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This digital document is an article from Skin & Allergy News, published by International Medical News Group on June 1, 2003. The length of the article is 650 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Teach patients to share medical issues with family. (Secrets vs. Privacy).
Author: Steve Perlstein
Publication: Skin & Allergy News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 1, 2003
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 34Issue: 6Page: 42(1)

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This digital document is an article from Clinical Psychiatry News, published by International Medical News Group on May 1, 2003. The length of the article is 485 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Teach patients to share medical issues with family, friends. (Secrecy vs. Privacy).
Author: Steve Perlstein
Publication: Clinical Psychiatry News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 1, 2003
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 31Issue: 5Page: 54(1)

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This digital document is an article from Childhood Education, published by Association for Childhood Education International on June 22, 1993. The length of the article is 1732 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: Teachers should be aware of the importance of moral and social development among children. These critical aspects in education should be addressed and promoted within the classrom environment. The use of punishments such as 'time out' practices can be used in the formation of moral consciousness by helping children choose between right and wrong. However, such practices are not effective in fostering social development and awareness. It is imperative for teachers to modify the environment to provide social and moral learning through activities such as reading, writing and social interaction.

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Title: Taking time to teach social skills. (Issues in Education)
Author: Sandra J. Stone
Publication: Childhood Education (Refereed)
Date: June 22, 1993
Publisher: Association for Childhood Education International
Volume: v69Issue: n4Page: p194(2)

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This digital document is an article from Exceptional Children, published by Council for Exceptional Children on October 1, 1990. The length of the article is 4155 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Special education and the process of change: victim or master of educational reform? (Special Issue: Enhancing the Education of Difficult-to-Teach Students in the Mainstream: Federally-Sponsored Research)
Author: Martin J. Kaufman
Publication: Exceptional Children (Refereed)
Date: October 1, 1990
Publisher: Council for Exceptional Children
Volume: v57Issue: n2Page: p109(7)

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This digital document is an article from Exceptional Children, published by Council for Exceptional Children on October 1, 1990. The length of the article is 4206 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Making educational research more important. (Special Issue: Enhancing the Education of Difficult-to-Teach Students in the Mainstream: Federally-Sponsored Research)
Author: Douglas Fuchs
Publication: Exceptional Children (Refereed)
Date: October 1, 1990
Publisher: Council for Exceptional Children
Volume: v57Issue: n2Page: p102(6)

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Title: Developing a fitness to teach policy to address retention issues in teacher education.
Author: Blanche Desjean-Perrotta
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Date: September 22, 2006
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Volume: 83Issue: 1Page: 23(6)

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Title: Narrowing the gap between policy and practice. (Special Issue: Enhancing the Education of Difficult-to-Teach Students in the Mainstream: Federally-Sponsored Research)
Author: Barbara K. Keogh
Publication: Exceptional Children (Refereed)
Date: October 1, 1990
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A father helps his sons become men.
The book is basically the account of a camping trip this author took with his oldest son. During the trip, they discuss anything regarding becoming a man. Each has prepared a list of topics. It wasn't just about the bird& bees either. I wish I had a similiar opportunity growing up, and planto offer something like it to my son. A very enjoyable, insightful read. ... Read more

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Party Princess
A wonderful book and part of a wonderful children's series! Dr. Braver helps parents teach their children well in a fun and creative way through her books. Children will also benefit and learn moral values from this fun series of books as well.

A positive and uplifting book with a meaningful and relevant moral
Writte specifically for children ages 4 to 8 by practicing child and adolescent psychiatrist Vania Braver and enhanced with the lively and entertaining illustrations of Cary Pillo, Party Princess is the newest addition to the "Teach Your Children Well" series from Child & Family Press. Party Princess is the story of young Madison, who wants to look extra beautiful for her big birthday party. But an accident with nail polish leaves terrible stains on her gorgeous dress! She feels terrible for a while, then finds a way to make herself feel better - by sharing a treasured gift with her best friend. The wisdom that she learns is "Beauty comes from the heart. You should feel good about yourself... especially when you realize that real beauty is what's on the inside of a person, not the outside." A positive and uplifting book with a meaningful and relevant moral, especially in today's appearance and fashion-driven world.

A Gem of a Book!
I'm an elementary school teacher and read this book to my class a few weeks ago. The kids loved this book, even the boys!They are still talking about it. They already knew the characters from Pinky Promise. There were so many great points to discuss afterwards. I used some of the activity sheets and teacher's guide from the author's website which were helpful. The illustrations are well done and compliment the book nicely. I highly recommend this book!

Party Princess is Superb!
The story is warm, sweet and simply wonderful!!! Dr. Braver (visit www.drvanitabraver.com) captures the magic of story telling, accompanied by beautiful, whimsical illustrations. My children love the first book, "Pinky Promise". I look forward to collecting the entire "Teach Your Children Well" series.I'm sure all the books will be treasured for years to come!"

Princess Learns Beauty's True Source
Dr. Vanita Braver knows that it is difficult to teach our children well.

For starters, she's a child psychiatrist who is the psychiatric medical director of the residential treatment center Bonnie Brae. She's also a mother.

She took much of what she learned in both roles to create her series Teach Your Children Well. The second book in that series, Party Princess,released in April 2005, is a book that features 6-year-old Madison and the lessons she is learning about morals.

Party Princess opens with Madison getting ready for a big day. She's put on a lovely pink dress and is thrilled with how beautiful she feels. As she welcomes her best friend Emily as the first guest at her birthday party, she decides that some of her mom's makeup would make her look even more the role of a party princess. Only like most 6-year-olds, she isn't quite coordinated enough to put on make-up without making a huge mess-including spilling sparkly red nail polish all over the bathroom counter and her dress.

At this point in the story, many parents are nodding their hands and ready to jump up and tell their stories about times that they as a child or their own children have done something similar. It is this familiarity that Braver strives for-putting her protagonist into realistic situations that both parents and children can relate to.

What might be less common is the response of the mother. While she is obviously frustrated and shares her disappointment with Madison, she doesn't yell, she doesn't punish, and she doesn't make Madison feel worse than she already does. Instead, she just sends her to change out of the beloved party dress into something less desirable, but not smattered with nail polish.

Throughout much of the rest of the party, Madison sulks. While her mother may not have yelled at her, Madison feels her disappointment pretty keenly and feels guilty about her misbehavior and unhappy with the consequence of not getting to wear the pretty clothes that she had so carefully dressed herself in.

Her mood is only restored after opening a present and getting the opportunity to make Emily feel good-an opportunity that she takes advantage of to the approval of her mother and the delight of her friend. At bedtime that night, she and her mom talk about the makeup incident and her mom reminds her that she is never to touch the makeup without permission. She also reinforces that Madison is pretty without makeup-that she is beautiful because of the spirit within her. Madison reflects on the day and said that she felt far better about sharing with Emily than she did about wearing her party dress.

As a woman who dislikes the pervasiveness of makeup and the message from the beauty industry and media that we must change ourselves in order to be beautiful, I found a lot of appeal in this short picture book. Madison discovers on her own that she feels a lot better from being a beautiful person than she feels from simply looking beautiful. She also discovers that efforts to beautify oneself physically can backfire and leave one looking ridiculous, wiping out all the time invested.

A device that Braver uses in both books are the appearance of Madison's stuffed animals. Wisdom the Owl, Honesty the Bear, Hope the Bluebird, and Courage the Lion all are good friends to Madison the way stuffed animals are to children. For the adult reader, their presence can seem a bit of overkill. However, our children are less jaded and the target audience of four to eight-year-olds will appreciate the presence of listening companions who seemingly whisper in Madison's ear as she drifts off to sleep, helping her to process the day's events and what's she learned from them.

Cary Pillo is the illustrator and she uses bright happy colors throughout the books. She does an excellent job of painting pictures that seem alive with both motion and emotions. She paints some of the most infectious smiles I've seen in picture books.

The book is published by the Child & Family Press, an imprint of the Child Welfare League of America. They are a publishing house who dedicate all of the proceeds from sale of their books to supporting CWLA's programs for children and families.

I always approach morality stories for children with a bit of trepidation. They too often fall into the category of being too didactic or absent of any sort of dramatic conflict whatsoever. Thankfully, Braver manages to avoid these traps. Party Princess is successful on two levels. First, it has a charming story for children that addresses the importance of self-esteem and developing an inner beauty. Second, it provides a good model for parents on how to respond to those frustrating situations-including a model on when to step back and let the child work out the problem.

Party Princess is the second book in the series. The first one is Pinky Promise. The third one is due out in April 2006.



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Title: Imperfect supermom: TV personality and cancer awareness advocate Rene Syler teaches mothers how to live for their families without driving themselves mad.(WOMEN'S HEALTH)
Author: Sekou Writes
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Date: October 1, 2007
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Title: Nurturing a nature lover: we want to teach our kids to respect the environment. But are we giving children more reasons to fear the earth than to love it?(a child's world)
Author: Andrea Friederici Ross
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Date: May 1, 2005
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Title: Let her teach you.(DAD'S DESK)(fathers and daughters)
Author: Joe Kelly
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Date: November 1, 2005
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Title: Teach her to make a better world.(Let's Talk)
Author: Anne O'Connor
Publication: Daughters (Newsletter)
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Outstanding
I must admit I have heard many of these authors speak on numerousoccassions.They are not only powerful, but they are great role models.Iwould like any of them to be an influnence in the lives of any children Imay have.This book is a must have for any professional working to empowerteens to be all they can be. ... Read more

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Fatherhood is Forever
This is not a study of Proverbs but a study of Christian fatherhood issues for men who have chosen or considering that worldview. In that case FFF would be a great tool for a young men's discipleship study or a father - son study. A hardback copy would be an excellent gift idea. The book is filled with fun, colorful illustrations that make reading easy. The author deals with the usual social ills of words, sex, temper, alcohol, money, work and friends. The strategy of the outline should not be overlooked: What is fatherhood? What are the issues? What will you do? As a father, leader and discipler of four (now seven) children and grandfather of five, this will certainly be a top shelf reference in my library. Men who understand and are in the game should strongly consider this book. If the cover picture doesn't hook you, don't buy it. ... Read more

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Differentiated instruction-matching just-right instruction to the needs of each learner-is a powerful and effective way to help all students be successful. In this resource, reading expert, Laura Robb, invites you into her classroom so you can see differentiated reading instruction in action. She shows you how to teach and manage whole-class reading where each student reads a different book, provide targeted support while working with small-groups, build comprehension through student-centered journal writing, and tier assignments to maximize the learning potential of each student. Includes lessons, strategies, assessment ideas, management tips, and samples of student work.For use with Grades 5 & Up. ... Read more

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A Must Have for all Teachers!
Laura Robb's book is a tremendous and indispensable tool in the classroom. Robb gives clear examples and personal experiences from real classrooms of how differentiation (teaching different students at different levels using a variety of reading material and assignments)can and must be considered first and foremost as teachers develop and implement lessons.
Robb's passion for teaching shines in this book as she describes her teaching adventures.As found on page 66 of the book, Robb writes, as a student connects to the lesson, "Wow! I thought to myself and mentally waltzed around the room.Yes, these students got it!"This inspirational writing generates excitement for all teachers and creates the desire to go into the classroom and try it out for themselves so they too may "waltz" through their classrooms engaging each and every one of their students! ... Read more

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Five-year-old Madison didn't mean to break the camera, but she didn't want to get in trouble either. So when her mom asked what happened, Madison lied. With the help of her parents, Madison learns the importance of telling the truth. ... Read more

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Disappointed -
The story is cute no doubt, but I was disappointed in the content. The story does nothing to teach a child WHY it is wrong to lie. It merely gives a scenario of what happened in this particular situation with this particular child. The little girl in Pinky Promise felt guilty about telling a lie and she confessed on her own, but there are a number of children who lie as easily as they breath and they feel no remorse for it. This book will teach nothing to children like that.

I actually felt cheated out of my $7.95 - I will continue to look for a book that does a better job of explaining why it is morally wrong to lie to other people.

Wonderful teaching tool!
I purchased this book because I was having a difficult time explaining to my daughter, who is 6, exactly what the word lying meant.She was adopted from China at the age of 4, and while she is doing very well with English, she still gets confused on occasion with different terms, phrases, etc.This book was perfect!!!I also have a five year old daughter.It was amazing because the girls' names in the book were the same names as my daughters!Yes, the girls loved that.The book was short, sweet and to the point.It keeps your child's interest and is a story they will enjoy reading over and over again.

Pinky Promise
A great book to share with your little ones - my 3 year old and I started "pinkies honor" or "pinkies promise" and this helps explain the concept of telling the truth.Great book, great photos, and easy to read and understand for the little ones!

Little Madison learns how much better it feels to be honest
Pinky Promise finds that while five-year-old Madison didn't mean to break the camera, she still didn't want to get in trouble for it, so she lied when her mom asked what happened. But then she began to feel guilty, her stomach hurts and she can't eat. But with the help of her parents and her favorite stuffed bear, little Madison learns how much better it feels to be honest.

ChildPsychiatristhas created a"MUST READ" Series!
"Pinky Promise" is Vanita Braver MD'sfirst children's book in thenine picture book "Teach Your Children Well" series. The series entertains and reassures children that they are loved and supported as they undergo impish real-life crises, and in addition--no small feat in itself--helps parents model their own mature responses to their children's mischief. The stories are sweetly amusing as adventures, but educational too as illustrations of the dilemmas and temptations that are part of every child's day. What is especially wise and consoling is the author's emphasis that moral trouble and moral redemption are not abstract commandments but aspects of living,intimate relationships. By placing human devotion and honesty at the center of ethical dramas, this series helps readers open their hearts to greater communication and trust between parent and child.
Elizabeth Berger,M.D.
Author, Raising Children With Character
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All Things Equal brings new light to the roles of women and men in the home and in ministry. This book can change your marriage and your life forever! ... Read more

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Open your mind and heart before you open this book!
All Things Equal is a mind-blower if you are narrow minded and stodgy in your sacred "religious" beliefs. Author Kim Wilson's obvious love of God and passion for scriptural truth, combined with her scholarly biblical documentation and exceptional writing skills make this book a must-read for any couple seeking divine guidance in their lives. She takes the non-traditional Christian viewpoint and stance that the husband and wife are equal and one in their relationship with God and each other. The old "the man is the head of the house, and the wife shall serve him well" adage is thoroughly and convincingly debunked astruly NOT BIBLICAL! A bold undertaking indeed, and very well done, I must say.

I enjoyed the book thoroughly, and even read it through a second time. I would think it would make a good manual to keep in the home library to reference whenever those inevitable domestic conflicts occur and two people who are in love with each other and God need a bit of counsel to know the right way to move forward in His Way. This is really good God stuff!

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