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“Good Idea, Bad Idea, Why?” is a children's safety book that helps raise safety awareness among parents and children. It is very heartbreaking to hear about children being hurt or losing their lives over simple quick choices that were not thoroughly considered. This story helps mold safety consciousness with our children's everyday decision-making. The goal of this children's story is to open our children's mind to identifying and preventing potential...
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It's 2am but your baby thinks it's party time; their 'routine' seems to change with the wind, and you would do anything to get a good night's sleep... We know how you feel! You might be prepared and reading this before baby arrives, or as they snooze beside you in those early new-born days, knowing that forewarned is forearmed. Or your eyebags may tell their own bedtime story... Either way, if your baby is not sleeping, you have not done anything...
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American families are sick of rudeness, aggression, and unruly behavior. They are searching for ways to cool down society -- and bring up kids who win at life by peaceful, compassionate, and rational means, rather than the opposite. This is the book that casts out a new lifeline to them and speaks positively to their deepest needs and yearnings.
Explaining that kindness is the heart and core of civility and manners in any society, Letitia Baldrige,...
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Welcome everyone!I am glad to present an invaluable resource for new parents - the EBook "Parenting 101: A Newbies Guide".This comprehensive guide is designed to help you navigate the exciting, yet challenging journey of parenthood. This EBook empowers new parents with knowledge and confidence. It provides practical advice and scientifically backed parenting techniques. "Parenting 101: A Newbies Guide" covers a wide range of topics, from understanding...
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Get the Summary of Tom Papa's We're All in This Together . . . in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "We're All in This Together . . ." by Tom Papa is a humorous and insightful exploration of the human condition, touching on the quirks, imperfections, and shared experiences that unite us. Papa delves into personal anecdotes and observations, ranging from the awkwardness of social interactions and the challenges...
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The essential guide to teaching children of all ages manners, respect and the social skills to get ahead in life.
This first hand guide filled with humor and anecdotes will explain how to teach your children to behave at home, in restaurants, airports, trains and public places.
Even if you think your children's behavior in public leaves you in need of psychological help, this book explains how to turn bad behavior into good in a matter of weeks. Imagine...
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There are reasons that children don't listen, and there are ways to convert bad attitudes. If you believe that training up a child in the way he should go and honoring your parents may be part of how you get your child to feed a cat - or get your child to come when you call, finish homework, or be home by suppertime - this book is for you.
Besides, it has cartoons.
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The stirring histories of the Kelly & Wilson families are revealed over nearly a century. The first 40 years come to life through the stories of those who lived, loved, and survived the devastation of World War I, the Great Depression and World War II. The author breathes life into their memories, adding color to faded snapshots resting in untended boxes and lonely desk drawers.
The spirit of the two families merge when Dale Wilson and Barbara...
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Michael Gurian's blockbuster bestseller The Wonder of Boys is the bible for mothers, fathers, and educators on how to understand and raise boys. It has sold over 400,000 copies, been translated into 17 languages, and sells over 25,000 every year, which is more than any other book on boys in history. To follow up on this first book, which launched the boy's movement, he has now written this revolutionary new book which confronts what he and a lot of...
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The Teachable Minute is a golden opportunity to teach kids something, anywhere, FAST. It can be caught at any time, in common places, where we all live and go. When we make time to Show, Ask, or Teach kids something, we help kids in two very important ways. We help them grow smarter. Consequently, they will know more and want to know more. We give them our time and undivided attention. Consequently, they will grow appreciative and grateful for our...
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Chill the glasses! The author of the wildly successful Three-Martini Playdate is back with more irreverent and useful advice about life with children. Wickedly funny essays offer helpful advice on harnessing the energy of toddlers-gone-wild: on vacation, out to dinner, even just when grandmother stops by for a visit. Parents will relearn the art of traveling, socializing, and eating out like adults...sometimes with well-behaved children in tow. In...
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Get the Summary of Sloane Crosley's Grief Is for People in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Grief Is for People" by Sloane Crosley is a poignant exploration of loss and the complex emotions that accompany it. The narrative begins with Crosley's personal experience of a burglary on June 27, 2019, where she loses forty-one pieces of jewelry, including heirlooms from her grandmother. This event becomes a prelude to...
33) You're Teaching My Child What?: A Physician Exposes the Lies of Sex Ed and How They Harm Your Child
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Think Sex Ed Is All About The "Facts of Life"? Think Again. If you think sex education is still about the birds and the bees, think again. And it's not about science either. In her shocking exposé, You're Teaching My Child What?, Dr. Miriam Grossman rips back the curtain on sex education today, exposing a sordid truth. Today's sex ed programs aren't based on science; they're based on liberal lies and politically correct propaganda that promote the...
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In the rapidly evolving landscape of the digital era, where screens light up our lives and technology interweaves with every facet of our existence, the art of parenting finds itself at an extraordinary crossroads. As we navigate the uncharted waters of raising tech-savvy children, the journey becomes both exhilarating and challenging, shaping the course of our children's futures in unprecedented ways. "Parenting in the Digital Era (Raising Tech Savvies)"...
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"Is That Normal?" is an invaluable book that serves as a trusted companion for parents as they welcome a newborn baby into their family. Dr. Meghan Burke, a beloved pediatrician with years of experience in newborn care, has crafted a comprehensive guide that addresses the exhilaration and anxiety that often accompany caring for a newborn.
Dr. Burke covers the crucial aspects of newborn care, from burping to bathing and everything in between,...
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This book is a guide for all first-time parents, or first-time twin parents. If you're overwhelmed with how to sleep-train your children, feed your children, discipline your children, or spend time with your children, then this book is for you. It's your one-stop shop for everything you need to know to be a successful parent for the first 3 years of your child's life.
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What is the proper way to eat soup? Do you realize we have daily
conversations without saying a word?
In
her first book former educator, small business owner, Jazzercise instructor,
and energetic wife, mother, and grandmother, Linda Waller Holden shares tips to
help all of us become more aware of ways to make our lives richer and more
rewarding. It all has to do with etiquette and manners. Mrs. Holden gives some quick, easy
suggestions on handling...
38) Corazón De Enojo
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El enojo, ¿Ha sido un problema en su hogar? ¿Alguna vez sus hijos le han hablando con un tono airado o irrespetuoso? ¿Pelean entre ellos? ¿Ha perdido usted alguna vez la compostura o la paciencia mientras trataba una situación irritable en su casa? Pues bien, si contestó honestamente «sí» a alguna de estas preguntas, usted necesita este libro.
39) The biggest job we'll ever have: the Hyde School program for character-based education and parenting
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ATTITUDE OVER APTITUDE.
EFFORT OVER ACHIEVEMENT.
CHARACTER OVER TALENT.
For families, educators, corporations, and communities, The Biggest Job We'll Ever Have is nothing less than a new paradigm for reconnecting education with core values. With more than thirty-five years' experience at Hyde, an organization of internationally known, award-winning schools and programs, Laura and Malcolm Gauld argue persuasively that true education for our children...
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This funny and poignant memoir from celebrated family man blogger Jason Good delves into the magic, fails, and meaning of fatherhood. Here he shares the story of his father, a charismatic, communicative, and affectionate man who taught him how to live and how to be a dad to his own two young sons. The moment Jason was told he would lose his father to cancer, and the year that followed, inspired him to reflect on how an imperfect father can be perfection...
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