School Development

Finding and choosing a partner is one of the most consequential decisions we will ever make. This guide explains everything from why we have "types" and how our early lives inform our romantic decisions as adults. It sheds light on harmful and repetitive patterns and provides insight on how to break them. Drawing on in-depth analysis, How to Find Love explains our instinct for romantic self-sabotage and provides a crucial set of ideas to help us make safer, more imaginative and more effective choices in love.

Despite your best intentions, are you worn out and fed up with overwhelm and mom guilt? If so, you’ll find real relief here. Embrace the Beautiful Chaos of Motherhood offers mom to mom honesty and humor about the highs and lows of motherhood and how to thrive as a mom. Moms are doing so many things right, but can quickly lose sight of this and of themselves in the day-to-day craziness of motherhood. This book offers fresh perspectives to help you identify what may be holding you back from a more peaceful life.

The Organized Student contains hands-on strategies for teaching your disorganized child how to organize for success in middle school and high school, with special tips for kids with ADD/ADHD and learning disorders. The overstuffed backpack, the missing homework, the unused planner, the test he didn't know about. Sound familiar? When the disorganized child meets the departmentalized structure of middle school, everything can fall apart. Even the academically successful child will start to falter if she misses deadlines, loses textbooks, or can't get to class on time.

An invaluable resource for parents who hope their little boys will grow up to be the kind of men who know which fork to use, how to treat others, and generally make their parents proud. How to Raise a Gentleman focuses on real-life topics such as: being a good sport, play dates, and—especially for boys—"personal habits: farting, belching, boogers, and scratching."

Unlock an entire new level of ability, and gain the street-knowledge and confidence to have real conversations in Spanish. This book will teach you 101 of the most popular Spanish idioms and phrases that take you beyond the basics you may have learned in school.

In an age when respect and honor seem like distant and antiquated relics, how can we equip boys to pursue valor and courageously put the needs of others before their own? This book helps parents to inspire their boys by captivating their imagination and honoring their love for adventure. Heather Haupt explores how knights historically lived out various aspects of the knights' Code of Chivalry, as depicted in the French epic Song of Roland, and how boys can embody these same ideals now.

At a time when kids have more debt and temptation than ever comes a completely revised and updated edition of the #1 New York Times best seller on teaching children aged three to twenty about money. Money Doesn't Grow on Trees is the audiobook that parents turn to when it comes to teaching their children about money.

Positive Parenting for the Explosive Child provides tested and proven strategies based on scientific research and the experiences of a licensed foster mom in a quick and enjoyable listen. It has all you need to turn a meltdown into an opportunity for growth by understanding your child's emotions and having powerful and practical tools for effective discipline or empathy when necessary. If you're ready to reach your child, redirect emotions, turn a meltdown into an opportunity for growth, and calmly connect with them through love, try Positive Parenting for the Explosive Child!

Middle School Makeover is a guide for parents and educators to help the tweens in their lives navigate the socially fraught hallways, gyms, and cafeterias of middle school. This audiobook helps parents, teachers, and other adults in middle school settings to understand the social dilemmas and other issues that kids today face.

Devorah Blachor, an ardent feminist, never expected to be the parent of a little girl who was totally obsessed with the color pink, princesses, and all things girly. She wasn't sure how to reconcile the difference between her parental expectations and the reality of her Disney-worshiping three-year-old daughter. Offering insight, advice, and plenty of humor and personal anecdotes, this mother shares her story of how she surrendered control and opened up - to her Princess Toddler, to pink, and to life.

First published more than 50 years ago, this award-winning classic brings Rachel Carson's unique vision to a new generation of listeners. The Sense of Wonder is Carson's intimate account of adventures with her young nephew, Roger, as they enjoy walks along the rocky coast of Maine and through dense forests and open fields, observing wildlife, strange plants, moonlight, and storm clouds, and listening to the "living music" of insects in the underbrush.

Many years ago, when I was a young father of little girls, I told myself I had two choices; I could raise them on accident or raise them with purpose. Noting how loaded the word “beautiful” is for women, I decided to redefine the word with three foundational values I found to be significant and slowly eroding in the world: brave, smart and kind (BSK).

Break free of your destructive relationship with money, and learn how money can make you happy. Our relationship with money is one that lasts a lifetime. It can be as important as family life, as competitive as work, and as exciting and secretive as love. Yet books about money tend to take one of two routes: a) how to get more, or b) how to deal with less. This book turns these questions upside down, and looks not at money itself, but at the way we view it. How does money drive us? How does it frighten us?

Sie sagen manches zehnmal und trotzdem kommt die Botschaft nicht an? Nach einer halben Stunde „Hausaufgaben" stehen gerade mal zwei Sätze auf dem Blatt? Zappeln, ablenken lassen und unaufmerksam sein stehen effizientem Lernen im Weg? Dann könnte Ihr Nachwuchs eine Portion Konzentrationsförderung gebrauchen und mit diesem Praxisratgeber erzielen Sie schnell Erfolge! Die Gedanken schweifen ab, Stillsitzen fällt schwer, nach fünf Minuten sind Inhalte schon wieder vergessen und dann kommen noch Flüchtigkeitsfehler hinzu: Klar, dass Lern- und Prüfungserfolge unter diesen Umständen schwierig werden.

Pediatrician Nimali Fernando and feeding therapist Melanie Potock (aka Dr. Yum and Coach Mel) know the importance of giving your child the right start on their food journey-for good health, motor skills, and even cognitive and emotional development. In this updated, second edition of Raising a Healthy, Happy Eater, they explain how to expand your family's food horizons, avoid the picky eater trap, identify special feeding needs, and put joy back into mealtimes.

Raising Kids/ADHD Master the Art of Parenting Kids with ADHD: Unlock your Child’s Full Potential! Do you feel that you are constantly battling a storm of disorganization, anxiety, and impulsivity in your ADHD child’s daily life? This book will help you: Unravel the complexities of ADHD in today’s fast-paced world. Master the art of effective and empathetic communication with your child. Discover strategies for nurturing and boosting your child’s self-esteem. Learn coping techniques for parents to manage stress and prevent burnout.

They tricked you but you’re not trapped. We all got tricked into mundane lives. Sold a story and told to chase the ‘dream.’ The problem? There is no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow if you follow the main conventional narrative. So why don’t people change? Obligations and reputations. They end up chained, strained, and drained of their life force. Sad but true. Most people are miserable in one central aspect of their lives.

María Montessori cambió la forma en que el mundo entendía la educación al enfatizar que los niños pequeños pueden comenzar temprano y aprender a través de la exploración creativa. Con un enfoque en la participación impulsada por los niños y oportunidades de aprendizaje cuidadosamente presentadas, puede usar el Método Montessori y la disciplina para ayudar a su hijo a salir adelante y permanecer allí. ¡Obtenga este libro ahora para aprender más sobre Montessori y niños pequeños!

Give Your Child the Tools to Thrive—And Get the Support You’ve Been Searching For Does your child struggle with focus, meltdowns, or managing big emotions? This therapist-approved 10-in-1 bundle offers practical strategies to build emotional intelligence and executive functioning skills. What’s Inside the 10-in-1 Bundle: Part 1: Executive Functioning Workbook (5-in-1) 5-minute activities to boost focus, follow-through, and organization. Part 2: Emotional Regulation Workbook (5-in-1) Tools to help children calm down, manage anxiety, and feel in control.

One would think that sleep would be the easiest thing in the world for a baby. After all, sleep is natural. But anyone with a new baby knows that it’s anything but simple. Between waking up at all hours and failing to go to sleep at bedtime, babies and school-aged children alike experience a spectrum of sleep troubles.