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Girls Will Be Girls: Raising Confident and Courageous Daughters

Girls Will Be Girls: Raising Confident and Courageous Daughters

by JoAnn M. Deak, Teresa Barker

Now available in paperback is a bold, fresh, and timely work that "offers parents humor, understanding, parenting philosophy, and well-founded pearls of wisdom." --Michael G. Thompson, Ph.D., coauthor of Raising Cain Mary Pipher told us about the problems girls face in Reviving Ophelia ; now in Girls Will Be Girls , JoAnn Deak gives us the solutions. Deak looks past the "scare" stories to those that... (more)

Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters: 10 Secrets Every Father Should Know

Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters: 10 Secrets Every Father Should Know

by Margaret J. Meeker

In today’s increasingly complicated world, it’s often difficult for parents to connect with their daughters–and especially so for fathers. In this unique and invaluable guide, Dr. Meg Meeker, a pediatrician with more than twenty years’ experience counseling girls, reveals that a young woman’s relationship with her father is far more important than we’ve ever realized. To become a strong, confident woman, a... (more)

Raising Their Voices: The Politics of Girls Anger

Raising Their Voices: The Politics of Girls Anger

by Lyln Mikel Brown

This book, filled with the voices of teenage girls, corrects the misperceptions that have crept into our picture of female adolescence. Based on the author's yearlong conversation with white junior high and middle school girls-from the working poor and the middle class-Raising Their Voices allows us to hear how girls adopt some expectations about gender but strenuously resist others, how they use traditionally... (more)

Table for Eight: Raising a Large Family in a Small-Family World

Table for Eight: Raising a Large Family in a Small-Family World

by Meagan Francis

Smart strategies for the larger-than-average family. Despite the growing number of large blended families and a rise in multiple births, contemporary cultural expectations—as evidenced by housing and transportation sizes—are geared toward two-child families. In Table for Eight: Raising a Large Family , Meagan Francis—extremely proud mother of four sons—offers advice, encouragement, and tips for living that... (more)

The Good Enough Teen: Raising Adolescents with Love and Acceptance (Despite How Impossible They Can Be)

The Good Enough Teen: Raising Adolescents with Love and Acceptance (Despite How Impossible They Can Be)

by Brad Sachs

Respected psychologist Dr. Brad Sachs helps parents to recognize their unrealistic expectations for their teenagers and to love, accept and nurture the family they have to its full potential. His approach frees them to discover acceptance of themselves and of their children. The ages twelve to eighteen are often the most challenging and trying years for adolescents––and their parents. No other phase of life is... (more)

Mom's Everything Book for Daughters

by Becky Freeman

This book is a potpourri of the best, most usable, fun advice on how to be the kind of mother a daughter will want to be when she grows up and has a little girl of her own.

Raising a Self-Disciplined Child

by Robert B. Brooks

"Hands-on, caring advice to make your child gratifyingly, skillfully independent." -- Kirkus Reviews Learn to raise a self-disciplined child is confident, independent . . . and happy. Raising a Self-Disciplined Child is the groundbreaking book parents have been waiting for--a remarkably positive approach to a style of discipline that builds children up-from the acclaimed authors of Raising... (more)

Raising Confident Girls: 100 Tips for Parents and Teachers

Raising Confident Girls: 100 Tips for Parents and Teachers

by Elizabeth Hartley-Brewer

How parents and teachers can help young children through the crises of confidence that mark their formative years. Girls need ample, loving demonstrations from adults close to them that they are appreciated and can be trusted to know what they need for themselves. They also need to be given plenty of opportunity to develop their talents. Girls who lack sufficient emotional support may feel neglected and... (more)

The Connected Father: Understanding Your Unique Role and Responsibilities during Your Child's Adolescence

The Connected Father: Understanding Your Unique Role and Responsibilities during Your Child's Adolescence

by Carl E. Pickhardt Ph.D.

Parenting Expert Carl Pickhardt Shows How the Bonds Between Fathers and Teens Can Be Strengthened Many fathers feel unprepared for their child's adolescence, in their denial, often times preferring to believe that it will only happen to other people's children. In this sensitive and forthright book, Carl Pickhardt stresses that fathers need to become informed about changes and challenges that normally unfold.... (more)

What in the World Are Your Kids Doing Online?: How to Understand the Electronic World Your Children Live In

What in the World Are Your Kids Doing Online?: How to Understand the Electronic World Your Children Live In

by Barbara Melton

Texting. Blogging. IMing. Technology that has become second nature to our children remains uncharted territory for many parents. What in the World Are Your Kids Doing Online? tells you everything you need to know to navigate the parenting issues technology raises, and arms you with the tools you need to protect your children. This comprehensive, all-purpose guide shows you how to keep up with the latest in... (more)

Mending the Broken Bond: The 90-Day Answer to Developing a Loving Relationship with Your Child

Mending the Broken Bond: The 90-Day Answer to Developing a Loving Relationship with Your Child

by G. Frank Lawlis

From The New York Times bestselling author of The IQ Answer , a guide to helping parents and kids learn to love each other again In his bestselling The ADD Answer and The IQ Answer , Dr. Frank Lawlis provided thousands of parents with the valuable information they need in order to confront their children’s intellectual challenges. Now he takes on an even mightier challenge—helping parents and kids learn... (more)

Raising Unselfish Children in a Self-Absorbed World

Raising Unselfish Children in a Self-Absorbed World

by Jill M. Rigby

Child expert Jill Rigby reveals the dangers of the self-esteem parenting philosophy and offers an alternative approach that teaches children to respect both themselves and others. After decades of experimenting with child-focused parenting, parents are beginning to realize that the result is often self-centered children who tend toward narcissism, selfishness, mediocrity, and dysfunction. Rigby espouses a new goal... (more)

The Parenting Breakthrough: Real-Life Plan to Teach Kids to Work, Save Money, and Be Truly IndependentMerrilee Browne Boyack

The Parenting Breakthrough: Real-Life Plan to Teach Kids to Work, Save Money, and Be Truly Independent

by Merrilee Browne Boyack

The A to Z Guide to Raising Happy, Confident Kids

The A to Z Guide to Raising Happy, Confident Kids

by Jenn Berman

As an experienced therapist, a parenting expert on television and radio, an award-winning columnist, and a parent, Dr. Jenn Berman provides insightful and informative advice to parents as they guide their children through early childhood. The A to Z Guide to Raising Happy, Confident Kids addresses twenty-six of the most important issues that modern parents face. Each self-contained and easy-to-read chapter... (more)

The Creative Family: How to Encourage Imagination and Nurture Family Connections

The Creative Family: How to Encourage Imagination and Nurture Family Connections

by Amanda Blake Soule

When you learn to awaken your family’s creativity, wonderful things will happen: you’ll make meaningful connections with your children in large and small ways; your children will more often engage in their own creative discoveries; and your family will embrace new ways to relax, play, and grow together. With just the simple tools around you—your imagination, basic art supplies, household objects, and natural... (more)

The Potentially Sane Mother's Guide to Raising Young Children

The Potentially Sane Mother's Guide to Raising Young Children

by Tamara A. Fackrell

Every mom with young children needs a little help – and sometimes a lot of help! "While working on the manuscript," writes Tamara Fackrell, "I’ve had to deal with messy baby fingers pounding on the keyboard or crying children threatening to turn off the computer. Our children usually won those battlers because I couldn’t say, ‘Children, don’t bother me. I’m trying to write a book on how to be a better... (more)

The Soft-Spoken Parent (More Than 50 Strategies to Turn Away Wrath)

The Soft-Spoken Parent (More Than 50 Strategies to Turn Away Wrath)

by H. Wallace Goddard

Short tempers and lapses of patience are every parent's challenge. Parenting struggles are real, but they are also conquerable. President Hinckly has encouraged us to be a little softer, a little kinder with our children. Make this challenge a little easier with some simple and practical strategies prepared by H. Wallace Goddard, PH.D. Dr. Goddard has spent years studying, practicing, and giving counsel on more... (more)

Inviting Him in: How the Atonement Can Change Your Family

Inviting Him in: How the Atonement Can Change Your Family

by Wayne E. Brickey

Mothering With Spiritual Power: Book of Mormon Inspirations for Raising a Righteous Family

Mothering With Spiritual Power: Book of Mormon Inspirations for Raising a Righteous Family

by Debra Woods

Mothering with Spiritual Power is an eloquent and heartfelt book that speaks to mothers of the sacred nature of motherhood and the awesome spiritual power available to them through the gospel of Jesus Christ. Using twenty-five favorite Book of Mormon scriptures as inspiration, Debra Woods shows mothers how they can find answers to a myriad of parenting questions and challenges as they raise their children in... (more)

Strengthening Our Families: An In-Depth Look at the Proclamation on the Family

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