Download or read book Parents Supporting Independence written by James N. Woods and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Parenting Matters written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2016-11-21 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Decades of research have demonstrated that the parent-child dyad and the environment of the familyâ€"which includes all primary caregiversâ€"are at the foundation of children's well- being and healthy development. From birth, children are learning and rely on parents and the other caregivers in their lives to protect and care for them. The impact of parents may never be greater than during the earliest years of life, when a child's brain is rapidly developing and when nearly all of her or his experiences are created and shaped by parents and the family environment. Parents help children build and refine their knowledge and skills, charting a trajectory for their health and well-being during childhood and beyond. The experience of parenting also impacts parents themselves. For instance, parenting can enrich and give focus to parents' lives; generate stress or calm; and create any number of emotions, including feelings of happiness, sadness, fulfillment, and anger. Parenting of young children today takes place in the context of significant ongoing developments. These include: a rapidly growing body of science on early childhood, increases in funding for programs and services for families, changing demographics of the U.S. population, and greater diversity of family structure. Additionally, parenting is increasingly being shaped by technology and increased access to information about parenting. Parenting Matters identifies parenting knowledge, attitudes, and practices associated with positive developmental outcomes in children ages 0-8; universal/preventive and targeted strategies used in a variety of settings that have been effective with parents of young children and that support the identified knowledge, attitudes, and practices; and barriers to and facilitators for parents' use of practices that lead to healthy child outcomes as well as their participation in effective programs and services. This report makes recommendations directed at an array of stakeholders, for promoting the wide-scale adoption of effective programs and services for parents and on areas that warrant further research to inform policy and practice. It is meant to serve as a roadmap for the future of parenting policy, research, and practice in the United States.
Download or read book The Paperboy Caldecott Honor Book written by Dav Pilkey and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2016-02-23 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From #1 bestselling author-illustrator Dav Pilkey, a Caldecott Honor picture book about a boy, his dog, and the solitude they share before the world wakes up. In the still before dawn, while the rest of the world is sleeping, a boy and his dog leave the comfort of their warm bed to deliver newspapers. As the boy pedals his bike along a route he knows by heart, his dog runs by his side, both enjoying a world that, before sunrise, belongs only to them. Bestselling author-illustrator Dav Pilkey celebrates the beauty found in silence and the peace that comes from being with a beloved friend in this Caldecott Honor-winning picture book. For more acclaimed picture books from Dav Pilkey, check out Dog Breath, The Hallo-Wiener, 'Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving, and Julius (written by Angela Johnson). And don't forget the worldwide bestselling Dog Man and Cat Kid Comic Club graphic novels and Captain Underpants chapter books!
Download or read book Raising Young Athletes written by Jim Taylor, PhD and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-10-12 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sports are an amazing environment in which to raise children. The benefits they gain from athletic participation are many, including physical, personal, and social. Yet, there is also a dark side to today’s youth sports culture, as an emphasis on winning has made what was once fun become a burden for many young athletes. As a result, parents can’t always be certain their children’s athletic involvement will be safe and enjoyable. In Raising Young Athletes: Parenting Your Children to Victory in Sports and Life, Dr. Jim Taylor—an internationally-recognized authority on sport psychology, child development, and parenting—offers a guiding hand to help parents ensure their children’s sports participation encourages positive attitudes and promotes healthy developments as they move toward adulthood. The role of parents in shaping their children’s sports experience has never been more important, and Dr. Taylor shows parents how to send the right messages to their young athletes with clear and practical advice. Whether playing sports just for fun or with aspirations to play professionally, Raising Young Athletes helps parents steer their children toward a healthy, positive experience. As such, their participation will become an impactful part of their lives that will prepare them to be victorious both in sports and in life.
Download or read book Your Children Are Under Attack written by Jim Taylor and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to protect your children from popular culture.
Download or read book Scaffold Parenting written by Harold S. Koplewicz, MD and published by Harmony. This book was released on 2022-02-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prevent and counteract the general anxiety and emotional fragility prevalent in children and teenagers today—a new parenting philosophy and strategies that give children the tools to flourish on their own (previously published as The Scaffold Effect). “A master synthesizer of attachment science, medical practice, and his own experience as a father, Harold Koplewicz capably and compassionately leads us through the art of scaffolding, from early childhood through the important adolescent period.”—Daniel J. Siegel, MD, author of The Whole Brain Child Just as sturdy scaffolding is necessary when erecting a building and will come down when the structure grows stable, good parenting provides children with steady and warm emotional nourishment on the path toward independence. Never-ending parental problem-solving and involvement can have the opposite effect, enabling fragility and anxiety over time. In Scaffold Parenting, world-renowned child psychiatrist Harold Koplewicz introduces the powerful and clinically tested idea that this deliberate build-up and then gradual loosening of parental support is the single most effective way to encourage kids to climb higher, try new things, grow from mistakes, and develop character and strength. Explaining the building blocks of an effective scaffold from infancy through young adulthood, he expertly guides parents through the strategies for raising empowered, capable people, including: • Lay a solid foundation: The parent-child relationship needs to be made from the concrete mixture of emotional availability, positive reinforcement, clear messaging, and consistent rules. From this supportive base, your will forge a bond that will survive adolescence and grow stronger into adulthood. • Empower growth: Skyscraper or sprawling ranch—the style of your child’s construction is not up to you! Scaffold parenting validates and accommodates the shape the child is growing into. Any effort to block or control growth will actually stunt it. • Stay on their level: Imagine being on the ground floor of a house and trying to talk to someone on the roof. The person on the roof will have to “talk down” to you or yell. If your child’s building and your scaffold are on the same level, you can speak directly, look each other in the eye, and keep the lines of communication open. Drawing on Dr. Koplewicz’s decades of clinical and personal experience, Scaffold Parenting is a compassionate, street-smart, and essential guide for the ages. All of the author’s proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to the Child Mind Institute.
Download or read book Supporting Independence written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hopes and Fears written by Michael Thompson and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Make a major difference in how well your school works with parents. Learn practical, empathic advice from psychologists Rob Evans and Michael Thompson in this book from the National Association of Independent Schools.
Download or read book How to Raise an Adult written by Julie Lythcott-Haims and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2015-06-09 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times Bestseller "Julie Lythcott-Haims is a national treasure. . . . A must-read for every parent who senses that there is a healthier and saner way to raise our children." -Madeline Levine, author of the New York Times bestsellers The Price of Privilege and Teach Your Children Well "For parents who want to foster hearty self-reliance instead of hollow self-esteem, How to Raise an Adult is the right book at the right time." -Daniel H. Pink, author of the New York Times bestsellers Drive and A Whole New Mind A provocative manifesto that exposes the harms of helicopter parenting and sets forth an alternate philosophy for raising preteens and teens to self-sufficient young adulthood In How to Raise an Adult, Julie Lythcott-Haims draws on research, on conversations with admissions officers, educators, and employers, and on her own insights as a mother and as a student dean to highlight the ways in which overparenting harms children, their stressed-out parents, and society at large. While empathizing with the parental hopes and, especially, fears that lead to overhelping, Lythcott-Haims offers practical alternative strategies that underline the importance of allowing children to make their own mistakes and develop the resilience, resourcefulness, and inner determination necessary for success. Relevant to parents of toddlers as well as of twentysomethings-and of special value to parents of teens-this book is a rallying cry for those who wish to ensure that the next generation can take charge of their own lives with competence and confidence.
Download or read book Steps to Independence written by Bruce L. Baker and published by Brookes Publishing Company. This book was released on 1989 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With this popular, highly acclaimed learning program, you'll learn easy steps for teaching young children with disabilities essential skills like making a bed, brushing teeth, and using the toilet. Includes sample activities, case examples, skills inventories, and more! Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
Download or read book The Peacemaker Parent written by Lorraine Esposito and published by Edits Made Easy LLC - DBA E. This book was released on 2010 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written with a mid-western tone and a commonsense conversational style, The Peacemaker Parent shows parents how to end the struggle over simple chores and transition their children into independence. In the words of Psychiatrist Candida Fink, M.D., "This technique is based on the soundest principles of child development and learning science." Not to worry, though: The science is made easy to understand and the analogies and personal stories relate it all to real life. The already witty and engaging text is lightened with 200 off-set quotes that break up the manuscript with a wonderful combination of humor and deep insight. Following an innovative technique, The Peacemaker Parent gives parents a step-by-step practical method for bringing their theoretical goals into the realm of real-life everyday squabbles over homework, tooth brushing, and breakfast eating. No more idealistic concepts without the practical steps needed for application and results! Best of all, the book's method reaches far beyond the tasks of a single day. Teaching children personal responsibility and problem-solving, it gives parents the knowledge and tools they need to raise children who will grow into capable, resourceful, responsible adults. It starts out creating a peaceful morning and ends up creating a peaceful lifetime for the child who learns to face life's challenges with confidence and independence. Drawing on the theories of B.F. Skinner and Abraham Maslow (among others), The Peacemaker Parent brilliantly combines trusted science with a mother's common sense. The result is the perfect tool for any parent with children ages 2 to 12 who wants to teach her child more than how to read and color in the lines.
Download or read book Steps to Independence written by Bruce L. Baker and published by Brookes Publishing Company. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides strategies for teaching life skills to children with special needs from age 3 to young adulthood, so they can live as independently as possible.
Download or read book How to Raise Independent Children in a Helicopter Parenting World written by Aurora Brooks and published by BabyDreamers.net. This book was released on 101-01-01 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you tired of the helicopter parenting trend? Do you want to raise independent children who can make their own decisions and solve their own problems? Look no further than "How to Raise Independent Children in a Helicopter Parenting World." This short read book is packed with practical tips and strategies to help you navigate the challenges of modern parenting and empower your children to become self-reliant individuals. The book begins with a comprehensive table of contents that outlines the key topics covered in each chapter. From encouraging decision-making skills to promoting problem-solving abilities, teaching critical thinking to allowing natural consequences, this book covers it all. You'll learn how to build your child's self-confidence, encourage self-expression, and celebrate their achievements. The author emphasizes the importance of setting age-appropriate responsibilities and teaching life skills that will serve your child well into adulthood. In addition to these fundamental principles, the book also delves into more specific areas such as promoting healthy risk-taking, embracing failure, and supporting new experiences. You'll discover strategies for developing strong communication skills, active listening, and assertiveness training. The author emphasizes the importance of encouraging self-directed learning and provides resources for exploring your child's interests. Throughout the book, the author emphasizes the importance of balancing support and independence. You'll learn how to be a guide rather than a director, respecting boundaries while modeling independence and problem-solving. The book also highlights the significance of self-care for both parents and children, and offers practical tips for building a supportive network and collaborating on independence-building activities. To address any lingering questions or concerns, the book concludes with a section of frequently asked questions. Whether you're seeking clarification or want to share your own experiences, the author invites you to reach out and engage in a conversation. Don't miss out on this valuable resource for raising independent children. Get your copy of "How to Raise Independent Children in a Helicopter Parenting World" today and receive a bonus gift: "How To Be A Super Mom" absolutely free. Take the first step towards empowering your children and creating a nurturing environment that fosters independence. This title is a short read. A Short Read is a type of book that is designed to be read in one quick sitting. These no fluff books are perfect for people who want an overview about a subject in a short period of time. Table of Contents How to Raise Independent Children in a Helicopter Parenting World Encouraging Decision-Making Skills Promoting Problem-Solving Abilities Teaching Critical Thinking Allowing Natural Consequences Building Self-Confidence Encouraging Self-Expression Celebrating Achievements Setting Age-Appropriate Responsibilities Teaching Life Skills Encouraging Self-Care Promoting Healthy Risk-Taking Embracing Failure Supporting New Experiences Developing Strong Communication Skills Active Listening Assertiveness Training Encouraging Self-Directed Learning Providing Resources Exploring Interests Balancing Support and Independence Being a Guide, Not a Director Respecting Boundaries Modeling Independence Demonstrating Problem-Solving Encouraging Self-Care Building a Supportive Network Supporting Each Other Collaborating on Independence-Building Activities Frequently Asked Questions Have Questions / Comments?
Download or read book Understanding Independent School Parents written by Michael G. Thompson and published by . This book was released on 2012-02-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding Independent School Parents is a practical guide for teachers provides advice for forging successful relationships with independent school parents. Written by a seasoned school psychologist and an experienced classroom teacher, this book aims to help teachers and administrators understand today's families and maintain healthy relationships with them. Readers will learn how to create school environments that support both teachers and parents, make the most of parent conferences, and manage those disruptive and difficult "five percenter" parents who can make a teacher's life miserable.
Download or read book Prepared written by Diane Tavenner and published by Crown Currency. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A blueprint for how parents can stop worrying about their children’s future and start helping them prepare for it, from the cofounder and CEO of one of America’s most innovative public-school networks “A treasure trove of deeply practical wisdom that accords with everything I know about how children thrive.”—Angela Duckworth, New York Times bestselling author of Grit In 2003, Diane Tavenner cofounded the first school in what would soon become one of America’s most innovative public-school networks. Summit Public Schools has since won national recognition for its exceptional outcomes: Ninety-nine percent of students are accepted to a four-year college, and they graduate from college at twice the national average. But in a radical departure from the environments created by the college admissions arms race, Summit students aren’t focused on competing with their classmates for rankings or test scores. Instead, students spend their days solving real-world problems and developing the skills of self-direction, collaboration, and reflection, all of which prepare them to succeed in college, thrive in today’s workplace, and lead a secure and fulfilled life. Through personal stories and hard-earned lessons from Summit’s exceptional team of educators and diverse students, Tavenner shares the learning philosophies underlying the Summit model and offers a blueprint for any parent who wants to stop worrying about their children’s future—and start helping them prepare for it. At a time when many students are struggling to regain educational and developmental ground lost to the disruptions of the pandemic, Prepared is more urgent and necessary than ever.
Download or read book Difficult written by Judith R. Smith and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-02-15 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A much-needed perspective on how to mother difficult adult children while balancing one’s own needs. Difficult brings to life the conflicts that arise for mothers who are confronted with the unexpected, burdensome, and even catastrophic dependencies of their adult children associated with mental illness, substance use, or chronic unemployment. Through real stories of mothers and their challenging adult children, this book offers relatable, provocative, and, at times, shocking illustrations of the excruciating maternal dilemma: Which takes precedence—the needs of the mother or of the distressed adult child? With guidance for finding social support, staying safe, engaging in self-care, and helping the adult child, Difficult is a compassionate resource for those living in a family situation which too many keep secret and allows readers to see that they are not alone.
Download or read book How to Foster Independence in Children with ADHD written by Bailey Schroeder and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-03-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introducing "How to Foster Independence in Children with ADHD: Tips and Tricks for Parents" - the ultimate guide for parents who want to help their children with ADHD become more self-reliant and confident.This comprehensive book is packed with practical advice, strategies, and techniques that parents can use to support their child's independence and success. Written by experts in the field of ADHD, this book provides a step-by-step approach to fostering independence in children with ADHD. Inside, you'll discover how to help your child develop important skills such as planning, organization, and time management. You'll learn effective communication techniques that can help you support your child without being overbearing. Plus, you'll get tips and tricks for building your child's self-esteem and confidence, which are essential for success. Whether your child has just been diagnosed with ADHD or you're a seasoned parent looking for new ways to support your child, this book is an invaluable resource. It's easy to read, practical, and filled with real-world examples that make it easy to apply the tips and tricks in your own life. So why wait? Get your copy of "How to Foster Independence in Children with ADHD: Tips and Tricks for Parents" today and start helping your child reach their full potential!
