Nearly 7.8 billion people on earth and yet we still give the hardest times to the person we created life with. We often treat our co-workers better than we treat our co-parent. Well, we must change this. Author John Martin Sr. Is a driven spokesman for the development of the American family. He realizes the mistakes he has made over the past 20 years with being a co-parent. In this latest publication, he shines light on specific conversations to have with your co-parent. He truly feels giving your child the best possible life starts with a foundation of respect between the parents. Travel this journey with him and see why he is becoming one of the fastest growing authors in the nation.

We typically think of instilling respect, love and courteousness into our kids, which is great and needed. However, John Martin Sr. goes a different route with this book. His reflection of conversations over the span of 20 years, raising his son, a young African- American male, created more of a creative challenge. He realized quickly that his serious task of molding a responsible human being, was to ingest as much self-esteem as possible into his son. These conversations spark dialogue that focuses on being self-aware and knowing your strengths and weaknesses. John offers great insight from dealing with being a young parent and making sure the communication stays a two-way street, to dealing with emotions and how to discipline yourself at a young age. Any serious parent can gain from this writing and add these conversations to their dinner table.

Developing a relationship with your daughter can be a complex task. Parents can become frustrated with the wide gap in generational language and communication. We are challenged at times to find the right words to convey to our young. This quick read encompasses some of the routes John Martin takes on his quest to help develop the self esteem of his daughter. A father's perspective is not always heard, and in this powerful reflection of one's parenting and guidance, it becomes easy to correlate these conversations to your own life, as well as your daughter. Take a trip with John as he unravels some of his challenges of being a parent in today's world.

Money issues are a frequent source of conflict in all marriages. But blended families are a monetary minefield. Debts, bills, and child support payments from previous relationships often influence the finances of a blended family. And planning for college expenses, retirement, and inheritance gets even more complicated in remarriage. These issues can explode couple unity and blow up developing family harmony. However, proper blended family money management can make money an asset to your relationship, not a liability. The authors use over 50 years of combined financial planning and blended family educational experience to help you envision your combined financial future and plan for how you'll get there. You'll discover practical ways to merge your current financial realities and protect your marriage while doing so. Get real-world financial advice specific to unique blended family legal and relational matters so you can provide for your family both now and in the future.

“Self-esteem must start with the family. The Winning Family needs to be in every home.” —Dr. Michele Borba, author of Thrivers, UnSelfie, and The Big Book of Parenting Solutions Our families can fill us with joy or bother us with constant, even unconscious, power struggles throughout our lives. This new, revised edition of The Winning Family shows a new generation of parents exactly how to strengthen children with positivity and empathy by building instead of tearing down, and responding instead of reacting. Step by step, this beloved book teaches crucial parenting techniques that break intergenerational blame/shame/enabling patterns and help children develop skills to become confident, capable adults with self-worth and healthy self-concepts. Dr. Louise Hart and Kristen Caven, a mother-and-daughter writing team, have packed The Winning Family with the latest information, helpful tips, and insightful personal stories from four generations. They present powerful, practical tools in a simple and easy-to-use way. As you abandon unhealthy, ineffective coping mechanisms, you will build ·Deep inner confidence and a positive, realistic sense of self ·The ability to create healthy boundaries and structure ·Effective ways to instill self-discipline and internal motivation ·Skills for honest, kind communication to resolve and prevent conflict ·Positive attitudes that turn obstacles into opportunities for growth ·Emotional intelligence to better understand and process feelings, and ·The resilience to handle change and solve problems. If you have young children, teenagers, adult children, special needs children, or even no children (and you want to gain insight into your own childhood), or if you are a teacher, a caregiver, or an adult who works with kids, this book is for you. In fact, this book helps anyone who’s ever been in a family—because the same tools that build self-esteem in the first place can also be used to repair damaged self-esteem later on. The Winning Family is a must-have guide for creating a safe, supportive, empowering family where everyone wins—and a better world begins.

"Provides a history of spanking, including the transition from instruments to the hand; Reviews relevant research over the last 100 years on spanking outcomes; Identifies the social and cultural supports of spanking including legal standing; Includes thought provoking prompts on what it means to be a parent"

Research has shown that strong, adaptive, and supportive parents are the best at insulating their children from all but the biggest catastrophes and preventing stress. What Kind of Parent Am I? uses a specially created survey to empower parents to deal directly with their unique challenges and become the best parents they can be.