Many adults lack the necessary skills for parenting their children. Here is a reassuring guide that can help every parent gain those skills--and the confidence--to parent effectively. Illustrations.
Now, in Growing Yourself Back Up, the first book to explain the idea of emotional regression to the general reader, bestselling author John Lee identifies the circumstances that cause these seemingly uncontrollable feelings and shows how ...
This book will appeal to parents who have felt frustrated, helpless, or angry when traditional parenting tools didn't work.
In hunting cultures boys used sticks as spears in their play. In warrior cultures the stick was a sword. But getting a new stick did not involve a trip to the toy store, and the sticks were probably not piled up in the boys' bedrooms or ...
Though the book is written specifically for young people negotiating growing up, parents, caregivers and teachers will also find it very helpful in providing information and context for further discussion.
In How Much is Enough?, best-selling parenting and family experts Clarke, Dawson, and Bredehoft offer an in-depth look at how damaging overindulgence is to children, affecting their ability to learn many of the important life skills they ...
A post-World War II memoir of a childhood in working-class Pittsburgh "Alongside August Wilson and John Edgar Wideman, Richard Peterson is among the most evocative chroniclers of Pittsburgh, their colorful...
Growing Up X is destined to become a classic.” –SPIKE LEE February 21, 1965: Malcolm X is assassinated in Harlem’s Audubon Ballroom.
Serving as a source of parental support, this book provides a range of imaginative and effective suggestions for dealing with each family member in ways that nourish self-esteem for all involved.
" -- Frank M. Young, Award-winning author, artist and musician"This story made me want to call everyone I love and somehow make them understand what this book made me understand: that our relationships of love transcend everything else.
Honest talk and great advice to help you deal with every major issue relevant to growing up today . . .Friends - the ones you have, or wish you had,...