These two MOPS authorities show how mothering preschoolers can be rewarding, not frustrating, when Mom's nine needs are met.

What Every Mom Needs

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Morgan, Elisa

Kuykendall, Carol

Beauty, Grooming, & Style

Zondervan

An anthology of personal stories and meditations takes a look back at the author's career as a wife and mother, contemplating how she now recognizes God's hand in the events of her life

A Mother's Footprints of Faith: Stories of Hope and Encouragement

Parenting & Relationships

Family Relationships

Written in a warm, nurturing style, this book details the nine kinds of love every child needs: security, affirmation, family, respect, play, guidance, discipline, independence, and hope.

What Every Child Needs: Getting to the Heart of Mothering

Parenting

Zondervan Publishing House

This abridged audio download reflects the warm, nurturing style of the book.  It details the nine kinds of love every child needs: security, affirmation, family, respect, play, guidance, discipline, independence, and hope.

'When will I ever get time for myself? Do I ever get to be someone besides 'Mom'?' Sound familiar? You're not selfish, you're normal. And with every mother, you share nine basic needs -- significance, identity, growth, recreation, and five others identified by MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) International after more than 20 years of research and experience. Now MOPS authors Elisa Morgan and Carol Kuykendall show you how meeting those needs will not only make you more content--it'll make you a better mom. What Every Mom Needs is not another book on parenting. It's a whole-person approach to balanced living that reveals different ways you, the nurturer, also need to be nurtured. This encouraging, insightful book shares with you: - Your needs and why it's so vital for you to meet them - Personal stories from other moms that will let you know your needs are normal - Building Blocks -- exercises, questions, and practical tips - Mothering Maxims that condense each chapter into a nugget of practical wisdom -- Based on sound biblical principles and responses to over 1,000 questionnaires, What Every Mom Needs will help you expand your personal horizons and become a better mom in the bargain.

In the midst of motherhood’s frantic pace, it’s good to hear the wise, reassuring words of someone who’s been there. Standing at the midpoint of her life, Carol Kuykendall looks back over her shoulder and see an unmistakable pattern of footprints—of defining moments in her life when she recognized God’s presence and took a step of growing faith. While Carol was chasing toddlers, God was guiding her own steps, helping her deal with tricky transitions to marriage and motherhood, daily obstacles such as sick kids and no-school days, and temptations such as perfectionism and busyness.Carol’s poignant and humorous anecdotes reveal the value of perspective—of recognizing that in the rush of your daily activities, God is with you. If you’ve ever wished for a wise, understanding mentor in your walk through life, Carol points back at her path of faith, then offers step-by-step guidance for your journey.

Mother's Footprints of Faith, A

Religion & Spirituality

Discusses issues that may affect a marriage after a child is born and offers advice on such topics as commitment, intimacy, and interdependence.

When Husband and Wife Become Mom and Dad: What Every Marriage Needs

Drawing on the insights of moms across America and on the latest research, What Every Child Needs helps mothers meet their children’s nine basic needs for security, affirmation, belonging, discipline, guidance, respect, play, independence, and hope. Using a child’s language of love, Elisa Morgan and Carol Kuykendall of MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) International show how moms can meet each need . . . and respect their own needs in the process. Seasoned with poignant stories and wise quotes from moms, this book will encourage mothers that the person they are is the mom their child needs.

What Every Child Needs: Meet Your Child's Nine Basic Needs (And Be a Better Mom)

Letting go is one of our most important responsibilities as a parent—and one of our most difficult challenges. Our loving gets in the way. We feel torn between the instinct to hold on and the responsibility to let go.Loving and Letting Go offers a unique combination of the author’s perspective from two critical points in the life of her family. Carol Kuykendall wrote the original descriptions when her children were young and she was just beginning to recognize the importance of letting go. Now she’s added the reflections of a mother looking back on those years with a greater understanding of this lifelong challenge. “The heart attitudes we form when our children are young often set the tone for the way we continue to live out this critical responsibility of parenting,” she claims. “That’s why letting go starts with preschoolers.”This easy-to-read, revised and expanded edition of Carol’s best-selling Learning to Let Go features new illustrations, time-tested tips, practical applications, and questions at the end of each chapter for personal reflection and/or discussion with a spouse or group. It also includes updated resources such as: General Guidelines to Letting Go 21 Practical Parenting Tips Consequences of Overprotecting Our Children Building a Firm Foundation Top Ten Ways to Love Your Child As Carol concludes, “In loving and letting go of our children, we learn greater truths that transcend parenting and help us live out our faith.” This book is a vital resource no matter where you are in the process of parenting.

Loving and Letting Go

Your Husband Can Be the Best Dad Ever! Want to encourage your husband to get more involved in parenting? Let Dad be Dad. It sounds so simple--but thousands of moms struggle with entrusting their child to someone whose parenting style is different from their own, even if he is their childs father! Make Room for Daddy shows you how to lighten up and encourage the father of your child to do what hes designed to do: father, not mother, your children. Writing from a wealth of experience, Elisa Morgan and Carol Kuykendall of MOPS International (Mothers of Preschoolers) help you understand the difference between and importance of both mommy and daddy styles of parenting. They not only show you why your husband isnt designed to parent the same way you do, but they also open your eyes to the benefits his approach has to offer. Best of all, they show the two of you how to capitalize on your differences so you can work together as a team raising a healthy, happy child. Warmly written, encouraging, and immensely practical, Make Room for Daddy is your how-to guide to letting Dad to be Dad--and the best father he can possibly be.

Make Room for Daddy

Morgan, Ms. Elisa

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What Every Mom Needs

A Mother's Footprints of Faith: Stories of Hope and Encouragement

What Every Child Needs: Getting to the Heart of Mothering

What Every Child Needs: Getting to the Heart of Mothering

What Every Mom Needs

Mother's Footprints of Faith, A

When Husband and Wife Become Mom and Dad: What Every Marriage Needs

What Every Child Needs: Meet Your Child's Nine Basic Needs (And Be a Better Mom)

Loving and Letting Go

Make Room for Daddy