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The American Frugal Housewife Lydia M. Child Along with simply written recipes for roasting a pig and preparing corned beef, hasty pudding, carrot pie, buffalo tongue, and scores of other dishes, this fascinating book, with its lively and direct style, also offered 19th-century readers suggestions for treating chilblains and dysentery, cleaning white kid gloves, educating one's daughters, and much more. |
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Pollyanna Eleanor H Porter The title character is Pollyanna Whittier, a young orphan who goes to live in Beldingsville, Vermont, with her wealthy but stern Aunt Polly. Pollyanna's philosophy of life centers on what she calls "The Glad Game", an optimistic attitude she learned from her father. The game consists of finding something to be glad about in every situation. It originated in an incident one Christmas when Pollyanna, who was hoping for a doll in the missionary barrel, found only a pair of crutches inside. Making the game up on the spot, Pollyanna's father taught her to look at the good side of things—in this case, to be glad about the crutches because "we don't need 'em!". |
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Parenting With Love And Logic (Updated and Expanded Edition) Foster Cline, Jim Fay This parenting book shows you how to raise self-confident, motivated children who are ready for the real world. Learn how to parent effectively while teaching your children responsibility and growing their character.
Establish healthy control through easy-to-implement steps without anger, threats, nagging, or power struggles.
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Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons Siegfried Engelmann, Phyllis Haddox, Elaine Bruner Is your child halfway through first grade and still unable to read? Is your preschooler bored with coloring and ready for reading? Do you want to help your child read, but are afraid you'll do something wrong? SRAs DISTAR® is the most successful beginning reading program available to schools across the country. Research has proven that children taught by the DISTAR® method outperform their peers who receive instruction from other programs. Now for the first time, this program has been adapted for parent and child to use at home. Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons is a complete, step-by-step program that shows patents simply and clearly how to teach their children to read. Twenty minutes a day is all you need, and within 100 teaching days your child will be reading on a solid second-grade reading level. It's a sensible, easy-to-follow, and enjoyable way to help your child gain the essential skills of reading. Everything you need is here -- no paste, no scissors, no flash cards, no complicated directions -- just you and your child learning together. One hundred lessons, fully illustrated and color-coded for clarity, give your child the basic and more advanced skills needed to become a good reader. Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons will bring you and your child closer together, while giving your child the reading skills needed now, for a better chance at tomorrow. |
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Baby 411: Clear Answers & Smart Advice For Your Baby's First Year Denise Fields, Ari Brown M.D. You are having a baby! Congratulations! Now, the reality hits you—what the heck am I doing? What if you could bottle the wisdom of all those parents who’ve come before you . . . and mix it with the solid medical advice from an nationally-renowned pediatrician? Baby 411 is the answer! Think of it as the ultimate FAQ for new parents. Inside you’ll learn: • How to pick a pediatrician with savvy questions to ask and insider tips. • Sleep. The best way to get your baby to sleep through the night. • First aid—when to worry, when not . . . and what to do when baby gets sick. No-nonsense, down-to-earth advice you can trust. • Fussy baby 411. Is it colic? Acid reflux? Or something else? Discover the secrets to soothing a fussy baby. • Detailed nutrition info with a step-by-step guide for successful breastfeeding, introducing solid food and the ‘‘new and improved’’ formulas. Plus: simple steps to avoid food allergies! • Is my baby normal? Learn how your baby will grow and develop! New in this revised 5th edition: • Does your baby need extra vitamins? We'll give the low-down on the new Vitamin D recommendations and more • Sleep safety: what you need to know about the drop-side crib ban, sleep positioners, crib bumpers and more • Does formula lead to obesity? We'll look at the latest research • The vaccine-autism hoax: what you need to know about this controversy • How to protect your baby from whooping cough All that and more in the new, updated and revised BABY 411! |
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Mama Said (Remember When) Gail Jones When you read "Mama Said," from the Remember When series you will recall the time that you spent with your grandmother, church mother, neighborhood mom, big mama, and other women of wisdom in your life. Back in the days you could listen to and take to heart the advice of many adults. We knew that the words were for encouragement and the enhancement of our lives. Through those encouraging words of wisdom our lives were shaped. For years the elders used many of these one liners to encourage us in the proper way. Although many of our elders are no longer with us, the old wise proverbs continue to teach as we teach our children. Because of the lessons we learned we have been able to come to grips with many of life's situations. |
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The Vaccine Book: Making the Right Decision for Your Child (Sears Parenting Library) Robert W. Sears THE VACCINE BOOK offers parents a fair, impartial, fact-based resource from the most trusted name in pediatrics. Dr. Bob devotes each chapter in the book to a disease/vaccine pair and offers a comprehensive discussion of what the disease is, how common or rare it is, how serious or harmless it is, the ingredients of the vaccine, and any possible side effects from the vaccine. This completely revised edition offers · updated information on each vaccine and disease · more detail on vaccines' side effects · expanded discussions of combination vaccines · a new section on adult vaccines · additional options for alternative vaccine schedules · a guide to Canadian vaccinations THE VACCINE BOOK provides exactly the information parents want and need as they make their way through the vaccination maze. |
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Love is Something You Do John R. Bisagno More than a feeling ...
Moonlight and roses have a way of turning into dishpans and diapers. Our society and the media have been telling us that love is just a feeling. The reality is that it is so much more in light of God’s grace. This book is your guide to discovering that Love Is Something You Do.
This 35th Anniversary Edition of Love is Something You Do has been revised and expanded with 12 new chapters.
You will discover:
* How to fall in love with your spouse again
* God’s plan for sex between husband and wife
* Getting the most out of your marriage
* What to do after the affair
* The Incompatability Myth
“Love Is Something You Do will change the face of marriage in America. This book should be in every library and tucked away in the heart of every marriage.” - Dr. Tim Clinton, President, American Association of Christian Counselors
"Martin Luther said “A man can become more like Christ in a marriage than in a monastery.” How true. Marriage chisels us in the image of Jesus with every decision of faithfulness and commitment.
This book will help to shape you and your spouse. Let Dr. Bisagno speak from the heart of a faithful husband and effective pastor to guide your marriage to be all that God desires." - Pastor Gregg Matte, Pastor, Houston’s First Baptist Church
"Once again John Bisagno has captured the heart and imagination of his readers. In this clear concise writing, John makes a case for love as a verb. Love is Something You Do stimulates the heart, motivates the mind, and saturates the soul with helpful, holy hints." - Ralph Douglas West, Pastor, The Church Without Walls
“I had the joy of being under John Bisagno’s leadership for 25 years as he served as pastor of our church in Houston. I love and respect him and Uldine, the love of his life, so much. ” - Beth Moore, Author, Living Proof Ministries |
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Your Special Gift (A Preteen Primer to the Facts of Life) Carol McCormick Most parents admit that they dont know where to begin when it comes time to have the talk about sexual issues with their children. Many become flustered and tongue-tied. Most have much to say but dont know how to say it. Others cross their fingers and hope for the best. But none of these things need be so, because Your Special Gift takes care of this parental problem. Using Scripture as its foundation in defining true love, and the analogy of a gift in defining commonly used sexual terms, Your Special Gift opens the door of communication between parent and child. This little booklet with its big message is a must-read for a big need. Explained in a simple, straightforward and sensitive way, Your Special Gift is highly recommended by two best-selling authors. Your Special Gift is a 32-page soft cover that reveals the tactful way to have the talk. |
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Boys Adrift: The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men Leonard Sax Something scary is happening to boys today. From kindergarten to college, American boys are, on average, less resilient and less ambitious than they were a mere twenty years ago. The gender gap in college attendance and graduation rates has widened dramatically. While Emily is working hard at school and getting A’s, her brother Justin is goofing off. He’s more concerned about getting to the next level in his videogame than about finishing his homework. Now, Dr. Leonard Sax delves into the scientific literature and draws on more than twenty years of clinical experience to explain why boys and young men are failing in school and disengaged at home. He shows how social, cultural, and biological factors have created an environment that is literally toxic to boys. He also presents practical solutions, sharing strategies which educators have found effective in re-engaging these boys at school, as well as handy tips for parents about everything from homework, to videogames, to medication. |