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81) Is that me yelling?: a parent's guide to getting your kids to cooperate without losing your cool
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"When children refuse to do even little things--like picking up their toys or getting in the car to go to school--it's easy for parents to become frustrated. But what if there was a gentle, effective way for parents to improve their kids' behavior, without losing their cool or raising their voice? In Is That Me Yelling? a registered nurse and child temperament specialist shows parents how to effectively communicate with their kids by focusing on their...
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"Practical and compassionate strategies to help your child with autism thrive. Get the guidance you need to meet the challenges of raising an exceptional child, Parenting a Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder offers several approaches to help you effectively manage everyday situations. Cut down on stress with practical advice drawn from clinical knowledge. Whether building a personal support network, creating safe environments, or navigating your...
83) The 3 Ms of fearless digital parenting: proven tools to help you raise smart and savvy online kids
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English
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Do you feel overwhelmed with technology in your home? Do headlines about this app or that website make you feel anxious and undecided as a parent? Do you get advice from many experts--but still feel unclear on what to do? This book unpacks the "3 Ms" of parenting in the digital age, a proven approach used with thousands of parents through the work of Digital Respons-Ability and its founder, Carrie Rogers-Whitehead. When Carrie first started working...
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"The story of a family in transition, this is a raw, honest, sometimes humorous account of author Brookes's journey as her young child grapples with gender identity and becomes her authentic self. Brookes has longed to become a mother for as long as she can remember, and she harbors a fierce determination to parent her children differently--better--than her own mentally ill mom parented her. To create a 'normal' family. And when she gives birth to...
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"Already best-selling authors with How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk, Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish turned their minds to the battle of the siblings. Parents themselves, they were determined to figure out how to help their children get along. The result was Siblings Without Rivalry. This wise, groundbreaking book gives parents the practical tools they need to cope with conflict, encourage cooperation, reduce competition,...
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2012
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English
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"The secret behind France's astonishingly well-behaved children. When American journalist Pamela Druckerman has a baby in Paris, she doesn't aspire to become a "French parent." French parenting isn't a known thing, like French fashion or French cheese. Even French parents themselves insist they aren't doing anything special. Yet, the French children Druckerman knows sleep through the night at two or three months old while those of her American friends...
87) Boys To Men?
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
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1 online resource (1 video file, 150 min.)
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English
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In this moving follow-up to the critically-acclaimed Hoop Dreams, award-winning filmmaker Frederick Marx continues his exploration of the lives of ordinary young men and the extraordinary challenges they face. Boys to Men? - the second in a proposed trilogy about masculinity in America - trains its focus on the pressures and expectations faced by a diverse group of young urban males. This program consists of four films. Are You Listening? features...
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Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2011]
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Widescreen.
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1 DVD (115 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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"Holly (Katherine Heigl) is an up-and-coming caterer and Messer (Josh Duhamel) is a promising network sports director. After a disastrous first date, all they have in common is their dislike for each other and their love for their goddaughter Sophie. But when they suddenly become all Sophie has in this world, Holly and Messer must set their differences aside. Juggling career ambitions and competing social calendars, they'll have to find common ground...
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"In virtually every way that can be measured, Gen Z's mental health is worse than that of previous generations. Youth suicide rates are climbing, antidepressant prescriptions for children are common, and the proliferation of mental health diagnoses has not helped the staggering number of kids who are lonely, lost, sad, and fearful of growing up. What's gone wrong with America's youth? In Bad Therapy, ... Shrier argues that the problem isn't the kids--it's...
91) The Kazdin method for parenting the defiant child: with no pills, no therapy, no contest of wills
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Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2008
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x, 288 p. ; 24 cm. + 1 DVD (4 3/4 in.)
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English
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Boys Town Press
Pub. Date
c2010
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1 DVD (1 hr., 40 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Learn through humor and science the ten truths about how to raise well-behaved children from child psychologist Dr. Pat Friman. Includes techniques on best to discipline children while still remaining calm.
97) Mealtime
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Free Spirit Pub
Pub. Date
2011
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1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 18 cm.
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English
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Simple text and illustrations explain how to behave during mealtime.
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Perigee Book
Pub. Date
2012
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xxvii, 274 p. ; 21 cm.
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English
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Offers practical, easy-to-apply ideas to help parents regulate themselves and their own emotions in order to foster a better connection with their children to help them learn emotional intelligence, empathy, and responsibility.
100) The wonder of boys: what parents, mentors and educators can do to shape boys into exceptional men
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Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
c1996
Physical Desc
xxii, 294 p. ; 24 cm.
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English
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