Child Development Parents

Learn strategies from one mom and her friends that will help you survive raising autistic kids and enjoy the journey along the way.

Raise your kids through positive parenting, understanding, and leadership...and be the ultimate influencer in their lives.

Parenting just got tougher. As your child's brain rewires, hormones kick in, and independence beckons, a perfect storm for family conflict emerges. But help is at hand. Divided into two sections—aged 8 to 10 and aged 10 to 12—this practical parenting book is grounded in evidence-based psychology, exploring the science at work during this period of your child's development. Taking 75 everyday scenarios, the book tackles real-world issues head-on, from sibling clashes and sulks to more serious concerns as your child edges towards their teenage years.

The parenting journey with a child with ADHD is much different than that of the average child. There are many special challenges and needs, and it can be very hard to help your child in school, at home, and in social situations. You may feel overwhelmed by their behavior and frustrated by their lack of motivation and general inability to follow instructions. This guide is packed with strategies, tips, and advice for parents of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) to help guide you through the challenges and rewards of raising a child with ADHD.

The first step to reconnecting with an estranged loved one is reconnecting with yourself. Many consider the death of a close loved one as the most challenging life event, but when one of your children cuts you out of their life, the pain can be very similar. You might feel like you can't survive without mending things. Yet if you don't address your hurt first, these issues are likely to resurface.

Self-esteem is your sense of personal worth. It encompasses both self-confidence and self-acceptance. In part, healthy self-esteem comes from your awareness of the value you add to your family and the community. In Building Your Child's Self-Esteem, author Yvonne Brooks provides a step-by-step guide for improving children's self-esteem. Building Your Child's Self-Esteem shows parents how to identify healthy and low self-esteem behaviors in their children.

We as parents aim to bring up respectful and compassionate kids, but a lot of us go about it the wrong way. We tend to attach so much importance on building confidence rather than respect. This brings about a skewed set of priorities in children and ultimately self-centered and arrogant adults. This book has broken down the barrier on understanding how to effectively groom children to be mindful of the feelings of others, show respect to both members of the family and the society at large.

How Coddling Kids Is Killing Kids' Confidence is about a boxing coach (Donté) who shares tips with parents to help them prepare their child(ren) for adulthood. What Donté has targeted in this book is that mental health concerns were happening WAY before the pandemic was a concern, and what he saw was how parenting was causing much of the mental health crisis. Instead of reacting to the variety of concerns parents were coming to him to help their kids with, he decided to be proactive and write a book to help parents at home to solve some of the root problems.

Many guides have been made for parents about ADHD, but most of them are quite scientific. They can be difficult to navigate, especially if you are a parent with some symptoms of ADHD yourself. This audiobook is a go-to guide for parents and teachers, providing up-to-date knowledge in a simple, easy-to-listen-to format. It is filled with information your doctor would like to provide but is often unable to do so in the limited appointment times available.

A compassionate and accessible guide for parents whose children have experienced traumatic or life-threatening events written by one of the foremost authorities on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in children and adolescents. Dr. Scheeringa understands the desperation many parents feel and explains the impact of trauma, simplifies the science into layman’s terms, debunks the myths, and provides direction on navigating the confusing maze of the mental health world to find appropriate care.

Moms have hundreds of parenting advice books willing to tackle the more cringe-inducing questions of parenthood. But what about books for the other half of the equation: the dads? Man vs. Child is a funny, fresh take on the parenting guide, written from the dad's perspective. Author and popular Upright Citizens Brigade performer Doug Moe knows first-time fathers are as worried about being terrible at their new terrifying jobs as new moms are.

Are you raising a child with autism spectrum disorder? You are trying to help, but you are losing the strength? Do you feel like everything you do is in vain? This audiobook is here to show you the proper way of handling your child with ASD and to make it easier for you. With this book, you will learn a lot of things about individuals with ASD - why are they like that and how they think and process emotions. With persons like that, everything is different.

Don’t want your kid to be your future roommate in retirement? Start their financial education NOW! You'll be surprised to learn that it’s simpler than you’d think, and with a few powerful guidelines to follow and apply, you can drastically change the direction of your kids’ financial futures. Kids just need a little help from their parents while they are still growing up to establish lifelong, financially-healthy habits. The critical step in creating this foundation is starting young and nurturing their financial mindset as they are still living at home.

When I started out on this journey, it all seemed pretty simple: I thought that love would be enough to see me through. I had no idea what it would take to create a fully blended family - just how many factors and emotions would be involved or how deep it would all go. How to Build a Family is the nurturing handbook I wish I'd been given. In it you'll find my experiences, as well as those of other blended families (because every family is unique), along with advice and tips from the experts who have guided me.

In this practical guide, adoptive parent Helen Oakwater helps you to understand the ins and outs of adoption. Using Helen’s insights and tips, you will become better at understanding what makes you tick, and learn how to become calmer, kinder to yourself, and identify what helps or hinders. Only when you have learned how to look after yourself can you nurture a hurt child.

Worried about your child’s financial security after you’re gone? Overwhelmed by legal terms, complex regulations, or endless advice? You’re not alone—this audiobook is here to change that. Designing Special Needs Trusts is the essential guide for parents and caregivers. Written in simple language, it provides the knowledge you need to make informed decisions and safeguard your child’s future.

With My Face to the Enemy is one of the most provocative and wide-ranging anthologies on the Civil War to come along in years. Its illuminating essays examine the war from perspectives that were critical to its outcome - the larger-than-life personalities of its important players and the national strategies and key battle tactics that shaped the four-year-long crisis.

A professor shows a colleague a painting that he has kept secret for decades. The professor swears it is a Vermeer - but why has he hidden this important work for so long? The reasons unfold in a series of stories that trace ownership of the painting back to World War II and Amsterdam, and still further back to the moment of the work's inspiration.

Through historical newspaper accounts and the personal letters of soldiers, the events leading up to the battle and the battle itself are stunningly recreated. You will enter the mind of Robert E. Lee as he makes the fateful decision to cross the Potomac River and take the offensive. You will feel the frustration of Abraham Lincoln as he struggles to convince George McClellan to fight. And you will stand side-by-side with foot soldiers as the peaceful Maryland countryside explodes.

Believe it or not, your kids WANT to talk to you about the social and health challenges they’re facing. But are you ready? Jessica Peck, a pediatric nurse practitioner and mom of four, helps parents escape the secrecy and shame surrounding tough conversations and approach them from a Christian foundation. Covering topics including mental health, social media, suicide, sexting, gender identity, substance abuse (with a chapter focusing on vaping), and more, Jessica Peck's book will encourage and strengthen all parents.