The Future is Emotionally IntelligentFrom two early childhood experts, an essential guidebook that empowers parents to help their little ones navigate their big feelings—including tantrums, outbursts, and separation anxiety—while laying the groundwork for a lifetime of emotional intelligence.We’re in the midst of a parenting revolution that is radically changing the way we raise our kids. Gone are the days of minimizing emotions: Don’t Cry. You’re Fine. Don’t Make a Scene. As our understanding of developing brains has increased, today’s parents are looking for a new way to help their children understand their feelings and learn to process them.Emotional development experts Alyssa Blask Campbell, M.Ed. and Lauren Stauble M.S. are at the forefront of a movement to foster little ones’ emotional intelligence. Their revolutionary Collaborative Emotion Processing (CEP) method has been a game changer for parents and educators, and now they are sharing it with readers in this indispensable guide. Tiny Humans, Big Emotions provides the tools to tackle every sort of stressful child-rearing situation, including:• What to do when your child throws a tantrum (it's not what you think!)• Helpful scripts to handle any challenging moment like school refusal and bedtime resistance• How to react when your child hits, punches, or bites• Easy tips that help regulate your child’s nervous system• How to anticipate and end meltdowns before they even beginDesigned for all humans—tiny and big—this book shows caregivers of children how to handle their children’s outbursts while empowering them to recognize and manage difficult feelings like anger, sadness, and shame, along with anxiety. All caregivers will find valuable insights and guidance in this book, especially those caring for children from infancy to age eight. Tiny Humans, Big Emotions equips adults with tools for emotional intelligence so they can respond with intention. This innovative, research-based approach teaches children self-regulation and empathy, even as it strengthens the parent-child relationship, setting the groundwork for a lifetime of emotional resilience and wellbeing. This book is an essential, empathetic guide that will teach parents to notice their own habits and hold space for their tiny human's big emotions. Read more

"Everywhere you go, you keep overhearing other moms say to their misbehaving children, 'That's one. That's two. That's three.' And then you watch in disbelief as their kid actually stops!"—PopSugar Moms**The most effective parenting guide for tantrums.**Are you tired of constant power struggles and endless negotiations with your child? Look no further! Discover the transformative power of 1-2-3 Magic by Dr. Thomas Phelan, the ultimate guide to effective parenting strategies! With a wealth of optimal techniques and research-based solutions, this bestselling book provides parents with the essential tools to tackle challenging behaviors and foster a harmonious family dynamic.1-2-3 Magic offers a simple yet highly effective approach that helps you regain control and bring peace back into your home. Whether you're dealing with tantrums, sibling rivalry, bedtime battles, or any other challenging behavior, this book is your ultimate resource. Dr. Phelan's compassionate and supportive approach ensures that parents not only gain invaluable tools but also develop stronger connections with their children.You'll also learn how to:Build a solid foundation for being a confident parentManage testing and manipulation to avoid derailing your effortsEncourage good behaviorStrengthen your relationship with your childEstablish positive bedtime, dinnertime, homework, and wake-up routinesMillions of parents from all over the world have used this bestselling child discipline book to raise happier families and put the fun back into parenting—and you can too!1-2-3 Magic is one of Healthline's Best Parenting Books of 2017, a 2016 Mom's Choice Award Winner, a 2016 National Parenting Product Award Winner and a 2016 Family Choice Award Winner. Read more

Inspiration for the motion picture streaming on Pure Flix!Drawing on her thirty years' experience practicing pediatric and adolescent medicine, teen health expert Dr. Meg Meeker explains why an active father figure is maybe the single most important factor in a young woman's development. In this invaluable guide, Meeker shows how a father can be both counsel and protector for his daughter as she grows into a spiritually and mentally strong young woman.From cradling his newborn to walking her down the aisle, a father must relish his paramount responsibility—guiding the course of his daughter’s life. Meeker reveals• how a man can become a "strong father"• how a father's guidance influences every part of a woman's life, from her self-respect to her perspective on drugs, alcohol, and sex• how to lay down ground rules that are respected without creating distance in your relationship with your daughter• why you need to be your daughter's hero• the mistakes most fathers make and their serious consequences• how to help daughters make their own good decisions and avoid disastrous mistakes• how a father's faith will influence his daughter's spiritual development• how to get through to you daughter, even during her toughest don't-talk-to-me years• true stories of daughters who were on the wrong path—and how their fathers helped to bring them backLearn how to grow, strengthen, or rebuild your relationship with your daughter to better both your life and hers in the bestselling Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters: 10 Secrets Every Father Should Know. Read more

A time-tested parenting book with over 900,000 copies sold!Now updated to address technology use, screen time, and social media.Designed for preschool and beyond, this helpful and practical psychology-based parenting method is an invaluable guide for all parents! Teach your children healthy responsibility and encourage their character growth from a young age. Learn to establish healthy boundaries with your children through easy-to-implement steps without anger, threats, nagging, or power struggles.Trusted by generations of parents, counselors, and teachers to lovingly raise responsible children, Parenting with Love and Logic includes solutions for dozens of specific topics such as:TantrumsManaging screen timeGrades and report cardsChoresGetting ready for schoolPeer pressureCyberbullyingNavigating crisis situations and griefAnd much more!Each issue is indexed for easy reference. Learn how to tame tempers and re-establish a calm, healthy relationship and positive communication with your child today!“This is as close to an owner’s manual for parents as you will find. Now, parents can embrace mistakes as wonderful learning opportunities to raise respectful, responsible, and caring children.” —Gloria Sherman, MA, MED, LPC, cofounder, Parenting Partnership“I have been delighted to share the powerful yet simple wisdom of Jim Fay and Foster Cline with my counseling clients. The principles in Parenting with Love and Logic are practical, proven techniques that keep parents on track to raising responsible, loving, confident children.” —Carol R. Cole, PhD, LMFT“Parenting with Love and Logic is a terrific book for parents that provides important concepts and practical solutions to help children become emotionally, socially, and morally healthy.” —Terry M. Levy, PhD, codirector of Evergreen Psychotherapy Center; coauthor of Attachment, Trauma, and Healing“Parenting with Love and Logic is an essential component for our schools, parents, and teachers. Thousands of families have been positively impacted by the love and logic principles.” —Leonard R. Rezmierski, PhD, superintendent support administrator, Wayne RESA Read more

An essential guide for parents and caregivers, this book offers insights, strategies, and understanding to navigate middle childhood (ages 6–12). Dr. Sheryl Gonzalez Ziegler, a seasoned clinical psychologist and mother, highlights ways to foster resilience, encourage open communication, and build lasting connections during this crucial period.There is a pivotal sea change happening in children’s development. The age of puberty has been trending earlier for decades, and now starts as young as 8 years old in girls and 9 in boys. Bullying doesn’t just happen on the playground, but over text and DM. Depression and anxiety are drastically on the rise. Couple earlier puberty with ill-equipped, developing brains and the onslaught of new media and stressors that never existed when we were kids, and it’s clear that parents need a new guide to raise this new generation.The Crucial Years is your essential handbook to navigating the often misunderstood and overlooked years of middle childhood (ages 6–12). As a mom and clinical psychologist, Dr. Sheryl Ziegler knows firsthand how challenging these years can be for some and for others how they are years where a parent thinks they can finally catch their breath in between the gap from preschool and middle school. Dr. Ziegler masterfully unlocks the enigma surrounding modern puberty and offers evidence-based strategies, interventions, and answers to middle childhood’s most perplexing questions and concerns. In these pages, she provides:Science-based advice to recognize and navigate puberty.Candid and actionable guidance for getting your kids to talk about their complicated feelings and understanding their moods.Insights into the changing world of gender and sexual identity, body image and disordered eating.A clear explanation of the invisible threads linking mood swings, self-confidence, and social media exposure.Road-tested, real-world guidance to handle social stress and other pressures.With The Crucial Years, you have all that you need to guide your child through the unexpected ups and downs of puberty and help them emerge as well-rounded, confident teens. Read more

Create a lifetime of connection with your children.Therapist and wildly popular attachment research expert Eli Harwood (a.k.a. Attachment Nerd) illuminates attachment theory as foundational to the only parenting approach proven to have a lasting impact. How do you raise kids who are confident, capable, and caring? The first ingredient is a secure and close relationship—key to helping them self-regulate and thrive later in life. When children feel seen, heard, and supported, all other parenting tips and tricks start to work. Groundbreaking author Eli Harwood makes attachment theory (the science that explores the innate human need to bond with other humans) accessible and actionable in how it can help our children learn and grow into compassionate, warm adults. For anyone looking to build a better life for their kids, no matter what you went through growing up yourself, these simple, real-life strategies will help you:·        Help you create a secure attachment relationship with your kids by choosing connection over control·        Prompt reflection on attachment patterns you developed in childhood and why you respond in certain ways during emotional moments with your children·        Help you resolve past attachment traumas so you can gain effective skills to offer calm, connected, and secure base·        Provide scripts and practical tools to build and reinforce a strong foundation of trust·        Encourage you to release the reins of influence as their independence grows Hopeful and inspiring, this essential evidence-based guide will show parents across different ages and stages everywhere that they are not alone in the questions and concerns they may have about their children's development. Though there have been countless studies on how attachment styles affect our romantic relationships, Raising Securely Attached Kids reframes the subject for cultivating a strong relationship between parent and child to bring transformative change to your relationships of all stripes. Read more

About those meltdowns, blowups, and one-word answers . . .Some say that's just how boys are--prone to outbursts or sullenness. But what's behind these and other issues? Drawing from twenty-five years of counseling boys and working with parents, David Thomas sheds light on common emotional struggles, including anger, anxiety, and depression, and shares practical ways you can help your son be● Resourceful--equipped to work through his emotions in constructive ways● Aware--so that he better understands himself, including his strengths and weaknesses● Resilient--having the capacity to cope and feel competent● Empathetic--able to understand the feelings and experiences of othersHelpful also for grandparents, teachers, and anyone else who has a boy in their life, this book shows how a strong emotional foundation leads to a Christ-like sense of masculinity that will serve him well his whole life.Also available: Strong and Smart, a companion workbook to help boys understand themselves better and learn how to work through overwhelming emotions--all from a biblical perspective. Read more

Parents have heard that play is a child's work—but play is not for kids only. As psychologist Lawrence J. Cohen, Ph.D., demonstrates in this delightful new book, play can be the basis for an innovative and rewarding approach to parenting. From eliciting a giggle during baby's first game of peek-a-boo to cracking jokes with a teenager while hanging out at the mall, Playful Parenting is a complete guide to using play to raise strong, confident children.Have you ever stepped back to watch what really goes on when your children play? As Dr. Cohen points out, play is children's complex and fluid way of exploring the world, communicating hard-to-express feelings, getting close to those they care about, working through stressful situations, and simply blowing off steam. That's why "playful parenting" is so important and so successful in building strong, close bonds between parents and children. Through play we join our kids in their world. We help them express and understand deep emotions, foster connection, aid the process of emotional healing--and have a great time ourselves while we're at it.Anyone can be a playful parent--all it takes is a sense of adventure and a willingness to let down your guard and try something new. After identifying why it can be hard for adults to play, Dr. Cohen discusses how to get down on the floor and join children on their own terms. He covers games, activities, and playful interactions that parents can enjoy with children of all ages, whether it's gazing deep into a baby's eyes, playing chase with a toddler, fantasy play with a grade schooler, or reducing a totally cool teenager to helpless laughter.Playful Parenting also includes illuminating chapters on how to use play to build a child's confidence and self-esteem, how to play through sibling rivalry, and how play can become a part of loving discipline. Written with love and humor, brimming with good advice and revealing anecdotes, and grounded in the latest research, Playful Parenting will make you laugh even as it makes you wise in the ways of being a happy, effective, enthusiastic parent. Read more

More than 1 million sold! You know you love your child. But how can you make sure your child knows it?The #1 New York Times bestselling The 5 Love Languages® has helped millions of couples learn the secret to building a love that lasts. Now discover how to speak your child’s love language in a way that he or she understands. Dr. Gary Chapman and Dr. Ross Campbell help you: Discover your child’s love languageAssist your child in successful learningUse the love languages to correct and discipline more effectivelyBuild a foundation of unconditional love for your childPlus: Find dozens of tips for practical ways to speak your child’s love language. Discover your child's primary language—then speak it—and you will be well on your way to a stronger relationship with your flourishing child.For a free online study guide, visit 5lovelanguages.com. Read more

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What will your children remember of their childhood? Calling all moms who want to break out of monotony, distraction, and busyness to a life of making lasting memories with your kids and drawing your family closer to one another and to God!What’s the solution to gaining the balanced, meaningful life you desire with your family? Create traditions that bring joy and significance! Popular "Smartter Each Day" blogger and mom of three, Jessica Smartt explains why memory-making is the puzzle piece that today’s families are longing for.As Jessica shares her ideas, traditions, and beautiful insights on parenting in this well-written resource guide, she highlights the tradition-gifts kids need most with 300+ unique traditions including:Food: memories that stick to your ribsHolidays: fall bucket lists, crooked Christmas trees, and lingering over LentSpontaneity: going on adventuresFaith: why you need the puzzle box Memory-Making Mom is jam-packed with her own favorite childhood traditions, those she has started with her own children, traditions tied to the Christian faith, and additional ideas that you can take and tailor to suit your needs. Jessica also offers spiritual guidance and practical encouragement to modern parents to keep on adventuring—even when they are fighting distractions, are on a budget, and exhausted. Read more

“I just want to help my child succeed—without losing my mind or my money.”If that sounds familiar, you’re not alone—and this book is for you.WISH I Had Known: A Sports Parent's Playbook for Reducing Time, Money & Stress (TMS) is the ultimate survival guide for parents raising student-athletes in today’s high-pressure world. Whether your child is 10 or 21, this easy-to-follow playbook helps you navigate college recruiting, NIL, budgeting, branding, and burnout—all while keeping your family grounded and thriving.Inside, you’ll discover:How to create a realistic game plan for your athlete’s futureSmart strategies for managing college costs, scholarships, and NIL dealsTools to reduce stress, avoid burnout, and protect your mental and financial healthStep-by-step worksheets to organize your support team and budget like a proHonest stories, expert advice, and real resources to save time, money, and mistakesWhether you’re cheering from the bleachers or navigating recruiting emails, this book will help you:Avoid costly mistakes and misleading adviceBuild a strong support team of coaches, mentors, and specialistsProtect your child’s health, future, and dreams—even when sports endStart thinking beyond trophies toward long-term life successYou don’t need to figure it all out alone.This guide will help you raise an athlete—and a thriving adult.Perfect for parents, mentors, coaches, and educators working with athletes ages 10 to 21. Read more

The six-year-old is a complex child, entirely  different from the five-year-old. Though many of the  changes are for the good -- Six is growing more  mature, more independent, more daring and  adventurous -- this is not necessarily an easy time for the  little girl or boy. Relationships with mothers are  troubled -- most of the time Six adores mother,  but whenever things go wrong, it's her fault. It  used to be, at Five, that she was the center of the  child's universe; now, the child is the center of  his own universe. Parents need the expert  advice of Drs. Ames and Ilg during this difficult  year, to explain parent-child relations,  friendships with peers, what six-year-olds excel at, how  they see the world, what it feels like to be  entering the first grade. Children need patience and  understanding to help make this transition easier. Read more

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From the bestselling authors of The Montessori Toddler and The Montessori Baby, this book guides parents through the principles of Montessori to enhance their children's development and foster respectful relationships with their families and the world. When children are given independence, the tools to succeed, and the encouragement to build on their abilities, it’s amazing what they can achieve. The newest book in the bestselling Montessori series is an everything-you-need-to-know guide to raising your school-aged child (from 3–12 years old, with a bonus chapter for the teen years) in the Montessori way. Educators Simone Davies and Junnifa Uzodike provide an in-depth, practical guide to incorporating Montessori principles into readers’ everyday lives, with advice on everything from setting up your home in ways that encourage curiosity and independence to supporting your child’s social and moral development with a balance of limit-setting and age-appropriate freedoms. The book includes dozens of hands-on activities to help foster your child's love of numbers and literacy, art and science, and ones that encourage community-building, social awareness, and connection with the natural world. The Montessori Child offers a powerful alternative for parents who feel that family life has gotten too complicated by showing parents how to make more intentional choices for your family, how to better understand the needs of your children, and support them as they develop their unique potential.  Read more

“The war for the hearts and minds of our children is on, and John MacArthur’s new book will show you where the strategic battles are being fought and how to engage biblically.” Kirk Cameron - Husband, Father, Actor, FilmmakerIn The War on Children, bestselling author, John MacArthur, offers the tools needed to understand the enemy’s battle plan and be ready for the next assault. As God's people, we need to:Teach our children God's WordTrain them in righteousnessGive them wise and biblically based guidanceAnd above all, give them our extravagant loveEvery day, on a multitude of battlefronts, Satan is deploying weapons of mass corruption against our children. Modern culture has been systematically designed with an agenda that is aggressively anti-God, anti-Christ, and anti-Scripture, intended to corrupt and consume young, impressionable hearts and minds.We are in the middle of a dangerous ideological conflict with eternity at stake. Christian parents cannot simply float passively along with the drift of our culture. We need to:Be aware of the threats this world poses to our childrenUnderstand the enemy's battle plan and be ready for the next assaultPrepare our children for the attacks they will face from a culture intent on their destruction.What others are saying about The War on Children"Our culture is engaged in a war for our children's souls. John MacArthur not only gives a wake-up call to parents but offers practical guides to help them safeguard their young ones." Joni Eareckson Tada, Joni and Friends International Disability Center“Calling Christians to champion a God-centered understanding of children and human dignity, Dr. MacArthur gives us scriptural reasons to guard rising generations fiercely from worldly ideologies.” Chris Larson, President & CEO, Ligonier Ministries"In this helpful corrective, John MacArthur applies Scripture to our dire historical moment with relevance, clarity, and faithfulness, encouraging us to saturate the minds of our children in the life-giving power of the gospel." Joel R. Beeke, Chancellor and Professor of Homiletics & Systematic Theology, Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary"This Christ-exalting book will be a balm to the soul of parents trying to protect their children." Voddie T. Baucham, Jr., Dean of Theology, African Christian University"This timely book sounds a clarion warning that decisive steps must be taken to stem the tide of rampant evil." Steven J. Lawson, President, OnePassion MinistriesAbout the AuthorJohn MacArthur is pastor-teacher of Grace Community Church in Los Angeles, California, Chancellor of The Master’s University and Seminary, teacher and voice heard globally through his media ministry Grace to You, and author of numerous best-selling books, including his commentary series and The MacArthur Study Bible. He has spent over 50 years preaching through every verse of the New Testament and much of the Old Testament while being a featured speaker at conferences around the world. John and his wife Patricia have been married for over sixty years and have four children, fifteen grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.About the John MacArthur Publishing GroupThe John MacArthur Publishing Group exists to produce biblical resources that bring the transforming truth of God’s Word to the lives of His people. Read more

Your Seven-Year-Old is devoted to the delightful but often anxious and withdrawn child of Seven. Although any seven-year-old will have moments of exuberance, security, and happiness, in general this is an age of introspection. As it begins, parents and teachers may welcome the quiet after the tussles and tangles of Six. But once the child of Seven starts to withdraw it’s almost as though he doesn't know where or when to stop. Seven-year-olds feel picked on by family, friends, and teachers alike; they worry that no one likes them; they expect every little task to prove too difficult to handle; tears come easily at this age.   With wit and wisdom, Dr. Ames of the highly respected Gesell Institute and Carol Chase Haber offer insights into what children this age are feeling and thinking, and how parents can best deal with these moody, serious Sevens.   Included in this book: • New body awareness • Sulking • Concerns about fairness • Stories from real life • Fascination with horror, gore • Threats of running away from home • Life in the second grade • Books for Sevens and the parents of Sevens   “Louise Bates Ames and her colleagues synthesize a lifetime of observation of children, consultation, and discussion with parents. These books will help parents to better understand their children and will guide them through the fascinating and sometimes trying experiences of modern parenthood.”—Donald J. Cohen, M.D., Director, Yale Child Study Center, Irving B. Harris Professor of Child Psychiatry, Pediatrics, and Psychology, Yale School of Medicine Read more

Using best practices from gentle parenting, improv comedy, and trauma recovery, this peaceful parenting book brings JOY back to families. These positive discipline tips can help whether you're raising toddlers, parenting preschoolers, or supporting school-age children with love and respect. Effective for the hypersensitive child and the strong-willed child, this book offers conscious parenting guidance for solving challenges and preventing them in the first place.Offering a balance of science, practical experience, and new perspectives, Peaceful Discipline guides parents to a lifetime of easier, deeper, and stronger relationships with their kids. - Tina Payne Bryson, PhD, New York Times best-selling author of The Whole-Brain Child and No-Drama DisciplineAccessible, tender and wise, this book provides parents with actionable tips and strategies that will forge more connected and joyful relationships! - Mona Delahooke, PhD, best-selling author of Beyond Behaviors and Brain-Body Parenting Read more

How can you give your child the crucial soft skills and social awareness that allows them to navigate their teen years?What’s the simplest, safest and most reliable way to make your child aware of the world while also keeping them alert?Talking about sex is something that should be natural and relaxed, but as a parent, it’s hard to know how to get the conversation started. You want to be able to guide the way your child grows and flourishes in the world without leaving them open to risk or danger. In a world where anything is just a click away online, having these types of sensitive conversations early has never mattered more.By guiding you through how to open the door and walk through it with your child, this unique guide is designed to show you a simpler, lower-stress way to make progress. Think of it as a way to open your child’s mind to what’s out there in the world, as well as what they experience on the inside, and you’ll be doing something truly vital as a parent. And because I’ve used this exact same resource to make progress myself, I can tell you from experience just what a difference it makes.“Start Early: Sex Positive Conversation for Parents” is the secret to guiding your child in a way that makes them feel supported, comfortable and fully aware of the emerging world around them.Inside Start Early: Sex Positive Conversation for Parents, you're going to learn about:Why you need to start the sex-talk earlyYour role as a parentDealing with your discomfortCreating a judgment-free environmentSex-related conversations for each ageTeaching media literacy skillsEducating about online safetySexual health and reproductionConsent and boundaries in a healthy relationshipHandling commonly asked sex-related questions And a whole lot more!One click NOW starts the process! You can find out so much about what your child thinks, feels and how they see the world simply by talking to them.If you want to make sure you do it in the right way by combining sensitivity with education, this guide is everything you need to get started. Exactly what you want to hear when it’s time to change the way you approach one of the most difficult aspects of parenting. Read more