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How to Raise Kind Kids: And Get Respect, Gratitude, and a Happier Family in the Bargain
Thomas Lickona · Penguin Books
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
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Can you teach your child to be kind? This vital question is taking on a new urgency as our culture grows ever more abrasive and divided.We all want our kids to be kind. But recognizing that abstractly is not the same as knowing what to do when your son tunes you out or you catch your daughter... |
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Fine Motor Skills for Children with Down Syndrome: A Guide for Parents and Professionals
Maryanne Bruni · Woodbine House
Pages: 290
Format: Print book
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The popular book, Fine Motor Skills for Children with Down Syndrome is now available in a completely revised third edition. The author, an occupational therapist and parent of an adult with Down syndrome, describes how the characteristics of Down syndrome can impact the acquisition and progression... |
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Youth Cultures in America
Cindy Dell Clark · Greenwood Press 2015.
Pages: 821
Format: Print book
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Although issues of youth culture are frequently cited in classrooms and public forums, most encyclopedias of childhood and youth are devoted to history, human development, and society. A limitation on the reference bookshelf is the restriction of youth to pre-adolescence, although issues... |
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A Bittersweet Season: Caring for Our Aging Parents--and Ourselves
Jane Gross · Vintage Books
Pages: 434
Format: Paperback
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When Jane Gross found herself suddenly thrust into a caretaker role for her eighty-five year-old mother, she was forced to face challenges that she had never imagined. As she and her younger brother struggled to move her mother into an assisted living facility, deal with seemingly never-ending... |
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The Warner Boys: Our Family's Story of Autism and Hope
Curt Warner · Little A
Format: Hardcover
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An emotional, revealing memoir of one family's life in seclusion - and the love, strength, and faith it took to save it.Seahawks star running back Curt Warner and his wife, Ana, were prominent figures in Seattle in the early 1990s. When they dropped from the public eye after Curt's retirement,... |
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Differently Wired: Raising an Exceptional Child in a Conventional World
DEBORAH REBER · Workman Publishing Company
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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Today millions of kids are stuck in a world that doesn't respect, support, or embrace who they really are - these are what Deborah Reber is calling the "differently wired" kids, the one in five children with ADHD, dyslexia, Asperger's, giftedness, anxiety, sensory processing... |
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How To Raise An Amazing Child the Montessori Way, 2nd Edition
TIM SELDIN · DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
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"A practical parenting program to help build a calm and happy home life with your child, from birth through age six. This guide is based on Montessori school methods and packed with creative activities to help children discover more about their world as well as foster independence,... |
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Redefining Aging: A Caregiver's Guide to Living Your Best Life
Ann Kaiser Stearns · Johns Hopkins University Press
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
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Caring for an elderly family member can be overwhelming. But fulfilling life experiences are still possible for both caregivers and their loved ones, despite the stress and fatigue of caregiving. Even an elderly spouse, parent, or other family member who is significantly impaired or increasingly... |
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What to Expect When You're Expecting
Heidi Eisenberg Murkoff · Workman Publishing
Pages: 672
Format: Print book
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A completely revised and updated edition of America's pregnancy bible, the longest-running New York Times bestseller ever. With 18.5 million copies in print, What to Expect When You're Expecting is read by 93% of women who read a pregnancy book and was named one of the "Most... |
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Complete IEP Guide, The: How to Advocate for Your Special Ed Child
Lawrence M Siegel · NOLO
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback
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Put the law on your child's side Federal law guarantees every child a free, appropriate education, and the goal of the Individualized Education Program (IEP) is to assure that every child with special needs receives what the law promises. But if you have a special ed child, you know... |
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Southern Lady Code: Essays
Helen Ellis · Doubleday
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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"I loved it." - Ann Patchett The bestselling author of American Housewife ("Dark, deadpan and truly inventive." --The New York Times Book Review) is back with a fiercely funny collection of essays on marriage and manners, thank-you notes and three-ways, ghosts,... |
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Why Don't You Write My Eulogy Now So I Can Correct It?: A Mother's Suggestions
Patricia Marx · Celadon Books
Pages: 112
Format: Hardcover
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The perfect Mother's Day gift: A collection of witty one-line advice New Yorker writer Patricia Marx heard from her mother, accompanied by full-color illustrations by New Yorker staff cartoonist Roz Chast.Every mother knows best, but New Yorker writer Patty Marx's knows better. Patty has never... |
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