Parenting and Families
206 Articles & Excerpts
Discovering the Key to the Sense Types, Part 1
Child Sense: From Birth to Age 5, How to Use the 5 Senses to Make Sleeping, Eating, Dressing, and Other Everyday Activities Easier While Strengthening Your Bond With Child by Priscilla J. Dunstan During the months of pregnancy, many of us fantasized about the bond we would soon have with our child. We imagined cooing to each other, holding each other close in a bubble of mutual wonder, fascination, and intimacy.
American Woman's Home by Catharine Beecher, Harriet Beecher Stowe It is the aim of this volume to elevate both the honor and the remuneration of all employments that sustain the many difficult and varied duties of the family state and therefore to render each department of woman's profession as much desired and respecte
Quit Your Worrying! by George Wharton James A worrying parent is at once an exasperating and a pathetic figure. She - for it is generally the mother - is so undeniably influenced by her love that one can sympathize with her anxiety, yet the confidant of her child, or the unconcerned observer
Gentle Measures in the Management and Training of the Young by Jacob Abbott It is not impossible that in the minds of some persons the idea of employing gentle measures in the management and training of children may seem to imply the abandonment of the principle of authority, as the basis of the parental government
The Family and it's Members by Anna Garlin Spencer This book is based upon three theses - namely, first, that the monogamic, private, family is a priceless inheritance from the past and should be preserved; second, that in order to preserve it many of its inherited customs and mechanisms must be modified
The American Child by Elizabeth McCracken One day several years ago, when Mr. Lowes Dickinson's statement that he had found no conversation and - worse still - no conversationalists in America was fresh in our outraged minds, I happened to meet an English woman who had spent approximately
Parent and Child, Volume III by Mosiah Hall Home-making and the rearing of children is the fundamental business of this world. To make a success of this business we must understand it. The loving hearts of many parents are suffering for a multitude of mistakes that loving intelligence might have
Treatise on Parents and Children
by George Bernard Shaw Childhood is a stage in the process of that continual remanufacture of the Life Stuff by which the human race is perpetuated. The Life Force either will not or cannot achieve immortality except in very low organisms: indeed it is by no means ascertained
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects
by Mary Wollstonecraft There seems to be an indolent propensity in man to make prescription always take place of reason, and to place every duty on an arbitrary foundation. The rights of kings are deduced in a direct line from the King of kings; and that of parents
Introduction
The Best Old Movies for Families: A Guide to Watching Together by Ty Burr If a child can watch Barney, can't that same child also enjoy watching Charlie Chaplin or the Marx Brothers? And as they get older, wouldn't they grow to like screwball comedies (His Girl Friday), women's weepies (Imitation of Life), and westerns
Successful Parenting: Guidance Based on Research by National Institute of Health Being a parent is an adventure. It's one of the most fulfilling and rewarding experiences in life - and one of the toughest. Even the most conscientious parent can feel overwhelmed when faced with unexpected challenges.
What Is Goddess Tradition?
Circle Round: Raising Children in Goddess Traditions by Starhawk Goddess tradition embraces the wheel of life, the never-ending cycle of birth, growth, love, fulfillment, and death. Each turn of the wheel is presented here, in eight holidays spanning the changing seasons, in rites of passage for life transitions
November 1978
Lily's Ghost by Cheryl Drake Harris As a doctor in Vietnam, Lily survived unimaginable terror and loss. Now, safely ensconced in a close-knit Maine town and a seemingly comfortable marriage, she no longer needs to be afraid, but she is: afraid of light, afraid of sudden sounds
Solving the Puzzle of Picky Eating
Just Two More Bites!: Helping Picky Eaters Say Yes to Food by Linda Piette, MS, RD, How often do you find yourself begging or bribing your child to eat? Every parent experiences the frustration of picky eating, but how do you know if it's just a passing phase-or cause for concern?
Postcards to Myself
Only Child: Writers on the Singular Joys and Solitary Sorrows of Growing Up Solo by Daphne Uviller, Deborah Siegel Only children don't have to share bedrooms, toys, or the backseat of a car. They don't have to share allowances, inheritances, or their parents' attention. But when they get into trouble, they can't just blame their imaginary friends.
The Importance of Planning
What Your Lawyer May Not Tell You About Your Family's Will: A Guide to Preventing the Common Pitfalls That Can Lead to Family Fights by Kaja Whitehouse What kind of legacy will your family inherit? Financial security and loving memories? Or years of bitter struggle over money and possessions? It all depends on your last will and testament.
Can Your Children Drive You To Drink?: Stress and Parenting in Adults Interacting With Children With ADHD by National Institute of Health Several publications in the psychological literature support the theory that children are a major source of stress for their parents. Not surprisingly, parents of children with behavior problems - particularly children with attention deficit hyperactivity
Adventures in Parenting: Birth to Age 14 by National Institute of Health Have you heard the latest advice about parenting? Of course you have. From experts to other parents, people are always ready to give you parenting advice. Parenting tips, parents' survival guides, dos, don'ts, shoulds, and shouldn'ts - new ones come out
Helping Children Cope with Crisis: A Guide for African American Parents by National Institute of Health Parents have an important impact on children's response to crisis.Your reactions will guide your child's response. If you are hopeful, look for solutions and take positive steps in response to a crisis or traumatic event - your child will benefit
Anxiety of Leaving in the Morning by Jeremy G. Schneider, MFT 'Get up? Get up.' I know that voice. It is not the first time it has woken me up. Sadly, it won't be the last, I am sure. 'Get up?!' my son says again. 'Momeeee,' my daughter chimes in. 'Daddeeeeee,' they both start to whine in unison.
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