Author : Kay Widdowson
Publisher : Things I Love About
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 36,30 MB
Release : 2020-10-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781486718566
What do you love about your family? We asked kids just like you what they love about their family and these are the things they love the most!
Author : Dan Kois
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 47,94 MB
Release : 2019-09-17
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0316552615
In this "refreshingly relatable" (Outside) memoir, perfect for the self-isolating family, Slate editor Dan Kois sets out with his family on a journey around the world to change their lives together. What happens when one frustrated dad turns his kids' lives upside down in search of a new way to be a family? Dan Kois and his wife always did their best for their kids. Busy professionals living in the D.C. suburbs, they scheduled their children's time wisely, and when they weren't arguing over screen time, the Kois family-Dan, his wife Alia, and their two pre-teen daughters-could each be found searching for their own happiness. But aren't families supposed to achieve happiness together? In this eye-opening, heartwarming, and very funny family memoir, the fractious, loving Kois' go in search of other places on the map that might offer them the chance to live away from home-but closer together. Over a year the family lands in New Zealand, the Netherlands, Costa Rica, and small-town Kansas. The goal? To get out of their rut of busyness and distractedness and to see how other families live outside the East Coast parenting bubble. HOW TO BE A FAMILY brings readers along as the Kois girls-witty, solitary, extremely online Lyra and goofy, sensitive, social butterfly Harper-like through the Kiwi bush, ride bikes to a Dutch school in the pouring rain, battle iguanas in their Costa Rican kitchen, and learn to love a town where everyone knows your name. Meanwhile, Dan interviews neighbors, public officials, and scholars to learn why each of these places work the way they do. Will this trip change the Kois family's lives? Or do families take their problems and conflicts with them wherever we go? A journalistic memoir filled with heart, empathy, and lots of whining, HOW TO BE A FAMILY will make readers dream about the amazing adventures their own families might take.
Author : Lisa Bullard
Publisher : Millbrook Press ™
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 40,48 MB
Release : 2015-01-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1467776602
Different can be great! Makayla is visiting friends in her neighborhood. She sees how each family is different. Some families have lots of children, but others have none. Some friends live with grandparents or have two dads or have parents who are divorced. How is her own family like the others? What makes each one great? This diverse cast allows readers to compare and contrast families in multiple ways.
Author : Trace Moroney
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 48,63 MB
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Families
ISBN : 9781742484815
" 'The Things I Love' series celebrates the everyday situations that form the basis of our children's experiences. Spending time with your children, giving them love and care, helps them to celebrate who they are, building resilience and self-esteem. In Notes for Parents and Caregivers at the back of the book, some helpful insights are shared." -- pub.
Author : Mike Aquilina
Publisher : Servant Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 10,88 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Families
ISBN : 9780867168143
"God stoops down to lift up our homes, to make them outposts of his paradise no matter how cold the winds may blow on a winter day." ---- From the Introduction Paradise? Family life? Really? Yes----and one filled with laughter. If that doesn't sound like your family but you wish it did, or if you're just looking for a book to lighten your spirit, Love in the Little Things is for you. Love involves sacrifice, Mike Aquilina notes, but as he spins humorous stories from his own family, it is evident that moms, dads and kids are happier when they lay down their lives for one another. Love in the Little Things nudges the reader toward a more satisfying family life.
Author : Kay Widdowson
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 28,62 MB
Release : 2020
Category : Board books
ISBN : 9781486719419
Inspired by what kids say they love the most about their families, this book depicts diverse families acting out their favorite things about their loved ones.
Author : Georgette Loschiavo
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 28,95 MB
Release : 2009-10
Category : History
ISBN : 0557100674
Americans have been weathering this storm, but a sequel is inevitable. A nightmarish storm is hovering over Us right now, and the dark clouds are threatening almost every aspect of Our lives. In the wake of every crisis, there comes a moment when a lightening bolt of truth hits. The sting goes deep, (and anger arises when Our pretentious picture of Ourselves is disturbed, ) but, the pain of facing past mistakes will be worth it if it wakes Us up to remember Who We are. We must learn what it takes to be good stewards of the legacy left to Us. We are facing a tempestuous point in time, but built into every storm is the chance to learn and grow. We have to know Who We are and what is required to keep the dream alive. Change must come, but We must be the change. The evolution of both democracy and Humankind requires education and cooperation. Nothing more, and nothing less. The next step is a matter of choice, ...Our choice! It is time to learn from history and answer the call to take a stand
Author : Michael K. Cundall Jr.
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 49,23 MB
Release : 2022-04-28
Category : Humor
ISBN : 1666799858
The Humor Hack is an entirely different book about using humor to lead a more engaged life. It's a playbook filled with anecdotes, exercises, and discussion of topics that will provide readers a way to understand how humor works and how they can take this knowledge and enrich their personal and professional lives with more laughs, enjoyment, and mirth. The book's content is based in research, but not academic in tone or format, and is accessible to the general reader. The subject matter is broken into chapters that teach people how to understand, recognize, and produce more humor in their day-to-day lives. It is written in a friendly and warm tone and avoids being nothing more than a series of stories about humor or an overly theory-laden academic book. It provides readers with a book that is enjoyable to read, informative, playful, and educational. That's why this is best described as a playbook. The book is meant to provide a sort of text that is missing in the current books out there that profess to be humor how-tos. It takes research related to humor and discusses it in an informed yet accessible fashion.
Author : Katherine R. Allen
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 34,23 MB
Release : 2016-09-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1119281288
Family Theories: Foundations and Applications presents a comprehensive and accessible approach to the most current perspectives in the field of family theory. Integrates classic and contemporary writings on family theories Features compelling case studies drawn from the authors’ experiences working with thousands of students Represents an integrative use of theory, research, and practice Utilizes the metaphor of “developing your theory app” to translate complex academic ideas into accessible, student-friendly language
Author : Katie Hays
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 30,87 MB
Release : 2021-04-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1467461512
First-person testimonies from LGBTQ+ Christians about coming out and navigating their family dynamics What happens in a family when one member comes out? How does LGBTQ+ identity affect relationships with parents and grandparents, siblings and cousins? What does Christian love require and make possible for families moving forward together? A social scientist and a pastor, both from Galileo Church on the outskirts of Fort Worth, Texas, asked their LGBTQ+ friends from church to help them understand how they navigate relationships with their affirming, non-affirming, and affirming-ish families of origin, even as they also find belonging in other families of choice. The resulting stories, crafted from interviews with fifteen queer Christians and family members, kept anonymous at their request, are as varied as the colors of the rainbow. Over the years, some grew closer to their families of origin; others grew more distant. Some were surprised by the hardness of heart they encountered; others were amazed by the breadth of their family’s love. Most all describe a trajectory, a journey, from the coming-out moment till now and beyond, as their families of origin, like all families, remain a work in progress.
