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If you have an adult child, you know that parenting doesn't stop when a child reaches the age of eighteen. In many ways, it gets more complicated. Both your heart and your head are as involved as ever, whether your child lives under your roof or rarely stays in contact.
In Doing Life with Your Adult Children, parenting expert Jim Burns helps you navigate the toughest and the most rewarding parts of parenting your grown kids. Speaking from his own...
982) The Highland Hens
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'One of those books that makes you feel good about being alive!'
In the imposing Glen Carrick House overlooking Scotland's famous Loch Ness, lives eighty-eight-year-old Mimi McKinlay, cared for by her three adult sons. Hamish has inherited his mother's musical talents, Fin is the responsible brother, and Angus has the complicated and brooding personality to match his dashing good looks.
But what all the brothers share is a concern that their beloved...
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To Guide and Inspire.
Share her wonder. Dance with her always. Teach her to be courageous, fearless, confident in any situation. Anchored in values and filled with clear and simple words of wisdom, this small book speaks large truths about raising a daughter. About respect and trust. About unicorns and sports and boys. And about the joys and responsibilities that come with being the first man in her life.
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Grounded in cutting-edge science, “Cure Your Child with Food” reveals the hidden connections between nutrition and chronic childhood ailments, and gives parents the simple, straightforward solutions they need to help their children thrive.
Discover how zinc deficiency can cause picky eating and affect growth. The panoply of problems caused by dairy and gluten. How to cure sleep disorders with melatonin, hyperactivity with magnesium, anxiety with...
985) Stolen Identity
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Your personal identity describes who you are, who you aspire to be, or who people perceive you to be. The majority of us, have been told in our lives at one time or another that we can be whoever or whatever we want to be, but what happens when someone else makes that decision for you without your honest consent? Typically, in our society when someone's identity is stolen, there are a series of laws and agencies in place to remedy that issue, however,...
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Discover how you can live your passion and purpose after retirement and change the world as an empowered elder.
Your career has wound down, the kids have moved, and your schedule is clear... for the next thirty years.
In your youth, you cared about people and planet earth, and you had grand visions of changing the world. At some point, those passions and that sense of purpose got buried under diapers and the 9-5. Still, that old you remains alive....
987) The Nursing Mother's Companion: The Breastfeeding Book Mothers Trust, from Pregnancy Through Weaning
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Breastfeeding is natural, but it is not entirely instinctive for either mothers or babies. The Nursing Mother's Companion has been among the best-selling books on breastfeeding for more than 30 years, with more than 1 million copies sold. It is respected and recommended by professionals, including The International Lactation Consultant Association, T. Berry Brazelton and The American Academy of Pediatrics, and is well loved by new parents for its...
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In the twenty-first century, a developmental phase of life is emerging as significant and distinct, capturing our interest, engaging our curiosity, and expanding our understanding of human potential and development. Demographers talk about this new chapter in life as characterized by people-between fifty and seventy-five-who are considered "neither young nor old." In our "third chapters" we are beginning to redefine our views about the casualties...
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An Empowering Book for Parenting Daughters with Self Worth
"200 short reflections on topics ranging from how parents can become good role models to talking about emotions."-Publisher's Weekly
As kids, girls often advance faster than boys, but fall behind by the time they are teens, victims of low self esteem and confusing standards of womanhood. 200 Ways to Raise a Girl's Self-Esteem is a guide to raising teenage daughters with straightforward advice...
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Life begins. Through some hardship and barriers, the evolution of a woman with a powerful platform, who has traveled the world, encouraging and uplifting women, is revealed.
Sorry, not sorry. As marital bliss evolves into unimaginable truths, the ultimate betrayal sends everything into a tailspin. In addition to that, there's a life-changing detour, a generational struggle that has been revealed, whorish spirits.
From happiness to heartbreak,...
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A Powerful Lesson on Unconditional Love and How to Raise Happy Children
This collection of essays offers a gentle guide on how to put your love into daily actions. A parent's calling is to raise a person. By making loving actions part of your life, you have the power to build the kind of family unit most people long for. Wonderful Ways to Love a Child is filled with true stories of parents and children who are nurturing strong and loving families....
992) Disciplina Positiva: 2 EN 1: Cómo manejar los conflictos, eliminar los berrinches y criar niños
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Baje la temperatura, manténgase fresco y descubra cómo criar niños felices con una crianza positiva
Según la Encuesta nacional de crianza de los hijos, el 73% de todas las mamás y los papás dicen que la crianza de los hijos es su mayor desafío.
1 de cada 4 padres se sienten igualmente aterrorizados y motivados cuando se trata de criar a sus hijos.
Los padres están de acuerdo en que, si supieran estrategias de crianza más positivas, las...
993) Spirit Traffic
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Spirit Traffic recounts how, at the age of 50, the author learned to ride a motorcycle, overcame the terror of navigating her steep dirt driveway in Vermont, and, three days after her son's college graduation, set off with him and her yoga-teacher husband (his stepdad) on a 10,000-mile two-wheel adventure that took them all into uncharted territory-both as novice riders, and as a family. As if in the saddle of her dual-sport BMW, the reader will experience...
996) Sex Matters
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The Unedited Truth About Sex
· Is hooking up really wrong?
· What about living together if you fall in love?
· If the Bible bans sex before marriage...is everything else fair game?
· What about same-sex relationships? Since when does God deny any kind of true love?
Great questions...but who has the answers? Our culture creates a lot of confusion about sex. Honestly, sometimes it's difficult to know who's telling the truth. On one hand, when we...
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The latest edition of Caring for Your Baby and Young Child is now available in Spanish! All parents want to provide the very best care for their children. This essential resource on child health from the most respected organization is the one guide pediatricians routinely recommend and parents can safely trust, covering everything from preparing for childbirth to toilet training to nurturing your child's self-esteem. Whether it's resolving common...
998) Susan's Growing Up
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This is a story about what can happen to a girl when she starts her period. People do not need to be able to read in order to understand the story. Susan does not understand what is happening to her when she finds blood on her sheets and clothes. She does not tell her mother, but goes straight to school. In the playground, other girls giggle and point at the blood stains. Susan doesn't know why they are laughing at her. A teacher notices what is happening...
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Life Lessons for the Teenage Girl: Quotes, Inspiration, and Advice for Women by Women provides valuable and entertaining advice to adolescent girls from women who have attained success in business, politics, sports, and entertainment. These are women teen girls can look up to as role models. Some are well known to today's teens, while others are women from whom they could still learn much. The goal is to spare the reader some of the challenges and...
1000) attachment fathering
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Attachment Fathering, is about the far reaching positive impacts and benefits of nurturant fathering from birth through early infancy and beyond. Attachment Fathering is a daddy-encouraging readable book, which provides a window into the opportunity for strong attachment and sensitive paternal caregiving. Multicultural images of involved fathers following birth, during comforting, caretaking and play provide a snapshot into how the emotional connections...
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