Real Parents

A baby is a blessing - and also a completely life-altering event. Written by a psychologist and relationship expert, Baby Bomb offers powerful tools based in psychology and neurobiology to help you and your partner co-parent and co-partner as a supportive team - while also cultivating mad love for each other!

The perfect follow-up to You Are Not Alone: a guide for parents, educators, caregivers, and mental health professionals on how to navigate mental healthcare for the young people in their lives. A growing number of children and teens in the U.S. are struggling with mental health conditions, but...

Renowned child-development expert Dr. Karyn Purvis gives you practical advice and powerful tools you can use to encourage secure attachment in your family. You will benefit from Karyn’s decades of clinical research and real-world experience. Coauthor Lisa Qualls demonstrates how you can successfully implement these strategies in your home, just as she did in hers. You will learn how to simplify your approach using scripts, nurture your child, combat chronic fear, teach respect, and develop other valuable tools to facilitate a healing connection with your child.

Chase is ready to turn over a new leaf and leave his Hollywood playboy antics behind. He asked the universe for a chance at real love and is confident that Noa is his swift delivery. The only problem? It's near impossible to move forward when there is still a spotlight on the skeletons of his past. Newly single, Noa's focused on one thing and one thing only—and it does not involve a whirlwind summer romance with megastar actor Chase Ford. Armed with a paintbrush and a new blank canvas, she's determined to paint the perfect family picture for her and her four-year-old son.

Mayo Clinic Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy is the ultimate guidebook for navigating the road to parenthood, with everything you need to know along the way to help you have a healthy pregnancy and baby. This inclusive, updated manual is packed with research-backed advice for every part of the journey, from conception to postpartum and the newborn weeks. Inside you'll find the latest expertise from Myra Wick, M.D., Ph.D., a mom of four—along with contributions from many other pregnancy specialists at Mayo Clinic.

Are you tired of eye rolls, silence, or one-word answers from your teenager? Do you wish you could understand what they’re really thinking and bring peace back into your home? In How To Talk To Your Teenager, Aly Dearborn offers a heartwarming, practical guide to reconnecting with your teen — without shouting, sarcasm, or slammed doors. Written in simple, friendly language, this book helps parents build bridges through empathy, humor, and real conversation. Discover: • How to remember what it felt like to be their age — the insecurity, the pressure, the confusion. • How to relate ...

As a single mother, Cindy Bermudez Presgraves knows the value of hard work. While going through a divorce and raising two children on her own, she became an award-winning realtor. Consistently a top producer for her agency, Presgraves seeks to empower other women with her success story. In her new book, Becoming Successful in Real Estate, Presgraves relates the highs and lows of real estate and offers a behind-the-scenes look at the life of a real estate agent.

Age-proofing an older relative's living space, figuring out powers of attorney, spotting and dealing with signs of dementia, asking them to give up the car keys or consider assisted living . . . the first step toward tackling these concerns and more is an honest, informed discussion. Here are prompts and road maps for twenty-seven essential conversations—with your parent, other family members, and health care providers.

✨ BONUS INSIDE: Includes free access to the Teen Girl’s Handbook Companion—a guided workbook that helps teens turn lessons into daily habits of confidence, calm, and self-growth. Is your teen daughter, niece, or granddaughter struggling with self-doubt, stress, or feeling like she’s never ‘enough’? You’re not alone—and neither is she. Growing up in today’s world is hard. Between school pressure, social media, and friendship drama, it’s easy for even the brightest, kindest girls to lose sight of who they are. This book offers a clear path to help her rebuild her ...

How to win an argument is a LIFE SKILL. Unfortunately, schools don’t teach it. An average man everyday finds himself in at least 5-10 situations where he is in some disagreement with another. Thus, this requires him to have the essential life skill of arguing successfully to get his point heard, to get his opinion or perception understood, and to get his view implemented. Knowing how to argue successfully can be the difference between success and failure Have you been in an argument with your parents whom you love so much but yet you want to live your life on your own terms rather than ...

Humans now spend most of their free time submerged in screen life - and that’s taking a toll on real life. The good news is there’s a way back. Best-selling author David Murrow provides a rescue plan for parents, adults, teachers, and ministers who want to help others (or themselves) achieve screen-life/real-life balance. Drowning in Screen Time shows you what screens are doing to your family and relationships, why screen content is so addictive, and how to find freedom and confidence in real life.

Holly Marie was forty-two years old the day she found out she was missing. At ten months old, Holly Marie was brought to the door of a church by three barefoot women in white robes and head coverings. Adopted by the pastor and raised in a loving Christian home, Holly nevertheless struggled with...

From cop-turned-comic Eric Tansey, a hilarious and humanizing portrait of law enforcement for fans of Walk the Blue Line and You Can’t Make This Stuff Up. Eric Tansey, a former Army scout and Special Operations military veteran, joined the police force with a ton of unrealistic expectations...

Are you a single parent feeling overwhelmed, exhausted, or unsure how to keep it all together? You are not alone. This book is here to help. Solo, Not Alone is a heartfelt and practical guide packed with 100 real life challenges that single parents face every day. Inside, you will find supportive and realistic solutions designed to help you feel more confident, more grounded, and more equipped to handle life’s hardest moments. Whether you are navigating co parenting, raising children on your own, or rebuilding your life after a major change, this book offers compassionate insight and easy...

Are you exhausted from constant tantrums, defiance, or full-on meltdowns—wondering if anything will ever work? You're not alone. Many parents are silently drowning in guilt, confusion, and fear that they’ve somehow failed their child. Especially when traditional discipline methods backfire, and advice from professionals only leads to more frustration—or worse, pushes you toward medication as a first resort. This book offers a way out. A real one. Discipline Systems That Work for Out-of-Control Kids is a no-nonsense, deeply practical guide for parents, guardians, and caregivers who are...

Do you find yourself walking throughout life with a dark cloud over your head? Do you always find yourself in a bad mood or having mood swings? Would you like to get rid of your negative thoughts and feelings, and start producing the life you deserve? Everybody should be able to live a happy life, full of positiveness, joy, and brightness!

The Life Skills Manual That College Forgot to Give You (or your teen). Give them the ultimate "unfair advantage": the confidence to handle the real world without the panicked phone calls home. You’re smart, capable, and ready for college life. But when the "real-world" stuff shows up—credit scores, apartment leases, meal planning, and "adult" emails—it can hit harder than finals week. If you’ve ever wondered, “Why didn’t anyone teach me this?” you aren’t failing. You’re just missing the map. Adulting for College Students is that map. It’s a fun, no-shame, step-by-step ...

Minimalism that actually works for real life—without erasing the things you love. If you’ve ever tried to declutter and ended up stuck in the same cycle—purge, organize, relapse—this book was written for you. Because the problem isn’t that you “lack discipline.” The problem is that most advice focuses on managing stuff instead of designing the systems that stop clutter at the source. In Minimalism for Real Life: How to Declutter Without Losing the Things You Love, you’ll learn a practical, psychology-backed approach to creating a home that feels calm, functional, and easy to...

From the #1 New York Times bestselling authors of Walk in My Combat Boots: true-life stories from the men and women who protect and serve our homes, families and communities. Protect These men and women are our eyes. Our ears. Our protectors. Those who wear a badge, doing their best to help...

You’re not addicted to your phone. You’re addicted to being manipulated. Every scroll is a tiny surrender. A flick of the thumb. A blink of time. A quiet agreement: “Take my attention. Take my mind.” And what do you get in return? Anxiety. Comparison. Isolation disguised as connection. Rage disguised as relevance. Distraction disguised as information. You don’t even remember what you saw — only that you couldn’t stop. You opened the app for a reason. You just can’t remember what it was. This isn’t your fault. But it is your problem. Quit Social Media: The Scroll Is ...