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What does it mean to be a good parent? Are you a good parent when your child is compliant, but a bad parent when they're not? What if they're perfect at age three and challenging at 13? And what if your child has additional needs? This is an audiobook about parenting styles and what it takes to be a great parent. We know about tiger parents, helicopter parents, free-range parents, but have you heard of Tesla parents, leaf-blower parents and iPhone 6 parents? We can parent in so many ways, but is there a style that actually works?

Strong is the moving and heartbreaking memoir from celebrity campaigner, endurance athlete, and father of an angel Ashley Cain. Charting his daughter's birth and the fight for her life when she was diagnosed with leukaemia at 7 weeks old, Ashley reflects on his life and his own struggles since Azaylia's passing in 2021.

Fox News star Lawrence Jones delivers the common sense book America needs more than ever in this definitive takedown of the left’s never-ending attacks on masculinity. A generation ago it was understood that men and women were unique, yet interdependent, and designed by God to be that way...

Romal Tune was raised mostly without a father. He and his dad connected briefly when he was a teenager, and then had no relationship for decades. After years of inner work, Tune realized that neither he nor his dad possessed what they needed to live up to each other's expectations. He began to wonder if other men also longed to have vulnerable conversations with their fathers—about good memories, about pain, and about what their relationship could still become. So he sat down with seventeen men of diverse ages, ethnicities, and socioeconomic backgrounds for "I Wish My Dad" conversations.

Becoming a first-time dad can bring a lot of pressure on anyone regardless of the capacity or capability you may think you have mustered in the past. This is because for the first time in your life, you will be directly and whole-heartedly engaged in another person’s life—your newborn child. You are now tasked with the responsibility to provide, protect, rear, educate, and care for an innocent person’s life. Will it be difficult? Oh, you can bet your bottom dollar it will be.

'Emotional, insightful, beautifully written. A story of making saves and being saved. The best football book I have read this year.' Henry Winter Sir Alex Ferguson looked at Joe Sealey: 'You know your dad saved my career?' Joe replied: 'And you saved his.' More than three decades before, in 1990...

LE GUIDE DE RÉFÉRENCE POUR UNE PARENTALITÉ ENTRE SCIENCE ET INSTINCT. Porter, accoucher, materner : nous partageons ces trois processus physiologiques et primaires avec tous les mammifères. Depuis plus d'un siècle pourtant, les principes d'éducation en vigueur nous éloignent de nos instincts : on nous pousse à laisser l'enfant dormir dans sa chambre, à ne pas trop le porter et à le laisser pleurer, au risque qu'il devienne capricieux. Charlotte Lardery, sage-femme, nous aide ici à trouver la parentalité la plus juste possible, à l'écoute de notre enfant et de ses besoins.

Whether you face male factor, female factor or unexplained infertility, this book is the must-have guide for men who are ‘trying to conceive’. Practical advice will help you to take care of your physical and emotional wellbeing, find solutions your infertility puzzle, understand fertility treatments and choose your best course of action, all while supporting your partner or your baby-making-team.

Durante mucho tiempo se nos ha vendido un modelo de crianza que por lo general no funciona y nos hace caer en una espiral de frustración y hastío. Recurrimos a estrategias como "el rincón de pensar" o a complejos sistemas de recompensa que pueden ser eficaces a corto plazo, pero que no nos permiten ayudar a nuestros hijos a desarrollar las habilidades necesarias para la vida.

La Dra. Becky Kennedy, creadora del innovador método Good Inside, se ha propuesto deconstruir los modelos tradicionales de crianza con dos objetivos principale...

A collection of essays about father figures in popular culture, Dad Bod unpack the ideas that inform our collective image of fatherhood as it is found in movies, television shows, and video games. Follow a newly minted parent as he journeys to the heart of dadness to redefine what it means to be a father.

Traut euch, Väter! Es wurde viel darüber gesagt, was Väter alles falsch machen: dass sie sich nicht genügend für ihre Kinder engagieren, dass sie "toxisch männlich" sind. Aber was macht man, wenn man es als Vater genau richtig machen möchte? Um das zu beantworten, befragt Tillmann Prüfer Expert:innen und erzählt Erlebnisse aus dem eigenen Leben als Vater. Zum Beispiel gilt es heute als erwiesen, dass Väter keineswegs weniger geeignet sind, einem Kind emotionale Nähe zu geben als Mütter. Jetzt gilt es nur noch, diese guten Botschaften in die Tat umzusetzen.

When Covid struck and the country entered lockdown, Widdicombe and Beckett were stuck at home and the reality of parenting young children without the escape of work hit hard. They decided to start a podcast, Lockdown Parenting Hell, which meant they could go upstairs, leave the children for a while, and moan about the difficulties of being a dad, which over 2 million people a month started listening to! With the success of the podcast, Beckett and Widdicombe decided there was plenty they hadn’t covered that would make a great audiobook.

Becoming a first time dad can put a lot of pressure on anyone regardless of what you may have mustered in the past. For the first time in your life, you will be whole-heartedly engaged in another person’s life—your newborn child. Will it be difficult? Oh, you can bet your bottom dollar it will be. However, dads around the world can tell you that it will all be worth it. In this audiobook, you will learn all the useful advice for first time fathers. Learn everything from all the stages of this experience, from pregnancy of your partner to how to become the best dad for your child.

Parenting expert Dr Justin Coulson shares the ten key things every parent needs to know to raise their children in positive ways. His helpful advice will make parenting easier for you—so you don’t have to keep ‘making it up as you go along’. Drawing on the very latest in parenting and positive psychology research, the book gives simple and valuable strategies for the main issues parents of 2–12 year olds confront in everyday family life. Coulson shares his secrets of effective attention, communication and understanding.

Para los padres que claman por soluciones claras…y ¡al grano!, Rosa Barocio nos ofrece un libro único con ayudas prácticas para situaciones que son “el pan de todos los días”. Señala actitudes que lastiman y muestra nuevas maneras respetuosas para poner límites y orientar desde un acercamiento amoroso.

Rosa Barocio dedica este libro a los abuelos en una época de grandes cambios para la familia. En una sociedad en donde cada vez más madres trabajan, los abuelos se convierten en un apoyo importante en el cuidado de los nietos. Para que la relación entre los padres y lo abuelos sea armoniosa, ambos deben mantener límites personales sanos. Con gran sentido del humor y muchas anécdotas, la autora nos lleva a reflexionar, a cuestionarnos y a desechar viejos patrones que hacen daño. Ser abuelo se convierte en una segunda oportunidad para amar con un amor maduro, pero responsable.

When Your Hand Is in the Lion's Mouth is a narrative non-fiction told in forty-two stories that is a father-daughter memoir. The foundational paternal love, wisdom and life lessons shared can father us all, and at 96 years young, he keeps inspiring and teaching us with his foundational practical wisdom. Not often enough do we hear of great black fathers in our stories or media, one that goes beyond stereotype, shining a light on a devoted man who lifts and enlightens. Green is one of those men.

Mange forældre tror, at børneopdragelse er det, de gør, når barnet opfører sig dårligt. Men børneopdragelse sker hele tiden! Børneopdragelse er samtalerne over aftensmaden en tirsdag aften, det er stemningen i hjemmet, det er måden, du leger på, det er den, du er, når du skifter ble, når du hjælper med lektier, når du hyggesnakker. Det er der, du overfører lærdom til barnet. Psykolog og familieterapeut Hedvig Montgomery har 20 års erfaring med at arbejde med børn og familier.

When my son Sean was born with special needs, his mother and I were told he would never be “normal” and we mourned for the life we had imagined for him. We thought we would have to be his teacher and protector, more so than the typical child. However, we quickly learned that lessons can come from the most unlikely places and that our world would be changed for the better in ways we could have never envisioned. . . all because of Sean. Before he died on Father’s Day 2019, Sean taught me valuable life lessons. He taught me how to live like Sean, and these lessons are his legacy.

The Wall Street Journal columnist and bestselling author of Little Victories takes a humorous and insightful look at life in the face of overwhelming societal change that we never anticipated—from the effects on parenthood, marriage, friendship, work, and play to all other aspects of the...