Personal Development For Kids

Help your kids grow into confident, creative, and independent little people by creating spaces in your home that foster independent play. Myriam Sandler, creator and founder of Mothercould, helps you give your kids the tools they need to unlock their imaginations and encourage kid-directed, kid-executed, and ultimately kid-enriching independent play using the materials and spaces you already have.

Over the past decade, educational instruction has become increasingly digitized as districts rush to dole out laptops and iPads to every student. Yet the most important question, “Is this what is best for students?” is glossed over. Veteran teachers Joe Clement and Matt Miles have seen firsthand how damaging technology overuse and misuse has been to our kids. On a mission to educate and empower parents, they show how screen saturation at home and school has created a wide range of cognitive and social deficits in our young people.

If you sense that your child is seriously troubled, you may feel bewildered, helpless, ineffective. How can you stop your child from throwing away his or her life? How can you avoid thinking that you've failed as a parent? In this newly revised and expanded edition of the classic guide Before It's Too Late, clinical psychologist Stanton E. Samenow explains how to break the useless cycle of blame and take corrective action.

Dr. Kathy Koch (pronounced “cook”), author of Screens and Teens and 8 Great Smarts, will teach you proven strategies for training your child’s heart and parenting in a way that honors God. She’ll help you move your child from “I can’t, I won’t" to “I can, I will, and I did”.

If you searched for this audiobook, chances are you need strategies to meet your ADHD child where they are. Unfortunately, no child comes with an instruction guide, so as a parent, you need tips, strategies, and games so you don’t lose your mind while doing your best to raise your child.

It doesn't matter how many mistakes you have made in the past, you can gain the sets of skills to be successful in creating lasting mutually beneficial friendships in the present - with powerful contacts. You can use social skills to create satisfying romantic relationships with a beautiful individual of the opposite gender. It is healthy to be part of a supportive peer network or to be part of a group of people that share similar life goals as you do. After all, the human being is a social animal. You have a lot to offer to the world, as does the world to you!

In an age where technology rules with an iron fist and attention spans are becoming shorter and shorter, it is becoming increasingly challenging for parents to not only keep their child’s attention but also to get them to listen. And it all starts with how we talk to them. Believe it or not, how you speak to your child determines whether they will listen to you or not. You are at war with outside influences on your child’s behaviors and reactions.

Raising Girls in Today’s Digital World: Positive Parenting Tips for Raising Strong Girls and Confident, Creative Daughters is a complete guide to bringing up female children in a constructive environment. Using valuable, affirming approaches to guidance and discipline, along with loving examples to bring techniques to life, Ekine-Ogunlana’s steadying hand helps you confront those unique gender challenges with self-assurance. And by giving them the best start in a world full of demands and expectations, you’ll bask in the blessing of watching them bloom and blossom.

If you drop dead today or tomorrow, they will grieve for you, apologize to you, mourn you, miss you, then replace you. I know that sounds harsh, but it’s true. I love my family with all my heart, and I know it would devastate them if I was ever gone from this earth. So, my thought process was to create a better and more fulfilling life for myself by using my resources and the main suspects who were contributing to the burnout I was experiencing.

>n Making Grateful Kids, two of the leading authorities on gratitude among young people, Jeffrey J. Froh and Giacomo Bono, introduce their latest and most compelling research, announce groundbreaking findings, and share real-life stories from adults and youth to show parents, teachers, mentors, and kids themselves how to achieve greater life satisfaction through gratitude.

Generation Zers have a reputation of being super-entitled, but this attitude is often created by parents who mow down every obstacle in their kid's path, never letting them fail or fall or screw things up. In How to Raise Perfectly Imperfect Kids and Be Ok with It, humorist, author, columnist, and parenting expert Lisa Sugarman takes her humanistic approach to parenting Gen Z kids and tells it like it is.

Picture it - it's 8:30 p.m. You close the door to your child's room just as you hear your partner closing the dishwasher, and now it's time for an hour or two of glorious freedom. What do you do? Read the book you've been waiting to crack open all day? Chat on the phone with a friend, glass of wine in hand, or go out with pals and share a whole bottle? Or, like many modern parents, do you get caught up in chores, busywork, and social media black holes?

The Ultimate Guide to Parenting Kids with Big Emotions is your essential resource for navigating the ups and downs of parenting children who feel deeply and react intensely. Whether your child struggles with anger, anxiety, or overwhelming sadness, this guide offers practical strategies and compassionate insights to help you connect with your child and support their emotional growth.

It is no secret that parenting is hard. Throw in poor anger management, and you have a powder keg ready to explode. The good news is, there are ways to manage your anger so that you parent in a calmer, more positive manner. And it all starts with examining your own childhood. Understand your anger so you can forgive yourself and be a happier, healthier parent to your children. It is possible to live a life free from ugly outbursts and vicious tantrums…for both you and your children.

Every parent wants his or her child to be happy and grow into a productive, fulfilled adult...and according to parenting expert Maureen Healy, the secret to that success is in providing a foundation of inner confidence. Parents and teachers know that confidence and inner strength are important attributes, but in an era where self-worth is often measured by possessions and attractiveness, most have no idea how to model true inner confidence for their kids or how to help them cultivate it.

"Don't Let Your Kids Drive You Nuts, Do This Instead" won’t promise all the answers or a Zen household, but will help you find pockets of peace and more laughs along the way. Self-care doesn’t have to be a distant dream while raising kids. This guide shows you how to fit it into any schedule. Forget unrealistic self-care regimens. These quick, actionable tips are easy to incorporate, even if it’s just during naptime or a bathroom break.

With thoughtful commentary, observation, and advice, illustrated with engaging and memorable anecdotes that are the hallmarks of John Miller’s previous books, Parenting the QBQ Way provides all moms and dads with the means and inspiration to be more effective parents - as well as teach their children how to practice their own brand of personal accountability - to create a happy, healthy family for a lifetime.

Long before he became manager of the St. Louis Cardinals and Kansas City Royals, Mike Matheny grasped the core values of what really mattered when it came to playing baseball. It wasn't attention from fans or the trophy at the end of a season that guided his morals, but the hard-won discipline, labor, and humility that he incorporated into every game he played. Now, in The Dad Coach, Matheny puts his philosophy into action and provides a step-by-step template for coaches and parents to develop solid fundamentals and a strong sense of character in their players.

When you can communicate effectively with your children, you unlock the secret to a deeper connection. Talking to children is an art, and it requires a different mindset than the one you apply when you’re talking to adults. Yet, the things you’re about to discover about talking to kids will help you in your adult interactions too.

Every parent will have to discipline a child at some stage. No matter how well behaved they are, they all have a moment when behavior lapses and falls below what is expected. In years gone by, it was the custom to use physical force to chastise children, but this has been shown to be ineffective and now parents look for other ways to deal with problems.