Family Relationships category: 37031 books
by Judy Bartkowiak
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2011
Between 13 and 19 we become adults and pass from the relatively protected home and family base to the street with our friends. Along the way we take exams make hugely important decisions about school work and relationships and we make mistakes. These mistakes can help us develop as mature adults or they...
Education Groups for Men Who Batter
The Duluth Model
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 1993
"Pence and Paymar are right on target again. Their analysis of battering is excellent and their approach...is straightforward, useful and clear. [The book] tells you what to do with abusive men and how to do it well. [The authors] challenge practitioners to do their work in a manner that is compassionate...
by Harvey Brownstone
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2009
Tug of War is the first book of its kind. Written by a sitting family court judge in layman's language, it demystifies complex family law concepts and procedures, clearly explains how family court works, and gives parents essential alternatives to resolve their own custody battles and keep their kids...
A Family Shaped by Grace
How to Get Along with the People Who Matter Most
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2017
As a teenager, Gary Morland lived in an unhappy, dysfunctional family characterized by addiction and disharmony. When he started a family of his own, he brought with him those same destructive patterns. Yet he sensed there must be a way to have a family shaped by acceptance and grace, a family that...
Dear Daughter
A dad's marriage advice on love, pain, healing and the law
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2017
After 20-plus years of marriage and parenting, popular radio host, professor and author Wil LaVeist uncovered a family secret that dropped him and his adult daughter to their knees. A chance DNA test revealed that his “daddy’s girl” is not his biological child. LaVeist instead focused on the...
by John Holt
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2013
This is a reprint of John Holt's controversial book about the rights of children and how adults and children can live and learn together more enjoyably and transparently by rethinking their relationships. Under the guise of care and protection, children are kept in the walled garden of childhood,...
Family Constellations
A Practical Guide to Uncovering the Origins of Family Conflict
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2012
Mapping out a “family constellation,” explains Dr. Joy Manné, encompasses exploring previous powerful life events from accidents to adoptions and accessing the deepest dynamics in that family system. This process helps us recognize and then resolve deeply seated family patterns. For example,...
by Gilbert Herdt
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
Here is a pioneering volume that explores adolescent homosexuality around the world. Social scientists examine the personal experiences of gay and lesbian teenagers from culture to culture and address the problems and obstacles these young people face. The changing contexts, values, and goals of societies...
Stories From the Polycule
Real Life in Polyamorous Families
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2015
Welcome to the polycule: the network created by the interconnections of polyamorous relationships. Just like the molecules that make up all living things, polycules come in diverse forms: large, small, tightly bound, loosely connected, static, ever-changing. How do polycules form, what do they look...
by W R Queensborough
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2017
When it's time to get out...get out.
Seven compelling fictional dramas. One true-to-life dilemma - how to escape abusive relationships.
What is it that keeps victims trapped within abusive relationships? Why can't they just leave? Is it guilt? Are they afraid of worse to come? Or are...
What About the Kids?
Raising Your Children Before, During, and After Divorce
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2003
The groundbreaking handbook that helps parents guide their children through divorce and co-parenting -- including the introduction of step-parents -- from a New York Times bestselling author and child psychologist.
This is the definitive work from the renowned child psychologist Judith Wallerstein...
Family First
Your Step-by-Step Plan for Creating a Phenomenal Family
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2013
Do you feel that your family is not what it used to be, or what it has the potential to be? Do you worry that the parenting decisions you're making today may be scarring your child for life? Do you sometimes feel you are in a tug-of-war with the world over who will shape your child's values and beliefs?
With...
Positive Discipline for Today's Busy (and Overwhelmed) Parent
How to Balance Work, Parenting, and Self for Lasting Well-Being
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2018
With the increasing pressure to excel at parenting, work, and personal relationships, it's easy to feel stressed and dissatisfied. This targeted Positive Discipline guide gives parents the tools to parent effectively without sacrificing their well-being or giving up on their life goals. Instead of...
Divorce Poison New and Updated Edition
How to Protect Your Family from Bad-mouthing and Brainwashing
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2011
Your ex-spouse is bad mouthing you to your children, constantly portraying you in a negative light, perhaps even trying to turn them against you. If you handle the situation ineffectively, your relationship with your children could suffer. You could lose their respect, lose their affections-even,...