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100 Things Guys Need To Know

Bill Zimmerman

1 Soft Cover

The author surveyed more than 500 boys ages 9-13 about what it's like to grow up today. The six sections in this book-You, Body and Mind, Family, School, Relationships, and Future-are based on topics they brought up.

Fatherhood, Parenting, Step-family & Step-parenting

101 Secrets A Good Dad Knows

Walter Browder and Sue Ellin Browder

1 Hard Cover

Dads have a special way of relating to children. They tend to rough-house and tease children more than moms do. It is usually a father who teaches a child how to shoot a free throw, catch a frog, or fix a broken bicycle chain. Knowing how to do these things raises a child's self-esteem, increases self-confidence, and fosters self-reliance because they expand a child's ability to cope with and understand the world. Each of the 101 secrets in this wonderful gift book is explained in short descriptions accompanied by a drawing and a fact or tip. Many of these skills involve a simple secret to do them successfully.

Fatherhood, Parenting, Step-family & Step-parenting

24/7 Dad

National Fatherhood Initiative

1-3 Ring Binder

24/7 Dad™ is a unique, comprehensive set of fatherhood programs developed by a team of nationally and internationally recognized fathering and parenting experts and with input from fatherhood practitioners. It includes a basic fathering program (24/7 Dad™ A.M.) and a more in-depth program (24/7 Dad™ P.M.), each consisting of 12 two-hour sessions. Each program can be implemented in a group setting or in a one-on-one home-based setting. At the end of each program, fathers and mothers come together to discuss the developments the father has gone through and how it has affected their relationship and family life. Each program stands on its own as a complete program that includes pre and post-assessment evaluation tools. Organizations can use the assessment tools to help a father determine in which program his needs can be best met. THIS CAN ALSO BE USED IN SMALL GROUP SETTING.

Fatherhood, Parenting, Step-family & Step-parenting

Always Dad

Paul Mandelstein

1 Soft Cover

More and more, divorced fathers are finding out that, rather than being one half of a "broken" home, they can continue to play a crucial role in their children's lives. You can, too. Turn to Always Dad and discover how to work with your ex to create a fulfilling extended family, one that can help ensure that your kids grow up in an enriching, loving environment.

Fatherhood, Parenting, Step-family & Step-parenting

Expectant Father: Facts, Tips, and Advice for Dads-to-Be, The

Armin A. Brott and Jennifer Ash

1 Soft Cover

An information-packed, month-by-month guide to all the emotional, financial, and yes, even physical changes the father-to-be may experience during the course of his partner’s pregnancy-now fully updated and expanded. Incorporating the wisdom of top experts in the field, from obstetricians and birth-class instructors to psychologists and sociologists, the Second Edition of The Expectant Father includes the latest research and is filled with sound advice and practical tips for men.

Fatherhood, Parenting, Step-family & Step-parenting

Father Facts

National Fatherhood Initiative

1 Soft Cover

Father Facts summarizes important research findings and trends concerning the negative consequences of father absence, the positive impact of father involvement, and the current demographics of American family structure.

Fatherhood, Parenting, Step-family & Step-parenting

Babyproofing Your Marriage

 Stacie Cockrell, Cathy O'Neil, and Julia Stone

2 Hard Cover

Babyproofing Your Marriage is the warts-and-all truth about how having children can affect your relationship. The authors explore the transition to parenthood in light of their own experiences, with input from their husbands and commentary from men and women across the county. Their evenhanded approach to both sides of the marital equation allows spouses to understand each other in a whole new way. With loads of humor and practical advice, the Babyproofer will guide first-time parents and veterans alike around the rocky shores of the early parenting years.

Marriage Enrichment, Parenting, Step-family & Step-parenting

Closing the Marriage Gap

Wade Horn

1 Soft Cover

An article discussing the benefits of marriage education programs and marriage on society. The article also addresses the different marriage education programs: Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program, Relationship Enhancement, Couples Communication, Engaged Encounter, Practical Application of Intimate Relationship Skills, Transitions to Parenthood, and Becoming a Family. Besides addressing the individual couples programs, it discusses the two community strategies Marriage Savers and First Things First. 

Marriage Enrichment, Parenting, Step-family & Step-parenting, Fatherhood

Active Parenting of Teens

Michael H. Popkin, PhD

1 set: 2 DVD's, Leader's Guide, Parent's Guide

This program will help you teach parents about teens' behavior and motivation, how to communicate with them, how to discipline while instilling responsibility, how to prevent drug use, and more.

Parenting, Fatherhood, Step-family & Step-parenting

150 Ways to Show Kids You Care

Search Institute

1 Soft Cover

In this book are 150 simple yet meaningful ideas that thousands of people have found inspiring.

Parenting, Step-family & Step-parenting, Fatherhood

20 Surprisingly Simple Rules And Tools For A Great Family

Dr. Steve Shephens

Soft Cover

You’ll be surprised how simple it is to have a great family life! Developing a great family life doesn’t have to be difficult or require a lot of hard work. It’s really about making little changes that can produce big results. With practical, easy-to-apply principles, Dr. Stephens packs each chapter with ideas anyone can use to strengthen the family. These simple rules and tools will help you build closer relationships with your kids, improve communication with your mate, and create lasting family memories. Just a few simple changes can make a good family better . . . or keep a struggling family from falling apart. So learn the rules—and get ready for a really great family!

Parenting, Step-family & Step-parenting, Fatherhood

7 Habits of Highly Effective Families, The

Stephen R. Covey

2 Soft Cover

With the same profound insight, simplicity, and practical wisdom that has already reached tens of millions of readers, Stephen R. Covey demonstrates how the principals he introduced in The 7Habits of Highly Effective People can be used to build the kind of strong, loving family that lasts for generations. As Covey says, “When you raise your children, you are also raising your grand children.” Covey explains that strong families don’t just happen, but need combined energy, talent, desire, vision, and dedication of all of their members. Sharing insightful, often humorous experiences from his own life and from the lives of other families, he imparts practical advice on solving common family dilemmas, such as finding quality time to spend together, dealing with family disputes, healing a broken relationship, and changing a negative family atmosphere. He shows how families can learn to incorporate principals into their daily lives though activities, meeting and games that involve all family members and help to create a spirit of understanding, support and enthusiasm.

Parenting, Step-family & Step-parenting, Fatherhood

Avoiding Power Struggles With Kids

Jim Fray & Foster Cline

1 CD

In this CD you will explore the "art of choices" and "the science of control", replacing anger, lectures, and threats with sadness and logical consequences, and steering clear of the "rant, rave, and rescue" cycle.

Parenting, Step-family & Step-parenting, Fatherhood

Bad

Jean Ferris

1 Soft Cover

This is a story that will give readers an excellent opportunity to see the many angles involved in such issues as peer pressure, family failings, rehabilitation, personal growth, and societal expectations.

Parenting, Step-family & Step-parenting, Fatherhood

Becoming a Love & Logic Parent

Jim Fray, Foster Cline, Charles Fay

1 set: 3-Ring binder, 2 DVD's, Parent Handbook

This program will help parents to become equipped with practical techniques that are easy to learn, change lives, and raise responsible kids. THIS CAN ALSO BE USED IN SMALL GROUP SETTING.

Parenting, Step-family & Step-parenting, Fatherhood

Before It’s to Late

Stanton E. Samenow, Ph.D.

2 Soft Cover

This book explains how to break the useless cycle of blame and take corrective action. Topics include: how to understand the personality of the antisocial child; how to tell the difference between a "phase" and a pattern of misbehavior; how to identify the seven common manifestations of 'antisocial behavior' how to cope more effectively as the parent of an older antisocial child; how to avoid the six common mistakes that prevent parents from taking action; and how to step in early and effectively-before bad behavior becomes entrenched.

Parenting, Step-family & Step-parenting, Fatherhood

Boundaries With Kids

Dr. Henry Cloud & Dr. John Townsend

1 Soft Cover

Here is the help you need for raising your kids to take responsibility for their actions, attitudes, and emotions. Drs. Henry Cloud and John Townsend take you through the ins and outs of establishing boundaries in your parenting and of instilling the kind of character in your children that will help them lead balanced, productive, and fulfilling lives. 

Parenting, Step-family & Step-parenting, Fatherhood

Boundaries With Teens

Dr. John Townsend

 1 set: 7 CD's

TEENAGERS! You love them to pieces… but sometimes you feel like the pieces are falling apart! RELAX! Your sanity will survive these rocky teenage years and so will your teens—provided you set healthy boundaries that work to their benefit and yours. Boundaries with Teens shows you how. From bestselling author and psychologist Dr. John Townsend, here is the expert insight and guidance you need to help your teens take responsibility for their actions, attitudes, and emotions and gain a deeper appreciation and respect for both you and for their own lives. Discover how your teenager thinks. Learn how to apply spiritual principals to specific problems. Boundaries with Teens can help you establish wise and loving limits that make a positive difference in your adolescent, in the rest of your family, and in you. 

Parenting, Step-family & Step-parenting, Fatherhood

Calming the Family Storm

Gary McKay, Steven Maybell

1 Soft Cover

Anger and confrontation are part of our lives, like it or not. Calming the Family Storm offers powerful tools for handling the anger that's inevitable in all families, and provides tools to create changes that will result in less anger, more effective expression of anger, and a happier and more harmonious family life.

Parenting, Step-family & Step-parenting, Fatherhood

Child Wise

Gary Ezzo, Robert Bucknam

1 Soft Cover

Equip yourself with more than fifteen Childwise Principles for training kids in the art of living happily among family and friends. Foster the safe, secure growth of your child's self-concept and worldview. On Becoming Childwise shows you how to raise emotionally balanced, intellectually assertive, and morally sensible children. It's the essential guidebook for the adventurous years from toddler to grade schooler!

Parenting, Step-family & Step-parenting, Fatherhood

Connected Family, The

David and Claudia Arp

1 Soft Cover

Dedicated to moms and dads who long to bring their families together, this delightful book is a smorgasbord of fun, easy, practical ways to connect with your kids. Each chapter is chock full of action oriented, you can do it tips and projects. Drawing from twenty years of research on the characteristics of strong families, David and Claudia Arp offer a wide variety of activities that enable real moms and dads to build strong families

Parenting, Step-family & Step-parenting, Fatherhood

Creative Corrections

Lisa Whelchel

1 Soft Cover

Can’t get your child to behave? Don’t get frustrated. . . Get Creative!

Parenting, Step-family & Step-parenting, Fatherhood

Discipline That Lasts A Lifetime

Dr. Ray Guarendi

2 Soft Cover

Author, counselor, broadcaster and dad, Dr. Ray Guarendi, offers parents fresh and practical advice about disciplining children. Although contemporary culture has given discipline, it remains an important, tool for parents to form their children's character and to teach them the basics of living, moral responsibility, and respect.

Parenting, Step-family & Step-parenting, Fatherhood

Doc Pop’s 52 Weeks of Active Parenting

Michael H. Popkin, PhD

1 Hard Cover

Did you know that you are bringing up the most important children in the world? Well, you are! That means that you’re doing the most important job in the world, and Doc Pop is here to guide you along the way. In this fun and easy-to-use book, Dr. Michael Popkin shares his tried-and-true techniques for rearing happy and healthy children in today’s often challenging society. Each week, read a short “active parenting” idea, then put it into action with the suggested activity. Before you know it, you’ll be parenting like a pro-and your family life will show it! Start today, and discover how Doc Pop’s valuable insights mixed with a dash of  humor can help you make the most important job in the world more satisfying and rewarding… one week at a time.

Parenting, Step-family & Step-parenting, Fatherhood

Family Quiz Book, The

Laurie Calkhoven

1 Soft Cover

A book filled with quizzes that will reveal all kinds of fun and interesting facts about your family.

Parenting, Step-family & Step-parenting, Fatherhood

Family Success Master Plan

Dick Wulf

2 sets: 3-Ring Binders, 2 CD's, dice, kid bucks

A professional system for leading your family especially in communication, so that a lot of wonderful, important valuable things happen. Designed for use over years not months. With its many toolkits and resources and varied topics, it should help to encourage communication.

Parenting, Step-family & Step-parenting, Fatherhood

Feelings Playing Cards, The

2 Decks

Children expand their emotional vocabulary while playing 10 favorite games of fun!

Parenting, Step-family & Step-parenting, Fatherhood

Five Love Languages Of Children**

Gary Chapman

1 Set: DVD, cassette, Parent Activity Guide

Does your child speak a different language? Sometimes they wager for your attention, and other times they ignore you completely. Sometimes they are filled with gratitude and affection, and other times they seem totally indifferent. Attitude. Behavior. Development. Everything depends on the love relationship between you and your child. When children feel loved, they do their best. But how can you make sure your child feels loved? Each child, too, expresses and receives love through one of five different communication styles. And your love language may be totally different from that of your child. While you are doing all you can to show your child love, he may be hearing it as something completely opposite. Discover your child’s primary language and learn what you can do to effectively convey unconditional feelings of respect, affection, and commitment that will resonate in your child’s emotions and behavior. THIS CAN ALSO BE USED IN SMALL GROUP SETTING. **This contains faith-baed information.

Parenting, Step-family & Step-parenting, Fatherhood

Four Steps to Responsibility

Jim Fay

1 DVD

Techniques to lead children to responsible decision making.

Parenting, Step-family & Step-parenting, Fatherhood

From Conflict to Resolution

Susan Heitler, Ph.D

1 Soft Cover

Skills and strategies for individual, couple and family therapy.

Parenting, Step-family & Step-parenting, Fatherhood

Great Family Conversation Tool Kit

Dick Wulf

2 Game Kits

On those family fun nights that all families have why not start it with a great conversation chosen by dice. Just a roll of the die and you’ll know what to talk about! With 600 dialogue questions to help the whole family understand one another and grow closer with every roll of the dice.

Parenting, Step-family & Step-parenting, Fatherhood

Great Family Conversation Tool Kit Resource Packet

Wyoming Healthy Marriage Initiative

1 3-Ring Binder

On those family fun nights that all families have why not start it with a great conversation chosen by dice. Just a roll of the die and you’ll know what to talk about! With 600 dialogue questions to help the whole family understand one another and grow closer with every roll of the dice.

Parenting, Step-family & Step-parenting, Fatherhood

Helicopters, Drill Sergeants, & Consultants

Jim Fay

1 DVD

Parenting styles and the messages they send.

Parenting, Step-family & Step-parenting, Fatherhood

Hidden Mission Field, The **

Theresa McKenna

1 Soft Cover

Caring for single parent families in the 21st century. Single-parent family ministry is probably the most important societal issue for the first part of the twenty-first century. The church has abdicated its role to care for today's biblical model of the widow and orphan. Now they are beign thurst back, but the church as forgotten what to do. The Hidden Mission Field was written to facilitate the beginning of positive change. **This contains faith based information.

Parenting, Step-family & Step-parenting, Fatherhood

How To Get Your Teens To Talk To You

Connie Grigsby and Kent Julian

1 Soft Cover

Communication between parents and teens is at an all-time low. Besides marriage, this is the area where adults seem to struggle most. This user-friendly book will help readers get inside their teen's mind, showing them what turns today's teen on and off in terms of communication. Topics include: Ten Best Ways to Kill a Conversation, Language Barriers, Don't Be Afraid to Say No, and Gender Differences and Communication. How to Get Your Teen to Talk to You is chock-full of fresh ideas and simple techniques that will encourage teens to open up!

Parenting, Step-family & Step-parenting, Fatherhood

How to Parent With Your Ex Working Together For Your Child’s Best Interest

Brette McWhorter Sember

1 Soft Cover

This manual is the only book designed for both residential and non-residential parents. Formatted and printed in a back-to-back manner, the book encourages both sides to understand the other’s point of view, and so enables both parents to make the most of time spent with the children. How To Parent with Your Ex provides support for the difficult situation the non-residential parent is in and practical, to-the-point advice about how to reap the most benefits from the visitation time available. Conversely, it addresses the role of the residential parent and the need to understand the changing relationships the child is going through. By focusing on the child, both parents are able to solidify a special relationship with the child and maintain necessary, positive communication with the ex-spouse.

Parenting, Step-family & Step-parenting, Fatherhood

How to Say It to Your Kids

Dr. Paul Coleman

1 Soft Cover

The right words to solve problems, soothe feelings and teach values. The book is designed so that a parent can quickly locate a problem or issue that needs addressing (there are over a hundred scenarios that most parents will face eventually) and immediately come away with examples of how best to talk about it to the kids. The book describes the six approaches we use when talking to children (those approaches form the mnemonic TENDER) and reveal the benefits and cautions of each approach for each topic that is presented. Want to know what to say when your child acts defiant? When his friends are mean to him? When she’s frustrated by her homework? When a pet dies? When he overhears you arguing with your spouse?

Parenting, Step-family & Step-parenting, Fatherhood

How To Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk

Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish 

1 Soft Cover

Here is the bestselling book that will give you the know-how you need to be more effective with your children and more supportive of yourself. Enthusiastically praised by parents and professionals around the world, the down-to-earth, respectful approach of Faber and Mazlish makes relationships with children of all ages less stressful and more rewarding.

Parenting, Step-family & Step-parenting, Fatherhood

Love Me Enough to Set Some Limits

Jim Fay

1 DVD

A DVD on building your child's self-esteem with thoughtful limit setting.

Parenting, Step-family & Step-parenting, Fatherhood

Making Children Mind Without Losing Yours

Dr. Kevin Leman

1 Soft Cover

Equipping you with seven principles of Reality Discipline, this father of five shows you how to: get kids to do what you want them to do; foil finicky eaters, turn off temper tantrums, minimize sibling rivalries; use authority and decisiveness to show your kids you're not a pushover; know when to take the little buzzards by the beak; set suitable allowances, curfews, and privileges, and put yourself back in the driver's seat.

Parenting, Step-family & Step-parenting, Fatherhood

Marriage and Child Wellbeing

The Future of Children

1 3-Ring Binder

A report from The Future of Children on marriage and child wellbeing.

Parenting, Step-family & Step-parenting, Fatherhood

New Dare To Discipline, The

Dr. James Dobson

1 Soft Cover

Millions of parents have learned how to raise responsible, well-behaved children with the help of Dr. James Dobson. The New Dare to Discipline is Dobson's classic parenting best seller — now thoroughly revised and updated. It will show you how to apply consistent, loving discipline — resulting in mutual respect and self-control.

Parenting, Step-family & Step-parenting, Fatherhood

On Becoming Child Wise

Gray Ezzo & Robert Bucknam

Soft Cover Book

Equip your self with more than fifteen Childwise Principals for training kids in the art of living happily among family and friends. Foster the safe, secure growth of your child’s self concept and world view. On Becoming Childwise shows you how to raise emotionally balanced intellectually assertive and morally sensible children. It’s the essential guidebook for the adventurous years from toddler to grade school.

Parenting, Step-family & Step-parenting, Fatherhood

Parenting by Heart

Ron Taffel, Ph.D

1 Soft Cover

How do you get your children to open up to you? What discipline techniques help to instill values as well as keep kids in line? In this classic, family-tested parenting guide, Dr. Taffel offers hundreds of specific, step-by-step parenting solutions that actually work rather than those that theoretically "should" work. Empowering, practical, and compassinate, Parenting by Heart will help you fell more confident, be in charge, and create greater connection with your kids in these modern and often difficult times.

Parenting, Step-family & Step-parenting, Fatherhood

Parenting for Dummies

Sandra Hardin Gookin and Dan Gookin

1 Soft Cover

Be a better parent whether your child is a newborn, a preteen, or somewhere in-between. Being a parent is a tough yet rewarding job that doesn’t come with an instruction manual. The help you need is here- get the up-to-date scoop on parenting basics for dealing with everyday issues from discipline and potty training to food allergies, finding good day care, and building self-esteem.

Parenting, Step-family & Step-parenting, Fatherhood

Parenting Isn’t For Cowards

Dr. James Dobson

1 Soft Cover

This proven confidence builder will help parents of even the most difficult children find the fulfillment parenthood was intended to bring. Speaking both as a therapist and as a parent— and drawing on a landmark study of 35,000 patients—Dr. James Dobson helps parents... Banish their guilt when kids are hard to raise; Trouble proof their days when children are young; Protect their sanity during a child’s adolescence; Restore their energy when they’re facing burnout.

Parenting, Step-family & Step-parenting, Fatherhood

Parenting With Love and Logic: Teaching Children Responsibility

Foster Cline, Jim Fay

4 Hard Cover

As parents you only have a few years to prepare your children for a world that requires responsibility and maturity for survival that thought alone can send shivers down your parental spine! So what do you do? Hover over your kids so they’ll never make mistakes? Drill them so they’ll remember the important principals when their out on their own? Tear your hair out wondering if teaching them responsibility is anything but a battle of wills?  According to Jim Fay, one of America’s top educational consultants, and Dr. Foster Cline, a trend setting child and adult psychiatrist, parents who try to ensure their children’s success often raise unsuccessful kids. Because responsibility is like anything else---it has to be learned through practice. So if you want to raise kids who are self confident, motivated, and ready for the real world, take advantage of this win-win approach to parenting. Your kids will win because they’ll learn established healthy control—without resorting to anger, threats, nagging or exhaustive power struggles. 

Parenting, Step-family & Step-parenting, Fatherhood

Perfect Parenting

Elizabeth Pantley

1 Soft Cover

This book is a practical dictionary of ideas. It is meant to inspire you to find the right answers for the many discipline and behavior issues you face every day. It presents you with many options and methods that can help you be thoughtful in your approach to raising your children. What you'll find her, in a handy A-Z format, are practical, commonsense solutions that will make your life easier.

Parenting, Step-family & Step-parenting, Fatherhood

Positive Discipline A-Z

Jane Nelsen, Lynn Lott, and Stephen Glenn

1 Soft Cover

A Positive, Proven Approach to Parenting! As a parent, you face one of the most challenging—and rewarding—roles of your life. No matter how much you love your child there will still be moments filled with anger, frustration, and, at times, desperation. What do you do? Over the years, millions of parents just like you have come to trust the classic Positive Discipline series for its consistent, commonsense approach to child rearing. In the completely updated edition of Positive Discipline A-Z, you will learn how to use kind but firm support to raise a child who is responsible, respectful, and resourceful. You'll find practical solutions to such parenting challenges as: Sibling Rivalry • Bedtime Hassles • The Angry Child; School Problems • Getting Chores Done • ADD; Eating Problems • Getting Through a Divorce; Procrastination • Whining • Tattling and Lying; Homework • And Dozens More!

Parenting, Step-family & Step-parenting, Fatherhood

Practical Tools for Foster Parents 

Boys Town Press

1 Soft Cover

Our approach to foster care focuses on building relationships with children, teaching them skills, and empowering them by teaching self discipline and self-control. Inside, foster parents will find effective, research-based solutions for these common concerns: Building a warm, trusting relationship with your foster child who may still have a strong attachment to his or her original family; working with foster child’s parents who may be uncooperative or even hostile; creating a safe environment for your foster child, you, and your family; respecting your foster childs ethnic and cultural background while teaching the child skills to help him or her succeed in the larger world; learning how to handle “blow ups” and prevent and correct misbehavior while you stay calm; teaching your foster child how to stay under control, solve problems, and make good decisions even when he or she is angry or frustrated, and handling transitions when a foster child moves to another placement or returns home.

Parenting, Step-family & Step-parenting, Fatherhood

Price of Privilege, The

Madeline Levine

1 Hard Cover

How parental pressure and material advantage are creating a generation of disconnected and unhappy kids. In this controversial look at privileged families, Levine offers thoughtful, practical advice as she explores one child-rearing myth after another. With empathy and candor, she identifies parenting practices that are toxic to healthy self-development and that have contributed to epidemic levels of depression, anxiety, and substance abuse in the most unlikely place--the affluent family.

Parenting, Step-family & Step-parenting, Fatherhood

Raising Adopted Children

Lois Ruskai Melina

1 Soft Cover

In this completely revised and updated edition of Raising Adopted Children, Lois Melina, editor of Adopted Children newsletter and the mother of two children by adoption, draws on the latest research in psychology, sociology, and medicine to guide parents through all stages of their child's development. Melina addresses the pressing adoption issues of today, such as open adoption, international adoption, and transracial adoption, and answers parents' most frequently asked questions, such as: How will my child "bond" or form attachments to me?; When and how should I tell my child that he was adopted?; What should schools be told about my child?; Will adoption make adolescent upheavals more complicated?; Up-to-date, sensitive, and clear, Raising Adopted Children is the definitive resource for all adoptive parents and concerned professionals.

Parenting, Step-family & Step-parenting, Fatherhood

Real Truth About Teens & Sex

Sabrina Weill

1 Soft Cover

There is a lot of practical advice in this book (and even scripts to help get conversations started). It's my hope that The Real Truth about Teens and Sex will kick start a parents-of-teens revolution, where more parents speak openly with their teens about this difficult topic and teens increasingly make smart choices.

Parenting, Step-family & Step-parenting, Fatherhood

Science of Parenting, The

Margot Sunderlan

1 Hard Cover

How today's brain research can help you raise happy, emotionally balanced children. Ppassionate but objective, this is the first practical parenting book to give you the facts, not the fiction, on the best way to raise your child. Discover the chemistry of love between you and your child: how touch, laughter, and play stimulate hormones that boost the capacity to love life. Find out the truth about popular child-care strategies, based on the latest research into how a baby's brain is shaped by experience. Learn how to respond effictively to temper tantrums and tears and get a good night's sleep for both you and yoru child.

Parenting, Step-family & Step-parenting, Fatherhood

Secret of Family Happiness **

Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society

1 Soft Cover

This book gives practical examples of how this "secret" can help resolve a number of challenging family situations.

Parenting, Step-family & Step-parenting, Fatherhood

Shalom In The Home

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

2 Soft Cover

If you long for peace in your home and harmony in your family, Rabbi Shmuley offers you the opportunity for profound and last change, all based on the riveting real-life experiences of Shalom in the Home. **This contains faith based information.

Parenting, Step-family & Step-parenting, Fatherhood

Smart Steps

Francesca Adler-Baeder

2 3-Ring Binders including 1 CD, 1 DVD, 1 Step Mom DVD

This research-based, multimedia, interactive program provides a comprehensive educational base for remarriage preparation and/or relationship enrichment. The 12-hour program is designed to involve both couples and children ages 6-16 in separate sessions held concurrently.  Adults expand their knowledge about the myths about step families, realistic expectations for step family members, stages of step family development, defining roles and rules, parenting practices, and stepparent-stepchild relationships.  The 350+ page leader manual includes power point slides, participant handouts, and video clips.  THIS CAN ALSO BE USED IN SMALL GROUP SETTING.

Parenting, Step-family & Step-parenting, Fatherhood

How To Talk To Any One

Leil Lowndes

1 Set: 3 CD's

Their methods of communication, illustrated with delightful cartoons showing the skills in action, offer innovative ways to solve common problems. You’ll learn how to:  Cope with your child’s negative feelings—frustration, disappointment, anger, etc.; Express your anger without being hurtful; Engage your child’s willing cooperation; Set firm limits and still maintain goodwill; Use alternatives to punishment.  Resolve family conflicts peacefully.

Parenting, Step-family & Step-parenting, Fatherhood, Marriage Enrichment

Best Friends

Best Friends Foundation

1Soft Cover

Best Friends provides a character-building curriculum with an abstinence-only philosophy, an intensive peer support structure, and long-term adult involvement. Each year, Best Friends girls receive at least 110 hours of instruction, mentoring, and group activities. THIS CAN ALSO BE USED IN SMALL GROUP SETTING.

Parenting, Step-family & Step-parenting, Fatherhood, Teen Dating, Teacher Resource

Art of Loving Well, The

Boston University

2 sets: 2 Soft Cover, Teacher's Guide

This anthology contains forty-one readings, selected from time-honored classics as well as some of the best contemporary adolescent literature. Each selection is accompanied by a variety of creative learning activities to accommodate the goals of individual teachers. THIS CAN ALSO BE USED IN SMALL GROUP SETTING.

Parenting, Step-family & Step-parenting, Teen Dating, Teacher Resource

7 Steps to Stepfamily Success

Ron L. Deal, M. MFT

2 DVD's

Based on his amazing book The Smart Step-Family: Seven Steps to a Healthy Family, in this DVD, Ron Deal explodes the myth of the “blended” family as he provides practical, realistic solutions to the issues that stepfamilies face. He helps remarried and soon-to-be married couples; Recognize the unique personality and place of each family member; Solve the everyday puzzles of step-parenting and stepchildren relationships; Learn communication skills to deal with ex-spouses; Honor families of origin while developing new traditions. Invest the time to grow the stepfamily slowly rather than look for instant results. THIS CAN ALSO BE USED IN SMALL GROUP SETTING.

Step-family & Step-parenting

Blended Families: Creating Harmony as You Build a New Home Life

Maxine Marsolini

1 Soft Cover

Blended families-those formed as the result of divorce and remarriage, with children to nurture were once a novelty. Today this model is widely recognized as the “new American family.” More than half of Americans today have been, are now, or will eventually be in one or more step-situations. Studies by the National Institute of Child and Human Development indicate that in the new millennium, more of us will be living in stepfamilies than in nuclear family structures. Yet the blended family is more that just one of fastest-growing forms of family life; it may also be the most difficult. Research shows that nearly 60% of these unions do not survive, and a startling number fail to make it past the first two years Why? Find out what causes blended families to fail--- or succeed, put an end to the “revolving door” of marriage, to deal with unexpected emotions, such as rejection, blame, rage and jealousy, and gain insights on how adults and kids can process difficult transition.

Step-family & Step-parenting

Blending Families

Elain Fantle Shimberg

2 Soft Cover

Today more Americans are part of a second-marriage family than a first. Inevitably, these newly blended "stepfamilies" will be confronted by their own special problems and needs. This insightful problem-solving guide offers solid solutions--and includes real-life stories from families who've been through the adjustment process. Written by an award-winning author who specializes in health and family care, the book covers a wide range of issues--emotional, financial, disciplinary, and interpersonal. Naturally, there is no "one-size-fits-all" solution for second-marriage families. Each is unique, with its own composition, personalities, and problems. But with patience and understanding, this new family can work, live, and eventually love--together. Includes special sections on:  Family communication;  Former spouses;  Grandparents and step-grandparents; Juggling households; Commuting children; Discipline; School issues;  Family customs and rituals;  Religious differences; Reducing stress; Adult time; Money issues; Holiday planning; Vacations;  Curfews and other rules.

Step-family & Step-Parenting

Career Girls Guide to Becoming a Stepmom, A

Jacquelyn Fletcher

1 Soft Cover

Expert advice from other stepmoms on how to juggle your job, your marriage, and your new stepkids.

Step-family & Step-parenting

Designing Dynamic Stepfamilies Bringing the Pieces to Peace

Gordon and Carrie Taylor

2 sets: Soft Cover, DVD

You’ve tried timeout, grounding, and spanking. But still Junior won’t change. Maybe it’s time for a new strategy. When correction is done creatively, it’s more rewarding—both for the child and for the parents—and it can be more effective at producing long-term results! Has your child been: Acting disrespectfully? Lying? Whining? Leaving a mess? For these and many other situations you face as a parent, Lisa Whelchel offers refreshing ideas to help you win the discipline battle. This fun, easy-to-use book has sold over 150,000 copies. It now includes a new chapter specifically on toddlers and small group study questions. Creative Correction is still laid out in a user-friendly manner with toolbox sections full of creative, practical ideas and a topical index.

Step-family & Step-parenting

Enlightened Stepmother, The

Perdita Kirkness Norwood, Teri Wingender

3 Soft Cover

Becoming a stepmother is a life-altering event in any woman’s life. The issues are extraordinarily complex and women are overwhelmingly unprepared. Yet concerns usually focus on the effect remarriage has on the children. The Enlightened Stepmother approaches the subject from a totally new perspective – that of the stepmother. Based on information – sometimes controversial – from stepmoms of all ages, occupations and lifestyles, who know from experience what works, what doesn’t and why --  What you need to know about your new family before you become part of it. How to get off to the right start. What you need to recognize about your relationship with your husband’s children. How to handle relationships between your kids and his. Why you need to give your marriage top priority. Why you need to develop a working relationship with your stepchildren’s mother. How to overcome the guilt of not loving – or even liking – your stepchildren. Why a successful stepfamily is as unique as every step mom. AND MUCH MORE

Step-family & Step-parenting

Mom’s House, Dad’s House

Isolina Ricci, Ph.D.

1 Soft Cover

This comprehensive guide looks anew at the needs of all concerned with even more creative options and commonsense advice in the legal, emotional, and practical realities of creating two happy and stable homes for your children. Features: The map to a "decent divorce" and two happy homes; healing yourself and your children; the New Family Bill of Rights after separation; helping your children with age-specific advice; explaining change, giving them continuity and security; restabilizing their sense of home and family; danger signals; five ways to evaluate your children's time; negotiating parenting agreements; legal do's and don'ts; time arrangements, custody types; attorneys; how to get ready for negotiations; when to use mediation; using "HIRT" test when an agreement is broken.          

Step-family & Step-parenting

Smart Step-Family, The 

Ron L. Deal

2 Hard Cover, 1 Soft cover with 4 DVD's

Ron Deal explodes the myth of the "blended" family as he provides practical, realistic solutions to the issues that stepfamilies face. He helps remarried and soon-to-be married couples: Recognize the unique personality and place of each family member; Solve the everyday puzzles of step-parenting and stepchildren relationships; Learn communication skills to deal with ex-spouses; Honor families of origin while developing new traditions. **This contains faith based information.

Step-family & Step-parenting

Step Living for Teens

Dr. Joel Block, Dr. Susal Bartell

1 Soft Cover

Growing up in a stepfamily can be pretty confusing sometimes, but you're not alone. Almost a million kids become members of stepfamilies each year. This book explores a lot of the situations that you and other teens, face each day, from control issues to crushes, and everything in between. These questions are from real teens just like you and are answered by two professionals who specialize in family relationships.

Step-family & Step-parenting

Step-By Step-Parenting

James D. Eckler

1 Soft Cover

Being a successful stepparent--helping nurture and sustain a step family--can be a challenge. In cases where husband and wife are of different races or religions, the adjustment can be even more difficult, more complex. Children can prove to be one of the most complicating factors in a stepfamily. As a minister and marriage counselor, James Eckler has been helping step-parents raise successful families for years. In this book he examines every aspect of step parenting: the power struggles between the natural parents and stepparents, name changes, the pros and cons of adoption, the role of grandparents and much more. Anyone involved in a stepfamily or contemplating forming one through a second marriage will benefit from his far ranging counsel. **This may contain faith-based materials.

Step-family & Step-parenting

Stepfamilies

Dr. James H. Bray and John Kelly

1 Soft Cover

Through insightful case studies and practical advice, Stepfamilies reveals how a strong, stable stepfamily is as capable as a nuclear family of nurturing  healthy development and of providing a structure in which rules for living a moral and productive life are transmitted, tested, and ultimately affirmed.

Step-family & Step-parenting

Step-Family Survival Guide

Natalie Nichols Gillespie

1 Soft Cover

One in three Americans is a member of a stepfamily. If that includes you, you know the struggles that come with combining previously separate households under one roof -- helping children connect with stepparents and new siblings, keeping your marriage intact, and braving the court system. What's more, stepfamily resources are few and far between. Until now. This innovative handbook will show you how to alleviate areas of stepfamily stress, apply a united front in discipline styles, approach co-parenting with grace, appreciate the gift of your stepfamily, and much more. A mom and step mom (of six!), Natalie Nichols Gillespie gives you and your stepfamily encouragement and practical advice to guide you through the journey.

Step-family & Step-parenting

Stepkin Stories: Helping Children Cope with Divorce and Adjust to Stepfamilies, The

Peggy Lumpkin

1 Soft Cover

The Stepkins will help you understand: Why parents divorce and what to do; Meeting your parents new friends; How to live with a new stepparent; Getting along with new step brothers and step sisters; Visiting your other parent and stepfamily; and having two different homes.

Step-family & Step-parenting

Strengthening Your Stepfamily

Elizabeth Einstein, Linda Alber

1 Soft Cover

This workbook provides a "trail map" for successful stepfamilies. You'll find help in this book for almost any challenge you'll confront in stepfamily living: overcoming unrealistic expectations, debunking myths, decision making, building effective communication, establishing sound discipline, handling stepsibling rivalry, working with non-custodial parents...and more.

Step-family & Step-parenting

Willing to Try Again

Dick Dunn

1Soft Cover

Whether you are preparing to re-marry, already trying to build a stepfamily, or seeking to counsel families, Willing to Try Again is an invaluable tool. More than half of this book is dedicated to real-life situations that illustrate the successes and difficulties of stepfamilies as they deal with such issues as the differing roles of stepparents and biological parents; how former spouses, in-laws, and grandparents affect the stepfamily; and children’s reactions to stepfamily life.

Step-family & Step-parenting

Active Parenting for Stepfamilies

Michael H. Popkin, PhD and Elizabeth Einstein, MA, LMFT

2 sets: DVD, Leader's Guide, Soft Cover; 1 set : 6 DVD's

Getting Married was the easy part! Now, as a parent in a stepfamily, you face a whole new set of challenges as well as all of the old ones. Sure, you still need to provide effective discipline and guidance while helping your children develop the skills and character they need for success. But parents in a stepfamily also face issues of: Coping with loss and healing. Blending two family histories. Merging values and traditions. Setting boundaries. Building new relationship. Transferring authority… and a host of other challenges! THIS CAN ALSO BE USED IN SMALL GROUP SETTING.

Step-family & Step-parenting, Fatherhood

Active Parenting for Stepfamilies, Lunch & Learn

Michael H. Popkin, PhD and Elizabeth Einstein, MA, LMFT

1 set: DVD, Leader's Guide, Soft Cover

The Leader’s Guide, included in the Program Kit version of the program, gives you step-by-step instructions on when to show the video portions and how to lead the discussions. The optional PowerPoint presentation helps by projecting key points so parents can see them while you are explaining. Participants follow along using their Parent’s Guides, which offer examples and activities so they can practice their new skills at home.  A "lunch & learn" version of the program is available so you can provide one-topic classes in under an hour. Mix and match the topics as needed. THIS CAN ALSO BE USED IN SMALL GROUP SETTING.

Step-family & Step-parenting, Fatherhood

Blending Family Sourcebook, The

David S. Chadekel, Karen G. O'Connell

1 Soft Cover

This practical guide offers proactive solutions for integrating new family relationships-from the classic stepfamily to adoptive and foster families, interracial and interfaith families, grandparents raising grandchildren, and adult children taking in elderly parents. The authors address the factors that affect the blending process, including cultural, socioeconomic, and religious differences. Case studies based on real-life families illustrate both the pitfalls to avoid and the potential for success.

Step-family & Step-parenting, Fatherhood, Grandparenting