Family Help

Three years ago, John Schwartz, a national correspondent for the New York Times, got the call that every parent hopes never to receive: His 13-year-old son, Joe, was in the hospital following a suicide attempt. Mustering the courage to come out to his classmates, Joe had delivered a tirade about homophobic and sexist attitudes that was greeted with unease and confusion by his fellow students. Hours later, he took an overdose of pills.

DESPRE AUDIOBOOK. Adele Faber și Elaine Mazlish, specialiste în comunicare și în educația copiilor, propun metode inteligente și pline de umor, completate de o serie de sfaturi punctuale, de ilustrații amuzante, precum și de studii de caz din care se pot trage concluzii utile. Prin aplicarea acestor metode, părinții și profesorii îi pot ajuta pe copii să facă față celor mai diverse probleme care le afectează procesul de învățare. Totodată, vor înțelege mai bine diferența dintre cuvintele care stârnesc conflicte și cele care construiesc un context pașnic, de cooperare.

Quick. What do you do if your body catches on fire? That’s right. You stop, drop, and roll. In that moment of elevated emotions, your brain won't have the ability to remember a more complicated process and it certainly won’t be able to Google suggestions. So, luckily your teachers spent countless hours drilling those 3 words into your head when you were a kid.

Calm, Happy Kids is a guide to helping children learn to manage their emotions using mindfulness, meditation and breathwork. These incredibly valuable life skills are delivered in a fun, engaging way using a series of practical exercises and activities children love.

DESPRE AUDIOBOOK: „Oh, deci așa se numește sentimentul acela care se ține ca scaiul de tine ani și ani, care te roade pe dinăuntru și îți dă viața peste cap!“ ai putea exclama citind Rușinea. Rușinea te face să te simți lipsit de importanță. Nu te mai iubești așa cum ești și cauți în permanență o completare exterioară. Astfel, devii o „faptă umană“. Când suferi de rușine toxică, îți este imposibil să fii tu însuți, iar sinele tău adevărat rămâne ascuns, în timp ce afișezi un altul, cu totul diferit.

Let’s admit it: No marriage is perfect. Every couple has some misunderstandings and conflicts. However, happy couples can prevent their misunderstandings from escalating. Even if they argue emotionally, they never resort to psychological abuse. They always figure out a compromise, afterward. Some unhappy couples can’t deal with the tiniest disagreement. Any random word or action can trigger a violent conflict.

Do you want your child to get the very best start in their education, even before they go to school? Have you considered Montessori as the way forward and want to implement it at home? This audiobook is an essential guide to get you started! The Montessori approach to child development has been tried and tested for over 100 years and the results speak for themselves. Children are naturally engaged, thoughtful, resilient, and curious about the world around them and the Montessori method taps into that in ways that other methods cannot.

After the Civil War, African Americans placed poignant “information wanted” advertisements in newspapers, searching for missing family members. Inspired by the power of these ads, Heather Andrea Williams uses slave narratives, letters, interviews, public records, and diaries to guide listeners back to devastating moments of family separation during slavery when people were sold away from parents, siblings, spouses, and children. Williams explores the usually unsuccessful journeys toward reunification.

Do you want to help your child with a disability live a more happy and fulfilling life? Raising kids with disabilities is hard, but this audiobook makes it a lot easier. There are many different kinds of disabilities. There are physical and mental disabilities; some disabilities are more visible and disabling than others, but all require an extra amount of attention and action, which can be very overwhelming for parents of a kid with a disability. This audiobook was made to make raising a kid with a disability easier for parents.

The Ultimate Preppers Guide for Off-Grid Survival Tactics is a must-listen book for anyone who wants to ensure they become more self-reliant and can live off-grid.

DESPRE AUDIOBOOK. Poate sunteți părinți, poate sunteți educatori, poate sunteți bunici sau poate doar aveți în îngrijire un copil de o vârstă fragedă cu care nu știți cum să vă purtați. Îi vreți binele și îi interziceți să mănânce prea multe dulciuri, îl puneți să doarmă la prânz sau nu acceptați mereu să-i faceți pe plac. Dar metodele nu funcționează. Relația voastră nu e deloc cea pe care v-o doriți. Autoarele vă propun strategii și exemple utile în procesul educării celor mici pentru a vă ajuta să depășiți dificultățile cu care vă confruntați.

Megan Devine scrie despre doliu cu profundă empatie și le deschide, prin această carte, o nouă perspectivă celor care vor să înțeleagă mai bine ce înseamnă pierderea, doliul și vindecarea în urma acestor traume. Prin povești de viață, studii de caz și exerciții, E ok să nu fii ok așază într-o altă paradigmă miturile culturale curente despre întoarcerea cât mai rapidă la așa-numita "normalitate", propunându-ne, în schimb, o abordare practică și sănătoasă de construire a unei vieți care să integreze atât experiențele fericite, cât și pe cele nefaste.

Now, more than ever, parents and educators need better information about the challenges facing their children, what sorts of issues to expect and when, and the warning signs to look for. You'll find the guidance you need to feel prepared and tackle obstacles to your child's wellbeing in Things Have Changed.

It can seem like your baby needs so much gear and so many toys! But when it comes to their health and development, less is more. In Retro Baby, pediatric occupational therapist and child development specialist Anne H. Zachry, PhD, OTR/L, shows you how bouncers, swings, and other baby holders, as well as electronic toys and screen time, can hinder your baby's development and delay milestones. Retro Baby will help you cultivate a back-to-basics parenting approach.

Do you want to prepare your children for the challenging situations that they will inevitably face throughout their lives? Then teach them how to become mentally strong.... Life is hard. That’s the truth that all of us must face. However, what separates how we experience life is our mindset. Our ability to deal with difficult situations, and even stay positive while doing so. Most people continue to suffer when life gets hard. But others find a way to get better and faster past the bad times and over to the good times.

An expert on youth and youth culture, McKee shares his own heart-rending story and offers a sobering glimpse into the rapidly changing world of bullies, bystanders, and the bullied while providing helpful ways to connect with these kids, open doors of dialogue, and give them the encouragement they need and the validation they're searching for...too often in all the wrong places.

DESPRE AUDIOBOOK. Când totul în jur se duce de râpă, cel mai neinspirat e să-ți spui că va fi bine. Iată o primă doză de șoc cu care Fabrice Midal, al cărui sport preferat rămâne să zdruncine idei primite de-a gata, ne arată nebănuitele posibilități pe care le avem ca ființe umane. Dar pe care adeseori nu le vedem, pentru simplul motiv că așa ne-am obișnuit.

Betsy Brown Braun blends humor with her expertise as a child development specialist, popular parent educator, and mother of triplets. Whatever your dilemma or child's question - from "How did the baby get in your tummy?" to "What does 'dead' mean?" to "It's not fair!" - Betsy offers the tools and confidence you need to explain the world to your growing child.

Want to learn more about organic food? Curious about alternative power sources? Want to do your part to help save the environment? The way that you live, work, travel, eat, drink, and dress affects the earth and the environment - and this concise, eye-opening book gives you all the tools you need to live a "green" lifestyle.

Are you seeking solutions to life’s challenges? “Revelations: Transformational Wisdom Revealed” is your guide to overcoming adversity and unlocking a life of abundance, joy, and well-being. This groundbreaking book unveils the secrets of existence, providing clear answers to the questions that have long troubled you. Discover how to break free from the cycle of struggle, suffering, illnesses, addictions, and fear. “Revelations” offers practical wisdom and transformative insights that enable you to heal and thrive.