Power Families

In this emotional story of parental love, a single mother of a teenage baseball player who exhibits the batting eye of a professional athlete, tries to shield and protect her son from the world of over-zealous scouts, hard-nosed coaches, and money-hungry agents. Guided by his mother's firm and...

An a-PAW-rable two-colour, highly-illustrated young fiction series from best-selling author and illustrator Laura Ellen Anderson! Meet the STAR KITTIES – the cutest cats ever! These loveable, magical kitties get up to all sorts of fun adventures and mischief in Whiskery Paw with their best...

The new novel from Rachaele Hambleton, Sunday Times bestselling author of A Different Kind of Happy. A story of heartbreak, love and hope. Lou has had more than her fair share of heartbreak but she has always managed to keep going...until now. When her friend Martha ends up in hospital after a...

لقد ألَّفنا هذا الكتاب من أجل جميع الآباء والأمهات غير المثاليين الذين يهتمون بشدة بأمر أطفالهم (وكذلك غير المثاليين من الأجداد والجدات والمعلمين وأساتذة الجامعات وكل من يرعى أي طفل). ولدينا رسالة محورية واحدة تبعث على الراحة والأمل، وهي: عندما تكون غير متأكد من الطريقة التي ينبغي أن تتجاوب بها مع طفلك في موقف معين، لا تقلق، فدائمًا هناك شيء واحد يمكنك فعله، وهذا الشيء هو الأفضل على الإطلاق. فبدلًا من القلق أو محاولة الوصول إلى مستوى من المثالية، لا وجود له ببساطة؛ ما عليك سوى الوجود. وما نعنيه بالوجود هو معناه البسيط، فهو يعني الوجود من أجل أطفالك.

Wish you could make fear your friend, develop boundless courage, and do it all in a way that elevates your state of mind? Searching for a way to build granite mental toughness that you can turn to no matter what happens in life? To turn on your internal switch you need to embrace a new way of thinking. The problem is how do you change the entire way your brain and mind work when everything else in life still keeps coming at you?

Have you ever felt stuck in life? Or perhaps your life doesn’t look the way you thought it would right now; maybe that dream is just beyond your reach as the words Not Yet appear stuck on repeat. Are your fears, failures, and imperfections trying to define your future the longer you are “on hold”? In The Power of Not Yet, Donna Pisani focuses on four powerful principles that not only changed her life but have done the same for countless others as well. If you long to get moving, discover what God made possible in you, and be the world changer God has called you to be, then this book is for you.

A dramatic, ambitious first novel of a Midwestern family's self-destruction and repair.

Mark Batterson has a surprising secret weapon for parenting: prayer. Batterson shares a perfect blend of biblical yet practical advice that will revolutionize parents' prayer lives. This guide describes seven important ways prayer circles will transform how parents pray for their kids and lead...

The outstanding authors of Deliberate Motherhood have let the trials and hardships of motherhood mold them into better people. Whether the change includes learning patience when the two-year-old "paints" your walls with the black permanent marker or forgiving a teenager who screams"I hate you" or loving more when that naughty child doesn't really deserve it, it's a change that refines us.

Michael Padraig Acton’s 30+ years of experience in psychological therapy, systemic life coaching and counselling, plus insights from leading international experts, are packed into this accessible, unmissable guide that will empower caregivers to take positive action to improve their parenting skills from a place of authenticity and honesty. Dealing with teenage behaviour, tackling loneliness, drugs and alcohol, online gaming, sex and more, Raw Facts from Real Parents explores the many challenging issues that parents encounter every day.

She never imagined the pursuit to parenthood would involve the emotional assault of an adoption agency's flexible morality or invasive surgical procedures that brutalize both their bodies - but it did. Lauri M. Velotta-Rankin and her husband were sent overseas by an unscrupulous adoption agency to chase the ghosts of children they'd never bring home. After turning to in-vitro fertilization (IVF), a life-threatening diagnosis sent them reeling with fear and to the brink of emotional collapse.

Wie kann eine Familie in einer unberechenbaren Welt überleben, ohne zu zerbrechen? Vater und Sohn allein: Der hochbegabte Robbie mit Asperger-Zügen kann den Tod der Mutter nicht verwinden. In der Schule unverstanden, will er die Mission seiner Mutter vollenden: Er malt Plakate, demonstriert auf den Stufen des Kapitols, um die Natur zu retten. Der verzweifelte junge Vater will ihm mit ungestümer Liebe alles geben. Als Astrobiologe sind ihm die Sterne nah, und auf Wanderungen entdecken sie, dass die Wunder vor ihren Füßen liegen und sie einander brauchen.

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In January 2008, Graham Naismith, 37-year-old IT consultant and former police detective and his wife Eirene, aged 38 and a former teacher, spontaneously, and with no prior experience whatsoever, decided to embark on a 30,000 mile drive to Australia with their three daughters aged one, four, and six. Having previously sold their house in anticipation of a drop in the housing market and with Graham's job at the infamous ID Cards Scheme looking precarious, the climate was right.

Four preteens receive mysterious enamel pins that grant them superpowers. Together, they must put aside their differences and embark on an epic journey to find the mysterious pinmaker, discover the truth behind the new theme park, and of course, trade pins—all while learning how to navigate...

Think about that triumphant feeling you experienced when you overcame that once "unbearable" mountain, that is the feeling of a warrior and a champion! Yes, you are a warrior! We weren't all raised to believe this concept, society conditions us that this term is esoteric and reserved for only the Greats, The Elites and The Gods, but that is not the case. Imagine how life would look if you were to set yourself free from the restraints of self-limiting beliefs about past circumstances and began to accelerate beyond your confines?

Are you ready to create a foolproof estate plan and ensure your family’s financial security? Whether you're just starting to build your estate or have substantial wealth, this audiobook simplifies the daunting process of wills, trusts, and Power of Attorney into actionable steps you can follow with ease. Many people delay estate planning out of fear or confusion, but the truth is, an effective plan isn’t just for the wealthy—it’s essential for anyone who wants to protect their loved ones and avoid costly legal complications.

A curious thing happens when Jesus comes into his ministry: He touches. Jesus touches the sick and the outcast, the bleeding and the unclean. What could it mean for families, singles, marriages, churches, communities, and the world to have healthy, pure, faithful, ministering touch? Somewhere in the mess of our assumptions and fears about touch, there is something beautiful and good and God-given. As Jesus can show us, there is ministry in touching.

Raising a child is a tough job. While there are no immediate qualifications to being a good parent, parenthood is one of the most difficult jobs anyone can take. Despite a growing number of parenting manuals and child psychology books, proper parenting techniques are as fast-changing as the times we live in.

Our society is riddled with men behaving badly. Sexual harassment, sexual abuse, domestic violence, and misogyny run rampant through politics, Hollywood, professional and amateur sports, college campuses, and our daily work environment. Change happens when parents embody and model what they want to see in their children. The nine lessons presented in Dissolving Toxic Masculinity are designed to help us raise boys who embrace an attitude of compassion, empathy, kindness, and respect for women. It's time we rise to the challenge.