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Like most parents, you are concerned about what your kids don't tell you, particularly when they choose text messages and social networking sites over personal conversations.  We know that every teenager keeps secrets, and this popular book has been updated and revised to address the challenges parents face with a well connected, technical generation.  Jenifer Lippincott and Robin Deutsch give you a very simple plan for talking to your kids that's based on a straightforward set of rules that say teens need to stay safe, both online and in real life, show respect, and keep in touch.  When they follow these rules, everyone will be happy.

Pages:  200

In this book, the author provides you with a variety of verified strategies and the touching descriptions from many adoptive families that will help you, as a parent, to get a better a understanding of what is typical, both for your children and yourself.  You'll learn how to listen to your child and identify with him on every level, opening the pathway of communication.  You and your child can grow closer through the practical exercises at the end of each chapter.  Discover how to understand that you play an important, unique role in your child's life.

Pages:  280

Many of today's middle school children confront important topics like alcohol, drugs, sexuality and technology at such an early age that would have been hard to imagine a decade ago.  It's typical for parents to worry about these important years.  The author considers this time to be full of constructive changes as your children become more independent, and your role shifts from being a parent to manager, and then to encouraging coach.  Appropriate subjects include cyberbullying and how to choose practical and worthwhile activities.  These years can and should be a time of exciting change and opportunity, and this book gives you what you need to know to survive and grow as a family.

Pages:  176

Did you know that a baby's brain is two and a half times more active than that of an adult, and that the networking of the brain's synapses is nearly complete after the first 3 years of life?  By giving your baby stimulating experiences encourages brain development that will prepare your baby for successful learning in the future.  Baby Smarts is based on the latest brain research, and filled with developmental games that will help you build your baby's brain power, one activity at a time.  Since each activity uses common materials, there's no need for expensive toys or equipment.  The book is divided into four chapters, with each representing a three-month period.  A chapter begins with a chart to help teachers and parents anticipate the typical developmental milestones for that age.  The corresponding games and activities develop and reinforce the skills babies need to reach those milestones.  Each and every activity in Baby Smarts builds the foundation for the future learning!

Pages:  128

It seems that these days, there are no good mothers for a variety of reasons.  If you go to work, you're inattentive to your kids, and if you stay home with them, you're overbearing.  If you punish them, they will end up with psychological problems, and if you let them run loose, they will be involved with drugs by the time they reach middle school.  It's not surprising that many women consider themselves at one time or another as bad mothers.  This book is written with extraordinary frankness and it gives very funny and useful advice throughout.  How do you handle it when your daughter dresses up inappropriately for Halloween?  In this cynical, direct and very intuitive narrative on modern motherhood, the author says it's time for women to get over it and get on with life.

Pages:  224

Do you know how to stop your child from destroying his or her life?  If you think that your child is extremely troubled, and you feel helpless, or wonder if you have been a bad parent, this newly revised and expanded version can help.  It gives concerned parents and professionals valuable insight into the personality of "problem children" and gives realistic suggestions for taking immediate, corrective steps to make a difference before it's too late.

Pages:  240

This innovative book offers clear-cut instruction for a disciplined, but considerate way to raise children, and introduces new communication methods that change the manner in which parents speak with and listen to their children. Dr. Ginotts inventive approach to parenting has influenced a generation of experts in the field, and now the techniques can work for you, as well. In this revised edition, Dr. Alice Ginott, clinical psychologist and wife of the late Haim Ginott, and family relationship specialist Dr. H. Wallace Goddard bring this top-selling book into the current day, while continuing with the books positive message. It is based on the premise that parenting is a skill that can be learned. This invaluable resource will show you how to discipline without threats, bribes, sarcasm, and punishment, criticize without demeaning, praise without judging, express anger without hurting, acknowledge rather than argue with children's feelings, perceptions, and opinions, and finally, respond so that children will learn to trust and develop self-confidence.

Pages:  256

We all know that boys always like to play, be adventurous, and curious, and push their young bodies as far as they can as part of their growth into manhood. Unfortunately, our sons face an increasingly difficult world that doesn't see the value in the lively, delightful nature of boys. In this book, the author shows parents how to bring back the pleasures of being a boy and help them to become the caring, self-assured, men of the future. Dr. Meg Meeker explores the secrets to boyhood, that can include: why rules and boundaries are important and necessary for boys, how the best play area is still outside, providing the kind of adventure that only nature can provide, understanding the important ways to preserve a boy's innocence and help him grow up, recognizing pitfalls that parents are faced with while talking to their sons, and why temperamental and unruly behavior in boys is abnormal and how to deal with it.

Pages:  287

This video contains a comprehensive guide to the first two years of infancy.  It also gives tips from health experts that will assist parents with their child's physical and mental development.  This is very valuable information that parents will find useful and should definitely have available.

Runtime: 44 mins

A father influences his daughter in many important ways, including how they see themselves and what they will expect from men. Unfortunately, because of their inexperience, fathers don't always recognize the importance of their relationship and may step away from getting too close, especially as girls grow into adolescence. Parenting becomes more complicated and communication is difficult, but this is the time when daughters need their fathers the most. With this book, The author shows men how to strengthen their relationships with their daughters, and how to create a satisfying and happy relationship. He starts with a self-assessment quiz titled "How Am I Doing as My Daughter's Father?" Dads can immediately see what kind of responsibility they have in their daughter's life. In order to educate fathers and give solutions when problems arise, the book provides useful coverage of the most essential issues that a girl encounters today, such as dating, sex, drinking, drugs and others.

Pages:  272

Parenting is always challenging at any age, and the teenagers who face approaching parenthood are especially in need of support systems and information.  In this video, teens will learn how to prepare themselves for a major change in their lives.  It is difficult enough becoming a teenage parent, and being one means assuming a long-term responsibility.  This video also presents strategies that will help teens successfully cope with a new role.

Runtime: 24 mins

This book is filled with easy steps and simple solutions to improve family living without wreaking havoc on schedules or budgets. It includes inspiring ideas for safe, eco-friendly cleaning methods, choosing healthier food, pet and garden care, nursery and home building materials, plus extensive tips for energy saving and family fun. With contributions forum environmental science and public-health experts such as Dr. Phil Landrigan, Dr. Harvey Karp and Dr. Alan Greene, as well as many celebrity supporters (including Gwyneth Paltrow, Brooke Shields, Tobey Mcguire, Sheryl Crow, Vanessa Williams, and Tom Hanks), Healthy Child Healthy World is the essential guidebook for parents wanting to go green.

Pages:  336

It is very important for kids have a safe place to live and play. For some kids, this means living with foster parents. With simple words and colorful illustrations, this book explains why some kids have to move to foster homes, what foster parents do, and ways kids might feel during foster care. Many children believe that they were put in foster care because they did something wrong. This book makes them understand that the troubles in their lives are not their fault. The emphasis throughout the book is one of hope and support. It also includes resources and information for parents, foster parents, social workers, counselors, and teachers.

Pages:  32

The pre-school children today are being incorrectly educated, and it is occurring more often these days. This book was developed to help parents avoid this problem. All across the country, schools are using educational programs that were developed for school aged children to teach preschoolers. There is a large amount of evidence that this can be harmful to younger children, both psychologically and physically. Dr. Elkind explains that there is an actual difference between the mind of a preschool child and that of a school age child, and he shows how much these young children can learn when challenged with the correct parenting and proper educational programs. Finally, he talks about what parents need to look for when deciding on the educational programs during the early stages of their children's development.

Pages:  128

This book brings parents the knowledge and support they need to identify and deal with problems that can occur in the home. Children, ages ten to fifteen, trust their parents to be there when they are feeling down. This is an emergency guide that covers the difficult issues parents encounter every day with their 10-15 year old children. Many parents are often frightened and unsure if they should interfere and know just how to help. This book was based on a nation-wide survey of parents, teachers, and students, interviews with a variety of experts, using the latest research, and written with the support of the National Middle School Association, you'll be able to get very useful advice on topics including: depression, eating disorders, substance abuse, sexual encounters, failing in school, internet dangers, and many other issues.

Pages:  294

These days, there are many couples that are choosing to have only one child. Having only one child presents distinct considerations, advantages and opportunities. The author has been studying single child families, and debunks the myth of the lonely, spoiled child. By presenting stories and interesting findings, Dr. Newman shares her knowledge and gives valuable advice, making this the most current, practical book of its kind for couples who are considering having a child, or those parents that are already raising a single child. It is fully revised and updated for today's fast paced society.

Pages:  288

Do you ever observe what is actually going on when your children are playing?   Beginning with getting a little giggle during your baby's first game, or making jokes with a teenager while hanging out, this book is a comprehensive guide to show how playful parents bring up self-assured children.  It's full of great advice and enlightening stories, and is based on the latest research, and by making you wise, you'll become a successful and enthusiastic parent.  As the author points out, play is a child's way of exploring the world, expressing their feelings, getting close to those they care about, and getting through stressful situations.  Playful Parenting is very significant, and so successful in developing strong, close bonds between parents and children that it enables them to be with their kids in their world.

Pages:  320

One of the most demanding and challenging tasks an adult will ever have is taking care of young children. Many parents use and trust the Positive Discipline series and its sensible approach to raising children. It has been completely updated to provide the latest research in child development and education, and will show you how to use techniques to raise a child who is , respectful, responsible and resourceful. Youll find realistic solutions for how to: Avoid the power struggles that often come with mastering sleeping, eating, and potty training, Use misbehavior as an opportunity to teach non-punitive discipline, Instill valuable social skills and positive behavior inside and outside the home by using methods that teach important life skills, Employ family and class meetings to tackle behavioral challenges and much more.

Pages:  368

For both parents and kids going through adolescents, it's often a time of great pressure and is very chaotic. During the teen years, children quickly begin to discover a new sense of freedom. This can lead to feelings of anger and helplessness for parents, who are often left out of their children's lives. In this revised edition of Positive Discipline for Teenagers, the author explains how to break the negative cycle of blame and guilt, and how to work toward a better understanding and communication with your adolescents. With this book, you will: Find out how to encourage your teen and yourself, Grow to understand how your teen still needs you in different ways, Learn how to get to know who your teen really is, Discover how to develop sound judgment without being judgmental, and Learn how to use follow-through, which is the only reliable way to get chores done.

Pages:  368

In this book, the author provides hard answers, based on age, to over 140 child misbehaviors. This encouraging guide is organized alphabetically for easy access. It allows you to look up the problem and quickly identify the case, learn specifically what to do, depending on your child's age, learn the exact words to say with actual dialogue examples, and more. Karen Renshaw Joslin is the former president, American Academy of Pediatrics, a parenting expert and mother.

Pages:  425

Parents realize that it's a difficult job raising self-assured, independent daughters. Girls are born thinking that they can do anything, but growing up safe in a world filled with media can be confusing and sometimes risky. This book leads parents through the various stages of a girl's development, going from infant to toddler, through childhood and the teen years, and then into early adulthood. The authors address a variety of issues that include: peer pressure and developing social roles, emotional effects of physical changes, eating disorders, changing moods, depression, the consequences of early sexuality, the differences in gender between girls and boys, and single parenting.

Pages:  420

This book offers a comprehensive guide to parents and those who care for children and teenagers that are handicapped. Dr. Thompson begins by starting with the difficult diagnosis. As she continues through the troubles of adolescence, she gives parents valuable information on how to help each other, and then advises them on how to get the best medical care, educational services, and how to deal with family and friends that mean well. She suggests a number of ways parents can help their children find enjoyment and value in their life. This book comes from Dr. Thompson's 30 years of background in the diagnoses and treatment of children with debilitating physical conditions and neuromuscular diseases.

Pages:  273

In this book, two of the country's foremost child psychologists tell what they have learned in over thirty-five years of total experience while working with boys and their families. They tell about a population of boys who have been angry, upset, scared, and quiet, and also make a convincing case that the most important contribution we can offer our sons is emotional literacy. They recognize that there are many challenges, both emotional and social, that boys come across in school. They advise parents to be aware of the cost that boys pay when we hold them to an unattainable standard of manhood, and also show how parents can help boys develop emotional understanding and empathy, which gives them the crucial connections and support they need to deal with the social pressures of youth.

Pages:  420

Parents should understand that their daughters face unique challenges growing up, and need to help their girls mature and succeed in this world. This book provides parents with solid guidelines, given in a distinct and simple to read format for helping them raise their daughters. The author, who is a psychologist and family therapist, provides her own unique experiences as a mother, along with knowledge acquired from many years of professional experience of counseling families. She explains the important aspects of a young woman's development and details ways for parents to create a bond with them. Also included in this book are conversations about social conditioning, family dynamics, peer relationships, communication styles, self-esteem, and education issues appropriate to the stages in a girl's life. From a young child to a teen and then to young woman, this resource will show parents how to understand their daughters better, how to promote their special abilities and help them live better lives.

Pages:  204

Obviously, we all want our children to be healthy and happy. According to many different scientific based studies, we have determined that being happy is a learned behavior, and one that we can help our children achieve and maintain. By using her own crazy and very entertaining actual adventures as a mom, Christine Carter, Ph.D, executive director of UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center shows us what to do, and not to do. She distills the process down to 10 simple happiness creating steps. With great understanding and compassion, she covers the everyday demands of being a parent, like getting the children to school and activities on time, putting dinner on the table, and showing the best way to discipline. She also covers the more subtle issues of helping children build healthy friendships and develop emotional understanding. Using the 10 key steps, she helps you interact with assertiveness and consistence with your kids to develop the necessary skills and habits that will set the stage for happy behavior now, and for the rest of their life.

Pages:  256

As a parent, you may or may not scream at your children, but you are always concerned about what they choose and how they will turn out. Many of the methods some experts recommend can actually make the situation worse. The author has determined why this occurs, and finds that parents are spending more time than they should, worrying about their children. They really need to bring the center of attention back to themselves. This book will help you control your responses to your deep concern. Instead of learning new techniques, you'll realize the beneficial principles that are inspiring many parents just like you to transform their family life. These principles will allow you to remain calm, composed, and connected with your children, no matter what type of situation.

Pages:  256

Separation can be the most difficult time for a family. This useful book, written by two experts, provides clear-cut advice to the parents that are facing this situation, and wish to follow the shared parenting approach. By using their broad background and extensive research, the experts highlight the need for children having considerable time with both parents, thus allowing them to continue having meaningful relationships. By showing both the advantages and challenges, disproving the myths, and providing valuable information how to communicate between the two households, along with providing solid tools to help create parenting plans. This book will show parents how to get past their personal feelings, and find a winning solution that's in the best interest for everyone involved.

Pages:  160

Many children feel pressure from the fast pace of life, and they can become restless, have trouble in school and with friends, and even be diagnosed with behavioral problems. Internationally known family consultant Kim John Payne helps parents retrieve the space and freedom that their children need, so they can focus their attention on their own individuality. Parents can create a refuge for their children by not hovering over them, do less, and trust them more. This cultivates children's identity, happiness, and resiliency as they slowly grow bigger. For any parent who wants to slow down their children's lives, but are not sure where to start, the author offers both inspiration and a model for change.

Pages:  240

In this book, the foremost experts on stepfamilies reveal findings and offer the first thorough guide to lessening the problems of stepfamily life and pains of divorce. For the millions of stepfamilies in this country, the normal, everyday issues that can challenge every family are even more difficult to deal with. After completing a nine-year study funded by the National Institutes of Health, the authors have written a book explaining hy more than half of all stepfamilies do not succeed and gives the strategies that help the others to be successful. There are difficult and often troublesome questions that a stepfamily must handle, like how much should a stepparent try to control a stepchild? How much control should a parent who does not live with a child have over them? The intention of this book is to provide answers to the essential questions of stepfamily life, to learn the effect of stepfamily life on children and to fill in the knowledge holes that challenge so many stepfamilies today.

Pages:  288

As a step mother, you're never sure if you're doing things correctly, and wonder if many of your questions are unique.  With this second edition, stepmother and journalist, Cherie Burns combines many ideas and practical advice, based on the most current research and interviews with experts in the field to help you deal with issues like how to manage discipline when parents and stepparents disagree, or helping step brothers and sisters get along, or how to handle birthdays and holidays, or getting along with your stepchild's mother.  Her intelligent and compassionate suggestions show how the insightful, knowledgeable stepmother can take control and help become an important, valued member of the family.

Pages:  252

This book gives real evidence that video games, movies, and TV are not only conditioning children to be violent and not realizing the consequences it can bring, but are also teaching how to kill. Some of these children are as young as eleven years old, and with amazing accuracy, murdering many people. Much of this evidence is based on recent major scientific studies and research. This is a very important issue in America at present, given the events occurring throughout the country. According to the authors, those who make violent video games, the TV networks, and the Hollywood movie studios share most of the blame. This book shows that it is important for every parent, teacher, and citizen to make an effort to help stop the wave of killing and violence caused by America's youth. Most significant, it's a guideline to show how that can be accomplished.

Pages:  196

Our schools are changing, and have never seemed so confusing as they are today.  The focus is on teaching core subject areas and basic skills.   Parent involvement is more important than ever, and you probably have a lot of questions.  In this book, written in easy-to-follow Q&A style, an award-winning educator takes you by the hand and guides you through the system: understanding how public and private education works in the United States, choosing a school, making sense of grades and report cards, the No Child Left Behind act, standardized tests, your rights as a parent, and more.  Includes a glossary of edu-speak terms, resources, and plenty of encouragement.

Pages:  208

To help daughters develop confidence and strength as they grow, they need their father's attention, security, and wisdom much more than we've ever known. The author is a pediatrician with many years of experience counseling girls, and she lets us know that a young woman's relationship with her father is very important. She shares the secrets that all fathers should know to strengthen or restore bonds with their daughter and make both her and his own life better. This book helps you realize: The essential qualities of strong father and how to build upon them, The signs that daughters take from their dads, including drugs, alcohol, sex and self-respect, The truth about ground rules, The importance of a father as a hero and guiding his daughter into adulthood, Steps fathers can follow to help daughters avoid bad decisions and big mistakes, and ways in which a father's faith, or lack thereof, will influence his daughter.

Pages:  288

There are many different and unique challenges, along with the great joy that come from parenting twins and multiples. Parents of twins will require more than just the extra equipment and clothing; They need more information, advice, and a lot of support. Written by the president and founder of Twin Services, Inc., this comprehensive, up-to-date guide will give you the answers and resources you've been looking for. It covers important issues like: Bonding with more than one baby, Breast-feeding techniques, Dealing with multiples and sibling rivalry, Helping your children achieve independent identities, Understanding the unique relationship between twins, and Financing your children's future. This guide will give you all the skills you need, and it also provides the most current studies on special health concerns, physical and mental progress of twins, and social behavior.

Pages:  333

In this book, you will realize a completely new way of life for your family that will celebrate your children's imagination, observe their creativity and achievements and give everyone a way to express appreciation and love for each other in the family. While you develop various ways to bring out your family's creativeness, you'll be able to make valuable relationships with your children in many ways. By merely using the basic tools around you, like art supplies, everyday objects, and your own imagination, you can change your family life. Your children will more often become involved in their own creative innovations and your family will embrace new ways to play and grow together, and have a great time doing it. The author has captivated many with her stories of creativity and parenting on her blog, Soule Mama, where she shares her ideas in a warm and friendly way. This resource presents a wide range of projects and gives ideas for inventive play, art and crafts, nature explorations, and it's perfect for all families.

Pages:  224

This book has been entirely updated, adding the latest information on medications, ADHD, and uses a caring approach to deal with all aspects of childhood behavioral disorders.  It is the respected book on parenting those difficult children that are hard to raise, and contains new sections on ADHD and the latest medications for childhood disorders.   Dr. Stanley Turecki is a highly respected expert on children and discipline, and was also the father of a difficult child at one time.   He offers compassionate and useful information to parents of these type of children.  Using his experience with many families in the highly successful Difficult Children Program that he created for Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City, his approach, one step at a time, shows you how to use a ten-point test to identify your child's temperament.  You will be able to isolate specific difficulties and learn to handle common, but sometimes unmanageable situations expertly and calmly.

Pages:  302

This book takes a sensible, monthly tour of the first year of daddy's new life. In this revised, expanded edition for today's dad, the author presents timely and appropriate subjects from pre-natal care through year one of being a dad.  He covers topics including detecting an infant's illnesses, evaluating a baby's development, and learning proper ways to play with the newest family member.  The author uses his fathering background and medical knowledge to cover everything, ranging from the tasks of changing a diaper, feeding your baby, packing a diaper bag to choosing the right babysitter.  He informs you on many subjects, including: Important physical, emotional, health, and developmental milestones for your baby, Identifying and coping the feelings often experienced by new dads, Maintaining a healthy relationship with your partner through your new experiences, and much more!

Pages:  304

This book is an updated edition, filled with stories, songs, activities, recipes, and much more.  Everything was designed for dad to call his own, including text by a variety of authors, such as Bill Cosby, Shel Silverstein, Ogden Nash, and illustrations from the artists Jessie Wilcox Smith and Kate Greenway.  This book offers a lot of great reading time for dad and his children, and the activities also include things like making sandcastles, playing identification games, funny riddles and jokes.   There are even some enjoyable recipes to try with the kids in the kitchen, like sloppy joes, macaroni and cheese, and chicken finger.   Overall, it's a great book that dads and kids will spend lots of quality time together with.

Pages:  352

This well known book is newly designed and contains classic art and a new introduction for the tenth anniversary edition. It remains the ideal book for any mom that doesn't want her children to miss out on fairy tales, poetry, songs, nursery rhymes, stories, recipes, finger games and all kinds of other activities. It's the perfect book for moms who want to be the best and also want to have lots of fun with their small children. Also, after everyone else has gone to sleep at night, the book contains essays just for you, mom.

Pages:  352

This book is a great resource to manage the positive and negative times during early adolescence. All parents have experienced the terrible twos and the emotional teenagers, but only a few have been able to predict the roller coaster ride of these thrilling yet frustrating years. You'll see that this book includes many different topics, and covers all aspects of the social, physical, emotional, and intellectual development of young adolescents. By using the latest information provided by experts and supported by the National Middle School Association, along with the author's amazing insights from talking to teachers, parents, and the children themselves, this book will provide a valuable resource to help you get through this challenging time.

Pages:  308

In this book, written by a woman who was adopted herself, adopted children tell a common story of fear, loss, and hope. It also shows adoptive parents how to release their children from the feelings of abandonment, and shame. The author gives the twenty complex emotional topics you must understand in order to care for the child you love. It shows that these children must grieve their loss now in order to receive love in the future, and they need to know the about their birth family, despite the fact that the details may hurt. The book is loaded with important views from children, parents, and experts in the field, and also contains useful strategies and case histories that will be consistent for every adoptive family. This is a helpful guide to the complicated feelings that occupy the mind of an adopted child, as well as their new home.

Pages:  224

This book has the solution, if your teenagers are making you go crazy. The author takes a close look in this new updated edition, at the typical issues facing parents and their teenage children. Many of these issues include, but are not limited to: dating, sex, drugs, alcohol, divorce, sports, academics, texting and the internet. He takes an interesting approach to the period of adolescent growth, which is often misunderstood, and gives parents some unexpected advice. He proposes indirect communication instead of heart-to heart talks, letting your teenager brood, resist giving advice, and embrace separation. This unusual approach and decades of experience working with teenagers makes this an positive, invaluable resource.

Pages:  240

Video games are fun and addictive, but can you as parents make sure your kids are not being harmed?  The answers can be found here, in this book!  You'll find out which games are appropriate for age groups from infants to adults.  You'll learn how video games can affect your child's development, and what to do if your child is spending too much time playing them.  You should be the one to make the decision about gaming, and to say enough is enough!

Pages:  191

In this book, the author will help end the conflict between mother and daughter and break free from the past. It looks at the most complex relationship of your life, and show you how the relationship with your mother affects all others in your life, including choosing your partner. The book shows how to recognize healthy and destructive mother-daughter relationships, how mothers manipulate their daughters, how to stop the succession of blame, anger, disappointments, and other negative situations, and finally, why you tend to become the opposite or identical person your mother was. The author has done years of research and did many interviews, and can show you how to gain understanding and acceptance, or allow you to achieve a separate, peaceful life as a result.

Pages:  406

Children who get into trouble are victims of neglect by their parents, according to the author. These parents may think they are good parents, but for various reasons, are actually unaware of their child's needs. This book explains how to prevent trouble from happening, teach kids about gratification, how to talk with teenagers that are not willing to talk, how to create a daily structure for children, and help your child deal with negative peer pressure. You will also learn to handle many of the problems occurring with children today, like teenage pregnancy and drug abuse, and very important, to build a lifelong relationship with and enjoy time with your child.

Pages:  224

Managing a busy life with children and a job can be very difficult, but also very satisfying and rewarding.  This book will show you how to deal with this lifestyle.  The author is a woman who is loves her kids and career, and she shows you examples of how actual people, some famous and some you'll meet for the first time in the book, are able to manage their lives.  By using her background as a mom, wife, writer and college professor, she helps families and couples find the way to enjoy life together and have a purpose.  By using good humor, imaginative ideas, insight and encouragement, Working Families will help you navigate through a sea of demands with the confidence you need to change the world, along with your children.

Pages:  240