How to Raise an Adopted Child

What Smart Women Know is a straightforward and honest guide from women who have learned the hard way how to be smart about men.

From the celebrated author of The Dance of Anger comes an extraordinary book about mothering and how it transforms us — and all our relationships — inside and out. Written from her dual perspective as a psychologist and a mother, Lerner brings us deeply personal tales that run the gamut from the hilarious to the heart-wrenching. From birth or adoption to the empty nest, The Mother Dance teaches the basic lessons of motherhood: that we are not in control of what happens to our children, that most of what we worry about doesn’t happen, and that our children will love us with all our imperfections if we can do the same for them. Here is a gloriously witty and moving book about what it means to dance the mother dance.

Describes the development of children, suggests disciplinary techniques for each age, and covers discipline in preschool and day care

American families are sick of rudeness, aggression, and unruly behavior. They are searching for ways to cool down society — and bring up kids who win at life by peaceful, compassionate, and rational means, rather than the opposite. This is the book that casts out a new lifeline to them and speaks positively to their deepest needs and yearnings. Explaining that kindness is the heart and core of civility and manners in any society, Letitia Baldrige, America’s number one best-selling authority on manners, has finally written the book that millions have been waiting for: a road map to raising and guiding kids who succeed in life through decency and honor.

“It all starts in the home,” says Baldrige, as she shows parents and other concerned adults how to teach kids to:

Gain respect and become leaders — at home, at school, and in the larger world — without becoming wimps or bullies.

Defuse explosive situations with words and actions that turn hostility into harmony.

Use conciliation instead of confrontation with peers, authority figures, and others.

Be courteous and compassionate with family and friends and out in public while still standing up for themselves.

Learn behaviors that will make them liked and respected and will make the world around them a better place as they grow up. And much more…

Baldrige accomplishes this using real-life examples of encounters between adults and young people and the day-to-day interactions between young peers — at home, at school, and out in the world — plus the compelling and often personal true stories and anecdotes that have made her other books so warm and conversational and loved by millions.

In his longtime best-sellingBook of Virtues, William Bennett showed us the values we should strive for to get life back on track again. In her book, Letitia Baldrige shows us how to apply those principles in everyday life, twenty-four hours a day — and get results!

Are you afraid that . . you’ll never reach the end of dirty diapers? You’ll never be free of carpool duty? Your teenager’s rebellion will never end? The empty nest is just a little too empty?

Fear not, seasons change. You blink twice and find yourself in another situation. Maybe longing for the “old days” or maybe grateful for the freshness of a new season. But like it or not, the seasons will come, each in its sequence and each in its own time.

Using lively examples from her own life and those of other women – including Esther – Lois Evans challenges you to to discover the purpose of your life and to depend on Him as He teaches the lessons of each season. In this book, you will find helpful priniciples, recognize familiar emotions, and take to heart encouraging promises from the pages of God’s Word.

In this edition a new chapter on the grandparenting season has been added. And to help you dig deeper – whether alone or with friends – chapter study questions are included.