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If I Should Have a Daughter . . . | Sarah Kay

2011

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“If I should have a daughter, instead of Mom, she’s gonna call me Point B ...” began spoken word poet Sarah Kay, in a talk that inspired two standing ovations at TED2011.

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Why Shaming Your Children Is a Bad Idea and What You Can Do Instead

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Shefali Tsabary

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Tina Feigal, Amelia Franck Meyer, Mechele Pitt

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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.

Michael H. Popkin

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...

Karen Doyle Buckwalter, Debbie Reed, Wendy Lyons Sunshine

Beyond Behaviors: Using Brain Science and Compassion to Understand and Solve Children’s Behavioral Challenges

In Beyond Behaviors, internationally known pediatric psychologist, Dr. Mona Delahooke describes behaviors as the tip of the iceberg, important signals that we should address by seeking to understand a child’s individual differences in the context of relational safety.

Healing Self-Injury: A Compassionate Guide for Parents and Other Loved Ones

Healing Self-Injury provides desperately-needed guidance to parents and others who love a young person struggling with self-injury.

Janis Whitlock, Elizabeth Lloyd-Richardson

The Kids In Trance Program: “Tapping Your Child’s Genius with Hypnosis & Meditation!”

"Kids in Trance," is a fantastic book written specifically for parents with young children and teens. It is the only book of its kind that teaches parents how to safely utilize clinical hypnotherapy, meditation, and auto-suggestion with their kids/teens for problem-solving purposes.

John Eric Jacobsen

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