"This helpful resource is designed to offer teachers, facilitators, and parents a wide variety of activities designed to cultivate children's problem-solving skills while fostering cooperation between group members. These hands-on projects teach children to experiment with building methods, discover new uses for everyday items, try on new personas, and express themselves as they work toward a solution as a team. Team members are required to think...

"In Before Conflict: Preventing Aggressive Behavior, John Byrnes gets to the heart of the concept of aggression prevention. Rather than look strictly at violence and all its implications_fatalities, crime, and assault_Byrnes instead chooses to look ahead, in order to prevent violence rather than simply to act in reaction to it. By using a unique methodology of 'Aggression Management,' those responsible for the safety of others may circumvent the standard...

"The new millennium has seen a variety of parenting styles that differ greatly from previous generations. Titles such as Tiger Moms and Helicopter Parents have received media attention by the general public but other styles such as Hippo, Free-Range and Divergent Parenting, as well as a host of others, are not so well known. This book provides a brief history of parenting in America, categorizes some of the parenting styles that currently are employed...

In a heartfelt, deeply personal book, Gates shares the values and principles he has instilled in his children, and continues to practice on the world stage today as the co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

When a young boy discovers a persistent problem, he avoids it until it gets so large that he must gather up the courage to face it.

Making decisions can be tough, but how do you know it's the right one and how can you be sure that unconscious biases aren't distorting your thinking? In Risky Business, Anna Withers and Mark Withers draw on decades of research in the fields of psychology, behavioral economics and neuroscience to explain why are so-called rational brains are frequently fooled by over 100 powerful unconscious biases. At the same time they provide a straightforward...

"Revealing where the real conflict lies in a relationship-and resolving it * Breaking the Argument Cycle is a book for all those who've ever found themselves arguing with their significant other, again and again, about money, sex, or even a seemingly trivial topic-when, at its core, the conflict is about something completely different. A longtime marriage and family therapist, Sharon Rivkin has helped hundreds of couples fix their relationships...

Project strategic superiority. Often a required read for business in college or required by an employer, The Art of War by Sun Tzu remains one of the most influential books of all time. Becky Sheetz, author and corporate trainer specializing in Sun Tzu's strategies covers core principles offering the original text plus a breakdown of the business application of that principle. Organized graphically for easy access and retention in 6 laminated pages,...

"Challenging the long-held belief that doing something quickly compromises quality, this is an invaluable guide to improving the efficiency of your thinking to create more time for yourself Every day business owners, managers, and leaders are expected to deliver more and more with fewer people, smaller budgets, and-crucially-less time. Lack of time to make decisions has become the most stressful part of life for many business people. A time-poor,...