Behavior

[close] This is a place for authors to share their stories with how their writing has played a significant role in a child's life. It is also a place for knowledge sharing in writing or illustrating a picture book. Feel free to also post surveys to help you decide on the path to take to maximize your sales.

[close] "Supply Side" is an entire new school of economic thought designed to meet your demands. Economics for the production and consumption of personal and social well-being. Supply others with the help they need. The goal is to improve your emotional intelligence and modify your behavior using basic economic principles. Learn to meet your needs and the needs of others while doing so. Increase your happiness, improve your mood, and work on developing your emotional understanding. Improve your life and the lives of those around you by using analogies of basic economic concepts. In Supply Side Economics there is progress. Invest, Be Happy, and Be Efficient. I promise you Supply Side will change your life. I personally guarantee that!

[close] Gentle Parenting of WNY promotes peaceful, respectful, and nurturing relationships between parents and children. The administrators and members of this group focus on supporting each other and fellow parents in learning how to manage the behavior of themselves and their children through the use of behavior science, knowledge of child development and appropriate expectations, and through methods/philosophies/practices such as Attachment Parenting, RIE, Montessori, Waldorf, Reggio Emilia, and others. Positive discipline techniques such as time-in, redirecting, and reinforcement of appropriate behavior, etc. are promoted and encouraged. Discipline and parental techniques that are punitive are not promoted or encouraged. These include: spanking, slapping, smacking, hitting, or any other means of physical discipline seclusion or traditional time-out threatening shaming any other technique that demeans and/or disrespects the child Children do not learn to be respectful unless they are respected as the whole humans they are, complete with unique personalities, wants, needs, and desires. Respect for the child as she is today is of the utmost importance.

[close] A Book Club for Curious Minds All are welcome to join in—whether by reading the monthly suggestion or choosing a book of your own that fits the theme. This isn’t a club about keeping up—it’s about exploration, conversation, and connection. We read stories that make you pause, reflect, and sometimes smile. ✨ What to Expect Rotating themes: memoirs, social issues, personal journeys, reflections on life, and books that explore human thought and behavior. Thoughtful, curious discussions—never judgmental. A space to pause, share, and embrace the messy, beautiful complexity of the world and its people. Perfect for anyone who loves stories that linger long after the last page or leave you seeing things a little differently.