Helping you help others

Helping you help others.

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2100 Series
Parenting

Raising good kids has never been easy – and the challenges and stresses facing parents are as great as ever. LSE’s parenting booklets have been used by teachers, counselors, clergy, and individuals in both seminar and individual settings to help parents make decisions and take actions that improve the health and well-being of their family. (See also Personal Improvement, Family Life & Issues, and Domestic Violence.)

2102 Your Kids and Substance Abuse: The Time to Talk is Now! Explores why kids experiment with drugs, including the drug alcohol. Provides strategies to improve communication and talk to kids who “know it all.”	2104 Parents & Divorce: Helping Your Children Cope Divorcing parents end a marriage; their children may see it as ending their way of life. Helps parents help their kids live with and grow from divorce.	2105 Talking with Children: Guidelines for Effective Communication “You’re not listening!” Kids are better listeners when they’re helped to be better talkers. Practical advice that demonstrates how parents who listen to children have children who listen to their parents.
2106 Childhood Stress: A Guide for Caring Adults Stress isn’t just a fact of adult life. Checklist of common causes and symptoms of childhood stress. Constructive advice on helping children deal with their feelings.	2107 Choosing Good Childcare: Making the Best Match or You and Your Child Practical information on the available options. How to locate, evaluate, and choose the right program for you and your child.	2108 After School options: **Are They Ready to Be On Their Own?** Self-care can be a safe, practical, and positive choice. Helps parents prepare themselves and their children so everyone can look forward to “home alone” with confidence.
2109 Step-Parenting: Starting Over, Family Style The high failure rate of second marriages with children reflects the challenges such families face. Provides guidance to adults contemplating or beginning the stepfamily experience.	2110 A Parents’ Guide to Growing Self-Esteem Addictions, violence, delinquency, school failure are some of the problems laid at the door of children’s poor self-esteem. Helps parents help their kids feel good about themselves and their world.	2111 Raising Smart Kids: Making the Most of Your Child’s Potential Kids are born with individual strengths, and the wise parent uses every opportunity to develop them. Offers suggestions for helping each child to reach his or her potential at home and at school, with an emphasis on emotional health and self-esteem.
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2112 Your Child’s Behavior and You: The Challenge of Successful Discipline Parents say the most difficult part of parenting is discipline. A summary of the common approaches to discipline; what works, what doesn’t, and what’s most likely to help parents reach their goal of raising good, responsible kids.		2113 Coping with Family Stress: Resolving Conflicts When Parents & Kids Disagree Conflict in families is inevitable, but some of its more dire results are not. Teaches win-win conflict resolution as a way of avoiding fighting, violence, estrangement, and family tension. Provides examples of positive conflict resolution.
2115 Living with Your Teenager: A Parent’s Guide to Adolescence “You just don’t understand!” Adolescence is a confusing time - for kids and their parents. Describes the physical and emotional changes young teens experience; provides tips for parents on how best to support their child, as well as insights on how to promote better understanding and communication.	2114 A Parent’s Guide to Attention Deficit Disorder Children who have “behavior problems” are often unruly, difficult to teach, and difficult to live with. A basic resource for parents who want to understand ADD, recognize its symptoms, and find out how they can help their child.
2118 Are Your Kids Using Drugs? Helps parents identify the signs and symptoms of drug abuse; discusses various helpful and not-so-helpful approaches parents can take. Helps parents distinguish between normal adolescent ups and downs, and behavior that is cause for concern.	2119 Facing a Drug Problem: What to Do If Your Kids Are Using Drugs Admitting your child has a problem is often the most difficult step in helping him or her quit drug use. Outlines a practical course of action for change - what works and what doesn’t. Helps parents choose a treatment program appropriate for their child.	2120 Teaching Values: What Today’s Kids Need from Their Parents Helps parents address the goal of raising kids to have positive values. Discusses how values are learned, and how parents can help their children resist negative influences while strengthening their own values system and character.
2121 Money Matters: Teaching Kids to Manage Money Is an allowance a paycheck for chores completed, or simply a gift? Who pays for the new bike, or the expensive brand of basketball shoes? Helps parents assess their own values about money, and determine how to put that into practice.	2122 Success in School: How to Motivate Your Child to Succeed in School Few issues arouse as much anxiety as concerns over school success. When problems arise, parents often blame themselves, their child, or the teachers. Helps parents sympathize with the stresses of adolescence, identify possible causes of school difficulties, and offers suggestions on how best to motivate a child.	2124 Parenting a Child with Special Needs Parenting a child with special needs can be a complicated and exhausting process. Discusses ways in which parents can care for themselves and each other, so that they can better care for their child.
2126 Growing Up Fast: You and Your Toddler A guide to child development from 18 months to 3 years, an exciting and critical period of rapid mental, emotional, and social growth. Practical guidelines on understanding how and why toddlers think, act, and feel as they do, plus information to help make a safe and happy transition from babyhood to childhood.	2127 The Grieving Child: Helping Children Cope with Loss Death is a natural and inevitable part of life, yet too often people with good intentions try to ‘protect’ children from it, thus denying them the chance to work through and get beyond their grief. This helpful pamphlet provides insights and practical information for parents and other concerned adults who want to help children come to terms with loss.	Is your professional organization hosting a conference or workshop? Let LSE help! We would be happy to provide complimentary catalogues and samples to qualifying organizations. If you have a special request or requirement, please call us to discuss them. To reach us just click.