Family and Kids

Living Simply With Children

Raising kids can be the most spiritually rewarding adventure of life. Yet too often, families find themselves overwhelmed by endless carpooling, surrounded by Barbie, and urged constantly to buy, buy, buy. Marie Sherlock provides parents with practical advice for replacing unnecessary activities and objects with more meaningful ones, reclaiming precious time with their children, and zeroing in on the simple joys of family life. Organized by topics like peer pressure, television, marketing aimed at children, and celebrating the holidays, this inspiriting guide will show you how to raise your kids according to your own values, and how to slow down and enjoy both quality and quantity time with your family. LIVING SIMPLY WITH CHILDREN will help any family get more out of life--more fun, more meaning, more joy--on less.

Teaching Your Children Values

One of the greatest gifts you can give your children is a strong sense of personal values. Helping your children develop values such as honesty, self-reliance, and dependability is as important a part of their education as teaching them to read or how to cross the street safely. The values you teach your children are their best protection from the influences of peer pressure and the temptations of consumer culture. With their own values clearly defined, your children can make their own decisions -- rather than imitate their friends or the latest fashions. In Teaching Your Children Values Linda and Richard Eyre present a practical, proven, month-by-month program of games, family ctivities, and value-building ecercises for kids of all ages.

Living Simply With Children

Raising kids can be the most spiritually rewarding adventure of life. Yet too often, families find themselves overwhelmed by endless carpooling, surrounded by Barbie, and urged constantly to buy, buy, buy. Marie Sherlock provides parents with practical advice for replacing unnecessary activities and objects with more meaningful ones, reclaiming precious time with their children, and zeroing in on the simple joys of family life. Organized by topics like peer pressure, television, marketing aimed at children, and celebrating the holidays, this inspiriting guide will show you how to raise your kids according to your own values, and how to slow down and enjoy both quality and quantity time with your family. LIVING SIMPLY WITH CHILDREN will help any family get more out of life--more fun, more meaning, more joy--on less.

Living Simply With Children

Raising kids can be the most spiritually rewarding adventure of life. Yet too often, families find themselves overwhelmed by endless carpooling, surrounded by Barbie, and urged constantly to buy, buy, buy. Marie Sherlock provides parents with practical advice for replacing unnecessary activities and objects with more meaningful ones, reclaiming precious time with their children, and zeroing in on the simple joys of family life. Organized by topics like peer pressure, television, marketing aimed at children, and celebrating the holidays, this inspiriting guide will show you how to raise your kids according to your own values, and how to slow down and enjoy both quality and quantity time with your family. LIVING SIMPLY WITH CHILDREN will help any family get more out of life--more fun, more meaning, more joy--on less.

Family Science

A big book of hands-on science fun for the whole family!Why should your kids have all the fun? In Family Science, award-winning author and science educator Sandra Markle presents more than 200 safe, easy-to-do science activities for entire families to enjoy together.Divided into lively, thematic chapters that arrange the activities by age level, this step-by-step guide lets you mentor your children as they discover the world around them and practice key problem-solving skills. From biology and chemistry to earth science and physics, you`ll tackle investigations, experiments, expeditions, and competitions guaranteed to get your family`s creative juices flowing and bring out everyone`s inner scientist. You`ll also help your kids learn how to apply scientific concepts to real-life situations. Best of all, each activity can be completed with everyday items found around the house, so you can get started right away!Complete with "Brain Boosters," "That`s Amazing" facts, and tasty recipes, Family Science is the best way to learn while having fun with your family!*Create a Juicy T-Shirt *Launch Spaghetti Rockets *Go on a Night Safari *Bake Foam You Can Eat *Turn Glue into Glubber *Make Your Own Marshmallows *Grow a Room *Make Animal Splits *Whip Up Your Own Chalk *Blow Super Soap Bubbles *Walk the Plank *And Much More!

Family Science

A big book of hands-on science fun for the whole family!Why should your kids have all the fun? In Family Science, award-winning author and science educator Sandra Markle presents more than 200 safe, easy-to-do science activities for entire families to enjoy together.Divided into lively, thematic chapters that arrange the activities by age level, this step-by-step guide lets you mentor your children as they discover the world around them and practice key problem-solving skills. From biology and chemistry to earth science and physics, you`ll tackle investigations, experiments, expeditions, and competitions guaranteed to get your family`s creative juices flowing and bring out everyone`s inner scientist. You`ll also help your kids learn how to apply scientific concepts to real-life situations. Best of all, each activity can be completed with everyday items found around the house, so you can get started right away!Complete with "Brain Boosters," "That`s Amazing" facts, and tasty recipes, Family Science is the best way to learn while having fun with your family!*Create a Juicy T-Shirt *Launch Spaghetti Rockets *Go on a Night Safari *Bake Foam You Can Eat *Turn Glue into Glubber *Make Your Own Marshmallows *Grow a Room *Make Animal Splits *Whip Up Your Own Chalk *Blow Super Soap Bubbles *Walk the Plank *And Much More!

Family Science

A big book of hands-on science fun for the whole family!Why should your kids have all the fun? In Family Science, award-winning author and science educator Sandra Markle presents more than 200 safe, easy-to-do science activities for entire families to enjoy together.Divided into lively, thematic chapters that arrange the activities by age level, this step-by-step guide lets you mentor your children as they discover the world around them and practice key problem-solving skills. From biology and chemistry to earth science and physics, you`ll tackle investigations, experiments, expeditions, and competitions guaranteed to get your family`s creative juices flowing and bring out everyone`s inner scientist. You`ll also help your kids learn how to apply scientific concepts to real-life situations. Best of all, each activity can be completed with everyday items found around the house, so you can get started right away!Complete with "Brain Boosters," "That`s Amazing" facts, and tasty recipes, Family Science is the best way to learn while having fun with your family!*Create a Juicy T-Shirt *Launch Spaghetti Rockets *Go on a Night Safari *Bake Foam You Can Eat *Turn Glue into Glubber *Make Your Own Marshmallows *Grow a Room *Make Animal Splits *Whip Up Your Own Chalk *Blow Super Soap Bubbles *Walk the Plank *And Much More!

Still a Family

Divorce can have a devastating effect on children. Yet for families who carefully consider and manage the intricacies associated with this difficult and upsetting time, the family, as seen from the child’s perspective, can remain strong, healthy, and as loving and supportive as it ever was. Still a Family clearly and concisely lays out the specific emotions and reactions parents need to anticipate from their children while going through separation, divorce, and its aftermath. Rather than weighing parents down with complicated plans, confusing information, and legal terminology, this book takes a common-sense approach, providing readers in a state of emotional distress with the practical, down-to-earth advice they need to sensibly and comfortingly guide their children through this often painful process. The book covers the most common mistakes divorcing parents tend to make, as well as addressing special issues that come up for kids of different age groups. This is a much-needed repository of wisdom and practical counsel for any family going through a time of height­ened feelings and fragile relationships.

Engaging Children in Family Therapy

A common question at the initial meeting of a family therapist and a new client(s) is often whether or not to include a child or children in the counseling sessions. The inclusion of a child in the family therapy process often changes the dynamic between client and therapist - and between the clients themselves - within the context of the counseling sessions. And yet, although this is such a common experience, many counselors and family therapists are not adequately equipped to advise parents on whether to include a child in therapy sessions. Once the child does make an appearance in the counseling session, the therapist is faced with the challenges inherent in caring for a child, in addition to many concerns due to the unique circumstance of the structured therapy. Counseling a child in the context of a family therapy session is a specific skill that has not received the attention that it deserves. This book is intended as a guide for both novice and experienced counselors and family therapists, covering a wide range of topics and offering a large body of information on how to effectively counsel children and their families. It includes recent research on a number of topics including working with children in a family context, the exclusion of children from counseling, and counselor training methods and approaches, the effectiveness of filial play therapy, the effects of divorce on children, and ADHD. Theoretical discussion is given to different family therapy approaches including family play therapy and filial play therapy. Central to the text will be interviews with leaders in the field, including Salvador Minuchin, Eliana Gil, and Lee Shilts. Chapters include discussion of specific skills relevant to child counseling in the family context, case vignettes and examples, practical tips for the counselor, and handouts for parents.

Children's Influence on Family Dynamics

This volume addresses how children's personal qualities make their mark on families in ways that may in turn influence children's subsequent development.