Catalog Search Results
Author
Publisher
Jossey-Bass
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
ix, 180 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Positive advice for divorced dads and their familiesThe country's leading authority on father's rights Jeffrey M. Leving presents a definitive how-to resource for divorced dads of any age, background, and marriage history. Leving offers targeted guidance and suggests techniques for staying connected with children and dealing with ex-wives--and in some cases a new girlfriend or the wife's new boyfriend--during the divorce and afterwards. This upbeat...
Author
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
252 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Anxiety has an amazing ability to spread-- and anxious children usually have at least one very well-intentioned but anxious parent. Groff offers practical tools so that you can uncover the roots of your own anxiety, raise confident kids in healthy ways, and become a worry-free family in an increasingly anxious world--Adapted from back cover.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In How to Raise an Adult, Lythcott-Haims draws on research, conversations with educators and employers, and her own insights as a mother and student dean to highlight the ways in which over-parenting harms children and their stressed-out parents. She identifies types of helicopter parents and, while empathizing with parents' universal worries, offers practical alternative strategies that underline the importance of allowing children to make their...
Author
Publisher
New Harbinger Publications, Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
ix, 180 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Power struggles between parents and teens are nothing new, but chronic control battles are destructive to teen development as well as the entire family. According to psychotherapist Neil Brown, these battles occur as the result of self-perpetuating negative relationship patterns. This book will help you understand and end the painful tug-of-war with your teen and foster a peaceful and loving home environment.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A practical guide for modern-day parenting geared towards stay-at-home dads, offering advice on everything from learning to cook and clean with children, to dealing with mental health and relationships, with the easygoing perspective that dads can use their natural talents to parent any way that they choose to. The Ultimate Stay-At-Home Dad manual takes the best advice and wisdom from a dads group, and puts it into a format to help new stay-at-home...
99) Bringing up boys
Author
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Language
English
Formats
Description
Here's sensible advice and caring encouragement on raising boys from the nation's most trusted parenting authority, Dr. James Dobson.
With so much confusion about the role of men in our society, it's no wonder so many parents and teachers are asking questions about how to bring up boys. Why are so many boys in crisis? What qualities should we be trying to instill in young males? Our culture has vilified masculinity and, as a result, an...
With so much confusion about the role of men in our society, it's no wonder so many parents and teachers are asking questions about how to bring up boys. Why are so many boys in crisis? What qualities should we be trying to instill in young males? Our culture has vilified masculinity and, as a result, an...
Author
Publisher
TarcherPerigee
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
xix, 265 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"We've all heard the complaint from parents: They're more overwhelmed than ever before -- juggling demands on their time as well as conflicting advice from family, friends, frenemies and "experts" on how to achieve parental perfection--or risk jeopardizing their little one's future happiness. Pediatrician Jane Scott has seen this parental anxiety up close, and in The Confident Parent she shares advice on how to cut through the confusion, dial down...
Interlibrary loan through ILLiad
Didn't find what you need? Items not owned by Knox County Public Library can be requested from other libraries to be delivered to your pickup location.
Suggest a purchase
If it is too new for interlibrary loan (6 months), you can place a suggestion with us. Suggest a Purchase