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Raising Girls
by: Melissa Trevathan and Sissy Goff
'My six-year-old fusses with her hair for hours. Is this normal?' 'Yesterday my seventh grader was all sunshine. Today she's wearing black and won't leave her room.' 'I'm worried my teenager may have an eating disorder.' In today's complex world, parenting a girl is harder than ever. It takes more than love. It takes insight into the things that make your daughter tick as she grows from childhood to young adulthood. Drawing on the authors' fifty-plus years of combined counseling experience, Raising Girls takes you inside the mind and soul of your girl. You'll obtain seasoned, expert insights on * Your daughter's different stages of development from ages zero to nineteen * How you can effectively relate to her at each stage * What is normal behavior, what isn't, and when and how to intervene * How to deal with self-destructive behavior such as eating disorders, cutting, or experimentation with alcohol * ... and much more Spiced with stories, humor, and much reassurance, Raising Girls will help you encourage your daughter, challenge her, love her, and help her discover who God is creating her to be.
Wild Things: The Art of Nurturing Boys
by: Stephen James and David Thomas
Playing off the themes in the Caldecott Medal-winning children's book Where the Wild Things Are, this informative, practical, and encouraging guide will help parents guide boys down the path to healthy and authentic manhood. Wild Things addresses the physical, emotional, and spiritual parts of a boy, written by two therapists who are currently engaged in clinical work with boys and their parents and who are also fathers raising five sons. Contains chapters such as “Sit Still! Pay Attention!” “Deficits and Disappointments,” and “Rituals, Ceremonies, and Rites of Passage.”
Modern Parents, Vintage Values
By: Melissa Trevathan and Sissy Goff
Modern Parents, Vintage Values talks about the specific issues facing kids today, helping parents to more fully understand the challenges being faced. Yet Melissa and Sissy don't stop there. They focus in on nine values that are foundational for the character development of children: kindness, integrity, manners, compassion, forgiveness, responsibility, gratitude, patience and confidence. Each chapter is broken down into a section for children and adolescents, and specific ways to foster the specific value for the particular age. Modern Parents, Vintage Values offers parents timeless truths that can break through the chaos of today's culture and instill these truly vintage and important values in kids.
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