Family & Relationships

In the car one day, Jennifer Tiras’ recently potty-trained toddler, Avery, informed her that he had to poop. (Yikes; please, not in the new vehicle!) Thinking fast, she responded, “Sweetie … squeeze your cheeks together, and hold on just a few minutes!” When Jennifer looked in the rearview mirror, he was holding his face and squishing his cheeks like a determined little fish. This hilarious “wrong cheek” incident inspired her to document the special moments in her family life.

Jennifer graduated from the University of Houston in 1994, magna cum laude, with a degree in Early Childhood Development. With a good grasp on “how to handle children” she eagerly embraced motherhood … and quickly learned an eye-opening life truth: Nothing could have fully prepared her to be a mom! Nevertheless, she blended her educational knowledge with her heart for children and developed tips and strategies for every stage of motherhood!

Having trouble with an infant’s sleep habits? You, the parent, are in control! Let Jennifer show you some practical steps for sleep time. Does potty-training seem like you are entering a blind tunnel with no guidance? Simplify it with eight clear and achievable steps to potty-training success. How about the really big issues, like when to talk about sex, earning their own money, and keeping them close in the older stages when they want to drift away? Jenn has thought of it all, and she’s got you covered!

By weaving together detailed experiences from her teenage years to today, Jennifer tells story after story about every stage of motherhood and how it all comes back full circle. It is truth. It is emotion. And it’s told in a priceless, entertaining way that keeps the reader eagerly flipping the page to see what Jennifer might say next.

Motherhood doesn’t come with a manual, but it does indeed come with a mother.

CONFIDENCE IS KEY: UNLOCK YOUR CHILD’S SUCCESS
As a parent, you want to have all the answers—to make everything okay for your child all the time. But the truth is, one-on-one time with your child is fractional.
In today’s busy existence filled with academics, school, sports, clubs, and camps, how can you have all the answers to all the problems? . . . You can’t.
There are those short-lived conflicts that come and pass, but there are several ongoing issues that may inhibit your child’s progress in academic or social environments. While you might not be able change the source or environment of an upset, you can seek the expertise you need to inspire confidence in your child.
Whether you desire to build a stronger family connection, reduce conflict, or make everyday life more enjoyable, in Honouring Our Kids, Nola Peacock delivers a holistic approach to address your child’s challenges— inspiring you to take care of yourself and feel more confident in your parenting role.

Your Essential Guidebook for a Thriving Marriage

Communication, support, affection, and encouragement are among the most important life skills that you need for marital success. Yet, they are rarely taught in a classroom. In our culture, these skills too often default to our upbringing coupled with hope the marriage will be loving, adventurous, and fulfilling. The reality is modern marriages encounter complex obstacles requiring more teamwork than ever before. Dr. Anne Brennan Malec helps you look past the planning and excitement of the nuptials to prepare you and your spouse for a happy, life-long relationship.

You will learn proven ways to:
· Break unuseful day-to-day habits and keep your relationship fresh and exciting
· Prioritize your relationship to provide time for yourselves as a couple, and as parents
· Openly discuss your financial goals and arrangements
· Create a conversational safety zone to discuss difficult issues and maintain a satisfying intimate relationship
· Face issues head on, rather than allow resentment to come between you
· Forgive and to listen to what your partner needs from you to achieve forgiveness

Marriage in Modern Life offers real hope by giving you the practical and actionable tools to help before problems arise. If your marriage is already in conflict, applying these principles can help you regain a balanced, fulfilling relationship.

WIVES: Give this book to your husband if you’re considering leaving him—or already did.
Your marriage is spinning out of control . . . you don’t know why your partner is mad, why you’re unhappy, or how to get back to that person they first fell in love with. How do you stop the damage and implement the healing steps necessary to recover your intimate relationship?
In A S.E.A.L. to Heal Your Marriage, decorated Navy SEAL Darek Laviolette addresses what you alone can do to heal your marriage, regardless of how broken it is. Darek’s heartfelt apology of the highest proportions to his ex-wife and children will expose the valuable information that will help you: ¯ Clearly identify and understand the hidden reasons you fight with the person you intend to love, honor, and cherish. ¯ Understand what both you and your spouse want in order to feel cared about. ¯ Create a plan to turn your marriage around—one your spouse does not need to be aware of or even participate in.
Close the wound—take action to heal your marriage.

HOW TO PREPARE YOUR TEEN TO SUCCEED IN A COMPLEX WORLD

There are so many influences on teens and young adults today, the flood is impossible to control. Often, teens’ questions about themselves and their futures are too much for parents to handle alone, or worse, go unnoticed and unanswered. The consequence of ignoring these can lead to decades of unnecessary struggle. Adolescence Is Not a Disease offers innovative, real-life, real-world solutions to problems both parents and teens face.

Internationally recognized mentor, Jeffrey Leiken, explains the three distinct stages of the deep and complex inner journey each teen goes through in becoming a self-sufficient adult, and how you can help your teens answer their most urgent and challenging questions and move toward fulfilling adulthoods.

Leiken shares themes, struggles, and solutions almost all teens and their parents face, highlighting the differences between coming-of-age in the twenty-first century, while honoring the universal constants that we all went through. Leiken poignantly discourages parents from blindly deferring to the pervasive, contemporary, one-dimensional, feardriven “expert advice” that too often pathologizes adolescence, misunderstands it, and creates the problems it then tries (and mostly fails) to fix. Rather than try to become an expert in parenting, Leiken will help you to instead become an expert in raising your own.