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Isabella Viora
I’m an emerging writer. I love reading and writing book reviews. I also learn about relationships and personal mental growth. I share original writings in my daily life, and hope you enjoy my content.
Good People Book Review: The Quiet Weight of Staying Kind
A woman steals a small amount of money and spends the next year letting the guilt eat her alive.
Read moreTips for Easing Preschool Anxiety (What Actually Helped My Son)
First-day tears, clinging at dropoff, and preschool separation anxiety? Here’s what actually helped my son survive the first months of preschool.
Read moreHow to Help a Kindergartener With Separation Anxiety: What Finally Made Drop-Off Easier
Struggling with your kindergartener’s separation anxiety? Discover proven strategies and morning routines to make kindergarten drop-offs easier.
Read moreFrankenstein Book Review: Why the Real Monster Is Human Cowardice
A scientist creates a living creature, abandons it, and spends his life fleeing his creation. A novel about loneliness, rejection, and the horrors.
Read more6-Year-Old Defiant and Disrespectful to Parents?What Actually Helped Us
Backtalk, eye-rolling, “you’re not the boss of me” — here’s what I learned when my sweet 5-year-old turned into a defiant 6-year-old.
Read moreParable of the Sower Book Review: The Girl Who Planted Tomorrow
A teenage girl with hyperempathy flees a collapsed California and builds a new religion out of survival.
Read moreHow to Discipline a Strong-Willed Child: Strategies That Actually Work
“You can’t make me.” Sound familiar? Here’s what I learned about setting limits with a child who fights every single one.
Read moreThe Diary of a Young Girl Book Review: The Girl Who Never Got to Be Old
A Jewish girl hides in an Amsterdam attic for two years and keeps a diary. She does not survive. Her words do.
Read moreThe Dutch House Book Review: The House That Ate a Family
Let go of obsession with property, for family bond outweighs any physical house.
Read moreHow to Help a 7-Year-Old Who Feels Left Out at School
Practical parenting tips to help your 7-year-old cope with being excluded at school, build social skills and confidence.
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