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Talking the Tough Stuff with Teens: Making Conversations Work When It Matters Most
by Fiona Spargo-MabbsTalking to your teenager shouldn't be hard, but sometimes it's the most difficult thing in the world. Healthy, open, non-judgemental conversations with young people can be - literally - life-saving."They've always wanted me to be open and honest with them, I've spent years explaining stuff to them, and sometimes they still don't understand everything" - Milly, 16"Your parents aren't actually hatching a plan to ruin your life..." Jim, 52From minor matters (tidiness, homework, sleep) to big and important ones (relationships, mental ill health, drugs and alcohol), teenagers and their parents often struggle to talk to each other - and talking is key if your young person is facing new challenges as they leave childhood behind. A well-timed conversation, a listening ear, a non-judgemental and receptive attitude - all these can make an enormous and lasting impact on how safely and happily a teenager navigates this crucial stage of their development.Oh, if only it were that easy.It's not always easy to talk to your teenager, or for them to talk to you, but it is critical and may even be life-saving. This audiobook draws extensively on hundreds of conversations that Fiona Spargo-Mabbs has conducted with young people and parents in focus groups and school and college workshops, to give a framework for tackling tough conversations about difficult things, without judgement or anger. It gives context and insight, based on the latest neuroscience findings on the teenage brain and, importantly, it gives hundreds of prompts and plenty of practical suggestions and strategies to make communication between parents and young people a two-way street that builds the foundations for a strong relationship with your adult child. Covering everything from the small stuff, like curfews and screen time, to the tough stuff of sex, self-harm and suicide, this is a warm, compassionate and important audiobook that draws on lived experience and the lives of young people as they are, not as we think they might, or should, be.(P) 2023 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
Talking to Ourselves: A Novel
by Andrés NeumanA searing family drama from one of Latin America's most original voicesOne trip. Two love stories. Three voices.Lito is ten years old and is almost sure he can change the weather when he concentrates very hard. His father, Mario, anxious to create a memory that will last for his son's lifetime, takes him on a road trip in a truck called Pedro. But Lito doesn't know that this might be their last trip: Mario is gravely ill. Together, father and son embark on a journey takes them through strange geographies that seem to meld the different parts of the Spanish-speaking world. In the meantime, Lito's mother, Elena, restlessly seeks support in books, and soon undertakes an adventure of her own that will challenge her moral limits. Each narrative—of father, son, and mother—embodies one of the different ways that we talk to ourselves: through speech, through thought, and through writing. While neither of them dares to tell the complete truth to the other two, their individual voices nonetheless form a poignant conversation.Sooner or later, we all face loss. Andrés Neuman movingly narrates the ways the lives of those who survive loss are transformed; how that experience changes our ideas about time, memory, and our own bodies; and how the acts of reading, and of sex, can serve as powerful modes of resistance. Talking to Ourselves presents a tender yet unsentimental portrait of the workings of love and family; a reflection both on grief and on the consolation of words. Neuman, the author of the award-winning Traveler of the Century, displays his characteristic warmth, bittersweet humor, and wide-ranging intellect, giving us the rich, textured, and strikingly different voices and experiences of three singular characters while presenting, above all, a profound tribute to those who have ever had to care for a loved one.
Talking to Your Kids About Sex: Turning “The Talk” Into a Conversation for Life
by Laura BermanTeaching your child about sex can be a rewarding, relationship-strengthening experience. You just need to be equipped with the right tools: clear, easy-to-explain information; critical questions to ask; good timing; and a sense of humor. Often touched on only lightly in schools, sexual knowledge is one of the most important parts of your child's education. Help encourage positive thought, relationships, and decision-making with Dr Berman's resourceful, reassuring, and comprehensive new book.
Talking to Your Kids About Sex
by Charlie Woglom Lauri Berkenkamp Stephen C AtkinsThis commonsense, practical guide to talking to children about sex provides ways to launch conversations following some of the most common kid comments and questions: What's That Thing? I'm Going to Marry Mommy. Sex Is When You Kiss. I Don't Want to Talk About It. From teaching toddlers about body parts to important discussions with adolescents, this resource encourages parents to understand what children of particular ages and developmental levels are ready to know, what they should know, and how to tell them. Real-life questions and answers encourage parents to prepare for their talks and make discussions easier. Moreover, ideas for discussing this sensitive subject with a sense of humor help take away some of the awkwardness-for both children and parents.
Talking with Children About Loss: Words, Strategies, and Wisdom to Help Children Cope with Death, Divorce, and Other Difficult Times
by Maria TrozziThrough captivating stories and thoughtful analysis, Maria Trozzi explains how to handle the difficult job of talking with children and adolescents about loss, with discussions about: * How children perceive and interpret events such as death, disability, and divorce * Guiding children through the four tasks of mourning * Helping children face funerals, wakes, and memorial services * Children's fears and fantasies: how they express them, and how to address them * Age-appropriate responses to children's questions and concerns * Talking to children about long-term illness, suicide, family or community tragedy, and other special situations * What to do when children won't talk about loss, and when to seek professional help
Talking with Your Child about Their Autism Diagnosis: A Guide for Parents
by Raelene DundonTelling your child about their autism diagnosis can be daunting. Will they be better off for knowing? What's the right way to tell them? Should you inform anyone else too? As a mother of two children on the spectrum, with over ten years' experience as a psychologist specialising in childhood autism, Raelene Dundon has all the tips you'll need. In this concise book, she sets out case studies, examples and resources that will equip you to make your own informed choices and help your whole family to live well with autism. Part One provides ways to tell children of different ages and development levels about their diagnosis, including photocopiable and downloadable worksheets designed to help diagnosed children understand autism, and gives advice on what to do if they react in a negative or unexpected way to the news. Part Two explores the pros and cons of sharing the diagnosis with others, including family, friends, school staff and your child's classmates, and guides you through what to do if others don't understand or accept the diagnosis.
Talking with Your Toddler: 75 Fun Activities and Interactive Games that Teach Your Child to Talk
by Teresa Laikko Laura LaikkoA HANDY PARENT'S GUIDE THAT TURNS PROFESSIONAL LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT INTO CHILD'S PLAYAre you concerned that your child is not verbalizing? The solution may be as simple as a game. Talking with Your Toddler teaches you how to stimulate speech using everyday play. It makes learning to talk fun and engaging for your child.With proven therapies and easy-to-follow activities, Talking with Your Toddler makes an ideal home companion.- Tips to promote talking throughout the day- Hands-on games that teach new words- Tricks for turning drive time into talk time- Fun ways to promote further practice- Techniques for keeping kids engagedWritten by experienced speech professionals, this book&’s straightforward approach is equally useful for parents at home, teachers in the classroom or therapists in a clinic.
Tall Cool One (A-List Novel #4)
by Zoey DeanTall Cool One is the fourth novel in this witty series that takes readers behind the scenes of the intoxicating world of Hollywood glitterati. New York blueblood Anna Percy came to L.A. to learn how to have a good time. Now she's surfing Zuma Beach with the industry's hottest young television producer. But duty calls and Anna must jet down to Las Casitas, Mexico, on a secret mission for her uber-powerful businessman father. But it turns out Anna isn't the only one staying at the super-luxury resort with a secret.
Tall Enough
by Gavin KaynerAndy Wilson Benny is short. If only he were taller, adults would listen to him more.
Tall Story
by Candy GourlayAndi is short. And she has lots of wishes. She wishes she could play on the school basketball team, she wishes for her own bedroom, but most of all she wishes that her long-lost half-brother, Bernardo, could come and live in London where he belongs. Then Andi's biggest wish comes true and she's minutes away from becoming someone's little sister. As she waits anxiously for Bernardo to arrive from the Philippines, she hopes he'll turn out to be tall and just as crazy as she is about basketball. When he finally arrives, he's tall all right. Eight feet tall, in fact-plagued by condition called Gigantism and troubled by secrets that he believes led to his phenomenal growth. In a novel packed with quirkiness and humor, Gourlay explores a touching sibling relationship and the clash of two very different cultures. From the Hardcover edition.
Tall Tales
by Karen DayMeg's family has moved a lot because of her father's drinking. Meg arrives in her town longing to find a real friend, someone she can talk to and write stories with. When she and Grace join forces to write a book, she's thrilled that she has finally found someone who likes her for who she is, who trusts her and confides in her. But she can't tell Grace about her father. Even though she hates to lie, Meg can't resist telling tall tales about her family and her life to Grace and other kids. For Meg, friendship turns out to be the key to telling the truth, and also to a better life for her family.
Tallahassee Higgins
by Mary Downing HahnTallahassee Higgins enjoys the vagabond lifestyle she lives with her free-spirited mother, but when Mother goes to Los Angeles to try her luck in TV and movies, Tallahassee is placed with her uncle whose conventional suburban lifestyle makes her question her mother's values--and her own.
El taller de las emociones: 80 actividades para educar y acompañar
by Begoña IbarrolaEl taller de las emociones es un libro de actividades para trabajar la educación emocional con los más pequeños. Ayúdales a reconocer las emociones, a validarlas y respetarlas para que nuestros niños crezcan más sanos y seguros. ¿Qué hace de El taller de las emociones un libro especial? - Está dirigido a los más pequeños de la casa (de 2 a 6 años). - Se puede trabajar tanto en el aula como en casa, en grupo o de forma individual.- Incorpora 80 fichas que trabajan ocho emociones básicas: alegría, tristeza, miedo, enfado, curiosidad, calma, vergüenza y celos. - Bellamente ilustrado y con ideas para que los niños reflexionen. - Lo firma Begoña Ibarrola, referente indiscutible de la educación emocional en España. A través de estas 80 actividades, el niño desarrollará, de una forma divertida y sencilla, habilidades varias, como son la empatía, la escucha activa, la expresión corporal y la comunicación no verbal, entre otras.
Tallie's Knight: A Historical Romance Novel
by Anne GraciePrepared to be swept away by this classic regency romance by beloved historical romance author, Anne Gracie!Cinderella&’s knight-in-shining-armour? The Earl! Miss Thalia Robinson, a destitute orphan, is indebted to her cousin who has employed her as governess to her three adorable children. But Tallie&’s quiet life in the confines of the schoolroom is shattered by the arrival of a house party to aid Magnus, Earl of d'Arenville, to find a wife! Magnus&’s usually cold façade is pierced by one of Tallie&’s delightful little charges and, when he locks eyes with the governess, he&’s struck by the strength of their connection. But when whisking Tallie into his world breaks all of society&’s rules, are they prepared for the consequences? Previously published
Talons of Power (Wings of Fire, Book #9)
by Tui T. SutherlandThe war is over. The false prophecy has been fulfilled. But the dragonets still have enemies. A dark evil, buried for centuries, is stirring. And a young NightWing may have had the first true prophecy in generations . . . Something is coming to shake the earth Something is coming to scorch the ground Jade Mountain will fall beneath thunder and ice Unless the lost city of night can be found. Don't miss the next chapter in the epic, bestselling Wings of Fire series!
Talulah's Back in Town (Coyote Canyon #1)
by Brenda NovakSometimes the past we leave behind leads us right where we belong. Talulah Barclay doesn&’t like complications. Unfortunately, they seem to love her. Fourteen years after leaving her fiancé at the altar, Talulah returns to her hometown of Coyote Canyon, Montana, to settle her great-aunt&’s estate. As she&’d feared, her &“runaway bride&” reputation is waiting right where she left it, and her ex&’s best friend, Brant, isn&’t about to let her slip by unnoticed. Brant has always been a loyal friend, but Talulah&’s decision to run isn&’t the only thing he hasn&’t forgotten. He remembers more about Talulah than he cares to admit. Vividly. And it&’s increasingly difficult to ignore her now, especially when they find themselves in close quarters. Talulah has no plans to stay in town after she fixes up her aunt&’s Victorian farmhouse, even if the unbridled sparks with Brant give her a good reason to linger. Besides, bailing on relationships is kind of her thing. But a lot has changed since Talulah last turned tail—maybe her heart has changed, too?Coyote CanyonBook 1: Talulah's Back in TownBook 2: The Talk of Coyote Canyon
Talvez Um Dia
by Colleen HooverUma amizade inocente pode tornar-se em algo mais forte com que nenhum deles vai saber lidar. Um dos romances de maior sucesso de Colleen Hoover, finalista do Prémio Goodreads para Melhor Romance em 2014 Por altura do seu 22.º aniversário, Sydney parece ter tudo para uma vida feliz. Conjuga os estudos na faculdade com um emprego estável, tem uma relação invejável com Hunter e partilha casa com Tori, a sua melhor amiga. Mas tudo isto acaba por se desmoronar num abrir e fechar de olhos, deixando-a sem rumo e completamente destroçada emocionalmente.A braços com um desgosto amoroso e uma enorme desilusão, é na amizade e companheirismo de Ridge, o seu misterioso vizinho, que Sydney irá encontrar algum consolo e tentar reencontrar-se a si própria através da música, a grande paixão que os une. No entanto, embora seja evidente o bem que ele lhe faz, há coisas na vida de Ridge que Sydney não pode ignorar, sob pena de se transformar naquilo que mais despreza...
Tamales For Christmas
by Stephen BriseñoBefore the first Christmas light is strung, Grandma is hard at work, making thousands of tamales to sell so she can buy gifts for her family! This heartwarming tale, based on a true story, explores a grandmother's boundless generosity, and the irresistible magic of tamales.When the weather changes, but way before the Christmas tree is decorated, Grandma begins her preparations. With so many children and grandchildren in her family, she finds a way to put gifts under the tree-- she sells as many tamales as she can! Masa in one hand, corn husks in the other, Grandma&’s just getting started. 15 dozen tamales. As Halloween passes, and Thanksgiving, Grandma is still toiling away in the kitchen: 150 dozen tamales, 700 dozen tamales, 850 dozen tamales. When it&’s time to string the lights for Christmas, she&’s inching closer to 1000 dozen tamales! Enough to give some to those in need and enough to sell to earn money for Christmas gifts.Based on the author&’s own grandmother, who was the heart of the familia, here is a warm story about Christmas, generosity, and, yes, tamales.
Tamales para Navidad (Tamales for Christmas Spanish Edition)
by Stephen BriseñoAntes de que se encienda la primera luz navideña, Abuela está en la cocina, preparando miles de tamales para asegurar regalos para su familia. Este cuento conmovedor, basado en una historia real, explora la generosidad ilimitada de una abuela y la irresistible magia de los tamales.Cuando llega el frío, pero mucho antes de que se decore el árbol de Navidad, la abuela se prepara. Con tantos hijos y nietos en su familia, encuentra una manera de poner regalos debajo del árbol: ¡vendiendo tamales!Con masa en una mano y hojas de maíz en la otra, la abuela comienza. 15 tamales. Cuando pasa Halloween y el Día de Acción de Gracias, la abuela sigue trabajando duro: 150 tamales, 700 tamales, 850 tamales. Cuando llega el momento de colocar las luces, ¡ha hecho casi mil tamales! Lo suficiente para ayudar a los necesitados y además llenar el árbol con regalos para sus seres queridos. Basada en la propia abuela del autor, quien era el corazón de la familia, esta es una cálida historia sobre la Navidad, la generosidad y, sí, los tamales.Before the first Christmas light is strung, Grandma is hard at work, making thousands of tamales to ensure gifts for her family. This heartwarming tale, based on a true story, explores a grandmother's boundless generosity, and the irresistible magic of tamales.When the weather changes, but way before the Christmas tree is decorated, Grandma prepares. With so many children and grandchildren in her family, she finds a way to put gifts under the tree-- she sells as many tamales as she can! Masa in one hand, corn husks in the other, Grandma&’s just getting started. 15 tamales. As Halloween passes, and Thanksgiving, Grandma is still toiling away in the kitchen: 150 tamales, 700 tamales, 850 tamales. When it&’s time to string the lights for Christmas, she&’s inching closer to 1000 tamales! Enough to give to those in need and pack the tree with gifts for her loved ones.Based on the author&’s own grandmother, who was the heart of the familia, here is a warm story about Christmas, generosity, and, yes, tamales.
Tamarind and the Star of Ishta
by Jasbinder BilanA powerful story of loss and identity, home and family, Tamarind and the Star of Ishta weaves a family mystery together with adventure and wonder from Costa Award-winning author, Jasbinder Bilan.Tamarind has never met her Indian mother, Chinty, who died shortly after she was born. But when her father remarries, Tamarind is sent to India to stay with the family she has never met, in their atmospheric ancestral home—a huge mansion high in the Himalaya mountains.Her arrival in India brings culture shock, secrets, and unanswered questions: What is the tension between her father and the family, and why will no one talk about her mother? Instead of answers, she is greeted with ominous silence.Taking refuge in the lush gardens one moon-lit night, she follows a friendly monkey to find an abandoned hut and a glowing star ring, and meets Ishta, a mysterious mountain girl. Tamarind unravels the mysteries of the house alongside the search for her own identity.
También esto pasará [This too shall pass]
by Milena BusquetsCuando era niña, para ayudarla a superar la muerte de su padre, a Blanca su madre le contó un cuento chino. Un cuento sobre un poderoso emperador que convocó a los sabios y les pidió una frase que sirviese para todas las situaciones posibles. Tras meses de deliberaciones, los sabios se presentaron ante el emperador con una propuesta: También esto pasará. Y la madre añadió: El dolor y la pena pasarán, como pasan la euforia y la felicidad. Ahora es la madre de Blanca quien ha muerto y esta novela, que arranca y se cierra en un cementerio, habla del dolor de la pérdida, del desgarro de la ausencia. Pero frente a este dolor queda el recuerdo de lo vivido y lo mucho aprendido, y cobra fuerza la reafirmación de la vida a través del sexo, las amigas, los hijos y los hombres que han sido y son importantes para Blanca, quien afirma: «La ligereza es una forma de elegancia. Vivir con ligereza y alegría es dificilísimo.» Esta y otras frases y el tono de la novela, tan ajena a cualquier concesión a lo convencional, evocan aquella Bonjour tristesse de Françoise Sagan, que encandiló a tantos (y escandalizó a no pocos) cuando se publicó en 1954. Todo ello en el transcurso de un verano en Cadaqués, con sus paisajes indómitos y su intensa luz mediterránea que lo baña todo. Milena Busquets transforma en literatura vivencias personales y partiendo de lo íntimo logra una novela que rompe fronteras y se está traduciendo con inusitada rapidez a las principales lenguas, como el inglés, el francés, el alemán, el italiano y el portugués. Y lo logra porque a través de la historia de Blanca y la enfermedad y muerte de su madre, a través de las relaciones con sus amantes y sus amigas, combinando prodigiosamente hondura y ligereza, nos habla de temas universales: el dolor y el amor, el miedo y el deseo, la tristeza y la risa, la desolación y la belleza de un paisaje en el que fugazmente se entrevé a la madre muerta paseando junto al mar, porque aquellos a quienes hemos amado no pueden desaparecer sin más.
Taming Her Italian Boss
by Fiona Harper"So, Miss Lange with an e, will you take the job?" Ruby Lange might be unconventional, but her struggle to find the ideal career isn't from lack of trying! Now the latest option is "traveling nanny"-so she takes a deep breath, packs her vintage suitcase and heads for Italy. Ruby's new boss, architect Max Martin, may be utterly gorgeous, but he's far too buttoned up for her liking! Yet traveling around Venice together, Ruby discovers that the man who took a risk on her is masking a huge heart-he just needs a reason to trust it again....
Taming Lily: The Fowler Sisters 3 (Fowler Sisters)
by Monica MurphyMonica Murphy, the New York Times bestselling author of One Week Girlfriend, concludes her sexy contemporary romance series - perfect for fans of Christina Lauren and Emma Chase - about three powerhouse sisters and the men who would have their hearts.She knows he can't be the man for her.Lily Fowler is in trouble. Again. And instead of facing her problems head-on, she's run far away so that no one - not even her sisters Violet and Rose - can find her. In Hawaii, nobody knows the hot mess known as Lily Fowler. But that doesn't stop a gorgeous stranger from watching her. Following her. And when they start talking, against her instincts, Lily starts to reveal herself to Max. She can't stay hidden for ever. Lily must return home and face the music yet she doesn't know who to turn to...except Max. He's the one she wants to trust, even if she shouldn't. But maybe he's worth the risk...For more of the fabulous Fowler Sisters look for Owning Violet and Stealing Rose.Don't miss Monica's emotionally powerful One Week Girlfriend series: One Week Girlfriend, Second Chance Boyfriend, Three Broken Promises, Drew + Fable Forever and Four Years Later and her breathtaking Reverie Series.
Taming Natasha: Taming Natasha / Luring A Lady (Stanislaskis #Vol. 1)
by Nora RobertsDon’t miss the first book in the beloved Stanislaski series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts!Composer Spencer Kimball and his young daughter are new to town. It’s a small community, and in such close quarters beauty is hard to miss — and when he sets eyes on Natasha Stanislaski, he’s thunderstruck by the intensity of his attraction. The former ballet dancer turned toy shop owner has a fiery temperament that draws Spencer like a moth to the flame. However, he isn’t sure if Natasha would be interested in a single father. Sensing a hidden wound, Spencer and his little girl join forces to find a way into Natasha’s closely guarded heart. He’ll do whatever it takes to tame Natasha’s fears…and show her how to love.Originally published in 1990.
The Taming of Annabelle (The Six Sisters Series #2)
by M. C. Beaton&“The best of the Regency writers&”—and author of Minerva—continues her Six Sisters series with the story of the spirited Annabelle (Kirkus Reviews). Miss Annabelle Armitage was pea-green with envy. What a cruel world it was when her spinster of an older sister could enchant the dashing Lord Sylvester Comfrey! Annabelle&’s own passionate nature was surely better suited for such a one as Sylvester. Alas for Annabelle, Comfrey seemed to care for her not a jot. Determined to get a bit of her own back, even if it meant marrying another, Annabelle found Peter, Marquess of Brabington, a most attentive admirer. War hero though he might be, Peter was ill-prepared for his coming fight for Annabel&’s true love—and a battle it would be, winner take all . . . Praise for M. C. Beaton&’s novels &“A delightful tale . . . romance fans are in for a treat.&” —Booklist &“Nicely atmospheric, most notable for its gentle humor and adventurous spirit.&” —Publishers Weekly