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Raising moral, responsible, and successful teenagers with a good sense of civic responsibility in the modern world is not a walk in the bag. Perhaps your kid is now getting moodier, breaking rules, immense into social media, raising their voice when you confront them, or have started exploring romantic relationships, and you are getting worried. Effective teen parenting is key. Now, you have an alternative to shouting, ineffective punishments, and micromanaging your teenagers—Parenting Teens.

How do we build strong families in a world that threatens to tear the very fabric of the family apart? This guide provides parents with a 3-step program to improve family communication and give children a sense of consistency and security. These simple steps are: a family legal system, a family economy, and family traditions. The plan allows parents significant opportunities to praise and reward their children, while promoting open communication. Linda and Richard Eyre, authors of the No. 1 national best seller Teaching Your Children Values, have 9 children of their own.

It's time to definitely do away with diapers for good. But what approach to use? No Drama - Potty Training is here to help you facilitate this vital transition for your child and for you. You can customize this practical training program to go to the bathroom with this step-by-step guide to successful potty training. In this audiobook, you will learn a variety of techniques designed to be effective regardless of your child's age or personality. Find out how to customize your approach based on your behavior and attitude during the potty training process.

Stai cercando un metodo pratico e collaudato per educare il tuo bambino in armonia con la sua sensibilità? Hai sentito parlare del metodo Montessori e ora cerchi una guida che insegni come applicarlo in totale sicurezza? Oggi lo stress fa parte della vita degli adulti e, purtroppo, è presente anche in quella di molti bambini. Il ritmo della vita è aumentato notevolmente negli ultimi anni. Mentre gli adulti devono imparare a gestire questa condizione, insegnare ai bambini a gestire le loro emozioni è ancora più critico.

Finally a book written just for blended families by blended families. In Life in a Blender, May Simpson guides listeners to achieving harmony in the home, so that each family member feels loved, respected, and free to be themselves.

Do you have a great kid who doesn’t seem to have the motivation or desire to grow up and start adulting? Maybe they don’t have the desire to leave the house, get a job, or go to college or the military. They just don’t know what they want to do, and this ‘adulting’ phase is near.

Parenting is a wonderfully fulfilling journey that comes with its own set of challenges. For one, have you ever reached that point when you felt like you’re already at the end of your rope? If so, then you should know that you aren’t alone. This is a common situation stressed parents experience when they are faced with difficult situations. Much as we want to avoid stress altogether, this isn’t possible because stress is a part of all our lives.

Is your child struggling with schoolwork, friendships, or home life? Are you concerned about their ability to succeed? As a licensed clinical psychologist and psychiatric nurse practitioner, Dr. Angie Rumaldo has helped adolescents make huge advancements in their lives. Now, she's here to shed new light on your own child's challenges and how to overcome them.

No hay nada peor que enfrentarse a algo a ciegas y sin saber qué esperar, y criar a un hijo no es diferente. La ansiedad, la tensión y la duda pueden ser abrumadoras, pero cuando tienes la información a tu alcance, estarás más relajado y preparado para manejar las diferentes etapas y fases con aplomo.Afortunadamente, esta guía cubre todos los aspectos del desarrollo infantil, desde los hitos y el temperamento hasta el crecimiento emocional, físico y mental, y todo lo demás - ¡di adiós a ser sorprendido desprevenido!

Are you considering remarrying but feeling a mix of excitement and worry? Concerned about blending families or repeating past mistakes? Comprehensive Guide to Remarriage Success offers essential advice, proven strategies, and real-life insights to help you navigate the complexities of remarriage and build a strong, joyful partnership.

If you’re feeling hopeless and running out of patience in dealing with your highly explosive ADHD child, this powerful positive parenting guide is for you! ADHD is one of the most common mental disorders affecting children. And this gets parents frustrated because ADHD kids are often misunderstood by many. These kids are often perceived as having bad attitudes, defiant, or just plain out of control. When your child is struggling to self-regulate, it’s easy to get pulled into power struggles and negative interactions that only make the situation worse.

After all the testing and touring and applying, your child has been accepted to college. Congratulations! Now what? Distilling lessons and sharing stories (some cautionary, some entertaining, all helpful) from her long college advisory career, three-time Ivy League Dean Monique Rinere presents a unique month-by-month road map to a college experience that is rich, rewarding, and successful for teens and parents alike.

Are you living a life based on who you really are or one built on outdated messages from your past? Is your past negatively influencing your present and potentially derailing your future? What if you could shift your perspective from limiting to liberating?

In this informative and entertaining book, Dr. John E. Whitcomb shares his proven strategies for teaching teenagers to manage their own money. By empowering teens to control their own finances, parents can avoid ever getting involved in another argument about expenses. Based on the author’s experiences as a youth in boarding school, this approach is sure to help teens learn the important money-management skills they aren’t taught elsewhere.

Discover how you can become a super dad and support your partner through pregnancy, childbirth, and beyond! Do you have a baby on the way, and you’re at your wits' end? Are you struggling to cope with the idea of becoming a dad? Or do you need a practical, first-time dad pregnancy book to help you navigate this challenging time and support your partner through every step of her pregnancy? Then this book is for you!

You could be the proud parent of the next big child star. Naturally, you’d want to support their dreams and help them put their acting prowess to work. But first, a reality check: Even if your kid has plenty of talent, finding success in the entertainment industry can be quite challenging.

If you are wondering whether or not you're giving your baby enough stimulation and you're looking for better ways to support their growth and development, this is the guide for you! Your little lump of joy leaves you feeling fulfilled and happy, don’t they? Their adorable little hands grasping your thumb, their eyes opening and closing gently. When they coo and babble, you're over the moon! But there are also times when your little one makes you worry and feel insecure.

Communication is the most important aspect of our daily lives, yet most of us are not very good at it, and it takes a back seat in academic study. We learn history, science, and math, and we learn to memorize the spelling of words and their meanings as well as how to put them together in sentences through proper punctuation. However, we receive little instruction on how to use those words and sentences to express adequately our ideas, create consensus, resolve conflicts, and improve our alliances.

Do your kids ever drag their feet before doing homework or chores? Do you ever waste time arguing or dealing with bad attitudes? The 5-Star Approach to Parenting is the easiest way to save time and energy. Just three simple steps to apply in any situation. Since using this approach, my kids and their friends began having five-star experiences every day. They were literally smiling and laughing their way through spelling tests, chores, eating vegetables, and even cleaning up dog poop. And the fun has continued ever since.

Take hope! Emotions are not the enemy. They can serve you and your child as a teacher. Let them inform you but not rule you. Let those emotions be a source to guide you, not simply a hurdle to cross so everyone can move forward with their lives. Allow them to show what is important to you and your child: joys, sorrows, fears, values, and even the very heart of who you are and the dreams of who you hope to be. David Vick–a grandfather, educator, and therapist–shares stories and encouragements to help you understand and harness emotions so your relationship can thrive.