Talk
I Only Say This Because I Love You: How the Way We Talk Can Make or Break Family Relationships Throughout Our Lives
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Why does talk in families so often go in circles, leaving us tied up in knots? In this illuminating book, Deborah Tannen, the linguist and and bestselling author of You Just Don’t Understand and many other books, reveals why talking to family members is so often painful and problematic even when we’re all adults. Searching for signs of acceptance and belonging, we find signs of disapproval and rejection. Why do the seeds of family love so often yield a harves… More >>
Predictive Parenting: What to Say When You Talk to Your Kids
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Complete with actual scripts for dealing with real-life situations, FPredictive Parenting will show parents how to motivate and protect their children from forces beyond their control, to convey self-esteem, and to provide vital and positive influences on their children’s lives…. More >>
How to Talk to Your Kids About Really Important Things: Specific Questions and Answers and Useful Things to Say
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Charles E. Schaefer and Theresa Foy DiGeronimo’s classic guide offers parents, teachers, counselors, and others the help they need to find the words to talk to kids and answer their questions. The book is filled with practical advice on discussing a wide range of life’s experiences with children?from family changes like moving to a new home, divorce, and remarriage to broader subjects such as child abuse and AIDS…. More >>