Price, Adam
Summary: "On the surface, capable teenage boys may look lazy. But dig a little deeper, writes child psychologist Adam Price in He's Not Lazy, and you'll often find conflicted boys who want to do well in middle and high school but are afraid to fail, and so do not try. This book can help you become an ally with your son, as he discovers greater self-confidence and accepts responsibility for his future"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 305.235 PRIGopnik, Alison
Summary: "Caring deeply about our children is part of what makes us human. Yet the thing we call 'parenting' is a surprisingly new invention. In the past thirty years, the concept of parenting and the multibillion dollar industry surrounding it have transformed child care into obsessive, controlling, and goal-oriented labor intended to create a particular kind of child and thereby a particular kind of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155 GOPMcGraw, Phillip C.
Summary: The author examines the crisis in the American family, discussing the importance of the family relationship, its impact on mental health and good child development, and practical, innovative solutions for bringing families back together.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.85 MCGHicks, Randall
Summary: Step parenting involves special parenting challenges and skills. This book eliminates the fluff and gives you just the nuggets in 50 one-and-two page "chapters," each with an accompanying photograph, concisely addressing a particular issue. This is practical advice that both the stepparent and existing parent can instantly put to use.
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Publisher / Publication Date: WordSlinger Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.874 HICJosephs, Sheila Achar
Summary: "Parenting a teen isn't easy, but parenting an anxious teen is especially challenging. Written by a psychologist and expert on adolescent anxiety, this essential book will show you what really works to overcome all types of teen anxiety and how to apply specific skills to support your teen. Most parents find it frustrating when common sense and logical methods such as reassurance don't seem to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Harbinger Publications, Inc. 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 649.125 JOSGalinsky, Ellen
Summary: "Blending cutting-edge research with engaging storytelling, The Breakthrough Years offers readers a paradigm-shifting comprehensive understanding of adolescence. Almost every adolescent has said to parents, "You JUST don't understand." In The Breakthrough Years, child development expert Ellen Galinsky explains why that is so often true. Galinsky's seven-year inquiry into the adolescent brain...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.1 GALWinking, Deborah
Summary: "A guide for parents to raising children who have been diagnosed as 'different' - written by a parent and expert in educational psychology, with guidance on how to understand your child's strengths and challenges, set realistic and ambitious expectations and support and challenge them when needed"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.1 WINFaber, Adele.
Summary: The leading experts on parent-child communication show parents and teachers how to motivate kids to learn and succeed in school. This breakthrough book demonstrates how parents and teachers can join forces to inspire kids to be self-directed, self-disciplined and responsive to the wonders of learning.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Piccadilly 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Parents FaberBorba, Michele
Summary: The bestselling author of unselfie explains why the old markers of accomplishment (grades, test scores) are no longer reliable predictors of success in the 21st century - and offers 7 teachable traits that will safeguard our kids for the future. Michele Borba has been a teacher, educational consultant, and parent for 40 years - and she's never been more worried than she is about this current...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2021
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Summary: "One of the very best scientific predictors for how any child turns out--in terms of happiness, academic success, leadership skills, and meaningful relationships--is whether at least one adult in their life has consistently shown up for them. In an age of scheduling demands and digital distractions, this might sound like a tall order. But as bestselling authors Daniel Siegel and Tina Payne...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2020
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Summary: "To build healthy and lasting parent-child relationships, parents need practical strategies that meet their child's needs and address the circumstances that affect their families. Written for parents of children from toddlers to teens, this book gives parents a science-based plan to help their children grow up to be emotionally healthy adults. A parent's job unfolds and shifts over time....
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Publisher / Publication Date: APA LifeTools 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.4 CAVSiegel, Daniel J.
Summary: "The authors of the Los Angeles Times bestselling The Whole-Brain Child team up again to offer parents of children aged 2-13 a practical roadmap to effective, productive, and more peaceful discipline, highlighting the fascinating and important connectionbetween the way a parent reacts to misbehavior and a child's neurological development"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 SIEGlasser, William
Summary: Outlines the "seven deadly habits" of parents with adolescent children and urges them to get real, abandon old strategies that do not work, and adopt the "Choice Theory" of parenting teenagers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.125 GLASHakanson, Cath
Summary: 'Mommy, where do babies come from?' It's the question every parent dreads - and, worse still, it's just the tip of the iceberg. Just wait for 'What's a blowjob?' or 'What's an orgasm?' With kids being so curious and the world being so full of sex, ignoring your child's questions just isn't going to cut it - and if you don't tell them, they'll (mis)inform themselves elsewhere: the internet,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sex Ed Rescue 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.65 HAKKissen, Debra
Summary: "Be the calm and collected parent you aspire to be with this powerful, neuroscience-based guide.Do you worry about your child all the time? Maybe they are behind on certain milestones, struggling in school, having difficulty making friends, or heading off to college and away from home for the first time. Their problems or struggles become your own, and you end up feeling so anxious that you...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Harbinger Publications 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.9 KISDeurlein, Rebecca.
Summary: As a parent, you want to see your teen succeed in school and in life--and you do your best to help. But how do you know what will make a difference? Maybe it's time to listen to a teacher. Day in and day out, teachers watch kids interact with peers, make decisions, deal with difficulty, accept or deflect responsibility . . . Teachers are our eyes and ears--and there's a lot they wish we knew....
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Publisher / Publication Date: AMACOM 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 DEUDato, Lara
Summary: "Help kids develop a positive relationship with food, so they can become healthy and adventurous eaters for life!Is your child a picky eater? Do they insist on having the same foods served over and over again? Be it chicken nuggets, pizza, pancakes, or French fries-if your child is only eating a few foods regularly, their diet may be seriously lacking in the nutrition and vitamins they need to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Harbinger Publications, Inc. 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 DATBorba, Michele
Summary: "Bestselling author Michele Borba offers a 9-step program to help parents cultivate empathy in children, from birth to young adulthood--and explains why developing a healthy sense of empathy is a key predictor of which kids will thrive and succeed in thefuture. In our hyper-connected, social-media-saturated society, many of us (especially young people) are so obsessed with snapping "selfies"...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 BORDias, Janice Johnson
Summary: "An accessible blueprint to embolden our daughters to be critical thinkers, fearless doers, and joyful change agents for our future--from the proud mother of teen activist Marley Dias, founder of #1000BlackGirlBooks. Can we teach our daughters to change the world? Renowned sociologist Janice Johnson Dias is here to show us how. She knows that self-realized girls are created through purposeful...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2021
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Summary: ""A powerful book about how we can raise girls to become bold, ambitious women." --Adam Grant A former White House strategist and fighter jet pilot now at the helm of one of the premier schools for girls in the country illuminates the ways parents and educators can support audacity and ambition in girls everywhere What do girls really need to succeed? As a student at the all-girls Baldwin...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 305.2308 PORZiglar, Zig.
Summary: Raising positive, drug-free kids in a negative world is not easy, but in the long run it's easier than raising negative ones. Now, the bestselling motivational author reveals his simple prescription for success with children, step by positive step.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oliver Nelson 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 ZIGDyer, Wayne W.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quill 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.1 DYEFoss, Ben.
Summary: "Finally, a groundbreaking book that reveals what your dyslexic child is experiencing--and what you can do so that he or she can thrive More than thirty million people in the United States are dyslexic--a brain-based genetic trait, often labeled as a "learning disability" or "learning difference," that makes interpreting text and reading difficult. Yet even though children with dyslexia may...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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Summary: "From one of the world's foremost researchers and pioneers of pediatric health--a book that offers hope and a pathway to success for parents, teachers, psychologists, psychiatrists, and child development experts coping with "difficult" children, fully exploring the author's revolutionary discovery about childhood development, parenting, and the key to helping all children find happiness and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 2019