Family Help

If you are facing the unique challenges of caring for a parent with dementia, you are not alone. What do you do when your loved one so plainly needs assistance, but is confused, angry, or resistant to your help? Where can you find the vital information you need, when you need it? Journalist Thomas Harrison and leading geriatric psychiatrist Brent Forester show that you don’t have to be a medical expert to be a good care provider in this authoritative guide. They explain the basics of dementia and offer effective strategies for coping with the medical, emotional, and financial toll.

Social anxiety disorder in kids is more prevalent than the world is aware. Based on the National Institute of Mental Health, one of every four children will experience anxiety and depression in their lifetime. Do you have any idea about your kid's symptoms? The kids in your care may not merely be having bouts of anxiety. Mental and emotional discomforts run more profound than the physical but are barely visible. This book offers you all the insight and subtle pointers to your child's mental and emotional well-being.

Every parent hopes their child will develop healthy and happy friendships. However, most parents don't know what to do that will encourage their child to be a friend and attract friends. The author offers clear-cut friendship-making guidelines for parents and their children. Some of the book's recommendations include: don't over-schedule a child's time; guide children to participate in "friend-attracting" activities; seek out friends in the neighborhood.

Everything Changes assuages fears and uncertainty by teaching loved ones of newly recovering addicts how to navigate the often-tumultuous early months of recovery. Beverly Conyers, author of the acclaimed Addict in the Family, again shares the hope and knowledge that she gained as a parent of a recovering addict by focusing on the aftermath of addiction. She outlines the physical and psychological changes that recovering addicts go through and offers practical tools to help family members and friends.

The secret to raising the happiest kids in the world? Whatever it is, it's somewhere in the Netherlands. Kids in the US face lots of pressure to excel - often at the expense of happiness. But does it have to be this way? Not in the Netherlands! In The Happiest Kids in the World, expats Rina Mae Acosta and Michele Hutchison - both married to Dutchmen and bringing up their kids in the Netherlands - examine the unique environment that enables the Dutch to turn out such well-adjusted, independent children.

In August 1939, just days before World War II broke out in Europe, a Jewish man in Vienna named Alfred Berger mailed a desperate letter to a stranger in America who shared his last name. Decades later, journalist Faris Cassell stumbled upon the stunning letter and became determined to uncover the story behind it. How did the American Bergers respond? Did Alfred and his family escape Nazi Germany?

How working parents can lead more purposeful lives, characterized by harmony, connection, and impact.

Cutting. It’s become a buzzword lately, but very few books address it from the perspective of a youth worker or concerned friend. Marv Penner has lived in this world for the past few years, talking with teenagers online and meeting with them to understand what drives them and why they self-injure. In this timely and helpful book, youth workers, coaches, teachers, and others will get the information they need to begin to understand and help (or point to help) kids who cut.

¡Despierta el potencial futbolístico de tu hijo con "Futbolista en Casa: La Guía Completa para Padres de Futbolistas"! Escrito por un exfutbolista profesional con amplia experiencia en la formación de jóvenes talentos, este libro es el compañero perfecto para ayudarte a impulsar la carrera de tu hijo futbolista hacia el éxito.

By using the power of daily affirmations combined with journaling, EFT tapping, NLP, and asking yourself challenging questions, you can have a dramatic positive impact on your OCD symptoms like many others who have used these techniques. This workbook is particularly suitable for adults and teenagers, as the techniques are simple to understand and work for both males and females. These affirmations, combined with other self-help techniques, can be used daily to improve your emotional and mental fortitude and give you the tools that can help you outwit the tricks OCD can play on you.

You’re already a good parent, but here’s how you can be even better: Do you keep doubting your parenting abilities, because it seems like every time you try harder, you also fail harder? It’s normal to feel this way–parenting is never easy. If you want to become the best parent you can be while staying true to yourself, then look no further.

Adult children whose parents are invalidating, critical, demanding, or hateful require skills to advocate for their own needs. In this much-needed guide, listeners will learn how to employ unique assertiveness strategies based on the characteristics of their own family dynamics; uncover the hidden motives behind their parents’ behavior; put a stop to repetitive, hurtful interactions without cutting off their problem parents; and foster healthier relationships.

The techniques of mindful awareness have helped millions of adults reduce stress in their lives. Now, children - who are under more pressure than ever before - can learn to protect themselves with these well-established methods adapted for their ages. Based on a program affiliated with UCLA, The Mindful Child is a groundbreaking book, the first to show parents how to teach these transformative practices to their children.

David Edey wants to save you a lot of trouble! In this self-help audiobook, he clearly, concisely, and repeatedly explains why it is important that every individual appoint an executor of their estate; what it means to be an executor of an estate; and how having a knowledgeable and responsible executor can help ensure a family’s wealth, welfare, health, and future happiness. The audiobook is filled with advice, tips, and many real-life examples demonstrating what can go wrong (and what can go right).

The percentage of adolescents who suffer from significant anxiety is currently close to one-third, and this number has been steadily rising over the past few years. The experience of living with anxiety can make a teen feel cut off from others and frightened.

Raising a teen is a tricky part of the parenting journey. Do you want to easily help your teenager achieve more than average in all areas of their life without stress? Most teenagers do not achieve their full potential due to gaps in their knowledge, lack of experience, not knowing how to grow, or realize their strengths. The good news is that years of scientific findings have made the process of coaching teens to become more empowered and responsible an easy process, so even the busiest parents can do it.

Whether you're nervous, exhilarated, or overwhelmed by the idea of motherhood, this is the perfect chance to learn what normal newborn behavior is really like and how best to care for yourself and your little one.

Vous êtes parfois épuisés, dépassés par les conflits avec vos enfants, par l'incompréhension qui s'installe entre vous et eux ? Voici une invitation à changer votre regard sur l'éducation, à remettre en question l'héritage de vos parents. Soyez authentiques, écoutez-vous, connectez-vous à ce qui se passe au plus profond de votre être, et vous serez plus à même de les écouter, de les responsabiliser et de les accepter tels qu'ils sont. Aidez-les à grandir, et vous allez grandir avec eux !

Do you want your children to live the best life possible? And do you want to make sure you’re being a good parent? Here’s all the parenting help you need. Parenting is hard work...You’re constantly worrying how your kids are going to turn out and if you’re actually doing a good job at this parenting stuff. You just want the best for your kids. But you’re just not sure how to be the best possible parent for them...So stop guessing and start utilizing proven parenting strategies to make your kids smarter, happier, healthier and more successful.

If you are struggling to help a loved one recover from addiction—and to cope with the devastating impact on the whole family—you are not alone. But until now, there has been no single book that gives the millions of families like yours the comprehensive, unbiased information you need. This expertly written guide addresses the painful questions that spouses, parents, and grown children face every day. Providing science-based answers and resources, the authors cover crucial emotional, financial, and legal issues that simply aren't discussed in other books.