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PARENTING & FAMILIES

The Turned-Off Child: Learned Helplessness and School Failure "The Turned-Off Child offers a way to break the cycle of fear that paralyzes a student. It unlocks skills to break the emotional barriers that make a student feel like giving up."
—Georgia Abi-Nader, President, California Learning Disabilities Association

"The Gordons put a human face on this issue with dozens of insightful anecdotes and creative strategies. I highly recommend this book to any teacher, social worker, counselor, or well-informed parent who works with children."
—Richard D. Lavoie, Author of It's So Much Work to Be Your Friend

Do you have a child, or know of a child, who is failing in school because he or she has "turned off" to the learning process? These children need to have their negative thinking, problems, and behaviors changed in order to rid themselves of anger, depression, and other learning obstacles and to become happy and successful students with a positive outlook. Robert and Myrna Gordon have more than thirty years of experience as classroom teachers, resource specialists, and educational therapists—they know what works! Trust them and The Turned-Off Child to inform you about the ways you can see the troubled child become a winner!
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Adolescent Sexuality: Too Much Too Soon; Spiritual and Sexual Guidance for Parents Adolescents' sexual behaviors and attitudes are causing considerable anxiety, confusion, and discussion among parents, teachers, and clergy. Even very young adolescents are engaging in sexual behaviors that are deemed appropriate for adults, and our culture and media are more than ready to promote these behaviors. School boards debate endlessly about what should or should not be included in the sexual education curriculum. This book will offer definite principles and guidance to help calm this turmoil. Your Cost:
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What Life Is Really Like: The Young Womans Survival Guide Life isn’t easy. Never has been, never will be. There are so many questions and issues to face, especially for girls entering womanhood. Relationships, college, financial decisions, friendships, competition, eating disorders, religion, family life…it can be overwhelming. A Young Woman's Survival Guide combines personal experience and professional opinions to provide a guide along these different paths and on the journey to individual discovery. Your Cost:
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Love: Sex, Marriage, Divorce, or Happiness? "Love and marriage are central to the lives of many of us. Yet, human beings typically treat the subject in intuitive ways without delving into the reasons for feelings of love for another. Love: Sex Marriage Divorce or Happiness? brings us to the brink of understanding without giving away the secret. Stinn recognizes the mystery of it all, making great use of personal letters and anecdotes that serve as a basis for reflection on the most important decision of our lives."
—R.Thomas Williamson
College President
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Give Teens a Break! This book stands alone in contemporary literature by offering a refreshing look at today’s teens. John Morella uses research and his own experience as a family psychologist to present the myriad ways in which teens offer a positive contribution to society. He explains how adults can be overly critical, which creates a negative “self-fulfilling prophecy” and poor adult-teen relationships. He then outlines ways that teens, parents, teachers, and society as a whole can address this important issue. Both teenagers and adults can benefit from the wonderful advice sprinkled throughout the research on how to interact and build positive, lasting relationships.

View teens in a new light, gain successful communication techniques, and review compelling evidence on why everyone should Give Teens a Break.
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Calling All Men Men, do you feel idleness in your mind, or emptiness in your soul? Do you have trouble connecting with that special woman in your life? Do you feel action needs to be taken in your community, but don’t believe you yourself can take it? Victor Seals has been there, himself coming from a family of drug abusers and experiencing romantic difficulty early in life. After years of searching for answers, he received hope and understanding from God, and he has turned his life, and those of others, around. In Calling All Men, he urges men everywhere to follow the same path, to give themselves to God, for the betterment of themselves and their society. Whether developing yourself or fostering relationships with others, Seals believes that you too can benefit from the guiding hand of Christ. Now, in this age of sinfulness and uncertainty, God and Seals are calling all men. Your Cost:
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A Mothers Journey, A Family Changed Imagine waking up to find that someone you love has been in a terrible accident. How would you react? How would you cope? Follow Stephanie West through a yearlong healing process after a terrible accident disrupts her life and shakes her faith. In her memoir, Stephanie takes you into her life in the small town of Show Low, Arizona, and shows readers that before things get better, they can get worse. West’s story of struggle is expressly human and intimate, revealing people at their lowest and, ultimately, at their highest. This is an inspirational story that highlights the importance of spirituality, community, and perseverance. If you have struggled to cope with a traumatic event, or have ever felt that your world is closing in on you, then this book is a must-read. Your Cost:
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