Helping Kids

From two leading child and adolescent mental health experts comes a guide for the parents of every college and college-bound student who want to know what’s normal mental health and behavior, what’s not, and how to intervene before it’s too late. All parenting is in preparation for letting go. However, the paradox of parenting is that the more we learn about late adolescent development and risk, the more frightened we become for our children, and the more we want to stay involved in their lives.

It doesn’t take a long list of statistics to convince you that our world is broken. Mission trips, service projects, and supporting children through relief organizations are just a few of the ways that many youth workers engage their students in serving the least, the last, and the lost. As...

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.

This program is read by Natalie Portman. Academy Award-winning actress, director, producer, and activist Natalie Portman retells three classic fables and imbues them with wit and wisdom. From realizing that there is no “right” way to live to respecting our planet and learning what really...

Do your children spend too much time in front of the TV or on their iPads? Do you have trouble putting your kids to bed and need a fun way to do it? This collection of bedtime stories is the perfect way to solve your problems, whilst teaching your children about different cultures and customs from around the world.

Never underestimate your actions – even the smallest changes can have the biggest impact. That’s the power of kindness. From Marcus Rashford MBE and Carl Anka, the bestselling authors of You Are a Champion, comes the inspiring and positive follow-up, You Can Do It: How to Find Your Voice and...

Our noisy world sometimes feels like it's not made for shy people. This book will help children understand shyness and find their inner voice. Shyness is often misunderstood. It's not a personality flaw, it's a complex trait with many positive aspects. However, shyness means many kids struggle...

Nicky and Noni both badly want to win the school Champ contest, so they're much too busy to help anyone around them. But they realize what it takes to be an all-rounder. What do they learn? Listen to find out...

This program is read by Taye Diggs. An audiobook about what it means to be a friend from Taye Diggs and Shane W. Evans, the writer/artist team that brought us Chocolate Me! and Mixed Me. Friends lend a hand when they can They help blend and mend it doesn't depend on whether you're doing wrong or...

Turn little pouts into big smiles with You Can Make a Friend, Pout-Pout Fish! an audiobook, featuring the characters and settings you love from Deborah Diesen and Dan Hanna's New York Times bestselling Pout-Pout Fish series. The Pout-Pout Fish is feeling down in the dumps—he does not have a...

The star of Deborah Diesen and Dan Hanna's New York Times bestselling series is back to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with the Pout-Pout Fish in The Pout-Pout Fish: Lucky Leprechaun! Will Mr. Fish and his friends find their pot of gold? This new audiobook format is fun...