Who Stole My Child

Expert guidance for parents on growing up their kids Psychologist Carl Pickhardt offers insight from his thirty years of experience counseling caregivers on how to navigate the adolescent development process—from eight to eighteen. For most parents, the onset of puberty brings an unexpected, even unwelcome change in their child’s behavior, which can cause bewilderment, confusion, and sadness. Dr. Pickhardt’s comforting and knowledgeable voice points out that not only can growth change many beloved characteristics of their child, but also it can alter dynamics in the relationship. Parents, teachers, and caretakers will find comfort with effective practices to help kids achieve responsible independence from the end of childhood through young adulthood and beyond.

Are we naturally brutish or collaborative? The West has consistently argued for the former and imposed ‘civilization’ onto the world. But that was simply a convenient argument based on their immediate environs and to feed their insatiable greed. The East was always much more harmonious, just like human societies that survived 50,000 years. But look where it got them? Who were the ‘savages’ by the way? We lost morality and succumbed to an individualistic life of comfort, which has resulted in gross inequalities (to their benefit) and unprecedented environmental destruction. Is this ‘progress?’ This decision will fundamentally determine our choices for the future. Do we continue up the path of restlessness (or recklessness) or go back down the road of peacefulness (within ourselves) and harmony (with our environment)? The latter will not be easy, though, and the cynic in me says, “Why bother?” The hopeful in me, “Why not?” But the latter continues to prevail, and that is my single most important reason for writing this book – to leave a legacy for my children. I continue to hope that they may find a life of meaning rather than be swept away in one of indulgence.

A companion to Making Bombs for Hitler and The War Below, this novel follows a Ukrainian girl who was kidnapped as a child to be raised by a Nazi family. Nadia is haunted by World War II. Her memories of the war are messy, coming back to her in pieces and flashes she can't control. Though her adoptive mother says they are safe now, Nadia's flashbacks keep coming.Sometimes she remembers running, hunger, and isolation. But other times she remembers living with a German family, and attending big rallies where she was praised for her light hair and blue eyes. The puzzle pieces don't quite fit together, and Nadia is scared by what might be true. Could she have been raised by Nazis? Were they her real family? What part did she play in the war?What Nadia finally discovers about her own history will shock her. But only when she understands the past can she truly face her future.Inspired by startling true events, Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch delivers a gripping and poignant story of one girl's determination to uncover her truth.

This book also tells the readers that to have a fair deal from life, one has to be fair with life, along with being mindful and proactive towards it. The dynamic fundamentals of the life, like relationships, parenting, personal goals, behavioural problems and handling of stress, are fairly discussed and dealt with in this book. Author is positive that this book, with its galore of information and insights into life’s evolution and its modalities, will refurbish your outlook about life and will take you to the altogether different level of awareness. So, dive into it and rediscover the new world of your exalted visions, dreams and thoughts.

Have you ever wanted your parents to buy you a gift so bad that you swore you would do anything for it, and when you received the gift you barely looked at it after taking it out of the box? Then when your parents wanted to give it away you had a fit, screamed and shouted that it was yours and you didn't want to share it with anyone. Suddenly a few years later you finally notice that the item is gone and you have no idea where it went. This is how God feels when He gives us a gift and we refuse to use it for the purpose for which it was intended. Who Stole My Gift will cause you to take a deeper look into yourself and help you identify those gifts that you have let go. It will also help you understand how to use them and how to recognize when you are operating in an area that God has not anointed or ordained you for. This book is a must read for anyone who has ever wondered "who stole their gift."

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A haunting fable about identity and the illusory innocence of childhood that moves from small-town America deep into the forest of humankind's most basic desires and fears. • "Utterly absorbing ... a luminous and thrilling novel about our humanity." —The Washington Post “I am a changeling—a word that describes within its own name what we are bound and intended to do. We kidnap a human child and replace him or her with one of our own....” The double story of Henry Day begins in 1949, when he is kidnapped at age seven by a band of wild childlike beings who live in an ancient, secret community in the forest. The changelings rename their captive Aniday and he becomes, like them, unaging and stuck in time. They leave one of their own to take his place, an imposter who must try–with varying success–to hide his true identity from the Day family. As the changeling Henry grows up, he is haunted by glimpses of his lost double and by vague memories of his own childhood a century earlier. Narrated in turns by Henry and Aniday, The Stolen Child follows them as their lives converge, driven by their obsessive search for who they were before they changed places in the world.

Expert guidance for parents on growing up their kids

And they lived happily ever after...Or did they? For generations young girls have been exposed to fairy tales depicting 'love at first sight' and 'happily ever after' endings. But what really happens after the princess says, 'I do'? With the estimated forty-percent divorce rate, many women are finding that their idealistic assumptions about marriage are a recipe for disaster. Who Stole My Glass Slippers? A Real Life Guide to Happily Ever After takes readers where the fairy tales left off, revealing how relationships need to mature and evolve in order to thrive. Through humor and real-life experience, D.D. Kellett knowledgeably examines the life cycle of a married couple, providing useful insights on how to have a successful marriage. Her encouraging words offer the hope that while life may not be a fairytale, it is possible for couples to find happiness in their ever after. Who Stole My Glass Slippers? A Real Life Guide to Happily Ever After offers up practical marital advice laced with a hint of humor and wit. It's a healthy, real-world perspective on the interactions and conflicts between a husband and a wife that can arise over the course of a marriage union, and is a great read for females wanting to improve the general state of their marital relationship. -Ronald Gleason, M.D., Adult Psychiatry