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The Parent Fix: When Parents Change . . . Kids Change
by Maggie StevensIn today's age of troubled youth, broken families, and mixed messages from the media, our families are fighting a tough battle to succeed. With the increase in drug and alcohol addiction, eating disorders, gang violence and teenage suicide, many of our families are failing. Parents need help. Antiquated parenting methods will not work with today’s kids. As a mother, Maggie Stevens has spent years researching and has found the answers needed to successfully raise children.There is power in parenting—correct parenting. Rather than focusing on the kids, as so many other self-help books do,The Parent Fix stresses that when parents change, kids change. Focusing on key principles like correct judgement, taking time, education and more, Stevens provides concrete ways parents can change their own behavior to improve the behavior of their children.
Stressed Out! For Parents: How to Be Calm, Confident & Focused
by Ben Bernstein Michelle H. PackardDr. B takes on parents this time around in his book Stressed Out! For Parents. Being a parent can lead to a lot of stress—especially if you are raising teenagers. Ben Bernstein uses many of the same principles from and applies them to parents to help them on their journey to living an abundant and enjoyable life.
For Those with Empty Arms: A Compassionate Voice For Those Experiencing Infertility
by Emily Harris AdamsFor Those with Empty Arms uses poetry and personal experiences to offer an empathetic voice for those experiencing infertility.
The Power of Dadhood: How to Become the Father Your Child Needs
by Michael SmithThe Power of Dadhood is full of advice and encouragement, not only for fathers, but for all parents interested in guiding and mentoring their children to become good people. While some parenting books are designed to fix issues, The Power of Dadhood is designed to minimize the future issues that most children will have if not raised properly.
Unlocking Parental Intelligence: Finding Meaning in Your Child's Behavior
by Laurie HollmanWith extensive research and entertaining examples, Dr. Laurie Hollman, PhD, provides five simple steps to help parents better understand the context of children's perplexing behavior and how to cultivate real change.
Mothers of the Village: Why All Moms Need the Support of a Motherhood Community and How to Find It For Yourself
by C.J. SchneiderThe research is clear: since the beginning of womankind, mothering has been a communal effort. Mothers of the Village offers practical ideas on how to build meaningful and satisfying connections to create the essential community all mothers need.
Why Can't We Just Play?: What I Did When I Realized My Kids Were Way Too Busy
by Pam LobleyIn a culture where children are over scheduled and pressured constantly to achieve, what happens when you let your children do nothing at all? Pam Lobley decided to slow down and give her family a summer that was a throwback to the 1950s. Can she recreate that wholesome, mythical era? Is that even a good idea? Author is a play expert for parenting publications
From Tweens to Teens: The Parents' Guide to Preparing Girls for Adolescence
by Maria Clark FleshoodIn this groundbreaking guide, psychotherapist and educator Maria Clark Fleshwood provides a tested, six-step approach to engage, guide, and prepare their pre-teen daughters for the challenges and changes of adolescence.
Horizon Alpha: Predators of Eden
by D. W. VogelFor the readers dreaming of interplanetary travel, D. W. Vogel&’s bestselling Horizon Alpha: Predators of Eden is a perfect fit. This science fiction novel will satisfy readers&’ need for adventure with its dinosaur survival tale.
Broken Brain, Fortified Faith: Lessons of Hope Through a Child's Mental Illness
by Virginia PillarsBroken Brain, Fortified Faith: Lessons of Hope through a Child's Mental Illness shares one mother’s struggles, anger, frustrations as she charges into the world of mental illness, searching for answers to her daughter’s schizophrenia.
Spilt Milk Yoga: A Guided Self-Inquiry to Finding Your Own Wisdom, Joy, and Purpose Through Motherhood
by Cathryn MonroSpilt Milk Yoga is a companion guide for mothers who want to experience the happiness, peace, and purpose available in each moment, and who want to be more present and connected to themselves and their children.Author Cathryn Monro combines personal experience, honesty, and humour to acknowledge the moments when motherhood stretches us to the edges of our tolerance, patience, anger, and exhaustion and asks; &“Will motherhood ruin my life?&” &“What happened to my body and my career?&” &“How do I achieve anything?&” &“Am I doing it right?&” &“Whose anger is this?&” &“Is an ordinary life good enough?&”Spilt Milk Yoga approaches motherhood as a path offering life&’s richest and most profound lessons on love, acceptance and joy. Through guided self-inquiry the challenges become opportunities to grow, not in spite of motherhood, but because of it.
To Have and Not to Hold: The Bonding of Two Mothers through Adoption
by Lorri Antosz BensonLorri Benson's memoir To Have and Not to Hold recounts the miracle that occurs when the daughter she gave up for adoption asks to reconnect 16 years later.
Here Be Dragons: A Parent's Guide to Rediscovering Purpose, Adventure, and the Unfathomable Joy of the Journey
by Annmarie Kelly-Harbaugh Ken HarbaughTwo parents challenge one another to find balance between work and family life. Their stories are both uproarious and poignant as they raise children and strive to leave their mark on the wider world. Filled with tender moments and plenty of laughs, Here Be Dragons recounts the adventures of a family trying to stay afloat, and offers a life raft to the rest of us in choppy waters.
Untying Parent Anxiety (Years 5–8): 18 Myths that Have You in Knots—And How to Get Free
by Lisa SugarmanIn Untying Parent Anxiety, nationally syndicated humor columnist and author Lisa Sugarman reminds us that our kids aren’t supposed to be perfect. (And neither are we.) They’re going to screw up, make mistakes, and lose their way. And as soon as we embrace the idea that parenthood is not a straight line, we unlock everyone’s full potential.Drawing on her life as the perfectly imperfect mother of two daughters and more than a decade of working in the school system, Sugarman deconstructs some of the biggest challenges facing parents and offers advice and strategies to help soothe anxious moms and dads.
Mothering with Courage: The Mindful Approach to Becoming a Mom Who Listens More, Worries Less, and Loves Deeply
by Bonnie ComptonMothering with Courage provides mothers a detailed guidebook for their journey as a mother, complete with the latest understanding and tips for healthy parenting and motherhood. Practical, educational, and inspirational, the book provides self-reflective questions and guided journaling exercises for mothers, specifically related to aspects of their lives and mothering.
The Present Parent Handbook: 26 Simple Tools to Discover that This Moment, This Action, This Thought, This Feeling Is Exactly Why I Am Here
by Timothy DukesThe Present Parent Handbook addresses both the dilemmas and delights in each parenting moment, providing practices to manage both. With an A-Z approach, parents will learn how to be more mentally and emotionally available to their children.
A New Way for Mothers: A Revolutionary Approach for Mothers to Use Their Skills and Talents While Their Children Are at School
by Louise WebsterSteps, inspiration, and connections for every mother wishing to discover and utilize her talents and achieve balance while her children are in school.
Finding Family: My Search for Roots and the Secrets in My DNA
by Richard HillEasy to read and hard to put down, Finding Family is the first book to chronicle the paradigm-shifting application of genetic genealogy to adoption search. Whether you're searching for your own roots or just craving a darn good read, Finding Family is a book you will likely devour in one sitting . . . and wholeheartedly recommend to others.
Being a Proactive Grandfather: How to Make A Difference
by Richard EyreBeing a grandfather is one of the most celebrated responsibilities a person can have. But what kind of grandfather will you be and what level of commitment will you provide for your grandchildren? New York Times #1 bestselling author, Richard Eyre provide you with proactive approach to becoming the best grandparent you can be. One of More Than Grand's Best Books for Grandparents.
Horizon Alpha: Homecoming
by D. W. VogelHomecoming is book three in the bestselling Horizon Alpha Series, a tale filled with otherworldly dinosaurs and the dangers of colonizing a new planet. Caleb&’s final adventures will be wilder and more thrilling than anything he&’s faced before.
Horizon Alpha: Transport Seventeen
by D. W. VogelRefugees from earth are fighting to survive. Readers will have to fight to put down this dinosaur-dominated and adventure-packed sequel to D. W. Vogel&’s bestselling Predators of Eden.
Nacho Figueras presents: High Season (The Polo Season #1)
by Nacho Figueras Jessica WhitmanNacho Figueras gallops into the world of scandal and seduction with his new series set in the glamorous, treacherous world of high-stakes polo.The naughty novel seems a dead cert to go down well... Ladies, get your reading specs on. - The TimesGeorgia Fellowes never wanted to be a jetsetter, plain old country vet was fine for her. But one call from her best friend and the next thing she knows she's surrounded by the glitz and glamour of the elite polo world - complete with gorgeous thoroughbreds, and even more gorgeous men!Alejandro Del Campo desperately needs his team to win the season's biggest tournament. He doesn't need some feisty vet telling him how to run his business - and distracting him at every turn.Can Georgia and Alejandro work together for the future of the team, and perhaps find a future for themselves?
Nacho Figueras presents: Wild One (The Polo Season #2)
by Nacho Figueras Jessica WhitmanDon't miss this sizzling novel where pursuing passions leads to high-stakes gambles in life - and love.When Kat Parker goes from Hollywood director to failure overnight she slinks home to Florida to lick her wounds.Kat knows she can write another hit... if only she can find the right story. What she finds instead is the gorgeous Sebastian Del Campo, who's just as well known for his tabloid exploits as he is for his prowess on the polo field.For Sebastian, everything in life has come easily - wealth, sports, women. But the perennial party life is starting to feel stale.As Sebastian tells Kat stories of his grandmother Victoria, Kat's inspiration fires and soon the pair are working together on a film that could make or break both of their careers. And though the chemistry between the two is building, the film's irresistible star has other ideas...
The Eye of the Sheep: Winner of the 2015 Miles Franklin Literary Award
by Sofie LagunaWinner of the 2015 Miles Franklin Literary AwardShortlisted for the 2015 Voss Literary Prize and the 2015 Stella Prize Longlisted for the 2016 International IMPAC Dublin Literary AwardMeet Jimmy Flick. He's not like other kids - he's both too fast and too slow. He sees too much, and too little. Jimmy's mother Paula is the only one who can manage him. She teaches him how to count sheep so that he can fall asleep. She holds him tight enough to stop his cells spinning. It is only Paula who can keep Jimmy out of his father's way. But when Jimmy's world falls apart, he has to navigate the unfathomable world on his own, and make things right.
Nobody's Fool (Vintage Contemporaries Ser. #Vol. 321)
by Richard RussoRichard Russo's slyly funny and moving novel follows the unexpected workings of grace in a deadbeat town in upstate New York - and in the life of one of its unluckiest citizens, Sully, who has been doing the wrong thing triumphantly for fifty years.Divorced from his own wife and carrying on halfheartedly with another man's, saddled with a bum knee and friends who make enemies redundant, Sully now has one new problem to cope with: a long-estranged son who is in imminent danger of following in his father's footsteps. With its sly and uproarious humour and a heart that embraces humanity's follies as well as its triumphs, Nobody's Fool is storytelling at its most generous.