Filled with real-life examples and simple, effective tools. The tested, proven, and commonsense tips come from parents who learned firsthand while raising their seven children to have values, morals and the ability to make the right choices.
Brent and Phelecia Hatch started their married life almost 30 years ago, and have raised seven children. As popular workshop presenters and the authors of the national best-selling book, Raising a G-Rated Family in an X-Rated World, Brent and Phelecia have shared their tips and tools, helping thousands of parents to connect with their kids and to have fun in the process. They were honored as the National Parents of the Year in 2001 and the Hatches and their children have been featured in newspaper and magazine articles and TV and radio programs around the world, including MSNBC, Fox News, Good Morning America, Dr. Phil, and the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. The culmination of much of what they have learned and shared. The Hug Project: The Secret to Raising Connected Families offers parents the most positive, productive, easy-to-implement tools for instilling confidence, caring and kindness in their kids.
aWhether you are a new stay-at-home mom or dad, or just finding the job a difficult one, read this book. Youall find yourself relating, youall find humor in certain situations and when youare done, youall find yourself having a whole new outlook and strength for what you do.a aRichard Knerr, Co-founder of Wham-o, Inc., and originator of the Frisbee and Hula-Hoop. aThe most rewarding job you can have is a homemaker, and the best teachers that we have are our mothers. Diana Register has brought back whatas really important. Keep up the good work.a aBrent and Phelecia Hatch, 2001 California Parents of the Year, and authors of Raising a G-Rated Family in an X-Rated World.
Strengthen programs of family and community engagement to promote equity and increase student success! When schools, families, and communities collaborate and share responsibility for students′ education, more students succeed in school. Based on 30 years of research and fieldwork, the fourth edition of the bestseller School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Your Handbook for Action, presents tools and guidelines to help develop more effective and more equitable programs of family and community engagement. Written by a team of well-known experts, it provides a theory and framework of six types of involvement for action; up-to-date research on school, family, and community collaboration; and new materials for professional development and on-going technical assistance. Readers also will find: Examples of best practices on the six types of involvement from preschools, and elementary, middle, and high schools Checklists, templates, and evaluations to plan goal-linked partnership programs and assess progress CD-ROM with slides and notes for two presentations: A new awareness session to orient colleagues on the major components of a research-based partnership program, and a full One-Day Team Training Workshop to prepare school teams to develop their partnership programs. As a foundational text, this handbook demonstrates a proven approach to implement and sustain inclusive, goal-linked programs of partnership. It shows how a good partnership program is an essential component of good school organization and school improvement for student success. This book will help every district and all schools strengthen and continually improve their programs of family and community engagement.
Radcliffe shows parents how to eliminate yelling, criticism, and other unpleasant communications and foster a family-wide atmosphere of cooperation, closeness, love, and respect.