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Parenting

And Then I Had Kids, Yates (Book, Wolgemuth & Hyatt) Yates realizes that her problems while raising five children are common. She discusses and gives solutions for eight areas of difficulty.

52 Ways to Raise Happy, Loving Kids and Avoid Parent Burnout, Simon (Book, Thomas Nelson) Hundreds of tips for busy parents to reduce the stress of raising kids and provide opportunities to be part of their growing up.

40 Ways to Teach Your Child Values, Lewis (Book, Tyndale) A practical guide for parents to help children discover some of life's most important skills, attitudes, and values.

Keeping Your Family Together When the World is Falling Apart, Leman (Book, Dell) Dr. Leman outlines ways to work through marriage and parenting difficulties to protect and preserve the family.

Lessons in Dadhood Wesemann (Book, CPH) A book of daily devotions for fathers looking for practical advice regarding family, work, home, and faith. Humorous insights help fathers understand their dual role as fathers and children of the heavenly Father.

Let's Make a Memory, Gaither/Dobson (Book, Word) A wealth of ideas for family traditions that reinforce lasting values in the home, including holiday activities, vacation ideas, and relationship builders.

Making Children Mind Without Losing Yours, Leman (Book, Revell) The author urges parents to us "reality discipline" to teach their children. Based on Ephesians 6:14, this method teaches children to accept responsibility for their actions, respect others and their property, and develop healthy self-concepts.

Merging Families: A Step-By-Step Guide For Blended Families Reed (Book, CPH) Step-by-step practical tips for parents who are planning, or living in, a blended family. Includes advice on budget, extended family, discipline, family traditions, relationships with ex-spouses, and family members.

A Mother's Manual for Holiday Survival, Peel/Byrd (Book, Focus on the Family) This book contains an entire year of celebrations to help transform mundane moments into magnificent memories.

Parenting Isn't for Cowards, Dobson (Book, Word) While offering specific advice to frustrated parents on the contest of wills between generations, the perils of adolescence, and the problem of parental burnout, Dobson includes hope for hurting parents and practical ideas for daily living.

Parenting Passages, Veerman (Book, Tyndale) Every parenting situation, like every child, is unique, but yet this book maps out basic stages in the parenting process and helps parents get through them.

Raising Positive Kids in a Negative World, Ziglar (Book, Oliver-Nelson) Ziglar deals specifically with encouragement and discipline, emphasizing that family time is necessary for sound moral education.

Raising Responsible Kids, Kesler (Book, Wolgemuth & Hyatt) Independence that enables your child to live responsibly comes gradually over time. Ten lessons comprise this strategy to successful parenting.

Share Life's Defining Moments Weisheit (Book, CPH) This book helps parents develop a good relationship with their adult children and deal with such issues as children moving back home or getting a divorce.

Stress and Your Child, Hart (Book/Tape, Word) This book teaches parents positive steps to reduce the harmful stress busy children experience. The author helps parents teach stress management skills that will enhance children's lives.

The Strong-Willed Child, Dobson (Book, Tyndale) This book is devoted to the unique needs of the assertive, willfully-defiant child who needs special understanding and discipline from his parents, infancy to adolescence. Dobson discusses sibling rivalry, hyperactivity, self-esteem, and the most common errors of frustrated parents.

3,000 Year Old Guide to Parenting, Wright (Book, Regal) Filled with terse, memorable precepts, the advice in Proverbs has withstood the test of time and continues to offer godly, common sense instruction in today's hectic society.

Working Parent - Happy Child: You Can Balance Job & Family, Krueger (Book, Abingdon) Using research with hundreds of families, the author shows how both working and parenting can be done successfully and gives tested ides for creating a happy home.

You Can Have a Family Where Everybody Wins, Gaulke, ed. (Book, CPH) Shows Christian parents how love can work so everybody wins! A guide to Parent Effectiveness Training.

You Can't Spank a Kid in a Snowsuit, Howard (Book, Tyndale) This collection portrays the profound lessons god teaches parents through daily life, and includes the joys, frustrations, and humorous moments of parenting.

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