Trap: Kids don't see nagging as counsel or support. 15. The Traps of Conditional Love and Acceptance: I will only love you if you do what I want. 16. The Parental Disunity Trap: A house divided against itself cannot stand. 17. The Quick-Fix Trap and Making Exceptions: Avoiding the real problem. 18. The Trap of Misusing Rewards and Punishments: Without a plan...without a clue. 19. The Trap of Excessive Punishment: The more you punish, the less effective it becomes. 20. The Trap of Favoritism: The temptation to love the easiest child more than the difficult child. 21. The Surrogate Spouse Trap: Emotional incest. 22. The Scapegoat Trap: Finding a safe place to vent our negative emotions. 23. The Traps of Guilt, Unrealistic Expectations and Perfectionism: The formula for shaming and failure. 24. The Trap of Button-Pushing and Overreacting: Are the kids punching your hot buttons? 25. Toxic Parents: Undisciplined Disciplinarians 26. Escaping the Parent Traps 27. The Healthy Parent and Functional Family 28. Peace and Joy in Letting Go 29. The Parables

    The book also includes thoughts on more profound and heartfelt subjects, such as family traditions and rituals, marriage, values, love, and self-esteem.

    'Who will help me potty train my child?' asks the mother, 'Not I,' says the village. 'Who will help me clean up this third glass of spilt milk?' asks the mother. 'Not I,' says the village. 'Who will help put braces on my child's teeth?' asks the mother. 'Not I,' says the village. 'Who wants to use my child to further their own political agendas?' asks the mother. 'WE DO,' says the village. The irony of motherhood is that there has not been a spokesperson for mothers because those who feel most passionately are simply too busy. They're too busy running the car pools, doing the laundry, shopping for the groceries and the 1,001 other things, which are required to sustain life. Some have tried, but really, when was the last time Oprah plopped down her last ten dollar bill for a bag of Huggies and a gallon of milk? Full time Mom, Colleen Down, has decided to ignore her buzzing dryer and ringing phone long enough to stand up and defend those whose profession it is to rock the cradle, and to remind them once again that they truly do have the power to change the world. It Takes a Mother to Raise a Village is a humorous look at the joys and frustrations of being a mother of seven, ranging from preschool to college. It Takes a Mother to Raise a Village also takes a serious look at how important the role of a mother is in dealing with the problems that face us in the new millennium. If it takes a mother to raise the village it is also going to take all of the mothers to save the village.

    Learning involves the use of games, stories, puppets, and role plays. Includes 59 lessons, teacher scripts, and reproducible illustrations.