Smart Parents

Author : Rebecca Bailey,Elizabeth Bailey
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-11
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781476700465

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Safe Kids, Smart Parents by Rebecca Bailey,Elizabeth Bailey Pdf

Leading family psychologist and personal therapist to Jaycee Dugard, Rebecca Bailey tells parents how to keep their children safe in this accessible, must-have guidebook, with a foreword by Terry Probyn, Jaycee's mother. Whether their children are toddlers or teens, six years old or sixteen, whether they live in a rural town, suburb, or a bustling city, all parents worry about threats—from cyber-bullying to exploitation and abduction. What should they tell their children and when? What practical steps can they take to reduce the risks and keep their kids safe? Dr. Rebecca Bailey, with the assistance of her sister and registered nurse, Elizabeth, gives easily understood, easily followed answers. Safe Kids, Smart Parents builds on Dr. Bailey’s years of experience as a family psychologist helping real families deal with real situations. From abduction to abuse, Bailey explains how parents can speak to their kids about troubling topics while building their self-esteem and teaching them how to protect themselves. A smart, comprehensive, and easy-to-read resource, Safe Kids, Smart Parents is the most important book a parent can own.

Author : Bonnie Lathram,Carri Schneider,Tom Vander Ark
Publisher : Getting Smart
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2016-01-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 1632330660

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Smart Parents by Bonnie Lathram,Carri Schneider,Tom Vander Ark Pdf

"By parents, for parents. That is what makes Smart Parents: Parenting for Powerful Learning different from most parenting books. Drawing on personal parenting stories and expert advice from more than 60 contributors, this guide will leave you with ideas you can put into action immediately."--from back cover.

Author : Rebecca Bailey,Elizabeth Bailey
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2013-06-11
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781476700441

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Safe Kids, Smart Parents by Rebecca Bailey,Elizabeth Bailey Pdf

This practical guide to keeping children safe at any age empowers both parents and kids to be alert, follow a safety list and to critically assess situations to take the right steps to reduce risks.

Author : Saif Al-Araimi,Thuria Al-Rawahi
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 87 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2010-01-09
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780557205448

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Smart Parents Meet Mr Motivation by Saif Al-Araimi,Thuria Al-Rawahi Pdf

Become a SuperNanny and control your children achievement and behaviour.

Author : Allison Edwards
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-03
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781402284274

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Why Smart Kids Worry by Allison Edwards Pdf

Why does my child seem to worry so much? Being the parent of a smart child is great—until your son or daughter starts asking whether global warming is real, if you are going to die, and what will happen if they don't get into college. Kids who are advanced intellectually often let their imaginations ruin wild and experience fears beyond their years. So what can you do to help? In Why Smart Kids Worry, Allison Edwards guides you through the mental and emotional process of where your child's fears come from and why they are so hard to move past. Edwards focuses on how to parent a child who is both smart and anxious and brings her years of experience as a therapist to give you the answers to questions such as: •How do smart kids think differently? •Should I let my child watch the nightly news on TV? •How do I answer questions about terrorists, hurricanes, and other scary subjects? Edwards's fifteen specially designed tools for helping smart kids manage their fears will help you and your child work together to help him or her to become more relaxed and worry-free.

Author : Dr. Kathy Koch
Publisher : Moody Publishers
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2007-02-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781575674285

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How Am I Smart? by Dr. Kathy Koch Pdf

Has your daughter come to you in tears, asking, “Am I smart?" Or has your son wanted to know, “How smart am I?" Dr. Kathy wants children to ask an even more important question, “How am I smart?" When parents determine ways children can be smart, they'll better understand their own children's educational needs and how they learn best. This must-read reveals roots of behavior struggles and relationship conflicts, and their possible solutions. Would you believe that knowing your children's intelligence strengths can also help you raise them to know, believe in, love, and serve God? With great detail and positive insight, Dr. Kathy unfolds the eight different ways intelligence manifests itself through the "multiple intelligences." This practical guide gives you valuable ideas and pays rich dividends for you and your children.

Author : Jennifer Trachtenberg
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2010-03-16
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781439171899

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The Smart Parent's Guide by Jennifer Trachtenberg Pdf

What to Do When You Don’t Know What to Do! “ Moms and dads need expert guidelines, especially when it comes to their kids’ health. This book reveals the inside strategies I use myself—I’m a parent, too!— to avoid critical, common blunders where it matters most: in the ER, pediatrics ward, all-night pharmacy, exam room, or any other medical hot spot for kids. These tips could save your child’s life one day. Even tomorrow.” –Dr. Jen Making health care decisions for your child can be overwhelming in this age of instant information. It’s easy to feel like you know next to nothing or way too much. Either way, you may resort to guessing instead of making smart choices. That’s why the nation’s leading health care oversight group, The Joint Commission, joined forces with Dr. Jennifer Trachtenberg on this book: to help you make the right decisions, whether you’re dealing with a checkup or a full-blown crisis. The Smart Parent’s Guide will give you the information you need to manage the pediatric health care system. Dr. Jen understands the questions parents face—as a mom, she’s faced them herself. She walks you through everything: from how to choose the best ER for kids (not adults) to when to give a kid medicine (or not to) to how pediatricians care for their own children (prepare to be surprised). Her goal is your goal: to protect the health of your children. There simply is nothing more important.

Author : Dona J. Matthews,Joanne F. Foster
Publisher : Great Potential Press, Inc.
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780910707954

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Being Smart about Gifted Education by Dona J. Matthews,Joanne F. Foster Pdf

The book presents practical strategies to identify and nurture exceptionally high ability in children. These authors promote the "mastery" (rather than the "mystery") model of gifted education and challenge several common practices and assumptions.

Author : Nancy Van Pelt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Child rearing
ISBN : 1907456015

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The Smart Parent by Nancy Van Pelt Pdf

Author : Milton Chen
Publisher : KQED Books & Tapes
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Television and children
ISBN : 0912333472

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The Smart Parent's Guide to Kids' TV by Milton Chen Pdf

Dr. Milton Chen--who has worked in program development for Sesame Street and the Electric Company--shows parents how to make use of the educational potential of television, video, and other media--while avoiding their pitfalls. Short, concise chapters spotlight subjects such as TV and violence, role models, and more.

Author : John E. Beaulieu,Alex Granzin,Deborah S. Romaine
Publisher : Parkland Press Incorporated
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Education
ISBN : 096663165X

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Working Parents Can Raise Smart Kids by John E. Beaulieu,Alex Granzin,Deborah S. Romaine Pdf

Written and designed especially for you--a working, time-starved parent. Read the chapters in any order, find ideas that work for you, and give them a try ... Then try more as time permits. You'll be amazed at the difference even a few changes make in your child's attitude and school success!

Author : Tony Buzan
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Child psychology
ISBN : 9780007166077

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Brain Child by Tony Buzan Pdf

Tony Buzan, 'the biggest name in memory', takes a fascinating and exuberant look at the enormous potential of a child's brain and provides parents with the practical tools they need to help their children achieve it. Mind maps, memory games and other techniques allow parents to encourage learning and development for children of all ages.

Author : Pradeep Kapoor,Neelkamal Kapoor
Publisher : Rupa Publications India
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2015-07
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 8129135957

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Smart Parents, Smarter Kids by Pradeep Kapoor,Neelkamal Kapoor Pdf

Parenting has never been as challenging as in today's world of working parents, hectic schedules and nuclear families. Along with being a confident professional, you also have the crucial responsibility of nurturing and shaping your child's future. Smart Parents, Smarter Kids brings to you a new-age parenting philosophy that will make sure that your kids outshine you! Inside are topics as diverse as 'Working Parents' - striking a balance between your child's needs and your career goals, 'Creche - the Dear Friend', 'The Go, Grow, Glow Nutrients' - planning nutrient-rich diets for your kids, to the more sensitive and rarely discussed, 'Can - Child Abuse and Neglect' and 'Single Parenting'. Including tips, suggestions and solutions, coupled with personal accounts of parents and children and written by a doctor couple with more than two decades of experience, this book is an expert's guide to optimal child growth and development.

Author : David H. Jonassen
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 1195 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780805841459

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Handbook of Research on Educational Communications and Technology by David H. Jonassen Pdf

This edition of this handbook updates and expands its review of the research, theory, issues and methodology that constitute the field of educational communications and technology. Organized into seven sectors, it profiles and integrates the following elements of this rapidly changing field.

Author : Ruth Lane
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2016-12-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781316738153

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The Complexity of Self Government by Ruth Lane Pdf

The Complexity of Self Government represents a revolutionary approach to political science. Bottom-up theory turns political and social analysis upside down by focusing analytic attention not on vacuous abstractions but on the individual men and women who either consciously or inadvertently create the institutions within which they live. Understanding this practical level of human activity is made possible through complexity theory, recently developed in computer models, but of wider use in understanding everyday human behaviour. To this complexity framework, the book adds social science to give life and colour to the analytical picture: micro-sociology from Garfinkel and Goffman, anthropology from Bourdieu, and non-technical game theory based on Thomas Schelling's microanalytics, to give rigour and bite. Theoretical examples include India's Mumbai, Iran, the marshes of southern Iraq, Berlusconi's Italy, backcountry China, Zimbabwe, and Nelson Mandela's revolution in South Africa.