Collection: Parenting

Modern science suggests that we may be addicted to our emotions of anger, guilt, fear, sadness, and more. Are drugs, alcohol, and other secondary dependencies simply masking an addiction to destructive emotions? If this is true, then we need what all addicts need... sobriety!

Do you feel discontent, frustration in relationships, confusion regarding other's behaviors, or that you are often unheard or misunderstood? You may have heard of emotional intelligence as the awareness of your feelings and how to live with them. But if you have relied on emotional intelligence as a solution to your problems, you may have noticed it wasn't a complete solution. Author Dr. Andrea Vitz, gives us this how-to, self-work book and accompanying journal, dedicated to push its reader further than ever before in self-investigation. It asks us to look within in a new and realistic way, exposing all the parts of us we may choose to change, and she shows us how! She teaches us how to not only outsmart our negative emotions, but how to overcome our predisposition to creating them for survival in the first place. EMSO (Emotional Sobriety) Training is a precise and organized process, guiding you to reveal the you you've never met.

This fun, family-oriented book features 26 creative recipes to attract and feed backyard birds.

A profound meditation on race, inheritance, and queer mothering at the end of the world.

In a letter to her six-year-old daughter, Julietta Singh writes toward a tender vision of the world, offering children's radical embrace of possibility as a model for how we might live. In order to survive looming political and ecological disasters, Singh urges, we must break from the conventions we have inherited and begin to orient ourselves toward more equitable and revolutionary paths.

The Breaks celebrates queer family-making, communal living, and Brown girlhood, complicating the stark binaries that shape contemporary U.S. discourse. With nuance and generosity, Singh reveals the connections among the crises humanity faces--climate catastrophe, extractive capitalism, and the violent legacies of racism, patriarchy, and colonialism--inviting us to move through the breaks toward a tenable future.

Early and social interaction skills are essential for every child to get the best start in life. Skills like language, eye contact, and self-regulation are just some of the things your child needs in order to excel-personally and academically!

Since the pandemic, both parents and teachers are becoming more concerned about children's abilities to interact. On top of that, there are delays in referrals to specialists.

According to the Education Endowment Fountain, in September 2020, 20-25% of children starting school needed help with language skills compared with the previous year.

Are you worried that your child isn't showing the typical social interaction skills for their age? Are you waiting for a referral and frustrated there isn't more you can do? Is your child receiving speech and language therapy, but do you want to do more for them?

• In Speech Therapy GAMES, you will discover: 137 games and activities that require everyday objects you have at home-or just your time
• How 5 minutes of your time can make a world of difference to your little one
• 8 age-appropriate checklists to know that your child is on the right track
• Amazing insights into leading authorities and the latest research in the field of early and social interactions
• How to help children improve their speech and language development with targeted speech sound books
• Recipes to create with your little one-from biscuits to face paint
• How other parents in your shoes have overcome what seemed impossible with simple solutions
• 15 social stories that you can adapt to help your child, from going to the dentist to making friends- Plus a freecomic strip conversation to inspire you.
• The importance of all family members learning about their emotions and talking about them to reduce meltdowns
• A BONUS chapter dedicated to helping children over 5. With one book, you can support your child from birth to 10 years old. As early interaction is so important, you are probably thinking that you don't have the qualifications to make a difference. This is not true! You know your child better than anyone else and with the knowledge and experience in this book, you are more than qualified. You might be thinking that this is going to take up a lot of your time. And while you would move
• mountains to help your child, as a parent, I know time is limited. All you need is to set aside 5 minutes a day to start seeing a difference.
• It gets better. You, your child, and your family can all have fun without feeling like it's homework.

Feel calm, happy, and focused with 10-minute exercises for kids ages 8 to 12

Just like baseball, dancing, and math, mindfulness is a skill that kids can build with practice. Mindfulness for Kids in 10 Minutes a Day is full of simple meditations, breathing exercises, and more to help kids make mindfulness a habit. With just a few minutes of practice each day, kids will discover how mindfulness can boost their mood, improve their focus, and empower them to let go of their worries--so they can thrive no matter what life throws their way!

This standout among mindfulness books for kids encourages them to:

• Be mindful all day--Help kids start their mornings right, check in with themselves throughout the day, and reflect on their thoughts and feelings before bedtime with mindfulness exercises organized by the time of day.
• Explore 4 key themes--Kids will practice every area of mindfulness with activities built around its main themes: calming, focusing, reconnecting, and responding to negativity.
• Dive deeper--Bonus exercises included with each activity allow kids to expand their mindfulness practice, from writing a reflective journal entry to breathing mindfully while they're going about their day.

Inspire kids to make mindfulness part of their daily routine with the simple, 10-minute exercises in this book about mindfulness for children.

A practical guide for new dads, from your baby's birth to their first birthday

Newborns don't come with a manual, but We're Parents! is the next best thing. Adrian Kulp (a four-time dad himself) offers fast, fun, and easy-to-digest advice that makes it simple for you to step up and do your part as a brand-new dad.

Wondering how to burp your newborn? Not sure how to get them to try solids? Desperate to get them to sleep? This comprehensive guide breaks your baby's first year down into quarterly chunks, offering stage-specific advice, quick reference guides, tutorials, monthly stats and goals, and a healthy dose of humor to help you be a supportive partner and great dad to your little one.

This standout among new dad books includes:

• Step-by-step how-tos―Find detailed guidance for common situations you'll encounter as a new dad, from soothing and swaddling your newborn to spotting food allergies and baby-proofing your home.
• Cheat sheet checklists―Get quarterly checklists of ways you can help around the house, with mom and the baby, and with events and medical appointments.
• Developmental milestones―Track your baby's development at a glance with charts that lay out the most important milestones in one place.

Discover how to be the best father and husband you can be with the expert advice inside We're Parents!

Show them the power of looking on the bright side--an introduction to gratitude for kids 5 to 7

Learning to appreciate the good things, both big and little, is an important step in growing up--and it's never too early to help little ones build those skills. This beautifully illustrated storybook teaches young kids how to practice gratitude and keep a positive mindset through simple, real-life scenarios that are easy for them to understand. It's written with clear language for adults to read aloud, and features discussion questions and activities that encourage kids to talk about what they learned and use it every day.

Go beyond other gratitude books for kids with:

• Gratitude heroes--Little superheroes Grace and Guillermo model easy, age-appropriate ways for kids to be more grateful every day.
• Ways to set a good example--Kids will learn how to express thanks, how being kind can make them happier, and how to inspire others to feel grateful, too.
• A lifetime of good feelings--These tips, reflections, and games will help kids develop healthy skills that they'll use for the rest of their lives.

Teach kids to feel good about the world around them with a fun and friendly book about the importance of gratitude.

Help your toddler discover her potty power

Is it time to say goodbye to diapers and start toilet training? Ease the transition with this supportive book designed to familiarize kids 1 to 3 with how girls use the potty and inspire them to become a potty superstar.

• A trip to the potty--This easy and entertaining read walks kids through potty training step-by-step, from identifying that first tummy rumble to washing hands once they've finished their business.
• Charming illustrations--The book's vibrant pictures are guaranteed to delight your toddler, keeping her engaged in the story while providing visual clues for the potty-training process.
• For all families preparing for the potty--This book was written for every type of family and every little girl between 1 and 3 so each tiny reader can see herself in the story.

Get ready to ditch the diapers with this encouraging potty training book for girls.

How do today's parents cope when the dreams we had for our children clash with reality? What can we do for our twenty- and even thirty-somethings who can't seem to grow up? How can we help our depressed, dependent, or addicted adult children, the ones who can't get their lives started, who are just marking time or even doing it? What's the right strategy when our smart, capable "adultolescents" won't leave home or come boomeranging back? Who can we turn to when the kids aren't all right and we, their parents, are frightened, frustrated, resentful, embarrassed, and especially, disappointed?In this groundbreaking book, a social psychologist who's been chronicling the lives of American families for over two decades confronts our deepest concerns, including our silence and self-imposed sense of isolation, when our grown kids have failed to thrive. She listens to a generation that "did everything right" and expected its children to grow into happy, healthy, successful adults. But they haven't, at least, not yet--and meanwhile, we're letting their problems threaten our health, marriages, security, freedom, careers or retirement, and other family relationships. With warmth, empathy, and perspective, Dr. Adams offers a positive, life-affirming message to parents who are still trying to "fix" their adult children--Stop! She shows us how to separate from their problems without separating from them, and how to be a positive force in their lives while getting on with our own. As we navigate this critical passage in our second adulthood and their first, the bestselling author of I'm Still Your Mother reminds us that the pleasures and possibilities of postparenthood should not depend on how our kids turn out, but on how we do!

From Paul Auster, author of the forthcoming 4 3 2 1: A Novel - his very first book, a moving and personal meditation on fatherhood

This debut work by New York Times-bestselling author Paul Auster (The New York Trilogy), a memoir, established Auster's reputation as a major new voice in American writing. His moving and personal meditation on fatherhood is split into two stylistically separate sections. In the first, Auster reflects on the memories of his father who was a distant, undemonstrative, and cold man who died an untimely death. As he sifts through his Father's things, Auster uncovers a sixty-year-old murder mystery that sheds light on his father's elusive character. In the second section, the perspective shifts and Auster begins to reflect on his own identity as a father by adopting the voice of a narrator, "A." Through a mosaic of images, coincidences, and associations "A," contemplates his separation from his son, his dying grandfather, turning the story into a self-conscious reflection on the process of writing.

OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) is a mental health condition. People with OCD have recurring, repetitive thoughts that can feel impossible to ignore. This book was written by a kid who has OCD, and illustrated by a grownup who has OCD, too. It offers a unique insight into the condition, a warmth and openness about what it is like, and the opportunity for readers to grow in understanding.



Core themes in this book:

Bravery, Fear, Hope, Resilience

Meet A Kids Co., a new kind of media company with a collection of beautifully designed books that kickstart challenging, empowering, and important conversations for kids and their grownups.

Take a good look at the reasons why homeschooling can help today's kids thrive

Homeschool Rising is a guide for anyone interested in homeschooling their children, regardless of background. It busts through the myths surrounding homeschooling, reveals the failures of our current school system, and demonstrates how home education and loving, motivated parents can provide a solution for students and families everywhere.

There are many assumptions made about homeschooling--that the child will be "socially awkward" due to lack of social interaction, that parents are not equipped to educate their children, that homeschooling is only for White, Christian, middle-class parents, and more. In Homeschool Rising, educator Christy-Faith offers insights from more than 20 years in the field and her experience working with thousands of students to debunk these myths and misconceptions.

The truth is, homeschooling sets today's students up for success in a way that traditional schooling no longer can. This authoritative yet casual and accessible guide provides parents the tools, courage, and knowledge to opt out of the school system and take charge of their children's education.

• Clear up the confusion and misconception surrounding homeschooling
• See why homeschooling is a great option for kids of any race, religion, and background
• Gain the knowledge you need to start your kids off on the right foot with homeschooling
• Make sure your homeschooled kids are getting the support they need academically and socially

New and experienced homeschoolers looking for support, as well as educators, psychologists, and others who work with homeschooled children, will love the clear, evidence-backed, and conversational information in Homeschool Rising.

Support students by helping them identify and practice positive behaviors and develop empathy with Social and Emotional Learning Activities!

Research shows that SEL experiences improve student achievement, reduce stress, and increase positive behaviors such as kindness, gratitude, and empathy.

Social and Emotional Learning Activities includes 100+ engaging activities that help you weave social and emotional learning activities into the busy school day! Activities include skill practice across the curriculum by incorporating writing, reading, math, social studies, and cultural diversity into SEL instruction.

Each unit has a different SEL focus and includes a teacher page with an introduction and corresponding activity pages. Activities may be used for whole-class instruction or small groups, or completed individually at home.

Children will learn positive behaviors, develop self-love, and learn empathy through:

Real-world scenarios
• Mindfulness activities
• Communication activities
• Creative writing
• Mazes, puzzles, and games
• Art projects
• Critical thinking and problem solving

The nine units cover the five domains of social and emotional learning:

• Self-awareness
• Self-management
• Social awareness
• Responsible decision-making
• Relationship skills

This resource contains teacher support pages and reproducible student pages. No answer key is included as answers will vary. This is a reproducible resource (photocopying of lessons is permitted) for single classroom or individual home use only.

About Evan-Moor

A leader in PreK-8 educational publishing, Evan-Moor has been a trusted partner of teachers and parents for over 40 years. Our mission is helping children learn, and we do this by creating resources that motivate children to learn important skills and concepts across the curriculum while also inspiring a love of learning.

Help girls ages 8 to 12 grow their skills and boost their confidence

When young girls believe that they can do anything they dream of, every new situation becomes an opportunity to learn and grow! This confidence-building journal helps any girl embrace a growth mindset and discover how smart and capable she truly is. With a range of insightful writing prompts and exercises, this kids journal for girls can help her become braver and happier every day.

What sets this growth mindset journal for kids apart from the rest:

• Empowering advice--Girls will explore how a growth mindset can give them a healthy self-esteem and the power to control their own success.
• A growth mindset for life--This journal shows girls how change can be a good thing, how to think positive in spite of obstacles, and how to face the future with curiosity and optimism.
• Hands-on inspiration--Fun challenges like writing a motivational letter to themselves or creating a vision board of their goals will help girls practice what they've learned.

Encourage any girl to develop a growth mindset with the journal that helps her tackle any challenge.

Jeremy Ivester is a transgender man. Thirty years ago, his parents welcomed him into the world as what they thought was their daughter. As a child, he preferred the toys and games our society views as masculine. He kept his hair short and wore boys' clothing. They called him a tomboy. That's what he called himself.

By high school, when he showed no interest in flirting, his parents thought he might be lesbian. At twenty, he wondered if he was asexual. At twenty-three, he surgically removed his breasts. A year later, he began taking the hormones that would lower his voice and give him a beard--and he announced his new name and pronouns.

Never a Girl, Always a Boy is Jeremy's journey from childhood through coming out as transgender and eventually emerging as an advocate for the transgender community. This is not only Jeremy's story but also that of his family, told from multiple perspectives--those of the siblings who struggled to understand the brother they once saw as a sister, and of the parents who ultimately joined him in the battle against discrimination. This is a story of acceptance in a world not quite ready to accept.

An updated edition of the Sunday Times bestseller.

Your Child Is Not Broken is THE book for parents who need permission to do things differently.

An unapologetic, deeply moving manual for parents of neurodivergent children from Heidi Mavir, a late-identified, neurodivergent adult and parent to an autistic/ADHD teenager.

This updated edition includes information on Pathological Demand Avoidance, Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria, an interview with Heidi's son Theo and more.

Follow Heidi's irreverent and brutally honest story of her fight to be seen, heard and supported, while swimming against a tide of parent blame, ableist stereotypes and the weight of other people's opinions.

Your Child Is Not Broken is a call to arms for parents and carers of autistic, ADHD, or otherwise neurodivergent children. It is the book that no one has dared to write but every parent needs to read. Heidi's hilarious anecdotes and heartbreaking storytelling offer validation, comfort, reassurance and wisdom to parents who need it the most.