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#1 I had taken a week off after Tayo left, and before I began respite fostering, I had a chance to clean and air out the bedroom. I took in Jemma, a five-year-old who had been with her carers for six months. Paula and Lucy, my daughters aged 16 and 18, were happy to help with Jemma.
#2 I was asked to take care of Daisy, a 15-year-old, for two weeks. I knew from my own...
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Get the Summary of Sean Covey's The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book.
Original book introduction: Being a teenager is both wonderful and challenging. In The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, author Sean Covey applies the timeless principles of the 7 Habits to teens and the tough issues and life-changing decisions they face. In an entertaining style, Covey provides a step-by-step...
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#1 Humans are weird. We are the only species that has chosen to live forever and to be forever young. We are the result of millions of tiny decisions made by our parents' parents' parents. Our choices today determine what kind of humans we will be tomorrow. Let's take a closer look at each of these statements. It is a meaningless statement if true, but it is far from...
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#1 I have suffered from narcissistic abuse, which means being abused by an individual who suffers from Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Such a person is pathologically self-absorbed, over-entitled, and caught up in feelings and behaviors that most adults never experience.
#2 I met someone who I believed was the perfect man for me. I was 35 years old, and he was...
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Book Preview: #1 When it comes to snow days or rainy weekends, parents are typically frustrated. However, children are excited about the opportunity to miss school, and soon they want to move around.
#2 Rules are important in any activity, and treasure hunting is no different. Make sure that the treasure is hidden well, but not too well. The losers will pressure the winners into hiding...
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Book Preview: #1 The Solution in the Adult Children of Alcoholics program is to become your own loving parent. However, until 2021, the program didn't have a workbook focused on reparenting. This book was created to fill that need.
#2 The process of becoming your own loving parent is a journey that will take time and require you to overcome some resistance, but it is ultimately liberating....
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#1 The myth of Achilles is a prime example of how parents try to protect their children from the dangers of life. The child could not be kept from his fate, but the gods themselves tried to keep him from it.
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#1 High-quality coparenting is about parents supporting each other in their roles as parents, which helps them be better parents. Low-quality coparenting is about parents undermining each other in their roles as parents, which hurts them as parents. In the case of divorce, high-quality coparenting involves a parent supporting their ex in their role as a parent. Low-quality...
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Get the Summary of Ross W. Greene's Lost at School in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Lost at School" by Ross W. Greene presents a paradigm shift in addressing challenging behaviors in students. The book illustrates this through the story of Joey, a sixth-grader whose disruptive behavior stems from confusion over assignments. Greene critiques traditional disciplinary methods that view such children as attention-seeking...
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#1 The Euro is slightly higher against the yen. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is off 18 points in active trading. A Chinese airline loses millions of dollars with derivatives. Following the Bank of England's decision to lower its base rate, monthly mortgage payments are set to fall.
#2 Financial markets have been around since the beginning of mankind. They have evolved...
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#1 The word that distinguishes spirited children from other children is more. They are normal children who are more intense, persistent, sensitive, and uncomfortable with change than other children. It's difficult to describe what it's like to be the parent of a spirited child, but it's worth it.
#2 Your intuition has been fighting the stares and the indictments brought...
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#1 I loved the afternoon shift at my father's diner. I loved the peace and quiet of the kitchen, and I loved frying bacon and making ice cream cones. It was my chance to take a break.
#2 I remember the first time I went to the diner. I was five. My mother took me and my sister there to visit our father, who had just started working there. We were amazed by the diner's...
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#1 I had a friend who was pregnant, and when she got her baby, she screamed at her husband because he wouldn't empty the Diaper Genie. Tom is a sweet, caring spouse and father who spends hours with our daughter, Sylvie, patiently playing an eighth round of Go Fish.
#2 I had assumed that my very evolved husband and I, who were both freelance writers who worked from home,...
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#1 The author's mother got a new job, and the author and his brother were left with a babysitter. The sitter shooed away a chicken that was chasing the author, and he spent the rest of the day inside the house trying to avoid contact with the bird again.
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Book Preview: #1 Your children are their own handbook. They are constantly giving you clues about who they are and the personalized parenting they need from you. By innate, inner self, I mean your child's natural quality of moving, thinking, feeling, and relating to the world.
#2 To grandparents, educators, and others who want to become a Child Whisperer: This book will give you the...
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#1 The author's client, Grayson, was Vegan and had missed lunch and breakfast because of a work emergency. He was getting that empty-stomach sick feeling, so he went to a restaurant and got a fish sandwich. His wife was going to freak out about it.
#2 It is easy to fall into the trap of thinking of your wife as some crazy lunatic who is freaking out over a fish sandwich. But that...
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#1 My mother, who was a dance student back in the 1960s, left the small town of Iron Mountain, Michigan, for the dream life of affluence and prestige she believed awaited her in sunny Los Angeles. But she was met by a strange man named my father, who loved her but was completely unrecognizable.
#2 Billie was married to a man named Walt, who was a respected leader in...
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#1 When dealing with estranged families, I typically spend two to five sessions with each parent and child. I ask about their own childhood history, so I can learn about experiences they may be repeating or that continue to influence them.
#2 When it comes to making amends, parents must understand that the way they've been doing things isn't getting them what they want....
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#1 The Jassey Way provides a practical and safe alternative to baby sleep, minimizing those dreaded sleepless nights and allowing baby to enhance your life rather than upend it.
#2 The myth that babies need nighttime feedings is false. What is necessary is that the baby gets enough to eat during a twenty-four-hour period. The more a habit becomes ingrained in a newborn,...
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Get the Summary of Linda K. Murphy's Declarative Language Handbook in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Linda K. Murphy's "Declarative Language Handbook" is a comprehensive guide for educators, caregivers, and parents on the use of declarative language to support children with social learning difficulties. Murphy, inspired by her experiences as a Relationship Development Intervention® (RDI) Consultant and her work...
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