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• Summerhill: A Radical Approach to Child Rearingalexander neill

  

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  Summerhill: A Radical Approach to Child Rearing

  by alexander neill

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  The Happiest Baby on the Block: The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Newborn Baby Sleep Longer

  by Harvey Karp

  In perhaps the most important parenting book of the decade, Dr. Harvey Karp reveals an extraordinary treasure sought by parents for centuries—an automatic “off-switch” for their baby’s crying. No wonder pediatricians across the country are praising him and thousands of Los Angeles parents, from working moms to superstars like Madonna and Pierce Brosnan, have turned to him to learn the secrets for making babies... (more)
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  Bringing Up Boys

  by James C. Dobson

  Sensible advice and caring encouragement on raising boys from the nation's most trusted parenting expert, Dr.James Dobson. With so much confusion about the role of men in our society, it's no wonder so many parents and teachers are at a loss about how to bring up boys. Our culture has vilified masculinity and, as a result, boys are suffering. Parents, teachers, and others involved in shaping the character of boys... (more)
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  How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk

  by Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish

  You Can Stop Fighting With Your Children Here is the bestselling book that will give you the know-how you need to be more effective with your children--and more supportive of yourself. Enthusiastically praised by parents and professionals around the world, the down-to-earth, respectful approach of Faber and Mazlish makes relationships with children of all ages less stressful and more rewarding. Now, in this... (more)
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  The New Strong-Willed Child: Birth Through Adolescence

  by Dr. Dobson, James, James C. Dobson

  2005 Gold Medallion Award finalist! Dr. James Dobson has completely rewritten, updated, and expanded his classic best seller The Strong-Willed Child for a new generation of parents and teachers. The New Strong-Willed Child follows on the heels of Dr. Dobson's phenomenal best seller Bringing Up Boys. It offers practical how-to advice on raising difficult-to-handle children and incorporates the latest research... (more)
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  Nurture by Nature: How to Raise Happy, Healthy, Responsible Children Through the Insights of Personality Type

  by Paul D. Tieger, Barbara Barron-Tieger

  Using Personality-Type assessment for the first time in child-rearing, the authors explain how to recognize which of sixteen unique personality types matches a child's behavior, and then how to more successfully parent children of each type. 100,000 first printing. Tour.
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  Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child

  A Step-by-Step Program for a Good Night's Sleep

  by Marc Weissbluth

  One of the country's leading researchers updates his revolutionary approach to solving--and preventing--your children's sleep problems Here Dr. Marc Weissbluth, a distinguished pediatrician and father of four, offers his groundbreaking program to ensure the best sleep for your child. In Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child, he explains with authority and reassurance his step-by-step regime for instituting beneficial... (more)
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  For Your Own Good: Hidden Cruelty in Child-Rearing and the Roots of Violence

  by Alice Miller

  Alice Miller examines the backgrounds of several extreme cases of self-destructive individuals to illustrate the long-term consequences of abusive child-rearing. Her conclusions come into conflict with psychoanalytic dogma about human nature, which she is vehemently opposed to.
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  Gift Of The Blessing, The

  by Gary Smalley

  This special edition of Gary Smalley and John Trent's best-selling book offers a fresh, updated look at the life-changing gift the Bible calls "the blessing." The unconditional love and approval that comes with the blessing is an important element of our self-esteem and emotional well-being. And many of us -perhaps unknowingly- spend a lifetime striving for this acceptance.
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  The Continuum Concept: In Search of Happiness Lost (Classics in Human Development)

  by Jean Liedloff

  "The Continuum Concept" introduces the idea that in order to achieve optimal physical, mental and emotional development, human beings - especially babies - require the kind of instinctive nurturing as practiced by our ancient relatives. It is a true 'back to basics' approach to parenting. Author Jean Liedloff spent two and-a-half years in the jungle deep in the heart of South America living with indigenous tribes... (more)
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  Alternadad

  by Neal Pollack

  A few years ago, Neal Pollack was probably the least likely father you’ve ever met: a pop-culture-obsessed writer and self-styled party guy known mostly for outrageous literary antics. In typical fashion, he responded to the birth of his son by forming a mediocre rock band and taking it on tour. Now, in Alternadad , he tells the hilarious and poignant story of how he learned to be a father to his son, Elijah,... (more)
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  Raising Happy Children: What Every Child Needs Their Parents to Know - from 0-11 Years

  by Jan Parker, Jan Stimpson

  This guide moves away from the "one expert, one voice" childcare books and toward a synthesis of research from a wide range of world-renowned professionals, together with the experiences of real parents and children. Its warm, funny, thought-provoking and helpful advice has helped thousands of parents through the tough problems, contentious issues and crucial questions faced by everyone with children. This... (more)
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  Saving Childhood

  by Michael Medved

  Saving Childhood offers parents and grandparents practical strategies to cope with a society that seems perversely determined to frighten and corrupt its young. Cultural critic and popular radio host Michael Medved and his wife, psychologist Diane Medved, argue that in a mistaken effort to curb problems plaguing its youth, our culture has changed from protecting childhood as a precious time of growth to hammering... (more)
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  Child of Mine: Feeding With Love and Good Sense

  by Ellyn Satter

  Widely considered the leading book involving nutrition and feeding infants and children, this revised edition offers practical advice that takes into account the most recent research into such topics as: emotional, cultural, and genetic aspects of eating; proper diet during pregnancy; breast-feeding versus; bottle-feeding; introducing solid food to an infant's diet; feeding the preschooler; and avoiding mealtime... (more)
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  Dominance, self-esteem, self-actualization: germinal papers of A. H. Maslow (The A. H. Maslow series)

  by Abraham H Maslow, Richard J. Lowry

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  Toward a Psychology of Being: Second Edition

  by Abraham H. Maslow

  "If we wish to help humans to become more fully human, we must realize not only that they try to realize themselves, but that they are also reluctant or afraid or unable to do so. Only by fully appreciating this dialectic between sickness and health can we help to tip the balance in favor of health." —Abraham Maslow Abraham Maslow's theories of self-actualization and the hierarchy of human needs are the... (more)
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  New Hide or Seek, The,: Building Confidence in Your Child

  by James C. Dobson

  From the moment they are born, children experience an unfortunate value system that reserves respect and esteem for a select few. Those who fail to measure up end up resigning themselves to a lifetime of feeling inadequate and inferior. Over the past twenty-five years, more than a million parents and teachers have benefited from Dr. James Dobson's insightful counsel in his classic Hide and Seek. Now revised... (more)
• Home-MakingJ. R. Miller

  

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  Home-Making

  by J. R. Miller

  Don't let the title fool you. This is not just a book for women who keep home. Home-Making is an uncompromising vision statement for the domestic bliss and cultural dominion of the Christian family. The message of Home-Making is powerful: "Sisters, Brothers, Husbands, Wives -- Home life is meant to be beautiful, ennobling, and victorious!" God intends for each person, from parent to child, to play a role in family... (more)
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  Preparing Sons to Provide for a Single-Income Family

  by Steven Maxwell

  In today's world of two-income families, preparing a son to provide for a single-income family seems an overwhelming task. Christian parents will find it helpful to have a purpose and plan as they raise sons who will one day be responsible for supporting a family. Steve Maxwell presents the groundwork for preparing your son to be a wage-earning adult. He gives practical suggestions and direction to parents for... (more)
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  Yes, They're All Ours : Six of One, Half a Dozen of the Other

  by Marilyn Boyer, Rick Boyer

  Written by the parents of twelve homeschooled children. This gives us a glimpse into what life is like for a big family of fourteen people. You will laugh with the Boyers as humerous events take shape and gain an insight into child training, family planning, and home education. If you love children, this book will help you celebrate the uniqueness of every family.