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College Without High School
A TeenagerÂ’s Guide to Skipping High School and Going to College
by Blake Boles

High school can be boring. High school curriculum can be frustrating and out of touch.
So what is the answer for young people whose creativity, bright ideas, and boundless energy are being stifled in that over-scheduled and grade-driven environment?
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The Green Teen
The Eco-Friendly Teen's Guide to Saving the Planet
by Jenn Savedge

Today's teenagers are standing at the crossroads of environmental history. Global warming will fundamentally change the world as they know it within their lifetime. But how to keep their healthy environmental awareness from becoming environmental …
related subjects: Sustainable Living

Becoming the Kind Father
A Son's Journey
by Calvin Sandborn

The macho society that held John Wayne as a role model has created an emotional wasteland where eighty percent of men are unable to accurately express their feelings, and where that same percentage feel estranged from their fathers. The stifled …
related subjects: Sustainable Living

Everyone Wins!
Cooperative Games and Activities
by Josette and Ba Luvmour

This new edition of the best-selling Parent Choice Award winner Everyone Wins! is a handbook of more than 150 cooperative games and activities for enhancing conflict resolution and communication skills and building self-esteem. Encouraging …
related subjects: Education & Parenting

EcoKids
Raising Children Who Care for the Earth
by Dan Chiras

To forge a sustainable future, we need citizens who care for the Earth. We need citizens who understand that planet care is the ultimate form of self-care. But we also need generations who live according to their values and convictions and who can …
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Above All Be Kind
Raising a Humane Child in Challenging Times
by Zoe Weil

Above All, Be Kind teaches parents how to raise their children to be humane in the broadest sense -- to become not only more compassionate in their interactions with family and friends, but to grow up to make life choices that demonstrate respect …
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Win-Win Games for All Ages
Cooperative Activities for Building Social Skills
by Sambhava

Together Sambhava and Josette Luvmour created and developed Natural Learning Rhythms-a family-oriented approach to human development. They are co-founders of EnCompass, the first holistic learning center for the whole family. Their previous titles …
related subjects: Education & Parenting

The Natural Child
Parenting from the Heart
by Jan Hunt
foreword by Peggy O'Mara

The Natural Child makes a compelling case for a return to attachment parenting, a child-rearing approach that has come naturally for parents throughout most of human history. In this insightful guide, parenting specialist Jan Hunt links together …
related subjects: Education & Parenting