Family Help

Dahlia Frost, a military veteran, turns her life's story into the best-selling novel Daddy Issues, written under the pseudonym of Frances Slater. When her identity is mysteriously revealed, Dahlia's ex-boyfriend, Roland Hughes, now an A-list Hollywood actor, complicates her life further when their long overdue reunion happens in the public's insatiable eye.

Is Your 11 Year Old Ready for Real Life Challenges? Essential Life Skills Every 11 Year Old Needs to Know helps girls and boys ages 10-12 build confidence, independence, and critical thinking through essential life skills for kids. This parent trusted life skills book teaches each child how to manage time, solve problems, and communicate effectively. With practical lessons and hands on activities, the guide makes teaching life skills simple for caregivers.

Further Along the Road Less Traveled takes the lectures of Dr. Peck and presents his profound insights into the issues that confront and challenge all of us today: spirituality, forgiveness, relationships, and growing up. In this aid for living less simplistically, you will learn not to look for the easy answers but to think multidimensionally. You will learn to reach for the "ultimate step," which brings you face to face with your personal spirituality. It will be this that helps you appreciate the complexity that is life.

Three years ago, John Schwartz, a national correspondent for the New York Times, got the call that every parent hopes never to receive: His 13-year-old son, Joe, was in the hospital following a suicide attempt. Mustering the courage to come out to his classmates, Joe had delivered a tirade about homophobic and sexist attitudes that was greeted with unease and confusion by his fellow students. Hours later, he took an overdose of pills.

Some experts say that depression and anxiety are the new normal. Suicide is the second leading cause of death in young people. As parents, we cannot accept this. Many young people feel helpless and hopeless. Our kids must be equipped with more than resilience and positivity. They need hope. Hope for a future. Along with her daughter Kendra, parent and family educator Lori Wildenberg encourages you to take the practical ways offered in Messy Hope to foster necessary hope growth in your children’s hearts.

While leading a double life would seem to be the exclusive domain of psychopaths and undercover agents, thousands of 'regular people' keep extraordinary secrets from those closest to them. Duped is an investigation of compulsive liars - and how they fool their loved ones - drawing on Abby Ellin's personal experience. From the day Abby went on her first date with The Commander, she was caught up in a whirlwind. Within five months he'd proposed, and they'd moved in together.

I have a close friend who suffers from anxiety from time to time. In this book, Helping Someone with an Anxiety Disorder, I will share with you some very important information on how to deal with the mood swings that close friends, family members or spouses may encounter while interacting with someone who battles with anxiety.

As a parent myself, I know what it feels like to be at the end of your rope. Looking after three energetic boys can be a handful. But we are the window to the world for our children. How you interact with them in their early years determines the course of their lives. 101 Ways of Speaking to Your Child is a parenting manual that teaches you how to create a loving and nurturing relationship with your children.

Christmas is coming, and Olivia is incredibly busy. She has to wait for Santa, make sure dad sets up the tree, wait for Santa, watch mom make the Christmas dinner, wait for Santa, oversee the care with which the stockings are hung and, of course, OPEN HER PRESENTS! Do you see how hard it is to be so helpful during the holidays! A lovingly-told Olivia Helps With Christmas is the perfect stuffing for any stocking, and the newest star atop the Olivia series.

The Perfect Gift is a holiday story about the gift of time. Don't let time pass you by without sharing it with those you love. Put pride and ego aside and connect this coming holiday season. Time is the best gift you can give - and it's free!

Let God Enrich Your Life! Are the daily stressors of life making you feel overwhelmed? Are you feeling like you are heading down the wrong path? It’s not easy being a young adult in today’s fast paced world. You have to battle life’s challenges even before you get accustomed to handling responsibilities on your own. It is only natural to feel lost and unhappy. In moments of absolute desperation when you feel like giving up, God can help you find the right way. “Jesus Rediscovered” is a book filled with insight into prayers and their power. Penned down by popular spiritual and ...

Discover a comprehensive guide to navigating the emotional maze of grief and loss within your family in "Navigating Grief and Loss within the Family." This deeply insightful eBook is designed to help families understand grief, support each other through loss, and find a path to healing together. From understanding the nature of grief and how it uniquely affects each family member, to exploring how loss impacts family dynamics, this book covers all aspects of grief within a family setting. Learn to identify and debunk common misconceptions about grief, recognize shifts in family roles, and ...

25 Amazing Pre-Planned Dates We all know how painful planning a date can be for a man – you have to constantly worry if you’re getting it right, ensure that you aren’t coming off as overly eager, and that your geek side isn’t showing. Literally a million things. After all, you want to make an impression – the right impression – Trust me man, I know! In order to help you out, I wrote this book and here are some of the things you will learn: The five golden rules for dating Five fabulous first dates! Five fun follow-up dates! How to set up Weekend Dates! How to set up Family Dates...

If you want to effectively support your partner during pregnancy, and strengthen your relationship and mental health, keep reading... If you're going to be a dad, congratulations, that's awesome! That said, if you worry about this life-changing experience negatively affecting your mental health, you'd be right to. Recent statistics show that up to 50% of all new dads experience depression if their partner gets postnatal depression. Are you concerned your little blessing might drive a baby-shaped wedge between you?

In 2018, 34 people were shot at a high school in Parkland, Florida. Jaime Guttenberg, a 14-year-old, was the second to last victim. That she and so many of her fellow students were struck down in cold blood galvanized many to action, including Jaime's father, Fred, who has become an activist dedicated to passing common-sense gun-safety legislation. This book is not about gun safety or Parkland. Instead, it tells the story of Fred Guttenberg's journey since Jaime's death and how he has been able to get through the worst of times thanks to the kindness and compassion of others.

Caregiver Relief: A Working Caregiver’s Guide to Balancing Work and Care One in five full-time workers in the U.S. is also a family caregiver. Are you one of them? Balancing a job and caregiving isn’t just difficult—it can feel impossible. From turning down promotions and reducing hours to quitting altogether, millions of Americans are making painful career sacrifices to care for loved ones. But it doesn't have to be this way. Caregiver Relief is an empowering and practical guide designed specifically for working caregivers. Whether you’re caring for an aging parent, a disabled ...

As Christian parents, our deep longing is for our children to love Jesus, not just know about Him. Pray with Me illustrates that intentional prayer practices can guide our children toward an authentic relationship with God during their pre-K through tween years. This go-to for parents will also be a valuable discipleship resource for ministry leaders in guiding children and families to know Jesus and connect with God through powerful personal prayer.

Written by a mother and health researcher who suffered through her own baby's colic, The Essential Crying Baby Book will provide key tips and tricks, provide emotional support through your baby's crying, and share valuable information on the causes and treatments for excessive fussiness and crying. You will no longer feel alone in your struggle and will gain the perspective and strength necessary to cope with your fussy baby and thrive in parenthood!

Talk to your Boys focuses on 16 essential and wide‑ranging conversations on mental health and masculinity, sex and consent, money and power, violence and guns, and more. Packed with helpful advice, conversation starters, tips and scripts, Talk to Your Boys is designed to help families get better at having these crucial, but sometimes awkward, discussions with the larger goal to raise emotionally intelligent men who aren't hemmed in by outdated ideas of masculinity.

It can seem like your baby needs so much gear and so many toys! But when it comes to their health and development, less is more. In Retro Baby, pediatric occupational therapist and child development specialist Anne H. Zachry, PhD, OTR/L, shows you how bouncers, swings, and other baby holders, as well as electronic toys and screen time, can hinder your baby's development and delay milestones. Retro Baby will help you cultivate a back-to-basics parenting approach.