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Viral Parenting is a guide to raising responsible, safe, and communicative kids in the digital world. Mindy shares practical tools for having honest conversations with kids of all ages about privacy, bullying, respectfulness, and family time while emphasizing the importance of trust and open communication. These strategies are timeless - whether applied to texting, snapping, Facebooking, kiking, or whatever social media platforms await us in the future, this book is ultimately about teaching children about personal responsibility and safety.

The creator of the viral parenting concept the “X-Plan” illuminates the importance of awakening your child’s unique strength - while also taking an introspective look at your own life story to become a better parent.

It’s a very different world from the one in which parents (and teachers) grew up. Challenging issues have come together - including cyber bullying, ‘always-on’ culture and ever increasing pressure to do well - to create a perfect storm. How to Grow a Grown Up will help you to build your child's confidence and resilience - so they can become a strong, happy and independent adult.

In this frank, funny, and necessary guidebook, Kara Kinney Cartwright, a mom who has raised two teenage boys, compiles all the unwritten rules of being a good guy. As it turns out, everyone needs to learn one major lesson to safely avoid assh*le territory: other people are also humans. (Whoa, right?)

Andy Bramante left his successful career as a corporate scientist to teach public high school - and now helms one of the most remarkable classrooms in America. Bramante’s unconventional class at Connecticut’s prestigious yet diverse Greenwich High School has no curriculum, tests, textbooks, or lectures, and is equal parts elite research lab, student counseling office, and teenage hangout spot. United by a passion to learn, Mr. B.’s band of whiz kids set out every year to conquer the brutally competitive science fair circuit.

Para todos, la adolescencia es una etapa de profundos cambios. Tanto los padres como los maestros necesitan entender las transformaciones que los adolescentes están viviendo para poder acompañarlos de la mejor manera en esta última etapa, de la que emergerán como adultos jóvenes. Rosa Barocio nos invita a ver a nuestro adolescente con el corazón. Para darnos cuenta de que necesitamos acercarnos a ellos de una nueva manera: abiertos y sin juicios, interesados y respetuosos, presentes pero sin ser controladores.

Felipe Lecannelier, doctor en psicología, especialista en apego y desarrollo infantil, lleva más de diez años recolectando datos sobre salud mental y bienestar emocional en niños y adolescentes, y analizando cómo criamos los chilenos. Un reciente estudio compara a Chile con otros 24 países y nos ubica en el top 1 de las sociedades con peor salud mental en niños. ¿Qué significan estos resultados devastadores? Lecannelier propone la existencia de un síndrome psicoafectivo que explica por qué tenemos casi una epidemia de salud en niños tan pequeños.

You can swim confidently into the murky waters of parenting teens! Rescue offers wisdom, encouragement, and practical applications. Working with a group of young "lifeguards" throughout the audiobook, Candy Gibbs gives struggling parents the life preservers they need to rescue teens from a drowning culture. With Biblical insights and Candy's own creative techniques, Rescue is the "Noah's Ark" of parenting guides, ensuring that today's teens will carry on a legacy of godliness to generations to come.

«Toute va ben été» [tutvabete] expression locale? Ce qu'on se dit pour se con­­vaincre que tout finira par s'arranger, mais sans pouvoir s'exprimer correctement parce qu'on est CLAIREMENT DÉPASSÉ PAR LA VIE. Sans prétention, sans compromis, sans filtre, voici mes réflexions et mes anecdotes sur ces étapes de la vie, de l'adolescence à l'âge adulte, qui nous font dire (en serrant un peu les dents): «Toute va ben été!»

Discover the essential guide for parents navigating the rapidly evolving world of artificial intelligence. "A Parent’s Guide to AI" by Nathan & Meagan Glemboski demystifies AI, providing a clear understanding of its impact on education, healthcare, media, and beyond.

Over the past decade, children’s mental health challenges have reached epidemic levels—stress, anxiety, childhood depression, and suicide are at unprecedented high rates. Amid high-stakes pressure for kids to succeed, parents and teachers have never needed a road map to healthy child development more urgently. And as psychologist and educator Doug Bolton explains in this eye-opening guide, underlying our modern-day stresses is an even more pervasive problem: We’re relying on practices that are not in line with what science tells us about how to truly motivate children and help them thrive.

Child psychiatrist and NAMI’s Associate Medical Director Dr. Christine M. Crawford provides a compassionate and practical resource for anyone concerned about a child’s mental health. Drawing on her own clinical experience and guidance from leading experts, Dr. Crawford provides a lens through which to understand the many complex factors affecting children’s mental health. Analyzing young people from preschool to high school, she shares insights into how mental health conditions may manifest at different ages, what kind of interventions may be necessary, and what to do to help kids thrive.

Embark on a journey of understanding and connection with "Parenting Through Puberty: Supporting Teenage Girls Through Hormonal Changes, Emotional Development, and Growth." This must-have guide offers practical insights and heartfelt advice to help everyday parents navigate their daughters' adolescent years. Filled with down-to-earth wisdom and relatable tips, this book is your go-to resource for tackling the ups and downs of puberty. From deciphering mood swings to boosting self-esteem, this book is a roadmap for guiding your daughter through this transformative time with patience and love.

Set your family up for success! (Yes, that includes you.) You are an intelligent, successful woman with a thriving career and an amazing family. Yet, this parenting thing has you feeling like something of a failure. You have a dream of how you’d like your family to be, but it doesn’t seem to be working out like that. You lose yourself amid the competing demands of work, family, and day-to-day living. Your efforts to build a happy, healthy home never seem to be enough however much you love your partner and your children.

La adolescencia no es una etapa fácil, ni para los hijos que la sufren ni para la familia que los rodea. Las autoras de este libro proponen dos caminos: entender el proceso de construcción de identidad del adolescente (y sus cambio emocionales,hormonales, corporales e intelectuales); y garantizar la comunicación y el apoyo que ellos necesitan.

"How to Help Your Child Build Confidence" is a step-by-step bite-size guide to helping parents empower their child with tools and skills that will enable them to live their best life and become the best version of themself. The book focuses on ways that you can actively support your child through several strategies including encouraging interests and independence and setting achievable goals.

¿Estás a punto de convertirte en padre o madre y sientes curiosidad por el fascinante proceso del crecimiento y desarrollo, desde la formación de unas simples células hasta la adolescencia? ¿Te desconciertan los repentinos cambios de humor y los actos rebeldes de tu hijo adolescente, y desearías poder entender cómo funciona su mente para poder ver las cosas desde su perspectiva y fomentar interacciones más armoniosas?

¿Eres un padre o educador que lucha por descifrar el complejo cerebro adolescente? ¿Te encuentras desconcertado por sus repentinos cambios de humor y actos rebeldes, y desearías poder entender cómo operan sus mentes para ver las cosas desde su perspectiva y fomentar interacciones más armoniosas? ¡Relájate y deja que esta guía desglose la psique adolescente para ti!Todos hemos estado ahí: un minuto te ríes con ellos, y al siguiente, golpean puertas y te alejan. Pero, francamente, no tienen toda la culpa, y puedes culpar a sus cerebros adolescentes en desarrollo, bueno, la mayor parte.

No hay nada peor que enfrentarse a algo a ciegas y sin saber qué esperar, y criar a un hijo no es diferente. La ansiedad, la tensión y la duda pueden ser abrumadoras, pero cuando tienes la información a tu alcance, estarás más relajado y preparado para manejar las diferentes etapas y fases con aplomo.Afortunadamente, esta guía cubre todos los aspectos del desarrollo infantil, desde los hitos y el temperamento hasta el crecimiento emocional, físico y mental, y todo lo demás - ¡di adiós a ser sorprendido desprevenido!

From the dark ages, the treatment of those mentally ill has progressed from chaining to a wall those afflicted with mental disturbance who never saw the light of day. However, in US emergency rooms, our young people on the brink of despair are held hostage for psychiatric care. We have been bound to the antiquated biomedical model of mental health care.