Parent category: 1315 books
Getting Parents on Board
Partnering to Increase Math and Literacy Achievement, K–5
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2016
Learn how to work more effectively with K–5 parents to increase student achievement in math and literacy. Research shows that parent involvement in schools leads to higher test scores and more engaged and enthusiastic students, but it isn’t always easy for teachers to bridge the gap between the...
Children of the Depressed
Healing the Childhood Wounds That Come from Growing Up with a Depressed Parent
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2014
Have you ever wondered, Why am I so negative? or Why is my life so chaotic? Whether or not your parent was ever formally diagnosed with depression, you’ve probably always known there was something different about your upbringing. And even though you’ve grown up and moved on, you may still feel...
by Melanie Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2016
Parenting can be a wonderful experience. Most parents however will admit that there are times they are ready throw up their arms and surrender. Even though a parent may not feel stressed, many spend day after day feeling anxious about how they are doing.
After all, children do not come...
Cutting Loose
An Adult's Guide to Coming to Terms with Your Parents
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 1990
With more than thirty-five years of experience in psychotherapy, Dr. Halpern enables the adult child to understand his or her parent and foster a positive, healthy adult relationship.
In all respects, you appear to be well-adjusted, reasonably successful adult, but in the presence of your parents,...
by Monica L. Matthews
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2016
Are you the parent of a student with big college dreams, but with little money to help make those dreams come true?
Monica Matthews was right where you are today when her oldest son was suddenly a senior in high school and exploring amazing, yet extremely expensive, colleges and universities....
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Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2018
Despite the ever-changing demographics of the United States and decisions made by the Supreme Court, racial tensions and turmoil continue to affect daily life in a multitude of environments. In educational environments, advancements in teaching technologies, in conjunction with these tensions, require...
Never the Same
Coming to Terms with the Death of a Parent
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2015
Children and teens who experience the death of a parent are never the same. Only in the last decade have counselors acknowledged that children grieve too, and that unresolved issues can negatively impact children into adulthood. Unaddressed grief can lead to depression, substance abuse, and relationship...
Baby and Toddler on Board
Mindful parenting when a new baby joins the family
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2018
Here’s how to support your toddler when your second child is born. This is a practical guide to parenting mindfulness and finding peace in the frantic world of babyhood and toddler-dom. It gives insights into what is needed for calm parenting, amidst a sea of nappies, feeds, tears, toys, cuddles...
Bridging the Gap
A Parent's Guide to Elementary Education in the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2016
Finally! The go-to guide that parents have been asking for.
Bridging the Gap: A Parent's Guide to Elementary Education in the 21st Century** was truly written out of necessity.**
The goal of this guide is to you give some real and direct information about how education works...
The Return
When Child Protective Services Takes Your Children
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2017
The challenges that children and families are difficult.. Moreover,And given the intake of children from the parents home and into the custody of the Department of Protective Services is just heartbreaking. And children return home: even if it's from child to adulthood and on their own terms. It happens...
Powerful Parent Partnerships
Rethinking Family Engagement for Student Success
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2018
It is essential that we work together to craft powerful parent-teacher partnerships that meet the needs of today’s students and schools. In this important new book, authors Robert Dillon and Melissa Nixon explain how schools and families can work together so that the needs of children are always...
When Parents Hurt
Compassionate Strategies When You and Your Grown Child Don't Get Along
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
This unique book supports parents who are struggling with the heartache of having a teenager or an adult child who is troubled, angry, or distant. Such rifts can cause unspeakable sorrow that parents too often must bear alone. Psychologist and parent Joshua Coleman, Ph.D., offers insight, empathy,...
The Ultimate Guide on How to Succeed in High School
30 Fast Tips Every High School Student and Parent Should Know
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
High school, when it's done right, can be a turning point in life. The Ultimate Guide on How to Succeed in High School is a powerful, easy-to-read book filled with ideas and tips to help high school students reach their maximum potential and make high school a wonderful experience.This book is a powerful...
by Monica Davis
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2016
To start with, I want to say, disciplining a kid is among one of the most vital, yet challenging duties of being a parent. Yes, a steadfast disciplinary approach instructs a youngster to be self-disciplined later on in life.
In fact, it assists your youngster mature to be a delighted and...