Unlock the secrets behind your child's worries.Is your bright child overwhelmed by worries that seem beyond their years? Do questions about global issues or personal anxieties keep them up at night? "Why Smart Kids Worry" offers a compassionate roadmap to understanding and supporting your child's unique emotional landscape.Licensed Professional Counselor and Registered Play Therapist Allison Edwards delves into the intricate relationship between intelligenc...

You ever wonder what it would be like to live with a choice that changes your life so much that it"s like living that day over and over again?Living through a suicide attempt just got more complicated! This was the worst day of her life. Yet she somehow has to find the courage to keep going. It will involve determination, courage, and a sheer will to live.

Unlock the secrets behind your child’s worries.Is your bright child overwhelmed by worries that seem beyond their years? Do questions about global issues or personal anxieties keep them up at night? "Why Smart Kids Worry" offers a compassionate roadmap to understanding and supporting your child's unique emotional landscape.Licensed Professional Counselor and Registered Play Therapist Allison Edwards delves into the intricate relationship between intelligenc...

When does becoming part of the team go too far?For decades, young men and women endured degrading and dangerous rituals in order to join sororities and fraternities while college administrators blindly accepted their consequences. In recent years, these practices have spilled over into the mainstream, polluting military organizations, sports teams, and even secondary schools. In Destroying Young Lives: Hazing in Schools and the Military, Hank Nuwer assembles an extraordina...

Do you ever wonder what it would be like to live with a choice that changes your life so much that it's like living that day over and over again?Living through a suicide attempt just got more complicated! This was the worst day of her life. Yet she somehow has to find the courage to keep going. It will involve determination, courage, and a sheer will to live.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • More than 2 million copies in print! • The authors of No-Drama Discipline and The Yes Brain explain the new science of how a child’s brain is wired and how it matures in this pioneering, practical book.“Simple, smart, and effective solutions to your child’s struggles.”—Harvey Karp, M.D.In this pioneering, practical book, Daniel J. Siegel, neuropsychiatrist and author of the bestselling ...

A groundbreaking guide to raising responsible, capable, happy kidsBased on the latest research on brain development and extensive clinical experience with parents, Dr. Laura Markham’s approach is as simple as it is effective. Her message: Fostering emotional connection with your child creates real and lasting change. When you have that vital connection, you don’t need to threaten, nag, plead, bribe—or even punish.This remarkable guide will help parents bett...

This new edition of Perfect Daughters, a pivotal book in the ACoA movement, identifies what differentiates the adult daughters of alcoholics from other women.When this groundbreaking book first appeared over ten years ago, Dr. Ackerman identified behavior patterns shared by daughters of alcoholics. Adult daughters of alcoholics—"perfect daughters" —operate from a base of harsh and limiting views of themselves and the world. Having learned that they must function perfectly in order ...

For every parent who has ever wanted to scream, “Save me! My child is acting like a brat!” there’s You’re Not the Boss of Me. Filling a critical void in parenting manuals, revered childhood development and behavior expert Betsy Brown Braun, bestselling author of Just Tell Me What to Say, dispenses invaluable positive parenting advice on how to correct challenging child behavior and brat-proof kids during the formative ages 4 through 12.This practical guide provide...

New, updated edition 2021. Certified Relationship coach Dr. Lyn Kelley tells you how to rate men on the "lying/cheating scale." She explains why men lie and cheat, how to know if he's lying or cheating, how to know if he can change and how to respond to it. She will help you understand antisocial personality, why it's so hard to leave a cheater, how to know if you should leave him, and how to know if he can change. Here's what you'll get:• Why women get hooked on lying, cheating men...

Adult children of alcoholics have learned how to "survive," but often have difficulty "living" their lives. The trauma and grief of childhood losses affect every aspect of the life of an adult child of an alcoholic (ACoA). Now the authors of the bestselling After the Tears offer further insight into the origin and cost of childhood pain for those who grew up in alcoholic families. In this revised and expanded edition, Jane Middelton-Moz and Lorie Dwinell combine their years of exp...

From Alan E. Kazdin, a Yale University psychology and child psychiatry professor, The Kazdin Method for Parenting the Defiant Child is a lifesaving, evidence-based parenting handbook for parents of children who are occasionally, or too often, "out of control."Most child-behavior books are filled with advice that sounds reasonable, fits with what parents already believe about child-rearing, and is — as Dr. Kazdin proves — guaranteed to fail. The Kazdin Method for Parenting the Defia...