Helping Kids

Do you want your kids to grow up to be emotionally, mentally, relationally, and spiritually healthy? We do too! More and more kids today are struggling to live out this dream. As they go through life, they encounter people and situations that lead them to pack and carry some enormous emotional baggage that holds them back from living in the grace and freedom that Christ provides. Parents are in a unique position to help their kids "lighten the load" along the way.

The challenge: how to raise children in a drug-filled society and prevent substance abuse. How to listen and what to say in order to accomplish these goals is what Saying No Is Not Enough is all about. Now in its second edition, this valuable prevention and intervention guide for parents and professionals by Dr. Schwebel, one of the nation’s experts, presents his complete step-by-step program, refined and time-tested over the last 25 years.

Make a lasting connection with your kid by learning how to effectively discuss life's most complicated topics. Tough Stuff Parenting will equip you to have thoughtful, age-appropriate conversations with your child. The biblically-based wisdom and practical tools you'll find inside will help you confidently engage your kid in meaningful dialogue. And when questions arise, your child will look to you first for answers instead of friends or the Internet.

The Relationally Intelligent Child teaches parents the crucial insights of a must-grasp concept: relational intelligence. This tool for growth and connection will not only change a child’s life, but also a parent’s own relationships. You’ll discover five key elements that can engage and equip your child with skills for being relationally intelligent with family, friends, and others. This book also includes a special online version of the Connect Assessment® to help parents understand their children’s relational strengths.

In the midst of carpools and play dates, does the idea of saving the planet feel like something else to feel guilty about not doing? Green Mama puts green living within your reach. Tracey Bianchi offers creative tips, tricks, and resources that will benefit your kids and your community and will draw you closer to God’s heart for this planet.

Bringing home a new puppy is a very special time in a kid’s life. This book, written for a tween audience, is a guide to all the ways that they can help their parents prepare for the new pup’s arrival. From ideas about how to set up the crate and suggestions for must-have toys to lists of ways to be helpful, this book is a user friendly, hands-on guide that every child getting a dog should listen to.

Do you want a child that is positive, loves learning, doesn’t mind making mistakes, and laughs in the face of failure? I do believe that it is possible. It is my hope that this book will help you, the parents, better understand what your child needs to be a successful lifetime learner. This book is aimed at the parents of young children to help provide them with the tools that they need in order to teach them how to have a positive learning attitude, how to accept and learn from their mistakes, and so much more.