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Siblings – your guide to positive parenting and how tohandle sibling rivalry and jealousy. Here is the essential parenting book whichwill guide you to calmer, easier, happier parenting and help you raise siblingswithout rivalry. Clinical psychologist Linda Blair takes apositive approach to this subject – instead of trying to eliminate the naturalrivalry that occurs or striving for an unrealistic idyll of a calm,non-confrontational household, she teaches parents how to use siblinginteractions to build emotional intelligence and good social skills. Through aframework of core principles, Linda guides you through potential issues towardsparenting without power struggles and raising happy children. Find out how to: Manage thepowerful effect of the age gap and birth order Deal withdisagreements and stop arguments Alleviatecompetition and jealousy Encouragecommunication and cooperation How to introducestep-siblings Set your childrenup for strong, lifelong relationships Siblings turns sibling rivalry on its head offering parents apractical positive approach to bringing up children and teenagers andunderstanding the relationships into adulthood. Thisessential guide to positive parenting will show you how to handle siblingrivalry to create lifelong loving bonds. ‘Theparenting handbook I've been looking for - this book is long overdue’Victoria Harper,TheTelegraph ‘I lovethis book. It's essential reading for siblings and for anyone who has to dealwith siblings.'Cathy Rentzenbrink,The Last Act of Love

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Parenting is probably the biggest challenge any of us will face, and yet nobody has delivered the perfect formula to us help us out. Recognising this, clinical psychologist and parenting expert Linda Blair provides an easy to follow guide to parenting that is easily adaptable to individual circumstances. In THE HAPPY CHILD, Blair divides childhood into three stages of development: infancy, preschool and starting school. She concentrates on your child's psychological development and how to raise a happy, well adjusted child, as well as providing practical advice and addressing common problems which may arise. This is a book which both provides parenting guidelines as well as encouraging parents to trust their own instincts, and above all does not underestimate the challenges parents face. The foreword is by Ellen Winner, professor of child psychology at Boston College, specialising in gifted children and author of GIFTED CHILDREN (Basic Books).

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Why are levels of anxiety and stress rising faster than ever before? Why has no one come up with a solution that offers true and lasting relief? Why has no one found the key to calm? Based on Linda Blair's years of experience as a clinical psychologist, this book not only answers these questions, but offers solutions to achieve calm and serenity in our everyday life. In five simple and effective steps we learn to:Stop, Look and Listen - Stop reacting to what's going on 'without', and regain inner balance and focus.Take Care of Your Best Asset - The best way to adapt to change and solve new problems is to start with the healthiest body and mind possible.Know Yourself - Discover your talents and possibilities, and learn how to use them to best advantage.Simplify - Streamline your life so you have the time and energy not only to cope more effectively with everyday life, but also to embrace new challenges.Reach Out - Understand the benefits of connecting socially, and learn to do so in a way that ensures a sense of safety and meaning.Linda Blair's proven programme will teach you how to find the balance, purpose and tranquillity you seek and enable you to find calm.

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On the basis of over 25 years' clinical experience and psychological research, Linda Blair reveals how your birth order position, as well as the spacing between you and your siblings and the sex of your siblings, impact your childhood, your adult life and your relationships.Packed with new research and written in a lively, personal style, Birth Order will inform and intrigue. By reading this unique book you will quickly understand yourself, your family and your partner better. It will also shed light on the dynamics of your other relationships, explain why you may repeat patterns within relationships, and suggest helpful strategies for dealing with other people. Chapters cover birth order and what being the eldest, middle, or youngest child reveals about you, the effect of large or small age gaps between you and your siblings, family size, the sex of your siblings, parental attitudes to each child, being an only child, being a twin, the impact of step-siblings, and much more.

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