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Pregnancy & Birth All For Your Baby Parenting Page: 1 Number of eBooks: 9 of 9 1) Unconditional Parenting Most parenting guides begin with the question "How can we get kids to do what they're told?"--and then proceed to offer various techniques for controlling them. In this truly groundbreaking book, nationally respected educator Alfie Kohn begins instead by asking "What do kids need--and how can we meet those needs?" What follows from that question are ideas for working with children rather than doing things to them. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) Know Your Parenting Personality Are you a Helper or an Organizer? A Dreamer or an Entertainer? No matter which of the personality types on the Enneagram you are, this groundbreaking system gives you the vision to see the world as your child sees it - and the power to use this vision to achieve all of your parenting goals. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) The Attachment Parenting Book Is it OK to sleep with your newborn baby? How old is too old for breastfeeding? These questions and more are answered in this latest addition to the Sears Parenting Library. Attachment Parenting encourages early, strong, and sustained attention to the new baby's needs and this book outlines the steps that will create the most lasting bonds between parents and their children. Practical and inspirational, this book, the heart of the Sears' parenting creed, is a necessity for every new parents' bookshelf. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4) Team-Spirited Parenting Straight talk on solving and preventing family problems from a dynamic husband-and-wife team. Dr. Darlene Powell-Hopson and Dr. Derek S. Hopson led the way to great relationships between men and women in the bestselling Friends, Lovers, and Soul Mates. Now, in this enlightening and inspiring guide, they show parents how to forge bonds of cooperation, support, and mutual respect. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5) The Seven Common Sins of Parenting An Only Child As the parent of an only child, are you frustrated because you find yourself  overindulging and overcompensating? Do you treat your child like an adult, overpraise, or overprotect him? Have you expected perfection from your child yet failed to make rules and implement them consistently? If you are not a perfect parent of an only child, you are not alone. Based on the real-life experiences of Carolyn White—editor of Only Child, parent, and educator—and hundreds of interviews with only children and parents of only children, The Seven Common Sins of Parenting an Only Child celebrates the special rewards and opportunities of the single-child family and offers a practical (and often humorous) guide for overcoming the most common errors parents can make when rearing an only child. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6) The Parenting Skills Treatment Planner Today's complex family structures, combined with increased childhood pressures from school, peers, and the general culture, make the job of parenting more difficult than ever before. This Planner focuses on giving parents the skills and understanding they need to effectively help their children navigate the land mines of contemporary childhood--from divorce and trauma, to school pressures and sexual abuse. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7) Parenting Skills Homework Planner Focusing on parents of children and adolescents, The Parenting Skills Homework Planner provides an array of interactive assignments designed to aid parents in helping their children navigate the landmines of contemporary childhood. These exercises are keyed to the behaviorally based presenting problems found in The Parenting Skills Treatment Planner. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8) Breakthrough Parenting for Children with Special Needs Breakthrough Parenting for Children with Special Needs challenges families and professionals to help children with special needs to reach their full potential by using a proven motivational, how-to approach. This groundbreaking and inspiring book provides detailed information on how to let go of the "perfect-baby" dream, face and resolve grief, avoid the no-false-hope syndrome, access early intervention services, and avoid the use of limiting and outdated labels. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9) Parenting a Child with Asperger Syndrome This book is brilliant. I've read it through, re-read sections and still want to pick it up and dip into it. The approach is very refreshing - easy to read, practical and realistic... So many parents are going to breathe a sigh of relief when they read this book.'. - Julie Connell, Educational Psychologist. For parents of children with Asperger Syndrome ordinary parenting just doesn't always do it - AS kids need a different approach. Brenda is mother to thirteen-year-old Kenneth, author of Asperger Syndrome, the Universe and Everything, and since his diagnosis at the age of eight she has gathered together the parenting ideas and tips that have had a positive effect on Kenneth's life. Brenda discusses parents' reaction to their child's AS and gives advice on how better to understand 'Planet Asperger'. This book helps parents to respond positively to the challenge of AS and find the 'treasure' in their child's way of being. Page: 1 Number of eBooks: 9 of 9

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