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| Foreword | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Orientation | |
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| Parenting 101 | |
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| Tending Your Child's Soul | |
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| Getting Behind the Eyes of Your Child | |
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| The Seven Best Things Good Parents Can Do | |
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| The Joys and Challenges of Parenting: What We Have Learned from Raising Our Ten Sons | |
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| Am I Doing it Right? What Makes You a Good Parent | |
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| Four Thoughts for Parents from the Tao Te Ching | |
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| Dr. Mom's Greatest Lesson for Parents | |
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| The Seven Keys to Good Parenting | |
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| Raising Good Kids in a Troubled World | |
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| Lessons in Taming the Dragon | |
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| Sex and Parenthood | |
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| Health and Nutrition | |
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| Engage and Participate in Your Child's Health Care | |
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| Sleep Pretty Baby: The Importance of Sleep in Your Child's Life | |
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| How to Handle Homesickness | |
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| The Mastery of Intimate Conversations with Your Child | |
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| Sex Differences in Health | |
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| Avoiding a Weight Problem in Your Child | |
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| In the Beginning | |
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| The First Signs of Intelligent Life: Awaken Your Baby's Inner Resources | |
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| The Importance of Early Childhood Parenting | |
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| My Own Best Mom | |
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| Mammy and Me | |
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| What You Didn't Expect When You Were Expecting | |
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| Redefining the "Good" Mother | |
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| Four Ground Rules for Life as an At-Home Mother | |
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| A Letter to Your Child | |
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| Rules of Discipline | |
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| Listen | |
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| The New Protective Parent: Striking a Healthy Balance | |
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| Eighteen Ways to Avoid Power Struggles | |
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| Dare to Dine Out | |
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| "It's Mine!"--How to Teach Sharing | |
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| The Best Discipline is Strict Discipline | |
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| Learn to Give Praise and Positive Attention | |
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| The Wonderful World of Wits-End Parenting | |
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| Raising Responsible Kids | |
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| Practical Tools to Discipline Effectively | |
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| Waist-High Fences: An Approach to Discipline | |
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| Who's in Charge at Your House? Managing Kids' Testing and Manipulation | |
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| You Can't Make Me--But I Can Be Persuaded! | |
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| Face Reality | |
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| Turning Conflict into Cooperation | |
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| Keeping Your Teen from Remaining a Tribe Apart | |
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| Better to Prepare or to Punish? | |
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| Excerpts from Rebel Without a Car | |
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| Lessons in Learning: Educating Our Next Generation | |
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| Learning Really Is Fun! | |
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| What Is Smart? Understanding and Nurturing the Multiple Intelligences in Your Child | |
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| Children and Books | |
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| A Father's Place Is in the School | |
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| Secrets to Self-Esteem | |
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| "Teaseproof" Your Kids | |
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| Helping Your Child Develop Meaningful Self-Esteem | |
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| Help Children Learn to Believe in Themselves | |
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| Teaching Self-Reliance | |
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| "My Child is Being Teased! How Can I Get This to Stop?" Excerpt from Good Friends Are Hard to Find | |
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| Family Values | |
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| What Really Matters | |
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| Ten Ways to Show Gratitude Within the Family | |
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| Excerpt from How to Talk to Your Kids About Really Important Things | |
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| Encourage Your Loved Ones | |
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| "What Do You Say?" | |
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| Little Things Long Remembered, or Filling Your Child's Memory Bank | |
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| Raising a Giving Child | |
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| Building Empathy in the Preschool Years | |
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| Always Make the Highest Choice | |
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| Parenting Kids with Labels | |
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| Great Expectations: The Only Child | |
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| Understanding and Coping with ADD/ADHD | |
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| A Wonderful Parent | |
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| The Anxious Child | |
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| "D" is for Divorce | |
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| Helping Your Children Cope with Divorce | |
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| I'm a Bonus Mom | |
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| Fun and Games | |
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| The Wonder of Play | |
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| Creating Creative Kids: Turning Boredom into Brightness | |
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| The Importance of Humor in Parenting | |
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| Kids and Sports: What's a Parent to Do? | |
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| Raise a Child Who "Plays Smart," | |
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| Help! I Have a Toddler! Trish Kuffner | |
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| Quality Time--Anytime! How to Make the Most of Every Moment with Your Child | |
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| Tips and Tricks You Can Really Use | |
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| Tools for the Trade | |
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| Drive Time: Excerpt from Survival Tips for Working Moms | |
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| Positive Discipline Techniques | |
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| Enjoy the Ride | |
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| Tips We've Learned While Attending Parent School | |
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| Parent School Faculty | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Editors | |
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| Extra Credit | |
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| Extra Curricular Activities | |