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Youth sports can be a wonderful shared experience between parent and athlete. But, too often a win-at-all-cost mentality creates stress, tension, and frustration for both parent and child. biPositive Sports Parenting/b/i by Jim Thompson provides insightful and sensible advice on how parents can help children get the most from sports. In a clear, inviting voice, Thompson reminds parents to worry less about winning and focus on the big picture the endless procession of teachable moments and life lessons that their children can draw from sports. Packed with accessible ideas and easy-to-use tools, Positive Sports Parenting shows parents practical ways to create lasting, positive memories with their child through sports, use sports to teach and reinforce vital character traits, work effectively with coaches, support their child on the sidelines so he/she can perform at his/her best, and deal effectively with common dilemmas faced by sports parents.
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Crafted like a fine book the Newbury Photo Album has an elegant die-cut window innovative binding and archival paper to safeguard your memories for generations. The perfect choice for commemorating an event such as baby shower wedding or vacation.
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Locke Setman (Set), a Native American, is raised far from the reservation by his adopted father. Set feels a strange aching in his soul and, returning to the tribal lands for the funeral of his grandmother, meets a stunning young medicine woman with a gift of astonishing visions--who turns his world upside down.In his first novel since the Pulitzer Prize-winning House Made of Dawn, N. Scott Momaday shapes the ancient Kiowa myth of a boy who turned into a bear into a timeless American classic. The Ancient Child juxtaposes Indian lore and Wild West legend into a hypnotic, often lyrical contemporary novel--the story of Locke Setman, known as Set, a Native American raised far from the reservation by his adoptive father. Set feels a strange aching in his soul and, returning to tribal lands for the funeral of his grandmother, is drawn irresistibly to the fabled bear-boy. When he meets Grey, a beautiful young medicine woman with a visionary gift, his world is turned upside down. Here is a magical saga of one man's tormented search for his identity--a quintessential American novel, and a great one.A tour-de-force of clarity and brilliance.-- San Francisco ChronicleAn intriguing combination of myth, fiction, and storytelling that demonstrates the continuing power and range of Momaday's creative vision . . . As Momaday's vision unfolds, the reader recognizes storytelling that is coninuous and timeless . . .These are magical words. Listen.-- Washington PostSome of the finest writing about the plains I've ever read...The Ancient Child comes as close to a book-length prose poem as any novel you'll see this year. Put aside your normal expectations and let it have its way with you, and you'll be in for a real treat.-- Alan Cheuse, All Things Considered (National Public radio)
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DIVDIVEvery child has ornery moments, but more than 1 in 20 American children exhibit behavioral problems that are out of control. For readers struggling with an unyielding or combative child, YOUR DEFIANT CHILD: EIGHT STEPS TO BETTER BEHAVIOR offers the understanding and guidance they need. Drawing on Dr. Russell A. Barkley's many years of work with parents and children, the book clearly explains what causes defiance, when it becomes a problem, and how it can be resolved. The book's comprehensive eight-step program stresses consistency and cooperation, promoting changes through a system of praise, rewards, and mild punishment. Readers learn tools and strategies for establishing clear patterns of discipline, communicating with children on a level they can understand, and reducing family stress overall. Filled with helpful charts, questionnaires, and checklists, YOUR DEFIANT CHILD helps parents get their child's behavior back on track and restore harmony in the home.br/DIVDIVDIVIntroductionbrI. Getting to Know Your Defiant Childbr1. Is Something Wrong with My Child?br2. Why Is This Happening to My Family?br3. What Should I Do about It?br4. Words to Live By: The Foundation of Better BehaviorbrII. Getting Along with Your Defiant Childbr5. Step 1: Pay Attention!br6. Step 2: Start Earning Peace and Cooperation with Praisebr7. Step 3: When Praise Is Not Enough, Offer Rewardsbr8. Step 4: Use Mild Discipline--Time-Out and Morebr9. Step 5: Use Time-Out with Other Misbehaviorbr10. Step 6: Think Aloud and Think Ahead--What to Do in Publicbr11. Step 7: Help the Teacher Help Your Childbr12. Step 8: Moving toward a Brighter FuturebrAppendix: Does Your Child Have Conduct Disorder?brResourcesbr/DIVDIVDIVThis is a superb and extremely helpful book. Readers negotiating the icy roads and blizzard-like conditions of raising a defiant child will find that this book shifts them into four-wheel drive. The advice in these pages not onl
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DIVThis comprehensive first of its kind guidebook explores the unique challenges that thousands of families face every day raising their children in every city and state. Through extensive research and interviews, as well as years of experience working in the field, the authors cover gender variance from birth through college. What do you do when your toddler daughter
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An authoritative guide that will help parents confidently take charge when raising a child with arthritis.
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Anita Diamant is the author of six books about Jewish life, includingiThe New Jewish Wedding, Living a Jewish Life,/iandiSaying Kaddish./iShe is also the author of three novels, includingiThe Red Tent./iShe lives in Newton, Massachusetts.brbrKaren Kushner is the director of Project Welcome, a San Francisco outreach initiative welcoming interfaith families, unaffiliated Jews, and spiritual seekers into synagogues. The co-author of four children's books, includingiBecause Nothing Looks Like God,/ishe lives in San Francisco.From Chapter 1brbrbValuesbrand Goals/bbrbrJewish parents celebrate the birth of children with delight, with food, and with an ancient promise calledibrit/i--covenant. Brit is the way Jews conceive of their relationship with God: it is a contract renewed in every generation when parents gather family, friends, and community to say, "This child is now part of the Jewish people."brbrThis covenant is "sealed" with rituals and celebrations (explained in Chapter 6). But the ceremonies are only the beginning of this "bargain." At virtually everyibrit milah/i(covenant of circumcision) oribrit bat/i(covenant for a daughter), parents and friends recite a prayerwishpromise that constitutes the "fine print" of theibrit/i:brAs heshe has been brought into the covenant, so may heshe enter into Torah,ihuppah/i the wedding canopy] andima'asim tovim/i
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Crafted like a fine book the Newbury Photo Album has an elegant die-cut window innovative binding and archival paper to safeguard your memories for generations. The perfect choice for commemorating an event such as baby shower wedding or vacation.
$35.00
Nurses working with childbearing families face a variety new challenges, including shortened lengths of hospital stay, the trend toward greater use of community-based and home care, and downsizing and mergers of health-care systems. This book is not only important reading for maternity nurses, but also can be used as an invaluable reference tool. The Seventh Edition of this popular book not only continues to emphasize the central role played by maternity nurses working with today's childbearing families, but also includes a global perspective, covering culture as a factor in relating to the woman's childbirth experience. It also includes a comprehensive, accessible segment on women's health issues. For nurses in the fields of women's health, maternity, and newborn care.DIV/DIVPBI. CONTEMPORARY MATERNAL NEWBORN NURSING./BPDIV STYLE=margin-left: 0.2in;!-- --B1. Current Issues in Maternal Newborn Nursing./BBRB2. Care of the Family in a Culturally Diverse Society./BBRB3. Complementary and Alternative Therapies in Maternal Newborn Care./BBR/DIVPBII. WOMEN'S HEALTH./BPDIV STYLE=margin-left: 0.2in;!-- --B4. Women's Health Across the Lifespan./BBRB5. Women's Health: Family Planning./BBRB6. Women's Health: Commonly Occurring Infections./BBRB7. Women's Health: Common Gynecologic Problems./BBRB8. Women's Care: Social Issues./BBRB9. Violence Against Women./BBR/DIVPBIII. HUMAN REPRODUCTION./BPDIV STYLE=margin-left: 0.2in;!-- --B10. The Reproductive System./BBRB11. Conception and Fetal Development./BBRB12. Special Reproductive Problems./BBR/DIVPBIV. PREGNANCY./BPDIV STYLE=margin-left: 0.2in;!-- --B13. Preparation for Parenthood./BBRB14. Physical and Psychologic Changes in Pregnancy./BBRB15. Antepartal Nursing Assessment./BBRB16. The Expectant Family: Needs and Care./BBRB17. Adolescent Pregnancy./BBRB18. Mate
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