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Pregnancy offers its share of unique health problems for the expectant mother. That's why the experts at The National Parenting Center have collected some guidelines to make the mom-to-be's life a little more bearable.

As the expectant mother's due date draws near, there's more to consider than just having a bag packed and a route mapped to the hospital. The experts at The National Parenting Center want you to be well-informed about delivery methods and different types of labor such as premature labor, false labor, and, of course, the real thing.

Toilet training is one of the most important processes any child goes through, so it's important to handle it correctly. Experts from The National Parenting Center advise that when the appropriate time for training comes, you should make it fun from the beginning. There are specific steps to follow to teach bladder and bowel control. Finally, you'll hear advice on dealing with a child's stubbornness, and whether or not rewards really work. Please note: This is a live speech recording.

Medical issues for toddlers are often more complex than the occasional skinned knee. The National Parenting Center helps you understand all kinds of childhood illnesses from the most minor to more serious. Its experts will give you advice on common childhood problems, including treating diarrhea, fever, ear infections, and much more.

During the teen years the body goes through a number of changes. The experts at The National Parenting Center give valuable advice on handling issues like obesity and diet, tension headaches, leg cramping, fever blisters, diabetes, and even bed-wetting.

The experts from The National Parenting Center will help you understand teenage girls' unique health issues, including birth control, acne, fatigue, exercise, cholesterol, and the trouble with pierced ears. Menstruation and menstrual cramps are also discussed, as well as how to handle the teenage sun worshipper.

Become more informed about childhood illness with these helpful tips from The National Parenting Center. Its experts advise you on myths about fevers and give you advice on treating coughs and vomiting. They'll tell you when you should worry about colds and more serious situations, like fever with convulsions, or Lyme Disease, or croup.

Do you know your child's 9 needs? The love you have for your children can give them a foundation for life - provided you show it in the ways they need most. Using a child's language of love, you'll learn how to meet your child's 9 needs for security, play, affirmation, guidance, family, discipline, respect, independence, and hope. Elisa Morgan and Carol Kuykendall are president and vice president of communication ministries for MOPS International Inc, a Denver-based organization dedicated to nurturing mothers of preschoolers.

The experts at The National Parenting Center address a number of expectant mother topics, including nutrition and calorie intake, and sex during pregnancy.

All children need limits, and that means discipline. But it doesn't always have to mean spankings. One technique the National Parenting Center experts suggest is giving your child a "Time-Out." But what do you do when that doesn't work? When is it time to close a child's door, and what do you do if your child runs away, or bites, or throws a temper tantrum? Experts offer guidelines for meting out discipline with love.

Your baby's health care begins long before your baby is born. The experts from The National Parenting Center will help you make sure your child gets the proper care from the beginning. Learn about prenatal testing and what to expect throughout the pregnancy, including difficulties like nausea and vomiting in the first trimester.

In the hands of Sophocles, the master dramatist, the anguished tale of a man fated to kill his father and marry his mother retains its power to shock and move beyond any Freudian reference.

Parents and kids pitted against one another, opposing forces pulling in different directions, both determined to win! Every family experiences power struggles, but these daily tugs of war are not inevitable. In Kids, Parents, and Power Struggles, Mary Sheedy Kurcinka presents real strategies for getting to the root of the emotions and needs that can create daily hassles.

What makes children turn out the way they do? Why is it that good parents don't always turn out good kids? Judith Rich Harris questions the assumption that nurture is the crucial factor. Using examples from folklore, literature, and scientific research, Harris puts forth the electrifying theory that children aren't socialized by their parents, they're socialized by other children. It is what happens outside the home, while kids are in the company of their peers, that matters most.

Today's parents have been sold a bill of goods on so-called "quality time." They've been led to believe that children require constant attention. Psychologist John Rosemond knows that being a good parent is really about helping children get out of their lives! His easy-to-follow plan will start parents and children on the road to happiness and self-esteem.

In Lost Boys, Dr. Garbarino addresses the wide range of issues that boys from every background and of every temperament may have to confront as they grow and develop. By outlining the steps parents, teachers, and public officials can take to keep all children safer, Dr. Garbarino holds out hope and solutions for turning children away from violence - before it is too late.

In the indulgence of their egotistical ambitions and reckless whims, kings, conquerors and dictators have frequently presented a spectacle, sometimes comic but more often tragic in its results, that the authors have tried to bring back to life in this book. Here are living biographies of twenty famous rulers including: King Solomon, Caesar, Ivan the Terrible and more.

Difficult Conversations teaches you how to handle even the toughest conversations more effectively and with less anxiety. Based on 15 years of work at Harvard Negotiation Project and consultations with thousands of people, the authors answer the question: When people confront the conversations they dread the most, what works? Difficult Conversations walks you through a proven, concrete, step-by-step approach for understanding and conducting tough conversations.

All of us are familiar with the fairy tales of youth where the young hero and heroine fall in love, defeat their enemies, marry, and live happily ever after. The fairy tales gathered here are about what happens next, when the Prince goes bald and the Princess has a midlife crisis. They portray middle-aged men and women facing the special issues dealing with crisis, aging and mortality, and the desire for renewal.

In the 1960s Ram Dass was a Harvard professor who turned to Eastern religion to answer the questions troubling his generation. He shared his story in the landmark classic, Be Here Now, which instantly captured the spiritual longings of his contemporaries. In Still Here, Ram Dass once again brings understanding, common sense, and reassurance for those of us facing the final season of life.