Parenting > Adolescence

From honoring our commitments, standing up to peer pressure or practicing humility, these sweet love letters are a warm, heartfelt guide for parents and their adolescent children. Smart, honest and built on integrity, each chapter is a solid approach to many of the different challenges the human life presents. Written as love letters to her sons, Christensen offers universal wisdom to young adults with a passion and understanding that readers of any age will cherish.

What would it mean to you if . . . - There was little or no conflict between you and your child—no angry looks, smart remarks, slammed doors, tantrums, talking back, etc.? - Your child did what you asked right away, without arguing? - Your children got along better—stopped fighting, arguing and picking at each other? Ever liked ideas on effective parenting from books or seminars, but found them difficult to understand, hard to fit in to your schedule, or just plain ineffective? Kids Driving You Crazy? provides you with a simple, yet “Kid-Proof” parenting plan that utilizes all of the power of influence you have in your child's life to quickly bring about the changes you want to se ...

"Solving the College Admissions Puzzle: A Guide for Stuents and Families About College Seletion, Essay Writing, and High-Stakes Testing" helps students complete three important aspects of their college admissions process. In the midst of the college admissions process,the feelings of uncertainty and confusion are similar to the feelings students get when they dump out the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. Unlike college, with a jigsaw puzzle, students have a picture to refer to before beginning work on the puzzle. This book is designed to give students and their parents greater control over the chaos too often triggered during the college admissions time. Section I provides information and ins ...

Strict? Lenient? Laid-back? or Tiger Mom? -- Searching hopelessly for the right approach to raising teenagers in today's world? Dr. Donna can help! Using her essential steps and foundational principles, you will start to reconnect with your teen in a way you could only imagine possible. Where there was once conflict, avoidance or disrespect, you will experience joy, connectedness and mutual trust. Dr. Donna is an educator, consultant and researcher who has worked with adolescents and their parents for more than twenty-five years. During that time she observed hundreds of teen-parent interactions and concluded that the success of each of those relationships hinged less on how the ...

Written by a father as a lesson for his daughter Little Whiskers is an oddly smart rat who is “different” from other creatures in a nearby park. He wants to fit in with the squirrels, pigeons, and ducks and be accepted by humans who feed the “cute” animals, but rats are not invited at feeding time. He wants desperately to be part of the action, and thinks he can achieve that by being “cute.” He goes to great efforts, dressing up in various costumes he finds in the attic of his house. The costumes have been stored there by the home’s human resident, a magician whose pets wear costumes as part of his acts. When one costume does not achieve the desired “cuteness”, the rat adds more co ...