Recommended Resources
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Parenting Books
Creative Correction … a suitable title for this book by Lisa Whelchel, which offers inspiring ideas to implement reality discipline. Although I found that most of the ideas are more appropriate for older children (over the age of 5-6), I did find a lot of good ideas even for my toddlers. Each chapter has a toolbox section which is a great reference tool whenever I need help thinking of an appropriate discipline method.
Making Children Mind Without Losing Yours is all about reality discipline, which Dr. Leman explains is learning how to make your children accountable for their actions. Dr. Kevin Leman offers practical advice that is applicable to children of all ages. This book is easy and enjoyable to read. The chapter titles alone will make you laugh as you see yourself and your children in the stories he tells in the book.
On Becoming Babywise is the secular version of “Along the Infant Way” by Gary and Anne Marie Ezzo. This book offers practical advice on helping your infant form healthy eating and sleeping habits. It brings balance to child-centered parenting by offering a new approach, family-centered parenting. Everyone I know that has followed the information in this book (including me with my two daughters) has had great results. Having your child sleep through the night makes you a better mom and wife and allows your child the proper rest they need for development, making him/her a happier baby.
Fight Like a Girl, by Lisa Bevere. Today’s twisted pictures of gender roles create confusion over how a woman should define herself. In Fight Like a Girl, you will discover how to fully embrace and express the femininity God designed - and so highly values - in you. In learning to “fight like a girl,” lies a woman’s true potential and fulfillment.
Sex Begins In The Kitchen by Dr. Kevin Leman is a wonderful resource for creating a healthy marriage, explaining that sex is an all-day affair for women. With lots of humor, Dr. Leman helps husbands understand that cleaning the kitchen is just as important to a woman as romantic music and candlelight dinners.
Websites
DLTK-Cards.com: This website offers free, customizable greeting cards, chore charts, and craft activities for kids. An excellent resource for parents and teachers alike.
KatrinaLittle.com: Are you ready to be free from dieting forever? Katrina Little’s story appeared in the August ‘06 issue of Guideposts magazine and this site shares her testimony and offers words of encouragement for those struggling to lose weight.
FlyLady.net: A website devoted to helping you free yourself from the clutter in your life! She has a no-nonsense approach to getting your house and your life in order.
Growing Families International: Gary and Anne Marie Ezzo are the authors of the “Let the Children Come” series. I used the “Along the Infant Way” (Babywise) book to have both of my girls sleeping through the night at 8 weeks. I’ve seen nothing else that compares to their techniques of forming healthy sleeping and eating habits in infants.
Miss LaLa’s Music :While Miss LaLa’s Music is a local site to Powder Springs/Marietta,Ga; it is a part of a national program,”Musik Garten Adventures”.(Her site will have a link to the national site) My daughter attended her summer camp, and never wanted to go home. She made a huge impression on Both Emily and my niece Sydney. I was amazed at the unique activities they did. The classes themselves involve the parents, and are available for ages infants and up. She does have both daytime and evening classes. I have yet to attend the actual class but I look forward to taking my 18 month old, Anna, this fall. And if you sign up, let her know that you heard of her from me, and this site. (I get nothing for the referral)
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