Download or read book 100 Effective Ways to Be an Extraordinary Parent written by Sean Gentile MBA and published by Author House. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 100 Effective Ways to be an Extraordinary Parent offers the prime pearls of wisdom from a mother of four dynamic kids. These simple and concise tips can help parents deal with the everyday challenges that face the family as well as the larger issues presented by modern culture and mass media.

Download or read book Extraordinary Ordinary People written by Condoleezza Rice and published by Crown. This book was released on 2011-10-11 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of Condoleezza Rice that has never been told, not that of an ultra-accomplished world leader, but of a little girl--and a young woman--trying to find her place in a sometimes hostile world, of two exceptional parents, and an extended family and community that made all the difference. Condoleezza Rice has excelled as a diplomat, political scientist, and concert pianist. Her achievements run the gamut from helping to oversee the collapse of communism in Europe and the decline of the Soviet Union, to working to protect the country in the aftermath of 9-11, to becoming only the second woman--and the first black woman ever--to serve as Secretary of State. But until she was 25 she never learned to swim, because when she was a little girl in Birmingham, Alabama, Commissioner of Public Safety Bull Connor decided he'd rather shut down the city's pools than give black citizens access. Throughout the 1950's, Birmingham's black middle class largely succeeded in insulating their children from the most corrosive effects of racism, providing multiple support systems to ensure the next generation would live better than the last. But by 1963, Birmingham had become an environment where blacks were expected to keep their head down and do what they were told--or face violent consequences. That spring two bombs exploded in Rice’s neighborhood amid a series of chilling Klu Klux Klan attacks. Months later, four young girls lost their lives in a particularly vicious bombing. So how was Rice able to achieve what she ultimately did? Her father, John, a minister and educator, instilled a love of sports and politics. Her mother, a teacher, developed Condoleezza’s passion for piano and exposed her to the fine arts. From both, Rice learned the value of faith in the face of hardship and the importance of giving back to the community. Her parents’ fierce unwillingness to set limits propelled her to the venerable halls of Stanford University, where she quickly rose through the ranks to become the university’s second-in-command. An expert in Soviet and Eastern European Affairs, she played a leading role in U.S. policy as the Iron Curtain fell and the Soviet Union disintegrated. Less than a decade later, at the apex of the hotly contested 2000 presidential election, she received the exciting news--just shortly before her father’s death--that she would go on to the White House as the first female National Security Advisor. As comfortable describing lighthearted family moments as she is recalling the poignancy of her mother’s cancer battle and the heady challenge of going toe-to-toe with Soviet leaders, Rice holds nothing back in this remarkably candid telling.

Download or read book Extraordinary Parenting written by Eloise Rickman and published by Scribe Us. This book was released on 2020-05-24 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Peaceful Home approach to parenting during a pandemic. We are living through an unprecedented and stressful time, and many parents around the world have been asked to care for and educate their children at home. This presents unique challenges, especially for parents trying to work and oversee their children during long days at home. Extraordinary Parenting offers authoritative, calm, credible advice that is easy to digest and put into practise straight away, as parents learn to navigate unthinkable circumstances. Central to this quick, informative read is a guide to building strong, flexible family rhythms. Written by a homeschooling expert with the current Covid-19 crisis in mind, Extraordinary Parenting will have lasting appeal for any family dealing with a sudden change in circumstances--or even just those families who want to rethink the way their household and parenting is structured. What emerges, through Rickman's Montessori- and Waldorf-influenced approach, is a peaceful parenting style that fosters a slow childhood and a holistic family way of being in the world.

Download or read book Simplicity Parenting written by Kim John Payne and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2009-08-25 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today’s busier, faster society is waging an undeclared war on childhood. With too much stuff, too many choices, and too little time, children can become anxious, have trouble with friends and school, or even be diagnosed with behavioral problems. Now internationally renowned family consultant Kim John Payne helps parents reclaim for their children the space and freedom that all kids need for their attention to deepen and their individuality to flourish. Simplicity Parenting offers inspiration, ideas, and a blueprint for change: • Streamline your home environment. Reduce the amount of toys, books, and clutter—as well as the lights, sounds, and general sensory overload. • Establish rhythms and rituals. Discover ways to ease daily tensions, create battle-free mealtimes and bedtimes, and tell if your child is overwhelmed. • Schedule a break in the schedule. Establish intervals of calm and connection in your child’s daily torrent of constant doing. • Scale back on media and parental involvement. Manage your children’s “screen time” to limit the endless deluge of information and stimulation. A manifesto for protecting the grace of childhood, Simplicity Parenting is an eloquent guide to bringing new rhythms to bear on the lifelong art of raising children.

Download or read book Parent to Parent written by B. Janine Fulla and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2017 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Planned Parenthood isn’t just about planning the right time in your life to have a child. It’s also about making choices regarding how you want to raise your child by understanding yourself, discovering your own coaching abilities, and developing a conscious map that allows for a few side excursions along the way. It’s about opening the drapes and letting the light in, taking deep breaths, and embracing all the sweet, inconvenient, laughable, stressful, playful ups and downs of this great adventure. At its heart, this book is a personal journey of raising children to be empowered, authentic and confident in themselves. It is about helping the parent engage in effective communication, teaching skills such as, leading your children to be responsible for their choices and actions and teaching them to trust their own intuitive signals along with, insights on breaking old parenting patterns. Parenting has changed dramatically since you were raised, and by the time you raise your children, it will dramatically change again. This is known as the Highway of Life and as such, there are times you will find the process... slow. Other times you will find the ride is going way too fast, and just want to put your foot on the brakes. Every child is different, every child has challenges they will test you with, and every experience can be the most profound moments of your life. This book is for parents of children of all ages, including grandparents, caregivers, teachers, coaches, babysitters – anyone who interacts with growing children, in any setting. They say it takes a village to raise a child. This book is for the village.

Download or read book The Definitive Guide for Extraordinary Parenting written by Sebastian BEJA and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-25 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BEFORE YOU START READING: Know that this is not your typical parenting book. First of all I didn't choose to write it! This book is a product of 3 years of my children (now adults) nagging me to write about how the heck I was able to parent them so brilliantly, given all our varying circumstances. They are both wildly successful and appreciate how I parented them so much, that they have asked me to write a guide on how I did it. This way, not only they can learn to mindfully parent their own kids, but others can learn to, as well. They truly believe that these parenting principles can make a dent in the universe. You know what? I believe they can, too. Second of all, this book is raw, vulnerable and very personal. This book will not be your usual instructional guide. I will share with you my lowest of lows (as well as the high ́s, don ́t worry). I will share with you my stories, the hilarious ones, the embarrassing ones, and the ones that still give goosebumps. This book is parenthood in all of its shapes, sizes, and color-spectrums. It's real.I must admit that my parenting was completely based on trial and error, constant experimentation and iteration that lead me to discover new ways of thinking about parenthood. The three of us where guinea pigs on this area. Thirdly, you ́ll hear from my children, Paulina and Sebastian. They will be digging just as deep as I have, sharing their perspective on the raw, personal stories I have written about in this book. You will experience each story from my lens, then you will experience it from theirs. They will tell you all the vulnerable details of how they were feeling at the time, what they were thinking, and how they reacted to how I was parenting them. Then, they will reflect and write about that particular situation, and how it was handled, shaped them into the person that they are today. Finally, this book breaks the rules. That's right. All those rules you hear about how perfect children are born from perfect circumstances, that a family needs to be ideally shaped, that raising kids as a single parent is an impossible task... You know the rules. In my family, we call those "brules", or bull-shit rules. You know what we do with brules? We break them. That's right, this book is a brule-breaker.

Download or read book Ordinary Parents Raising Extraordinary Children written by LeBlanc and published by . This book was released on 2019-07-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Extraordinary Kids written by Cheri Fuller and published by . This book was released on 1998-04 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nurturing and championing your child with special needs.

Download or read book Extraordinary Ways to Raise Your Parenting EQ written by Bhushan Khairnar and published by . This book was released on 2021-12-27 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finland is the Happiest Country in the World and Japan has the third highest ranking in Quality of Life. Both the countries are ranked highest in Parenting EQ. What makes Parenting at Japan and Finland better than the rest of the World? Parenting EQ of Japan is 130 - 144 and Finland is 135 - 149. The global Parenting EQ is 80 - 94...

Download or read book The Parenting Project written by Amy Alamar and published by Fair Winds Press. This book was released on 2018-11-20 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a world full of many influences, The Parenting Project shows you how, through the practice of daily conversation, to maintain influence in your child's life. Are you losing the influence game with your children? If you want to direct your child's growth, then they need to get to know you. In The Parenting Project, parenting experts Dr. Amy Alamar and Dr. Kristine Schlichting show you how to talk with your children on a regular basis to gain their trust. In a time when kids have many things vying for their attention, you want to become the go-to person, the one they turn to the most for advice and comfort. Sometimes it's difficult to speak with your children about serious subjects. That's why The Parenting Project teaches you how to make a habit of it, providing you with prompts to help start potentially difficult conversations across a broad range of subjects that apply to everyday life. The authors have divided these conversations into five categories to inform your approach—Heart-based, Uncomfortable, Dangerous, Character, and Brave—because each type requires different strategies and "conversation starters." The book includes story after story of how parents have built extraordinary relationships with kids through the act of talking with one another, day by day. With some help from Dr. Alamar and Dr. Schlichting, it will be become easier to open up conversations with (rather than at) your children so that when the big questions arise, your child will turn to you first.

Download or read book The Danish Way of Parenting written by Jessica Joelle Alexander and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-06-29 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International bestseller As seen in The Wall Street Journal--from free play to cozy together time, discover the parenting secrets of the happiest people in the world What makes Denmark the happiest country in the world--and how do Danish parents raise happy, confident, successful kids, year after year? This upbeat and practical book presents six essential principles, which spell out P-A-R-E-N-T: Play is essential for development and well-being. Authenticity fosters trust and an "inner compass." Reframing helps kids cope with setbacks and look on the bright side. Empathy allows us to act with kindness toward others. No ultimatums means no power struggles, lines in the sand, or resentment. Togetherness is a way to celebrate family time, on special occasions and every day. The Danes call this hygge--and it's a fun, cozy way to foster closeness. Preparing meals together, playing favorite games, and sharing other family traditions are all hygge. (Cell phones, bickering, and complaining are not!) With illuminating examples and simple yet powerful advice, The Danish Way of Parenting will help parents from all walks of life raise the happiest, most well-adjusted kids in the world.

Download or read book Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons written by Phyllis Haddox and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1986-06-15 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A step-by-step program that shows parents, simply and clearly, how to teach their child to read in just 20 minutes a day.

Download or read book Extraordinary Parenting written by Idriss Metoo and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-14 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a person just like you who has struggled with bettering my parenting skills, I have searched high and low to find the best strategies to fix this problem and I am fully qualified and equipped to help you put an end to your frustration with trying to wade through all the info you need to know to be a better parent!There must be an active participation of the parent in helping their children to increase the creativity, productive and effectiveness levels in tackling tasks set in the quest to reach the end goal, as projected. These parenting skills will help in reaching the goal with a bigger difference and to accelerate the choices made in terms of your child development. And all of this up till now is just the beginning!This powerful guide will provide you with everything you need to know to be a successful parents and achieve your goal of getting your children to learn effectively.With this product, and it's great information on being a better parent it will walk you, step by step, through the exact process to help people get all the info they need to be successful. In This Book, You Will Learn: Basic of Raising KidsThe Characteristic of a GeniusHow to Transform Your Kids To Become GeniusSoftskills for Effective ParentingBenefits of Good ParentingAnd so much more!

Download or read book All Joy and No Fun written by Jennifer Senior and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-01-28 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thousands of books have examined the effects of parents on their children. In All Joy and No Fun, award-winning journalist Jennifer Senior now asks: what are the effects of children on their parents? In All Joy and No Fun, award-winning journalist Jennifer Senior tries to tackle this question, isolating and analyzing the many ways in which children reshape their parents' lives, whether it's their marriages, their jobs, their habits, their hobbies, their friendships, or their internal senses of self. She argues that changes in the last half century have radically altered the roles of today's mothers and fathers, making their mandates at once more complex and far less clear. Recruiting from a wide variety of sources—in history, sociology, economics, psychology, philosophy, and anthropology—she dissects both the timeless strains of parenting and the ones that are brand new, and then brings her research to life in the homes of ordinary parents around the country. The result is an unforgettable series of family portraits, starting with parents of young children and progressing to parents of teens. Through lively and accessible storytelling, Senior follows these mothers and fathers as they wrestle with some of parenthood's deepest vexations—and luxuriate in some of its finest rewards. Meticulously researched yet imbued with emotional intelligence, All Joy and No Fun makes us reconsider some of our culture's most basic beliefs about parenthood, all while illuminating the profound ways children deepen and add purpose to our lives. By focusing on parenthood, rather than parenting, the book is original and essential reading for mothers and fathers of today—and tomorrow.

Download or read book Go Take a Bath written by Robin M. Kevles-Necowitz M. Ed Lpc and published by Larz Publishing. This book was released on 2013-11 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if you could reduce your parenting stress AND nurture your child's emotional development at the same time? Conventional wisdom teaches us to put our children's needs above our own. Our worth as parents is often judged by how much we sacrifice for the good of our children rather than how happy and well-adjusted they are. In "Go Take a Bath!," licensed psychotherapist and parenting coach Robin Kevles-Necowitz suggests that we invert this modern-day standard. She advises us to make parents, not children, our top priority, in much the same way that flight attendants instruct us to put on our own oxygen masks before assisting others. The typical "kids-first" approach is not only destructive for parents and marriages, she says, but also damages our children emotionally by setting them up for a lifetime of anxiety, feelings of inadequacy, and low self-esteem. But by placing our needs above our children's, we offer a living example of what a balanced, healthy, full adult life looks like. Kevles-Necowitz proposes a powerful self-care model, which fosters a happier home and the blossoming of independent, self-sufficient, confident children. The idea is to indulge our need to relax, have fun, eat well, and enjoy our whole lives-not just our parenting side. This new paradigm requires that we sit back, refrain from trying to "fix" everything, and allow our children to manage more of the day-to-day dramas that arise. As a result, they learn life skills, and we get to enjoy parenting more. Of course, this approach generates new anxieties that we must learn to manage. For that, Kevles-Necowitz recommends that you "Go Take a Bath!"

Download or read book Simple Habits for Effective Parenting written by Randall Schroeder and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PROVEN PARENTING HABITS WITH POWERFUL RESULTS IN RAISING A CHILD Happy, confident children determined to reach their full potential with self-motivation, good decision-making skills, a positive attitude, and resilienceare raised by parents who practice simple yet effective habits daily. This commonsense guidebook offers solutions to typical parenting challenges and teaches everything a parent needs to be confident, competent, and nurturing! This must-have remarkable resource is packed with incredible wisdom for anyone looking to fully understand what it means to be an effective parent. These remarkable, easy-to-understand lessons will effectively show how to . . .Build a strong parent-child relationshipBoost a child's self-confidenceApply discipline in meaningful waysTeach successful social skillsInspire good academic effortCreate a never give up mindsetEffective parenting is now within your grasp! With this inspiring how-to comprehensive book, achieve extraordinary results in raising a child to be self-assured, self-reliant, and responsible! You will be able to successfully lead and lovingly encourage your child toward a Godly life!

Download or read book Bringing Up Geeks written by Marybeth Hicks and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-07-01 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A breakthrough parenting book that redefines the meaning of 'geek' and inspires parents to free themselves and their kids from the 'culture of cool.' In a world of superficial values, peer pressure, and out-of-control consumerism, the world needs more GEEKS: Genuine, Enthusiastic, Empowered Kids. Today's 'culture of cool' has changed the way kids grow up. Rather than enjoying innocent childhoods while developing strong, authentic characters, today's kids can become cynical 'even jaded' as they absorb the dangerous messages and harmful influences of a dominant popular culture that encourages materialism, high-risk behaviors, and a state of pseudo-adulthood. Author and mother of four Marybeth Hicks suggests an alternative: bringing up geeks. In this groundbreaking book, she shows parents how they can help their children gain the enthusiasm to pursue their passions, not just the latest fashions; the confidence to resist peer pressure and destructive behaviors; the love of learning that helps them excel at school and in life; and the maturity to value family as well as friends, as well as make good moral decisions. With a foundation like that, kids will grow up to be the coolest adults.