Download or read book 131 Conversations That Engage Kids written by Jed Jurchenko and published by . This book was released on 2017-03-26 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspire your kids to pause their electronics and grow their social skills, through highly engaging, face-to-face conversations! In this book, you will discover:* Why conversations matter and connecting with others is important.* Three strategies to engage kids and keep the conversation going.* Five tools to help children develop their social skills.* How to use conversations to guide children toward positive change. Then, dive into 131 creative, engaging, and fun conversations that will get your kids talking. This book is for children who desire to build face-to-face connections that develop into life-long friendships. It is also for parents, foster parents, teachers, coaches, youth pastors, mentors, and everyone who wants to help their kids to connect in an increasingly disconnected world! Conversation Starters Include:* If the zoo offered to let you keep one exotic animal as a pet, which animal would you take home with you?* If you were principal of your school for a day, what is one school rule that you would change?* No two snowflakes are exactly alike. No two people are the same either. What is something that makes you unique? Jed Jurchenko is passionate about supporting weary Christ-followers in leading their families, growing their friendships, and caffeinating their faith so that they can live joy-filled, Christ-honoring, lives. Jed is a husband, daddy to four girls, a marriage and family therapist, psychology professor, and an author. Jed and his wife, Jenny, blog at www.coffeeshopconversations.com

Download or read book Creative Parenting written by Jed Jurchenko and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-11 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Help your child grow socially, emotionally, and spiritually. This book is packed with easily applied positive parenting strategies, and will guide you on the journey Creative Parenting All children are unique, which means there is no such thing as perfect, one-size-fits-all, parenting strategies. Instead, successful parenting involves a process of discovering which parenting techniques work best for your child's unique needs. This creative parenting book provides a multitude of creative parenting tips so you can help your child grow. It is compiled of three, creative parenting books that will help your child develop socially, emotionally, and spiritually: 131 Conversations That Engage Kids, will help you inspire your kids to pause their electronics, grow their social skills, and develop lifelong friendships. First, discover why conversations matter, and why connecting with your kids is essential. Next, lean three strategies to engage kids and keep the conversation going. After that, dive into five strategies to help kids and tweens grow their social skills. Finally, examine creative ways to encourage positive change in children's lives. Then, use the conversation starters to help your child grow his or her social skills. 131 Boredom Busters and Creativity Builders for Kids, will inspire you to bust boredom, build creativity, and inspire awesomeness in your kids. This creative parenting book is packed with in-home play activities that will and will help your child grow his or her imagination. In addition, parents will: Gain new insights into the healing power of play. Learn to let go of parenting guilt. Discover why free time is a secret ingredient to an awesome childhood. 131 Stress Busters and Mood Boosters for Kids, will help you encourage your kids to bust stress, be happy, and achieve their goals. These coping skills will help your child grow by learning to self-regulate and keep pressing forward, even when projects are difficult. Positive coping skills include: Eleven ways kids can boost their mood by changing their thoughts. Six strategies that encourage children to express how they feel. Eight practices for inspiring children to draw strength from their faith. Five ways kids can elevate their mood through gratitude. Seven tactics that help children become fully present. Five ideas for using temperature changes to help kids self-regulate. Christian Parenting Books These Chrisitan parenting books are based on Scripture and will inspire you to help your child grow his or her faith. Instead of waiting and hoping for change to happen, take action. These creative parenting books are filled packed with positive parenting ideas to help your child grow

Download or read book Stop Asking How Was Your Day written by Daniel J Crawford and published by duopress. This book was released on 2021-06-29 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We’ve all been there: The kids come home from school tired and distracted, and we try to connect with them by asking the same questions day after day. Well, this book will help you find the right questions to connect with your child today and every day. “How was school?” “What did you learn today?” “Did you have fun?” If we are lucky, we might get a little more than “Fine” or “It was good” in return. Maybe we're asking the wrong questions. The good news is that this book will help you find the right questions to connect with your child every day. Stop Asking "How Was Your Day?" is an invaluable tool that can be used again and again. Easy to flip through while waiting in the pickup lane outside school or before sitting down to dinner, this book provides diverse and open-ended questions for parents of schoolchildren of all ages and walks of life. Some questions are fun, some are thoughtful, and some are silly. Ultimately, this book is about communication. As we all know, communication is a two-way street, and Stop Asking "How Was Your Day?" alternates the queries with “Lead by Example” sections that prompt parents to share something from their own experiences to help them connect with their children.

Download or read book Conversations with Robert Coles written by Robert Coles and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 1992 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Coles is a psychiatrist with a novelist's sensibilities. ""Of course everything I come up with,"" he says, ""novelists have known beforehand.""These twenty-three interviews selected from hundreds that Coles has given disclose not only an illustrious physician trained in pediatrics and psychoanalysis but also a sage whose compassion for children and suffering seems boundless. In focusing on a man known mainly as an eminent psychiatrist and author of The Spiritual Life of Children and more than fifty other books, this collection is a departure from the other books in the Literary Conversations Series. By no means is Coles best known as a writer of belles lettres, as are other figures in this series. Yet his varied critical insights and the critical authority with which he approaches literary subjects have enriched American literature. Here through the prism of his medical and literary training Coles's conversations reveal his imposing moral vision. As he ranges with penetrating wisdom over many subjects--children, literature, teaching, psychiatry, family--he explores the cultural, social, and intellectual dimensions of our lives.

Download or read book 131 Creative Conversations For Couples written by Jed Jurchenko and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-18 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transform your relationship from dull and bland to passionate, inspired, and connected. This couples questions book will guide you on the journey! Creative Relationship Questions These fun relationship questions will help you grow. They are for couples who long to level-up their relationship and include fun, creative, and deep conversation starters. Some relationship questions are purely fun and liven up the mood. Other conversation starters encourage you to dream about the future. There are also spiritual questions to help you grow your faith. Whether you are newly dating or nearing your golden anniversary, these questions for couples are for you! The Couples Questions Book Story Before Jenny and I married, I kept a conversation starters book in the glove compartment of my car. The two of us, worked through these relationships questions--one by one--at coffee shops, while relaxing on the beach, and over dinner dates. Now, I am honored to pass on a new conversation starters book! How to Use This Dating Book Download this book on your phone and never have a boring date again. Keep a copy on your coffee table, and stir-up inspiring conversations at home. Ask these relationship questions on road trips, dinner dates, or go through the questions around a summer bonfire! These creative, Christ-honoring, questions for couples are sure to lead to create an abundance of happy memories! Conversation Starters Include: Imagine you could send a letter back in time to your younger self. What would your message say and to which year would you send it? What are you currently doing to nurture yourself spiritually? Are there spiritual activities that you did in the past that you miss? Would you rather be unable to have children at all, or only be able to birth quadruplets? Why? Warning: If you enjoy dull dates, then this book is not for you. However, if you long to laugh, connect, and engage as a couple, then this conversation starters book will guide you on the journey! 131 Creative Conversations for Couples, is packed with excellent questions for Christian couples before marriage. It also contains thought-provoking relationship questions for couples who have been connected for decades. Christian Dating Books If you enjoyed The 5 Love Languages, or Questions for Couples, then you will love 131 Creative Conversations for Couples. Don't just wait to connect. Take action, and transform your relationship with this creative conversation starters book for couples!

Download or read book What Do We Tell the Children written by Joseph M. Primo and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2013-09-17 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One out of seven children will lose a parent before they are 20. The statistics are sobering, but they are also a call for preparedness. However, pastors and counselors of all types are often at a loss when dealing with a grieving child. Talking to adults about death and grief is difficult; it's all the more challenging to talk to children and teens. The stakes are high: grieving children are high-risk for substance abuse, promiscuity, depression, isolation, and suicide. Yet, despite this, most of these kids grow up to be normal or exceptional adults. But their chance to become healthy adults increases with the support of a loving community. Supporting grieving children requires intentionality, open communication, and patience. Rather than avoid all conversations on death or pretend like it never happened, normalizing grief and offering support requires us to be in-tune with kids through dialogue as they grapple with questions of “how” and “why.” When listening to children in grief, we often have to embrace the mystery, offer love and compassion, and stick with the basics. The author says, "We don’t have to answer the why and how for them, but we can assure our children that God is with us as we suffer. We can do so by doing good for others and pointing out all of those moments when someone has done something good for us. I believe that most of the time that’s as far as we will get, and that is okay."

Download or read book 325 Conversation Starters for Kids written by Christian Fader and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-03-20 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forge stronger bonds with your kids. Inspire them. Advance their social skills and build mental toughness-all while you learn new and interesting things about them.Are you tired of asking, "How was your day?" only to be met with the same dull responses? Is it impossible to get your kid to put down their device or screen and just talk to you? Don't just wait for the conversation to start. Be proactive! It's time to get your family talking and overcome grunts and one-word answers. Get your kids engaged with questions they want to answer using this book of conversation starters for kids! Parenting Ideas That Will Win Your Child's Heart Why conversations are the easiest, best, least-expensive way to engage your kids 6 strategies for effective listening when your child is talking 5 key growth areas and specific tools for conversations in each area How to keep the conversations going once you've gotten them started Conversations with kids deliver so much joy. Awaken lively dinner conversations. Connect with your child during rides in the car. Add variety to indoor activities on rainy and snowy days. Find something to talk about during airplane flights. Distract kids during long waits at the doctor's office. Let's do it! ...Only, this book isn't just for fun. Many of the questions are creatively designed to help develop skills and abilities so your kid can thrive in today's disconnected world. Empower your child with conversation starters designed to: Grow gratitude Develop imagination Foster empathy and interpersonal skills Build mental fortitude & confidence Enhance family relationships Explore ethical thinking Create ambition and drive Encourage a sense of humor Develop financial literacy And of course, help you get to know your child better Example Conversation Starters that Will Engage Your Kids: If you had to rename yourself, what name would you give yourself? If your pets could talk, what would they say? What are some things that boys don't understand about girls? An alien lands in your backyard and wants to understand what money is. How do you explain it to them? What's one rule you wish your mom and dad didn't have? Written in the same spirit as beloved, timeless books like How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk and The Five Love Languages of Children, get ready to find new ways to nurture, grow, and bond with your kids as you launch into 325+ Conversation Starters for Kids!

Download or read book What If Everybody Did That written by Ellen Javernick and published by Marshall Cavendish. This book was released on 2010 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Text first published in 1990 by Children's Press, Inc."

Download or read book How to Have Intelligent and Creative Conversations with Your Kids written by Jane M. Healy and published by Main Street Books. This book was released on 1994 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Healy takes the pretentiousness out of deep thought and demonstrates that intergenerational discussions can be rewarding for adults and children alike."--Gareth B. Matthews, professor of philosophy, University of Massachusetts

Download or read book 10 Conversations Kids Need to Have with Their Dad written by Jay Payleitner and published by Harvest House Publishers. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dad, you love your kids to pieces. But whether it’s father-son or father-daughter, how to talk to them—and about what—can be one of the big mysteries in raising children. Bestselling author and veteran dad Jay Payleitner comes to the rescue with a carload of great ideas about communicating those all-important life values to your kids to help them thrive. Good news is, you don’t have to use a lot of words as you plant healthy thoughts about... Excellence: how your kids can hit home runs in life Emotions: experiencing and handling them as God’s gift Integrity: being true to something beyond themselves Marriage: focusing on the positives, not the weeds, thorns, and crabgrass Immortality: living life as a friend of the One who’s eternal Jay’s straightforward, man-friendly advice and stories form a terrific, confidence-boosting resource for building lifelong positives into your family. Raising children just got easier! Great gift or men’s group selection.

Download or read book Generation Mixed Goes to School written by Ralina L. Joseph and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The authors examine the stories and experience of mixed-race children and their families, in order to better understand how crossing racial boundaries within their own skin opens a world of difference and (often) difficulty that requires examination and response"--

Download or read book Difficult Conversations written by Douglas Stone and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2023-08-22 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Harvard Negotiation Project—which brought you the megabestseller GETTING TO YES—this practical guide will help you handle your most difficult conversations with confidence and skill Whether dealing with an underperforming employee or a challenging colleague, disagreeing with your spouse about money or child-rearing, negotiating with a client, or simply saying "No," "I'm sorry," or "I love you," we attempt or avoid difficult conversations every day. No matter how competent we are, we all have conversations that cause anxiety and frustration. This book can help. Based on almost thirty years of research, Difficult Conversations walks you through a step-by-step approach for how to have your toughest conversations with less stress and more success. You'll learn how to: • Decipher the underlying structure and challenge of every difficult conversation • Raise tough issues without triggering defensiveness • Manage strong emotions—yours and theirs • Keep your balance no matter how the other person responds • Get to the heart of the matter in ways that promote learning and build relationships Filled with examples from everyday life, this third edition is thoroughly updated and addresses issues such as race, culture, gender, power, social media, and communicating via technology as we talk to one another across the world—and across worldviews. With constructive communication an ever more critical need in personal, professional, and public life, Difficult Conversations is a classic you will turn to again and again for powerful, practical advice.

Download or read book Those Kids Our Schools written by Shayla Reese Griffin and published by Harvard Education Press. This book was released on 2017-11-14 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Those Kids, Our Schools, Shayla Reese Griffin examines patterns of racial interaction in a large, integrated high school and makes a powerful case for the frank conversations that educators could and should be having about race in schools. Over three years, Griffin observed students, teachers, and administrators in a “post-racial” exurban high school in the Midwest. In its hallways, classrooms, lunchrooms, and staff meetings, she uncovered the disturbing ways in which racial tensions and prejudices persist and are reinforced. Students engaged in patterns of behavior that underscored racial hierarchies. Teachers—no matter how intellectually committed to equity and diversity—often lacked the skills, resources, or authority to address racial issues, while administrators failed to acknowledge racial tensions or recognize how school practices and policies perpetuated racial inequality. This astute and thoughtful book offers a revealing glimpse into the world of young people struggling with the legacy of racism. More important, it highlights the disservice being done to all students in our schools when educators fail to critically interrogate issues of race. Griffin’s perceptive analysis illuminates the persistent influence of race in our education system and shows how—with appropriate support—teachers and students can develop the capacity to address racial issues and dynamics in schools in a frank and constructive way.

Download or read book 101 Questions to Ask Before You Get Engaged written by H. Norman Wright and published by Harvest House Publishers. This book was released on 2004-06-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Perfect Remedy for Cold Feet! More than half of all couples who become engaged this year will never make it to the altar. Why? Leading experts believe it's because couples fail to really get to know their potential mate before getting engaged. Relationship expert and noted couples counselor Norm Wright steers potential brides and grooms through a series of soul-searching questions to discern if they've really met "the One." Couples will be much more confident about whether or not to pursue marriage after completing these in-depth and personal questions. Norm also addresses the delicate subject of calling off the wedding if readers discover that a potential mate isn't actually meant to be a life partner.

Download or read book Ask Me written by Antje Damm and published by Frances Lincoln Children's Books. This book was released on 2011-05-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who would you like to change places with for one day? How can you tell that you are growing? What do you do when you are very cold? This is a little book with big ideas. Sometimes provocative, always interesting, every page can be the start of a new discussion. Reading the questions, and looking at the pictures, each child will have different answers to give, and things to ask. The questions are intriguing, the images sometimes startling, sometimes beautiful, and always engaging.

Download or read book It s Not Your Fault Koko Bear written by Vicki Lansky and published by Book Peddlers. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: KoKo Bear Can Help Children * learn what divorce means * deal with changes in their everyday lives * talk about their feelings * recognize that their feelings are natural * be assured that their parents still love them and will take care of them * understand that divorce is not their fault

Download or read book Listening Is Learning written by Frank Thoms and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-12-21 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Listening is Learning: Conversations Between 20th and 21st Century Teachers is a unique approach for meeting the challenges of today’s teachers. In sixteen chapters of conversations between veterans and young teachers, readers will discover engaged teaching from the previous century that captures the attention of students. The classroom is the perhaps the last vestige of hope where children will discover the joy of being together without intermediary devices. Conversations invite reflection. Listening to respectful discussions between young and older teachers allows readers to slow down and take stock of their own positions and beliefs. Young teachers will come away with not only rich ideas but also a sense of encouragement to meet the challenges of digitally driven students. Face-to-face classrooms are the best hope for students to discover their best selves, without distractions so prevalent in social media. If teachers choose to show students from the first day that they care about them and are willing to listen to their lives, they will build trusted relationships––essential for students––and for teachers.