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Parenting on Your Own
by Lynda HunterWhat you hoped for in life was a smooth road with enough turns to make it interesting. As a single parent, what you got was a rocky path marked by money issues, a barren social life, and more to do in one day than most people accomplish in three. Dr. Lynda Hunter knows how hard it can be. Her own experience as a single parent has taught her firsthand about the concerns you face daily. It’s also taught her how to handle those concerns effectively. Now, in Parenting On Your Own, Dr. Hunter combines her personal insights with those of hundreds of single parents across the country to offer this first-of-its-kind, definitive handbook for single parents. Here at last are the real-life answers you’ve longed for to the real-life questions you’ve been asking about - coping with isolation, loneliness, and other emotions - being a full-time parent and making a living and having a social life - filling in the gaps left by the missing parent - dealing with financial crunches . . . and much more. You won’t find a more thorough, practical, and well-researched guide to single parenting anywhere. This timely resource not only supplies help for your greatest struggles, but new hope and encouragement a single parent’s best allies.
Parenting Out of Control: Anxious Parents in Uncertain Times
by Margaret K. NelsonThey go by many names: helicopter parents, hovercrafts, PFHs (Parents from Hell). The news media is filled with stories of well-intentioned parents going to ridiculous extremes to remove all obstacles from their child’s path to greatness . . . or at least to an ivy league school. From cradle to college, they remain intimately enmeshed in their children’s lives, stifling their development and creating infantilized, spoiled, immature adults unprepared to make the decisions necessary for the real world. Or so the story goes.Drawing on a wealth of eye-opening interviews with parents across the country, Margaret K. Nelson cuts through the stereotypes and hyperbole to examine the realities of what she terms “parenting out of control.” Situating this phenomenon within a broad sociological context, she finds several striking explanations for why today’s prosperous and well-educated parents are unable to set realistic boundaries when it comes to raising their children. Analyzing the goals and aspirations parents have for their children as well as the strategies they use to reach them, Nelson discovers fundamental differences among American parenting styles that expose class fault lines, both within the elite and between the elite and the middle and working classes.Nelson goes on to explore the new ways technology shapes modern parenting. From baby monitors to cell phones (often referred to as the world’s longest umbilical cord), to social networking sites, and even GPS devices, parents have more tools at their disposal than ever before to communicate with, supervise, and even spy on their children. These play important and often surprising roles in the phenomenon of parenting out of control. Yet the technologies parents choose, and those they refuse to use, often seem counterintuitive. Nelson shows that these choices make sense when viewed in the light of class expectations.Today’s parents are faced with unprecedented opportunities and dangers for their children, and are evolving novel strategies to adapt to these changes. Nelson’s lucid and insightful work provides an authoritative examination of what happens when these new strategies go too far.
Parenting Outside the Lines: Forget the Rules, Tap into Your Wisdom, and Connect with Your Child
by Meghan LeahyNo-nonsense, sanity-saving insights from the Washington Post on Parenting columnist--for anyone who's drowning in parental pressure and advice that doesn't work.Ever feel overwhelmed by the stress and perfectionism of our overparenting culture--and at the same time, still look for solutions to ease the struggles of everyday family life? Parenting coach and Washington Post columnist Meghan Leahy feels your pain. Like her clients and readers, she grew weary of the endless "shoulds" of modern parenting--along with the simplistic rules and advice that often hurt more than help.Filled with insights based on child development and hard-won lessons in the trenches, this honest guide presents a new approach, offering permission to practice imperfect parenting with a strong dose of common sense, empathy, and laughter. You'll gain perspective on trusting your gut, picking your battles, and when to question what's "normal" (as opposed to what works best for your child).Forget impossible standards and dogma, and serving organic salmon to four-year-olds. Forget helicopters, tiger moms, and being "mindful" in the middle of a meltdown (your child's or your own). Instead, discover relatable insights for staying connected to your child and true to the parent you want to be (and already are).
Parenting Rewired: How to Raise a Happy Autistic Child in a Very Neurotypical World
by Danielle Punter Charlotte ChaneyParenting an autistic child as a neurotypical adult can be challenging but it doesn't need to feel impossible! This essential guide will help you reshape your approaches to parenting.Packed with lived-experience insight and easy-to-follow advice this transformative guide will change how you view the behaviour of your autistic child and challenge you to rewire your thinking to see the world through the autistic lens. This guide challenges the common misunderstandings surrounding autistic behaviour, such as emotional dysregulation in public settings or meltdowns at mealtimes. Parents and carers will be given a deeper understanding of why your child behaves the way they do and how a change in your parenting approach is key to relax and resolve difficult situations. This book gives you all the tools you need to not only parent your autistic child, but also to understand them.With tips on how to support and interpret emotional dysregulation, meltdowns, food aversions and much more, you will learn how to see the world through your child's eyes, using communication techniques that will help you and your child thrive.
Parenting Rewired: How to Raise a Happy Autistic Child in a Very Neurotypical World
by Danielle Punter Charlotte ChaneyTwo neurodiverse parents share easy-to-follow advice on how to adapt your parenting style to meet the needs of an autistic child.Parenting an autistic child as a neurotypical adult can be challenging but it doesn't need to feel impossible! This essential guide will help you reshape your approaches to parenting.Packed with lived-experience insight and easy-to-follow advice this transformative guide will change how you view the behaviour of your autistic child and challenge you to rewire your thinking to see the world through the autistic lens. This guide challenges the common misunderstandings surrounding autistic behaviour, such as emotional dysregulation in public settings or meltdowns at mealtimes. Parents and carers will be given a deeper understanding of why your child behaves the way they do and how a change in your parenting approach is key to relax and resolve difficult situations. This audiobook gives you all the tools you need to not only parent your autistic child, but also to understand them.With tips on how to support and interpret emotional dysregulation, meltdowns, food aversions and much more, you will learn how to see the world through your child's eyes, using communication techniques that will help you and your child thrive.(P) 2023 Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Parenting, Schooling and Children's Behaviour (Routledge Revivals)
by Ann Buchanan Barbara L. HudsonPublished in 1998, this book brings together some of the key findings in parenting and educational programmes from researchers at the University of Oxford, working in primary health care, educational studies, clinical psychology and applied social studies. At a time of considerable changes in family life and society in general, there is concern that some children are not achieving their potential because of emotional and behavioural difficulties. This book looks across the health, education and social divide and highlights what we know and what we don't know about effective strategies in helping children and their parents overcome their difficulties. Each chapter is written by a different member of the centre at Oxford for Research into Parenting and Children and is based on their research.
Parenting The Sh*t Out Of Life: The Sunday Times bestseller
by Mother Pukka Papa Pukka'Hilarious ... a must-read'THE SUNFrom Mother Pukka and Papa Pukka, the minds behind highly popular parenting blog MotherPukka.co.uk, comes Parenting the Sh*t Out of Life, the Sunday Times bestselling account of parenting told from both perspectives and a handy guide (kind of) on how to raise a small human. It's the must-read for all parents and parents-to-be - and possibly the best (or worst) baby shower gift you could ever give a prospective mum or dad ...MOTHER PUKKA AND PAPA PUKKA at last offer you this: a book that will not help you grow or raise a human successfully, but a book that might, if you're not too emotionally battered - and can see past the permanent eye twitch - help you laugh a little more than you cry.This is one couple's take on the horrors and humour of modern parenting told from his side and hers: honest, sad and laugh-out-loud funny. It will speak to anyone with a child or children of their own - or to those hoping to take that monumental step. It may not be easy and you might have no idea what you are doing but, as the Pukkas demonstrate, with a bit of teeth-gnashing, tongue-chewing and joke-cracking, you too will be parenting the sh*t out of life.'Snort-tea-through-nose funny' CHERRY HEALEY, author of Letters to my Fanny
Parenting The Sh*t Out Of Life: For people who happen to be parents (or might be soon) The Sunday Times Bestseller
by Mother Pukka Papa Pukka**FROM THE AUTHORS OF WHERE'S MY HAPPY ENDING? THE IRREVERENT BESTSELLER & THE PERFECT GIFT FOR PARENTS AND PARENTS-TO-BE**'Hilarious ... a must-read'THE SUNFrom Anna Whitehouse aka Mother Pukka and Matt Farquharson aka Papa Pukka, comes the Sunday Times bestselling account of parenting told from both perspectives, and a handy guide (kind of) on how to raise a small human. The must-read for all parents and parents-to-be - and possibly the best (or worst) baby shower gift you could ever give a prospective mum or dad ...MOTHER PUKKA AND PAPA PUKKA offer you this: a book that will not help you grow or raise a human successfully, but a book that might, if you're not too emotionally battered - and can see past the permanent eye twitch - help you laugh a little more than you cry.This is one couple's take on the horrors and humour of modern parenting told from his side and hers: honest, sad and laugh-out-loud funny. It will speak to anyone with a child or children of their own - or to those hoping to take that monumental step. It may not be easy and you might have no idea what you are doing but, as the Pukkas demonstrate, with a bit of teeth-gnashing, tongue-chewing and joke-cracking, you too will be parenting the sh*t out of life.'Snort-tea-through-nose funny' CHERRY HEALEY, author of Letters to my Fanny
Parenting The Sh*t Out Of Life: For people who happen to be parents (or might be soon) The Sunday Times Bestseller
by Mother Pukka Papa Pukka***BY THE CREATORS OF MOTHERPUKKA.COM AND THE DIRTY MOTHER PUKKA PODCAST (#3 ON THE ITUNES PODCASTS CHARTS)******FOR FANS OF HURRAH FOR GIN, THE UNMUMSY MUM, GIOVANNA FLETCHER AND THE SCUMMY MUMMIES*** From the minds behind the wildly successful parenting blog MotherPukka.com and the creators of the Dirty Mother Pukka podcast, comes a memoir told from both parents' perspectives that doesn't scrimp on the shits, giggles or tears that accompany life with a small human (or small humans). MOTHER PUKKA AND PAPA PUKKA at last offer you this: a book that will not help you grow or raise a human successfully, but a book that might, if you're not too emotionally battered - and can see past the permanent eye twitch - help you laugh a little more than you cry.This is one couple's take on the horrors and humour of modern parenting told from his side and hers: honest, sad and laugh-out-loud funny. It will speak to anyone with a child or children of their own - or who are hoping to take that monumental step. It may not be easy and you might have no idea what you are doing, but as the Pukkas demonstrate, with a bit of teeth-gnashing, tongue-chewing and joke-cracking, you, too, can be parenting the sh*t out of life.(P)2017 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
Parenting Simply
by Adina SoclofParents are always looking for simple and practical ways to meet the challenges of parenting. This down-to-earth guide provides concrete tips to help parents be confident in their ability to raise respectful, grateful, and disciplined children. <p><p> Adina Soclof blends traditional Jewish parenting techniques with the latest educational and psychological research, showing how to teach kids to take responsibility for themselves at home and at school and help them feel competent and calm. Step-by-step instructions and examples are shared, giving parents the tools they need to create an atmosphere of compassion and respect - the basis of a warm and loving Jewish home.
Parenting Strategies to Help Adopted and Fostered Children with Their Behaviour: Trauma-Informed Guidance and Action Charts
by Christine Gordonxx
Parenting Stress
by Kirby D. Deater-DeckardAll parents experience stress as they attempt to meet the challenges of caring for their children. This comprehensive book examines the causes and consequences of parenting distress, drawing on a wide array of findings in current empirical research. Kirby Deater-Deckard explores normal and pathological parenting stress, the influences of parents on their children as well as children on their parents, and the effects of biological and environmental factors. Beginning with an overview of theories of stress and coping, Deater-Deckard goes on to describe how parenting stress is linked with problems in adult and child health (emotional problems, developmental disorders, illness); parental behaviors (warmth, harsh discipline); and factors outside the family (marital quality, work roles, cultural influences). The book concludes with a useful review of coping strategies and interventions that have been demonstrated to alleviate parenting stress.
Parenting Teen Boys: A Positive Parenting Approach to Raising Healthy, Independent Sons
by Marissa Garcia SoriaRaise a resilient son with positive parenting Teen boys face a lot of unique struggles, especially these days, and figuring out how to guide them can sometimes be challenging. Enter Parenting Teen Boys. This book includes advice based on positive parenting principles that will help you support and connect with your son during this important time in your lives. What sets this book on parenting teens apart from other teen boy books: Become a positive parent—Learn how to communicate with your son and help him explore his strengths as you reframe challenges into opportunities for growth and acceptance. Learn all about teen boys—Read up on the history of teen boys and take a look at the unique challenges they face today so you can understand what your son is going through. Be an "emotion coach"—Learn how to handle social or behavioral issues by truly understanding their root causes and helping your son navigate his feelings. Discover how to parent in a way that nourishes the relationship between you and your son with this book for teen boys.
Parenting Teen Girls: A Positive Parenting Approach to Raising Healthy, Independent Daughters
by Christina Trujillo Sieren LCSWRaise a resilient daughter with positive parenting Parenting a teen girl can keep you on your toes. Girls face a lot of unique struggles, especially these days, and figuring out how to guide them can sometimes be challenging. Enter Parenting Teen Girls. This book includes advice based on positive parenting principles that will help you support and connect with your daughter during this important time in your lives. What sets this book on parenting teens apart from other parenting books: Become a positive parent—Learn how to communicate with your daughter, let go of control, and reframe challenges into opportunities for growth and acceptance. Learn all about teen girls—Read up on the history of teen girls, and take a look at the challenges teen girls face today so you can understand what your daughter is going through. Be an "emotion coach"—Learn how to handle social or behavioral issues by truly understanding their root causes and helping your daughter navigate her feelings. Learn how to parent in a way that nourishes the relationship between you and your daughter with this book on raising teenage girls.
Parenting Teenagers
by The Reach FoundationParenting Teenagers is a straight-talking and practical guide to supporting your kids through their teenage years. It provides all the information you'll need, when you need it and without the fluff.
Parenting Teens with Love and Logic: Preparing Adolescents for Responsible Adulthood
by Foster Cline Jim FayParents need to teach their teens how to make decisions responsibly--and do so without going crazy or damaging the relationship. This book empowers parents with the skills and tools necessary to set limits, teach important skills, and encourage decision-making in their teenagers. Indexed for easy reference.
Parenting the Children of Now
by Meg Blackburn LoseyIn this groundbreaking book, Meg Blackburn Losey gives us the skills and practices to develop our own truth, know our own purpose, discover our passion-and help our children do the same. Filled with insightful ideas and stories, each chapter ends with exercises for parents to do on their own and other exercises to do with their children. Book jacket.
Parenting the First Twelve Years: What the Evidence Tells Us (Pelican Books)
by Victoria Cooper Heather Montgomery Kieron SheehyConcrete, research-driven advice on humanity's oldest, hardest jobWhy is parenting so fraught and so difficult in today's society? There has never been a time when advice was so readily available, and yet there is also a prevailing sense that parents are getting it wrong. This book examines the arguments and counter-arguments supported by research on how best to parent children, from birth to twelve years. By taking an impartial approach to the evidence and, by discussing case studies from across the world and from a number of academic disciplines, this book is designed to show how good parenting comes in many shapes and forms.
Parenting the Heart of Your Child: Teaching Your Kids to Make Good Decisions Even When No One Is Looking
by Diane MooreMoore offers practical strategies and tools for parents to help their children become morally mature people who make good decisions when no one is looking. Using God's plan for human development, parents can assess their children's maturity stage and help them move to the next level.
Parenting the Hurt Child: Helping Adoptive Families Heal and Grow
by Gregory C. Keck Regina M. KupeckyWhen a child is adopted, he or she can arrive with hurts from past pain. With time, patience, informed parenting, and appropriate therapy, your adopted child can heal, grow, and develop beyond what seems possible now. Gregory C. Keck and Regina M. Kupecky explain how to manage a hurting child with loving wisdom and resolve and how to preserve your stability while untangling their thorny hearts. * Indexed for easy reference. * Also available: Adopting the Hurt Child.
Parenting the New Teen in the Age of Anxiety: A Complete Guide to Your Child's Stressed, Depressed, Expanded, Amazing Adolescence
by Dr. John Duffy Dr.A clinical psychologist offers an accessible guide to the &“New Teen&” and how parents can adjust to raising them in this emotionally challenging world. Kids are growing up with nearly unlimited access to social media and the Internet, and unprecedented academic, social, and familial stressors. Starting as early as eight years old, children are exposed to information, thought, and emotion that they are developmentally unprepared to process. As a result, saving the typical &“teen parenting&” strategies for thirteen-year-olds is now years too late. With this parenting book, Dr. John Duffy, a nationally recognized expert in parenting for nearly twenty-five years, offers a necessary guide that addresses this hidden phenomenon of the changing teenage brain. This is a guide for parents raising children who are growing up quickly and dealing with unresolved adolescent issues that can lead to anxiety and depression. Because of the unprecedented exposure they face, kids are emotionally overwhelmed at a young age, often continuing to search for a sense of self well into their twenties. Paradoxically, Dr. Duffy recognizes the good that comes with these challenges, such as the sense of justice instilled in teenagers starting at a young age. Readers of this book will: Sort through the overwhelming circumstances of today&’s teens and better understand the changing landscape of adolescence Come away with a revised parenting plan more suited to addressing the current needs of the New Teen Discover the joy in parenting again by reclaiming the role of your teen&’s ally, guide, and consultant Perfect for readers of parenting books like The Yes Brain, How to Raise an Adult, The Deepest Well, and The Conscious Parent.
Parenting the QBQ way
by John G. MillerHow often have we heard complaints like these? “Why don’t my kids do what I say?” “Who made the mess in here?” “When will my teen make better choices?” These are the kinds of questions that parents ask that lead not only to complaining, but to victim thinking, procrastination, and blaming. The solution: Learn to parent the QBQ® way – and bring personal accountability to life within our families. Based on the same concepts that have made John Miller’s signature work, QBQ: The Question Behind the Question, an international bestseller over the last decade, Parenting the QBQ Way provides the tool called the QBQ or The Question Behind the Question that will help every parent look behind questions such as “Why won’t my kids listen?” or “When will they do what I ask?” to find better ones—QBQs—like “What can I do differently?” or “How can I improve as a parent?” This simple but challenging concept turns the focus – and responsibility – back to parents and to what they can do to make a difference. With thoughtful commentary, observation, and advice, illustrated with engaging and memorable anecdotes that are the hallmarks of John Miller’s previous books, Parenting the QBQ Way provides all moms and dads with the means and inspiration to be more effective parents – as well as teach their children how to practice their own brand of personal accountability – to create a happy, healthy family for a lifetime. .
Parenting the Smart Kid: 25 Tips No One Told You About Raising Gifted Teens
by Brenda Kay SmallParents of Smart Kids know they can have complex social, emotional, and intellectual needs. This resource condenses the wisdom and experience of teachers and school leaders who have experienced thousands of students with the same needs into 25 key tips for parents seeking to help their Smart Kids thrive. Featuring 25 illustrated strategies for navigating situations unique to Smart Kids, with confident, informed support given every step of the way, this book covers topics such as: What to do when a Smart Kid thinks they are smarter than everyone else, How to motivate a Smart Kid who is bored of school, How are the Smart Kid perfectionist and procrastinator related? It’s not all bad. How to navigate alternatives to regular school classes and other acceleration opportunities Where to find valuable mentors in your community. When and how to act when the Smart Kid is too cool for school. What are the benefits and costs of homeschooling Smart Kids? Parents have great power in schools. Know when and how to use your power. What to do when the Smart Kid finally has a class that is not easy. And much more! Parents are not alone on this complex journey. Take each tip and apply it. Watch Smart Kids thrive with an informed and confident parent. Full of relevant tried-and-true suggestions that are immediately implementable solutions to the common challenges of parenting Smart Kids, this invaluable resource is a must have for parents seeking to confidently navigate the exciting and challenging journey of their Smart Kid's teen years.
Parenting the way God Parents: Refusing to Recycle Your Parents' Mistakes
by Katherine KoonceDivine Parenting Made Possible Every parent wants to do his or her job well. But if you look to your family of origin, or try to follow a list of dos and don'ts, you will fail. Thankfully, God sets a model as Parent, and all you have to do is follow it! InParenting the Way God Parents,Katherine Koonce shows how healthy parenting patterns will flow naturally when you parent from your godly heritage. By way of thought-provoking study, discussion questions, and scriptural snapshots, you'll begin addressing not just your children's behavior, but the important heart issues that shape their character. When you adopt God the Father's perfect understanding of His children and prayerfully obey His example, your children can't help but become healthy, whole, and thriving! The Perfect Parenting Plan Kids will be kids, and parents will becomehellip;just like their own parents. Even with the best intentions, parents will default to raising their kids just as they were raised-unless they embrace a revolutionary approach to parenting. Thank God, because He provides the better way. He has everything you need for parenting your children in the grace, discipline, and love with which He parents you. Child development and learning specialist Katherine Koonce comes alongside to offer you a fresh perspective that will redirect your parenting path. Parenting the Way God Parentswill help you: Discern valid rights from selfish wants in this age of entitlement Be prepared for anger, and help your children prepare for it too T ake an active, prayerful role in seeking God's vision for your family Focus on shaping your children'shearts,not just theirbehavior Set aside parenting how-to books full of dos and don'ts and embrace the One who parents you perfectly. "Knowing Katherine as a gifted teacher at the school my children attend, it's evident that she has a great deal of wisdom and insight. " Steven Curtis Chapman Singer/songwriter "Parenting the Way God Parentsis refreshingly free of formulas, and packed full of wisdom and valuable insight. I will reread it for myself and recommend it again and again in my practice. " David Thomas Child and Adolescent Therapist Coauthor ofBecoming a Dad: A Spiritual, Emotional and Practical Guide Story Behind the Book "Like most parents, I was not prepared for the job. Again and again I found myself defaulting to the parenting tactics and family dynamics recycled from my childhood. God convinced me that there was a better way. Rather than parent the way I was as a child, I can choose to parent the way I am Parented today. God my Father parents me with excellence, and I want to continue that legacy with my children. In choosing this paradigm of childrearing, however, I've had to lay down my little bag of parenting tricks and embrace the One who parents me perfectly. " -Katherine Koonce
Parenting the Whole Child: A Holistic Child Psychiatrist Offers Practical Wisdom on Behavior, Brain Health, Nutrition, Exercise, Family Life, Peer Relationships, School Life, Trauma, Medication, and More . . .
by Emily Heckman Scott M. ShannonUnderstanding child health and wellness through a holistic lens. Complementing his book for professionals, here Scott Shannon equips parents and caregivers with a better way to understand the mental health challenges their children face, including how cutting-edge scientific concepts like epigenetics and neuroplasticity mean new hope for overcoming them. Readers learn how the most common stressors in kids--inadequate nutrition, unaddressed trauma, learning problems, family relationships, and more--are often at the root of behavioral and emotional issues, and what steps can be taken to restore health and wholeness, without immediately turning to medication.