family & relationships / parenting / general

"[This book] explores how today's parenting techniques and our myopic education system are failing to prepare children for their certain-to-be-uncertain futures--and how we can reverse course to ensure their lasting adaptability, resilience, health, and happiness"--Dust jacket.

Presents twenty-two projects a father and daughter can make together, including a lunchbox guitar, rainbow pops, silkscreen T-shirt, and others.

Discusses the behavior of self-injury, or "cutting," particularly among teens, and presents parents with strategies for helping children cope with emotions in a healthier way and covers treatments, such as dilectical behavioral therapy (DBT), and how to select a therapist.

". . . a guide that includes 500 diverse contemporary fiction and memoir recommendations for preteens and teens with the goal of inspiring greater empathy for themselves, their peers, and the world around them . . . Each chapter explores a particular issue affecting preteens and teens today and includes a list of recommended related books . . . Recommendations are grouped by age: those appropriate for middle-grade readers and those for teens. Reading lists are organized around: adoption and foster care, body image, immigration, learning challenges, LGBTQIA+ youth, mental health, nature and environmentalism, physical disability, poverty and homelessness, race and ethnicity, and religion and spirituality"--Provided by publisher.

The author argues that there are children who have the capacity to survive and thrive under any circumstances and those who are highly sensitive to their environment who, if properly nurtured, can also survive and flourish.

Details a research-based approach for helping adolescents and young adults with autism develop social skills.

"New from British TV personality and children's nutrition expert Annabel Karmel, a guide to making everyone's go-to food more delicious and exciting!"--.

"Offers practical tools for helping parents implement discipline that's respectful and effective; ... offers a framework to guide parents in making decisions about why, when, and how to hold tighter reins,... and why, when, and how to loosen the reins"--Dust jacket.

"This book teaches frustrated, stressed-out parents that selectively ignoring certain behaviors can actually inspire positive changes in their kids. With all the whining, complaining, begging, and negotiating, parenting can seem more like a chore than a pleasure. Dr. Catherine Pearlman, syndicated columnist and one of America's leading parenting experts, has a simple...solution: Ignore It! Dr. Pearlman's four-step process returns the joy to child rearing. Combining...strategies with time-tested approaches, she teaches parents when to selectively look the other way to withdraw reinforcement for undesirable behaviors"--Provided by publisher.

A clinical psychologist and a test-prep expert combine cutting-edge brain science with insights from their work with families to outline a case for giving children more freedom to unleash their full potential.