You know you should be more than just housemates with your kids, but as their lives become as busy as yours, that feeling of belonging together can fade.How do you maintain close bonds with your kids? What can you do if you sense that your kids are pulling away in an unhealthy manner? And what can you, as a family, actually do together that will be more meaningful than staring at screens in the same room?With practical advice on how to deepen and expand your most important ...

I wrote this book to help lift some weight off my shoulders. I needed some way to understand why I am stressed and a little paranoid. This book is my therapy, and every reader is my therapist. So thank you all for your love and support.

Chicken Soup for the Soul: On Being a Parent includes the best selections on parenting from Chicken Soup for the Soul’s rich history, with 101 stories carefully selected to appeal to both mothers and fathers.Parenting is the hardest and most rewarding job in the world. Filled with stories on the humor, hard work, and joy of being a parent, this is a great book for couples to share, whether they are embarking on a new adventure as parents or reflecting on t...

This new collection holds the best 101 stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul's library on the special bond between mothers and daughters, and the magical, mysterious similarities between them.How often have you seen a teenage girl pretend to be perturbed, but secretly smile, when she is told that she acts or looks just like her mother? Fathers, brothers, and friends shake their head in wonder as girls “turn into their mothers.” This book contains the 101 best stor...

Chicken Soup hits the daily inspiration market with bite-sized stories to start every day of the year off right.What woman doesn’t need a dose of inspiration? These one-page entries are not lessons like a typical affirmation book, but complete mini-stories that capture the magic and wonder of Chicken Soup.The book features 365 stories, as well as affirmations, quotes, and inspirational messages, that will stay with you throughout the day and blank lines to fill in your own ...

A night of love they'll never forget…Cydney Rayne likes living dangerously. But no thrill can compare to the passionate night she spends with a sexy stranger in Anguilla. The adventure-seeking event planner never expects to see her mystery lover with the sea-blue eyes again. Until he shows up in her Chicago hometown.FBI agent Shawn Miles lives by his credo to honor, protect…and never get emotionally involved. Yet he can't forget the sensual beauty who shared his midnight be...

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grandmothers celebrates the special bond between grandmothers and their grandchildren. Grandmothers of all ages and experience will delight in these stories. A great grandmother-to-be and Mother’s Day gift!The moment a grandchild is born, a grandmother is born too. This collection is full of stories by grandmothers about being a grandmother, and grandchildren about their grandmothers. Personal stories about legacies and tradition...

Love-stricken with classmate Aaron Hill, 13-year-old Luann stumbles awkwardly into early adolescence, family and friends in tow.  Boys, Bras, Braces, and Boys, an e-book original, contains exactly what the title suggests. Luann’s misadventures include Aaron Hill’s continuing refusal to acknowledge her existence, a trip to intimate apparel with her mom and brother, and the teenage crisis of braces, topped off with a trip to the mall to see celebrity Luke Perry––which, of course, go...

The original stories in this collection, combined with inspiring quotes and heartwarming photographs of joyful times spent together are sure to warm the hearts of grandmothers everywhere.Grandmothers and roses are much the same.Each are God's masterpieces with different names.Grandmothers, their children and grandchildren will find reflections of their own lives in each page of this precious volume.The heartwarming stories and photographs in Chicken Soup for ...

Izzy wants to be like Grandpa Mike and make people happy, but the results of Izzy's generosity toward the Braids Girl are not what she expected. What does the Braids Girl really want?Young readers will cheer for Izzy when she at last realizes that the need for love and acceptance is what lies deep in the hearts of us all, no matter our age, race, gender, or social standing.This story of compassion and revelation lovingly demonstrates that despite outward appearance, little ...

What if an unborn baby could talk? Well, this one does! Listen in and hear this sweet baby’s charming, thoughtful, humorous musings during its nine-month adventure! If baby seems to have a little attitude as gets more crowded in there, well… The baby tries to figure out the meaning of the words it hears at home, visits to the doctors office, in the garden, going to the hospital and more! There is original colorful artwork throughout the book. Prepare to laugh and weep ...

The nine letters Grandpa hands to his family each contain a personal story of how they brought joy to him. This volume-which has sold more than 60,000 copies since its initial publication-has been repackaged as a gift hardcover.