Living Simply with Children: A Voluntary Simplicity Guide for Moms, Dads, and Kids Who Want to Reclaim the Bliss of Childhood and the Joy of Parenting
10 best books like Living Simply with Children: A Voluntary Simplicity Guide for Moms, Dads, and Kids Who Want to Reclaim the Bliss of Childhood and the Joy of Parenting (Marie Sherlock): Naturally Healthy Babies and Children: A Commonsense Guide to Herbal Remedies, Nutrition, and Health, Guerrilla Learning: How to Give Your Kids a Real Education With or Without School, Voluntary Simplicity: Toward a Way of Life That is Outwardly Simple, Inwardly Rich, Above All, Be Kind: Raising a Humane Child in Challenging Times, Playful Learning: Develop Your Child's Sense of Joy and Wonder, Everyday Blessings: The Inner Work of Mindful Parenting, Connection Parenting: Parenting Through Connection Instead of Coercion, Through Love Instead of Fear, The Natural Child: Parenting from the Heart, Sharing Nature with Children: The Classic Parents' & Teachers' Nature Awareness Guidebook, Raising Children Who Think for Themselves
| Author | Aviva Romm |
| ISBN | 1587611929 |
Committed to finding natural ways to care for their children, many parents seek techniques that do not require the invasive procedures and medications often associated with Western medicine. In NATURALLY HEALTHY BABIES AND CHILDREN, midwife and herbalist Aviva Romm offers a comprehensive handbook...
| Author | Grace Llewellyn |
| ISBN | 0471349607 |
GUERRILLA LEARNING IS CREATING A HOME ENVIRONMENT THAT FILLS YOUR CHILD WITH THE JOY OF LEARNING
Let your daughter read her library books instead of finishing her homework . Ask your eleven-year-old's beloved third grade teacher to comment on his poetry. Invite a massage therapist to dinner...
| Author | Duane Elgin |
| ISBN | 0688121195 |
When Voluntary Simplicity was first published in 1981, it quickly became recognized as a powerful and visionary work in the emerging dialogue over sustainable ways of living. Now, more than ten years later and with many of the planet's environmental stresses having become more urgent than ever, Duane...
| Author | Zoe Weil |
| ISBN | 0865714932 |
Above All, Be Kind teaches parents how to raise their children to be humane in the broadest sense—to become not only more compassionate in their interactions with family and friends, but to grow up to make life choices that demonstrate respect for the environment, other species, and all people. The...
| Author | Mariah Bruehl |
| ISBN | 1590308190 |
Children are natural scientists, artists, mathematicians, authors, and scholars. From the time they are born they seek out information about the world around them in an effort to construct meaning and further their development. While children have an inherent drive to make sense of their reality,...
| Author | Myla Kabat-Zinn |
| ISBN | 0786883146 |
The bestselling author of the million-copy bestseller Wherever You Go, There You Are and Full Catastrophe Living joins forces with his wife, Myla, in this revised edition of their groundbreaking book about mindfulness in parenting children of all ages.
Updated with new material -- including...
| Author | Pam Leo |
| ISBN | 1932279172 |
"Connection Parenting" is based on author Pam Leo's seven week parenting series, "Meeting the Needs of Children," that she has been teaching for over sixteen years. The premise is that a strong parent-child bond is the key to children's optimal human development and our most effective parenting tool....
| Author | Jan Hunt |
| ISBN | 0865714401 |
The Natural Child is the instruction manual that should have come with your child.
Derek Markham, ecoBrain
The Natural Child makes a compelling case for a return to attachment parenting, a child-rearing approach that has come naturally for parents throughout most of human...
| Author | Joseph Bharat Cornell |
| ISBN | 1883220734 |
When Joseph Cornell's classic book reached its 20th anniversary, Cornell drew upon a wealth of experience in nature education to significantly revise and expand his book. New nature games--favorites from the field--and Cornell's typically insightful commentary make the second edition of this...
| Author | Elisa Medhus |
| ISBN | 1582700478 |
Raising Children Who Think for Themselves
offers a new approach to parenting that has the power to reverse the trend of external direction in our children and help parents bring up empathetic, self-confident, moral, independent thinkers. Children who are externally directed make decisions based...
| Author | Jennifer Ward |
| ISBN | 1590305353 |
I Love Dirt! presents 52 open-ended activities to help you engage your child in the outdoors. No matter what your location—from a small patch of green in the city to the wide-open meadows of the country—each activity is meant to promote exploration, stimulate imagination, and heighten a child's...
| Author | Susan Usha Dermond |
| ISBN | 1587612763 |
Building on such inherent qualities as openheartedness and trust, parents and teachers can help children develop empathy and integrity as they grow and mature. From nature activities to conscious quiet time to tips on daily routines, CALM AND COMPASSIONATE CHILDREN provides practical guidance...
| Author | Peggy O'Mara |
| ISBN | 0671027441 |
At times I wanted to give this book five stars; at times I wanted to give it two. There is a lot of great information in this book about a wide range of parenting issues (e.g., childbirth, nighttime parenting, breastfeeding, entertainment, communication, discipline, circumcision, school, etc.)....
| Author | Marshall B. Rosenberg |
| ISBN | 1892005093 |
Your search for parenting tips that actually improve your family dynamics is over. While other parenting resources offer communication models or discipline techniques, this powerful, practical booklet offers the unique skills and perspective of the Nonviolent Communication (NVC) process....
| Author | Bobbi Conner |
| ISBN | 0761143904 |
From the joy of smearing glue on paper to the screaming delight of a bubble-blowing relay, kids love to play. In fact, it's every kid's built-in tool for experiencing the world at large. A parent-friendly encyclopedia, UNPLUGGED PLAY ("A wonderful guide," says Daniel Goleman) offers hundreds and...
| Author | William Sears |
| ISBN | 0316777498 |
In this book, the Searses bring the reason and common sense of their philosophy of parenting to the hurdles of raising the older child. Attachment parenting is not just for babies; as children grow, they need to expand the web of their secure attachments to friends, teachers, community and the wider...
| Author | Judy Arnall |
| ISBN | 0978050908 |
Discipline that you and your child will feel good about!
At last, a positive discipline book that is chock-full of practical tips, strategies, skills, and ideas for parents of babies through teenagers, and tells you EXACTLY what to do "in the moment" for every type of behavior, from...
| Author | Jamie C. Martin |
| ISBN | 0984124608 |
You can apply the same techniques of efficiency, intention, and purpose that you've used in other careers to your most important position in life-motherhood. Steady Days takes you through the process of becoming a professional mother: one who is organized and excited to spend time with your young...
| Author | Amanda Blake Soule |
| ISBN | 1590307771 |
Many of us with busy families yearn for a slower and simpler life with our kids—one that is connected to the seasons and the natural rhythm of the year, one that has our children spending more time out of doors rather than in, one that balances out some of the busyness of our lives—the computers, the...
| Author | Polly Young-Eisendrath |
| ISBN | 0316013110 |
I picked this book up because I was attracted to the subtitle: "Raising Confident and Compassionate Kids in an Age of Self-Importance." As a tail-end babyboomer who grew up during the 70s in California I technically don't fit the demo as far as the generations encompassed in "GenMe" as the author calls...
| Author | Janet P. Penley |
| ISBN | 0738210455 |
An antidote to our stressed-out mother culture, MotherStyles validates the notion that good mothering comes in many styles and explains how understanding how you most often react to your child and why is the most important step toward working through areas that have long given you trouble. Drawing...
| Author | Dale McGowan |
| ISBN | 0814474268 |
Foreword by Michael Shermer, Ph.D.
Contributors include Richard Dawkins, Penn Jillette, Julia Sweeney, and Dr. Donald B. Ardell
It's hard enough to live a secular life in a religious world. And bringing up children without religious influence can be even more...
Consuming Kids: The Hostile Takeover of Childhood
| Author | Susan Linn |
| ISBN | 1565847830 |
A shocking exposé of the $15 billion marketing maelstrom aimed at our children and how we can stop it.
With the intensity of the California gold rush, corporations are racing to stake their claim on the consumer group formerly known as children. What was once the purview of a handful of companies...
| Author | Juliet B. Schor |
| ISBN | 0684870568 |
Marketing targeted at kids is virtually everywhere -- in classrooms and textbooks, on the Internet, even at Girl Scout meetings, slumber parties, and the playground. Product placement and other innovations have introduced more subtle advertising to movies and television. Drawing on her own survey...
