General Parenting Books: Price List![]() |
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| 1-2-3 Magic: Effective Discipline for Children 2-12 (123 Magic) Thomas W. Phelan, PhD |
¥120 |
| If your child has begun to rule the roost a bit more than you'd like, this book provides a system to get your family operating smoothly. Especially sensible is Phelan's theory that children should not be argued with endlessly to convince them to do what you want them to do. A sample of one if wise insights: the best way to get your child to repeat unwanted behavior is to have a highly emotional reaction to it. |
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| Get Out of My Life, but First Could You Drive Me and Cheryl to the Mall Anthony Wolf |
¥110 |
| This is a survival guide for parents who find themselves marooned among volatile and incomprehensible aliens on Planet Teen. Funny, sound, and compassionate, Get Out of My Life will truly help you talk with your kids and not get mad. | |
| How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish |
¥120 |
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All parents can benefit from the methods described in this book to improve the everyday quality of their relationships with their children. It is designed to bring adults to the level of children, and children to the level of adults, so that this happy meeting ground can truly make for harmony in the home. |
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| My Little Red Book Rachel Nalebuff |
¥120 |
| Must reading for girls, and their parents, approaching puberty. Full of amusing and poignant stories about first periods, the book also includes an extensive appended resource section. Parents that dream of celebratory discussions will be reminded to respect their daughters’ responses, even if the response is, “Promise you won’t tell Dad, and, geez, no Rite of Passage party, ok?” A rich, welcome collection for readers of various ages and, perhaps surprisingly, more than one gender. |
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| Parenting Is a Contact Sport: 8 Ways to Stay Connected to Your Kids for Life Joanne Stern |
¥120 |
| Without jargon or scolding, this book shows you how to build and live a resilient and vibrant connection with your kids and step kids. Parenting Is a Contact Sport is that valuable, wisdom-packed book that is always there for you as you navigate the challenges of parenthood. |
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| Parenting Teens with Love and Logic: Preparing Adolescents for Responsible Adulthood Foster Cline, Jim Fay |
¥200 |
| When you parent with love and logic, it's a win-win situation. You win because you'll learn to love in a healthy way and effectively guide your teens, without resorting to anger, threats, and power struggles that will haunt them along the path to adulthood. And your teens win because they'll learn responsibility and the logic of life by solving their own problems and acquiring the tools they'll need to cope with the real world. |
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| Parenting with Love and Logic (Updated and Expanded Edition) Foster Cline, Jim Fay |
¥200 |
| If you're looking for practical parenting skills, this book is a must. The pages are full of tips that parents can implement right away to teach children responsibility, how to solve their own problems, and providing skills for coping in the real world. The authors provide strategies for applying the method to actual situations. |
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| Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child John Gottman, Joan Declaire, and Daniel Goleman |
¥110 |
| The authors identify a five-step "emotion coaching" process to help teach children how to recognize and address their feelings, which includes becoming aware of the child's emotions; recognizing that dealing with these emotions is an opportunity for intimacy; listening empathetically; helping the child label emotions; setting limits; and problem-solving. |
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| Siblings without Rivalry: How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Too Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish |
¥110 |
| This is a must-read for parents that have or are planning to have multiple children. Parents of young children who, so far, get along fine should read it too because, as the authors make very clear, rivalry is inevitable. The only question is how to manage the rivalry with intelligence and compassion, and on that subject they offer a wealth of good advice in a very human book. |
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| SOS: Help for Parents, Third Edition Lynn Clark |
¥150 |
| SOS Help for Parents improves the behavior and emotional adjustment of children, age two to twelve, by empowering parents with the tools for using a positive, consistent and simple-to-follow program of discipline. Parents will feel more competent and confident in their parenting skills as well as in their communication skills with their children. |
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| Autism Spectrum Disorders: The Complete Guide to Understanding Autism, Asperger's Syndrome, Pervasive Developmental Disorder, and Other ASDs Chantal Sicile-Kira and Temple Grandin |
¥120 |
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This reference guide is invaluable for parents and anyone in the community who comes across individuals with autism in their line of work. The information from personal experiences will give parents and professionals insight into how people on the spectrum perceive the world. |
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| Autism's False Prophets: Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the Search for a Cure Dr. Paul A. Offit, MD |
¥200 |
| This book explores the issues related to vaccines and related treatment issues. Autism's False Prophets is a must read for parents seeking to fully understand the risks of vaccinations and the inside story of how many parents are led astray when looking for treatments for autism. |
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Driven To Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood through Adulthood Edward M. Hallowell, John J. Ratey |
¥120 |
| This book offers a broad, general definition of ADD ("high-energy, action-oriented, bottom-line, gotta-runtype people") and continually emphasizes the special, positive qualities of people with ADD. The authors describe numerous case studies to show the ways that ADD intersects with other conditions (e.g., depression, substance abuse, and obsessive-compulsive disorder). Especially helpful are the lists of tips for dealing with ADD in a child, a partner, or a family member. |
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| The Highly Sensitive Child: Helping Our Children Thrive When the World Overwhelms Them Elaine Aron |
¥120 |
| This book will teach you how to raise your exceptional child to be healthy, loving, well-adjusted, and happy. It speaks clearly to highly sensitive people. It gives a fresh perspective, a sigh of relief, and a good sense of where we belong in society |
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| Meeting the Challenge: Using Love and Logic to Help Children Develop Attention and Behavior Skills Jim Fay, Foster W. Cline, and Robert Sornson |
¥175 |
| This book is dedicated to the belief that challenging kids can grow up to be wonderful adults. It will help put enjoyment back into teaching and make parenting challenging children a breeze. You will learn techniques that will help you raise joyful, productive, and responsible children. |
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| The Out-of-Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder Carol Stock Kranowitz and Lucy Jane Miller |
¥120 |
| The Out-of-Sync Child broke new ground by identifying Sensory Processing Disorder, a common but frequently misdiagnosed problem in which the central nervous system misinterprets messages from the senses. This newly revised edition features additional information from recent research on vision and hearing deficits, motor skill problems, nutrition and picky eaters, ADHA, autism, and other related disorders. |
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| The Out-of-Sync Child Has Fun: Activities for Kids with Sensory Processing Disorder Carol Stock Kranowitz |
¥120 |
| This revised edition includes new activities that parents of kids with Sensory Processing Disorder can do at home with their child, along with updated information on which activities are most appropriate for children with coexisting conditions such as Asperger's, autism, and more. |
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| Play To Talk: A Practical Guide to Help Your Late-Talking Child Join the Conversation James Macdonald, PhD, Pam Stoika, PhD |
¥240 |
| Based on 30 years of clinical research, Play to Talk empowers parents and professionals with proven strategies and step-by-step instructions to help children of any age learn to talk and develop essential skills for conversational relationships and social interactions. Turn everyday play sessions and social interactions between your child and family members into opportunities to foster language development, relationship skills and positive behavior-without taking the fun out of being together. |
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| Raising Your Spirited Child: A Guide for Parents Whose Child Is More Intense, Sensitive, Perceptive, Persistent, and Energetic Mary Sheedy Kurcinka |
¥120 |
| This book will help you to do the following things, 1) understand your child's-—and your own— temperamental traits; 2) discover the power of positive—rather than negative—labels; 3) cope with the tantrums and power struggles when they do occur; 4) plan for success with a simple four-step program; 5) develop strategies for handling common situations. |
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| Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew Ellen Notbohm |
¥120 |
| Succinct and informative, framed with both humor and compassion, Ten Things defines the primary characteristics that illuminate the minds and hearts of children with autism. Ellen's personal experiences as a parent, an autism columnist, and a contributor to numerous parenting magazines combine to create a guide for all who come in contact with a child on the autism spectrum. |
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| What to Do When You Worry Too Much: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Anxiety Dawn Huebner |
¥120 |
| Dr. Dawn Huebner has created a completely accessible, easy-to-understand book to show worrying children a new way of life. Kids will breathe a sigh of relief to learn solutions that really work. |
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Parenting books to order through SEC
Parenting books to order through SEC

