Parenting and Families

Adolescents in Cyberspace
by John Suler, Ph.D.
What draws adolescents to the world of the internet? What are the benefits and dangers of their exploring this new realm that may very well become a cornerstone of the new millennium into which they will grow as adults? What Makes Adolescents Tick.

Being Accepted for Who You Are - The Key to Real Self-esteem
Nurture by Nature : Understand Your Child's Personality Type - And Become a Better Parent
by Paul D. Tieger, Barbara Barron-Tieger
Talking about self-esteem in the current political climate is difficult. These days, the term has come to be associated with social programs or attitudes that try to make excuses for poor or even outrageous behavior and then blame that behavior on

Loving Our Children
by Paul Mauchline
We all have childhood experiences, routines, and examples of love given to us by our parents. Whether they are positive or negative in nature, these messages have a significant influence on our daily lives. Whether we follow our parents' examples or rebel

Emergencies
Your Child's Health : The Parents' One-Stop Reference Guide to: Symptoms, Emergencies, Common Illnesses, Behavior Problems, and Healthy Development
by Barton D. Schmitt, M.D., FAAP
Emergencies: when to call your child's physician immediately, what to do in case of burns, bites, stings, poisoning, choking, and injuries. Common Illnesses: when it's safe to treat your child at home, step-by-step instructions on dealing with fever

Parent-Child Conversations
Between Parent and Child: The Bestselling Classic That Revolutionized Parent-Child Communication
by Dr. Haim G. Ginott, Dr. Alice Ginott, Dr. H. Wallace Goddard
Children's Questions: The Hidden Meanings. Conversing with children is a unique art with rules and meanings of its own. Children are rarely naive in their communications. Their messages are often in a code that requires deciphering.

Why Children Need To Know the Unwritten Rules
The Unwritten Rules of Friendship: Simple Strategies to Help Your Child Make Friends
by Natalie Madorsky Elman, Ph.D., Eileen Kennedy-Moore, Ph.D.
The key factor that determines how smoothly children (and adults) get along with others is whether or not they understand and can follow the Unwritten Rules that guide social relationships. Some children pick up these rules automatically

Inequality Starts At Home
The Pecking Order: A Bold New Look at How Family and Society Determine Who We Become
by Dalton Conley
Let me start with a story. Once upon a time a future president was born. William Jefferson Blythe IV entered the world one month premature but at a healthy six pounds and eight ounces. At twenty-three, his mother, Virginia, was young by today's standards

Simple Strategies Every Child Needs to Know
The Unwritten Rules of Friendship: Simple Strategies to Help Your Child Make Friends
by Natalie Madorsky Elman, Ph.D., Eileen Kennedy-Moore, Ph.D.
It's happening again. Your child runs into the house and cries, Mommy, nobody wants to play with me, All the kids are picking on me. Nobody likes me. Remarks like these break a parent's heart. You see how crushed your child feels.

Getting a View from the Ferris Wheel
The Rollercoaster Years
by Charlene C. Giannetti, Margaret Sagarese
Parenting a child from ages ten through fifteen is truly challenging. Like the view from a Ferris Wheel, the highs are exhilarating; but looking down can be flip-flop stomach scary. It is the best of times and the worst of times.

My Belly Button and the Territory Around It

During adolescence, if a girl isn't careful, she can fall into a trap called the Girl Box-a place where the way she looks is more important than who she is, where having a boyfriend is worth giving up a piece of her identity.

Chapter 1
Keeping Katherine : A Mother's Journey to Acceptance
by Susan Zimmermann
Our stories shape us. They give us our songs and our silence. When they are full of joy, they allow us to soar. When they are full of pain, they allow us to journey into the darkness of our souls where we meet ourselves, sometimes for the first time.

Beginning the Journey
When a Parent is Depressed: How to Protect Your Children from the Effects of Depression in the Family
by William R. Beardslee, M.D.
Breaking the silence as a family represents a commitment to doing things differently. In this chapter, I want to share with you the pathway to better family health we most often observe, and which we recommend.

What's Success?
The Successful Child: What Parents Can Do to Help Kids Turn Out Well
by Martha Sears, R. N., William Sears, M. D., Elizabeth Pantley
THE FIRST OF OUR EIGHT CHILDREN was born thirty-four years ago, about the time I began pediatric training. As new parents, we wanted to do everything we could to help our child become a success in life, but we weren't sure what was most important.

Becoming the Encourager
The Encouraging Parent: How to Stop Yelling at Your Kids and Start Teaching Them Confidence, Self-Discipline, and Joy
by Rod Wallace Kennedy, Ph.D.
Welcome to The Encouraging Parent-a book designed to encourage parents in every kind of family. I want to help you become better parents. And I'm in a position to help because my five children have reached the state of blessedness-they're grown and gone.

The Twenty-four-Karat Golden Rule
Emotionally Intelligent Parenting: How to Raise a Self-Disciplined, Responsible, Socially Skilled Child
by Maurice J. Elias Ph.D., Steven E. Tobias, Psy.D., Brian S. Friedlander, Ph.D.
Do you know the Golden Rule? Most people do. Usually, it is quoted, "Do unto others as you would have others do unto you." We call this "the Fourteen-Karat Golden Rule." Why? Because there is a better one, one that reflects what we

Values and Goals
How to Be a Jewish Parent: A Practical Handbook for Family Life
by Anita Diamant, Karen Kushner
Jewish parents celebrate the birth of children with delight, with food, and with an ancient promise called brit - covenant. Brit is the way Jews conceive of their relationship with God: it is a contract renewed in every generation when parents gather

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A Daughter is a Gift
by Joanne Davis
Imagine, if you can, a tiny girl dressed in a pair of pink cotton pajamas who is getting ready to go to bed. Maybe she's a mommy girl who bathes her baby dolls in a little plastic tub before tucking each one into its cradle at night.

Needed! A Kidz Connection

Before becoming a hynotherapist, I was an elementary teacher and school counselor. became a counselor because it was important to me to connect with kids at another level. Knowing that one of the most important factors to influence school success is

The Phenomenon of Peer Orientation
Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers
by Gordon Neufeld, Ph.D., Gabor Maté, M.D.
Something has changed. We can sense it, can feel it, just not find the words for it. Children are not quite the same as we remember being. They seem less likely to take their cues from adults, less inclined to please those in charge, less afraid

Chapter 1
The 7 Worst Things (Good) Parents Do
by John Friel, Ph.D., Linda Friel
Psychologists John and Linda Friel have written an enormously readable and infinitely practical book that explores some of the worst mistakes we can make as parents, and guides us through examples and ideas on how change can be effected immediately.