This special three-book bundle collects sage advice and guidance for today’s parent struggling to keep up in a rapidly-changing world. Two titles by Michael Reist discuss education; school is our children’s second home. They will spend more time there than anywhere else in their formative years. We all need to talk honestly about the nature of this environment. <i>What Every Parent Should Know About School</i> is an honest, positive, thought-provoking look at what schools are today...
An inside look at what our schools are like today and practical advice for navigating the educational system. School is our children’s second home. They will spend more time there than anywhere else in their formative years. We all need to talk honestly about the nature of this environment, how it works, and how it doesn’t work. Our kids are depending on us to create a school system where they can learn as well as feel happy. The more we know about how school works, the better we will be able to...
Raising emotionally healthy children is not just about what we need to do , but what we need to avoid doing. We all know that repressing our feelings can be damaging, and that emotional repression is an especially prevalent issue among males. From a very young age, boys are socialized to hide their emotions. Girls, on the other hand, are encouraged to learn a much broader range of emotional expression. The long-term repercussions of this imbalance are profound. Many of the problems we face,...
Wie leiht man in Peking kostenlos Fahrräder? Was passiert, wenn ein Westler versucht, sich den lokalen Gepflogenheiten anzupassen? Und wie bekommt man in China, was man möchte – zum Beispiel einen kleinen Melonensmoothie? Hundert Tage lang erkundet Mike das Reich der Mitte und lernt dort Mandarin, QiGong, hartnäckiges Verhandeln und einiges über die chinesischen Sitten. Er schreibt jeden Tag einen Tagebucheintrag von exakt hundert Wörtern. Darin berichtet er von skurrilen und...
