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The Heart of Discipline : Carmen Y. Reyes
The Heart of Discipline : For Parents: Understanding and Delivering Feedback, Criticism, and Corrections that Teach Positive Behavior
The topic of this innovative guide is simple yet powerful: what adults say to children (the words we use) influences the way children behave. Feedback and criticism that convey high and positive expectations influence positive performance, but feedback and criticism that constantly remind children of inadequate performance and negative behavior reinforce the same low performance and behavior problems we wanted to extinguish in the first place. With more supportive and constructive language, parents and caregivers can make a huge difference in the way children behave; this is how influential our words and messages to children are. Therefore, if we want to change children’s negative behavior and low compliance, a good way to start would be to monitor, and if necessary change, the messages sent to them.
“The Heart of Disciplining: Understanding and Delivering Feedback, Criticism, and Corrections that Teach Positive Behavior-For Parents” by Carmen Y. Reyes, The Psycho-Educational Teacher, explains these three corrective acts in detail, presenting ways in which caregivers can use enhanced language to inspire children to be the best they can be. Parents and caregivers looking for language-based and interactional approaches to discipline, popularly known as child guidance, will find plenty of advice and in-depth techniques here.
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Persuasive Discipline : Carmen Y. Reyes
Persuasive Discipline : Using Power Messages and Suggestions to Influence Children Toward Positive Behavior – Expanded Edition
“Persuasive Discipline: Using Power Messages and Suggestions to Influence Children Toward Positive Behavior—Expanded Edition” is an education and teaching book by Carmen Y. Reyes, The Psycho-Educational Teacher. On this innovative guide, readers venture into the fascinating realm of persuasive communication, learning 40+ persuasion-based techniques that influence positive behavior in children.
The most compelling lesson learned in this child discipline guide is that, to get better compliance from children, parents do not need flamboyant techniques or procedures; they just need better communication and persuasion skills. Generally speaking, persuasion is the process of communicating using just the right words to get the positive outcome we want.
Most specifically, in persuasive discipline, parents use specific language patterns and ways of talking to shift their child’s attitude and mindset from adversarial to cooperative. Simply put, when we persuade, we control and change behavior. Some of the techniques introduced in this book may be part of any parent’s repertoire already; we just need to be aware of their rich influential value, so that we learn how to articulate our messages in a constructive and influential way.
Other techniques, although well-known by persuasion experts, are less familiar to the average parent. Carmen Y. Reyes guides readers in how to easily apply these powerful techniques to the home setting.
Onyx Webb : Andrea Waltz
Onyx Webb : Book One
Onyx Webb is a multi-genre mash-up that combines supernatural suspense, crime, horror, and a touch of romance. Finalist: National Indie Excellence Awards: Cross Genre.
Onyx Webb is a ghost. Billionaire playboy Koda Mulvaney becomes obsessed with a girl he sees inside a mirror. Juniper Cole is on her way to the prom and… well, we don’t want to spoil anything… how all these events are related is part of the mystery that is, Onyx Webb.
The Onyx Webb series follows the unusual life of Onyx Webb along with a central group of characters in various locations and times. The billionaire Mulvaney family, piano prodigy Juniper Cole and her brother Quinn, paranormal show hosts Cryer and Fudge, and a few others make up the core of the series. Written like a book version of a supernatural soap opera (think: American Horror Story) each character’s story moves forward with most every episode.
It may appear that the characters are entirely unrelated and yet episode by episode, the connections will become clearer. Like being an inch away from a spider web, with each book, the web will move further and further away revealing the full story of every character and most importantly, the stunning conclusion for Onyx Webb herself.
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Mike and Me : Anita Green Burkett and Jada Elise Mitchell
Mike and Me – A Guide to Caring for the Grieving-Sensitivity Training for the Non-Grieving
Countless others are grieving all over the globe for their loved ones. There are plenty of people who have endured more loss than I have, perhaps even losing many at once. Where there are those who grieve, there are those who do not know what to say. There are also those who think they know what to say to the grieving. I’m not certain which one’s words are more painful.
This is my sensitivity training for the non-grieving. Remember, everyone is different, but this pointer would have helped me a great deal. Don’t ask, “How are you?” Perhaps a person could show concern and say, “I care,” or “I am thinking about you,” or “You are on my mind.” Give the person a hug and say, “I am here for you.” I could have handled those words much better. I knew that people were concerned, but I couldn’t truthfully say that I was great, never been better.
I have tried and still try to avoid answering the question of how I am. It sometimes makes me want to tell them exactly how I feel, which would not be a good thing to do.
What do people expect the grieving to say? I said in the beginning, after I could actually hang around after the church service without crying, “I’m fine.” I had a friend remind me that I was lying in church. So when the next person asked how I was, I told him the truth-and it was not pleasant. I apologized the next time I saw him. Jesus is my source of strength, but even so, we still grieve.
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The Grandfather Paradox : Steven Burgauer
The Grandfather Paradox
Marooned in the present, their only hope for the future lay in the past.
But first there was still the small matter of staying alive. The planet they were marooned on was crawling with bird-beasts, immense parrotlike carnivores that stood two meters tall, weighed upwards of fifty klogs, and had a giant scooped beak like a pelican. They normally swallowed their prey whole, though not before crushing them to death in their vise-like jaws.
Then there were the vipers — writhing snake-like creatures armed with dozens of sucker-bearing tentacles. They sprayed their victims with acid, then ate them while they were still alive.
But it got worse. Much worse . . .
Now, join Andu Nehrengel and his three female clone companions on an intense voyage through time. First stop: the Civil War and the Battle of Shiloh, April 1862, one of the most horrendous land battles of all time. Meet Mark Twain when he is still a riverboat pilot. Journey with him north to Missouri when he joins the Confederacy.
Then it’s back to the future and on to Mars!
And when you’re done reading this adventure, check out these other fine books by author Steven Burgauer: The Fornax Drive, The Brazen Rule, The Night of the Eleventh Sun, and The Road To War: Duty & Drill, Courage & Capture.
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Island Of The Gods : C.M. Kane
Island Of The Gods
A young adult adventure, with a twist.
In the nine hundred years since the Gods returned to Earth, much has changed. We are no longer masters of our own world. Tae Rames, a precocious seventeen year old downloads a vid she knows she shouldn’t, and her life is changed for-ever. She discovers that the dead god Loki may not be dead at all, just trapped. She quickly realizes that someone very powerful has gone to a great deal of trouble to keep this secret. She tries to erase the evidence of her snooping but is found out; unfortunately her new enemies mistakenly blame her twin brother and kidnap both him and her mother. Not knowing who she can trust, she decides her only option is to free Loki and plead for his help. The problem is that Loki is in the one place no-one ever wants to go –The Island.
It is a place where all of Earths criminals are sent to fight and die, a place from which there is no escape. To add to her woes, unbeknownst to her, an enemy with a twisted hatred of his own has started to stalk her. After hearing Tae’s prayer, even Zeus himself has decided to come and investigate, in an effort to find out exactly what’s going on down on the troublesome planet. In doing so, he inadvertently brings along a whole set of problems for himself when some of the other gods follow him, curious as to what he’s up to.
Freaks I’ve Met : Donald Jans
Freaks I’ve Met
Spokane, Washington, is nearly perfect for most people, but Jack Fitzpatrick is not one of them. Hours after graduation and armed with his final paycheck from his nemesis, Jack heads for Southern California.
Dreams are a dime a dozen in the City of Angels. Broke, barely scraping by, and hating his life as a temp, L.A. is definitely not what Jack expected. But after reading “Best Paying Jobs of 1987” in Time magazine, he decides to go after the only one he thinks he has a shot at: institutional bond broker.
Once frustrated that his dazzling lack of experience keeps getting in the way, Jack is ecstatic to land a job at Freedom Capital, a no-name firm with a hire anybody mentality. Pumped to be on his way to his first few million, Jack eagerly engages in the challenged ethics of his new employer.
When a series of innocent events lands him in prison, he’s sure things can’t get any worse. He would be wrong.
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Ship The Kids On Ahead : Bill Stokes
We all have that one older funny family member. You know the one, he tells stories from his experiences and usually has people rolling their eyes. William Stokes is that person! He presents a delightful collection of memories that are truly life lessons even today! Stokes, through his memories and wit, provides opportunities to learn through laughter, sharing of memories and love.
Many will shake their heads in remembrance of similar experiences and crack a smile if not a full on belly laugh!
From chapters on “The Hammer is in the Petunias” to “Merry Christmas” one cannot help but feel warm and comforted in those memories he shares that are full of life lessons. His writing style is comfortable, breezing along with ease and sucking the listener along on the ride. Jump aboard and experience those eye rolling, belly laughing moments; it will be a wild ride!
This was originally self-published in 1968 and has been re-published in all modern formats as a birthday present from a grandson to his grandfather.
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Naheli’s Sacrifice : Rabea Scholz
Naheli’s Sacrifice
Through cold glass walls, Naheli looks down on the altar of the ocean goddess where she will die in seven days. She doesn’t mind much; the empaths have wiped her mind so clean that she hardly remembers what she once longed for. Only sometimes does she think of a colour in secret, or hum a forbidden tune.
Then her only remaining friend, the only one they haven’t found yet, hands her a letter that changes everything. Forgotten feelings begin to surface, and Naheli remembers what it is like to cry, to laugh. To love.
But her time is running out, and with the Sacrifice only days away, she sets out to solve the mystery of the letter — and discovers that most of her life has been a lie, and there may be some things worth living for.
Finding Home : Jason Patrick
Finding Home : A Charlotte Island Clean Romance Book
A Love so Strong It Won’t Let Go!
After a bitter divorce, Megan Sterling and her son Benji are starting a new life on Charlotte Island. Megan hopes that a new job, a new school, and the slower pace of life on the island will be exactly what she and her son need to heal and move on. Despite her difficult marriage, Megan desires to find love and build a new life on the idyllic island.
Josh Reynolds moved to Charlotte Island to join the police force and begin a new life of his own. But when his girlfriend abruptly left him, his heartbreak raised a struggle with past troubles that now threaten to overtake him.
When Megan runs into her former high school sweetheart Josh at a local coffee shop, it ignites an old flame. Josh’s fondness for Megan results in his own excitement at reconnecting with his past love. Can Megan and Josh find love again as adults? Does Josh have the strength to overcome his struggles, or will it destroy their second chance at love?
Finding Home is the first book in the Charlotte Island series of stand alone clean romance novels. If you enjoy emotional and heartwarming stories, relatable characters, and visiting a favorite place, then you will love Jason Patrick’s romantic book and series.
Get Finding Home and fall in love with the Charlotte Island series today!
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