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2012
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English
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Internationally acclaimed experts on communication between parents and children, Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish "are doing for parenting today what Dr. Spock did for our generation" (Parent Magazine). Now, this bestselling classic includes fresh insights and suggestions as well as the author's time-tested methods to solve common problems and build foundations for lasting relationships, including innovative ways to: Cope with your child's negative...
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English
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Many feel bombarded by images and experiences of broken families. This is not how God intended families to be! So often we examine the traits of unhealthy families, but Gary Chapman paints a biblical portrait of what a loving, stable family looks like. Chapman details five timeless characteristics that create a healthy family environment.
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Pub. Date
[2010]
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English
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A guide for parents of children between the ages of four and twelve presents advice on dealing with difficult behavior and provides strategies to help children become more self-reliant, show gratitude, be respectful of others, and take personal responsibility.
10) Stories we tell
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2013.
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English
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In this inspired, genre-twisting film, Oscar-nominated writer/director Sarah Polley discovers that the truth depends on who's telling it. Polley is both filmmaker and detective as she investigates the secrets behind a family of storytellers. She playfully interviews and interrogates a cast of characters of varying reliability, eliciting refreshingly candid, yet mostly contradictory, answers to the same questions.
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Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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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,...
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[2018]
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English
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There are many reasons adults get into disagreements. It may be difficult to understand some of these reasons, and it's important for children to know that they aren't one of them. In this book, readers will find answers to some of their questions about why their parents fight. Readers will also find advice about what to do when their parents fight and suggestions regarding the people they can talk to about their thoughts and feelings if they find...
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Pub. Date
[2009]
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English
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With the same profound insight, simplicity, and practical wisdom that have already reached tens of millions of readers, Stephen R. Covey demonstrates how the principles he introduced in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families can be used to build the kind of strong, loving family that lasts for generations. Sharing insightful, often poignant or humorous experiences from his own life and from the lives of other families, Covey imparts practical advice...
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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Silence has always marked Lorna's family. Her father was deaf. Her mother, Marika, helped rescue children as a teenage member of the Dutch Resistance, yet later abandoned her own young son and daughter. No explanation was ever offered. Nor why she resurfaced decades afterward to invite Lorna--by then a married social worker with a baby--to visit her remote cottage on Lake Champlain. For the past eighteen years, Lorna has struggled to make taciturn,...
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Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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"[A] story told by an unnamed protagonist who feels different from everybody else, like she doesn't quite fit in. Bullied by a girl at school, our narrator gives a terse script of the related facts and emotions. At school the next day, the narrator confronts the bully by spinning her 'weirdo' obsession with science into an opportunity to find common ground, and maybe help the bully see the world in a new way"--
17) Parenting: a house united : changing children's hearts and behaviors by teaching self-government
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Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
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Pub. Date
2008.
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English
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"I believe we can change the world if we start talking to one another again." With this simple declaration, Margaret Wheatley proposes that citizens band together with their colleagues and friends to create the solutions for social change, both locally and globally, that are so badly needed. Such change will not come from governments or corporations but from the ageless process of thinking together in conversation. Turning to One Another encourages...
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