THE MAGIC KEY TO PARENTING & GRANDPARENTING Family Dynamics thru the Enneagram Fairy Tales This book offers parents & grandparents a Forward designed to outline the new strategies for raising empowered children. It is targeted to children from 5 to 8 years of age and their caretakers and is based on the findings of the new neurosciences. Following the Forward for adults are 9 fairy tales based on the 9 enneagram personality profiles. The enneagram diagnoses the sabotaging childhood fear of...

The disturbing story of the ruthless exercise of power in a New Zealand religious cult.Charismatic, driven and self-righteous, Neville Cooper set up his own brand of Christian utopia on earth: a reclusive community on the West Coast of New Zealand. For the 400 inhabitants of Gloriavale, his word is law � despite his 1995 conviction for sexual abuse. His son Phil Cooper, as headstrong as his father, had to escape. But Phil�s wife Sandy was bound to the will of Neville and his brand of etern...

In Grandmas On the Camino, author Mary OHara Wyman, a 72 year old grandmother from San Francisco, relates her 2010 adventures walking 500 miles alone as a pilgrim on the Camino Frances. Her journey takes her from St. Jean Pied de Port in France, across the Pyrenees to Spain, then westward to the ancient spiritual destination of Santiago de Compostela. Through back-home reflections based on journal entries and postcards sent to her grand daughter, Mary describes engaging encounters with pil...

**The New York Times BestsellerFrom one of the country’s most recognizable journalists: How becoming a grandmother transforms a woman’s life.**After four decades as a reporter, Lesley Stahl’s most vivid and transformative experience of her life was not covering the White House, interviewing heads of state, or researching stories at 60 Minutes. It was becoming a grandmother. She was hit with a jolt of joy so intense and unexpected, she wanted to “investigat...

Having a dream and aiming for it . . . a gentle coming-of-age novel for girls by much-loved YA novelist Fleur Beale.Ruby Yarrow is a 14 year old who lives in a busy, loving, chaotic family with her mum, stepdad, brother and two little stepbrothers. Ruby feels a bit like a doormat - she has to help out while her brother doesn't. He wins lots of prizes at school but she has a learning difficulty and needs a reader/writer to help her in exams. What's more, her surname, Yarrow, is at the end o...

Based on the renowned Renzulli Method, which has been adopted in schools all over the country, Light Up Your Child's Mind presents a practical program to help children fire up a love of learning to last a lifetime.World-renowned experts Drs. Renzulli and Reis illustrate the crucial role parents can play in their children's development and address how they can work with teachers to enhance their children's education. They uncover the hidden potential of day...

Ben and Jeff Gill are doing menial labor at their father's construction site on east end Molokai when Ben reports to the father that the heavy equipment operators are goofing off. One of the operators retaliates by cornering the brothers on an isolated beachfront off Puko'o Harbor. 

It's a real shocker-such incredible news! You are going to be a grandmother! What should you do? Where do you begin? Remarkably, your offspring is pregnant and you are having a grandbaby in Less Than Nine Months! It's hard to imagine this complex transition. You gave them life and now they give you new life!Get Ready to Be a Grandmother is an insightful journey through the trimesters of pregnancy, delving into th...

Nana Plays is a picture book illustrated by original oil paintings. The illustrations are sweet and joyful, while also tender and sad. The story is based on Natalie's own experiences when she was her mother's caregiver and she brought her youngest child to see Nana. Nana Plays delivers a powerful message about kindness and love.Nana Plays is a comforting book to read aloud to young children, but the story is also helpful for adults. Grandp...

In this vivid and piercing memoir of his grandfather, noted novelist Kenji Jasper captures the story of his family and sheds a keen light on the urban and rural experiences of Black America.Author Kenji Jasper only knew his maternal grandfather, Jesse Langley Sr., as a quiet man who smoked too many cigarettes, drank too much liquor and quoted the Bible like it was the only book he’d ever laid eyes on.Jesse’s children rarely hugged him, and his nearly sixty years of marriage...

When it comes to raising your child you want to do all you can to make sure they become a responsible, happy, self-confident strong leader in their families, community, and eventually their career. Psychologist Dr. Henry J. Svec provides you with six easy steps to help you achieve that goal. Dr. Svec, who has twenty-six years of experience, interviewed six Canadian leaders for this book. He investigated the Parenting they experienced and translates that into easy to follow steps. Parenting...