Changing Families

EARTHQUAKE. TSUNAMI. DISASTER. Off the coast of Australia, a massive submarine landslide triggers a tsunami of unprecedented scale, hurtling towards the iconic Queensland Coast. Thousands are in the path of destruction, and time is running out. For Amy Jacobs, it’s an ordinary morning—until she notices the ocean pulling back unnaturally during her walk along the boardwalk with her two young children. She knows something is terribly wrong. Mark Jacobs is across town getting a haircut when he receives the emergency alert: head for higher ground. With nothing but flat terrain in sight, his...

This book will help you raise a child who takes responsibility for their own actions and quickly bounces back from mistakes, all while helping the people around rise to their highest possible level.

Must moms choose between being a "good mom" and achieving the goals they want for themselves? How do you cut through all the chaos, identify what is important, and learn to let go of things that aren't serving you well? In Moms Eat First: 5 Principles to Prioritize Yourself and Create the Change You Crave, author Kathy Sullivan explores five key principles to create and sustain change and shares potential solutions to overcoming barriers.

Welcome to our book on prayers and scripture for fathers. Let’s think of it as less of a book and more of an afternoon we can spend together, praying for and encouraging each other. Consider it time we can share as friends and hold each other up. As a father and a layman in the church, I understand the bad day you have had. The tough work schedule, the strife at home. I have been there, and I want to meet you there in order to show you a way forward for your soul. We are on the same team, you and I, and we can work together on this.

Change your lifestyle. Develop safe and healthy habits. Have strong mental health, care for subjective well-being, strengthen your strengths and stay away from bad habits. Be self-motivated for change and development to stay safe and happy. Dr. Gurudas Bandyopadhyay, an experienced and well-renowned expert in Health, Safety, Security & Environment, has shared valuable insights on how you can think positively and inculcate safe behavior. This book is the toolbox that can help you to fix your problems starting from Tool Bx Talks to the De-briefing session when you call it a day. This book is ...

Looking for a hilarious and heartwarming read that will leave you feeling inspired? Look no further than "A Fresh of Breath Air," the delightful tale from Andrea Frazer. After years of dreaming about a life in the country, this family of six finally takes the plunge and jumps off the edge, abandoning their comfortable city life for the unknown of rural living. From navigating the highs and lows of a more self-sufficient lifestyle to chasing down the local ghost, "A Fresh of Breath Air" chronicles their first year as "turnips" in the countryside. Follow along as they learn the ins and outs ...

Untold Stories: Life, Love, and Reproduction is a collection of stories of ordinary people talking intimately and honestly about their reproductive experiences including abortion, egg donation, adoption, LGBT parenting, remaining child free, and much more.

All of her life, Letty has struggled to fit in. There is the middle-class world of her parents, the white middle-class world of her friends, and the poverty-stricken world of her cousins. Letty’s five years in New York with the Alvin Ailey dance troupe challenged her to grow not just as a dancer, but as an African American, claiming her heritage. Now she couldn’t wait to get this cast off her foot and back to dancing barefoot with Alvin Alley. But an unexpected opportunity may keep her in Michigan. Will she ever find her place in the world? Ashley also struggles to find her place. At ...

A girl's life hangs in the balance. A marriage is driven to breaking point. When the unimaginable happens, who can you turn to? "Very occasionally a story jumps out at you with a raw burst of originality. This is that moment." ~ Lorraine Devon Wilke, Author As a London suburb reels from riots in neighbouring Brixton, Graham Jones finds fatherhood an increasingly frightening place. How can he hope to protect teenage daughter Judy when the world is already so different from the one he grew up in? But the future holds more fear than he can possibly imagine. One afternoon, a wall collapses, ...

Father of three, Motivational Speaker and Influencer Bodé Aboderin (AKA Papa B) is on a mission to show the world that Black fatherhood is not only compatible with ambition, but can inspire, nourish and amplify it too. Doing away with the negative stereotypes associated with being a Black dad in Britain, Papa B is using his natural flair for motivational speech to share the joyful and transformative journey of starting a family, including the challenges involved and the opportunities to grow along the way.

Commander Carlos Cortez was undercover on assignment at the local university. With little hope, he agreed to study for a year to search for missing females of his kind. What he found was more than he ever thought possible. With his trusted captain and best friend by his side, would he finally get the answers he's been searching for? Would it bring an end to the suffering of his people? Monarch Dawn is a short story prequel to Chrysalis of Change. These books are part of a three book series - The Metamorphosis Series. You can get this book for free by signing up for J.L. Sanchez newsletter.

Being a parent is a powerful experience, but often we don't anticipate the many ways it will change us. Expectant and new parents will find this book helpful because it examines the real effects children exert on a parent's sense of self, concept of love, personal and work goals, and your family relationships and friendships, and it explores the basis of the deep satisfaction we derive from being a parent - as well as areas that create stress.

In 1995 in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, seven-year-old Nainoa Flores is saved from drowning by a shiver of sharks. His family, struggling to make ends meet amidst the collapse of the sugar cane industry, hails his rescue as a sign of favour from ancient Hawaiian gods. But as time passes, this hope gives way to economic realities, forcing Nainoa and his siblings to seek salvation across the continental United States, leaving behind home and family.

At just nine years old, Isla Delgado had already endured more than her fair share of trauma. When she's forced to live with her dad and his new wife for six months, Isla's anxiety worsens. She’s convinced her stepmom is an evil witch. Determined to protect herself, Isla sets out to expose her stepmom's true nature. But as she gets to know this new family member, Isla begins to realize that not everything is as it seems.

This is the story of a family led to confront a crisis they had never foreseen. Of a happy life with two young daughters which suddenly falters, never to be the same again. Aged 11, the eldest stops eating and speaking, while her younger sister struggles to cope. Slowly, alongside diagnoses of autism and selective mutism, their desperate parents become aware of another source for their firstborn daughter's distress: her imperilled future on a rapidly heating planet.

The African American family is in disarray due to an unworkable social contract. Causing confusion in the home and anarchy in the streets. The problems are complex, but the answers are simple. Misguided policies keep the answers from implementation. However, many of the solutions are evolving on their own, but in the worst ways, and will make things worse before policies are forced to change. Change is inevitable; it is the only thing promised in life.

Madeline Dare trades New York's gritty streets for the tree-lined avenues of Boulder, Colorado, when her husband, Dean, lands a promising job. Madeline, now a full-time homemaker and mother to beautiful toddler twin girls, has achieved everything she thought she always wanted, but with her husband constantly on the road, she's fighting a losing battle against the Betty Friedan riptide of suburban/maternal exhaustion, angst, and sheer loneliness. A new freelance newspaper gig helps her get her mojo back.

No one can imagine what it feels like to hear that your child has been diagnosed with cancer. This Parents Edition takes you through the new journey of countless emotions, questions, and concerns. It explores the emotions, creating and building a supportive team, treatment options, nutrition, the journey of other children relating to the topics, and more.

The sole aim of this book is to inspire children and teenagers to positively impact their immediate environment and the world. In addition, this book contains 70+ International stories of amazing kids who have positively impacted the world and the exact things they did. This book further guides children and teenagers via steps they need to take to make the world a better place.

Narrated through the viewpoint of a child, My Changing Family provides children aged two to nine many tips to help them cope during the divorce process. Children listening to My Changing Family will be given the necessary tools to help understand why their parents are getting divorced and how they can better accept the change in their family dynamic.