Parenting

The state of society and cultural pressure on the family suggest dads have not been equipped to step up as the fathers the next generation needs. How much instruction and guidance have you received for your role as a father? In Seasons of Fathering – A handbook for life, you will receive instruction on the PASS the BATON strategy for dads along with practical guidance and specific encouragement for the Teacher, Coach and Counselor seasons of fathering. A father’s journey is analogous to the 4 X 400 relay race – When a dad runs the relay of life well, he stays between the lines, places the baton firmly in the hand of the next generation and lets go. It is beautiful to watch. When a dad does not commit to run well, the clank of batons reverberate across society. This book is an encouragement to pass the baton well through the seasons of fathering and a charge to become the dad you are called to be, the dad the next generation needs to see.

Are you a parent or guardian that has a child in grade school, middle school, or high school that plays sports? If your answer is yes, then this book is a must read. The number one reason kids go out for sports is to have fun! In today’s competition world things have really changed. The focus seems to be on winning at all costs. Parents are pressuring their kids. Athletes are transferring out of their schools as coaches try to build powerhouses. This book will help you, as a parent, avoid the dark side that could leave your child depressed and unhappy. The author has pinpointed crucial issues and resolutions. Read about helpful tips, for you as a parent, to guide your child in a fun adventure in sports. Learn about what it takes to be a good sport as a parent or as an athlete. The author writes about true experiences that will be of value as you discover a successful and productive ride with your children in the world of sports.

Dr. Natika M. McPherson is the mother of 3 young men as well as a licensed professional counselor who has served children and families for over 15 years. After stepping into the role of motherhood at the early age of 17, she decided to let go of her mistakes and push on to great parenting.

Having struggled in many areas of motherhood, Dr. McPherson decided to return to school to pursue a master of human services as well as a doctor of philosophy degree to gain insight on what children need. Using her education, the experience of being raised by awesome parents, and mixing that with the daily rewards and challenges of being a parent herself, there is so much she has learned and been able to help others learn and change for the better. If you are looking for a way to parent from your heart while growing and forgiving yourself and your children for not being perfect, this is the book to read.

It’s Up To You!

Dialogue of a Foster/Adopted Child is a handbook for foster and adoptive parents to help them understand the trauma that the children may have experienced and how the trauma may affect the child’s development and behavior. The book basically speaks from the perspective of the foster or adopted child to the foster or adoptive parent and professionals who care for them.

The subject matter of autism is complex, at best perplexing. The materials in this question-and-answer presentation reflect in this user-friendly sourcebook many assumptions, ideas and information from various medical, educational experts and experienced professionals as well as caregivers.

Most of all, parents’ input is included since their observations are of significant worth that should be taken in account. They provide valuable road map in navigating our understanding of the mysterious and baffling subject of autism.

This book would prove useful, informative and instructive for parents, teachers, educational administrators and health practitioners.

This is one of my wishes for myself. To publish a book of poetry that I created. Every poem in this book is a view of someone. Someone I met, someone I helped or someone that I look at in the mirror each day. I have had a strange life, to me anyway. Then again maybe not, after reading some of these poems back to myself. I didn’t publish this to become famous nor make money. I published it for myself. We live in a world that has disappointed me most of my life. So many say they care, but if you look at their actions they really don’t. Our elected for the most love to band aid abuse. They never seem to solve the problem of abuse, they just band aid the abused. Over the last two years I have written over 300 poems about abuse. Over the last two years I have written over 1,200 letters to elected officials all across this county asking for them to do something about abuse. And over the last two years I have cried, because for the most part, they don’t care.

My opinion is someone that has been abused doesn’t fall into a certain group of people that they can receive a vote from. The abused fall into all political parties, all races, both male and female, the wealthy, the middle class and the poor. This is a problem for a politician. They cannot divide and conquer this group to gather votes. I was born in 1966. Neither party nor single politician has broken any ground yet to save or stand up for the abused. They walk into the room after the fact with a box of band aids and a camera man to make themselves look good.

These are my views though, if there are any politicians out there that really care do something about the problem before it happens. Stop walking with band aids and start doing what’s right. Our judges for the most fall into this same category, but that’s another book in itself. God Bless!

Or How an Anglophile Teacher Found a Son in Siberia

This is a heartwarming adoption story of a middle aged, anglophile, New York City teacher of the blind who travels literally around the world to adopt a 2 1/2 year old boy in the far reaches of Siberia. Mother and son’s trials and tribulations parallel events in the lives of the Royal Family and its circle as the little, newly formed family forges a deep, abiding bond.

Just In Case I Should Go speaks the emotions, love, worries and dreams of a mother for her daughter. Raising her single handedly, distant from family, coming home exhausted and having to forgo her tiredness to play with her girl in their lonesomeness help to show the spirit and uncanny strength of character of a mother fighting with the little she has to anchor her daughter’s future.

Reading this story you will share the motherly love urging the little girl to be nothing less than the most she can be. It will give you a glimpse of two lives so intertwined with love. Life realities (not knowing when she would go), decides the mother to write her love for her daughter hoping in this way her love will outlive her and her girl can always feel it when she is no longer there to see her daughter reach her destiny.

This is a story for children, young ladies, encouraging them to reach deep to their undeniable goodness; hold on to their best and pursue their dreams with confidence.

For parents it is more than a story – it gives form and substance to lives many live daily for their children. It’s a life experience!

Just In Case I Should Go is about the love, courage and remarkable strength of character of a woman!

After the devastation of a miscarriage wore off, we decided to pursue the possibility of adopting a child. We subsequently adopted two lovely children. The process was so complicated, cumbersome and costly that I decided to write a book on it to help others through the process and minimize the complications, cost and cumbersome paperwork. Helpful bullet points are at the end of each chapter.

Too often children who are not living with natural parents are lonely, angry and bewildered. Parents who become victims of drugs, alcohol, child abuse and/or neglect place their children in a downward spiral.

When and if society reaches out to reunite the family, hope becomes apparent. Parents who cooperate and improve their lifestyle will be reunited with their children.

Every State in the United States daily seeks to improve the system by changing what does not work and to learn from those who have succeeded in bringing the family unit together.

These stories are based on true happenings using fictitious names.