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By Christy Monson. 2012
Christy Monson, a retired family therapist, provides in simple language concrete examples and clear language to family success through family…
councils. While families are diverse and their needs are unique, a family council provides a safe and strong environment for every family to discuss issues and explore the best ways to have the family succeed. A family council is not just any meeting. It's a special event that provides a background and foundation to create healthy family synergy. Monson teaches families what a family council is and what it is not, why it’s a perfect environment for teaching, for exploring difficult issues, learning how to play, and how best to solve problems at home, school, or work. Monson also includes information for families with special needs. Family councils are a great way to bring children and parents together in a positive environment where they can discuss and solve problemsBy Mercè Tabuenca Petanàs. 2016
El derecho de familia regula las relaciones entre los cónyuges y sus hijos, y proporciona pautas para la resolución de…
los conflictos de intereses. Pero es imposible atender todas las circunstancias y situaciones que influyen en cada uno de los casos. POr ello, en este libro, además de presentar las disposiciones jurídicas acerca del divorcio, la separación y la nulidad matrimonial, se dan las indicaciones para afrontar los problemas que pueden surguir en el transcurso del proceso.By Tim Ursiny. 2003
Nobody likes conflict, but you can't avoid it. Top performers just like you face problems every day. If you know…
how to deal with conflict well, you can turn it into your biggest opportunity for success.The Top Performer's Guide to Conflict is your essential conflict handbook, giving you the tools you need to manage conflict and come out on top. Discover:--Why you must know how to handle conflict--How to recognize conflict before it happens--The best ways to deal with difficult people--How to build strength by overcoming problems--Secrets to impacting and leading others--Tools to guide you past conflictTop performers face conflict head-on and come out on top. You are just a short read away from mastering this essential skill.By Dra. Dominique-Adèle Cassuto, Sophie Guillou. 2016
La dictadura de la línea hace estragos. En la adolescencia, cuando es habitual y frecuente que el cuerpo se redondee…
temporalmente, el tema se convierte en una catástrofe. El resultado es que nuestras hijas empiezan dietas de adelgazamiento descabelladas, que ponen en peligro su salud y su crecimiento. Este libro responde a las numerosas preguntas sobre el tema: * Cómo ayudarla a distanciarse un poco de la locura del adelgazamiento. * Qué papel deben desarrollar los padres, y en especial la madre. * ¿Es bulimia o picoteo? * Cómo reaccionar si su exceso de peso está solo en su cabeza. * Cómo transmitirle buenos hábitos alimentarios. * Cómo ayudarla a mantener o perder peso, evitando la trampa de las dietas demasiado restrictivas. * Qué hacer si tiene sobrepeso de verdad. Dominique-Adèle Cassuto doctora nutricionista, recibe todos los días a adolescentes que se lamentan de su peso, con o sin razón. Sophie Guillou periodista. Es coautora, junto a Ginette Lespine, de Surmonter le chômage en famille, de la misma colección.By Christine Ward Gailey. 1987
Have women always been subordinated? If not, why and how did women's subordination develop? Kinship to Kingship was the first…
book to examine in detail how and why gender relations become skewed when classes and the state emerge in a society. Using a Marxist-feminist approach, Christine Ward Gailey analyzes women's status in one society over three hundred years, from a period when kinship relations organized property, work, distribution, consumption, and reproduction to a class-based state society. Although this study focuses on one group of islands, Tonga, in the South Pacific, the author discusses processes that can be seen through the neocolonial world. This ethnohistorical study argues that evolution from a kin-based society to one organized along class lines necessarily entails the subordination of women. And the opposite is also held to be true: state and class formation cannot be understood without analyzing gender and the status of women. Of interest to students of anthropology, political science, sociology, and women's studies, this work is a major contribution to social history.By Michael D'Antonio. 2010
Today Lipton means tea. However, in his time Sir Thomas Lipton was known for much more than the Lipton tea…
empire. Raised in desperate poverty, he would build a global empire of markets, factories, plantations, and stockyards. But his epic pursuit of the America's Cup--a yachting trophy and the ultimate in international sport--made him a beloved figure on both sides of the Atlantic. More than a story of innovation and achievement, A Full Cup also explores Lipton's most intriguing creation: his public persona, formed by a burgeoning mass media and a shameless self-promotion that made him one of the most recognizable figures of his time. Michael D'Antonio brings to life the surprising careers of this intrepid sailor, gregarious showman, and ingenious self-made millionaire--the world's very first celebrity CEO.By Patricia Keer Munro. 2016
The Jewish practice of bar mitzvah dates back to the twelfth century, but this ancient cultural ritual has changed radically…
since then, evolving with the times and adapting to local conditions. For many Jewish-American families, a child's bar mitzvah or bat mitzvah is both a major social event and a symbolic means of asserting the family's ongoing connection to the core values of Judaism. Coming of Age in Jewish America takes an inside look at bar and bat mitzvahs in the twenty-first century, examining how the practices have continued to morph and exploring how they serve as a sometimes shaky bridge between the values of contemporary American culture and Judaic tradition. Interviewing over 200 individuals involved in bar and bat mitzvah ceremonies, from family members to religious educators to rabbis, Patricia Keer Munro presents a candid portrait of the conflicts that often emerge and the negotiations that ensue. In the course of her study, she charts how this ritual is rife with contradictions; it is a private family event and a public community activity, and for the child, it is both an educational process and a high-stakes performance. Through detailed observations of Conservative, Orthodox, Reform, and independent congregations in the San Francisco Bay Area, Munro draws intriguing, broad-reaching conclusions about both the current state and likely future of American Judaism. In the process, she shows not only how American Jews have forged a unique set of bar and bat mitzvah practices, but also how these rituals continue to shape a distinctive Jewish-American identity.By Kate Brauer-Bell, Chris Bell. 2006
Skyrocketing phone bills. Layovers and missed flights. Countless hours spent pining, worrying, and wondering, Why do we do this to…
ourselves? Long-distance love can be one challenge afteranother, but as most committed couples will tell you, the rewards well outweigh the stresses. In this sensitive yet sensible guide, long-distance veterans Chris and Kate provide strategies for making the distance seem shorter and outline eight essential skills for relationship success:Communicating effectivelyEstablishing mutual goals and expectationsDealing with issues of trust, fidelity, and independenceHaving fun in spite of the distanceManaging time, schedules, and stressKeeping the relationship realBalancing sex and emotional intimacyMaking the transition to same-city livingBased on interviews with more than 100 couples and packed with knowledgeable tips and honest advice, THE LONG-DISTANCE RELATIONSHIP SURVIVAL GUIDE proves that, with patience and dedication, a loving relationship can not only survive but also thrive across the miles.From the Trade Paperback edition.By Meghan Laslocky. 2013
The perfect anti valentine for any lovelorn friend, this guide of hearbreak through the ages allows the broken hearted to…
read through the pain. From divorce cases in ancient Rome to the art of crafting a perfect getting over someone CD, this is a whirlwind tour through love's most crushing moments including how Ernest Hemingway cheated on his wife and then stole her job, Morrisey's personal creed about how sex is useless and what to read, listen to and watch to forget an ex as fast as possible.By Loren Pope. 2007
The celebrated book that revolutionized the way Americans choose colleges-now fully revised and updated An invaluable guide with virtually no…
competition, this book helped to establish Loren Pope as one of the nation's most respected experts on the college application process. Now fully revised and updated, Looking Beyond the Ivy League offers a step-by-step guide to selecting the right institution, a checklist of specific questions to ask when visiting a college, the secrets to creating good applications and good applicants, and much more. With as few as one-third of college students remaining at the institution they entered as freshmen, finding the right college is harder than ever before. This book makes it easier for students and their parents. .By Paul Carrick Brunson. 2012
The “Modern Day Matchmaker” presents a refreshingly optimistic and plainspoken dating guide to finding romance—both on- and off-line. Finding and…
keeping a mate has never been harder. New rules are needed to navigate the complicated and changing modern-love landscape. If someone wants to find “the one,” what are the guidelines he or she needs to know, now that online dating and Google-searching a prospective love interest are the norm? Happily married for ten years, Paul Carrick Brunson is a husband, a father, and a rising star in the matchmaking world. In It’s Complicated (But It Doesn’t Have to Be), Brunson tackles relevant questions such as: Is marriage right for my personality type? Do the rules of chivalry still apply? How can I date more than one person without hurt feelings? What is the best mode of communication (text messages, phone, e-mail, etc. ) for asking someone out? With an appealing mix of humor, candor, and real-world examples, It’s Complicated (But It Doesn’t Have to Be) is a breath of fresh air in the dating guide category, offering a message of eternal optimism from a man who believes in true love—and practices what he preaches. .By Lucy Jane Miller, Otr, Doris A. Fuller. 2006
Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) is a condition affecting at least one in twenty children who experience sensations in taste, touch,…
sound, sight, smell, movement, and body awareness in a vastly different manner from how other children their ages do. What may be typical activities for most kids are a daily struggle that may result in social, emotional, or academic problems. Dr. Lucy Jane Miller, the best-known SPD researcher in the world, brings together a lifetime of study to teach parents and others the signs and symptoms of SPD and its four major subtypes; ways the disorder is diagnosed and treated; sensory strategies for living with the condition; and methods to help SPD kids thrive. .By Laurie Seale. 2005
This lively guide can really kick-start the conversations between couples-but it also offers much more. These questions will help readers…
find a stronger degree of emotional intimacy before they take the plunge into physical intimacy, allowing them to choose better partners, make smarter decisions, and assess what they're really looking for in a relationship-before they get in too deep. Includes questions like: What was the major turning point in your life so far? Who are you at your worst? Your best? What are you most ashamed of? Have you ever had sex with an ex? What global issues concern you? Are you bi-sexual? Bi-polar? Bi-coastal? Do you believe in Heaven and Hell? Do you like your mother? Would you date yourself?By Merry Jones. 2000
Birthmothers presents intimate and stirring accounts of more than seventy women who surrendered babies for adoption. It follows their lives…
long-term, from discovery of their pregnancies through the present, and identifies the Birthmother Syndrome--a pattern of behavior and emotions resulting from surrender. With heartwarming candor, Birthmothers reveals the stories of the invisible side of the adoption triangle, and touches everyone involved in adoption, as well as anyone interested in motherhood, family, and women in our society.By Jeanne Darst. 2011
Augusten Burroughs meets Mary Karr: a deeply funny and wickedly entertaining family memoir The youngest of four daughters in an…
old, celebrated St. Louis family of prominent journalists and politicians on one side, debutantes and equestrians on the other, Jeanne Darst grew up hearing stories of past grandeur. And the message she internalized as a young girl was clear: While things might be a bit tight for us right now, it’s only temporary. Soon her father would sell the Great American Novel and reclaim the family’s former glory. The Darsts uproot themselves and move from St. Louis to New York. Jeanne’s father writes one novel, and then another, which don’t find publishers. This, combined with her mother’s burgeoning alcoholismnightly booze-fueled weepathons reminiscing about her fancy childhoodlead to financial disaster and divorce. And as Jeanne becomes an adult, she is horrified to discover that she is not only a drinker like her mother, but a writer like her father. At first, and for years, she embraces both activitiesliving in an apartment with no bathroom, stealing food from her babysitting gigs, and raising rent money by riding the subway topless and performing a one-woman show in her living room. Until gradually she realizes that this life has not been thrust on her in some handing-down-of-the-writing-mantle-way. She has chosen it; and until she can stop putting drinking and writing ahead of everything else, it’s a questionable choice. For a long time I was worried about becoming my father,” she writes. Then I was worried about becoming my mother. Now I was worried about becoming myself. ” Ultimately, Darst sets out to discover whether a person can have the writing without the ruin, whether it’s possible to be both sober and creative, ambitious and happy, a professional author and a parent. Filled with brilliantly flawed, idiosyncratic characters and punctuated by Darst’s irreverent eye for absurdity, Fiction Ruined My Family is a lovingly told, wickedly funny portrait of an unconventional life. .By Stanley Hall. 2009
Wondering what you are in for as you move to your first military base, or as you try to recover…
from numerous deployments? Deployed! is the perfect solution for every member of a military family who wants a healthy family. From the time you finish boot camp to the time you return from your last deployment, this book provides principles that will guide you in your journey through family life in the military. In the face of extended war, record high divorces, and combat stress, professional on-base counselor Dr. Stanley Hall gives answers and directions for wading through it all and finding more happiness and success in your military family than you ever imagined.By Mercè Tabuenca Petanàs. 2016
* Los conceptos de nulidad matrimonial, separación y divorcio. * Los requisitos precisos para tramitarlas (injurias, abandono, cese de la…
convivencia, mutuo acuerdo, etc.) * Las consecuencias que implican (adjudicación de la patria potestad, guardia y custodia; pensiones compensatorias, etc.) * Los procedimientos judiciales más indicados para cada caso (separación o divorcio por mutuo acuerdo, medidas provisionales y provisionalísimas, etc.) * La ejecución de las sentencias y las medidas adoptadas ante su incumplimiento. * Los modelos de documentos para emprender las demandas, solicitar los convenios y presentar las alegaciones que se considerasen necesarias. El derecho de familia regula las relaciones entre los cónyuges y sus hijos, y proporciona pautas para la resolución de los conflictos de intereses. No obstante, es imposible atender todas las circunstancias y situaciones que influyen en cada uno de los casos. Por ello, en este libro, además de presentar las disposiciones jurídicas acerca del divorcio, la separación y la nulidad matrimonial, se dan las indicaciones para afrontar los problemas que surgieren en el transcurso de un proceso.By Patrick Blachire, Sophie Rouchon. 2016
Tanto si suscita fascinación como inquietud, tanto si se ha protagonizado el engaño como si se ha sido víctima de…
este, la cuestión de la infidelidad aparece tarde o temprano en la pareja, a no ser que se haya decidido practicar la política del avestruz... Este libro no es ni un manual para «aprender a engañar», ni un breviario para soportar con resignación los devaneos del cónyuge, sino que se propone dar una respuesta tan lúcida como sea posible a todas las preguntas que uno se formula sobre este delicado tema... * ¿Por qué hoy en día es tan difícil mantenerse fiel? * ¿Son diferentes las necesidades de ambos sexos? * ¿Es normal ser celoso? ¿Y hasta qué punto? * ¿Cómo se puede vivir con un cónyuge infiel? * ¿Los intercambios y otras prácticas liberales son buenos? * ¿Se debe hablar de las infidelidades? * ¿Cómo superar una crisis causada por una infidelidad? * ¿Por qué los hombres y las mujeres reaccionan de distinto modo? * ¿Cómo se puede evitar la rutina sin recurrir al engaño? El doctor Patrick Blachère es psiquiatra y sexólogo. Visita a diario parejas afectadas por el tema de la infidelidad. Sophie Rouchon es periodista especializada en prensa femenina.By Debra, Don Macleod. 2012
This simple and highly accessible non-fiction guide to BDSM (Bondage, Dominance, Sadism, and Masochism) features 50 edgy and erotic adventures to…
sample and is the perefct companion for the millions of fans of the Fifty Shades trilogy (Fifty Shades of Grey, Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed), the Anne Rice/A. N. Roquelaure Sleeping Beauty trilogy (The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty, Beauty's Punishment, Beauty's Release) and Sylvia Day's Crossfire novels (Bared to You and Reflected in You). This instruction book for couples contains one warning: you should try this at home! From turning your ho hum bedroom into a “Red Room of Desire,” to exploring the fine art of Japanese rope bondage—and a few other ideas perhaps better not mentioned in polite company—50 Ways to Play invites couples who might otherwise think of themselves as “average” or “nice” to walk on the wild side. According to husband-and-wife writers Debra and Don Macleod, sex should pack a punch—it’s meant to catch you off guard. The fifty sexy and surprising “ways to play” offered up in this book are guaranteed to turn up the heat in your sex life. .By Daniel Petre. 2016
'Brilliant, readable and revealing. One day we will live in a different world, and this will be one of the…
books that made it so' - Steve Biddulph, author of Raising Boys First published in 1998, Father Time revolutionised fatherhood by helping men work toward what really matters - balancing work and family. How are men supposed to work hard and have time to enjoy their children? In this revised and updated edition, Daniel Petre, who has experienced first hand both fatherhood and corporate success, shares his experience of parenting three daughters from childhood to adulthood in this how-to for busy fathers. Father Time empowers every father to become more involved in their kids' lives, with essential information on: * Becoming a better father * Fathers and corporate life * Creating family-friendly companies * Achieving a successful, balanced life