The natural child parenting from the heart

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FOREWORD BY PEGGY O'MARA ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION PARENTING WITH EMPATHY AND TRUST "Getting It" About Children The Importance of Empathic Parenting Nature or Nurture? Tough Love Confessions of a Proud Mom Memories of a Loving Father LIVING WITH A BABY A Baby Cries: How Should Parents Respond? Ten Reasons to Respond to a Crying Child Siblings Arrive All at Once Lonely Cages Ten Ways to Grow a Happy Child LIVING WITH CHILDREN Ten Ways We Misunderstand Children Ten Tips for Shopping With Children When a Child has a Tantrum The Hidden Messages We Give Our Children Ten Tips for Finding a Medical Professional for Your Child Natural Grandparenting GUIDING CHILDREN The Parenting Golden Rule The "Magic Words" Must be Spoken from the Heart The Trouble with Rewards Praising our Children: Manipulation or Celebration? It Shouldn't Hurt to be a Child "I Was Spanked and I'm Fine!" The Dangers of Holding Therapy Ten Alternatives to Punishment HELPING CHILDREN LEARN Nurturing Children's Natural Love of Learning When does Guidance become Manipulation? School Grades: Helpful or Harmful? Should Homeschoolers be Tested? "Learning Disability": A Rose by Another Name Is "I Love Lucy" Educational? ADVOCATING FOR CHILDREN Is There Room for Children in our Society? Intervening on Behalf of a Child in a Public Place Intervention can Save Lives Age Discrimination Harms Young and Old Alike The Kids' Project: Breaking the Cycle of Abuse CONCLUSION ENDNOTES ABOUT THE AUTHOR