Heather Shumaker

Parenting can be such an overwhelming job that it’s easy to lose track of where you stand on some of the more controversial subjects at the playground (What if my kid likes to rough house—isn’t this ok as long as no one gets hurt? And what if my kid just doesn’t feel like sharing?). In this inspiring and enlightening book, Heather Shumaker describes her quest to nail down “the rules” to raising smart, sensitive, and self-sufficient kids. Drawing on her own experiences as the mother of two small children, as well as on the work of child psychologists, pediatricians, educators and so on, in this book Shumaker gets to the heart of the matter on a host of important questions. Hint: many of the rules aren’t what you think they are! The “rules” in this book focus on the toddler and preschool years—an important time for laying the foundation for competent and compassionate older kids and then adults. Here are a few of the rules: • It’s OK if it’s not hurting people or property • Bombs, guns and bad guys allowed. • Boys can wear tutus. • Pictures don’t have to be pretty. • Paint off the paper! • Sex ed starts in preschool • Kids don’t have to say “Sorry.” • Love your kid’s lies. IT’S OK NOT TO SHARE is an essential resource for any parent hoping to avoid PLAYDATEGATE (i.e. your child’s behavior in a social interaction with another child clearly doesn’t meet with another parent’s approval)!

It's OK Not to Share and Other Renegade Rules for Raising Competent and Compassionate Kids

A charming, adventure-filled debut novel that’s perfect for fans of The Penderwicks series. Siblings Meg, Will, and Ariel Griffin are off on an adventure! They can’t wait to spend a week visiting their eccentric aunt and her giant, tongue-drooling Newfoundland dog in England. But when they finally arrive, they’re faced with a few local secrets that stir up more than a little trouble. Add in some very peculiar lights, strange new friends, a police chase and some stampeding sheep, and the Griffin kids are in over their heads—literally. Apparently this town has a ghost problem and the three children must race to solve the mystery before the ghosts take something that doesn’t belong to them.

The Griffins of Castle Cary

When it comes to parenting, sometimes you have to trust your gut. With her first book, It’s OK Not to Share, Heather Shumaker overturned all the conventional rules of parenting with her “renegade rules” for raising competent and compassionate kids. In It’s Ok To Go Up the Slide, Shumaker takes on new hot-button issues with renegade rules such as: - Recess Is A Right - It’s Ok Not To Kiss Grandma - Ban Homework in Elementary School - Safety Second - Don’t Force Participation Shumaker also offers broader guidance on how parents can control their own fears and move from an overscheduled life to one of more free play. Parenting can too often be reduced to shuttling kids between enrichment classes, but Shumaker challenges parents to reevaluate how they’re spending their precious family time. This book helps parents help their kids develop important life skills in an age-appropriate way. Most important, parents must model these skills, whether it’s technology use, confronting conflict, or coping emotionally with setbacks. Sometimes being a good parent means breaking all the rules.

Renegade Rules for Raising Confident and Creative Kids

It's OK to Go Up the Slide

Traducere și note de Dana Georgescu Atunci când avem copii și rolul de părinte ajunge să ne copleșească, instinctul ne spune să îi creștem așa cum am fost noi crescuți – este, la urma urmei, o soluție bună, la îndemână și verificată. Nu putem însă să nu recunoaștem că, pe măsură ce generațiile se schimbă, nici lumea nu rămâne aceeași, așa încât ceea ce era potrivit în copilăria noastră s-ar putea să nu mai aibă aceleași efecte astăzi. Este premisa de la care pornește excelenta carte a lui Heather Shumaker, care ne propune alternative inovatoare și curajoase la regulile arhicunoscute de creștere a copiilor, ținând totodată seama de lumea în care trăim și de problemele cărora trebuie să le facem față împreună. Iar prima dintre regulile așa-zis „rebele“ ale autoarei ne spune să nu încercăm să le schimbăm sau să le nesocotim copiilor sentimentele, ci să le ghidăm comportamentul. Copiii nu e musai: • să le facă pe plac adulților doar pentru că sunt adulți • să se joace „frumos“, fără să se murdărească • să-și împartă jucăriile cu ceilalți dacă nu simt nevoia să o facă • să-și ceară scuze chiar dacă n-au greșit • să fie întotdeauna cuminți „O schimbare binevenită după cărțile care ne sfătuiesc să-i ținem pe copii din scurt… Heather Shumaker ține seama de ceea ce au copiii nevoie cu adevărat.“ — LAWRENCE J. COHEN, autorul bestsellerului Rețete de jocuri

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