راهنمای بقا در خانه: استراتژی‌های آزمایش‌شده برای حفظ هوش، آرامش و ارتباط در زمان پرورش کودکان در خانه

Melissa Stanton's The Stay-at-Home Survival Guide is an all-encompassing, truth-telling how-to book that addresses the many practical and psychological issues facing stay-at-home moms today. How do you create time for yourself? Is there really time to do it all (feed the kids, keep them busy, clean the house, balance the checkbook, and take a shower)? How do you deal with the absence of the "professional you"? An invaluable resource for mothers, The Stay-at-Home Survival Guide includes interviews with stay-at-home moms, discussions with experts (family therapists, educators, medical specialists, career counselors), checklists to help you make the most of your time and keep you balanced, and Melissa Stanton's own experiences leaving a career as an editor for People magazine to become a stay-at-home mom herself.

have You Ever Struggled To Dislodge A Nostril-bound Cheerio While Navigating The Interstate At 70 Miles An Hour? Discovered Exactly How Many Renditions Of “row, Row, Row Your Boat” It Takes For You To Pull The Car To The Side Of The Road And Weep? Or Experienced Just What Happens When Your Miniature Traveling Companion Pulls The “manual Override” Lever On The Emergency Exit Door Of A Plane? You’re Not Alone. We All Have Memories Of A Hideous Yet Hilarious Family Trip.

now You Can Read About Some That Make Your Trip Look Like A Vacation With The Waltons.

edited By Sarah Franklin, how To Fit A Car Seat On A Camel Is An Anthology Of Outrageous Stories About The Inherent Misadventures That Revolve Around Traveling With Kids. Whether The Trip Is With Newborn Triplets Or With Moody Teens, A Road Trip To The Beach Or A European Vacation, Each Story Will Resonate With Parents Who Hit The Road Or The Tarmac With Kids In Tow.

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thirty-six Mothers, Mostly Professional Writers, Have Contributed Stories Of Travels With Children To This Volume. Sometimes Harrowing And Sometimes Heartwarming, The Pieces (all But Two Original To This Collection) Range From Typical Family Vacations To Barely Controlled Chaos To Trips Planned As Adventures From The Start. In From Absinthe To Zeitgeist, Adrienne St. John-delcroix Takes Her Teenaged Daughter To Brussels, And, Somehow, The Two End Up Roaming Europe With Her Daughter's Boyfriend. Susan Wolter Nettell Writes Hilariously Of A 12-hour Train Trip With Her Sister And Her Sister's Two-month-old Quadruplets. These Are Short Memories Of Specific Journeys, Without Tips Or Generalizations, Leaving Readers To Come To Their Own Opinions And Infer Any Travel Advice. While Each Piece Is Delightfully Entertaining, Some Revealing The Joy Of Family Trips, Others As Riveting As Horror Flicks, That All Of The Contributions Are By Women-and Mostly Work-at-home Authors At That-does Make The Collection Seem Somewhat Uniform; Some Male Authors And A Wider Range Of Perspectives Would Have Been Welcome. Suitable For Large Public Libraries.

Sex. After. Baby.

These three words are whispered by mothers everywhere who find themselves stumped and shocked by the state of their sex lives. Naughty Mommy Heidi Raykeil has been down that road and chronicles her experiences in her online column Sex in the Suburbs. Raykeil knows firsthand that there are still plenty of things our mothers (and friends, and doctors) don’t tell us about motherhood, but that every mother should know.

While the media continues to bombard us with images of sex everywhere we turn, the reality for married couples with children today is much different. Do-it-all-moms seem to be doing everything except IT. Raykeil is out to change that.

Confessions of a Naughty Mommy is a funny, honest, and sexy account of Raykeil’s search for her missing libido—lost in action after she gave birth to her daughter. She takes readers along on her journey from mystified and frustrated new mom through the bumpy awkwardness of reigniting the home fires during naptime and date night to a newfound discovery and appreciation of sex after baby. With humor, grit, and style, she shares what has worked for her and her husband, as they balance their dual roles of parents and lovers.

Sex. After. Baby. These three words are whispered by mothers everywhere who find themselves stumped and shocked by the state of their sex lives. Naughty Mommy Heidi Raykeil has been down that road and chronicles her experiences in her online column Sex in the Suburbs. Raykeil knows firsthand that there are still plenty of things our mothers (and friends, and doctors) don't tell us about motherhood, but that every mother should know. While the media continues to bombard us with images of sex everywhere we turn, the reality for married couples with children today is much different. Do-it-all-moms seem to be doing everything except IT. Raykeil is out to change that. Confessions of a Naughty Mommy is a funny, honest, and sexy account of Raykeil's search for her missing libido—lost in action after she gave birth to her daughter. She takes readers along on her journey from mystified and frustrated new mom through the bumpy awkwardness of reigniting the home fires during naptime and date night to a newfound discovery and appreciation of sex after baby. With humor, grit, and style, she shares what has worked for her and her husband, as they balance their dual roles of parents and lovers. Overdrive is a common physical and emotional state for women at various stages of their life whether they're in their 20s and starting a career, in their 30s and 40s trying to balance growing a family with work, or in their 50s and 60s caring for elderly parents, and seeking simplification as they age. Women in Overdrive takes a comprehensive look at the busy culture we live in and examines the ways in which women are not encouraged to relax or take time for themselves. Nora Isaacs identifies ways in which women of all ages can avoid the most common roads to burnout and offers suggestions for creating balance and simplifying even the busiest set of circumstances. A Gen Xer, Isaacs took her inspiration from her mother. She looked around and saw that women, though aging well, were not slowing down one bit. She started talking to women her age, her mother's age, and women in between. Ultimately, Isaacs shows women how to take care of themselves so that they'll remain active and take advantage of their body's natural resources, no matter what their age. The media, from Dr. Phil to the New York Times Magazine, is adamant that there is no love lost between working parents and those who stay home with their children, each fighting an ideological and economic war based on what they think is best for their children. Yet in reality, as Miriam Peskowitz powerfully discloses, parents dont want to fight one another at all; they simply want more options. Moreover, the very sides in this debate dont one third of all mothers work part-time, falling in the vast abyss between full-time careerist and at-home mommy. How does the corporate climate in America force women to claim either a career or a family at any given time? Are the choices women are makingto either adjust careers, "carousel" in and out of the workplace, or quit altogetherreally choices at all? And how do we expand the definition of productive worker to include an engaged parent? These questions and more are answered and explored in this moving and convincing treatise on the new-century collision between work and mothering.

Ayun Halliday's fourth book, Dirty Sugar Cookies, takes readers into the unpredictable mind and comical experiences of a true anti-foodie, giving even the most hopeless cooks a moment of relief from self-criticism, and the least discriminating eaters a reality check. Halliday started out a repressed picky eater without so much as a single fast-food-loving sibling to save her from the gourmet ambitions of a mother whose recipe for Far East Celery once received favorable mention in the Indianapolis Star. Her palate has since expanded to the degree that she'll fork down anything from chili-smothered insects that pass for an exotic destination's local delicacies to a peanut found wedged between the cushions of a theater seat.

From summer camp's unlimited Pop-Tarts to the post-coital breakfasts of a well-traveled actress-waitress and the frustrating payback of cooking for some finicky offspring of the author's own, Dirty Sugar Cookies is an omnivorous, hilarious chronicle of culinary awakening.

Teenagers: they roam in packs, mope silently in their rooms, sneak out, talk back, sneer, yell, roll their eyes, and think their parents just might be the dumbest creatures on Earth. Raising a teen is perhaps the most challenging phase of childrearing, a time when kids push every known hot button and wreak havoc with carefully thought-out parenting strategies. I Wanna Be Sedated brings a sense of humor and perspective to some of the deepest worries of parents. Joyce Maynard explores the house rules for boy-girl sleepovers in "The Girlfriend Sleeps Over," Dan Glick writes about drug dilemmas in "I Definitely Inhaled." Debra Gwartney speaks candidly about every parent's worst nightmare in "Runaway Daughter." And, Anna Quindlen reflects upon her rapidly emptying nest in "Flown Away, Left Behind." Featuring dynamic, top-caliber writing, this delightful collection speaks to the challenging, exhilarating, and occasionally mind-blowing task of parenting teenagers. Have you ever struggled to dislodge a nostril-bound Cheerio while navigating the interstate at 70 miles an hour? Discovered exactly how many renditions of "Row, Row, Row Your Boat it takes for you to pull the car to the side of the road and weep? Or experienced just what happens when your miniature traveling companion pulls the manual override lever on the emergency exit door of a plane? Youre not alone. We all have memories of a hideous yet hilarious family trip. Now you can read about some that make your trip look like a vacation with the Waltons. Edited by Sarah Franklin, How to Fit a Car Seat on a Camel is an anthology of outrageous stories about the inherent misadventures that revolve around traveling with kids. Whether the trip is with newborn triplets or with moody teens, a road trip to the beach or a European vacation, each story will resonate with parents who hit the road or the tarmac with kids in tow. This Moving And Convincing Treatise Explores The New-century Collision Between Work And Mothering. How Does The Corporate Climate In America Force Women To Claim Either A Career Or A Family At Any Given Time? And Are The Choices Women Make - To Either Adjust Their Careers, Carousel In And Out Of The Workplace, Or Quit Altogether - Really Choices At All?--jacket. Introduction -- Do Real Women Have Mommy Wars? -- The Parent Problem -- Are Mothers Really Opting Out? -- Mothers In The Middle -- We Need Some Relief -- What Do You Do With Your Time? -- Playground Revolution -- Epilogue -- Notes. Miriam Peskowitz. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 235-240). Combating Low Energy : Brain Drain And Body Blues -- Cultivating Slowness And Relaxation -- Squelching Stress And Elevating The Spirit -- Capturing Longevity -- Understanding Complementary And Alternative Medicine -- Discovering Mind/body Exercises -- Restoring The Body During Sickness And Disease -- Finding Hormonal Balance -- Hop Off The Treadmill. Nora Isaacs. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 268-275) And Index. After seven racy and passionate years of courtship and marriage, Heidi Raykeil's sex life suddenly tanked. The culprit: the most beautiful, precious, gentle little person she had ever seen-her newborn baby daughter. Where once she and her husband had stayed up until 3 A.M. bouncing each other off the walls, now they were up at 3 taking turns bouncing their daughter on their knees, desperate to get her back to bed The author of Job Hopper and No Touch Monkey! presents a range of essays sharing her comical observations as a haphazard home cook and unprofessional but zealous consumer of pop culture cuisine, describing her sampling of fare from convenience meals and fast foods to exotic foreign dishes and disgusting near-inedibles. Original. A yoga instructor and health writer counsels women at different stages in life on how to manage burnout, achieve balance, and adopt simpler lifestyles in spite of high demands, in a reference that discusses such techniques as staying active and tapping the body's natural resources. Original. I wasn't born this omnivorous, this game to devour ant eggs on sticky rice, barbequed eel, chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, fresh durian, reeking cheese rimed in mold, or a peanut M&M discovered wedged in the crack of a theater seat's cushion. These comments aired recently on daytime TV on a show that separated working moms and stay-at-home moms-literally seated them on opposite sides of the aisle-because, as we all know, "there's a big division between them." Contains practical advice for stay-at-home moms on a variety of issues including housework, creating personal time, finances, marriage, and making the transition from the workplace to home. Introduction: Sex in the suburbs Ticket to the moon Sexhaustion Fault lines Becoming mine Spillproof love Selflove in Seattle Freedom, baby Epilogue: Just do it.