Comprehensive resource for adults helping children adjust to parental divorce or separation.

The pressure the vocational ministry family feels is often unfair -- not only for the parents but also the children. People set up expectations that place undue pressures for ministry parents to always be perfect and ministry children to always behave appropriately -- or at least to the expectations of those who would stand in judgment. Dorothy Patterson and her son Armour know too well what it is like to live in a fish bowl. As an experienced ministry parent and an experienced "PK," they have lived through it. A Handbook for Parents in Ministry offers their experience and advice to help any ministry family survive and flourish during the child rearing years and beyond. With an emphasis on biblical principles. Dorothy and Armour are able to speak definitively with timely and authoritative applications. A Handbook for Parents in Ministry is for a ministry parent to read and get a vision of what God intended the responsibility of godly parents in ministry to be -- how parenting fits into the ministry call. Book jacket.

"With all the parenting information out there and the constant pressure to be the "perfect" parent, it seems as if many parents have lost track of one very important piece of the parenting puzzle: raising happy kids. Author Katie Hurley shows parents how happiness is the key to raising confident, capable children"--

This book will provide parents with a way of using information from the tests their children take in school to ensure that they have access to opportunities in school that will help them reach their true potential.

Combative to Collaborative: The Co-parenting Code channels parents' interactions with each other to what they really want?to be good parents together. But while most co-parenting books tell parents to just put the kids first even if that means sacrificing their own happiness, Combative to Collaborative shows parents how supporting each other as good parenting partners ensures they do what's best for their kids while also achieving personal happiness. Move from anger, hurt, and loss to consideration, kindness, and cooperation.Discover how to:- Diffuse a co-parent's snarky behavior and avoid triggering their hostility- Recognize your own combative behaviors and stop exhibiting them- Plan for co-parenting collaboration and success- Correct course when a relationship goes astray - even after many years of conflict!The book is divided into three stages: Uncoupling, Life Goes On, and Correcting Course. Then each chapter lays out a roadmap for a particular area of co-parenting. Whether parents are newly separated, well into their journey, or have been at it for years, this book will guide the way. For each co-parenting topic covered...- Explore what's at stake for the child, parents, and others involved.- Identify the combative behaviors that derail parenting efforts and make life miserable for everyone.- Read True Stories to see how real parents have handled situations both successfully and not as well. As you read these stories, you'll learn what worked and what didn't and also find out you're not alone.- Learn the DOs and DON'Ts of collaborative behaviors.- Answer questions that will help you adopt an empathetic mindset, apply the Golden Rule to your situation, and achieve the positive outcome you desire.This is The Co-parenting Code!Combative to Collaborative: The Co-parenting Code is the essential guide for parents living separately to not only improve life for their children, but also for themselves and everyone that surrounds them. You can save your family. You can be happy! A painful decision does not have to mean a pain-filled life.