Kids Development

Did you know that children are at risk of sexual abuse, now more than ever? While your children are ‘playing on their laptops’ online grooming could be occurring? Would some tips on how to protect them be useful? Sexual abuse and grooming of children across the world are both frightening realities, and ways to manage this are desperately needed. This roadmap is for the parents, teachers, grandparents, and front-line staff everywhere. Resources are instrumental in combating these predators, and children need practical tools to use.

Kids Who Feel Safe, Parents Who Stay Calm gives you a simple, science-backed roadmap to raise emotionally secure kids while rewiring your own stress responses so you can stay steady and connected. The tools are practical, easy to use, and designed for real families and real moments — no perfection required, just presence and strategies that work.

Parents, hear this: You can calm down, take a breath, stop worrying, and do more for your kids by doing less. They will survive, thrive, and later thank you for giving them freedom. And you’ll enjoy raising them in a happier, more peaceful home. Dr. Karen Latimer, a family physician and mother of five, offers some down-home parenting advice for those ready to parent with more confidence and more joy. Speaking from the trenches of her own house, Dr. Latimer will help you take back yours by gently reclaiming power and perspective and practicing some simple, stress-free advice.

Break the Cycle. Empower Your Child. From board-certified gynecologist Dr. Charis Chambers, known to millions as @theperioddoctor, comes a revolutionary guide that transforms how we parent kids through puberty. The Period and Puberty Parenting Revolution equips you to raise confident, informed...

Talking about feelings doesn’t have to be hard! How to Talk About Your Feelings is a fun, easy-to-understand guide for kids and teens, ages 4 to 18, that helps them understand and share their emotions in positive, healthy ways. Whether it’s happiness, sadness, anger, or worry, this book is packed with practical tools and creative activities to make expressing emotions easier.

An award-winning educator and the New York Times best-selling author of Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire, Rafe Esquith knows a thing or two about connecting with today's young people. Here he offers parents sound, proven advice on raising children ready to thrive in the 21st century.

In this book, which is based on new landmark research from the Fuller Youth Institute and combines in-depth interviews with data from 1,200 diverse teenagers, Kara Powell and Brad M. Griffin offer pastors, youth leaders, mentors, and parents practical and proven conversations and connections that help teenagers answer their three biggest questions and reach their full potential.

Raising a Catholic family is never easy, especially not when it comes to discussing our faith with our children. Despite trying our best, sometimes we all need help addressing issues of faith respectfully, honestly, and accurately.

Parenting a child with ADHD can be challenging, but with the right tools, you can help them build focus, emotional regulation, and lasting confidence. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for Kids with ADHD is a practical, science-backed guide that equips parents, caregivers, and therapists with proven strategies to support children with ADHD in everyday life.

Nearly everyone thinks their own family is “nutty" or at least has one or two nuts. With stories of wacky yet lovable relatives, funny foibles, and holiday meltdowns, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Family Matters is often hilarious and occasionally poignant.

Written with warmth and compassion, author Nicole Voronina presents a different way to view and experience parenting with real life examples, practical tools, and tips. She gives a step-by-step guide to changing the relationship dynamic between you and your child in less than 30 days! You will be amazed at how well your child responds to you without resorting to anger and yelling. You will know how to get your child's best behaviors out of their own intrinsic motivation. You will know how to handle and guide your child's big emotions, setbacks, and life challenges.

Every year, more than 3.5 million children under age 15 require medical treatment for sports injuries, nearly half of which are the result of simple overuse. Journalist Mark Hyman investigates the evolution of youth sports from mere games to full-on quests to turn children into tomorrow's superstar athletes by pushing them beyond physical and emotional limits. Opening up a crucial discussion about the perils of youth-sports culture today, Hyman offers the solutions and answers we need.

If you feel like you're losing your teen to technology, you're not alone. Screen time is rapidly replacing family time, and for teens especially, it is hardwiring the way they connect with their world. In Screens and Teens, Dr. Kathy helps you make sense of all this and empowers you to respond.

If you sense that your child is seriously troubled, you may feel bewildered, helpless, ineffective. How can you stop your child from throwing away his or her life? How can you avoid thinking that you've failed as a parent? In this newly revised and expanded edition of the classic guide Before It's Too Late, clinical psychologist Stanton E. Samenow explains how to break the useless cycle of blame and take corrective action.

Based on the author’s viral New York Times op-ed, this heartfelt book is a celebration and exploration of the tomboy phenomenon and the future of girlhood. We are in the middle of a cultural revolution, where the spectrum of gender and sexual identities is seemingly unlimited. So when author...

Making sure your child has the very best start when it comes to education, through play and activities, is vitally important in a world where competition is greater than ever before. And the development of your child into a happy, confident, and inquisitive adult begins right at the start. By introducing Montessori education at this stage, they will stand a better chance of being emotionally and mentally healthy as well as successful in the future. This audiobook is the ultimate Montessori discipline guide with over 100 activities for your kids.

Entering the battlefield of divorce? Learn the do's and don'ts to achieve what's best for you and your kids. Hurtling toward a divorce disaster? Hoping to avoid the pitfalls that ruined the lives of your divorced friends and family members? Author L.J. Burke has been there, and he's here to get you through your divorce without an epic battle.

Are you exhausted from constant yelling, power struggles, and the guilt that follows? Do you dream of a peaceful home where your kids listen, respect, and thrive emotionally? It's time to say goodbye to frustration and hello to Anger-Free Parenting—the 2-in-1 solution bundle that changes everything.

Introducing kids to meditation can benefit them now and in the long run. Because, meditation can be a powerful way to develop positive traits. Several studies suggest that kids who practice meditation tend to develop positive traits, such as increased self-control, better attentiveness in class, and more empathy and respect for others.

What Great Parents Do is an everything-you-need-to-know road map for parenting that you will consult again and again. Psychologist Erica Reischer draws on research in child development and cognitive science to distill the best information about parenting today into bite-sized pieces with real examples, useful tips, and tools and techniques that parents can apply right away.