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The Ready to Go! Happy & Healthy Habits Reward Chart Kit contains everything parents need to help children create healthy habits through a strategic use of reward charts, including looking after and improving themselves, eating, sleeping and other health maintenance. Learn how to instil and reinforce these skills through targeted goals and rewards and using expert strategies and advice from renowned child-psychologist Dr Janet Hall. This dynamic reward-chart system has been developed in consultation with professionals and parents and features a comprehensive parenting guide.
Through motivation, encouragement and positive reinforcement, help build essential life skills, teach kids to improve themselves and instil healthy self-care habits that will last a lifetime with Ready to Go! Happy & Healthy Habits.
'Mate's book will make you examine your behaviour in a new light'
Guardian 'bold, wise and deeply moral. [Mate] is a healer to be
cherished' Naomi Klein, author of No Logo and The Shock Doctrine
Children take their lead from their friends: being 'cool' matters
more than anything else. Shaping values, identity and codes of
behaviour, peer groups are often far more influential than parents.
But this situation is far from natural, and it can be dangerous -
it undermines family cohesion, interferes with healthy development,
and fosters a hostile and sexualized youth culture. Children end up
becoming conformist, anxious and alienated. In Hold on to Your
Kids, acclaimed physician and bestselling author Gabor Mate joins
forces with Gordon Neufeld, a psychologist with a reputation for
penetrating to the heart of complex parenting. Together they
pinpoint the causes of this breakdown and offer practical advice on
how to 'reattach' to sons and daughters, establish the hierarchy at
home, make children feel safe and understood, and earn back your
children's loyalty and love. This updated edition also addresses
the unprecedented parenting challenges posed by the rise of digital
devices and social media. By helping to reawaken our instincts,
Mate and Neufeld empower parents to be what nature intended: a true
source of contact, security and warmth for their children.
Swangerskap is 'n ervaring soos min. Dit is die begin van 'n nuwe
lewe, maar ook die geboorte van 'n ma wat met die verloop van nege
maande op elke denkbare manier verander - fisies, emosioneel en
sosiaal. Jou voeding, welstand en emosies gedurende hierdie
wonderlike tydperk speel 'n rigtinggewende rol in die res van jou
baba se lewe. Die ervaring moet vir jou ook veilig en behoudend
wees sodat jy jou baba reg kan laat wegspring en sy potensiaal
ontgin. Die geboorte, wanneer jou baba haar verskyning in ons
wereld maak, is 'n diep betekenisvolle oomblik - een wat jy nie kan
herhaal nie. Deur ten volle ingelig te wees, jou opsies te verstaan
en 'n aktiewe rol te speel in die keuses wat gemaak word, sal 'n
enorme verskil maak. Uiteindelik is dit nie belangrik hoe jou baba
gebore word nie; wat belangrik is, is hoe jy dit ervaar en dat
alles veilig afloop. Lees Koester jou Swangerskap en raak ontslae
van die angstigheid wat die onbekende meebring. Dit sal jou help om
jou keuses met insig en aanpasbaarheid uit te oefen: Voorbereiding
vir swangerskap; Geboortekeuses; Jou groeiende baba week vir week;
Jou veranderende liggaam week vir week; 'n Gids tot die
geboorteproses; As jou baba te vroeg gebore word; Jou nuweling se
eerste dae en weke.
This book explores representations of fathers in select South African novels published from the birth of apartheid to the post-transitional moment.
Father figures in the texts reflect political and social climates in South Africa – at different times representing the oppressive apartheid government, righteous and authoritative liberation leaders and the unfulfilled promise of a democratic South Africa. Grant Andrews examines how father characters are linked to storytelling; they narrate the lives of their children and their patriarchal power is constituted through narratives. He features authors such as Alan Paton, Nadine Gordimer, J.M. Coetzee, Zakes Mda, K. Sello Duiker, Mark Behr, Zoë Wicomb, Lisa Fugard and Zukiswa Wanner.
Stories of Fathers, Stories of the Nation also investigates how fatherhoods are being reimagined in light of shifting discourses of gender and identity. More recent novels have deconstructed the father figure and his paternal narrative power, representing conflicts around racial identity, sexuality, legacy and how the sins of the father are visited on his children.
It is so statistically unlikely as to be almost unbelievable.
Somehow, the Gronkowski family has produced three sons who play in
the NFL (Rob, Chris, and Dan), one who was drafted into Major
League Baseball (Gordie, Jr.), and another who is the starting
fullback for Kansas State (Goose). Their father, Gordy, even played
college football for Syracuse.
How did it happen? From an early age, Gordy realized the
potential his sons had and worked with them to make the most of it.
Beyond their monstrous size, physicality, and raw talent, he
instilled in them a commitment to fitness, health, drive, and
determination that would give his boys a leg up in ways other
families simply couldn't match. And the boys' motivation certainly
wasn't something solely triggered by a driven father. They were
like a pack of adolescent wolves readying themselves for the
recruiting hunt. Still, all were honor roll students; the three
oldest earned college degrees. Each was motivated and inspired by
his brothers. Competition and bragging rights were -- and continue
to be -- a big part of what makes the Gronkowskis tick. "Growing Up
Gronk "reveals the secrets to the Gronkowski's astonishing
collective success while opening the door to a lively,
entertaining, one-of-a-kind household.
A real-world guide to Attachment Parenting from the "Big Bang
Theory" actress, neuroscientist, and mother Mayim Bialik--a book
hailed by Dr. William Sears as "delightful" and by Ricki Lake as "a
fantastic guide to birth and parenting that is packed with
invaluable wisdom."
Mayim Bialik was the child star of the popular 1990s TV sitcom
"Blossom, " but she definitely didn't follow the typical child-star
trajectory. Instead, Mayim got her PhD in neuroscience from UCLA,
married her college sweetheart, and had two kids. Mayim then did
what many new moms do--she read a lot of books, talked with other
parents, and she soon started questioning a lot of the conventional
wisdom she heard about the "right" way to raise a child. That's
when she turned to Attachment Parenting, a philosophy and lifestyle
popularized by well-known physicians like Dr. William Sears and Dr.
Jay Gordon.
To Mayim, Attachment Parenting's natural, child-led approach not
only felt right emotionally, it made sense intellectually and
instinctually. She found that when she followed her intuition and
relaxed into her role as a mother instead of following some rigid
parenting script, both she and her children thrived. Taking into
account her experience as a mother (and her scientific background),
Mayim presents the major tenets of Attachment Parenting, including:
Baby wearing: How to "wear" your baby in a sling or a wrap to
foster a closer bond with your child--it's possible even for mamas
with bad backs (and with big babies)
Breastfeeding: Learn how to listen to your baby's cues rather than
sticking to a rigid schedule--and why people on airplanes love a
nursing mother
Gentle discipline: How to get your child to behave without yelling,
threats, or time-outs--it really is possible.
Co-sleeping: How to avoid "sleep training" and get a great night's
sleep for the whole family.
Without the pretense and luxuries typical of so many Hollywood
actors and parents, Mayim describes the beauty, simplicity, and
purposefulness of Attachment Parenting, and how it's become the
guiding principle for her family. Much more than a simple how-to
parenting guide, "Beyond the Sling" shows us that the core
principles underlying Attachment Parenting are universal and can be
appreciated no matter how you decide to raise your child.
The twentieth anniversary edition of the classic parenting book,
now updated to reflect Steven Vannoy's two decades of experience
helping both families and businesses better care for their children
and employees.
For more than twenty years, "The 10 Greatest Gifts I Give My
Children" has been helping parents to put the joy back into
parenting. Steven Vannoy's unique parenting style is designed to
create a harmonious family atmosphere with self-esteem, compassion,
balance, humor, communication, integrity, responsibility, conscious
choice, and full expression of emotions.
And parents are not the only ones who have benefitted from Vannoy's
wisdom: in the years since the book was first published, Vannoy has
used the principles in this book to help businesses worldwide
create healthier and more fulfilling workplaces. With updated
principles and a new foreword by the author, this twentieth
anniversary edition will help both new and old readers of "The 10
Greatest Gifts I Give My Children" build better relationships with
their children and colleagues both in the office and at home.
From an internationally recognized integrative physician, a
thorough guide to fertility that encompasses all aspects of female
well-being to help women prepare their bodies for easy conception,
pregnancy, and the delivery of healthy babies.
The increase in environmental toxins, processed foods, and stress,
as well as the advancing ages at which couples seek to have
children, have made it more difficult for women to conceive. In "Be
Fruitful," Dr. Victoria Maizes, an expert on women's health and the
executive director of the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine,
delivers all the information women and their partners need in order
to conceive with ease and confidence, and to bear healthy children.
Warm, friendly, and hands-on, "Be Fruitful" offers a comprehensive
self-assessment to help identify any potential physical, emotional,
and practical roadblocks that may interfere with conception, as
well as clear and easy-to-follow dietary, supplemental, and
exercise recommendations proven to increase optimal fertility. Dr.
Maizes details how nutrition, mind-body practices, elimination of
environmental toxins, and traditional Chinese medicine can all
contribute to a successful pregnancy.
Unique in its integrative approach, "Be Fruitful" acknowledges that
wellness comes from caring for the entire person--not just the
physical body--a crucial factor for the countless women trying to
conceive and committed to transforming their overall health.
Following her internationally bestselling book The Good Women of
China, Xinran has written one of the most powerful accounts of the
lives of Chinese women. She has gained entrance to the most pained,
secret chambers in the hearts of Chinese mothers--students,
successful businesswomen, midwives, peasants--who, whether as a
consequence of the single-child policy, destructive age-old
traditions, or hideous economic necessity, have given up their
daughters. Xinran beautifully portrays the "extra-birth guerrillas"
who travel the roads and the railways, evading the system, trying
to hold on to more than one baby; naive young girl students who
have made life-wrecking mistakes; the "pebble mother" on the banks
of the Yangtze River still looking into the depths for her stolen
daughter; peasant women rejected by their families because they
can't produce a male heir; and Little Snow, the orphaned baby
fostered by Xinran but confiscated by the state.
For parents of adopted Chinese children and for the children
themselves, this is an indispensable, powerful, and intensely
moving book. Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother is powered by
love and by heartbreak and will stay with readers long after they
have turned the final page.
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