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        Health & Personal Development

        Borderline Personality Disorder in Adolescents

        A Guide for Teens and Their Parents

        by Wewetzer, Gunilla; Bohus, Martin

        This guide, written for adolescents with borderline personality disorder and their parents, informs the readers about the symptoms, causes, treatment options, and especially the course of treatment of a Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Adolescents (DBT-A). Many examples make the content easy to grasp and detailed descriptions of different self-help exercises that can be done at home. The appendix also provides worksheets and useful contact information. This guide wants to encourage affected teens and their parents to seek help early on, as it has been proven that an early diagnosis and subsequent treatment positively influence the progression of the disorder.

      • Health & Personal Development
        May 2016

        The Drug Conversation

        How to talk to your child about drugs

        by Owen Bowden-Jones

        The Drug Conversation is a guide for parents about how to raise the thorny issue of drugs with their children. It will help you begin a useful conversation about drugs with your child. The book provides information on the different types of psychoactive drugs available, their attractions and harms, how they work in the brain, and who uses them and why. It covers issues such as how to detect drug use, drug testing, synthetic drugs (‘legal highs’), accessing help, effective treatments and what to expect from professional medical services. The Drug Conversation also gives practical advice on how to prepare for and have a conversation about drugs with your child – including examples of actual conversations between parents and children. Case studies from the author’s own clinical practice are used to illustrate the main points. All parents will need this book at some stage. It will help you to feel properly informed about drugs, more confident in talking to your child, more able to keep drug-related problems from developing and better equipped to tackle problems if they do arise

      • Family & health
        April 2019

        Islamic Montessori: Inspired Activity

        Montessori Activities for Moslem Households

        by Zahra Zahira

        Montessori is probably the most well known parenting method right now. However, some family still have tradition and values that goes through generation that cannot be found in the popular parenting method. This realization came to Zahra Zahira’s mind as she is working as Montessori practitioner who comes from moslem family. Thus, she made a lesson plan activity inspired by montessori philosophy and curriculum. This book will help moslem parents to apply montessori and introduce islamic values to their children at home, at the same time.

      • Health & Personal Development

        A Potent Love

        The Power of Undivided Attention, One Moment at a Time

        by Mei C. Yao and Mama Shiangrue

        Parental love could gift a newborn with a lifetime of peace and harmony, and just as potently it could impose on it a lifetime of confusion and misery. All parents love their children and they always do so to the best of their ability. But why are so many people plagued by feelings of emptiness and alienation, and sometimes just collapsed at the height of their career and business success? And why are a few lucky others seemingly so able to keep calm and charge on even in the midst of severe crises? The majority of us, men and women, spend much of our adulthood trying to sort through vague feelings of unworthiness, injustice, and emotional turbulence. We cannot seem to come to terms with where this “pain body” is originated and, thus, unknowingly propagate similar tragedies -- outward and downward -- to almost everyone who comes into our sphere of influence. As concluded in The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self, Dr. Alice Miller said, “I have come to see that this [universal human] tragedy cannot be undone in a single generation.” Planet Earth is increasingly vibrating higher and higher in the frequency of pure love. The higher the Earth vibration rises, the more rapidly those who are bogged-down by emotional imbalance and mental stress -- because of having been deprived of the experience of “truth love” as elaborated in Thich Nhat Hanh’s 1997 book titled, True Love: A Practice for Awakening the Heart -- will have a tough time thriving on the new planet of love: The New Earth. In this book, Mei Yao will share with us “the key” she uncovered for unleashing this most potent human energy -- parental love -- in the most beneficial and natural way, as demonstrated by her mother-in-law, Mama Shiangrue, an extraordinarily wise woman despite (or in spite of) her having never been formally educated. She was simply a woman who knew how to love, and in a very Thich Nhat Hanh way.

      • Health & Personal Development
        July 2017

        It's Buddha Time: An evening yoga ritual for parents and children; finding peace at last

        An evening yoga ritual for parents and children; finding peace at last

        by Daniela Heidtmann, Teresa Heilmann, Maren Engel, Lara Schmelzeisen

        It’s Bed Time - It’s Buddha Time  An evening spent mindfully, content children who are happy to go to bed,a calm end to the day and some relaxi ng time to yourself.Out of reach?  Not at all, thanks to your evening yoga ritual.    “Muuuuum, where are you?!”  A standard afternoon with my three kids: arguments over mathshomework, the older two are bickering, the little one didn’t nap, the cathas a fev er. We have to visit the orthodontist, the vet and take my eldestto scouts, but my “real work” begins when they’re all in bed. I’m a yogateacher and every day, I practice strategies to prevent the chaos fromengulfing me and to help myself reach my inner sanctuary. Would you liketo join me?  With the help of yoga, Buddha’s wisdom, and meditation, you too canbetter weather the whirlwinds of your life and find the calm in the eye ofthe storm. With a smile on your lips and hand in hand with yourchildren .  This book will show you how!

      • Health & Personal Development
        January 2020

        The Art of Good Enough

        The Working Mom’s Guilt-Free Guide to Thriving While Being Perfectly Imperfect

        by Dr. Ivy Ge

        ★ 2020 Readers' Favorite International Book Award Silver Medal Winner ★ You Don't Have to Be Perfect to Be Happy.  What if there are proven methods to prevent you from feeling depleted, anxious, and unsatisfied in times of crisis? Imagine you become confident about your ability to handle stress and pressure, know how to make wise decisions, and find solutions to your problems.From an aspiring actress to becoming a pharmacy professor, Dr. Ivy Ge has transformed her life while balancing her role as a working mother. Using her life lessons as a new mom juggling work and school, she helps you navigate the complexity of motherhood in simple, meaningful ways. Read the reviews from working moms and see how they have benefited from Dr. Ge's real-life examples, great advice, and steps for applying that advice effectively. If you have trouble handling difficult emotions or improving your situation, read this book to discover the answers featured on PBS, Thrive Global, Working Mother magazine, Parentology, and The Times of India.In this book, you'll learn:*How to overcome difficult emotions and make wise decisions*How to handle adversity and overcome your obstacles using your hidden strengths*How to look and feel your best regardless of your size and age*How to simplify your life and get more done in less time*How to raise self-reliant children and resolve tension in your relationship*How to reverse engineer your life by going from where you want to be to where you are now... and much more.The secret to living your best life is to focus on your strengths, not your weaknesses.

      • Health & Personal Development
        2020

        Early emotional education

        by Gloria Latorre

        The family is the first modeler of interpersonal relationships. In it all the richness of the emotional world unfolds. That is why it is key to teach our children from birth to build their own path to inner well-being, through self-knowledge and the skills to manage their emotions. This will help them from the beginning of their lives to connect with the other from empathy and compassion. “This book offers us a journey to recognize the emotions in our relationships. On each page, it offers us pauses to reflect, realize and experiment, allowing true learning. It is a companion for travelers such as parents, teachers, psychologists and for all of us who work in accompaniment ”. Jorge Genzone, President of the Gestalt Association of Buenos Aires

      • Health & Personal Development
        February 2021

        Mums to Mums vol. I – pregnancy - preparing for a revolution in your life

        by Barbara Falenta

        74 key pregnancy-related topics in one place! Practical advice and answers to questions that puzzle parents. Up-to-date scientific information, presented in a clear and accessible way. Controversial topics and a debate with traditional approaches to parenting. The needs of the child, the mother and the rest of the family are treated equally.

      • Child care & upbringing

        Meeting Special Needs

        A Practical Guide to Support Children With Epilepsy

        by Rachel. Baker

      • Adult literacy guides & handbooks
        June 2013

        DYSLEXIA DISMANTLED

        A practical breakdown of the myths and realities of dyslexia

        by Laughton King

        Finally, an insightful, clear and practical breakdown of the realities of dyslexia, from the author’s own life experience. This exposition of the thinking, learning and living style that characterise the dyslexic individual is written equally for the educator, the parent and the struggling dyslexic himself. Eighteen myths dispelled, 61 personal characteristics outlined, and a raft of indicators examined, this book will help a large section of the population understand their own normality, their own intact and integrated thinking style, and allow them to take positive charge of their learning processes and their functioning in society. There is nothing wrong with their brain wiring, they are not deficient, they do not need medication. As a diesel motor differs from a petrol engine, the so-called ‘dyslexic’ differs from the non-dyslexic in a simple and rudimentary way. The Western world has a modern education system based around language as the prime learning tool – teaching, learning and assessment are typically language-based. The ‘dyslexic’ person is disadvantaged in this system, not only because is he a pictorial thinker, but because of a lesser capacity to use 'internal dialogue', he is unable to process the language-based education system at a competitive level.

      • Family & relationships
        July 2013

        REACHING THE RELUCTANT LEARNER

        A manual of strategies for teachers and parents

        by Laughton King

        This very practical and helpful manual focuses on the learning difficulties that come under the ‘umbrella’ notion of ‘Dyslexia’. The author examines why such difficulties are so common in our schools - right around the English-speaking world - and before giving parents and teachers insights as to how to work usefully with these children, demonstrates what the world is like from the inside for these children. He looks at how these children think, at how they understand the world, at the impact on their behaviour, and at what life is like for them – on the inside. He includes a biographical section based around his own personal experiences as a ‘dyslexic’ child. In clarifying the fundamental differences between linguistic and pictorial thinking styles, and the connection between learning difficulty and behaviour problems, this book opens the way for parents and teachers to reach, and therefore to effectively teach so-called reluctant learners.

      • Family & relationships

        WITH, NOT AGAINST

        A compendium of positive parenting strategies

        by Laughton King

        Written with the busy parent in mind, this book is orientated to taking the head-on fight out of parenting, and is based on the author’s thirty years of clinical work with parents of young children. This book is written as a practical manual, has a simple, bite-size presentation and is free from the pages of theory that commonly restrict easy access to useful information. The book focuses on the small things parents do that make it difficult for children to comply and co-operate, and gives examples and illustrations of how we can easily work with our children to achieve happier households. Includes; Bedtime strategies, Behaviour management, Language of parenting, Toileting, Mealtime behaviour, Arguments, use of Praise and Humour, amongst other issues that can make parenting a lonely and difficult role.

      • Adventure
        April 2015

        The Game Master

        by Ian D Copsey

        What is it like to be someone else – especially your most hated enemy? Why do they think and do things differently?    Tired of arguing over which of them was the best gamer, Josh and Alex stumbled upon a new video game shop, run by an enigmatic and amiable Japanese shopkeeper. He was to be their Game Master in this virtual reality video game that had no game controls. Little did they know it was a game that would change their lives, of their friends… and enemies… forever.    “Oh! This game is no ordinary game,” The Game Master explained, “It reads your thoughts, seeks out your weaknesses to give challenges that are right just for you, the challenges you need to help you grow.”   "It can read our minds?" puzzled the boys. As they progressed through the game’s levels they found out more about themselves and the lives of everyone around them. Mysteriously, the Game of Life began to spread its influence beyond Josh and Alex’s lives and to their friends.    From Josh and Alex switching roles with each other in the game, campfire frolics and ghostly stories from their teachers, the boys learned more about their friends around them. The Game Master’s zany antics as he hosted a T.V. game show, “Hiro’s Happy Heroes” in the Game of Life, released a string of rib tickling gags, teases and tantalising tattles.   The climax of the Game of Life came from the school Rube Goldberg challenge in which each grade had to join as a team to build their own whacky, madcap contraption. Would Josh and Alex be able to manage to get the two bullies in the class to work within the team?   Patiently, with impish humour, the Game Master guides them through the different levels to a final intriguing twist.

      • Health & Personal Development
        March 2012

        Our Story, for my Daughter

        Memory Journal capturing 18 years of stories and memories of your daughter

        by Helen Stephens

        Our Story, for My Daughter is an award-winning 0-18 years childhood journal that helps readers create a keepsake their child will treasure forever. Our Story was voted by Mums and Dads as Best Baby Gift for new parents in the Practical Parenting & Pregnancy Awards. Journaling valuable childhood memories can be time-consuming. As a parent, there’s little time to sit down and reflect and write down those key memories. Our Story makes this easy. Allow just an hour or two each year, perhaps on the child’s birthday, to reminisce about the year gone by. Once completed, the journal can be given to the 18-year-old child as a keepsake to treasure. Over 50,000 copies sold A section per year of the child’s life from 0-18 years Spaces for precious photos Full colour and hand illustrated with a delightful little bird who grows up and flies the nest Prompts to reflect on how the parent feels about the year, family adventures, hopes and dream and predictions Track the child’s growth, development and personality Family memories and the wonderful emotional journey Carefully worded prompts mean that Our Story is suitable for journaling the childhoods of adopted children A lasting gift for any new baby celebration: baby shower, christening, naming ceremony or first birthday. The perfect gift to follow pregnancy and first-year journal, Bump to Birthday. Also available Our Story for my Son.  From You To Me offer personalised editions of this journal.

      • Health & Personal Development
        January 2016

        Ya no te aguanto

        Como mejorar la relacion con tus hijos adolescentes

        by Edouard Atangana, PhD

        The book is a practical guide for parents with adolescents children. It helps parents manage their relationship with their teenage children through the tumultous years of adolescence.

      • Child care & upbringing
        March 2021

        Why Reflux Matters

        by Carol Smyth

      • Child care & upbringing
        March 2016

        Why Your Baby's Sleep Matters

        by Sarah Ockwell-Smith

        Research shows that ‘normal’ infant sleep is not what most experts claim it to be. In fact, many of today’s sleep ‘problems’ with young babies and children predominantly occur in the developed world. In Why Your Baby’s Sleep Matters, renowned gentle parenting expert Sarah Ockwell-Smith demonstrates how nurturing babies at night helps their brain development, and covers the topics every parent of a new baby will need to know about, including naps, SIDS, night weaning, coping with your own exhaustion – and even dealing with advice and criticism from others.

      • Health & Personal Development

        Disciplina con amor

        Cómo poner límites sin ahogarte en la culpa

        by Rosa Barocio

        Educar con conciencia significa alentar al niño en su proceso de maduración, ofreciéndole apoyo, aceptación y amor incondicional. Por un lado, vemos que el autoritarismo de nuestros padres y maestros no funciona y, por el otro, vemos que la permisividad trae graves consecuencias. Rosa Barocio proporciona, una guía clara para la difícil tarea de educar con conciencia.

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