Positive Parenting for Military Families Archives - Mr. Dad

[amazon asin=1118127218&template=thumbleft&chan=default]Elizabeth Laugeson, author of The Science of Making Friends.

Topic: Helping socially challenged teens and young adults.

Issues: Rules and steps for social skills; ideas for parents to assist in improving conversations; how to expand social opportunities; handling peer rejection and bullying; developing and enhancing friendships.

Rick Yount, Executive Director, Warrior Canine Connection, warriorcanineconnection.org/

George Lamb, Outreach Chief, Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury (DCoE), www.dcoe.mil/

Larry Gill, Veterans Liaison, Homes for Our Troops, www.hfotusa.org/

[amazon asin=157912948X&template=thumbleft&chan=default]Michael Parker, author of Talk with Your Kids.

Topic: Conversations about ethics and more.

Issues: Where do kids get their values? Why learning to think consciously about ethics is at least important to our children as academic learning; Conversation starters about honesty, friendships, sensitivity, fairness, dedication, and more; ground rules for conversations with your kids.

[amazon asin=1433680718&template=thumbleft&chan=default]John Croyle, author of The Two-Minute Drill to Manhood.

Topic: A proven game plan for raising sons.

Issues: The seven actionable principles of M-A-N-H-O-O-D: Master, Ask and listen; Never compromise; Handle your business; One purpose; One body; Don’t ever give up.

[amazon asin=B00ERNVY88&template=thumbleft&chan=default]Ann W. Smith, author of Overcoming Perfectionism.

Topic: Finding the key to balance and self-acceptance.

Issues: The key differences between overt and covert perfectionism; the role early attachment temperament, sibling relationships, and life circumstances play in develping patterns of perfectionism; how to create change and a more fulfilling life.

[amazon asin=1451626959&template=thumbleft&chan=default]Lauren Sandler, author of One and Only.

Topic: The freedom of having an only child, and the joy of being one.

Issues: What are only children really like? Debunking stereotypes and myths about “onlies”; the benefits to children, relationships, and society of having–and being–an only child.

[amazon asin=1118343050&template=thumbleft&chan=default]Eric Jensen, coauthor of Turnaround Tools for the Teenage Brain.

Topic: Helping underperforming students become lifelong learners.

Issues: Research-based, classroom-tested strategies to strengthen students’ mind, body, and help them become exceptional lifelong learners; how and when to use workarounds; how the brain changes; how increase your student’s effort, build a better attitude, and improve behavior.

[amazon asin=0062196847&template=thumbleft&chan=default]Madeline Levine, author of Teach Your Children Well.

Topic: Why values and coping skills matter more than grades, trophies, and “fat envelopes.”

Issues: Learning to shift our focus from the excesses of hyperparenting and the unhealthy reliance on our children for status and meaning to a parenting style that concentrates on both enabling academic success and developing a sense of purpose and well-being.

[amazon asin=1451664281&template=thumbleft&chan=default]Carolyn Dalgliesh, author of The Sensory Child Gets Organized.

Topic: Proven systems for rigid, anxious, or distracted kids

Issues: What is a sensory child? What makes your sensory child tick? Using structure and routines to connect with your child; preparing your child for sensory and school experiences.

[amazon asin=1607743507&template=thumbleft&chan=default]Alanna Levine, author of Raising a Self-Reliant Child.

Topic: A back-to-basics parenting plan from birth to age six.

Issues: Instilling independence in our children from the start; healthy sleep habits; self-discipline; potty training; conflicts with siblings and friends; problem solving and decision making; the dangers of praising too much.

[amazon asin=0743272404&template=thumbleft&chan=default]Philip Done, author of 32 Third Graders and One Class Bunny.

Topic: Life Lessons from Teaching

Issues: Connecting what happens in the classroom to the universal truths around us; the delight of learning something for the first time; the value of making a difference

[amazon asin=B004LQ0HW0&template=thumbleft&chan=default]Rafe Esquith, author of Lighting Their Fires.

Topic: Raising extraordinary children in a mixed-up, muddled-up, shook-up world.

Issues: Tools to guide your children to success in school and in life; how arming your children with a few simple tools (punctuality, selflessness, patience, for example), can turn them into extraordinary students and extraordinary people.

[amazon asin=1607744082&template=thumbleft&chan=default]Joline Godfrey, author of Raising Financially Fit Kids.

Topic: A pioneer in increasing children’s financial literacy talks about thriving in a post-Madoff, post-subprime meltdown world.

Issues: Five financial development stages; essential skills children (of all ages) need to learn; observing your children’s money style and helping kids differentiate between wants and needs; connecting goals and savings; fostering an entrepreneurial spirit.

[amazon asin=0738213233&template=thumbleft&chan=default]Elizabeth Hartley Brewer, author of Making Friends

Topic: A guide to understanding and nurturing your child’s friendships

Issues: Should you worry when your child’s imaginary friend sticks around past preschool? How do boys’ and girls’ friendships differ? What do kids really value in a friendship? What should you do if you don’t like one of your child’s friends?

[amazon asin=B003E7ET44&template=thumbleft&chan=default]Joseph Califano, author of How to Raise a Drug-Free Kid.

Topic: The straight dope for parents

Issues: When and how to talk to your kids about drugs and alcohol; how to respond when your kid asks, “Did you do drugs?”; how to know when your child is most at risk; how to prepare your teen for the freedoms and perils of college

[amazon asin=1620876361&template=thumbleft&chan=default]Max Strom, author of There is No App for Happiness.

Topic: How to avoid a near-life experience.

Issues: Technology has expanded at such a rate that nearly every aspect of our world has been affected–but there has been no expansion of personal happiness. Instead, the wealthiest societies have become depressed, anxious, sleep-deprived, and overmedicated.

[amazon asin=0399161082&template=thumbleft&chan=default]Peter Brown Hoffmeister, author of Let Them Be Eaten by Bears.

Topic: A fearless guide to taking our kids into the great outdoors.

Issues: A simple, practical introduction to hiking, camping, and exploring that will help parents and kids alike feel empowered and capable. So turn off the video games and rediscover the powerful of going out to play.

[amazon asin=0345498925&template=thumbleft&chan=default]Michelle Hernandez, author of Acing the College Application.

Topic: Maximizing your child’s chances for admission to the college of his or her choice.

Issues: Understanding the Common Application; how the answer to the “Why” question can make or break your application; the truth about what colleges are really looking for in essays; myths and misconceptions about the on-campus interview.

[amazon asin=0307347575&template=thumbleft&chan=default]Richard Lerner, author of The Good Teen.

Topic: Debunking the negative myths about adolescents.

Issues: Teens have an undeserved bad rap in the media and elsewhere; redefining adolescence; all teens have the potential to develop in healthy ways; the characteristics of a good teen and what parents and others can do to encourage them.

[amazon asin=014312160X&template=thumbleft&chan=default]Jim Trelease, author of The Read-Aloud Handbook.

Topic: Helping children become avid readers.

Issues: How reading aloud awakens children’s imagination and improves language skills; the rewards and importance of reading aloud to kids; the latest research about reading–including the good and bad news about digital learning.

[amazon asin=0465002544&template=thumbleft&chan=default]Malina Saval, author of The Secret Lives of Boys.

Topic: Inside the raw emotional world of male teens.

Issues: Why the author believes that the “boy crisis” we hear about is overblown; understanding the landscape of boys’ social cliques; how parents can get closed-mouth sons to open up.

[amazon asin=B002I4OVWO&template=thumbleft&chan=default]Amy Nobile, coauthor of I’d Trade My Husband for a Housekeeper.

Topic: Loving your marriage after the baby carriage.

Issues: The challenges of modern parenthood for married couples; a frank look at marriage post-tots; keeping parenthood compatible with marital bliss; how moms can learn to make the most of what they have and love their marriage as much as the husband and kids.

[amazon asin=1594204756&template=thumbleft&chan=default]Emily Oster, author of Expecting Better.

Topic: Why the conventional pregnancy wisdom is wrong–and what you really need to know.

Issues: Why it’s fine to have an occasional glass of wine; don’t worry about sushi–but wear gloves when you’re gardening; worry about gaining too little weight, not too much; why pregnancy nausea is a good sign; having a doula can decrease the chance of needing a C-section.

[amazon asin=0399535268&template=thumbleft&chan=default]David Swanson, author of Help–My Kid Is Driving Me Crazy.

Topic: How kids manipulate their parents.

Issues: Why kids manipulate; Learning to recognize 17 distinct types of manipulate and what you need to do to disarm them.

[amazon asin=0814474462&template=thumbleft&chan=default]Diana Peters Meyer, author of Overcoming School Anxiety.

Topic: Getting kids ready for school.

Issues: How to help your child deal with separation, tests, homework, bullies, math phobia, and other worries; telling the difference between normal start-of-school jitters and anxiety that warrants a call to the specialists.

[amazon asin=0307884848&template=thumbleft&chan=default]John Elder Robison, author of Raising Cubby.

Topic: A father and son’s adventure with Asperger’s, trains, tractors, and high explosives.

Issues:How an unapologetically eccentric dad raised his equally eccentric son. A tender, suspenseful, and laugh-out-loud funny story of a father and son who grow up together.

[amazon asin=0062208969&template=thumbleft&chan=default]Andrea Buchanan, author of The Double Daring Book for Girls.

Topic: A guide to everything a girl needs to know

Issue: Camping to schoolyard games, great women in history, shooting pool; how to throw and catch; making sand castles, the Greek alphabet, how to spin a hula hoop, and much more

[amazon asin=0520258444&template=thumbleft&chan=default]Allison Pugh, author of Longing and Belonging.

Topic: Parents, children, and consumer culture

Issues: How parents decrease their own power in the home by putting their children’s needs first; how to handle kids’ consumer desires in a down economy; what really drives consumer desires.