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Get the Summary of Lindsay C. Gibson's Self-Care for Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary and not the original book.
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If you grew up with an emotionally immature, unavailable, or selfish parent, you probably still struggle with anger, sadness, resentment, or shame. As a child, your emotional needs were not met, your feelings were dismissed, and you likely took on adult...
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Get the Summary of William Kamkwamba & Bryan Mealer's The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: When a terrible drought struck William Kamkwamba's tiny village in Malawi, his family lost all of the season's crops, leaving them with nothing to eat and nothing to sell. William began to explore science books in his village library, looking for a solution. There, he...
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Book Preview: #1 Louise Robinette was first attracted to David when he was seventeen and she was ten. They had secret hand-holding during fiery Pentecostal services at the Church of God in Princeton, West Virginia. She would later say she would marry him and have twelve children.
#2 King Turpin Jr. had a religious experience in Kentucky that led him to become a preacher, and he moved...
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Get the Summary of T.A. Williams' A Little Piece of Paradise in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Having worked in Rome for four years, Sophie's excited to revisit to Italy, even if it reignites memories of a cheating ex who soon learns of her return and wants to rekindle their spark. Sophie realises that distance does indeed make the heart grow fonder — but for her friend back home,...
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Book Preview: #1 In 1978, I was asked to teach a thirteen-week course on marriage at my church. The topic was: what must a couple do to stay happily married. The book that resulted from this course, His Needs, Her Needs, was a bestseller and continues to be one of the most popular books on marriage today.
#2 The beginning of the end of the traditional nuclear family in America was in 1960, when I was 19 years old. I had been trying to become a marriage...
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Book Preview: #1 When we become parents, we bring with us issues from our past that influence the way we parent our children. These issues can easily get triggered in the parent-child relationship, and our responses toward our children can be strong emotional reactions, impulsive behaviors, or distortions in our perceptions.
#2 I had similar experiences as a parent, and found that...
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Get the Summary of Natalie Franke's Built to Belong in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Many of us feel more alone than ever despite living in the most connected society in human history. We need to belong in the same way that we need oxygen—our physical bodies require it. We perform better and have greater successes as individuals when we are connected to the collective.
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Get the Summary of John Gottman & Julie Schwartz Gottman's The Love Prescription in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Love Prescription" by John Gottman and Julie Schwartz Gottman explores the challenges and solutions to maintaining connection in relationships, particularly under the strain of modern life and extraordinary circumstances like the COVID-19 pandemic. The book delves into the concept of "bids for...
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Book Preview: #1 You've been working on your relationship, hoping that love would be enough. But you've been agonizing over whether or not to stay. Now you're ready to make the choice that's been weighing on your heart.
#2 Leaving your relationship means finally freeing yourself from the confusion and pain that comes with it. It means getting on with a new and better life. Until now,...
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#1 I was excited to go to Nepal and help the children, but I was also excited to travel around the world for a year. I had spent the previous eight years working for the EastWest Institute, an international public policy think tank, out of their Prague office, and was bored.
#2 I had decided to travel to Nepal, and I was excited about it. But I was also nervous. I had...
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#1 When our children are most challenging, our minds begin their commentary. We evaluate our actions as parents, our choices in the moment, and the behavior of our children. We often listen to what our minds say, and this can lead to problems in how we behave toward our children and how they behave toward us.
#2 The parents we work with are always ashamed or embarrassed...
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#1 In 1951, Soraya was born in the village of Kupayeh, near the city of Kerman in southwestern Iran. She had come into the world on the Shah's wedding day, and was named after his bride, Princess Soraya.
#2 When Soraya was ten, her parents took her to the city to apprentice with the arbab, the wealthy landowner. The children who apprenticed there were given food and...
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#1 The idea that babies are born with the instinct not to soil themselves may seem preposterous to some, but it is true. By putting your children in diapers and changing them only after they have gone, you condition them to use the diaper itself as a toilet.
#2 Some parents are faced with double work when training their child to go to the bathroom in a diaper, and then...
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#1 Parents who aren't sleeping well are not providing their children with good sleep nutrition. Sleep deprivation takes a toll on each level and layer of a family, including the parents and the child individually.
#2 Chronic sleep deprivation can affect you and your child. It can lead to the following: • You being late for appointments, because you spend twenty minutes searching...
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#1 I had a difficult time understanding the concept of death as a child, as my family attended many funerals. I thought the dead looked good, as they were sleeping in big suitcases.
#2 My family lived in the rural north Louisiana town of Gibsland, near the border with Texas. It was a place where the line between heroes and villains was not so clearly drawn.
#3 I had...
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#1 I am lying in my grandmother's bed, listening to church bells and Noel Edmonds. I am not crying, but I am in a state of pure numbness. I am going to lie here forever.
#2 When you have been with someone for the majority of your adult life, it can be a shock to realize that you have no idea who you are without them. You have no idea what you eat, when you sleep, whom...
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#1 In America today, the parenting culture picks up speed early and never seems to slow down. As soon as you become pregnant, you are bombarded with activities to do with your baby, and it never stops.
#2 I was meticulous about tracking my temperature, and as I went along, I noticed my temperature began to rise. I was ovulating, and I felt like crap. I was teaching English...
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#1 It is impossible to discipline your child gently and effectively without first understanding the triggers of their misbehavior. Everyone has to deal with overwhelming emotions from time to time, and some cope with them better than others.
#2 Parents should be aware of their children's behavior triggers, which are typically of a physiological nature. These allow them...
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Get the Summary of Sloane Crosley's Grief Is for People in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Grief Is for People" by Sloane Crosley is a poignant exploration of loss and the complex emotions that accompany it. The narrative begins with Crosley's personal experience of a burglary on June 27, 2019, where she loses forty-one pieces of jewelry, including heirlooms from her grandmother. This event becomes a prelude to...
20) Summary of Elaine Taylor-Klaus’s The Essential Guide to Raising Complex Kids With ADHD, Anxiety, and
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Book Preview: #1 If you're often walking on eggshells, then you might have a complex child. The first part of this book will demystify what it means to parent a complex child.
#2 It took several years for Sarah to admit that there was trouble in paradise. She and her husband, Jake, were grateful beyond measure for two healthy children, but by age 8, their oldest child was quirky and...
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