Parenting Adults

The high school and college years: an extended roller coaster of academics, friends, first loves, first break-ups, driver’s ed, jobs, and everything in between. Kids are constantly changing, and how we parent them must change, too. But how do we stay close as a family as our lives move apart? Enter the co-founders of Grown and Flown, Lisa Heffernan and Mary Dell Harrington. In the midst of guiding their own kids through this transition, they launched what has become the largest website and online community for parents of 15- to 25-year-olds.

Uncover the truth about authoritarian parenting in Parents Who Bully. Through compelling real-life accounts and authoritative research, you'll gain invaluable insights into the signs of emotionally abusive parents. Understand the lasting impact of authoritarian parenting styles, and discover the path to healing and emotional freedom. This eye-opening book empowers you to confront the turmoil and scars caused by parental emotional abuse, offering a guide to recovery and personal transformation.

From these disparate phenomena: Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse who as president of a Midwestern college observed the trials of this generation up close, sees an existential threat to the American way of life. In The Vanishing American Adult, Sasse diagnoses the causes of a generation that can't grow up and offers a path for raising children to become active and engaged citizens. He identifies core formative experiences that all young people should pursue.

Parenting is a wonderfully fulfilling journey that comes with its own set of challenges. For one, have you ever reached that point when you felt like you’re already at the end of your rope? If so, then you should know that you aren’t alone. This is a common situation stressed parents experience when they are faced with difficult situations. Much as we want to avoid stress altogether, this isn’t possible because stress is a part of all our lives.

The level of cooperation parents get from their children is usually equal to the level of connection children feel with their parents. Connection Parenting is based on the “Meeting the Needs of Children” 7-week proactive parenting series that Pam Leo has taught for nearly 24 years. The premise is that meeting children’s biological need for emotional connection creates the healthy, strong parent-child bond children need to thrive and that bond is also the key to effective parenting.

Wilder's stories consistently explored the connections between the commonplace and cosmic dimensions of human experience, always returning to fundamental questions about the meaning of life. This Pulitzer Prize-winning tale concerns the lives of five people who fall to their deaths from a Peruvian rope bridge in 1714. A humble Franciscan, Brother Juniper, witnesses the accident and determines to learn about the lives of the victims in order to find out whether this accident happened by chance or by plan.

Much of what we know about the greatest medical disaster ever, the Black Plague of the fourteenth century, is wrong. The details of the Plague etched in the minds of terrified schoolchildren the hideous black welts, the high fever, and the final, awful end by respiratory failure are more or less accurate. But what the Plague really was, and how it made history, remain shrouded in a haze of myths.

Being gaslit can make you question your core beliefs and completely lose self-confidence, motives, judgments, or memories. That confusion is what causes you to be led astray as you look to others for help. If you are interested in this book, you likely know someone whom you fear is being gaslit, or maybe even you yourself are fearing you are being gaslit. In this book, we will look at exactly what is meant by the term gaslighting, and different strategies and coping mechanisms for when this is actually happening to you or a loved one.

Expertly curated and compassionately narrated, this guide delves into practical strategies to master focus, overcome obstacles, and harness the strengths inherent in ADHD. Whether you're grappling with distractions at work or seeking to enhance your relationships, this audiobook provides actionable insights to empower you on your journey.

Do you struggle with forgiving your mother? Do you have trouble making healthy relationships? Are you looking for help to be your true self? This audiobook is here to help you heal and find yourself after dealing with a narcissistic mother.

Is your teen daughter overwhelmed by social media and peer pressure? Looking to manage stress while strengthening her faith and friendships? You’re not alone. Many teen girls face these challenges, but with support, they can thrive while staying grounded in faith. Sparkle & Shine: Teen Devotional for Girls helps her build confidence, manage anxiety, and embrace God’s love.

Do you want to gain more independence and maximize your time? Are you struggling with procrastination, time management, and balancing priorities in your academic or professional life? In this comprehensive guide, you will unlock the secrets to executive functioning success as a young adult—no more feeling overwhelmed and frustrated with life. Master time management, beat academic overwhelm, balance priorities, and conquer procrastination for stress-free success.

In Mother Hunger, therapist Kelly McDaniel revealed how the loss of maternal nurturance, protection, and guidance shapes women’s self-worth and relationships, and offered a compassionate roadmap to healing. Now expanded with new insights on men and Mother Hunger, first-born daughters, and parenting while recovering from it.

Many people go through their entire lives not realizing why they feel "different" or why they don't "fit" in with their peers. They may be teased and chastised. They may struggle to make sense of the world. Other people may look at them oddly. They may grow into old age as reclusive and avoidant of others. They don't know why they feel "different", just that they do feel as though they came from another world.

Remaining pure in body, mind, eyes, and heart could be the most difficult thing your kids will face in their preteens and teens—and into adulthood. Jim Burns, author of the Pure Foundations series, goes beyond the printed word with this unique audio resource, designed to open a dialog between parents and their kids about healthy sexuality.

The year 1866 was marked by a unique incident, a mysterious and inexplicable phenomenon, and rumors agitated the maritime population and excited the public mind, especially seafaring men. Merchants, common sailors, captains of vessels, skippers, both of Europe and America, naval officers of all countries, and the governments of several states on the two continents, were deeply interested in the matter.

The contributors of Trust Kids! write from different backgrounds, genders, ages, and sexualities and combine past lineages with more recent child-rearing ideas to offer a fresh, inspiring perspective. Many works on parenting and families wind up re-inscribing hierarchies by declaring how kids should be liberated. Trust Kids! insists on youth autonomy, listening to youth, and questioning adult supremacy.

Adolescents, especially those in their early teens, have daily anxiety-producing issues. Indeed, many youngsters are more prone to anxiety attacks than most adults. With the pressures of academic success, biological changes in the bodies, changes in their social life and the looming arrival of adulthood, adolescents often have a harder time dealing with many of the disturbing things presented to them in today’s world.

A timely, practical, and innovative look at the relationship between parent and child anxiety, with actionable strategies to help parents break the cycle—from a clinical psychologist with expertise in treating anxiety disorders in children, adolescents, and in parents. How do you raise...

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