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Once upon a time, in a kingdom far, far away, there lived a princess who longed to find her prince. She travelled far and wide searching for her heart's desire and met many princes, frogs, and toads along the way. But each time she thought she had found the 'one', she would always end up with her heartbroken. Sadly, no matter how hard she tried, they were never quite her Mr. Right.
After many long years, her dreams were tattered, and her heart felt...
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The Big Picture and a Simple Plan: That's what you need to do family discipleship well.
There are literally thousands of books available on how to live various aspects of the Christian life. Of these, at least a couple of dozen pertaining to family life and child training are well worth reading.
This is not one of those books.
This book is designed to help you take what you have read, as well as all the sermons, teachings, and exhortations you...
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Weldon Owen
Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
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"Full of honesty, humor, and practical insight, this is the essential guide for mothers who want to make parenting more joyful: "Every mom needs this book" (Jenna McCarthy, author of The Parent Trap ). From the experts at Parenting magazine and popular mommy blogger Meagan Francis, The Happiest Mom combines the latest happiness research with the insight and experience of a mother of five. Francis demonstrates that motherhood doesn't have to be an...
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Chalice Press
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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This book, now in its second edition, brings together the best available understandings of human development from a multidisciplinary perspective. Uniquely inclusive of the moral and faith dimensions of context and life-cycle development, Human Development and Faith examines the interplay of mind, body, family, community, and soul at every stage of development. It addresses two central questions: What are the "good-enough" conditions of parenting,...
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AMACOM
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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"Many moments in parenting seem unavoidable. Your preschooler will throw fits. Your third-grader will try to get out of doing homework--even if it means lying. A budding tween will dish out insults. And a teenager will simply take off for who knows where. At each stage, they are trying to test your boundaries (and sometimes your patience). While this may be a natural part of growing up, that doesn't mean any of these actions are acceptable or excusable....
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Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
2009.
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English
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The truth is, child rearing is not complicated. Therefore, it is not hard. There will be difficult moments, of course, . . . but if a parent is experiencing the rearing of a child or children as generally difficult--as emotionally, intellectually, and even physically exhausting, then the parent is doing something wrong. --John Rosemond, Family Building Trusted family psychologist John Rosemond has a revolutionary message for today's parents: Your...
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Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"Uju Asika has written a necessary book for our times."-Chika Unigwe, author of On Black Sisters' Street
You can't avoid it, because it's everywhere. In the looks Black kids get in certain spaces, the manner in which some people speak to them, the stuff that goes over their heads. Stuff that makes them cry even when they don't know why. How do you bring up your kids to be kind and happy when there is so much out there trying to break them down?
Bringing...
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Zondervan
Pub. Date
[2009]
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English
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In his grade school days, Ben Carson would hardly have been voted "most likely to become a famous surgeon." His classmates had already given him another label: class dummy. Then a light clicked on for Ben -- and a consuming passion for learning that catapulted him from "zero" test grades to a Yale scholarship, a pioneering role in modern medicine, and an influence that has extended from inner-city schools to corporate boardrooms and Washington corridors...
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