Category: Family

Robert Bernstein tells the moving story of how his daughter's coming out not only liberated her life but also enriched his own. His inspiring account serves as a call to action to all parents of gays not just to love and accept their children, but to speak out on their behalf.
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Fatherless America: Confronting Our Most Urgent Social Problem

By: Blankenhorn, David

Price: $5.95

Publisher: Harper Perennial: January 1996

Seller ID: 348103

ISBN: 006092683X

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

Family: The Ties That Bind and Gag!

By: Bombeck, Erma

Price: $5.95

Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill: October 1987

Seller ID: 381125

ISBN: 0070064601

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Grandparents as Parents, First Edition: A Survival Guide for Raising a Second Family

By: Brown, Deborah Edler,Toledo, De

Price: $7.95

Publisher: The Guilford Press: July 1995

Seller ID: 331838

ISBN: 1572300205

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

"Emily Petersen knew her pregnant daughter-in-law, Sheila, was a drug addict. She knew the young woman was using drugs throughout her pregnancy, and she was prepared to see the effects in her newborn granddaughter--the stiff body, the frantic eyes, the shakes. What Emily was not prepared for was becoming a mother again at 59. But when she and her husband, Carter, arrived at the hospital to see the baby, they found a social worker and two bodyguards outside the hospital room. Sheila had been arrested on drug charges, and the baby was being removed. The social worker asked Emily if she would be ...
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families

By: Covey, Stephen R.

Price: $7.95

Publisher: St. Martin's Press: September 1997

Seller ID: 279876

ISBN: 0307440087

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

In his first major work since "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People," Steven R. Covey presents a practical and philosophical guide to solving the problems--large and small, mundane and extraordinary--that confront all families and strong communities. By offering revealing anecdotes about ordinary people as well as helpful suggestions about changing everyday behavior, "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families" shows how and why to have family meetings, the importance of keeping promises, how to balance individual and family needs, and how to move from dependence to interdependence. "The 7 H...
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families

By: Covey, Stephen R.

Price: $7.95

Publisher: St. Martin's Press: September 1997

Seller ID: 334989

ISBN: 0307440087

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Family Reunion

By: Crichton, Jennifer

Price: $6.95

Publisher: Workman Publishing Company: July 1998

Seller ID: 328678

ISBN: 0761105859

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

Today more than ever, American families are scattered to the wind. Yet perhaps for this very reason, families have also been getting together for reunions in unprecedented numbers.
Planning a reunion is a pleasurable but complicated undertaking that requires foresight and planning, and here to assist is Family Reuinion, an indispensable guide and sourcebook that shows how to organize and conduct four basic reunions: a Backyard Barbecue for siblings and cousins, a Homecoming Weekend, an Extended Family Reunion, and a Family Camp, which typically lasts a week and gathers up to 100 par...
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The Turning: Why the State of the Family Matters, and What the World Can Do about It

By: Eyre, Richard, Eyre, Linda

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Familius: September 2014

Seller ID: 370690

ISBN: 1939629268

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

It is easy to find alarming statistics on escalating violence, addiction and economic inequality in developed countries and stubborn poverty in the third world. The fascinating question has to do with cause. New York Times #1 bestselling authors Richard and Linda Eyre's new book The Turning: Why the State of the Family Matters and What the World Can Do about It contends that the social and economic challenges faced not only in the United States, but throughout the world, are the direct result of an unprecedented and widespread turning away from family. The negative effe...
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The Secrets of Happy Families: Improve Your Mornings, Tell Your Family History, Fight Smarter, Go Out and Play, and Much More

By: Feiler, Bruce

Price: $7.95

Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks: December 2013

Seller ID: 378133

ISBN: 0061778745

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

In The Secrets of Happy Families, New York Times bestselling author Bruce Feiler has drawn up a blueprint for modern families -- a new approach to family dynamics, inspired by cutting-edge techniques gathered from experts in the disciplines of science, business, sports, and the military.

The result is a funny and thought-provoking playbook for contemporary families, with more than 200 useful strategies, including: the right way to have family dinner, what your mother never told you about sex (but should have), and why you should always have two women present in diffi...
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Life's BIG Little Moments: Fathers & Daughters

By: Hom, Susan K.

Price: $4.95

Publisher: Sterling: October 2007

Seller ID: 339579

ISBN: 1402743173

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

This title contains black and white photographs followed by nuggets of wisdom which show fathers and daughters in candid situations. It captures the affection passed down and up the family tree.
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Downsizing The Family Home: What to Save, What to Let Go (Downsizing the Home)

By: Jameson, Marni

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Sterling: January 2016

Seller ID: 310399

ISBN: 1454916338

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

"This is essential reading for anyone clearing out your own or a loved one's home. . . . invaluable." --The Wall Street Journal

It's a rite of passage almost no one will escape: the difficult, emotional journey of downsizing your or your aging parents' home. Here, nationally syndicated home columnist Marni Jameson sensitively guides readers through the process, from opening that first closet, to sorting through a lifetime's worth of possessions, to selling the homestead itself. Using her own personal journey as a basis, she helps you figure out a strategy and create a...
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The ADD Answer: How to Help Your Child Now--With Questionnaires and Family-Centered Action Plans to Meet Your Child's Specific Needs

By: Lawlis, Frank, McGraw, Phil

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Viking Adult: August 2004

Seller ID: 344357

ISBN: 0670033367

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Every year, seventeen million new cases of attention deficit disorder, or Add, are diagnosed in children. But medications designed to treat the disorder don't work for many children and often leave families frustrated and searching for more options. In The Add Answer, Frank Lawlis draws upon his thirty five years of experience as a clinical and research psychologist to show parents how they can reclaim their central role in healing their children with comprehensive, step-by-step advice on dealing with the problems of Add. His approach blends the latest medical, nutritional, and psychological t...
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The Three Big Questions for a Frantic Family: A Leadership Fable About Restoring Sanity To The Most Important Organization In Your Life

By: Lencioni, Patrick

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Jossey-Bass: September 2008

Seller ID: 328208

ISBN: 0787995320

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Like New

In this unique and groundbreaking book, business consultant and New York Times best-selling author Patrick Lencioni turns his sights on the most important organization in our lives--the family. As a husband and the father of four young boys, Lencioni realized the discrepancy between the time and energy his clients put into running their organizations and the reactive way most people run their personal lives. Having experienced the stress of a frantic family firsthand, he and his wife began applying some of the tools he uses with Fortune 500 companies at home, and with surprising results...
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I Don't Have to Make Everything All Better

By: Lundberg, Gary B., Saunders, Joy Lundberg

Price: $6.95

Publisher: Riverpark Publishing: August 1995

Seller ID: 347992

ISBN: 0915029022

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

I Don't Have to Make Everything All Better makes two propositions: First, you don't have to solve other people's problems. And second, by appropriately validating feelings, you empower people to be their own problem solvers, which will significantly increase the quality of your relationships.The techniques of validation the Lundbergs share give people the space to solve their own problems while still feeling that someone cares. In the first half of the book the Lundbergs discuss the principles behind validation, while the second half shows how these techniques can work to improve communication...
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Meeting Amazing Grace

By: Lundberg, Gary, Lundberg, Joy

Price: $5.95

Publisher: Brigham Distributing: August 2008

Seller ID: 353290

ISBN: 0915029065

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Meeting Amazing Grace

By: Lundberg, Gary, Lundberg, Joy

Price: $5.95

Publisher: Brigham Distributing: August 2008

Seller ID: 372474

ISBN: 0915029065

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Between Two Worlds: The Inner Lives of Children of Divorce

By: Marquardt, Elizabeth

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Crown: September 2005

Seller ID: 366933

ISBN: 0307237109

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

A compelling new study reveals the true effects of divorce
An astonishing one quarter of adults between the ages of eighteen and thirty-five have grown up in divorced families. Now, as this generation comes of age, "Between Two Worlds" will speak to them like no other book.
Elizabeth Marquardt (together with sociologist Norval Glenn) conducted a pioneering new national study of the children of divorce, surveying 1,500 young adults from both divorced and intact families and interviewing more than seventy of them at length. In" Between Two Worlds," she weaves the findings of that study t...
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You Can Go Home Again: Reconnecting with Your Family

By: McGoldrick, Monica

Price: $7.95

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company: June 1997

Seller ID: 366797

ISBN: 0393316505

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

McGoldrick's genograms of famous families, such as the Kennedys, Hepburns, Beethovens, and Bront s, complement discussion of the influence of birth order and sibling rivalry, family myths and secrets, cultural differences, couple relationships, and the pivotal role of loss. At the close of each chapter are questions that train the reader to think as researcher; with McGoldrick's guidance, we learn to mine previously untapped information about our own family patterns.
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Family First: Your Step-by-Step Plan for Creating a Phenomenal Family

By: McGraw, Dr. Phil

Price: $6.95

Publisher: Free Press: September 2004

Seller ID: 381126

ISBN: 0743264932

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Do you feel that your family is not what it used to be, or what it has the potential to be? Do you worry that the parenting decisions you're making today may be scarring your child for life? Do you sometimes feel you are in a tug-of-war with the world over who will shape your child's values and beliefs?
With Family First: Your Step-by-Step Plan for Creating a Phenomenal Family, Dr. Phil offers a new classic on family life -- and gives parents real answers and a plan for being the most positive and effective parents possible. Starting right now, you can begin to make realistic choi...
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