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Verhaagen explains how research shows adults can help keep these young people on a positive path, stoke their ideals, and help them be resilient when the inevitable mistakes and obstacles arise.

The Baby Boomers and older Gen Xers are parenting this new crew, aiming to ground them and instill great hope for the future.

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This is for every parent who feels that purpose and meaning are things they lost under a pile of nappies, crayons and odd socks. Living and parenting with soul means enjoying a rewarding and active inner life. It also means living a life that is rich, deep, authentic, heartfelt - complete with the flaws and imperfections that make us who we are.

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The essential hand-holding guide to navigating the difficult toddler years--by one of the country's leading experts.

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Offers advice on handling everyday family situations such as constant fighting between siblings and hassling for the latest gadgets/a new pet/more pocket money, as well as challenges related to school, friendships and separated or blended families.

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Whether they're at home with just a cold or confined by a long-term illness, sick children will find recovery easier with the dose of fun and games found in this delightful activity book. Includes practical advice on making a child comfortable, maintaining physical fitness, dealing with visitors, and more.

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By moving personally between the worlds of stay-at-home and working motherhood, interviewing numerous women and reading what our popular culture and politicians had to offer on the subject of motherhood in our time, the author comes to a stark conclusion: that what is happening in the culture of motherhood is nothing less than perfect madness.

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Suitable for all parents who want to support their child's development in a fun and pressure free way, this book includes activities and insights to help parents support their child through the critical first five years of life.

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Playground Politics is the first book to look at the neglected middle years of childhood--from kindergarten to junior high--and to help parents understand the enormous emotional challenges these childre

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This volume presents unique, culturally relevant interventions that can teach coping skills to African American boys with a history of aggression. These include teaching coping skills and anger management via athletics such as basketball and martial arts.

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This newly revised and updated edition of shows parents how to build stronger bridges of communication with their children, break the destructive cycles of guilt and blame that occur in parent-teen power struggles, and work toward greater mutual respect with their adolescents.

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Revised edition of the authors' Positive discipline: the first three years: from infant to toddler-- laying the foundation for raising a capable, confident child.

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Positive Parenting is a parenting book with a difference. This book will show you how to help your child develop: * positive self-esteem * self-confidence * self reliance Positive self-esteem is the best gift any parent can give their child.

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Ever since the killings at Columbine High School created a renewed focus on the problems of adolescent aggression, professionals in education, criminal justice, and social services have been seeking ways to curb its rising tide.

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A guide for parents dealing with the first three years of a child's development provides advice for coping with unacceptable behavior and encouraging social interaction without harming the child emotionally.

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Updated to address current issues, a classic parenting guide written by two doctors re-introduces their revolutionary STEP program, Systematic Training for Effective Parenting, which is designed to help parents raise confident and caring children. Reprint.

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One of the biggest lessons we have learnt in the last few decades is that it is valuable, important and effective to praise children.

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One of the biggest lessons we have learnt in the last few decades is that it is valuable, important and effective to praise children.

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Adding to the successful series of Raising titles, a developmental psychologist gives parents tips for keeping children of all ages away from drugs and alcohol

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In this book, Jo Jackson King assesses information from three main branches of current early child development science, in a bid to find the best advice for parents. She debunks long-standing parenting myths and gives parents the necessary skills to help their children make the most of their natural temperaments and endowments.

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For any parent worried about self-esteem, this is a full-service guide on what to watch for and what can be done to bring up a confident child

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This engaging guide shares advice for parents, teachers, librarians, and caregivers on how to help children find what to read, and then through conversation, how to find meaning and pleasure in their reading.

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Dr. Melillo designed a home-based program for resolving children's behavioral problems without medication or strife. The approach helps parents differentiate neurological problems, interpret a child's behavior and response to the program, and modify family relations.

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Mary Pipher believes adolescence is an especially precarious time for girls, a time when the fearless, outgoing child is replaced by an unhappy and insecure teenager.

Her view is that for the most part it is our look-obsessed, media-saturated, 'girl-poisoning' culture - and not parents - which is to blame.