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When You Are About To Go Off The Deep End, Don’t Take Your Kids With You

By Kelly Nault, MA, Counseling Psychology

Kelly advocates supporting Moms to reach their highest fulfillment in life in order to raise the next generation to be responsible, caring and happy.

What One Mom Said About This Book

“Parenting can be overwhelming… The playfulness and quick insights in this book make implementing new behaviors (mine) a piece of cake. And what a pleasure it is to now share that "cake" with my happy and centered children.”

- Leslie Lemberg, San Diego, CA, “Ultimate Mom” of Kate 7 and Jon 4

Dramatically decrease chaos and frustration in your household with time-tested, child-proofed, and fun tools that work!

 

Who's in charge Anyway?: How Parents Can Teach Children to Do the Right Thing

By Kathy Lynn, CCFC

This is an inspirational resource for parents of children from toddlers to teenagers written in a readable, jargon-free style. Debunking faddish notions of parenting (quality time, anyone?), it delivers practical advice, real-life examples, and creative solutions to many dilemmas. Question-and-Answer sections highlight the key issues of each chapter with questions posed by callers to Kathy’s Parenting Today radio show and participants in her workshops. Who’s in Charge Anyway? empowers parents to create a bigger world, long before they have to face it.

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But Nobody Told Me I'd Ever Have to Leave Home: From Toddlers to Teens: How Parents Can Raise Children to Become Capable Adults

By Kathy Lynn, CCFC

From a baby’s first independent breath to the day they leave home, they are developing capacity to become capable adults. Your job is to help them develop the skills they need as they grow and develop. In this book you will learn:

• When a child starts to become independent.
• The connection between toddler play and becoming capable.
• The importance of risk-taking in child development.
• That kids need to be allowed to play outside and to walk to school. The streets are safer than you think.
• Why parents need to look after their children first.
• What your children need to know before they leave home.

This book will be of interest to all parents. Whether your child is a baby or a teen, you have an important role to play in helping him grow up to be a capable adult.

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Parents Under Siege: Why You Are the Solutions, Not the Problem, in Your Child's Life

By James Garbarino, Ph.D.

Review from Amazon.com's Best of 2001

Whether it's shocking TV coverage of a violent teen's lethal rampage or an encounter with a screaming toddler at the supermarket, most onlookers naturally wonder, "What kind of parents raised this kid?" Parents Under Siege politely volleys that question right back over the net with a community-wide call for compassion and accountability. In bold defense of the accused, child psychologist James Garbarino and child advocate Claire Bedard declare that parents are responsible--but not to blame--for the actions and behaviors of their offspring. They demonstrate that the road to empowered parenting begins with a critical look at each child's temperament and surrounding social environment. Garbarino and Bedard equip readers for this important task with a "conceptual toolbox": 10 fundamental strategies to...

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Boy Smarts – Mentoring Boys for Success at School

By Barry MacDonald, R.C.C.

Boy Smarts offers 100 guidelines for parents and teachers to help boys be successful at school and life – a manual for kick-starting their ingenuity. Barry MacDonald was identified as one of 25 People to Watch in 2005 by the Vancouver Sun for his innovative approaches to mentoring boys. His book was also featured on the front page of the Vancouver Sun newspaper on February 25, 2006.

Available at www.mentoringboys.com

 

Raising Kids Without Raising Cane

By Gary Direnfeld, MSW, RSW

Available on Gary's website for free instant pdf download or as a hard copy for $15.00 (incl. S/H)

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Authentic Happiness : Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment

By Martin Seligman

In this national bestseller -- Martin Seligman's most stimulating, persuasive book to date -- the acclaimed author of Learned Optimism introduces yet another revolutionary idea... Seligman provides the tools you need in order to ascertain your most positive traits or strengths. Then he explains how, by frequently calling upon these "signature strengths" in all the crucial realms of life -- health, relationships, career -- you will not only develop natural buffers against misfortune and negative emotion [resiliency], but also achieve new and sustainable levels of authentic contentment, gratification, and meaning.

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Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More than Peers

by Gordon Neufeld and Gabor Maté

"With the benefit of 30 years of research and experience, Neufeld has crafted a coherent, compelling theory of child development that will cause an immediate frisson of recognition and acceptance in its readers. His approach has the power to change, if not save, the lives of our children."
—National Post

"The authors present doable strategies to help parents help their kids. If their advice is taken to heart, there’s hope there will be more warmth and security all round."
—The Georgia Straight