Parenting Young Adults

Checkmate Life, with its engaging and entertaining style, highlights the profound parallels between chess and life, and guides the listener through the game of chess while applying these lessons to their personal development.

Bibiana es una joven normal, inmersa en una sociedad obsesionada con la apariencia física. Como les sucede a muchas personas, ella cae en una trampa que pone en peligro su vida. Los fantasmas del espejo es una historia estremecedora, breve, basada en hechos reales. Aunque sea sólo por entretenimiento y cultura, todos deberíamos escucharlo. Descubre las causas, consecuencias y soluciones de los trastornos alimentarios. Es indispensable para jóvenes, padres y maestros. Urgente en la época actual.

El escritor ecuatoriano, Fernando Dalgo Ballesteros, presenta su nuevo -Libro Interactivo- titulado: La Realidad de la Vida: Lecciones Fundamentales para hacer "más fácil" tu Camino a la Adultez. Bajo la premisa de que: “A los jóvenes hay que hablarles con la verdad”, el autor, se encarga de llevar a sus lectores por un “Viaje Literario” a través del cual expone, por medio de cinco principios, lo que para él constituyen los ejes fundamentales de la vida.

Maddy was always being asked to sing jingles for commercials. She'd sung about chocolate, cereal and dog food. Now she wanted a real acting job. But was she good enough to be an actor? Then came the announcement in class: "Maddy, you have an audition for Halfway Hospital." An audition! She just had to get the job. The second book in a series of entertaining short novels about four girls who attend The Shooting Star drama school.

Dene knows that being in a movie is going to be so perfect, until she finds out that she has to kiss a boy. She has never kissed a boy before. Then she meets her co-star. Suddenly, everything's even scarier. Book 3 in the popular Shooting Stars series.

Now you can gain a super-sharp memory, quickly and easily, while you drive, exercise, or relax. The breakthrough techniques in this program are the result of intensive research into the best way to train the human mind.

Aaaaaaaaghhhhhhh! Dene screamed at the TV. A commercial for ice-cream had just come on and it starred those twins Evie and Cameron Billingham. We've never spoken to them but we just know they're vomitus. If you walked into an audition and the terrible twins were there, you could forget about it! The first book in an entertaining series of short novels about four girls who attend The Shooting Star drama school.

Jacob Ericson, a shy, enigmatic, and somewhat inept ranch hand learns that his hands possess the mysterious gift of healing: a gift he uses to cure animals and Sharon, the woman he adores. His gift is quickly exploited and the boundaries of his charm and naïveté begin to stretch. Following Sharon to Los Angeles, Jacob offers his healing powers for free at a church in Los Angeles, and then at a seedy stage show where his beloved Sharon also works.

From the author who created the memorable world of Toad Rage comes another highly infectious tale of a brave microscopic hero who is unexpectedly propelled from his familiar nostril-home into the big wide dangerous world. In Aristotle's Nostril Morris features a whole new cast of funny and gross characters that kids will love.

This book is jammed pack with silly scenarios, challenging choices and hilarious "Would You Rather" questions! All players pick between two equally outrageous and unlikely situations that each person might give a different answer to. Making it perfect for those game nights, parties, travelling and just about any time you want to connect with family and friends! Great for ages 5 years old and beyond!

Pop culture and psychobabble tell us to make ourselves the center of the universe in order to be happy. Churches have communicated the false idea that God exists to give us all that we selfishly want. In this book, Max Lucado reminds us that it's not about us, it's all about God. It is through this shift in thinking that we can truly live an unburdened, happy life.

It is our belief that every child and teenager has within them the potential to become something great in their own way. Even though many would say that the younger generation is a lost generation, I decided to take a stand to “beg to differ”! In all actuality, the younger generations represent generations of warriors.

There may be days when you want to give up. There may be days when you want to do something, but your mind is telling you "do not do it". There may be days when you want to be with a boy, and you know he is not a good person. My book talks about boyfriends, girlfriends (the difference in sisterly affection), peer pressure, and dating. I share some of my life experiences.

These affirmations were specifically created to help heal the unconscious belief systems responsible for low self-esteem - low-self worth - guilt - shame - fear - and primarily codependency. All relationships in life are mirrors of the relationship we have with Self. The relationship we have with Self is the result of the value or lack of - we absorbed about Self when children. If when we were children and forming ideas about Self - we were taught to believe we had no worth - then our ideas about Self are fractured.

Tony's dad wants Tony to be a footy superstar. But Tony's got another talent, one that's more important to him.

What would you do if you could go to college without going to high school? Would you travel abroad, spend late nights writing a novel, volunteer in an emergency room, or build your own company? What dreams would you be pursuing right now? College Without High School shows how independent teens can self-design their high school education by becoming unschooled. Students begin by defining their goals and dreams and then pursue them through a combination of meaningful and engaging adventures. It is possible to pursue your dreams....

A contemporary guide to sex education that answers the most pressing questions teens and young adults have about dating, relationships, consent, and sexual safety. There’s a lot to talk about when it comes to sex education - anatomy, communication, safety, and more. In this groundbreaking book, Dr. Jennifer Lang delivers a frank, compassionate, and evidence-based guide to healthy sexual relationships, focusing on the crucial role of consent in sex education.

When did that sudden gap divide your home into territories staked and claimed with music blasting through the halls, and fists banging on doors to turn down the stereo/TV/video game? Teens, when did you start seeing your parents as your enemies instead of your heroes? And parents, when did you start seeing your teens as crazy little demons instead of your loving children?

Is a relationship looming on the horizon? Or maybe you hope a relationship will happen soon? Are you currently in a relationship? If the answer to any of these questions is yes, do you know what to do and where you are going - or does it feel like a maze? If you’re unsure about relationships (or even if you think, I’ve got this), Lost in Love: A Young Person’s Map Through Relationships is for you. In this book, author Scott Torres draws from his personal mistakes and years of working with students to help you navigate the complexity that relationships bring.

Meet our ninth U.S. President before his famous victory over the Native American chief Tecumseh in the Battle of Tippecanoe. Young readers will thrill to hear young Billy Harrison's dramatic rescue of his sister Sally as she struggles to stay afloat after falling into a river, and admire his courage when he captures a British soldier at the age of eight. Find out more about these and the rest of Billy's boyhood adventures in William Henry Harrison: Young Tippecanoe.