Family Work

Navy veteran Mike Schindler, Founder and CEO of Operation Military Family, tells the stories of our returning heroes so that we might gain a true understanding of life for returning vets and their families. While addressing some of the hardships of returning vets, Schindler also reveals another side of America's heroes - the side that celebrates the triumphs and hirable qualities offered by our veterans.

Are you a newly married couple whose job descriptions will leave you with no option than to separate for some time? Are you a traveling nurse, doctor, truck driver, or VIP bodyguard? Have you traveled to another town, city, country or another continent for work, or even for holiday? Do your plans for your future together involve a long distance relationship (LDR) for months or years? As you read this book, you will realize that LDR challenges will have solutions which lead to happy, healthy relationship.

Would you like to know how to calm your toddler with minimal stress and transform yourself into a happy parent? Unlike other guides on baby care, this step-by-step guide shows you the way to ease your baby's stress and prepare you for motherhood. Ultimately helping you and your baby live in joy, it will help you to strengthen the natural parent-child bond. In just a few minutes from now, you can begin to ease into parenthood and go on a journey with your loved ones to become a smiling happy parent.

Peter used to be Alana’s conscience. Alana used to be Peter’s voice. Once, that had been enough to get them through nearly anything, which was fortunate. Because Nearly Anything was not good. Then, three years ago, Peter left her alone. And right up until the moment Alana finds herself snatched out of the only life she knows and slammed into a new one in an abandoned building nicknamed the Drophouse, she’s gotten pretty good at being on her own.

Never before have working parents had so many demands on their time. Overworked. Overstressed. Under-resourced. The weight of it all can steal your joy, complicate your family and friendships, and even impact your mental and physical health. But help is here for working parents. In Maintaining Work-Life Balance: An Essential Guide for Busy Parents, the author, a parent to four and a hardworking nurse gives real-world insight into the signs and symptoms of stress and offers strategies and solutions in easy-to-digest chapters.

Clementine sammelt Omas und Opas wie andere Leute Briefmarken. Sie hat schon einen ganzen Sack voll davon. Das kommt daher, dass Mama und Papa sich getrennt und neue Freundinnen und Freunde gehabt hatten. Mine - so wird sie meistens genannt - hat inzwischen viel mehr Omas und Opas als alle anderen Kinder, die sie kennt. Und sie darf sie besuchen, wann immer sie will. Das ist lustig, für Abwechslung ist gesorgt. Mine rollt Knödel mit Opa Knödel. Sie macht Klimmzüge mit Opa Klimmzug.

Twelve-year old Caleb Wallace has spent his summer at Autumn Springs, coaxing his papa out of his room when he's grumpy, attempting to gain the affections of a certain nurse, and pulling himself together when his grandpa looks right into him with nothing but a dull stare. Seems the only thing that puts a light in Papa Clem's eyes is a family heirloom - an old folktale involving Robert Johnson's harmonica down in Arkansas. Caleb is happy to listen; two things Papa Clem can still do well are tell a story and play the blues.

Du kannst nicht ändern, was passiert ist, aber du kannst ändern, wie du damit umgehst. Du darfst neue Wege gehen! Was macht sexuelle Gewalt mit einem Menschen und seinem Umfeld? Diese Frage beantwortet Michael Reh, selbst Überlebender von jahrelangem sexuellem Missbrauch, in seinen neun Geboten.

Hier ist das Hörbuch für alle, die unversehens Stiefmütter oder Stiefväter werden: Wie fühlt es sich an, plötzlich eine Familie zu haben? Was entgegnet man als ungeübte Wochenend-Mutter auf den Killer-Satz "Meine Mutter macht das ganz anders"? Wie meistert man das erste gemeinsame Familienfest? Und was geschieht in dem fragilen Patchwork-Gefüge, wenn eigene Kinder hinzukommen?

It’s Take Your Kids to Work Day at school, but Harold and Martha Spyder are spies. They can’t take their three kids to work with them—it's too dangerous! That would be bad parenting! But maybe this year they could make an exception and take Gracey, Curt, and Thaddeus on a spy mission for the day. After all, what could possibly go wrong?

Parent’s can be naive when it comes to their children’s legacy. So many think that their offspring will naturally connect to their personality and passion before they get sucked into a job. In this book, Lori Theriault guides parents in nurturing their children's potential—helping them pursue a meaningful career and living a regret-free life.

Do you want to stop the arguments with your kids in only seven days? I, like you, want to be the best parent possible. But it’s difficult isn’t it? It’s difficult to remain calm when there’s mess and toys everywhere. Or when your child takes the car but you need it. Have you ever suddenly found yourself in conflict? Conflict with your child. The one with whom you have unconditional love. The one for whom you would sacrifice everything. Were you shouting? Well, maybe not shouting, but once again maybe you were not who you wanted to be.

A Work of Heart: Connecting with Kids in a Chaotic World is an emotional - and necessary - book for adults who guide our most valuable resource: our children. Each chapter of this pause-resister builds with momentum to motivate parents, teachers, coaches, scout leaders, social workers, nurses, occupational therapists, and anyone who interacts with youth to model the book’s concept of real-time mentorship. Simply stated, real-time mentoring is the immediate gift of guidance and support for those in need of a positive and trusted role model.

There was a time, in the not-so-distant past, when families were expected to give up everything in order to achieve the financial security they craved. In the intervening years, the divorce rate climbed, fathers lost touch with their families and died of heart attacks and strokes at an alarming rate. When these men retired, they felt useless and unproductive. Then women entered the workforce in earnest and joined the rat race.

Whether you've just had a baby or you're about to welcome your new little bundle into the world, you probably have a lot of questions.... I know I did! And I also know from firsthand experience with my three babies that one-size-fits-all parenting doesn't work. So this audiobook is to help you find out what will work for you and your baby when it comes to feeding.

Hundreds of thousands of fans flock to the PTWM blog and Facebook page purely because Rachaele is genuine and incredibly honest and has created a supportive online community where parents (and non-parents) can go for respite. Her message is clear: not everyone is a perfect mum with a nice house, a steady marriage and 2.5 children. We lead messy, complicated lives. For Rachaele, blogging is about shining a light on very real ups and downs (from having fun with your beautiful kids and watching them grow to meltdowns, domestic violence, bullying and more).

I know you! You have too much work to do and too little time to do it. You spend all your time worrying about your job and no time with your family and friends. You want to get ahead at work, but you don't want to give up the rest of your life to do it! Am I right so far? If so, then this audiobook is definitely something you need! Balance Your Life: The Complete Guide to Managing Work and Family can help you break the cycle of the rat race!

How to quickly become an expert on all aspects of having a baby. Do you want to learn all there is to know about family planning, pregnancy, childbirth, and babies? Are you wondering how to balance family and work in your new role as a father, regardless of whether you have a permanent job or a freelance career? And you'd like to successfully keep your relationship intact and maintain a fulfilling sex life? Then Fatherhood for Beginners is the right audiobook for you! You will learn everything you need to know about family planning, pregnancy, childbirth, and babies.

The real secrets to a successful life that school will never teach your kids. It’s time for you, as a parent, to take matters into your own hands and teach your kids these skills. This book will show you how. In What They Don't Teach in School, you’ll discover the secrets to a happy and successful life that the school won’t teach your kids.

You are not alone if you struggle with relationships. The old adage, “you can’t live with ‘em and you can’t live without ‘em” seems all too fitting. The quality and stability of our relationships reach into every corner of our lives from marriage and family to business and career to social and community involvement. Starting thirty years ago my spouse and business partner and I began our work with multi-generational family businesses. Building on our backgrounds in psychology and business management we drew on a variety of sources including organization development, business ...