Family Self Help

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.

A beloved musician shares her heart-wrenching story about how an abusive relationship helped her realize the importance of gaining freedom, letting go of expectations, and embracing the beautiful reality of who you already are. Unspoken expectations surround us. In culture, in the church, and...

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.

Acclaimed author Lauren Slater ruminates on what it means to be family. Lauren Slater's rocky childhood left her cold to the idea of ever creating a family of her own, but a husband, two dogs, two children, and three houses later, she came around to the challenges, trials, and unexpected rewards of playing house. In these autobiographical pieces, Slater presents snapshots of domestic life, populating them with the gritty details and jarring realities of sharing home, life, and body in the curious institution called "family."

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.

În remarcabila sa carte, Gáspár György ne dezvăluie o perspectivă inedită asupra conceptului de parenting, arătând că nu doar copilul e important, ci și părintele. El explică în detaliu dinamica interacțiunii părinte–copil și progresul ce rezultă din această legătură specială. Cartea îmbină perspicacitatea clinică și inteligența analitică, fiind o neprețuită sursă de informații pentru cei care lucrează în domeniul sănătății mintale, dar mai ales pentru părinți. O recomand cu căldură.

If you are starting the process of finding your child's first school - or if you want to choose a new learning environment - The School Choice Roadmap is for you. This first-of-its-kind audiobook offers a practical, jargon-free overview of school-choice policies, from public-school open enrollment to private-school scholarships and more.

In Lead Me, Matt identifies the tension many men experience when trying to balance work and home life. With bracing honesty, vulnerable storytelling, and practical application, Matt challenges you to be faithful both to God's vocational call and to His call to lead your family well. Discover the extraordinary joy of actively and intentionally pursuing your wife and children. Matt reminds us that it's messy. It's difficult. And it's the most rewarding thing you can do, beyond following Christ.

Ever wonder why mothers and daughters can be so different and even seem to speak different languages? Mended gives you conversation starters to speak life into your relationship with your mother or daughter. Discover powerful words that usher in healing for wounded hearts and rebuild, restore, and reconcile your connection. Set new patterns going forward as you find common ground and put your relationship ahead of your differences, learn what to say when you don't know what to say, and grow closer when you do hard things together.

Today's children and teens are growing up more anxious, depressed, and fearful than previous generations. But if we help this generation, often called "Gen Z", to discover true God-confidence, instead of chasing the illusive self-confidence, we can empower them to embrace their uniqueness and find their purpose, passion, and peace as they grow into humble, compassionate, and resilient young people. Cyndie Claypool de Neve, an associate marriage and family therapist, shares her personal journey from feeling anxious and suicidal to learning God-confidence.

If we're honest with ourselves, almost every mom knows she can go from being kind to cranky in no time flat. When we're tired, busy, anxious, preoccupied - okay, so anytime, really - we tend to default to snapping and barking at the people we love best. But life doesn't have to be this way. Through coaching other moms who share a desire to be a kinder, gentler parent, Becky Kopitzke has learned the keys to taming the "momster" in all of us.

Matchmaker and star of Bravo's Miss Advised shows you how to re-vamp your dating life and find a lasting and fulfilling relationship Frustrated by a string of failed dates? Flummoxed as to why he never called? Sick of attending other people's weddings . . . alone? Professional matchmaker, Amy...

Fighting with your spouse? Scolding the children? Conflicting with your siblings? Linguist Deborah Tannen explains what's actually going on in family talk, including how family conversations must balance the longing for connection with the desire for control. For more on understanding communication, we recommend Difficult Conversations.

From media personality and communication expert Rachel DeAlto, learn how to connect with anyone, anywhere with this helpful guide for improving your social skills in every setting, including networking events, interviews, dates, and more. We all have the desire to belong, to connect. And in the...

Let's face it - raising children can take a wrecking ball to your ambitions, your finances, your relationships, even your health. But, as mother of three Shantelle Bisson will tell you, it doesn't have to be that way. In Raising Your Kids Without Losing Your Cool, Shantelle sets out how to get ready for baby's arrival, helps you through the big push, lays it all out on breastfeeding, and makes sure you don't forget to keep having sex. Plus, she'll help you navigate the perils of helicopter parenting, children on social media, and even gender-reveal parties.

Unleash your hidden leadership skills with this powerful, heartfelt guide. Great business schools know that connection, more than curriculum, shapes great leaders. Every aspect of the experience intentionally maximizes relationship building. What an MBA Taught Me...But My Kids Made Me Learn is a sometimes hilarious, other times harrowing journey through Harvard Business School, 20 years of business experience, and the most important academy of all: parenting.

No Better Mom for the Job is for any mom who has ever felt inadequate - who loves her kids fiercely but sometimes thinks another mom would do a better job in her shoes. Becky Keife knows the ups and downs of motherhood. And she has learned along the way and from other mamas that it doesn't work to try to do more or be better. Confidence comes from leaning on the One who made you a mother.

In busy-mom-friendly short essays, Sippy Cups Are Not for Chardonnay delivers the empathetic straight dirt on parenting, tackling everything from Mommy & Me classes ("Your baby doesn't need to be making friends at three months old - you do! But not with people you'll meet at Mommy & Me") to attachment parenting ("If you're holding your baby 24/7, that's not a baby, that's a tumor").

Attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) affects nearly one in ten children. Yet, many parents do not recognize the symptoms in their child and continue to struggle with managing their child. Other parents have had their child diagnosed with ADHD but are unsure what they can do to help. If you are like this, there's a new book that can dramatically change your life.