Popcak, Greg.
Summary: It's one of the most daunting propects parents face. Communicating the richness of Catholic teaching on sexuality in a faithful and effective way can be an overwhelming responsibility. But does it have to be so?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ascension Press 2012
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 241.66 POPMcCready, Amy.
Summary: "Cure your kids of the entitlement epidemic so they develop happier, more productive attitudes that will carry them into a successful adulthood. Whenever Amy McCready mentions the "entitlement epidemic" to a group of parents, she is inevitably met with eye rolls, nodding heads, and loaded comments about affected children. It seems everywhere one looks there are preschoolers who only behave in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 649 MCCMorgenstern, Julie
Summary: Morgenstern views parenting as the ultimate time-management challenge-- and shares concrete ways for you to structure and spend true quality time with your kids. Finding a healthy balance between raising a human and being a human often feels impossible, but you can learn to harness your own strengths and weaknesses. She shows readers how to separate parenting responsibilities into actionable,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 649 MOROster, Emily
Summary: "From the author of EXPECTING BETTER, an economist's guide to the early years of parenting With Expecting Better, award-winning economist Emily Oster spotted a need in the pregnancy market for advice that gave women the information they needed to make the best decision for their own pregnancies. By digging into the data, Oster found that much of the conventional pregnancy wisdom was wrong. In...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2019
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Summary: "Meg Meeker, M.D., acclaimed author of Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters, now turns to an equally powerful relationship in the family: the one between mother and son. From the moment a mother holds her newborn son, his eyes tell her that she is his world. But often, as he grows up, the boy who needs her simultaneously pushes her away. Calling upon thirty years of experience as a pediatrician,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.874 MEECopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult, Call number: 306.874 MEEShumaker, Heather
Summary: "When it comes to parenting, sometimes you have to trust your gut. With her first book, It's OK Not to Share, Heather Shumaker overturned all the conventional rules of parenting with her "renegade rules" for raising competent and compassionate kids. In It's Ok To Go Up the Slide, Shumaker takes on new hot-button issues with renegade rules such as: - Recess Is A Right - It's Ok Not To Kiss...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tarcher 2016
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 SHUEmery, Robert E.
Summary: "A paradigm-shifting model of parenting children in two homes from an internationally recognized expert. A researcher, therapist, and mediator, Robert Emery, Ph. D., details a new approach to sharing custody with children in two homes. Huge numbers of children are affected by separation, divorce, cohabitation breakups, and childbearing outside of marriage. These children have two homes. But...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.8 EMEFaber, Adele.
Summary: Faber and Mazlish use real-life situations to show how you can respect and respond to your child's feelings and satisfy your own needs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2012
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Summary: Counsels parents of school-aged children on how to overcome tendencies toward overprotectiveness to allow children to develop independence. --Publisher's description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 649 LAHCopies Available at Woodmere
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 649.7 Lahey 2015Lieber, Ron
Summary: "Lieber covers all the basics: the best ways to handle the tooth fairy, allowance, chores, charity, savings, birthdays, holidays, cell phones, splurging, clothing, cars, part-time jobs, and college tuition. But he also identifies a set of traits and virtues--like modesty, patience, generosity, and perspective--that parents hope their young adults will carry with them out into the world"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 649 LIECopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 LIECollins, Leigh Guillory
Summary: Parents get sick. Their lives change radically, and quickly. This book offers immediate, practical and experienced advice for adult family members and others responsible for the wellbeing of children when one parent has a serious illness. The authors are both clinical social workers with years of training and time spent with children and families in crisis. They establish a clear and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hohm Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 COLElrod, Hal
Summary: Develop a deep and satisfying relationship with your children, and become the amazing parent you were always meant to be!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hal Elrod International 2016
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Summary: For over thirty-five years, parents have turned to How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk for its respectful and effective solutions to the unending challenges of raising children. Now, in response to growing demand, Adele's daughter, Joanna Faber, along with Julie King, tailor How to Talk’s powerful communication skills to children ages two to seven. Faber and King,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 649 FABGinsburg, Kenneth R.
Summary: This book offers coping strategies for facing the combined elements of academic performance, high achievement standards, media messages, peer pressure, and family tension.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Academy of Pediatrics 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 GINKowal-Connelly, Suanne
Summary: "Puberty is tough on kids--and maybe even more so on parents! Parenting Through Puberty explains the physical and emotional changes you can expect to see in your child. Dr. Kowal-Connelly covers the nitty-gritty of adolescents' changing bodies, and, critically, addresses the emotional toll puberty can take, covering issues of moodiness, body image, and self-esteem. Dr. Kowal-Connelly's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Academy of Pediatrics 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 613 KOWCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 613.0433 KOWMcDowell, Josh
Summary: "Directed to parents and gatekeepers of today's youth, renowned speaker and author Josh McDowell focuses on the how-to's of teaching teens and pre-teens to make right moral choices...why today's kids feel they have the right to determine what is "right" or "wrong" for themselves; how culture reinforces that there are no universal truths and where this misconception historically originated; how...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shiloh Run Press, an imprint of Barbour Publishing, Inc. 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 248 MCDRobinson, Chris
Summary: Healing Child Trauma Through Restorative Parenting details how children can be helped to recover with the use of Restorative Parenting, an innovative model informed by psychological and neurological understanding of trauma and its effects. It explains the critical role that people, relationships and the environment play in a child's recovery. It shows what constitutes a therapeutic environment,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2016
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Summary: Shumaker continues to overturn conventional parenting rules in this sequel to It's OK Not to Share. -- Heather Shumaker has sparked much discussion with her 'renegade rules for raising competent and compassionate kids.' In this follow-up book, she takes on new hot-button issues like banning homework, technology use, and skipping kindergarten. She helps parents help their kids develop important...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 649 SHUSiegel, Daniel J.
Summary: "The authors of the Los Angeles Times bestselling The Whole-Brain Child team up again to offer parents of children aged 2-13 a practical roadmap to effective, productive, and more peaceful discipline, highlighting the fascinating and important connectionbetween the way a parent reacts to misbehavior and a child's neurological development"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam 2014
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 649.1 SIEVishton, Peter M.
Summary: This course taught by renowned psychology professor and child development expert explores some scientifically proved techniques for raising healthy, happy, and intelligent children, includes topics such as the link between sleep and cognitive development, ways to help your child with homework, and how to encourage pro-social behavior.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.1 SCICall number: DVD 649.1 SCI
Alexander, Jessica Joelle
Summary: What makes Denmark the happiest country in the world - and what are the secrets of Danish parents for raising happy, confident, successful kids, year after year? This upbeat and practical guide brings together the insights of a licensed psychotherapist and a mum on the habits of the happiest families on Earth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Piatkus 2016
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Summary: "A practical manual for parents who are transitioning from being a couple with children to being co-parents. This guide helps those parents navigate difficult emotional terrain, create boundaries, and establish guidelines so that together they can be the parents their children deserve."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sasquatch Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 BONBush, Nikki.
Summary: Are you a parent looking to make sense of a daunting digital world, with new technical challenges appearing daily?. Feel you're not keeping up with the demands of technology?. Feel you're not keeping up with your children's use of social media?. Worried it's getting harder to keep your children safe in the digital world?. Tech-Savvy Parenting brings together the experience, research,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bookstorm 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 BUSCopeland, Cynthia L
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Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Publishing 2003