Parenting

Marriage requires quite a bit of work as two people become one, but a blended family adds many more participants to the situation. In this book, you will read real life stories from seven blended families about struggles, victories, and the task of bringing two separate households into one home. There will be seven prayers for each day that speak to specific issues that blended families face or have faced in day to day life.

Everything can seem livelier and merry if you perceive it through the eyes of your inner child. One mere look at your inner child can change how you live your life; it can change how you struggle with trauma and all the abuse you have borne. Suffering is no more a hurdle if you reparent your inner child and heal yourself by healing the wounds that have scarred you from within. Listen to your inner child and nurture it, for it has been imprisoned and enslaved by the terror of delirium. Look at your inner child through the eyes of someone who knows what being hurt feels like, and that is where the journey of your healing begins. And once you acknowledge the child within you, y ...

There is no official "American Grading System" for high school students. As a result, most American high school students get burned along the way by unfair or unfounded grades. In fact, America's 200-year-old grading process is outdated, haphazard, and subjective and has been eroding American education. Yet grades are still commonly used to control students' access to so many of the best educational and career opportunities. This book, by one of America's foremost educational strategists, provides a guide for students and involved parents wanting to help their kids to navigate their schools' outdated reliance on grading to make sure that their kids are not denied opportunities a ...

Empowering Families to become True Disciples of Christ, Spiritual Leadership in the Home, Family Relationships, Biblical Child Training, Small Group and Family Discipleship

Got sons? Raising them in this culture where manhood has gotten twisted and confused can be challenging! Realizing that boys around the ages of 12 or 13 are poised at a gate of transition, ready to hear about what it means to be a MAN, we have created a year-long program for fathers and sons to do in small groups, culminating in a rite-of-passage ceremony at the end. GateWay: On the Journey to Manhood is comprised of both spiritual and practical training, emphasizing character traits and physical skills that will be helpful to know as the boys grow into men. Groups meet twice a month throughout the year, learning together and building relationships as fathers and sons.

Are you a parent of a high school student and thinking about college? This book is about helping parents work with their teens through the college application process before time gets the best of them and it becomes too late. Many teens put off their priorities to another day causing the college application process to become complicated and stressful. As a result, many miss out on glowing opportunities and miss out on a better chance of getting into the college they want. This book is intended to be a reference guide for discussion and a framework to create a plan of action. By creating a plan, teens will become more organized in the college application process and more energized ...

Kissing Our Children Goodbye is a collection of prose that captures the many circumstances where children are in contact with loving and thoughtful people. The stories depict underlying hopes for eternal recognition of love, caring and protection. Even adults who experience painful childhoods will identify with circumstances that separate children from nurturing parent figures. The idea of kissing children is the ritual of reminding each person of belonging in the midst of a world filled with distractions, disappointments and unpredictability. Each of us can find ways to "Kiss" children to confidence, security and success. Enjoy and be reminded of the bliss of being kissed. Peace, Denise

If you love Wisconsin and your child is learning how to write, this book combines both! Your mini-Wisconsinite can practice learning how to write every letter, from A to Z, upper and lowercase. Get lost in the intriguing trivia as you flip from page to page. Tracing letters and exploring Wisconsin animals, critters, trees, and flowers along the way. With this workbook, you will both learn about new Wisconsin words (and wonders!).

LIVING THE LEGACY is a fifty-two week devotional is designed to be a resource guide as well as a weekend connect point for engaged or married couples, and especially those singles wanting to equip themselves with some time-tested truths. Mary Ann and Kerry Lord have been married almost forty years.  They have ten children (four in Heaven) all who love and serve the LORD!  (Praise GOD!)  They have ministered to thousands over several decades going into thirty-five States and a wee bit of Canada singing and sharing the Good News of JESUS CHRIST.  They're first to admit they’re not perfect but they know the Perfect ONE. HE can help families, couples, individuals in today’s rampant and r ...

Here it comes: the cold, hard truth about motherhood. Well, make that the truth according to first time author Renee Burose Squires. She doesn’t hold back about the fear and anxiety she experiences as the parent of a teenage daughter and a primary school-age son. Could it be that Squires failed to pay close attention to the duties and responsibilities on the parental application: tons of dedication, hardly any days off, and a life-long commitment ? Perhaps she is simply not cut out for the job. Oh well, it’s too late to turn back now. Follow along, if you dare, as she recounts some of the memorable moments of raising her two children. Through it all, she maintains her sanity with a wick ...