Self Development Family

The problems your children face between the ages of 9 and 15 will leave marks on their personalities for the rest of their lives. Lucky for you, this book is designed to be a straightforward resource for helping your child manage the complexities they're facing right now —and for you, a way to support them through this significant phase of their lives.

Your body rules - the know-how a girl needs to navigate the changes of puberty. Puberty can be a difficult time for a young girl - and it’s natural not to know who (or what) to ask. Celebrate Your Body encourages girls to face this whole puberty thing with excitement and empowerment. From period care to mysterious hair in new places, this standout among puberty books for girls has the answers you’re looking for - in a way you can relate to.

Positive Affirmations for Black Families: Discover a world where every word touches the heart, every affirmation uplifts the soul, and every family member—kids, men, and women—feels seen, heard, and inspired.

Everyone has emotions and thoughts. These are not just confined to adults; kids also have such thoughts and emotions. They are new to everything, and they do not know how to express their emotions or overcome their negative thought process. As a parent, you must teach your kid about emotions.

When raising children without an involved romantic partner it can be emotionally and physically isolating and incredibly difficult. At times you receive more questions and interrogation than support. It is easy to feel small, alone, and sometimes lost in a world where kids are so often perceived as a burden than a blessing and where Mom’s are increasingly expected to do it all. It doesn’t matter if you are divorced, coparenting in different homes, parenting alone, never married, or married with limited support, raising children when you are the only responsible adult at home is tough.

Let's face it - raising children can take a wrecking ball to your ambitions, your finances, your relationships, even your health. But, as mother of three Shantelle Bisson will tell you, it doesn't have to be that way. In Raising Your Kids Without Losing Your Cool, Shantelle sets out how to get ready for baby's arrival, helps you through the big push, lays it all out on breastfeeding, and makes sure you don't forget to keep having sex. Plus, she'll help you navigate the perils of helicopter parenting, children on social media, and even gender-reveal parties.

Listening to our children talk negatively about themselves is heart-breaking. As parents, our initial instinct is to reassure them with many examples of their attributes and that these thoughts are not in any way factual. We may try to compliment a child with “You’re beautiful” or “You’re talented”. However, this never seems to resonate when our kids are struggling with self-esteem issues.

Building on their work at Chaddock, a nonprofit organization that has worked with some of the most challenging kids in the nation for more than 150 years, the authors empower frustrated parents with practical tips and real-life examples on how to minimize behavioral meltdowns, reduce conflict, increase cooperation, promote healthy attachment, and improve family relationships. The strategies they share work both for the child who is going through a difficult phase brought on by life disruption or trauma, and for the child who faces chronic struggles.

In Dancing with a Porcupine, Jennie Owens shares the compelling story of her struggle to save her own life while caring for three troubled children she and her husband adopted from foster care. How could she stay loving, giving, and forgiving in the midst of a daily battle with children acting out the rage, resentment, and pain of their own traumatic pasts? Is there such a thing as secondary trauma, and if so, what do you do about it? When faith, endurance, and creativity are not enough, what’s next?

Hadley Freeman knew her grandmother, Sara, lived in France just as Hitler started to gain power, but rarely did anyone in her family talk about it. Long after her grandmother’s death, she found a shoebox tucked in the closet containing photographs of her grandmother with a mysterious stranger, a cryptic telegram from the Red Cross, and a drawing signed by Picasso. This discovery sent Freeman on a decade-long quest to uncover the significance of these keepsakes, taking her from Picasso’s archives in Paris to a secret room in a farmhouse in Auvergne to Long Island to Auschwitz.

Are you a father of a young daughter or teenage girl? Do you know if your words or actions encourage her or bring her down? If you're like most dads, you may think you need to be a mother to boost your daughter's confidence. But really, all you need to do is make a few simple tweaks to the way you communicate. If you do this, you'll build her self-esteem, improve her self-worth, and be the hero in her life. And you won't even have to change who you are to do it.

The Power of Emotional Self-Regulation: How Any Parent Can Master Emotional Control for Lasting Well-Being, Mindful Living, and Resilience is the guide every parent has been waiting for. This book helps you understand emotional regulation, its significance in parenting, and how it can transform your relationship with your children.

Between the worry, the doctor's appointments, and the thousand small challenges of everyday life, it's easy to feel overwhelmed and exhausted. The idea of showing abundant love to every member of your family can feel like a daunting task. Jolene Philo has been there. And in this wise, warm, practical guide, she and Dr. Gary Chapman show you how the five love languages can help strengthen your marriage and family life-whatever your needs.

Written by a former Navy SEAL and his wife, parents of teens who deeply understand the challenges and rewards of the teenage years. Empower your teen with time-tested strategies and lay a strong foundation of limitless confidence to thrive in the face of life's challenges.

Teach your children science-based mindfulness techniques in a fun, engaging way. The games, meditations, and brain boosters in this book will help them build confidence, self-esteem, and lifelong coping skills.

The pressures faced by children and adolescents today are unprecedented and the corresponding statistics around poor mental health deeply alarming. Behind every mental health issue, from addiction to ADHD, lies a host of underlying problems that need addressing, but as a worried parent it's hard to know where to focus. What do you do if your child struggles with anxiety? Is self-harming? Has developed an unhealthy relationship with eating, exercise, technology or alcohol?

This audiobook plans to give you exactly what you need: the means to stay positive through constant affirmations designed to help improve oneself, change a bad behavior, or channel the universe to attract good things in your life. Packed with subliminal affirmations, the audiobook shows that in order to attract opportunities that will improve your health, love life, or even wealth, all you need are few minutes a day to shift your mind through positive affirmations.

This audiobook provides practical parenting strategies to discipline explosive children, teach self-regulation through emotional control, and guide your child in a positive way without arguing and yelling. As a parent, it can be overwhelming to deal with a child who has ADHD. You may feel like you are failing your child and don't know where to turn for help. This audiobook understands your struggles and provides a comprehensive guide to help you support your child with ADHD, full of direct and valuable tips for recognizing and dominating the symptoms of this disorder.

Discover a story of healing and personal transformation. Marlena’s childhood was full of contradictions. Her father was both a heroic doctor for people with leprosy and an abusive parent. Her Mennonite missionary community was both a devoted tribe and a controlling society. And Marlena longed to both be accepted in Paraguay and escape to somewhere new. In Nothing Bad Between Us, follow Marlena’s journey as she takes control of her life and learns to be her authentic self, scars and imperfections included.

Toddlers can be immensely rewarding, but can also be enormously stressful and challenging. In this audiobook, the UK's leading parenting coach, Sue Atkins, discusses simple tools and techniques you can use to handle anger, deal with tantrums, and set effective boundaries.