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In a world dominated by technology, "Parenting in the Digital Age" explores the challenges and opportunities that arise when raising children in the digital era. This book delves into the intricate balance between screen time and real-life experiences, offering practical advice on how to foster healthy relationships with technology while strengthening the parent-child bond. Drawing on the latest research and expert insights, it provides strategies...
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Every family can be more functional. Every parent can raise happy, healthy, well-adjusted children.
• Discover the No. 1 action you can take today to strengthen your family.
• Learn dozens of practical ideas to make a real difference in your family life.
• Understand how to overcome barriers in family relationships.
• Find out how to have more fun with your children. For Parents of Toddlers to Teens
Learn to use day-to-day parenting...
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Do you do too much for your kid out of fear they will never make it in the world without your oversight? Are you frustrated or worried about your 'tween, teen, or young adult who seems lazy or unmotivated? Do you see your child unable to reach their potential because they are disorganized, scattered, and can't manage their time?
In Your Kid's Gonna Be Okay: Building the Executive Function Skills Your Child Needs in the Age of Attention, Michael Delman...
44) My Teen and me
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Parenting a teen can often feel frustrating and disempowering. Adolescence snuck in!
• They are more resistant to what you have to say and they hide, keep secrets, and distance themselves from you,
• They question all logic because strangers on social media know more than you and let's not forget that they now know everything!
• You argue more than you laugh and conversations are summed up in one or two sentences, "It was good." or "I don't...
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Homeschooling began with energetic creativity and descended into boring, over organized drudgery. The Big Book of Homeschooling by Debi Pearl takes you back to the successful foundations of the home schooling pioneers. The Big Book of Homeschooling is the most entertaining, imaginative and helpful resource for homeschooling; bar none! It is full of creative ideas in teaching every subject you will need to cover to round out your child's education....
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This book is about much more than naked photos of your children showing up online. Will your kid's social media accounts keep them out of that prestigious college? Will those naked photos on their cell phone that they didn't request land them in jail or get them charged with a felony? Are your tweens and teens buying fake I.D.'s on the dark web to get into dance clubs and buy alcohol? Will your child be, charged with manslaughter for bullying? If...
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If you are parenting a teen: your teenager absolutely needs to read this book.
If you are teen yourself: grab this book immediately and allow it to change your life.
Here inside this book you will find important lessons that every teen needs to understand about life but that will never be taught alongside Math and English at school. This book is split into two sections. Part One Is What I Wish I Knew as a Teenager. This Includes a List of the Top...
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""May God grant me the serenity to accept the color pink, the courage to not let my house become a shrine to pink and princesses, and the wisdom to know that pink is just a color, not a decision to never attend college in the hopes of marrying wealthy." - from The Feminist's Guide to Raising a Little Princess Smart, funny, and thought-provoking, this book shows feminist parents how to navigate their daughters' princess-obsessed years by taking a non-judgmental...
49) Humble Me
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Whether you win or lose in life, staying humble is the way to be!
“Humble Me” is a rhyming story which teaches children to remain humble during all activities, while still celebrating small victories. Emphasizing the idea that people come in all shapes, colors, sizes and abilities, the story teaches children that sometimes each person may win and sometimes they will fail. But it's important to be humble and persevere! With cute illustrations...
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"Parenting is hard... the reality of parenting is that it is really hard. And, let's be honest, if we're a parent, we do hard things. Creating a family is much more difficult than others seem to view it."
There is an easy solution for so many things these days. Issues with your car? Buy a new one! Issues with your job? Quit and get a new one! Issues with your phone? Change carriers! Raising a family brings with it issues. Issues that aren't easily...
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Deciding to homeschool your child is a huge step to take. Homeschooling requires a lot of time, focus, planning, and effort on behalf of the parents, child, and whole family. However, the positive benefits that homeschooling can provide, make all the sacrifice worthwhile. This book will teach you what things you need to do and consider before beginning, to teach your child. It will help you decide whether homeschooling is right for you, and take you...
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Wayne Alcorn.
Son, father, and grandfather.
Pastor and storyteller.
Wayne Alcorn has seen the radical life-change that happens in men as they embrace the love of God the Father.
And he has seen that love heal and transform men's lives — his father's, his own and the countless men across Australia he has talked to and helped heal.
This is his — and their — story.
And the story of how God's love transforms generations.
A story that just...
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The truth is sometimes the hardest thing to accept.
This is a self-help guide to living and dying, written by an 8-year-old girl, a cancer victim. Who'd decided to share her life experience in the hospital, waiting to die. Knowing she will die. And, all along thinking of her mother's happiness; and her ability to help other children not be scared of the circumstance.
Life is infinite, depending on your comprehension of what life is.
Nothing ever...
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Weave the Bible's wisdom into your parenting and instill faith in your son
As a parent, you will always be your son's first and most powerful influence-which is why it's so important to raise him with God by your side. This guide is full of practical parenting advice and spiritual insights that show you how to root your parenting in God's Word and raise your son with intention and care.
What sets this guide apart from other Christian parenting...
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The Princess Problem offers sound, sensible, and parent-tested advice for helping children thrive in today's consumer culture.'-JO B. Paoletti, author of Pink and Blue: Telling the Boys from the Girls in America How to Raise Empowered Girls in a Princess World It's no secret that little girls love princesses. Behind the twirly dresses and glittery crowns, however, sits a powerful marketing machine, encouraging obsessive consumerism and delivering...
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For anyone who loved St Trinian's – old or new – or loves a cozy mystery on a grand estate filled with rather 'interesting' characters.
When an American stranger turns up claiming to be the rightful owner of the school's magnificent country estate it could spell trouble for everyone at St Bride's . . .
No one can believe it when the headmistress, Hairnet, instantly accepts the stranger's claim, not:
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the put-upon Bursar, ousted from...
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Making conscientious choices about technology in our families is more than just using internet filters and determining screen time limits for our children. It's about developing wisdom, character, and courage in the way we use digital media rather than accepting technology's promises of ease, instant gratification, and the world's knowledge at our fingertips. And it's definitely not just about the kids. Drawing on in-depth original research from the...
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Today's teachers are, tasked with maintaining rigorous class, office, and grading schedules, seeing to their students' needs, and maintaining communication with parents who are just as stressed as they are. It's no wonder parents and teachers run into miscommunications.
As a parent and teacher herself, Christina Singh dives deep into many of the issues parents and teachers face during the school year, such as disagreements on how to handle children...
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Survive adolescence-with the guide no parent should be without
Getting through adolescence is tough, but you can help your child make it through-and maintain a strong relationship! Covering everything from late childhood to puberty to emerging adulthood, Adolescence: A Parent's Guide offers you and your child the kind of sound and thoughtful advice you'll wish you'd gotten in your adolescence.
Divided into five chapters-each covering a specific...
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Whether your child is entering middle school for the first time in 7th grade or has already spent a year there as a 6thgrader, you'll find loads of information in 7th Grade Ready useful to you and your student. Each contributor to 7th Grade Ready is a current or former 7th grade teacher who has worked extensively with parents and families of students. These contributors have all been Teachers of the Year or finalists in their state. Beginning with...
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