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Sweet, supportive, dependable, selfless. Long before she had children of her own, journalist Carrie Mullins knew how mothers should behave. But how? Where did these expectations come from—and, more importantly, are they serving the mothers whose lives they shape? Carrie's suspicion, later crystallized while raising two small children, was that our culture’s idealization of motherhood was not only painfully limiting but harmful, leaving women to cope with impossible standards—standards rarely created by mothers themselves.

Does Your 12 Year Old Make Confident Choices? Essential Life Skills Every 12 Year Old Needs to Know gives boys and girls ages 10-12 the tools they need to grow confident, capable, and independent. This essential life skills book for kids teaches practical techniques that build problem solving, communication, and real world awareness. With hands on lessons and relatable examples, the guide makes teaching essential tools easy and effective.

The amazing and blessed life of popular ESPN reporter and correspondent for College GameDay, Marty Smith, whose mission in this thoughtful and funny memoir is to return fans to the true soul of sports in this country. You know Marty right? The guy during College GameDay hanging off the back of a...

If you want to effectively support your partner during pregnancy, and strengthen your relationship and mental health, keep reading... If you're going to be a dad, congratulations, that's awesome! That said, if you worry about this life-changing experience negatively affecting your mental health, you'd be right to. Recent statistics show that up to 50% of all new dads experience depression if their partner gets postnatal depression. Are you concerned your little blessing might drive a baby-shaped wedge between you?

Everyone knows that boys are falling behind in education. Largely left out of the discussion are parents of boys, who are most aware that their bright, eager sons hit an invisible wall somewhere near fourth grade, after which they become disengaged, discouraged, and disaffected. There are dozens of books on underachieving boys, but most parents brave enough to lift one off the shelf are instantly intimidated by the footnotes, graphs, case studies, and academic-speak addressed almost entirely to educators.

Whether you're nervous, exhilarated, or overwhelmed by the idea of motherhood, this is the perfect chance to learn what normal newborn behavior is really like and how best to care for yourself and your little one.

Motivating Adolescents introduces the emerging process, which draws on the wisdom of philosophers and social reformers, such as Rudolf Steiner, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Joseph Campbell, Goethe, and Plato, to help parents set their adolescent up for a successful future with confidence, mindfulness, and passion. Throughout Motivating Adolescents, 20-year veteran Waldorf teacher and international speaker, Robin Theiss helps parents and their teens:

The first three months of your baby's life, sometimes called the "fourth trimester", is a transitional phase, in which each of you is processing the birth experience you shared and acclimatising to a new way of being. It can be hard to interpret your new baby's behaviour. In Understanding Babies, experienced movement specialist Ania Witkowska looks at what your baby needs to thrive, and how they show you they need it, revealing how you can tune in to your baby so that both of you can relax and enjoy your new life together.

Partner with your Heavenly Father to bring up faithful kids…If your husband or ex-husband doesn't share your faith, you probably pray and stress over how to raise faith-filled children. Your spiritually mismatched home may feel like the wilderness where the children of Israel wandered on their way to the Promised Land. Will they ever make it? What about God's promises? Now the authors of Winning Him Without Words and founders of Spiritually Unequal Marriage offer ten faith principles you can pass on to your kids. In Not Alone, you'll find encouragement and inspiration from Scripture and true-life stories from other spiritually mismatched moms.

Potty training your child doesn't have to be a stressful experience. Parenting authority Elizabeth Pantley helps your child get on the road to bathroom independence without frustration, confusion, or tears.

Bestselling author, TEDx speaker, and podcaster Allison Carmen's new audiobook, Maybe Everything is Okay: A Parent's Guide to Less Stress and Worry (September 17, 2024; Tantor Audio Original; narrated by Kim Niemi), is both important and timely. It offers parents a powerful and uplifting tool called the "Maybe mindset" to help them navigate the unknown with greater ease and renewed hope.

Do you ever feel overwhelmed by your anger? If so, you're not alone. Unfortunately, anger is one of the most common emotions experienced by parents these days. While there are many ways for parents to manage their feelings, this book shares a few that work. This book is a great option to teach you how to manage your anger, so it doesn't destroy your family or interfere with responsibilities such as work and play.

Forged: A 60-Day Devotional for Teen Boys Ages 16–18 Build Discipline. Strengthen Faith. Become the Man God Calls You to Be. In a world filled with temptation, pressure, and mixed messages about manhood, teen boys are searching for something solid—something that challenges them to rise above the noise and shows them how to live with strength, courage, and faith. Forged is a 60-day Christian devotional designed specifically for young men ages 16–18 who want to grow stronger in their walk with God, build discipline, and learn how to face life’s battles with wisdom and integrity.

The Parenting Backpack differs from other parenting books in that it first focuses on parental reaction to children’s behaviors and asks the listener to identify the sources of those reactions, which are often a result of their own upbringing. Susie Garlick provides strategies to help parents change their reactions in a way that benefits their child’s social and emotional growth. When we change our reactions we change everything.

Being a mom is hard. And being a mom with goals and dreams is even harder. Harmonizing what you want to accomplish as a woman with everything you have to do as a mom is a challenge every mother faces.

A month-by-month resource offering stage-specific wellness practices to help new mums care for themselves through the first year. A natural, supportive, empowering start to motherhood - for mental, emotional and physical wellness when you need it most. Your new baby is here! Your world has...

Why does talk in families so often go in circles, leaving us tied up in knots? Linguist Deborah Tannen reveals why talking to family members is so often painful and problematic -- even when we're all adults. Searching for signs of acceptance and belonging, we find signs of disapproval and...

Potty training is a challenging and important rite of passage, but just how to go about it may not be common knowledge. Unfortunately, many toilet training books offer a one-technique-fits-all approach. Worse, many are too judgmental, adding unnecessary stress and anxiety to parent and child. This book is a how-to manual on potty training, a nonjudgmental guide offering you five tried and true, evidence-based techniques to get your child to upgrade from wearing diapers to using the toilet. The methods are fully explained, complete with how-to instructions and the pros and cons of each.

El sueño de los niños, y el de sus padres, tienen ritmos distintos. Ante esta realidad, los padres se encuentran a menudo perdidos, sin respuestas o alternativas que les permitan sentirse seguros acerca de cómo pueden actuar.

Fears and worries are very common among children, with around 15% thought to suffer from anxiety disorders, the most commonly identified emotional or behavioural problems among children. However, if left unchecked, they can cause more serious problems such as school avoidance, difficulties in making friends and long-term problems with anxiety and depression.