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NARRATED BY THE AUTHOR. By one of the fastest runners of her generation, an affecting, brutally honest memoir of elite sports gone wrong—and a clear-eyed call for how parents, coaches, and young athletes themselves can build a healthier youth sports culture. Few women have ever run 800 meters...

**Narrated by the Author** In this fourth edition of her perennial bestselling book, Dr. Mary Sheedy Kurcinka utilizes her deep experience to address the pressures previous generations of parents didn’t have to consider. Her empathy and effective advice are exemplified in the introduction of...

In this best-selling classic, child psychiatrist and coauthor of The Whole Brain Child, Daniel J. Siegel and early childhood expert Mary Hartzell explore the extent to which our childhood experiences shape the way we parent. Illuminating important research in the field of interpersonal neurobiology, Siegel and Hartzell explain how the parent-child relationship directly affects brain development, and offer parents a step-by-step approach to forming a deeper understanding of their own life stories to help them raise compassionate and resilient children.

Developmental delays and signs of autism usually show up before 18 months of age, yet children are often not diagnosed until they are 4 or 5 years old. In Turn Autism Around, Dr. Mary Barbera explains why parents can't afford to worry and wait in long lines for evaluations and treatment while...

“Mary Sheedy Kurcinka, Ed.D., brings her expertise in raising spirited children to help you understand and soothe your spirited baby. Her research-based, parent-tested strategies will help your baby sleep better and develop a calmer, more resilient brain and nervous system. I'll be...

La adolescencia puede sentirse como un territorio desconocido. Cambian las conversaciones, aparecen nuevos desafíos y muchas veces los padres se preguntan si todavía saben cómo acompañar a sus hijos. **Adolescencia con Sentido** es un podcast para madres, padres y cuidadores que desean comprender mejor esta etapa y fortalecer la relación con sus adolescentes desde la conexión, la confianza y el respeto. Soy Mary Cervantes, psicoterapeuta especializada en adolescentes, mamá y conferencista. Durante años he acompañado a cientos de adolescentes y a sus familias, y descubrí que la ...

Bringen deine Kinder dich an die Grenzen deiner Kräfte? Hast du dich schon einmal dabei ertappt, dass du ihre Aufgaben erledigst, weil das einfacher ist, als sie dazu anzuleiten, sie zu erledigen? Kein Wunder, denn seit dem Sündenfall bedeutet Arbeit für den Menschen viel Mühe, wo sie doch eigentlich ein Geschenk Gottes war, das dem Menschen Freude bereitete. Dieses Buch kann dich bei der herausfordernden Aufgabe begleiten, deinen Kindern zu helfen, eine gute Arbeitsmoral zu entwickeln und euren Haushalt zu einem guten Zeugnis für den Herrn umzugestalten.

Welcome to parenting a Spicy One—a child more loyal to their own soul than to your agenda. Parenting coach and adult Spicy One Mary Van Geffen knows raising these future world changers requires courage and compassion. Based on her experience guiding thousands of parents through her program, she offers a transformative approach to staying calm during five-alarm tantrums.

Including real life stories, this newly revised third edition of the award-winning bestseller—voted one of the top twenty parenting books—provides parents with the most up-to-date research, effective discipline tips, and practical strategies for raising spirited children. Do you ever wonder...

Winner of the 2024 Audie Award for Narration by the Author! This program is read by the author. Operating Instructions meets Glennon Doyle in this new book by famed NPR reporter Mary Louise Kelly that is destined to become a classic—about the year before her son goes to college—and the joys...

For years, Dora has played the role of the perfect wife and mother in a loveless marriage. Now her husband has filed for divorce, her child is diagnosed with autism, and her house is on the market. Dora's façade collapses under the weight of her grief, and she suffers "broken heart syndrome." Mamaw and the girls rally around Dora - but it's up to Dora to heal herself as she spends the summer prowling the beach, discovering the secrets of the island and her heart.

A deeply personal and heart-breaking memoir that explores the troubled relationship between Mary Garden and her younger sister, Anna, who died in 2023 after a short illness. Mary unpacks her life of growing up in New Zealand in the 1950s and ’60s, before making Australia home. She reveals complex layers of intergenerational trauma, including the baggage of her eccentric, deeply flawed father and the secret her mother kept from all of them, revealed only after her death. Mary deals movingly with her sister’s long battle with mental illness and how she once saved Anna’s life.

This new edition of a classic is the go-to reference for anyone concerned with the developmental progress of preschool children. It provides the knowledge required for understanding children's developmental progress with age and within each developmental domain. Including new sections on atypical development for each of the core domains of development and additional material on the development of attention and self-regulation, this fifth edition integrates findings from the latest research throughout.

“Simple solutions for survival in this family-unfriendly culture. . . . Eye-opening. . . heart-wrenching and uplifting.”—San Francisco Chronicle Even more resonant today than at its original publication in 1996, The Shelter of Each Other traces the effects of our society’s...

Life is a learning curve and everything begins in Childhood! Each podcast focuses on topics that support bonding and connection in Family Relationships and Individuals. Everything begins in childhood and society is the result of these childhoods! Mary Kay Keller, Ph.D. |TEDxTallahassee, is a Certified Family Life Educator and coach, a Certified Education Infant Massage Instructor, and Author. Mary Kay (baby whisperer) supports Parents by strengthening the connection between parents and children. That's all we require to be successful in life. Visit Mary Kay at https://www.marykaykeller.com

Empower My Teen is a podcast for parents who are struggling to reconnect with their teen and bring more peace, understanding, and harmony back into the home. Hosted by therapeutic educational consultant and parent coach Mary Warren, each episode offers compassionate guidance, practical tools, and real conversations to help parents navigate challenging behaviors, improve communication, and support their teen with clarity and confidence. Whether your family is facing conflict, emotional struggles, or feelings of disconnection, this podcast helps you shift from constant battles to stronger, ...

From bestselling author and teacher Mary Maccracken comes the engaging and inspiring story of five troubled children who she fought to bring back from the brink Joey is the class clown, but alone proves to be an intensely dark seven-year old who still can’t read. Eric is a kindergartener, left...

Award-winning author Mary Kassian provides you with a biblical guide to becoming the strong, resilient, capable woman God created you to be. Our culture teaches us that it's important for women to be strong. The Bible agrees. Unfortunately, culture's idea of what makes a woman strong doesn't...

This program is read by the author. Who Could Ever Love You is an intimate, heartbreaking memoir of a father, a mother, and a family’s exile. Mary L. Trump grew up in a family divided by its patriarch’s relentless drive for money and power. The daughter of Freddy Trump, the highly...

From the author of international bestsellers A Circle of Children and Lovey comes an inspiring true story of a gifted teacher’s determination to understand the ‘rotten’ city kid everyone has given up on. Sitting quiet and withdrawn at a battered school desk, Luke had the looks of a shy...