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Mary Sheedy Kurcinka. (2000). Kids, Parents, and Power Struggles: Winning for a Lifetime. New York, NY: HarperCollins.
320 pages.Mary Sheedy Kurcinka presents a variety of strategies for getting to the root of the emotions and needs that can create daily tugs of war. She views power strugg;les as opportunities to help children develop emotional intelligence while teaching skills such as calming oneself, being assertive rather than aggressive, to solve problems, and to work cooperatively. She offers insights into normal growth patterns, the role of temperament and the need to respect our differences.
Dement, William. (1999). The Promise of Sleep: A Pioneer in Sleep Medicine Explores the Vital Connection Between Health, Happiness and a Good Night Sleep. New York, NY: Dell/Random House.
556 pages. Dr. William Dement, founder and director of the Stanford University Sleep Research Centre, shares decades of study of sleep science and shows how we have become a society which does not value sleep. He reveals the price we pay for ignoring sleep through heart disease, traffic-fatigue-related accidents, and other mental and psychological disadvantages. He provides a step-by-step program including self-tests to determine how much sleep we need, sleeping aids, research information about the immune system, insomnia, snoring, jet lag with information about sleep disorder clinics and useful web sites.
Rosenfeld, Alvin and Wise, Nicole. (2000). Hyper-Parenting: Are You Hurting Your Child by Trying Too Hard? New York, NY: St. Martin's Press.
256 pages. Even parents with the best of intentions strive to micromanage every detail of their kid's life and live in constant fear that their child will underperform academically, socially, or athletically. And in the process we often consume every last bit of our own time, money and energy. Child psychiatrist Alvin Rosenfeld and family-issues journalist Nicole Wise write about the issue in a clear and comforting style encouraging parents to relax, trust themselves, and bring a more joyful, spontaneous and loving approach to parenting. Related website: http://www.hyperparenting.com
Gallwey, W. Timothy. (2000). The Inner Game of Work. New York, NY: Random House.
231 pages. In this book, Gallwey brings the wisdom presented in his sports books The Inner Game of Tennis and The Inner Game of Golf to the workplace. He deals with inner obstacles such as fear of failure, resistance to change, procrastination, stagnation, doubt and boredom showing how to tap into our natural potential for learning, performance and enjoyment.
Maté, Gabor. (1999). Scattered Minds: A New Look at the Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder. Toronto, ON: Knopf Canada.
348 pages. Dr. Gabor Maté writes "from the inside" as a physician who himself has ADD, sharing his perspective from working with his ADD patients, his own personal experience with ADD, and from studying the new research on brain development. Maté presents a balanced and optimistic view on the subject, encouraging a holistic approach which includes medication when appropriate but placing more emphasis on the parent-child relationship in order to promote positive neurological development in response to changes in the environment.
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