Jan
Hunt Library
Worth the read! Check it out.
How
Children Learn Manners
by Naomi Aldort
"You
Don't Really Feel That Way!"
by Elisabeth Hallett, author of In
the Newborn Year and Soul
Trek: Meeting Our Children on the Way to Birth
When
a Child has a Tantrum
by Jan Hunt
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Attachment
Parenting: A Style that Works
by Dr. William Sears
And
the Bible Sayeth, "Train up a Child in the Way He
Should Go"
So many religious "experts" now offer
inflexible childrearing advice. But can any of us truly
know Gods will. And which do you trust, your
teacher or your heart? A primer on Christian parenting
by Dr. William Sears
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Attachment Parenting: Instinctive
Care For Your Baby and Young Child, by Katie
Allison Granju and Betsy Kennedy, R.N., M.S.N. Attachment
parenting has nothing to do with chains or glue.
Attachment parenting is actually a very loving
and committed method of raising your child. Based
on a parent's natural instinct, attachment
parenting entails responding attentively to you
baby's cries, minimizing parent-child separation,
avoiding sleep training for infants,
breastfeeding according to your baby's cues
rather than a schedule as well as carrying your
baby in a cloth carrier.
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The Continuum Concept, by Jean Liedloff
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Natural Family Living: The Mothering Magazine
Guide to Parenting, by Peggy O'Mara, Jane
McConnell For more than two decades, Mothering
Magazine has provided sound alternatives to
mainstream parenting theories; all the knowledge,
compassion, and practical advice from the
publication is included in this guide. Natural
Family Living includes information on parenting
from pregnancy to adolescence, including sections
on nutrition, discipline without punishment,
creative family entertainment, home schooling and
natural childbirth. Peggy O'Mara and Jane
McConnell share parenting wisdom based on old-fashioned
values, classic ideas and trust in instincts.
It's a refreshing alternative filled with down-to-earth
ideas and advice.
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Kid Cooperation: How to Stop Yelling,
Nagging, & Pleading & Get Kids to
Cooperate, by Elizabeth Pantley Featuring a
Foreword by popular parenting book author Dr.
William Sears, this concise and straightforward
book is filled with applied skills that teach
children to cooperate, end sibling fights, boost
children's self-esteem, and help parents handle
discipline and anger with understanding and
authority. An enlightening "parenting style"
quiz reveals typical patterns and pitfalls.
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Perfect Parenting: Dictionary Of 1,200
Parenting Tips, by Elizabeth Pantley Elizabeth
Pantley presents an encyclopedia of 1,200
parenting tips that could change your idea of
good parenting. Perfect Parenting covers hundreds
of the most asked questions from parents
disciplining children ages 2 to 14. The book
examines specific situations and provides
solutions for immediate results.
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Following your new babys progress from
birth to the terrible-twos, this is an
excellent and very comprehensive resource guide.
Based on William Sears and Martha Sears
extensive experience as parents, they provide new
parents with their approach to every aspect of
caring for baby, from wee infant to toddler.
Singling out attachment-parenting as essential in
bonding and dispelling any fears of spoiling the
child with this approach, The Baby Book then
focuses on babys basics: eating, sleeping,
development, health and comfort. Readers will
also find valuable information on the latest in
the treatment of illness and infant nutritional
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The Fussy Baby: How to Bring Out the Best in
Your High-Need Child, by Dr. William Sears With
warmth and wisdom, Dr. Sears, an eminent
pediatrician and father of six, offers timeless
advice that will show parents how to help their
high-need child enjoy a more contented start in
life. Includes information on how high-need
babies, properly attended to, can give parents
the best return on their investment of time and
energy.
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