Download or read book Safe Kids Smart Parents written by Rebecca Bailey and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-06-11 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leading family psychologist and personal therapist to Jaycee Dugard, Rebecca Bailey tells parents how to keep their children safe in this accessible, must-have guidebook, with a foreword by Terry Probyn, Jaycee's mother. Whether their children are toddlers or teens, six years old or sixteen, whether they live in a rural town, suburb, or a bustling city, all parents worry about threats—from cyber-bullying to exploitation and abduction. What should they tell their children and when? What practical steps can they take to reduce the risks and keep their kids safe? Dr. Rebecca Bailey, with the assistance of her sister and registered nurse, Elizabeth, gives easily understood, easily followed answers. Safe Kids, Smart Parents builds on Dr. Bailey’s years of experience as a family psychologist helping real families deal with real situations. From abduction to abuse, Bailey explains how parents can speak to their kids about troubling topics while building their self-esteem and teaching them how to protect themselves. A smart, comprehensive, and easy-to-read resource, Safe Kids, Smart Parents is the most important book a parent can own.

Download or read book Smart Parents written by Bonnie Lathram and published by Getting Smart. This book was released on 2016-01-15 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "By parents, for parents. That is what makes Smart Parents: Parenting for Powerful Learning different from most parenting books. Drawing on personal parenting stories and expert advice from more than 60 contributors, this guide will leave you with ideas you can put into action immediately."--from back cover.

Download or read book How Am I Smart written by Dr. Kathy Koch and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2007-02-01 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Has your daughter come to you in tears, asking, “Am I smart?" Or has your son wanted to know, “How smart am I?" Dr. Kathy wants children to ask an even more important question, “How am I smart?" When parents determine ways children can be smart, they'll better understand their own children's educational needs and how they learn best. This must-read reveals roots of behavior struggles and relationship conflicts, and their possible solutions. Would you believe that knowing your children's intelligence strengths can also help you raise them to know, believe in, love, and serve God? With great detail and positive insight, Dr. Kathy unfolds the eight different ways intelligence manifests itself through the "multiple intelligences." This practical guide gives you valuable ideas and pays rich dividends for you and your children.

Download or read book Brain Child written by Tony Buzan and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2003 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tony Buzan, 'the biggest name in memory', takes a fascinating and exuberant look at the enormous potential of a child's brain and provides parents with the practical tools they need to help their children achieve it. Mind maps, memory games and other techniques allow parents to encourage learning and development for children of all ages.

Download or read book Safe Kids Smart Parents written by Rebecca Bailey and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-06-11 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This practical guide to keeping children safe at any age empowers both parents and kids to be alert, follow a safety list and to critically assess situations to take the right steps to reduce risks.

Download or read book Smart Parents Meet Mr Motivation written by Saif Al-Araimi and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-01-09 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the fascinating academic study that was carried out by Dr. Alan McLean and resulted in his fabulous book 'the Motivated School, ' this book explores a new dimension in this powerful study and makes use of a small portion in it. While Dr. McLean's study and book focused on motivating children at schools, this book intends to provide parents at home, especially simple housewives and busy parents, with the tools that made 'the Motivated School' teachers create unique learners with autonomous personality. If you believe in investing in your children if you believe that your children are the most important investment you have if you want to make your children successful as learners today and as individuals tomorrow, then this book is for you

Download or read book SMART PARENTS CATCH TEACHABLE MINUTES written by Dr. Connie Hebert and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2024-08-21 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Smart parents recognize they are their kids’ first and most important teachers. They know they only have a short window of time to build a strong solid foundation and they don’t want to waste it. Smart Parents Catch Teachable Minutes is all about why and how to engage with your kids in an age when devices are occupying much of their time and attention. Do you have a child who always wants more or one who is easily distracted? Do you have a teen who loves the couch? Are you raising super curious kids or future engineers? In this sequel to her first book, The Teachable Minute: The Secret to Raising Smart & Appreciative Kids, Dr. Connie offers simple, practical ideas for quickly catching teachable minutes with kids of all types and ages. A teachable minute is a golden opportunity to show, ask, or teach kids something . . . on the spot! Are you on vacation with your kids? Expecting a baby or grandbaby? Check out this easy-to-read guide and enjoy catching teachable minutes with all the kids in your life!

Download or read book Behavior Techniques for Smart Parents written by Troy C. Stewart, Sr., MSP, MA, BS. and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-02-20 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You are ready this because you believe in essential techniques that work for your situation with your children. A few bucks on a book is worth the sentimental valuable of your precious family.Your children need Effective Parenting. Now is the time to fix the problem ! The secrets in this book reveal specific techniques that you should be using with your child for their psychosocial development. Once you use our step by step guide, Parenting will be one of the easiest part of your daily activities. No other book will provide you with the techniques you need to address Parental matters that ARE EMOTIONALLY TARNISHING YOUR RELATIONSHIP, AND CHILD's DEVELOPMENT. IT's TIME TO RE-ESTABLISH your place in the family unit. Then, you'll be using communication to confront behavioral challenges without allowing the situation to navigate your actions as a Parent.

Download or read book The Good School written by Peg Tyre and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2011-08-16 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning education journalist Peg Tyre mines up-to-the-minute research to equip parents with the tools and knowledge necessary to get their children the best education possible We all know that the quality of education served up to our children in U.S. schools ranges from outstanding to shockingly inadequate. How can parents tell the difference? And how do they make sure their kids get what's best? Even the most involved and informed parents can feel overwhelmed and confused when making important decisions about their child's education. And the scary truth is that evaluating a school based on test scores and college admissions data is like selecting a car based on the color of its paint. Synthesizing cutting-edge research and firsthand reporting, Peg Tyre offers parents far smarter and more sophisticated ways to assess a classroom and decide if the school and the teacher have the right stuff. Passionate and persuasive, The Good School empowers parents to make sense of headlines; constructively engage teachers, administrators, and school boards; and figure out the best option for their child—be that a local public school, a magnet program, a charter school, homeschooling, parochial, or private.

Download or read book Smart Parents Handbook for Early Parenthood written by Sarwat Nasim Shah and published by Partridge Publishing Singapore. This book was released on 2014-09-11 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is no Universal Right Formula of Parenting! Lets join hands to turn parenting into a magnificent experience by being more proactive, aware and ready to make the right choices for our precious children. May this handbook be your partner in your journey of parenthood and give you the courage and guidance to be the light in your childs life!!!

Download or read book Why Smart Kids Worry written by Allison Edwards and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2013-09-03 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why does my child seem to worry so much? Being the parent of a smart child is great—until your son or daughter starts asking whether global warming is real, if you are going to die, and what will happen if they don't get into college. Kids who are advanced intellectually often let their imaginations ruin wild and experience fears beyond their years. So what can you do to help? In Why Smart Kids Worry, Allison Edwards guides you through the mental and emotional process of where your child's fears come from and why they are so hard to move past. Edwards focuses on how to parent a child who is both smart and anxious and brings her years of experience as a therapist to give you the answers to questions such as: •How do smart kids think differently? •Should I let my child watch the nightly news on TV? •How do I answer questions about terrorists, hurricanes, and other scary subjects? Edwards's fifteen specially designed tools for helping smart kids manage their fears will help you and your child work together to help him or her to become more relaxed and worry-free.

Download or read book Smart Parenting for Smart Kids written by Eileen Kennedy-Moore and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-01-20 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WINNER! Mom's Choice Gold Award for parenting books -- Mom's Choice Awards: The best in family-friendly media "My kid is smart, but..." It takes more than school smarts to create a fulfilling life. In fact, many bright children face special challenges: Some are driven by perfectionism; Some are afraid of effort, because they're used to instant success; Some routinely butt heads with authority figures; Some struggle to get along with their peers; Some are outwardly successful but just don't feel good about themselves. This practical and compassionate book explains the reasons behind these struggles and offers parents do-able strategies to help children cope with feelings, embrace learning, and build satisfying relationships. Drawing from research as well as the authors’ clinical experience, it focuses on the essential skills children need to make the most of their abilities and become capable, confident, and caring people.

Download or read book A Smart Girl s Guide to Her Parents Divorce written by Nancy Holyoke and published by American Girl Publishing Incorporated. This book was released on 2009-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The changes that come with divorce can be difficult. This advice book will help a girl to better understand her parents' divorce, through quizzes and advice from real girls who've been there.

Download or read book Smart Money Smart Kids written by Dave Ramsey and published by Ramsey Press. This book was released on 2014-04-22 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Smart Money Smart Kids, Financial expert and best-selling author Dave Ramsey and his daughter Rachel Cruze equip parents to teach their children how to win with money. Starting with the basics like working, spending, saving, and giving, and moving into more challenging issues like avoiding debt for life, paying cash for college, and battling discontentment, Dave and Rachel present a no-nonsense, common-sense approach for changing your family tree.

Download or read book Mom and Dad We Need to Talk written by Cameron Huddleston and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-06-25 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn to start open, productive talks about money with your parents as they age As your parents age, you may find that you want or need to broach the often-difficult subject of finances. In Mom and Dad, We Need to Talk: How to Have Essential Conversations with Your Parents About Their Finances, you’ll learn the best ways to approach this issue, along with a wealth of financial and legal information that will help you help your parents into and through their golden years. Sometimes parents are reluctant to address money matters with their adult children, and topics such as long-term care, retirement savings (or lack thereof), and end-of-life planning can be particularly touchy. In this book, you’ll hear from others in your position who have successfully had “the talk” with their parents, and you’ll read about a variety of conversation strategies that can make talking finances more comfortable and more productive. Learn conversation starters and strategies to open the lines of communication about your parents’ finances Discover the essential financial and legal information you should gather from your parents to be prepared for the future Gain insight from others’ stories of successfully talking money with aging parents Gather the courage, hope, and motivation you need to broach difficult subjects such as care facilities and end-of-life plans For children of Baby Boomers and others looking to assist aging parents with their finances, Mom and Dad, We Need to Talk is a welcome and comforting read. Although talking money with your parents can be hard, you aren’t alone, and this book will guide you through the process of having fruitful financial conversations that lead to meaningful action.

Download or read book Smart but Scattered written by Peg Dawson and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2011-11-30 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There's nothing more frustrating than watching your bright, talented son or daughter struggle with everyday tasks like finishing homework, putting away toys, or following instructions at school. Your "smart but scattered" 4- to 13-year-old might also have trouble coping with disappointment or managing anger. Drs. Peg Dawson and Richard Guare have great news: there's a lot you can do to help. The latest research in child development shows that many kids who have the brain and heart to succeed lack or lag behind in crucial "executive skills"--the fundamental habits of mind required for getting organized, staying focused, and controlling impulses and emotions. Learn easy-to-follow steps to identify your child's strengths and weaknesses, use activities and techniques proven to boost specific skills, and problem-solve daily routines. Helpful worksheets and forms can be downloaded and printed in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size. Small changes can add up to big improvements--this empowering book shows how. See also the authors' Smart but Scattered Teens and their self-help guide for adults. Plus, an academic planner for middle and high school students and related titles for professionals.

Download or read book Raising a Sensory Smart Child written by Lindsey Biel and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-08-25 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fully revised edition of the most comprehensive guide to sensory processing challenges "At last, here are the insights and answers parents have been searching for." —Dr. Temple Grandin For children with sensory difficulties—those who struggle process everyday sensations and exhibit unusual behaviors such as avoiding or seeking out touch, movement, sounds, and sights—this groundbreaking book is an invaluable resource. Sensory processing challenges affect all kinds of kind—from those with developmental delays, learning and attenion issues, or autism spectrum disorder to those without any other issues. Now in its third edition, Raising a Sensory Smart Child is even more comprehensive and helpful than ever. In this book, you'll learn: * How the 8 senses (yes, 8!) are supposed to work together and what happens when they don't * Practical solutions for daily challenges-from brushing teeth to getting dressed to handling holiday gatherings * Strategies for managing sensitivities to noise, smell textures, and more * "Sensory diet" activities that help meet sensory needs, with new ideas for kids, teens, adults, and families * Parenting tips for handling discipline, transitions, and behavioral issues * How to practically and emotionally support children and teens with autism and sensory issues * Ways to advocate for your child at school and make schools more "sensory smart" * How to help your child with sensory issues use technology effectively and responsibly * Ways to empower your child and teen in the world * Where to get the best professional help and complementary therapies ***WINNER of the NAPPA GOLD AWARD and iPARENTING MEDIA AWARD***