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"A prominent and esteemed critic challenges widely held beliefs about children and parenting, revealing that underlying each myth is a deeply conservative ideology that is, ironically, often adopted by liberal parents. Somehow a set of deeply conservative assumptions about children--what they're like and how they should be raised--have congealed into the conventional wisdom in our society. Parents are accused of being both permissive and overprotective,...
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Reading, Writing, and Your First Grader PARENTS: Before we present a selection of poems and stories for your child, we want to address you directly. This section, Reading, Writing, and Your First Grader, is intended to help you understand how children are--or should be--taught to read and write in a good first-grade classroom, and to suggest a few ways that you can help at home. The first section below, Teaching Children to Read: The Need for a Balanced...
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Debi Pearl was raised in Memphis, TN, in good homes, by parents who were faithful to point her to God. As a teen Debi was involved in witnessing, ministering to the sick and wounded veterans, and serving in hospitals. Debi along with her husband Michael, write on child training and family relationships. Independently, Debi has written a "Help Meet" series of books for both single and married women along with the Yell and Tell books which are a warning...
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Rachel Rainbolt is the Sage Parenting Coach, bringing a unique alchemy of insight (M.A. Family Therapy), experience (2 decades helping thousands of children and gentle parents), passion (media advocate for natural sleep, breastfeeding, parenting, and learning), and heart (unschooling and attachment parenting mother of 3) to the Sage Parenting book series, eclasses, and coaching. She works from the Pacific Northwest, where she lives wild and free in...
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"Chris Davis combines his 30 years involvement in the homeschooling movement with current research on public schools vs. homeschooling. Davis has been a conference speaker at every major homeschool gathering in the U.S., Canada, and Australia and has helped families worldwide educate their children at home."-- Amazon.
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"Projects and experiments to inspire and challenge your kids! The STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, and math) are top education priorities in the United States--and they are growing fields with a high demand for jobs. If you want to make sure your children are prepared for the future in these fields, here's how you can help: Make it fun! Expose them to hands-on, real-world, and fun activities so they'll become engaged, motivated, and...
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From the author of The Shut-Down Learner, here is aid and comfort for parents of children having difficulty with school. Dr. Selznick offers perspective and understanding developed over his 25 years of working with thousands of academically struggling kids and their families. Tackling topics like excessive use of technology, parental indulgence of children, students who have trouble getting organized, and the importance of patience, this book will...