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Words of advice from a grandfather to his granddaughter.

In this book, Rebecca Thompson offers solutions that go beyond trying to change behaviors and are based on what truly matters: Building connected, trusting family relationships and bonds that can weather any situation. Her approach is grounded in science and research and uses straightforward language and examples. As parents, we have a steady diet of conflicting information coming at us from all directions. The long list of essential dos and don'ts has most of us spinning our wheels in indecision, not knowing what we're actually supposed to do. We follow parenting advice from "experts" even if it doesn't feel right because we aren't sure what else to do. Consciously Parenting is ab ...

The book is a heartfelt writing by a father to his daughter highlighting key moments in her life that he remembers.

Nurturing our relationship with our children is the heart and soul of consciously parenting. Nurturing relationships, once they are established, is really an art. It is about remembering that our children’s need for connection is a primary factor in most of their behavior. It is about recognizing that, in every parenting situation, we have choices about how we respond to our children and their behaviors. It is about seeing every parenting situation as an opportunity to create connection or disconnection. It is about looking at our everyday parenting situations and beginning to see how we can choose connection. It is also about being able to admit when something didn’t go as planned, to f ...

Rapunzel has a grand adventure as she learns about her new family. Follow along as she finds new friends and gets into outrageous situations in this story. This book is based on the Elf on the Shelf(c) story and gives parents great ideas on the things your own elf can get into. Illustrated photos show how easy and fun this Christmas tradition will be for you.