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The Single Mother s Social Club

The Single Mother s Social Club

Author : Jacinta Tynan
Publisher : Murdoch Books
Release Date : 2022-01-04
Category : Uncategorized
Excerpts : So, this isn't at all what you had in mind, or where you thought you'd end up... as a single parent, raising kids on your own. Battling the inevitable day to day grind, making tough decisions while making dinner. Helping with homework, shoelaces and Book Week costumes, while trying to ...
The Power of Showing Up

The Power of Showing Up

Author : Daniel J. Siegel
Publisher : Unknown
Release Date : 2021-01-05
Category : Family & Relationships
Excerpts : Parenting isn't easy. Showing up is. Your greatest impact begins right where you are. Now the bestselling authors of The Whole-Brain Child and No-Drama Discipline explain what this means over the course of childhood. "There is parenting magic in this book."--Michael Thompson, Ph.D., co-author of the New York ...
The Oxford Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology and Parenting

The Oxford Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology and Parenting

Author : Viviana A. Weekes-Shackelford
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2021
Category : Psychology
Excerpts : "The Oxford Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology and Parenting provides a comprehensive resource for work on how our evolutionary past informs current parenting roles and practices. It features chapters from leaders in the field covering state-of-the-art research. The Handbook is designed for advanced undergraduates, graduates, and professionals in psychology, anthropology, biology, ...
The Scaffold Effect

The Scaffold Effect

Author : Harold S. Koplewicz
Publisher : Harmony
Release Date : 2021
Category : Family & Relationships
Excerpts : "In Scaffold Parenting, world-renowned child psychiatrist Harold Koplewicz introduces the powerful new and clincially-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 and grow from mistakes, and to develop character and ...
Essential Dads

Essential Dads

Author : Jennifer M. Randles
Publisher : Unknown
Release Date : 2020
Category : Family & Relationships
Excerpts : In Essential Dads, sociologist Jennifer Randles shares the stories of more than 60 marginalized men as they sought to become more engaged parents through a government-supported "responsible" fatherhood program. Dads' experiences serve as a unique window into long-standing controversies about the importance of fathering, its connection to inequality, and the state's ...
The Empathy Advantage

The Empathy Advantage

Author : Lynne Azarchi
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Release Date : 2020
Category : Caring in children
Excerpts : "This easy-to-use guide will help the busiest parents and educators teach children, tweens, and teens the ability to "walk in someone else's shoes" - skills that lasts a lifetime and helps kids become caring adults with the people skills needed for relationships and career success"--...
Rethinking Your Teenager

Rethinking Your Teenager

Author : Darby Fox
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2020
Category : Family & Relationships
Excerpts : The teenage years. . . parents fear this stage, dreading it even while watching their adorable toddlers explore the world. When it arrives, they try to control their teenager, in turn causing their teenager to push back more intensely. It's a natural instinct on both sides: teenagers are changing in every way ...
Principles of Effective Parenting

Principles of Effective Parenting

Author : Joan E. Grusec
Publisher : Guilford Publications
Release Date : 2019-07-04
Category : Medical
Excerpts : Grounded in pioneering research, this authoritative text examines the parenting strategies that help children and adolescents develop into productive, happy members of society. Joan Grusec gives students and practitioners a roadmap for navigating the vast, seemingly contradictory literature on parenting. Rather than advocating one "best" style of parent–child interaction, ...
Love Money and Parenting

Love Money and Parenting

Author : Matthias Doepke
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2019-02-05
Category : Business & Economics
Excerpts : An international and historical look at how parenting choices change in the face of economic inequality Parents everywhere want their children to be happy and do well. Yet how parents seek to achieve this ambition varies enormously. For instance, American and Chinese parents are increasingly authoritative and authoritarian, whereas Scandinavian ...
Parenting Musically

Parenting Musically

Author : Lisa Huisman Koops
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2019
Category : Education
Excerpts : Parents use music in family life to accomplish practical tasks, make relational connections, and guide their children's musical development. Parenting Musically portrays the musicking of eight diverse Cleveland-area families in home, school, and community settings. Themes from interviews focused on the families' hopes and dreams for their children musically, as ...
The Oxford Handbook of Parenting and Moral Development

The Oxford Handbook of Parenting and Moral Development

Author : Deborah J. Laible
Publisher : Oxford Library of Psychology
Release Date : 2019
Category : Philosophy
Excerpts : The Oxford Handbook of Parenting and Moral Development provides a collection of state-of-the-art theories and research on the role that parents play in moral development. Contributors who are leaders in their fields take a comprehensive, yet nuanced approach to considering the complex links between parenting and moral development. The volume ...
Infant and Toddler Development from Conception to Age 3

Infant and Toddler Development from Conception to Age 3

Author : Mary Jane Maguire-Fong
Publisher : Teachers College Press
Release Date : 2018-11-16
Category : Education
Excerpts : This book invites those caring for infants to join as companions on an incredible journey. Each chapter taps a distinct area of research to shed light on babies' biological expectations for care and their amazing competence as active participants in that care. The guide includes ways to help infants and ...