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38 matches found, viewing page 2 of 2, goto page < 1 2 > Search Again| Parent Trek: Nurturing Creativity and Care in Our Children. Jantzi, Jeanne Zimmerly. 2001 188 p. Ages: 18-Adult ISBN: 0836191935 | 
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- Chapters on sharing faith, connecting with others, spending time, caring for creation, managing money, shopping, television, toys, celebrations.
| Parenting for Peace and Justice / Ser Padres para la Paz y la Justicia McGinnis, Kathleen and James 1990 162 p. Ages: 20-Adult |
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- Addresses family conflict resolution, racial attitudes, consumerism, violence, sex-role stereotyping, family social action and family prayer. From the Institute for Peace and Justice. English revision is: Parenting for Peace and Justice: Ten Years Later.
| Peace Education Foundation www.peaceeducation.org | 
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A variety of peace education resources, in English and other languages, for the school and group setting. Research to determine the effectiveness of the curricula found significant decreases in anti-social behavior, significant increases in social competence, and more positive classroom environments.
| Peace Education International http://www.peaceeducationintl.com Ages: 0-Adult |
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- "Our mission is to empower teachers, children and families with the values and skills necessary to create a culture of peace." Includes curriculum and resources for Kindergarten through teenage years.
| The Peaceful Parenting Handbook Berlowe, Burt, et al. 2001 146 p. Ages: 18-Adult ISBN: 0893905135 |
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- This book includes a lot of ideas for dealing with various types of behaviors that often lead to conflicts. These ideas can complement your own and suit a variety of child and parent personality styles. Topics include: getting up, getting dressed, mealtimes, sibling problems, public behavior, aggression and fighting, compliance in general, responsibility, bad habits (lying, swearing, temper tantrums, spitting), fears and phobias, sleep disturbance, and school-related problems.
| Pick up Your Socks: ...and Other Skills Growing Children Need!: A Practical Guide to Raising Responsible Children Crary, Elizabeth. 1990 110p. Ages: 18-Adult ISBN: 0943990521 |
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- Chapters focus on building skills, child guidance strategies, and ways to approach household jobs, schoolwork, responding to peer pressure, dealing with anger... Includes many useful exercises and worksheets to apply the content to your own setting.
| Positive Discipline A-Z, Revised and Expanded 2nd Edition: From Toddlers to Teens, 1001 Solutions to Everyday Parenting Problems. Nelsen, Jane, et al. 1999 329 p. Ages: 18-Adult ISBN: 0761514708 |
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- Positive Discipline is based on the theories of child development expert Rudolf Dreikurs, and uses communication, consistency, and specific techniques to help children develop the life skills they need to be "effective, happy, contributing, and respectful members of the family and society." The first part introduces positive discipline and its tools. The second part is an alphabetical breakdown of more than 100 child-rearing topics, from addiction to zits-- fairness, laundry, negative children, self-esteem, tattling, whining…
| Raising Peaceful Children in a Violent World Cecil, Nancy Lee with Patricia L. Roberts. 1995 251 p. Ages: 18-Adult ISBN: 188091316X |
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- This book looks at communication, conflict resolution, diversity, sex roles, media and toys, and global issues--with many specific family activities, information about family meetings, discipline strategies, and a chapter on literature with annotated book lists.
| Siblings without Rivalry: How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Too. Mazlish, Elaine and Adele Faber. 1998 272 p. Ages: 18-Adult ISBN: 0380799006 |
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- The authors talk you through umpteen different situations and outcomes to help you teach your brawling offspring a new set of responses. The informative text is punctuated with helpful summary/reminder boxes and cartoons illustrating key points.
| Starting Out Right: Nurturing Young Children as Peacemakers McGinnis, Kathleen and Barbara Oehlberg 1991 288 p. Ages: 18-Adult |
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- Offers parents and teachers of preschoolers concrete strategies for nurturing peacemaking attitudes, values, and skills.
| Talicor/Aristoplay http://talicor.com |
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- 800-433-GAME
Creative and cooperative games.
| Teaching Tolerance http://www.tolerance.org/ Ages: 0-Adult |
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- Sponsored by the Southern Law Poverty Center, this site is a treasure trove for educators and parents. Its free (to educators) semi-annual magazine (Teaching Tolerance) and excellent teaching resource packets offer the best in ideas to help us all get along. Check out their resource list of curricular materials for all grades. www.tolerance.org/teach/resources/index.jsp
| Treasury of Celebrations: Create Celebrations that Reflect Your Values and Don't Cost the Earth Pogue, Carolyn, comp 1997 288 p. Ages: 18-Adult |
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- Realistic ideas for bringing the soul back into family celebrations, national holidays, and other like occasions, making the necessary rites of passage more meaningful than expensive. Includes information about New Year's Day, Valentine's Day, Purim, Easter, Halloween, Thanksgiving, birthdays, Bar/Bat Mitzvahs, graduations, weddings and other days. The ideas in the book are useful enough to be applicable to a wider range of days than those listed.
| Treasury of Celebrations: Create Celebrations that Reflect Your Values and Don’t Cost the Earth Pogue, Carolyn 1997 288 p ISBN: 1551450887 |
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- Ideas for celebrating in more fulfilling, just, and joyful ways. Addresses weddings, birthdays, funerals, Christmas, Hanukkah, and many other holidays and rites of passage.
| Unplug the Christmas Machine. Rev. ed. Robinson, Jo, and Jean Coppock Staeheli. 1991 207 p. Ages: 18-Adult ISBN: 0688109616 |
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- This book continues to offer timely and essential help to anyone wishing to slow down and re-focus the holiday season. The authors speak to questions such as: "How can I reduce the stress of preparing for Christmas?" "How can I make our celebration more spiritual and less materialistic?" and "How can I help my children see that Christmas is more than just presents?"
| A Volcano in My Tummy: Helping Children to Handle Anger: A Resource Book for Parents, Caregivers and Teachers Whitehouse, Elaine and Warwick Pudney 1996 80 p. ISBN: 0865713499 |
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- This resource book for parents and teachers has stories and activities to help 6 to 15-year-old children see their anger and figure out what to do with it.
| Who's Calling the Shots?: How to Respond Effectively to Children's Fascination with War Play and War Toys. Carlsson-Paige, Nancy and Diane Levin. 1990 185 p. Ages: 18-Adult ISBN: 0865711658 |
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- Looks specifically at the current culture in terms of marketing and play, with suggestions of ways to work with war toys and play, as well as sexist play.
| Win-Win Games for All Ages: Cooperative Activities for Building Social Skills Luvmour, Josette and Ba 2002 125 p. Ages: 18-Adult ISBN: 086571441X | 
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- Designed for use with groups of children or adults, offering ways to hear values, demonstrate skills, and express oneself in safety.
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