Raising Children Who Think for Themselves
10 best books like Raising Children Who Think for Themselves (Elisa Medhus): Anxiety, Phobias, and Panic, Above All, Be Kind: Raising a Humane Child in Challenging Times, Raising Our Children, Raising Ourselves: Transforming parent-child relationships from reaction and struggle to freedom, power and joy, 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, The Natural Child: Parenting from the Heart, Raising Freethinkers: A Practical Guide for Parenting Beyond Belief, Mothering Your Nursing Toddler, Adventures in Gentle Discipline: A Parent-to-Parent Guide (La Leche League International Book), Respectful Parents, Respectful Kids: 7 Keys to Turn Family Conflict into Cooperation, Discipline Without Distress: 135 Tools for Raising Caring, Responsible Children Without Time-Out, Spanking, Punishment, or Bribery
| Author | Reneau Z. Peurifoy |
| ISBN | 0446692778 |
Struggling with Anxiety, Phobias, or Panic Attacks? Discover Proven Strategies that can Help You Conquer Fear and Take Charge of Your Life! Are you one of the nineteen million Americans who suffer from anxiety-related problems? Don't lose hope! Take action today with techniques that have helped...
| 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 | Naomi Aldort |
| ISBN | 1887542329 |
An insightful and eloquent guide for parents who wish to raise their children with unconditional love, and empower them to be self-reliant, expressive, caring and able to form close human connections.
About the Author:
Naomi Aldort is a parenting and family counselor, writer and public...
| Author | Marie Sherlock |
| ISBN | 0609809016 |
Raising children ranks as one of life’s most rewarding adventures. Yet between Mom and Dad working full-time jobs, endless carpooling of overscheduled youngsters, and the never-ending pressures to buy and consume, family life can be incredibly—needlessly—complex. What if you could find...
| 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 | Dale McGowan |
| ISBN | 0814410960 |
Dale McGowan's popular and compassionate guide Parenting Beyond Belief was the first comprehensive book to offer a general philosophy of nonreligious parenting. Raising Freethinkers is a practical sequel, providing specific answers to common questions and more than 100 activities for parents...
| Author | Norma Jane Bumgarner |
| ISBN | 0912500522 |
This book didn't give me as much as I'd hoped for in terms of helpful, practical advice for nursing a toddler—when it came down to it, most of her advice was either stuff I'd already figured out for myself (nursing a 19-month-old, here) or stuff that didn't directly apply to my situation (for instance,...
| Author | Hilary Flower |
| ISBN | 0976896907 |
In Hilary Flower’'s second book, ADVENTURES IN GENTLE DISCIPLINE, she allows the reader to explore goals of gentle discipline, rewards for both child and parent, and what it looks like in action. Hilary debunks myths about the effectiveness of gentle discipline methods while empowering parents...
| Author | Sura Hart |
| ISBN | 1892005220 |
More than a tool to correct bad behavior, this handbook urges parents to move beyond typical discipline techniques by creating an environment based on mutual respect, emotional safety, and positive, open communication. The seven outlined principles redefine the parent-dominated family by...
| 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 | Mary Sheedy Kurcinka |
| ISBN | 0060930438 |
End Those Power Struggles and Begin Connecting with Your Child
Noted family educator Mary Sheedy Kurcinka struck a national chord with her bestselling Raising Your Spirited Child. Now she hits upon another crucial parenting topic: coping with the everyday challenges of disciplining your...
| 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 | Elizabeth Pantley |
| ISBN | 0071476903 |
Say good-bye to diapers and hello to fast, effective potty training, from the parenting author millions trust
Potty training your child doesn't have to be a stressful experience. Parenting authority Elizabeth Pantley helps your child get on the road to bathroom independence without frustration,...
| Author | Jane Nelsen |
| ISBN | 0761515151 |
Caring for young children is one of the most challenging tasks an adult will ever face. No matter how much you love your child, there will be moments filled with frustration, anger, and even desperation. There will also be questions: Why does my four-year-old deliberately lie to me? Why won’t my three-year-old...
| Author | William Sears |
| ISBN | 0316779164 |
After finishing this book I realized that the book should really be in two parts. Part one- parenting the high-need child, part two- taking care of the parents of high-need children. I would benefit more from part two especially if it included more information about postpartum depression and expanded...
| Author | Lesley Britton |
| ISBN | 0517591820 |
We all want the best possible starts in life for our children, and one of the best possible starts in life, educationally, is the "method" pioneered by Maria Montessori and taught successfully today throughout the world.
Now, Lesley Britton, the leading Montessori practitioner in England...
| Author | Stanley Turecki |
| ISBN | 0553380362 |
How to help--and cope with--the difficult child
Expanded and completely revised, the classic and definitive work on parenting hard-to-raise children with new sections on ADHD and the latest medications for childhood disorders.
Temperamentally difficult children can confuse...
| Author | H. Wallace Goddard |
| ISBN | 1599920018 |
I thought this book had a lot of helpful ideas. My favorite thought was that as parents we are not to judge and punish our children but rather to "nurture and admonish" them. I liked how he encouraged parents to look at their children with an eternal perspective, and to remember who they are and what their...
| Author | Lise Eliot |
| ISBN | 0553378252 |
As a research neuroscientist, Lise Eliot has made the study of the human brain her life's work. But it wasn't until she was pregnant with her first child that she became intrigued with the study of brain development. She wanted to know precisely how the baby's brain is formed, and when and how each sense,...
| Author | Jane M. Healy |
| ISBN | 0385469306 |
Ryan and Lincoln's guitar teacher recommended this. He implied that it would convince me it was important to start music lessons at a very young age (3 or 4). It did the opposite. Yes, there is an amazing amount of connections and growth happening, but these happen without structured learning. Basically...
| Author | Camille Peri |
| ISBN | 0671774689 |
From the editors of Salon.com's cutting edge Web site, "Mothers Who Think," comes "an anthology of smart and lovely essays" (Chicago Sun Times) -- provacative collection that challenges and changes our views of motherhood today.
Anne Lamott, Jayne Anne Phillips, Sallie Tisdale, Susan Straight,...
