Relationships and families: advice and issues

All of us educate, teach, and form others; as Christians, the place in which this formation takes place is our community.

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In this immensely practical manual, two leading child psychologists provide specific, down-to-earth advice for effectively handling the everyday problems of children from early childhood through adolescence.

Sacred Unions is a book about true love.

Informative, inspiring, and enlightening, Becoming the Parent You Want to Be provides parents with the building blocks they need to discover their own parenting philosophy and develop effective parenting strategies.

Sibling relationships and rivalry are as old as recorded history.

Adoption is a transformational process bringing parenthood to those who long for but cannot bear children and giving stranded children home, family, and their place in the world.

Established psychoanalytic/psychodynamic researchers and theorists bring the exploration of prejudice to a new level by examining how psychoanalysis might elucidate strategies that will eliminate prejudice.

The subject is emotional abuse-the ongoing process whereby one person attempts to destroy the will, needs, desires, or perceptions of another.

Whether you have a teen who is struggling with exam pressure, a young adult who hasn t settled into university life or you are curious about what lies ahead for your younger child, How to Grow a Grown Up will help you to build your child's confidence and resilience - so they can become a strong, happy and independent adult.

How does culture affect child-rearing practices?

All human cultures across time have created rituals, bringing family members together to celebrate, welcome, honor, or mourn.

Winning Cooperation from Your Child provides parents and therapists with a comprehensive, home-based behavioral recovery program for oppositional, defiant, and aggressive children.

The term hospitality describes a state of generosity, accommodation, and consideration towards others.

Adoption is a transformational process bringing parenthood to those who long for but cannot bear children and giving stranded children home, family, and their place in the world.

Military spouse education is an often overlooked topic.

Military spouse education is an often overlooked topic.

Does putting your smartphone on the dinner table impact your relationships?

The Air Force can be the initial platform of a lifelong career pathway for individuals interested in serving one contract or those who stay on active-duty for a full career.

Making the most of all your new military life has to offer can be difficult when you aren't familiar with what life in the military really means.

Staying happily married has become a difficult proposition in recent times.

A stressful, protracted divorce.

When loved-ones go missing, the lives of their family members are turned upside-down.

Finding lasting love and intimacy can be difficult for many women.

In addition to the simple physiological and genetic bond that connects parents to their children, there is also a deeply rooted and often conflicting emotional bond that develops between mothers and daughters.

When a child talks about a vivid nighttime dream, it can be difficult for adults to know how to respond.

The media today is filled with powerful men in trouble for their sexual behaviors, and invariably, they are diagnosed as sexual addicts.

Sexual Outsiders: Understanding BDSM Sexualities and Communities delves into the unique experiences of individuals in BDSM communities.

This is a body of work which gives concerned parents and professionals instructive insight into the personality of "problem children" and gives practical suggestions for taking corrective and remedial steps before it''s too late.

While advice abounds from a variety of sources before parents embark on their parenting journeys, the only parent preparation we actually receive comes from our family and peer stories.

This is a powerful resource for anyone who wants to understand the nature of interpersonal conflict-to study it, understand why it's a consistent part of human history, and perhaps avert it in their own lives.

This book identifies the behaviors and attitudes reflective of excessive self-interest and self-centered people and provides a framework for reducing the negative effects that these individuals have on their family, friends, and colleagues.

America's foster care system has a noble goal - to care for children that for various reasons can no longer be cared for by their families - but years of inattention and inadequate funding have left many foster youth in a precarious state.

Prior to 1990, fewer than five percent of domestic infant adoptions were open.

Provides an invaluable primer on how culturally accepted stereotypes are impacting people throughout the United States.

This accessible book explores what friendship is and why it's so important to our well-being and provides practical suggestions for teens and young adults wishing to experience deeper, more fulfilling connections.

Provides easily implemented interventions and coping strategies for dealing with the worrier, complainer, nagger, or micromanager in your life.

Spotlights the challenges faced by our increasing cadre of military women when their service ends and they become civilians.

The media today is filled with powerful men in trouble for their sexual behaviors, and invariably, they are diagnosed as sexual addicts.

This volume explains how bullying became a problem in schools and what can be done about it.

A comprehensive guide to the lives and experiences of military service members, veterans, and their families in the United States today, with special emphasis given to those of the post-9/11 era.

This valuable book provides a delicate introduction to the topic of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), especially as they relate to teens and young adults.

Authored by a sex therapist who regularly works with clients wanting to improve their relationships, this book explains how technology can create conflict or additional anxiety and discloses techniques to help individuals gain confidence or strengthen their personal relationships.

This is a powerful resource for anyone who wants to understand the nature of interpersonal conflict-to study it, understand why it's a consistent part of human history, and perhaps avert it in their own lives.

Children on the Autism Spectrum often grow up to find they are unable to cope effectively with the challenges of adult life.

An essential resource for transracially adoptive parents and the professionals who serve them, this book offers practical strategies for helping a transracially adopted child through the challenges he or she may face.

Many adopted or foster children have complex, troubling, often painful pasts.