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Yes you CAN raise Godly Kids! Break out of single parent dysfunction junction and have the family of your dreams. Your children are destined to be more than “kids-gone-wrong” society statistics. They have infinite potential to rise far above loneliness, rejection, dejection, depression, stigmatized traits, and disadvantage. Single-parented children can make sound choices, respect others, resist negative pressure, and create an uptrend of doing the right thing. It starts with your determination to say “no” to the status quo and your resolve to give new and significant meaning to the ...

A desperate request and an unexpected bargain would bring together a broken family in a way they never imagined. Evan ‘Orion’ Buchannan is a single dad on the edge, struggling to hold his life together with the threat of deployment looming. How can he be a good father when everything around him is falling apart? Cherry Davis, new to Florida and loving the sunshine, never expected to be swept off her feet by a soldier in distress. When he asks her to marry him—out of the blue—she says yes without hesitation. Suddenly, Cherry finds herself a stepmom, learning military life from a six-...

Most of the parenting books currently in circulation were written decades ago. They do not address—nor could they address—all the issues parents face today. Parents need insights, techniques, and strategies to tackle the pressing issues of twenty-first-century parenting. That's what the Understanding and Loving Your Child series of books will do. Understanding and Loving Your Child as a Single Parent will encourage parents who have lost their partner, or never had one. It will offer tips and pointers on being present for the children while taking time to care for themselves.

If your kids aren’t learning about sex from you, what are they learning about sex, and who is teaching them? Having "the talk" with your child does not have to be a terrifying and awkward event. Armed with The Sex-Wise Parent, Dr. Janet Rosenzweig’s groundbreaking book, you may find you never have to have "the talk". Dr. Rosenzweig shows you how you can help protect your children from sexual abuse, trauma, and bullying through your everyday interaction with them.

In There's No Such Thing as 'Naughty', mum to two young children, journalist and children's mental health advocate Kate Silverton shares her groundbreaking new approach to parenting under-fives that will make life much easier for parents and an awful lot more fun. Kate's simple and unique strategies, easy-to-follow techniques and scripts will equip you to manage those tricky everyday challenges with ease - and help to ensure you enjoy the strongest bond possible with your child, both now and in the years ahead.

Students explore and understand the meaning of family relationships. Great books from prompting value-oriented discussions on caring, sharing, and loving.

The Doggie Café is my sanctuary, brewing coffee and healing my heart. But then Joshua Reynolds, with his Dalmatian, strolls into my world. His quiet strength ignites something I thought I'd lost forever—a real connection, impossible to ignore as our sons, Ethan and Noah, become instant besties. Holding back, even my heart knows Joshua is different. Strong, dependable, and patiently waiting while my past haunts me. When a fire erupts at the café—a blazing inferno of panic—Joshua is there. He stands firm, a beacon in my storm. Amidst the crackle of Fourth of July fireworks, our lives ...

Are Laurel’s visions madness or could they be inspired by God? Laurel Fischer knows the trials of having a prophetic gift all too well. Her husband, Frank, had believed her when she saw they’d have their daughter, Grace. He staked everything on it when she foretold his election to city council. But when a vision revealed that Frank was in the arms of another woman? Frank’s politics took a turn. He divorced Laurel. He used her visions to prove her an unfit mother. He’d wed his wealthy mistress, Shana—a woman with everything but the child she’d always wanted. When a disturbing new...

There is a special bond between mothers and their sons, and it never goes away. This book contains some of the best stories and poems from Chicken Soup's library honoring that lifelong relationship between mothers and their male offspring.

Bette’s bar is on the ropes when her biggest attraction, the barroom Santa, goes on strike two days before Christmas. ~~~ Meet Nixon Bright. He’s not the nicest Santa around, but then, he doesn’t have the nicest job. Nixon scraped the bottom of the barrel and ended up working in a bar—Bette Jo's Bimbo Bar—where sloppy sitters and spilled drinks make working conditions hazardous. All Bette Jo has is Bimbo’s Bar, a mountain of debt, and a baby girl to feed. To save her family business she needs a big attraction—the hunky barroom Santa she hired. When he proposes a dinner date to...

Karen Stanley spent eight years raising two kids by herself, while running a business and struggling to find real love. After years of frustration, Karen had a breakthrough. She knew something had to change. She realized she needed to cultivate self-worth and self-confidence if she wanted to reach her goals, and when she did this for business it started with a strategic plan - one with easy-to-implement, actionable steps. Could a plan like this work for building self-worth?

From the very first moment they're born into your arms, your kids instantly become the apple of your eyes, and you would do anything for them. But as much as you love them and would give the world to them, let's be honest, raising a child is no quick walk in the park.