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Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Advice on parenting > Child care & upbringing > General
Perfection is the enemy of parenting. Jim Daly sees and hears from
mothers and fathers trying hard to pursue perfection. They listen
to the best experts and read all the right books. When someone
gives them a "World's Best Mom" or "No. 1 Dad" coffee mug, they
want it to be true. And they want their children to pursue
perfection, too. It's admirable for parents to be the very best
moms and dads they can be for their children. But sometimes in so
doing, they leave grace behind-both for themselves and their
children. Jim believes that our quest for perfection, a quest that
he believes is particularly strong among Christians, runs counter
to God's own boundless gift of grace. We can become Pharisaical
parents, quoting endless rules and holding everyone to impossible
standards. But God doesn't want us, and our kids don't need us, to
be perfect. As parents, we're called to simply do our best. And
when we fail-which we will-we're called to try again tomorrow.
Though he's the President of Focus on the Family, Jim does not
promise that his book will be a catalyst for a perfect family. But
it can help point the way toward a good family-one that feels safe
and warm; one filled with love and laughter. This book will
encourage mothers and fathers to embrace the messiness of
parenthood and show grace to their own less-than-ideal children.
Jim, through his own experiences, expertise, and array of stories,
will lead both moms and dads to a better understanding of what
being a good family is all about.
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Rude Food
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Nia Gordon, Jala McClain; Kelly Franklin
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Pediatrician Sandy Chung finds that new parents have so many
questions during the first weeks of their babys life. What's
normal? Is my baby okay? Am I doing this right? Her book presents
answers in an easy-to-read format, loaded with illustrations and
photographs. Topics include how to give a sponge bath, using that
huge nasal suction device from the hospital, rashes, birthmarks,
and much more -- all the issues that affect babies up to one month
old.
This book is a guide for parents who wish to raise children with
more than one language and literacy. Drawing on interdisciplinary
research, as well as the experiences of parents of multilingual
children, this book walks parents through the multilingual reading
and writing process from infancy to adolescence. It identifies
essential literacy skills at each developmental stage and proposes
effective strategies that facilitate multiliteracy, in particular,
heritage-language literacy development in the home environment.
This book can also be used as a reference for teachers who teach in
community heritage language schools and in school heritage (or
foreign) language programmes.
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