New Releases by Lynn Lott

The Coloring Book is here! This book was written by the author because her favorite childhood activity was catching fireflies in her front yard with her sisters. The fireflies would fly through the trees and past us in our yard. We couldn''t wait to snag one in a jar and examine the bright, glowing, flickering light. It was as if the fireflies wanted to let us know they were present. In My Firefly Friend, one little girl has a special Firefly who visits her every night, glowing just outside her window as she is tucked into her bed ready to sleep. Although she very much wants to catch him with her jar, she also appreciates his beauty as he flits freely through the night, returning to visit when he knows she is waiting for him. About Author: An Airforce Brat father was a Sergeant who trained troops in the Vietnam War and acquired a BS in Marketing from Southwest Texas University in San Marcos. Mother is a retired nurse and board member of Audie Murphy Veterans Hospital. Ms. Lott has three daughters Charmaine, Courtney and Kia. She is also a retired teacher of 31 1/2 years and a member of Who''s Who Among American Women.

A book for people who want to love being together. A longer description is coming soon.

Exercises to help you accept yourself without judegement and make positive changes in your daily living. Part of the Encouragement Consulting series.

Can you really change your life in just eight weeks? Yes, you can!Feeling stuck or discouraged? Hopeless or depressed? Need help improving yourself or an important relationship? Do! It Yourself Therapy will help you to uncover the source of your challenges, find positive solutions to your problems, and adopt more empowering beliefs. With this self-guided tour of yourself, you''ll discover how you can think, feel, and act like a new person in just eight weeks.This lively and informative guide is packed with practical advice, insight, and tools based on sound psychological theory and practice-the same principals that formed the foundation of the successful and popular Positive Discipline program. The Awareness Activities and Action Plans included in each section can be implemented weekly so that you can gradually learn to understand yourself and, in turn, improve your relationships with others and most importantly, with yourself.Whether doing personal work or educating and encouraging others, Do It Yourself Therapy can be a catalyst for changing lives for the better.

This book will help you uncover the "private logic" you developed as a child--and probably still use in some form today--to solve life''s problems. Ask yourself, if nothing changes, how will your current problems and issues look in the future? With awareness of your past and acceptance of how it shapes your present reality and situation, you will have opportunities to take action to create a better future outcome. Awareness, acceptance and action--the Three A''s--are your steps to change. Private Logic will help you make friends with your inner child and learn how he or she thinks, feels and solves problems, and how that influences your situation today. You''ll learn how to encourage the child to grow up so you don''t have to continue living with the problems you have today.

Positive Discipline in the School and Classroom Manual provides materials to empower schools to develop and implement a comprehensive school process that teaches mutual respect, fosters academic excellence and teaches students (in a structured, experiential manner) the basic skills they need to develop a strong sense of belonging and significance.Positive Discipline in the School and Classroom Manual is organized to serve three primary purposes:1. To provide the resources to teach the social-emotional skills necessary as the foundation for classmeetings and the tools to lead your classroom into the process of Positive Discipline class meetings.2. To provide the materials used in the Positive Discipline in the Classroom professional development training workshops.3. To provide resources and ideas to inspire co-workers in your own school.

Life course theory suggests that an individual''s development is influenced by many factors such as one''s past choices and environment. The twenties are a period of great autonomy for many young people with opportunities to engage in choices with lasting consequences, both positive (e.g., furthering education, volunteering) and negative (e.g., crime, risky sexual behavior, heavy video game use). The current study explored the relationship between behaviors during one''s twenties and indices of adjustment (i.e., life satisfaction, relationship satisfaction, and hope) and maladjustment (i.e., poor emotional health and regret) in one''s thirties. Additionally, as factors such as income and biological sex may limit or impact the choices one has available to them or chooses to engage in during this time period, income and biological sex were both tested as moderators. Participants included 4,969 (59% female, 41% male) individuals between the ages of 30 and 35. Employing structural equation modeling, results revealed that choices from emerging adulthood were associated with outcomes during one''s thirties. Specifically, education and volunteering were associated with positive outcomes (i.e., higher life satisfaction, better emotional health, and lower levels of regret); volunteering was also significantly associated with hope and relationship satisfaction. Criminal activity, on the other hand, was associated with negative outcomes (i.e., lower life satisfaction and higher levels of regret). Number of non-committed sexual partners was significantly associated with lower relationship satisfaction and emotional health. This study contributes significantly to the literature on emerging and early adulthood by suggesting that choices made during emerging adulthood impact adjustment or maladjustment during early childhood.

A Positive Approach To Raising Happy, Healthy and Mature Teenagers Adolescence can be a time of great stress and turmoil—not only for kids going through it, but for their parents as well. It’s normal for teens to explore a new sense of freedom and to redefine the ways in which they relate to their parents, and that process can sometimes leave parents feeling powerless, alienated, or excluded from their children’s lives. These effects can be magnified even further in this modern age of social networks, cell phones, and constant digital distraction. This newly revised and updated edition of Positive Discipline for Teenagers shows parents how to build stronger bridges of communication with their children, break the destructive cycles of guilt and blame that occur in parent-teen power struggles, and work toward greater mutual respect with their adolescents. At the core of the Positive Discipline approach is the understanding that teens still need their parents, just in different ways—and by better understanding who their teens really are, parents can learn to encourage both their teens and themselves, and instill good judgment without being judgmental. The methods in this book work to build vital social and life skills through encouragement and empowerment—not punishment. Truly effective parenting is about connection before correction. Over the years, millions of parents have come to trust Jane Nelsen’s classic Positive Discipline series for its consistent, commonsense approach to raising happy, responsible kids. This new edition is filled with proven, effective methods for coping with such parenting challenges as: -Fostering truly honest discussions with your teen -Helping your teen handle the online world -Turning mistakes into opportunities -Keeping your sanity while raising your teen—and making sure your own teenage issues aren’t weighing you down -Teaching your teen how to pursue the goal that make them happy…and a few that make you happy too (like chores) -Making sure you’re on your teen’s side, and that they know that -Avoiding the pitfalls of excessive control and excessive permissiveness

The reason for writing this piece for publication was that I have a Sleepy Grandma. I am also dedicating my book to my Sleepy Grandma Erma Lee Jackson. I felt this would be a fun title for children. This is due, to they may experience the same and can relate to the content. My Grandma went through a sleepy phrase, as she got older and I felt it was a little humorous. Grandma’s do get a little tired. We would start a conversation. I’d look up and she’d be sitting in a chair with her eyes closed and relaxed talking to me. Next thing I knew, she was sleeping in her chair. She was my inspiration!! Thank you Sleepy Grandma.

The Acclaimed Bestseller That Can Improve Your Classroom Experience Forever! Over the years, millions of parents have come to trust the classic Positive Discipline series for its consistent, commmonsense approach to child rearing. Hundreds of schools also use these amazingly effective strategies for restoring order and civility to today''s turbulent classrooms. Now you too can use this philosophy as a foundation for fostering cooperation, problem-solving skills, and mutual respect in children. Imagine, instead of controlling behavior, you can be teaching; instead of confronting apathy, you will enjoy motivated, eager students! Inside, you''ll discover how to: ·Create a classroom climate that enhances academic learning ·Use encouragement rather than praise and rewards ·Instill valuable social skills and positive behavior through the use of class meetings ·Understand the motivation behind students'' behavior instead of looking for causes ·And much more! Over 1 million Positive Discipline books sold!

Give up guilt and shameRebuild trustCreate structure and routineImprove communicationsLearn parenting skills

Positive Parenting for Those Important Teen Years Adolescence is often a time of great stress and turmoil—not only for kids going through it, but for you, their parents as well. During the teen years, kids aggressively begin to explore a new sense of freedom, which often leads to feelings of resentment and powerlessness for parents who increasingly are excluded from their children''s lives. This revised edition of Positive Discipline for Teenagers shows you how to break the destructive cycle of guilt and blame and work toward greater understanding and communication with your adolescents. Inside, you''ll: ·Find out how to encourage your teen and yourself ·Grow to understand how your teen still needs you, but in different ways ·Learn how to get to know who your teen really is ·Discover how to develop sound judgment without being judgmental ·Learn how to use follow-through—the only surefire way to get chores done Over the years, millions of parents have come to trust the classic Positive Discipline series for its consistent, commmonsense approach to child rearing. Inside, you''ll discover proven, effective methods for working with your teens. Over 1 million Positive Discipline books sold! "I highly recommend this book to parents, teachers, and all others who work with young people. It is one of the best books I have seen on helping adults and adolescents turn their conflict into friendship. Remarkably, it shows how to accomplish this while helping young people develop courage, confidence, responsibility, cooperation, self-respect, and trust. I urge you to read it." —H. Stephen Glenn, Ph.D., coauthor of Raising Self-Reliant Children in a Self-Indulgent World.

The blank page, the impossible deadline, the rush of inspiration: There is no profession more maddening or more rewarding than being a writer. Yet surprisingly, all writers pass through the same sequence of stages in the course of their careers. It was this remarkable insight that inspired veteran authors Nancy Pickard and Lynn Lott to write one of the wisest and liveliest guides to the literary life ever penned— a volume of astonishing revelation, warm reassurance, brilliant encouragement, and welcome humor. No matter what you write or how much recognition you’ve received, you are bound to pass through the seven steps on the writer’s path: Unhappiness, Wanting, Commitment, Wavering, Letting Go, Immersion, and Fulfillment. Whether you’re a wannabe writer or a published literary veteran, you’re bound to find this book a source of true delight, vital wisdom, and lasting inspiration.

As a parent, you face one of the most challenging—and rewarding—roles of your life. No matter how much you love your child, there will still be moments filled with anger, frustration, and, at times, desperation. What do you do? Over the years, millions of parents just like you have come to trust the Positive Discipline series for its consistent, commonsense approach to child rearing. In this completely updated edition of Positive Discipline A–Z, you will learn how to use methods to raise a child who is responsible, respectful, and resourceful. You’ll find practical solutions to such parenting challenges as: - Sibling Rivalry - Bedtime Hassles - School Problems - Getting Chores Done - ADHD ·Eating Problems - Procrastination - Whining - Tattling and Lying - Homework Battles - And Dozens More! This newly revised and expanded third edition contains up-to-the-minute information on sleeping through the night, back talk, and lack of motivation as well as tips on diet, exercise, and obesity prevention, and new approaches to parenting in the age of computers and cell phones.

A guide for puppy owners adapts effective child-rearing methods for young canines, in a guide that covers such topics as identifying a breed that fits a family, assessing a puppy''s personality, and overcoming problem behaviors. Original. 15,000 first printing.

Today''s classrooms are filled with children of varied backgrounds, and subject to many intrusive influences. How can teachers foster the essential skills and attitudes for success in their students? In "Positive Discipline in the Classroom, parenting experts Jane Nelsen, Lynn Lott, and H. Stephen Glenn address the popular concept of class meetings, where students and teachers discuss moral, ethical, and behavioral issues, and work together to solve problems. Students learn a number of social skills through the class-meeting process. They learn to listen, take turns, hear different points of view, negotiate, communicate, and take responsibility for their own behavior. It is only when students have these skills and attitudes--the "real "basics"--that reading, writing, and arithmetic can be used meaningfully in their lives.Inside Positive Discipline in the Classroom are chapters on such topics as: - The Positive Discipline Dream - Building Blocks for Successful Class Meetings - Effective Problem-Solving Skills - Classroom Management Skills - Teachers Helping Teachers--Problem-Solving Steps Using these, and other well-presented guidelines, teachers and parents can create a classroom climate that enhances academic learning, and teaches life-skills that are essential to every aspect of a child''s future. About the Authors "Jane Nelsen, Ed. D. is coauthor of the bestseller, "Raising Self-Reliant Children in a Self-Indulgent World. "Lynn Lott, M.A., M.F.C.C., practices at Summerfield Counseling and Education Services in Santa Rosa, California. "H. Stephen Glenn is coauthor of the bestseller, "Raising Self-Reliant Children in a Self-Indulgent World.

A Step-by-Step Approach to Bring Positive Discipline to the Classroom and to Help Teachers of All Grade Levels Implement Classroom Meetings

The latest addition to the highly successful Developing Capable People series, this guidebook shows exactly how to get all family members to work together to create a clean, happy, well-running household. Chock-full of practical parenting advice, the book spotlights successful "family work" techniques developed by Lott and Intner.

Written by parenting and recovery experts, this important first book on healing the broken circle of the parent-child relationship helps parents take charge of their lives and make changes that will bring the whole family together. Topics include how to rebuild trust, break old patterns of codependence, and improve communication.

For both teenagers and parents, the teen years can be like living in a war zone. In this book, the author of Positive Discipline, Jane Nelson, and coauthor Lynn Lott offer techniques and behavior modification models that will help parents see through their teens'' eyes, nurture their teens'' need for independence, communicate with their teens for better understanding and more.

A booklet designed to help parents improve relationships with their their teenagers by changing their behavior as a parent. Includes models and guidelines for making changes with teens.