Parents Memory

What will your children remember of their childhood? Calling all moms who want to break out of monotony, distraction, and busyness to a life of making lasting memories with your kids and drawing your family closer to one another and to God! What’s the solution to gaining the balanced...

What happens when the people who always took care of you suddenly begin needing you? Maybe your mother is forgetting appointments more often. Your father has had a few questionable moments behind the wheel. Bills are piling up, medications are becoming confusing, the house is getting harder to maintain, or your family has started quietly wondering whether Mom or Dad can still live safely on their own. Nobody really prepares you for this part of life. The Day Your Parents Need You is a practical, compassionate guide for adult children facing the difficult realities of aging parents. Written ...

A geriatrician whose perspective on his specialty changed when his own father was diagnosed with dementia provides clear, calm questions to ask and tasks to tackle—as well as what not to worry about—from the first moments of concern. When Nate Chin’s father, also a doctor, began to feel...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Our ability to pay attention is collapsing. From the author of Chasing the Scream and Lost Connections comes a groundbreaking examination of why this is happening—and how to get our attention back. “The book the world needs in order to win the war on distraction...

He died three years ago. So why is he calling tonight? Lucas has never stopped grieving Paul, the love of his life. Every sunset, every silence, every moment without him still hurts. Then, one night, the phone rings. And Paul’s voice is on the line. Lucas is drawn into a haunting spiral of forgotten memories, mysterious messages, and an unshakable feeling that Paul isn’t gone—not entirely. But if love can reach beyond death… what price must be paid? 💬 "Stay With Me" is a gripping MM romance blending raw emotion with supernatural mystery. A story about grief, longing, and the ...

The Grace of Forgetting: A Joyful Reimagining of Alzheimer’s and Memory Loss In a culture that often frames Alzheimer’s and dementia as solely tragic, The Grace of Forgetting offers a profound and compassionate reimagining of what it means to love, care for, and walk beside someone whose memories are fading. Rather than viewing memory loss as the unraveling of identity, this book invites readers to see it as a sacred process of letting go, a softening of ego, and a return to presence, simplicity, and soul. Across 15 heartfelt, deeply reflective chapters, the book gently shifts the lens ...

The Long Hello distills the seven years the author spent caring for her mother into a pause-resisting memoir that offers insight into the "altering world of the dementia mind". During that time Borrie recorded brief conversations she had with her mother that revealed the transformations within - and sometimes yielded an almost Zen-like poetry. She includes selections from them in chapters about her experience that are as evocative as diary entries.

A haunting novel in which a girl grapples with her father's sudden departure and her new companion—the ghost of Sylvia Plath—in a crumbling seaside house that holds more secrets than memories.​ In a yellow house perched on the crumbling edge of Massachusetts Bay, eleven-year-old Penelope...

Parents and kids pitted against one another, opposing forces pulling in different directions - both determined to win! Every family experiences power struggles, but these daily tugs of war are not inevitable. In Kids, Parents, and Power Struggles, Mary Sheedy Kurcinka presents real strategies...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In the tradition of Paul Tough’s How Children Succeed and Wendy Mogel’s The Blessing of a Skinned Knee, this groundbreaking manifesto focuses on the critical school years when parents must learn to allow their children to experience the disappointment and...

How To Deal With a Parent With Dementia. A Practical Guide to Communicate with Compassion, Manage Challenging Behaviors, Reduce Caregiver Burnout, Make Difficult Decisions with Confidence, and Care for Your Parent Without Losing Yourself. If you're searching for real answers on how to deal with a parent with dementia, you already know the hardest part isn't the diagnosis — it's every day after it. The repeated questions. The accusations that come out of nowhere. The guilt when you lose your patience. The exhaustion no one warned you about. This book was written for exactly this moment. ...

A masterful collection of essays from America's most beloved humorist that will take readers to wilder and more entertaining heights than ever. "The preeminent humorist of his generation ... His reluctant charm and talent for observing every inch of the human condition remain intact."...

If you're listening to this, you may have a loved one suffering from dementia, and you're looking for hope. The disease has already taken so much, and though you're determined to fight, you're weary. Keeping Love Alive as Memories Fade will renew your strength. With guidance from professionals and stories of committed caregivers, you'll learn how others have braved the road ahead and how you can, too. Using the five love languages and other creative ideas, you can discover, like many others, the resilient power of love.

If caring for an aging parent suddenly became your job, this guide gives you a calmer way to know what to do next. Doctor visits. Medication questions. Memory changes. Bills. Insurance calls. Home safety worries. Family opinions. Caregiving can turn into a second full-time job before you ever get a clear plan. The Caregiver Survival Guide for Aging Parents is a practical, step-by-step guide for adult children who are trying to help an elderly parent while still protecting their own time, energy, and peace of mind. Inside, you will learn how to prepare for medical appointments, organize ...

The unforgettable, sharply funny dementia novel readers are calling “heartbreaking and hilarious in equal measure.” “Maggie is a masterpiece of chaos.” "Tom broke my heart, then made me laugh out loud.” “A beautifully honest story.” It starts, as these things often do, with small slips. A misplaced remote. A teapot given away to a postman. A trolley “adopted” from Tesco Express. But Maggie Harris has never done anything by halves - so her dementia arrives with full-blown mayhem: five-hour bus trips to places she doesn’t recognise, late-night wanderings, supermarket ...

Including real life stories, this newly revised third edition of the award-winning bestseller—voted one of the top twenty parenting books—provides parents with the most up-to-date research, effective discipline tips, and practical strategies for raising spirited children. Do you ever wonder...

Full of actionable advice and insider tips, When Your Aging Parent Needs Help provides practical and flexible steps that move concerned families toward effective elder care action, while respecting a parent's dignity and autonomy.

**Narrated by the Author** In this fourth edition of her perennial bestselling book, Dr. Mary Sheedy Kurcinka utilizes her deep experience to address the pressures previous generations of parents didn’t have to consider. Her empathy and effective advice are exemplified in the introduction of...

LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2026 From the Women’s Prize-shortlisted author of First Love, The Palm House is a sharply observed, slyly funny novel of enduring friendships and small mercies. ‘This goes straight onto my list of favourite modern novels’ – The Times ‘One of our finest...

Updated September, 2025! You never imagined you'd be the one making life-and-death decisions for your mom or dad. Now what? When Alzheimer’s or dementia strikes someone you love, it can feel like you're suddenly in charge of everything—without a roadmap. This real-world dementia survival guide answers with detailed and practical advice the exact questions every caregiver ends up facing: What if Mom refuses to leave her home, even when it’s no longer safe? When do I take away Dad's car keys—or checkbook? Should I correct her when she says things that are just plain false? What do I ...