Author: Judith Viorst
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0684853426
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Warm, funny, compassionate, and reassuring, "You're Officially a Grown-Up" describes--in verse and illustrations--all those terrifying but eagerly anticipated freedoms that go hand in hand with leaving home and trying to make one's way in the world. 40 full-color line drawings.
You're Officially a Grown-up
Author: Judith Viorst
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0684853426
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Warm, funny, compassionate, and reassuring, "You're Officially a Grown-Up" describes--in verse and illustrations--all those terrifying but eagerly anticipated freedoms that go hand in hand with leaving home and trying to make one's way in the world. 40 full-color line drawings.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0684853426
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Warm, funny, compassionate, and reassuring, "You're Officially a Grown-Up" describes--in verse and illustrations--all those terrifying but eagerly anticipated freedoms that go hand in hand with leaving home and trying to make one's way in the world. 40 full-color line drawings.
How To Grow Up When You Re Grown Up
Author: Nancy O'conner
Publisher: Ratna Sagar
ISBN: 9788171086863
Category : Self-actualization (Psychology)
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Publisher: Ratna Sagar
ISBN: 9788171086863
Category : Self-actualization (Psychology)
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Grad to Grown-Up
Author: Gene Rice
Publisher: Post Hill Press
ISBN: 1637581939
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Grad to Grown-Up: 68 Tips to Excel in Your Personal and Professional Life is a unique self-help book that offers a roadmap to kickstart your future. Rags-to-riches author and CEO Gene Rice and his high school English teacher daughter Courtney Bejgrowicz demystify adulthood by sharing critical information alongside professional and personal successes and failures. The five sections—life, job search, career, personal finance, and health and relationships—provide real-world insights that are often overlooked in formal education. You will learn everything from how to conquer the interview process to how to get promoted; from myths about credit scores to the impact of taxes; from the power of meditation to positively impacting society; and much more. Armed with this knowledge, you will be ready to move out on your own and move up in life. “Gene is one of the top executive recruiters in the world. He’s helped me, as well as over a thousand others, get the jobs of their dreams. This book will help anyone starting out in their career or looking to advance. Even better? He shares how personal growth is essential to professional success.” —World B. Free, Former NBA All-Star, 76ers Ambassador “This is a highly illuminating work of distilled wisdom from two fine sensibilities who are from two dramatically different generations. A perfect graduation gift!” —Michael Krasny, Retired Radio Host on Sirius and NPR; Author of Off Mike: A Memoir of Talk Radio and Literary Life and Spiritual Envy
Publisher: Post Hill Press
ISBN: 1637581939
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Grad to Grown-Up: 68 Tips to Excel in Your Personal and Professional Life is a unique self-help book that offers a roadmap to kickstart your future. Rags-to-riches author and CEO Gene Rice and his high school English teacher daughter Courtney Bejgrowicz demystify adulthood by sharing critical information alongside professional and personal successes and failures. The five sections—life, job search, career, personal finance, and health and relationships—provide real-world insights that are often overlooked in formal education. You will learn everything from how to conquer the interview process to how to get promoted; from myths about credit scores to the impact of taxes; from the power of meditation to positively impacting society; and much more. Armed with this knowledge, you will be ready to move out on your own and move up in life. “Gene is one of the top executive recruiters in the world. He’s helped me, as well as over a thousand others, get the jobs of their dreams. This book will help anyone starting out in their career or looking to advance. Even better? He shares how personal growth is essential to professional success.” —World B. Free, Former NBA All-Star, 76ers Ambassador “This is a highly illuminating work of distilled wisdom from two fine sensibilities who are from two dramatically different generations. A perfect graduation gift!” —Michael Krasny, Retired Radio Host on Sirius and NPR; Author of Off Mike: A Memoir of Talk Radio and Literary Life and Spiritual Envy
Grown
Author: Tiffany D. Jackson
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062840371
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
An instant New York Times bestseller! “Grown exposes the underbelly of a tough conversation, providing a searing examination of misogynoir, rape culture, and the vulnerability of young black girls. Groundbreaking, heart-wrenching, and essential reading for all in the #MeToo era.” —Dhonielle Clayton, New York Times bestselling author of The Belles Award-winning author Tiffany D. Jackson delivers another riveting, ripped-from-the-headlines mystery that exposes horrific secrets hiding behind the limelight and embraces the power of a young woman’s voice. When legendary R&B artist Korey Fields spots Enchanted Jones at an audition, her dreams of being a famous singer take flight. Until Enchanted wakes up with blood on her hands and zero memory of the previous night. Who killed Korey Fields? Before there was a dead body, Enchanted’s dreams had turned into a nightmare. Because behind Korey’s charm and star power was a controlling dark side. Now he’s dead, the police are at the door, and all signs point to Enchanted. “Never have I read a story that so flawlessly hits the highest high and lowest low notes of Black girlhood in pursuit of the American Dream.” —Nic Stone, New York Times bestselling author of Dear Martin and Jackpot
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062840371
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
An instant New York Times bestseller! “Grown exposes the underbelly of a tough conversation, providing a searing examination of misogynoir, rape culture, and the vulnerability of young black girls. Groundbreaking, heart-wrenching, and essential reading for all in the #MeToo era.” —Dhonielle Clayton, New York Times bestselling author of The Belles Award-winning author Tiffany D. Jackson delivers another riveting, ripped-from-the-headlines mystery that exposes horrific secrets hiding behind the limelight and embraces the power of a young woman’s voice. When legendary R&B artist Korey Fields spots Enchanted Jones at an audition, her dreams of being a famous singer take flight. Until Enchanted wakes up with blood on her hands and zero memory of the previous night. Who killed Korey Fields? Before there was a dead body, Enchanted’s dreams had turned into a nightmare. Because behind Korey’s charm and star power was a controlling dark side. Now he’s dead, the police are at the door, and all signs point to Enchanted. “Never have I read a story that so flawlessly hits the highest high and lowest low notes of Black girlhood in pursuit of the American Dream.” —Nic Stone, New York Times bestselling author of Dear Martin and Jackpot
Now That They Are Grown
Author: Ronald J. Greer
Publisher: Abingdon Press
ISBN: 142675468X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 149
Book Description
We don’t stop being parents when our kids are grown...but some things do change. Life is filled with change. As our sons and daughters move into young adulthood, our role of what it means to be loving parents changes dramatically. This book aims to help readers miss as many potholes as possible in making the transition from parenting children to being parents of young adults. Here are ways to nurture our adult children while encouraging their independence and maturity. Learn to have balance. Here is how to respond to them in times of struggle. Readers will see how to be supportive, yet not intrusive, caring without enabling dependency. The questions are important. The answers are not obvious. It is a new day in our relationships with our children. The page has been turned, and we are now writing the new chapter in the life of our family. It is important that we get it right.
Publisher: Abingdon Press
ISBN: 142675468X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 149
Book Description
We don’t stop being parents when our kids are grown...but some things do change. Life is filled with change. As our sons and daughters move into young adulthood, our role of what it means to be loving parents changes dramatically. This book aims to help readers miss as many potholes as possible in making the transition from parenting children to being parents of young adults. Here are ways to nurture our adult children while encouraging their independence and maturity. Learn to have balance. Here is how to respond to them in times of struggle. Readers will see how to be supportive, yet not intrusive, caring without enabling dependency. The questions are important. The answers are not obvious. It is a new day in our relationships with our children. The page has been turned, and we are now writing the new chapter in the life of our family. It is important that we get it right.
All Grown Up
Author: Celia Dodd
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472980786
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
When children grow up and become adults we often assume, as parents, that our job is done. In fact it's just the beginning of a whole new stage in our lifelong connection. Relationships with adult children are an aspect of parenting that is rarely discussed, yet they require thoughtfulness and empathy, and can bring many new challenges. - How can you avoid conflict when your adult child returns to live with you? - What if you don't get on with their partner? - How should you support your child through a divorce, or mental health challenges later in life? - Do you have mixed feelings about looking after your grandchildren? - What if you adult children don't get along? All Grown Up draws on the personal experiences of parents, as well as advice from leading experts in the filed, to offer support and guidance on working through these common dilemmas to develop and maintain a close bond with your adult child. Discover how to create family harmony and a strong, enduring connection.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472980786
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
When children grow up and become adults we often assume, as parents, that our job is done. In fact it's just the beginning of a whole new stage in our lifelong connection. Relationships with adult children are an aspect of parenting that is rarely discussed, yet they require thoughtfulness and empathy, and can bring many new challenges. - How can you avoid conflict when your adult child returns to live with you? - What if you don't get on with their partner? - How should you support your child through a divorce, or mental health challenges later in life? - Do you have mixed feelings about looking after your grandchildren? - What if you adult children don't get along? All Grown Up draws on the personal experiences of parents, as well as advice from leading experts in the filed, to offer support and guidance on working through these common dilemmas to develop and maintain a close bond with your adult child. Discover how to create family harmony and a strong, enduring connection.
How to Get Your Grown Woman On
Author: Crystal Morris-Newsom MBA
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1456881094
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 67
Book Description
HOW TO GET YOUR GROWN WOMAN ON is a sassy, up-to-date guide for pre-teen and teen girls. It teaches them how to cope with the issues facing them today. This book provides clear cut instructions on how a young lady should care for her body inside and out as well as how to treat others while still promoting self love. This book allows young ladies to write in a journal setting to express how they are feeling about certain topics such as dating, sex, drugs, and suicide. Moreover, the book provides a mental map of situations they may go through, and offers the tools to get past any storms that may come into their lives. Overall, young women will understand that there is a way to overcome all circumstances and they are not alone. ALL women, young and old have faced similar challenges and WILL move forward successfully in life to become the beautiful women they are destined to be.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1456881094
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 67
Book Description
HOW TO GET YOUR GROWN WOMAN ON is a sassy, up-to-date guide for pre-teen and teen girls. It teaches them how to cope with the issues facing them today. This book provides clear cut instructions on how a young lady should care for her body inside and out as well as how to treat others while still promoting self love. This book allows young ladies to write in a journal setting to express how they are feeling about certain topics such as dating, sex, drugs, and suicide. Moreover, the book provides a mental map of situations they may go through, and offers the tools to get past any storms that may come into their lives. Overall, young women will understand that there is a way to overcome all circumstances and they are not alone. ALL women, young and old have faced similar challenges and WILL move forward successfully in life to become the beautiful women they are destined to be.
Grown and Flown
Author: Lisa Heffernan
Publisher: Flatiron Books
ISBN: 1250188954
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
PARENTING NEVER ENDS. From the founders of the #1 site for parents of teens and young adults comes an essential guide for building strong relationships with your teens and preparing them to successfully launch into adulthood The high school and college years: an extended roller coaster of academics, friends, first loves, first break-ups, driver’s ed, jobs, and everything in between. Kids are constantly changing and how we parent them must change, too. But how do we stay close as a family as our lives move apart? Enter the co-founders of Grown and Flown, Lisa Heffernan and Mary Dell Harrington. In the midst of guiding their own kids through this transition, they launched what has become the largest website and online community for parents of fifteen to twenty-five year olds. Now they’ve compiled new takeaways and fresh insights from all that they’ve learned into this handy, must-have guide. Grown and Flown is a one-stop resource for parenting teenagers, leading up to—and through—high school and those first years of independence. It covers everything from the monumental (how to let your kids go) to the mundane (how to shop for a dorm room). Organized by topic—such as academics, anxiety and mental health, college life—it features a combination of stories, advice from professionals, and practical sidebars. Consider this your parenting lifeline: an easy-to-use manual that offers support and perspective. Grown and Flown is required reading for anyone looking to raise an adult with whom you have an enduring, profound connection.
Publisher: Flatiron Books
ISBN: 1250188954
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
PARENTING NEVER ENDS. From the founders of the #1 site for parents of teens and young adults comes an essential guide for building strong relationships with your teens and preparing them to successfully launch into adulthood The high school and college years: an extended roller coaster of academics, friends, first loves, first break-ups, driver’s ed, jobs, and everything in between. Kids are constantly changing and how we parent them must change, too. But how do we stay close as a family as our lives move apart? Enter the co-founders of Grown and Flown, Lisa Heffernan and Mary Dell Harrington. In the midst of guiding their own kids through this transition, they launched what has become the largest website and online community for parents of fifteen to twenty-five year olds. Now they’ve compiled new takeaways and fresh insights from all that they’ve learned into this handy, must-have guide. Grown and Flown is a one-stop resource for parenting teenagers, leading up to—and through—high school and those first years of independence. It covers everything from the monumental (how to let your kids go) to the mundane (how to shop for a dorm room). Organized by topic—such as academics, anxiety and mental health, college life—it features a combination of stories, advice from professionals, and practical sidebars. Consider this your parenting lifeline: an easy-to-use manual that offers support and perspective. Grown and Flown is required reading for anyone looking to raise an adult with whom you have an enduring, profound connection.
You Are Old
Author: Ekman Douglas
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1728364663
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
YOU ARE OLD is a mixture of humor, philosophy and reminiscing as Ekman Douglas takes you on a journey that travels from your youth to your present age, no matter how old you are. YOU ARE OLD is not heavy reading and you can make return visits to it time and time again. Ekman says smiling, “This is a book suited for the particular room my father called the library”. Some critics may declare “That’s where it belongs”. He also says, “If you don’t smile while reading YOU ARE OLD, check your pulse.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1728364663
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
YOU ARE OLD is a mixture of humor, philosophy and reminiscing as Ekman Douglas takes you on a journey that travels from your youth to your present age, no matter how old you are. YOU ARE OLD is not heavy reading and you can make return visits to it time and time again. Ekman says smiling, “This is a book suited for the particular room my father called the library”. Some critics may declare “That’s where it belongs”. He also says, “If you don’t smile while reading YOU ARE OLD, check your pulse.
Coping with your Grown Children
Author: Edwin L. Klingelhofer
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461245648
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
Coping With Your Grown Children is the only book to analyze-and lay out specific coping strategies for dealing with-the problems today's parents face with their adult offspring such as: • failure of the child to really "grow up" or achieve full potential • unemptied nests • moving back home after broken marriages • turning your home into a "daycare center" for your grandchildren • substance abuse, cult involvement, trouble with the law • alternative lifestyles or homosexuality • physical or psychiatric problems • or maybe you just think there's a problem!
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461245648
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
Coping With Your Grown Children is the only book to analyze-and lay out specific coping strategies for dealing with-the problems today's parents face with their adult offspring such as: • failure of the child to really "grow up" or achieve full potential • unemptied nests • moving back home after broken marriages • turning your home into a "daycare center" for your grandchildren • substance abuse, cult involvement, trouble with the law • alternative lifestyles or homosexuality • physical or psychiatric problems • or maybe you just think there's a problem!