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  Franki Bagdade has dropped two more odcasts and written a post on Sleepaway Camp for parents -- good advice. Take a look at this richness she is sharing: Open in app  or  online New Podcast Episodes Dropped! Two more chapters of "I Love My Kids But I Don't Always Like Them!" audiobook, Podcast Interview Episode 1 with one of my favorite all-time parenting authors AND one of my post popular blogs on audio FRANKI BAGDADE M. ED. LLMSW MAY 26   SHARE   The FAABulous Podcast and Audio Blog Going to Sleepaway Camp for the First Time? Practice these 10 independent Skills Now! For more posts about Franki and her book, click HERE . IAN BOOK OF THE YEAR Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested in publishing with MSI Press LLC? Check out information on  how to submit a proposal . Interested in receiving a free copy of this or any MSI Press LLC book  in exchange for  reviewing  a current or forthcoming MSI Pr

  Yes, now "readers" have a choice of how they get the information in Franki's parenting blog -- by reading or by listening. Read about it HERE , and then listen. Franki is the author of the award-winning book, I Love My Children, But I Don't Always Like Them . For more posts about Franki and her book, click HERE . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter  here  or on our  home page . Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested in publishing with MSI Press LLC? Check out information on  how to submit a proposal . Interested in receiving a free copy of this or any MSI Press LLC book  in exchange for  reviewing  a current or forthcoming MSI Press LLC book? Contact editor@msipress.com. Want an  author-signed copy  of this book? Purchase the book at 25% discount (use coupon code FF25) and concurrently send a written request to orders@msipress.com

  Excerpt from 10 Quick Homework Tips (Alder & Trombly) TIP # 1    HEAD OFF STRESS BY BEING PROACTIVE "The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now." ~ Chinese Proverb   Why is this Important?   One of the biggest reasons, if not THE biggest reason, that kids and parents alike feel stress about homework is that their family simply has no concrete plan for how, when, and where homework will get done.  Kids may not act like it, but they need, and even like, having rules.  They feel better, safer, if they know exactly what is expected of them.  Think about your daily life, at work or at home.  Do you feel more confident, more calm, on days that you are unsure what your boss will want from you, when you don’t know what you are expected to do, or where you should do it and with what tools… or on days when you know exactly what is expected of you, where you know just what to do, where, when and how?  Most of us feel best when there is a routin

  Ah, we forgot to mention a while back, but definitely should have, that Managing Editor, Dr. Betty Lou Leaver, was invited to Austin for a variety of activities. To those, she added a visit with MSI Press author, Julia Aziz. During the visit, she conducted an interview about Julia and her book, Lessons of Labor . Listen to the interview here . For more posts by and about Julia and her book, click HERE . For more posts about authors in the news, click HERE . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested in publishing with MSI Press LLC? Check out information on  how to submit a proposal . Interested in receiving a free copy of this or any MSI Press LLC book  in exchange for  reviewing  a current or forthcoming MSI Press LLC book? Contact editor@msipress.com. Want an  author-signed copy  of this book? Purchase the book at 25% discount (use coupon code FF25) and concurrently send a written request to orders@msipress.co

  Fourth Trimester Podcast has listed Lesson of Labor (Aziz) as a favorite book for new parents. Congratulations to Jula! For more posts by and about Julia and her book, click HERE . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC Newsletter Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested in publishing with MSI Press LLC? Check out information on  how to submit a proposal . Interested in receiving a free copy of this or any MSI Press LLC book  in exchange for  reviewing  a current or forthcoming MSI Press LLC book? Contact editor@msipress.com. Want an  author-signed copy  of this book? Purchase the book at 25% discount (use coupon code FF25) and concurrently send a written request to orders@msipress.com. 

  What will they remember? Franki Bagdade, author of I Love My Kids, But I Don't Always Like Them , asks in a recent blog post: I often wonder what my kids will remember when they think back on their childhood. Will they remember when I opened the eye glitter upside down at 4 am before a dance comp and they learned a string of new expletive phrases? Or will they remember that I was always there, cheering them on as they performed their heart out in an activity I couldn’t even attempt at their age? To read the rest of this interesting post, click HERE . To read more posts by and about Franki and her award-winning book, click HERE . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested in publishing with MSI Press LLC? Check out information on  how to submit a proposal . Interested in receiving a free copy of this or any MSI Press LLC book  in exchange for  reviewing  a current or forthcoming MSI Press LLC book? Contact ed

  Excerpt from Soccer Is Fun without Parents (Jonas): THE EGO PARENT The ego parent is sometimes hard to spot at first. One key is that they are often seen with large insulated mugs of coffee that have some ridiculous inscription, like: “It is a great day for soccer.”  They also have bumper stickers about soccer on their cars, so you know they are involved with the “beautiful game.” They will constantly bring up the premiership without really knowing what league it is or who plays in it, but they love saying the word premiership. The Brits put the emphasis on the first syllable of Premier, and Americans on the second. You know them within minutes of the conversation because their son or daughter, Sam or Julie, are the absolute best player on the team. There is no “we” in the Ego Parent.  In youth soccer there is a national ranking system where clubs, teams, and players get ranked.  Too many parents take these rankings seriously, and the president of FC told a story that he had a pare

  Authors helping authors often result in some very interesting blog posts. The most recent was one about Thanksgiving breaks that author Colette McNeil (who pens autism books) wrote for author Franki Bagdade's (who writes books and gives seminars about parenting) blog. The suggestions Colette makes for Thanksgiving can apply to any holiday break. If you are a parent, go ahead and take a few minutes to read the short but helpful post HERE . To read more posts by and about Colette McNeil, click HERE . To read more posts on autism, click HERE . To read more posts by and about Franki Bagdade, click HERE . To read more posts on parenting, click HERE . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested in publishing with MSI Press LLC? Check out information on  how to submit a proposal . Interested in receiving a free copy of this or any MSI Press LLC book  in exchange for  reviewing  a current or forthcoming MSI Press LLC