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Parenting
Reviews of books dealing with parenting aspects and family issues.
Author
Andrew D. Gibson
Publisher
Loving Healing Press
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Got An Angry Kid? Parenting Spike: A Seriously Difficult Child
- Does your family live in conflict?
- Does your child have a psychiatric label (such as ADHD, oppositional defiance, conduct disorder, bi-polar disorder) or the behavior that would get him/her one?
- Have you lost (or nearly lost) control of your child?
If you answered YES to any of these three things, then PACT can he.......
Author
Theresa Ann Fraser
Publisher
Loving Healing Press
1 Review Copies Left
Billy Had To Move: A Foster Care Story
Child Protection Services have been involved with Billy and his mother for some time now. He has been happily settled in a kinship placement with his grandmother and enjoys his pet cat, interacting with neighbors and even taking piano lessons. As the story unfolds, Billy's grandmother has unexpectedly passed away and so the story of Billy Had To Move begins.......
Author
Nancy Oelklaus
Publisher
Loving Healing Press
1 Review Copies Left
Alphabet Meditations for Teachers: Everyday Wisdom for Educators
Alphabet Meditations: Everyday Wisdom for Educators
Readers of these meditations will get back in touch with why they wanted to teach in the first place-because they care about kids and want to make a meaningful contribution to their lives.......
Author
Laurie Zelinger Ph.D.
Publisher
Loving Healing Press
4 Review Copies Left
The "O, MY" in Tonsillectomy & Adenoidectomy: how to prepare your child for surgery, a parent's manual
This book helps parents understand and organize the necessary medical and emotional components that accompany their child’s surgery. In an easy to follow timeline for events prior to and following a tonsillectomy or adenoidectomy, the author provides reassuring and accurate guidance that eases the process for the patient and family.......
Author
Jill Osborne
Publisher
Loving Healing Press
2 Review Copies Left
Sam Feels Better Now! An Interactive Story for Children
Sam saw something awful and scary! Ms. Carol, a special therapist, will show Sam how to feel better. Children can help Sam feel better too by using drawings, play, and storytelling activities. They will be able to identify and manage their own feelings and difficulties in their lives following a traumatic event, crisis, or grief.......
Author
Nancy Wesson
Publisher
Loving Healing Press
5 Review Copies Left
Moving Your Aging Parents: Fulfilling their Needs and Yours Before, During, and After the Move
Whether whittling down to the essentials for a parent moving into a room or two or downsizing for ourselves, ignoring the spirit and basing decisions on health and safety alone could have devastating results.......
Author
Frances Shani Parker
Publisher
Loving Healing Press
2 Review Copies Left
Becoming Dead Right: A Hospice Volunteer in Urban Nursing Homes
All of us are entitled to the rewards of a peaceful, pain-free death. This book honors that with true stories about hospice patients and inspiring insights from the author. Becoming Dead Right guides us through the general and "how to" information maze that prepares us for dealing with death.......
Author
Kerin Bellak-Adams
Publisher
Loving Healing Press
No Review Copies Left
AD/HD SUCCESS! Solutions for Boosting Self-Esteem: The Diary Method for Ages 7-17
Give Kids the Power of Positive Reinforcement
In AD/HD SUCCESS! Solutions for Boosting Self-Esteem, AD/HD expert Kerin Bellak-Adams presents a unique and practical method for working with children and adolescents who need to overcome some of the challenges that are frequently encountered in those with an AD/HD diagnosis.......
Author
Lori Radun
Publisher
Mom Coach Press, an imprint of Wyatt-MacKenzie
No Review Copies Left
The Momnificent Life: Healthy and Balanced Living for Busy Moms
Authentic and empowering, The Momnificent! Life ~ Healthy and Balanced Living for Busy Moms by Lori Radun is an important work of nonfiction, which can play a significant role in creating healthy families based on the concept that mothers are role models and that the path to a happy family begins with a happy mother.......
Author
Marian K. Volkman (Ed.)
Publisher
Loving Healing Press
4 Review Copies Left
Children and Traumatic Incident Reduction: Creative and Cognitive Approaches (TIR Applications Series)
What if we could resolve childhood trauma early, rather than late?
We are understanding more and more about how early traumatic experiences affect long-term mental and physical health:
- Physical impacts are stored in muscles and posture
- Threats of harm are stored as tension
- Overwhelming emotion is held inside.......
Author
Robin Marvel
Publisher
Marvelous Spirit Press
2 Review Copies Left
Awakening Consciousness: A Boy's Guide!
Awakening Consciousness: A Boy's Guide! is a workbook designed to encourage inner-strength and growth that will encourage self-security. This action-packed guide is chock full of fun hands-on activities for all ages that will motivate and enhance a path of self-awareness, including:
- Making your own drum.......
Author
Susan R. Blaske Williams
Publisher
Infinity Publishing
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Making it Home: How to Run your Household Like a Business...And Find Your Heart Along the Way
"Making It Home" is more than just a book full of how-to suggestions. It is a book that guides women into a journey of self-discovery where "home" is not a place or a building but something that happens within their own hearts.......
Author
William E. Krill
Publisher
Loving Healing Press
5 Review Copies Left
Gentling: A Practical Guide to Treating PTSD in Abused Children, 2nd Edition
Breakthrough Treatment Offers New Hope for Recovery
Revised and Expanded 2nd Edition with 3 new chapters on adolescents
Gentling represents a new paradigm in the therapeutic approach to children who have experienced physical, emotional, and sexual abuse and have acquired Post Traumatic Stress Disorder as a result.......
Author
Carol Guy
Publisher
Marvelous Spirit Press
1 Review Copies Left
Jamie and the Angel: Meeting Her Guardian Angel
Many children are gifted in the psychic area, but fail to be taught that it is OK to see things that others may fail to see or acknowledge. Jamie and The Angel is a story for children and people of all ages who may be experiencing psychic and "intuitive insights.......
Author
Jay Tucker
Publisher
Loving Healing Press
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Ferdinand Uses the Potty: An Empowering Toilet Training Tale
Ferdinand the Frog awakens one night to a very damp realization. Something doesn't feel right in his bed at all! What can the little guy do to fix the situation?
Luckily for Ferdinand, he has a friend who has experienced the same thing. Ferdinand learns that potty training is all about confidence. There seems to be one huge obstacle, however.......
Author
Chynna T. Laird
Publisher
Loving Healing Press
4 Review Copies Left
Not Just Spirited: A Mom's Sensational Journey With Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD)
What would you do if your child suffered with something so severe it affected every aspect of her life?
And what if your cries for help fell on deaf ears at every turn? You'd follow your gut and fight until someone listened. And that's what Chynna Laird did. When she was just three months old, Jaimie's reactions to people and situations seemed odd.......
Author
Laurie Zelinger
Publisher
Loving Healing Press
3 Review Copies Left
Please Explain Anxiety to Me! Simple Biology and Solutions for Children and Parents
What's happening to me?
This book translates anxiety from the jargon of psychology into concrete experiences that children can relate to. Children and their parents will understand the biological and emotional components of anxiety responsible for the upsetting symptoms they experience.......
Author
Karen H. Sherman
Publisher
Loving Healing Press
5 Review Copies Left
Mindfulness and The Art of Choice: Transform Your Life, 2nd Edition
Do You Have the Life You Want?
Each person is entitled to have "the good life." Most don't experience this because of getting caught up in reacting, continually recycling old patterns that keep you stuck and emotionally frozen.......
Author
Amy Lou Jenkins
Publisher
Holy Cow! Press
5 Review Copies Left
Every Natural Fact: Five Seasons of Open-Air Parenting
Every Natural Fact: Five Seasons of Open-Air Parenting is a narrative of mother-and-son nature outings across the state of Wisconsin. In a style that blends the voices of Janisse Ray and Annie Dillard, a mother and son explore parallels in the world of people and nature. The interconnected chapters stand on their own and build upon each other.......
Author
Laurie Zelinger Ph.D.
Publisher
Loving Healing Press
5 Review Copies Left
The "O, MY" in Tonsillectomy & Adenoidectomy: how to prepare your child for surgery, a parent's manual, 2nd Edition
More than 200,000 tonsillectomies and adenoidectomies will be performed on children this year. Will you be ready?
The new 2nd Edition of this bestselling book helps parents understand and organize the necessary medical and emotional components that accompany their child's surgery.......
Author
Jewel Kats
Publisher
Loving Healing Press
4 Review Copies Left
Reena's Bollywood Dream: A Story about Sexual Abuse
Reena wants to be a star...
...A Bollywood star. Unfortunately, her family won't stand for it. It doesn't help that Reena is only eight-years-old. However, a beacon of hope arrives in the form of Uncle Jessi. He's just emigrated from India to America, and is a welcome addition to her family household. Uncle Jessi and Reena share a special bond.......
Author
Maria Chesley Fisk Ph.D.
Publisher
That's Good Thinking
2 Review Copies Left
Teach Your Kids to Think!: Simple Tools You Can Use Every Day
"Teach Your Kids to Think" is designed to help parents teach their children how to think wisely and well during the time they already spend together. Using the latest research on intelligence, author Maria Chesley Fisk, Ph.D. helps parents prepare their children for success now and in their 21st century adult lives.......
Author
Laurie Zelinger
Publisher
Loving Healing Press
5 Review Copies Left
Please Explain Anxiety to Me! Simple Biology and Solutions for Children and Parents
What's happening to me?
This book translates anxiety from the jargon of psychology into concrete experiences that children can relate to. Children and their parents will understand the biological and emotional components of anxiety responsible for the upsetting symptoms they experience.......
Author
Nancy Douglas
Publisher
Nancy Douglas
5 Review Copies Left
Freedom,Healing for Parents of Disabled Children
In the pages of Freedom, Nancy Douglas candidly shares the pain, grief, and trials of having a disabled child. From the initial storm of discovering her daughter was Autistic, deaf, and Failure to Thrive, to the agony of knowing she would never receive physically healing, her compelling and honest account of life with a special needs child will transform the heart of all .......
Author
Jessica Linnell
Publisher
Atlantic Publishing Group Inc.
5 Review Copies Left
The Complete Guide to Helping Your Baby Sleep Through the Night So You Can Too: 101 Tips and Tricks Every Parent Needs to Know
The average baby sleeps between 10 and 16 hours a day according to Parenting Magazine. But, for any parent who has raised a child, it is well known that these hours can come at nearly any time, with the least likely time being during the middle of the night.......
Author
Tracey Porpora
Publisher
Atlantic Publishing Group Inc.
4 Review Copies Left
The Complete Guide to Baby Sign Language: 101 Tips and Tricks Every Parent Needs to Know
At a very young age, children are like sponges, absorbing everything they see and do, learning at an unprecedented rate. This ability to learn so quickly is what allows them to start speaking on an average between 10 months and 2 years old, and to pick up many grown-up mannerisms in infancy.......
Author
McKinnon Marjorie
Publisher
Loving Healing Press
5 Review Copies Left
Repair For Toddlers: A Children's Program for Recovery from Incest and Childhood Sexual Abuse
R.E.P.A.I.R is Recognition, Entry, Process, Awareness, Insight, and Rhythm
Enter a Six-Stage Program with your 2- to 6-year-old child to cross the "Bridge of Recovery" and make available a whole new world of hope:
- Uncover and acknowledge feelings by discovering emotion.......
Author
Maureen Stearns
Publisher
Enrichment Books
3 Review Copies Left
Multiply and Divide with Sticks and Steps® - Teach this Easy Method in Just 5 Minutes
Math concepts can seem very abstract, but in just a short time, literally in just 5 minutes, students can learn how to multiply. This book concretely shows what multiplication is, instead of just having students memorize the times tables. It gives step-by-step instructions as well as sample problems showing how the process works.......
Author
Jay Tucker
Publisher
Loving Healing Press
4 Review Copies Left
The Whole Youth Worker: Advice on Professional, Personal, and Physical Wellness from the Trenches, 2nd Ed.
Being a youth minister is not for the meek!
Youth ministry is difficult and you need every useful resource you can get your hands on. The Whole Youth Worker, 2nd Edition is advice straight from the heart of a guy who has been in the youth ministry trenches for over a decade.......
Author
Jewel Kats
Publisher
Loving Healing Press
4 Review Copies Left
Cinderella's Magical Wheelchair: An Empowering Fairy Tale
Join Cinderella in a World Where Anything is Possible!
In a Kingdom far, far away lives Cinderella. As expected, she slaves away for her cranky sisters and step-mother. She would dearly love to attend the Royal costume ball and meet the Prince, but her family is totally dead set against it.......
Author
Jewel Kats
Publisher
Loving Healing Press
3 Review Copies Left
What Do You Use To Help Your Body?: Maggie Explores the World of Disabilities
Who are the people with disabilities in your neighborhood? Maggie and Momma love going for walks. During every outing, Maggie learns about something new. Today's no different! Momma has arranged for Maggie to meet lots of people in her neighborhood. They all have different jobs. They all come from different cultures.......
Author
Amy Barth
Publisher
Loving Healing Press
5 Review Copies Left
Will the Courageous: A Story about Sexual Abuse
What is wrong with Will?
Will is a typical six-year-old boy: he loves to tell "knock-knock jokes", collect bugs, and play with other kids. On most school days, Will goes to Nana Winnie's until his mom returns from work. Will enjoys having his Nana as a babysitter.......
Author
Craig Baird
Publisher
Atlantic Publishing Group Inc.
5 Review Copies Left
A Complete Guide for Single Dads: Everything You Need to Know About Raising Healthy, Happy Children on Your Own
Raising a child alone whether you are a father or mother can be the most trying experience in anyone s life. Learning to handle all the many duties that two people would normally deal with and adjusting to the overwhelming demands of a child on a daily basis is a trying experience. Yet, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated in 2006 that more than 12.......
Author
Janet Morris Grimes
Publisher
Atlantic Publishing Company
5 Review Copies Left
The Parent's Guide to Uncluttering Your Home: How to Organize What You Need and Recycle What You Don't
A cluttered home can be a nightmare. It makes your things hard to find, it creates stress in your family, and it can even cause injuries if it becomes too overrun with clutter. But, it doesn t have to remain that way.......
Author
Janis Adams
Publisher
Atlantic Publishing Group Inc.
4 Review Copies Left
A Complete Guide for Single Moms: Everything You Need to Know About Raising Healthy, Happy Children on Your Own
Recent statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau show there are 9.9 million single mothers in the United States. This number is up from only 3.4 million in 1970, showing that single motherhood is more common than ever.......
Author
Eileen Kennedy-Moore
Publisher
Jossey-Bass
4 Review Copies Left
Smart Parenting for Smart Kids: Nurturing Your Child's True Potential
"My kid is smart, but..."
.....Author
Amy Barth
Publisher
Loving Healing Press
5 Review Copies Left
Annabelle's Secret: A Story about Sexual Abuse
Annabelle has a secret. When she was seven years old, she was approached by a neighborhood boy and invited into a "secret club". Unfortunately, this club was just a ruse for thirteen-year-old Joel to groom Annabelle for abuse. A few years later, when Annabelle turns eleven, she finds some bad feelings have returned for her.......
Author
Chynna T. Laird
Publisher
Loving Healing Press
5 Review Copies Left
Not Just Spirited: A Mom's Sensational Journey With Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD)
What would you do if your child suffered with something so severe it affected every aspect of her life?
And what if your cries for help fell on deaf ears at every turn? You'd follow your gut and fight until someone listened. And that's what Chynna Laird did. When she was just three months old, Jaimie's reactions to people and situations seemed odd.......
Author
Amy Barth
Publisher
Loving Healing Press
5 Review Copies Left
Will the Courageous: A Story about Sexual Abuse
What is wrong with Will?
Will is a typical six-year-old boy: he loves to tell "knock-knock jokes", collect bugs, and play with other kids. On most school days, Will goes to Nana Winnie's until his mom returns from work. Will enjoys having his Nana as a babysitter.......
Author
Mark Elswick
Publisher
Modern History Press
5 Review Copies Left
Padman: A Dad's Guide to Buying...Those and Other Tales (Reflections of America)
In this collection of short essays based on personal experiences, Mark Elswick offers humorous episodes about being a man and father. Whether it’s his daughter sending him to the store to buy those…well, things that transforms him into “Padman”; his realization that at forty-two, he is slowly turning into an old man; or his reaction to his midd.......
Author
Matthew J. Wunderlin
Publisher
WestBow Press A Division of Thomas Nelson
5 Review Copies Left
Dear Parents: Letters and Speeches from a Christian Coach to Families
You hold in your hands five years of coaching that has already changed hundreds of lives. Dear Parents will challenge the way you think about youth sports, your relationship with your children, and what God has planned for your life.
This is not another cheesy self-help book or an unbiblical prosperity-gospel message.......
Author
Kenneth Salzmann and Sandi Gelles-Cole
Publisher
Gelles-Cole Literary Enterprises
5 Review Copies Left
Child of My Child: Poems and Stories for Grandparents
More than 60 highly accomplished literary writers and poets explore the timeless realities and contemporary challenges of becoming -- and being-- a grandparent in the 21st century. Finalist in the Anthology category, 2011 Next Generation Indie Book Awards.
Read what others are saying. . .......
Author
Kristi Lyn Stewart
Publisher
Acacia Publishing, Inc.
5 Review Copies Left
Dancing with Autism: Choosing Joy over Fear
"In this positive portrayal of life raising a child with autism, Kristi Stewart takes us through myriad emotions, ending ultimately with the message that while there are hefty mountains to climb, the view when reaching the top is vast and breathtaking.......
Author
Ernest Dempsey, Victor Volkman
Publisher
Loving Healing Press
5 Review Copies Left
Recovering The Self: A Journal of Hope and Healing (Vol. III, No. 4) -- Focus on Parenting
Recovering the Self: A Journal of Hope and Healing (Vol. III, No. 4) October 2011
Recovering The Self is a quarterly journal which explores the themes of recovery and healing through the lenses of poetry, memoir, opinion, essays, fiction, humor, art, media reviews and psychoeducation.......
Author
William E. Krill
Publisher
Loving Healing Press
5 Review Copies Left
Gentling: A Practical Guide to Treating PTSD in Abused Children, 2nd Edition
Breakthrough Treatment Offers New Hope for Recovery
Revised and Expanded 2nd Edition with 3 new chapters on adolescents
Gentling represents a new paradigm in the therapeutic approach to children who have experienced physical, emotional, and sexual abuse and have acquired Post Traumatic Stress Disorder as a result.......
Author
Mark Elswick
Publisher
Modern History Press
5 Review Copies Left
Padman: A Dad's Guide to Buying... Those and Other Tales
"Padman made me smile, chuckle, laugh out loud, cry and all the emotions in between..." --Diana Stroud, Amazon.com
In this collection of personal essays, Mark Elswick offers humorous episodes about being a man and father. Whether it's his daughter sending him to the store to buy those.........
Author
Theresa Ann Fraser
Publisher
Loving Healing Press
5 Review Copies Left
Adopting a Child with a Trauma and Attachment Disruption History: A Practical Guide
"If you have the love in your heart and the courage to adopt a child from a traumatized background, then you must have this book." -- Robert Rich, PhD, anxietyanddepression-help.com
This booklet is a fact-filled resource for adoptive parents who have a child with trauma and attachment disruption experiences.......
Author
Holli Kenley
Publisher
Loving Healing Press
5 Review Copies Left
Cyber Bullying No More: Parenting A High Tech Generation (Growing with Love)
Electronic Media Can Endanger As Well As Empower Your Kids
Cyber bullying is rampant. Every day children are being humiliated, violated, and degraded through the use of electronic devices. Young people are frightened and don't know where to turn. Parents are frustrated and unsure how to help or how to protect their children.......
Author
Kate E. Dyer-Seeley
Publisher
Broadsheet360
5 Review Copies Left
Underneath the Ash: My Journey into Motherhood While Losing My Mother
In her early thirties with the birth of her first child, Kate Dyer-Seeley is suddenly thrust into the role of caregiver for her mom, who is suffering from Young-onset Alzheimer’s disease. As Kate’s son, Luke, takes his first steps, her mother struggles to stand. As Luke’s language begins to blossom, her mother’s words disappear.......
