Family Conflict

For a mother who’s accustomed to having been number one in her son’s life, the arrival of a girlfriend, fiancé, or wife can be a complicated, confusing, and emotionally challenging event. Likewise, coexisting harmoniously with the mother of her partner can be an overwhelming challenge for any woman. Sons, often caught in the middle, are sometimes understandably reluctant to take sides.

Even the most well-adjusted moms and dads can experience peer pressure and conflicts with other adults that make them act like they're back in seventh grade. In Queen Bee Moms and Kingpin Dads, Rosalind Wiseman gives us the tools to handle difficult situations involving teachers and other parents with grace.

The Present Parent Toolkit addresses the importance of being both mentally and emotionally available to your children. In the present, there is the opportunity to show up, pay attention, and become the parent you so want to be.

Fans of Jennette McCurdy’s I’m Glad My Mom Died will love this true story of a damaged primal bond between mother and daughter that, after decades of estrangement, was finally repaired. The conflict began when Carla, as a preteen, stepped in to defend her father against what she perceived as her mother’s harsh treatment—a move that destroyed the warm love she and her mother had for each other and began an “ice age” between them.

Do you wish to have a way to confront, and get to a much-needed decision, without shouting or fighting with your partner? You have lots of things to say to improve your marriage, but you are afraid of his/her reactions? The secret of a secure and happy relationship is not to avoid conflicts, but to process disputes in such a way that both sides’ needs are included and respected, without allowing anger to destroy love and trust. If resentment is not clarified, it lingers on and causes deeper alienation from the partner. Is it possible to have guidelines for fighting fairness in marriage? ...

Joel Agee’s hallucinatory first novel begins in a house with a large garden in an unnamed Mexican town in the late 1940s, where six-and-a-half-year-old Peter reads, dreams, and plays with his friends. He is a nascent explorer, artist, philosopher, mystic, and scientist. His world is still new, not yet papered over with received knowledge. And the actual world around him is a unique one in history: a community of leftist emigrés who have found refuge in Mexico from the Nazi and fascist regimes of Europe, rubbing shoulders with Mexican labor activists and leftists such as Frida Kahlo.

Discover the ultimate guide to crafting and nurturing the bond between you and your child with "Nurturing Bonds," the eBook that delves deep into the art and science of family communication. This comprehensive guide is your roadmap to understanding and enhancing the way you connect with your children at every stage of their development, from the first years of their life through to young adulthood. Embark on a journey through the intricacies of parent-child communication with insightful chapters that cover everything from the fundamentals of effective dialogue to the nuanced strategies ...

Are you ready to change how you interact with your child's other parent? To do so, consider the words of apostle Paul who said, "Do not be conformed to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind." Unfortunately, many post-divorce adults remain angry, blaming, bitter and unforgiving. Some choose to remain stuck in this destructive pattern for years. In order to renew your mind, stop blaming and begin focusing on your own responsibilities and what you yourself can do differently.

Very few families are perfect. But looking from the outside in, through conversations in the grocery store or clicking through social media, often times it seems we are the only ones struggling with raising our kids or aligning with our spouses on parenting. The reality is that so many families struggle. Vicki Hoefle, three-time author, parenting coach, and sought-after speaker, offers a fresh, practical roadmap for achievable family - and marital - harmony and happiness.

Enjoy the drama and excitement of a novel experience in compact short stories—contemporary lives moving through dark trials to light and hope. "There are many excellent stories in this collection." ~McEvoy

Communication is a discipline that has evolved over time. This is due to the fact that communication is a means of interaction among people, for various purposes. Nowadays, the need to study communication, in a structured way and how it is applied in the various areas of interaction, has arisen. That has created a need to study communication in a structured way in terms of how it is applied in the various areas of interaction.

Life for George, a prudish, starchy Yorkshireman, has always seemed like a tragic and bitter downhill struggle, but with the improbable help of a brash and bolshy female Lancastrian ski instructor, will his last terrifying descent finally offer redemption? Set over a thirty-six-year period, humorous and poignant, George’s engrossing story traverses his emotional and passionate connection to an enchanting yet unsettled Bulgarian village. But ultimately, it will be his relationship with people and not the tempestuous snowy landscape that will define his being. A novel for everyone, and ...

Libro con alternativas para los problemas que generan las crisis de pareja: Los enemigos del matrimonio, comportamientos violentos, conductas inadecuadas de los hijos, tristeza, miedo, negación, soledad, conflictos de dinero, sobreprotección por culpa, las nuevas parejas.

With humor, vulnerability, and stories of her own limited life as a mom of five—two of whom struggle with severe autism—pastor and podcaster Jessica Hurlbut ignites hope in the hearts of overwhelmed moms to believe that God has more. Revealing twelve limits that hinder mothers—very real things like exhaustion, distractions, and disillusionment—Jessica empowers you to respond in obedience rather than react in emotions.

The Bents might be the most famous family in the history of the American West. From the 1820s to 1920 they participated in many of the major events that shaped the Rocky Mountains and Southern Plains. They trapped beaver, navigated the Santa Fe Trail, intermarried with powerful Indian tribes, governed territories, became Indian agents, fought against the US government, acquired land grants, and created historical narratives.

The new face of evil. Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park in Colorado is home to one of the most breathtaking and deepest canyons in the United States. For twelve-year-old Brian Garrett, a weekend camping trip is meant to be a chance to reconnect with his distant parents. But when his father suffers a brutal accident during a hike to the canyon floor, things spiral out of control. In the next twenty-four hours, Brian will discover a horrifying dark side to his father—and an even darker side to himself.

A stranger comes to Hersey, bringing bigotry, selling lies, and sowing distrust, causing some to flee and some to fight: Kat and John for their clinic, Kate and Mel for Sammy, Becca for love, and others for survival. Heart strings and funny bones are tangled with the eighty-five year old Baxter twins, who say what others only think; with Harley and Verna, who find love on the banks of the Mississippi; and two fear-provoking, eye-rolling wolves. Place in the Circle is about love, family, and friendship . . . a shelter in the howling winds of change.

Galvanized by a sequence of events, young rancher Jusdyn Linquist awakens to a higher calling beyond the fences of his heritage lands. Already sensitive to the vanishing prairie’s plight, nothing catalyzes his quest more than attraction to Arie Henning, a mysterious woman living in a crumbling rock house. As he gains momentum, friction with the local conservation officer—his black sheep cousin TJ—escalates until a strike of nature deals him the upper hand. Arie claims she’s been sent to help, seeming almost supernatural in her ability to lend aid. But what tragic family secret ...

A very Southern mother-in-law's humorous advice to mothers-in-law everywhere. From the multiple New York Times best-selling author of The Red Hat Club. Best-selling author Haywood Smith and her pals have lots of personal experience in the joys, sorrows, pitfalls and flat-out hysteria of Mother-in-Lawness.

The Dear Little Ones series is dedicated to empowering the inner child to promote internal unity and improve readers’ mental health. The second book in this series is all about family relationships. Told in the same empowering tone as the original book, Dear Little Ones Book 2, helps inner children navigate dysfunctional family dynamics. This book will be especially helpful to readers who have painful or complex relationships with their parents or caregivers. In this reassuring illustrated book, inner children will learn: that caregivers’ problems were not their fault how to develop ...