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16 Things No One Tells You About Being a Dad, According to Real Fathers

By Jessica Booth — 2019

Being a dad can be a blast but it can help to know what to expect.

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Angela Duckworth: Grit & Parenting

Why do naturally talented people frequently fail to reach their potential while other far less gifted individuals go on to achieve amazing things? The secret to outstanding achievement is not talent, but a passionate persistence. In other words, grit.

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Angela Duckworth
2016
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Dr. John Gottman & Dr. Julie Gottman Discuss Tools for Parenting with Emotion Coaching

Drs. John & Julie Gottman discuss the importance of "Raising An Emotionally Intelligent Child". They talk about what the research shows and the tools that parents can use to help their child (ren) develop emotional intelligence or EQ.

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Julie Schwartz Gottman
2012
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Glennon Doyle Melton Expresses How She Felt About Being a Stay-at-Home Mom | SuperSoul Sunday | OWN

Oprah’s Book Club author, Glennon Doyle Melton, tells Oprah Winfrey about the time she leveled with another mother on how she felt as a stay-at-home mom.

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Glennon Doyle
2016
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These Wilds Beyond Our Fences: Letters to My Daughter on Humanity’s Search for Home

Tackling some of the world’s most profound questions through the intimate lens of fatherhood, Bayo Akomolafe embarks on a journey of discovery as he maps the contours of the spaces between himself and his three-year-old daughter, Alethea.

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Bayo Akomolafe
2017
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Survival Strategies for Parenting Your ADD Child: Dealing with Obsessions, Compulsions, Depression, Explosive Behavior, and Rage

Children with ADD can have severe and very challenging behavioral problems. Research has shown that some children are "born" difficult to parent. These kids may be unmanageable, have no friends, be full of rage, or take dangerous or destructive risks.

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George T. Lynn
1996
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Parenting through Your Adult Child's Addiction: Making Sense of Treatment, Aftercare, and Recovery Recommendations

A resource for anyone dealing with family members or friends who are going through the process of addiction recovery. No parent imagines their tiny infant growing up to have an addiction. Your once precious child now makes frightening choices and takes terrifying risks.

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Ginny H. Mills
2019
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Present Moment Parenting: The Guide to a Peaceful Life with Your Intense Child

There are many reasons a child doesn't respond to typical parenting techniques. Whatever the root cause of the intensity, parent coach and trainer Tina Feigal's revised edition of her book (formerly titled The Pocket Coach for Parents) will give you the tools you need to create a peaceful life.

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Tina Feigal, Amelia Franck Meyer, Mechele Pitt
2017
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Taming the Spirited Child: Strategies for Parenting Challenging Children Without Breaking Their Spirits

Do you dread parent-teacher conferences? Does your child really know how to push your hot button? Has your child been labeled “defiant” or “rebellious”? Here are proven strategies that have helped millions to tame—not break—a spirited child.

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Michael H. Popkin
2007
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Raising The Challenging Child: How to Minimize Meltdowns, Reduce Conflict, and Increase Cooperation

What's the worst you've ever faced as a parent? An all-out tantrum at the mall? A son who won't take out his earbuds to listen to you? A daughter who's failing at school and won't do her homework? A teen who constantly breaks curfew? A call from the police? Whatever you're dealing with, Raising the...

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Karen Doyle Buckwalter, Debbie Reed, Wendy Lyons Sunshine
2025
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Magical Parent Magical Child: The Art of Joyful Parenting

This parenting guide presents seven principles for guiding and teaching children in today’s turbulent learning environment. It replaces traditional adult-child formulas, rewards, and punishments with playful interaction, creative intelligence, and insight.

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Michael Mendizza, Joseph Chilton Pearce
2004
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