Parenting School

Now with It's Ok If You're Clueless, Terry McMillan brings her trademark wit and sass to every son and daughter about to take their first tentative steps into adulthood. Offering such nuggets as "Sit up straight", "Don't listen to your parents", and "Bring your laundry home", as well as "See the world" and "Read anything and everything", It's Ok If You're Clueless is packed with the commonsense advice and conversational tone that have made her novels best sellers.

All parents want a definitive set of steps to prevent reactions without sacrificing the crucial rules and boundaries kids need to thrive. Most parents are looking for what I call a “mindful authority”. Each tip the author includes uses a situation from real life to share how to address the intense emotions of early childhood and school-age children so that your child becomes independent, respectful, responsible, and capable of succeeding in the world.

"Author Laurie Gelman delivers her second in the Class Mom series in a style no less enthusiastic than her first narration." — AudioFile Magazine In the eagerly anticipated follow-up to Laurie Gelman’s "irreverent and hilarious" (The New York Post) hit Class Mom, brash, lovable Jen Dixon is...

As parents, it is easy for us to look back and see the shortcomings of our own education. Since many of us were taught in public schools, we often have a pretty good idea of what we don't want our children to learn. But what exactly should we give them instead?

Graduating from high school is a big step for any girl. She is leaving her childhood behind and beginning the rest of her life. She is also leaving her mother's protective circle of love and guidance. One of the greatest gifts a mother can give her daughter at this pivotal moment in her life is good counsel.

In Family Unplugged, Grayson Cole delivers a raw, eye-opening guide for overwhelmed parents craving real connection in the digital age. With a powerful mix of personal stories, clinical insights, and practical strategies, this book empowers families to set screen-time boundaries that actually stick—without guilt or power struggles.

For centuries, experts have argued that learning was about memorizing information: You're supposed to study facts, dates, and details, burn them into your memory, and then apply that knowledge at opportune times. But this approach to learning isn't nearly enough for the world that we live in today, and in Learn Better journalist and education researcher Ulrich Boser demonstrates that how we learn can matter just as much as what we learn.

Raise calmer, more confident kids—and feel steadier as the adult they rely on. This practical collection pairs play therapy activities with science-backed tools for emotional regulation so you can reduce meltdowns, end power struggles faster, and deepen connection at home, in therapy, or in the classroom.

In Cents to Intelligence: A Parent’s Guide to Raising Children with a High Financial IQ, author and parent Sam Wilson shares an innovative and unique approach his wife and he used to successfully instill a high financial intelligence quotient (IQ) in their two favorite daughters from the time they were in early elementary school through that millennial adulting phase.

In this audiobook, I will reveal some setbacks and challenges I have faced while in school. I will share with you strategies I have learned along my journey to help me overcome them. You will also discover a code that may help you persevere through your challenges. The strategy I will share may save you time and energy as you embark on your educational journey.

Every child has a story to tell — but not every story is spoken aloud. Schoolyard Secrets invites listeners to look beyond the surface of playground chatter and classroom commotion to discover the quiet messages children send through their behaviour. In this compassionate and deeply insightful guide, Marcus Raithe helps parents, teachers, and caregivers recognise the subtle signs that a child may be struggling emotionally or behaviourally — long before those struggles become crises.

Sociologist and fellow parent Natalie Gonzalez takes us on a crash course to discover the kind of childhood our kids really need. Drawing on modern insights from child-development experts, neuroscientists, psychologists, and others, you’ll discover what children require to grow optimally, as well as what to avoid. (Spoiler alert: Most of our cultural defaults get it wrong). We’ve got to pump the brakes on a status quo that leaves children sick, sad, and stressed.

Turn common adolescent missteps, from relationship blunders to rebellions that backfire, into character-building moments—by the author of Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteen. “This clear-eyed, practical, fun-to-read guide is an essential read for every parent.”—Lisa Damour, PhD, New York...

If you want to learn how to homeschool from someone who has real life experience homeschooling, then check out How to Homeschool by Jane Rodda. This is an excellent resource for parents. Whether you are merely considering the option, just starting out, or are an established homeschooler looking for advice and encouragement, this guide will suit your needs.

That someone might end up dead at the Palms School’s annual glamping trip in Santa Barbara wasn’t far-fetched. Taking city people into the woods was begging for murder. What was surprising was how far these mothers would go to cover it up.

Today’s college-bound kids are stressed, anxious, and navigating demands in their lives unimaginable to a previous generation. They’re performance machines, hitting the benchmarks they’re “supposed” to in order to reach the next tier of a relentless ladder. Then, their mental and physical exhaustion carries over right into first jobs. What have traditionally been considered the best years of life have become the beaten-down years of life.

For single parents, working parents, and caregivers who worry about the time they spend away from their children, the mother of The Other Wes Moore shares strategies to raise happy, well adjusted kids. As the mother of Wes Moore, whose memoir about overcoming the obstacles that face a fatherless...

Money Doesn't Grow on Trees is the audiobook that parents turn to when it comes to teaching their children about money. With 180,000 young adults between the ages of eighteen and twenty-four declaring bankruptcy last year and college students graduating with an average of $28,000 in debt, Neale S. Godfrey is the definitive expert on the subject and her time-tested advice is more important than ever. Money Doesn't Grow on Trees offers exercises and concrete examples on everything from responsible budgeting to understanding the difference between "want" and "need" for children of every age.

New and experienced homeschoolers looking for support, as well as educators, psychologists, and others who work with homeschooled children will love the clear, evidence-backed, and conversational information in Homeschool Rising.

Obtener la atención de los padres para hablar sobre nuestras dificultades no siempre es fácil. Muchas veces nos enfrentamos a barreras psicológicas, espirituales y tradicionales que impiden una comunicación sana. Hacerles entender nuestras necesidades como hijos puede convertirse en uno de los mayores retos de la vida familiar. Los hijos tienen mucho que expresar: errores, sentimientos, sugerencias y experiencias que podrían evitar discusiones innecesarias y sanar relaciones dañadas.