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Protecting Our Kids from Mobile Addiction: A Guide for Parents
"Protecting Our Kids from Mobile Addiction: A Guide for Parents" offers a comprehensive roadmap for parents navigating the challenges of mobile addiction among children. In a world increasingly dominated by screens, this guide equips parents with insights into the impact of mobile addiction on young minds and presents practical strategies to foster healthier digital habits. From recognizing signs of addiction to creating a safe digital environment, promoting open dialogue, and encouraging enriching alternatives, this guide empowers parents to strike a balance between technology and well-being. With expert advice, real-world examples, and actionable steps, this book provides the tools needed to nurture a positive and mindful relationship with mobile technology, ensuring a brighter, more balanced future for our children.
How to Establish Boundaries
Do you feel like you have to cater to others, and you don’t even know why? It’s time to stand up for yourself. Who is making the decisions in your life? There is a fine line between being generous and giving, and being too self-sacrificing. It’s time to find that line and enforce it. How to manage negativity and say no. Stop being a pushover. Establishing Boundaries will give you a diagnosis and breakdown of the beliefs that keep you under the control and manipulation of others. As we learn more about ourselves, we will pick apart our fears and insecurities, and come to a wide variety of tools to take back your life.This book will help you will immediately start to understand how your life should be -- free of obligation, fear, pressure, and pain. Never again will you fall prey to such disempowering beliefs. Stop caving to pressure, obligation, fear, and guilt. Patrick King is an internationally bestselling author and social skills coach. His writing draws a variety of sources, from scientific research, academic experience, coaching, and real-life experience. Stop lighting yourself on fire to keep others warm. -Porous boundaries, flexible boundaries, and effective boundaries.-The proper language, phrases, and approach to protect yourself.-How to deal with toxic people and vampires.-Extracting yourself from bad situations.-How to make sure that your intentions match your actions. Know your rights, Set your standards. Become your own master. Imagine a life where you set your own rules and only do what you truly want to do. A life where you are immune to outside pressures, and don’t feel responsible for people’s emotions and feelings. A life where you are free to speak, think, and do what you want. Learn to defend yourself. Scroll up the click the BUY NOW button.
The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog
In this classic work of developmental psychology, renowned psychiatrist and the coauthor of the #1 New York Times bestseller What Happened to You? reveals how trauma affects children—and outlines the path to recovery"Fascinating and upbeat...Dr. Perry is both a world-class creative scientist and a compassionate therapist."—Mary Pipher, PhD, author of Reviving Ophelia How does trauma affect a child's mind—and how can that mind recover? Child psychiatrist Dr. Bruce D. Perry has helped children faced with unimaginable horror: genocide survivors, murder witnesses, kidnapped teenagers, and victims of family violence. In the classic The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog, Dr. Perry tells their stories of trauma and transformation and shares their lessons of courage, humanity, and hope. Deftly combining unforgettable case histories with his own compassionate, insightful strategies for rehabilitation, Perry explains what happens to children’s brains when they are exposed to extreme stress—and reveals the unexpected measures that can be taken to ease such pain and help them grow into healthy adults. Only when we understand the science of the mind and the power of love and nurturing can we hope to heal the spirit of even the most wounded child.
Brave: How I rebuilt my life after love turned to hate
Control. Jealousy. Isolation. Blame. Anger. Violence.The inspiring true story of a young woman who suffered a terrifyingly abusive relationship culminating in a horrific acid attack from the man who claimed to love her. Adele was just 23 years old when she was scarred for life by an acid attack arranged by her ex-boyfriend, Anthony. The attack left her partially bald and she lost her right ear. This was Anthony’s attempt to stop her from ever being attractive to another man – a final act of ‘control’ over her and the horrific end to a terrifying case of domestic abuse. The acid attack came after she had ended her relationship of several years with Anthony Riley, the man who said he couldn’t live without her. Anthony Riley was convicted in October 2015 and was sentenced to a minimum of 13 years in prison. This is Adele’s brave story, the story of one woman’s incredible fight to recover from the most appalling injuries and to decide that she would not be controlled, she would be strong.
Will You Help Me?
'Please help me,' he said in a small voice. 'Will you help me?'Six-year-old Ralph has only been in the care system for three days and has already been rejected by three different foster carers. After hitting a teacher at his school and causing mayhem since he arrived four months ago, staff are unable to get a hold of his mum and her partner.Social Services are called and when Ralph turns up at Maggie's house, she knows immediately it's going to be a challenge. Within a couple of hours, Ralph has trashed Maggie's house and spit on her face. After a nightmare first day though, Maggie notices that Ralph is limping and a hospital check reveals broken limbs and several injuries that are months and years old. Can Maggie help this troubled little boy who has been rejected by everyone in his life find his forever home?From Britain's most-loved foster carer, a new powerful true story of abuse, family and hope.Readers LOVE Maggie Hartley:'Wow! I did not want this book to end. This story was unlike any other' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazon reader review'Gripping and powerful read... makes you see what can be going on behind closed doors' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazon reader review
Knifer
Drug addiction. Criminal behaviour. Murder... and all before his sixteenth birthday. From foster home to children's home to living rough on the streets, Cain never had a normal childhood. By the age of 8 he was carrying a knife. Seven years later he was serving time for killing someone. Based on real events, ex-prison officer Ronnie Thompson tells Cain's shocking story and reveals what really happens to teenage offenders both on the streets and once they're behind bars. Prison riots, assaults on officers, roof-top protests and brutal acts of violence - this is an inside account of life in a young offender's institute and of an angry young man spiralling dangerously out of control.
Rewire Your Life: Refuse to be Hopeless and Other Valuable Lessons
Are you tired of feeling miserable but don't know where to start? If you are, Rewire Your Life is a straightforward collection to help you get on the path to a better life. Life can be filled with obstacles and challenges, but you'll learn how to take control and begin making steps towards a positive new way of living. This short book is for people who believe life can be better and that change is possible. Reading this book will help you figure out actionable steps and new ways of thinking that you can easily use on a daily basis.Chris Boutté knows what it's like to feel hopeless. After a traumatic childhood and suffering from years of depression and anxiety, he became addicted to drugs and alcohol. Since turning his life around in 2012, he's become dedicated to helping others learn how to overcome their own struggles. After years of working with others just like you and through his experience as a Certified Life Coach, you'll discover the tools you need in this collection of some of his most popular blog posts. With an array of personal stories combined with evidence-based research, you'll be able to build confidence, learn positive self-talk, and proven strategies to become happier and more resilient. In this book, you'll discover how to:-Refuse to be hopeless-Become your own savior-Find the motivation to work on yourself-Get comfortable with the uncomfortable-Help yourself to help others-Manage expectations-Be loved -And more…Take the first step by getting a copy of this book today. You deserve it.
Mummy’s Little Angels
Losing a child is a mother’s worst nightmare, but when you lose two children – your innocent sons – at the hands of the man they should have trusted the most, it’s almost unimaginable.For Denise Williams this was her reality – her very real nightmare. In her harrowing yet inspiring memoir, she tells her personal story of falling under the spell of her control-freak husband, suffering a decade of domestic violence, finding the strength to leave and then his despicable act of revenge. Denise endured agonising grief and heavy guilt, but she has slowly rebuilt her life without her beautiful boys – learning to live, love and trust again.This is her heartbreaking memoir.
If You Love Me: True love. True terror. True story.
'You said I was the perfect boyfriend. If you can prove you really love me, perhaps I can be that way again.' This is the chilling true story of a woman trapped in a devastating relationship as she tries to prove her love – over and over again. Within days of spending their first evening together, Alice and Joe were talking about getting married and spending the rest of their lives with each other. Everything about Joe seemed perfect, and Alice was the happiest she’d ever been. Then one day Joe saw a message on her phone from an old love, and that changed everything. He ignored Alice’s explanations and desperate pleas. And soon the violence and abuse began. As she attempted to prove to Joe that he really was her world, Alice gave up everything that mattered to her, including her family, her friends and her job. But still it wasn’t enough. Then the ‘challenges’ started, and finally Alice dared to hope that this time, maybe this time, Joe might just believe she loved him ...
Evil In Disguise
One strike too many… A woman’s trust betrayed beyond recognition. Monsters come in different guises. Jenny has hidden the shameful truth from her family for over thirty years – now that truth is out – but do her family believe her? A letter out of the blue from distant shores entices Jenny to follow her dreams, against her family’s wishes. It’s time for Jenny to put herself first for a change. However, will her attempt to save another trapped soul entangle her in yet another manipulative relationship? An emotional, compelling thriller you won’t want to miss. Get it today. From M A Comley, NY Times bestselling author of the Justice series. Genres: mystery/suspense/InternationalMystery/Crime/thriller
Psychopath Free (Expanded Edition)
From the author of Whole Again comes a significantly expanded edition of Psychopath Free—containing new chapters, updated content, and real survivor experiences—that will help you recover from emotionally abusive relationships with narcissists, sociopaths, and other toxic people.Have you ever been in a relationship with a psychopath? Chances are, even if you did, you would never know it. Psychopaths are cunning charmers and master manipulators, to the point where you start to accept the most extreme behaviors as normal...Even if it hurts you. All around us, every single day, human beings devoid of empathy are wreaking havoc and destroying lives in the coldest, most heartless ways imaginable. In constant pursuit of money, sex, influence, or simple entertainment, psychopaths will do whatever it takes to gain power over others. They hide behind a veil of normalcy, arranging their friends and partners like pawns in a game of chess. Using false praise and flattery to get what they want, they can lure any unsuspecting target into a relationship. Once hooked, their charming promises spin into mind games and psychological torture. Victims are left devastated and confused, unable to recognize—or even put into words—the nightmare that just took place. Written from the heart, Psychopath Free is the first guide for survivors written by a survivor, offering hope for healing and thriving after psychopathic abuse. Say goodbye to the chaos, self-doubt, and victimization. You are free.
Sophia's Story
In 1995, Sophia McColgan's father was sentenced to prison for the serial rape and abuse of his children over many years. He had first raped Sophia when she was only six. It had taken immense courage on the part of Sophia and her family to bring the murky, hidden world of family child abuse to the public gaze. Then, in 1998, Susan McKay published Sophia's Story, one of the most acclaimed Irish books of modern times. Now re-issued with a new introduction by Susan McKay, it records a triumph of the human spirit in the face of the most degrading and destructive betrayal of trust. Sophia McColgan, who now lives abroad, was Irish Person of the Year in 1998.