The year 2020 brought many challenges, especially separation from family. Many families depended on video chats to nurture family connections. Do Gigi & Papa Live in Mommy’s Phone? chronicles what a baby’s perspective might be during the extended shift to electronic visits.
Help Your Children Build A Healthy Relationship With Technology Mommy's phone does so many things. But there are also things that a phone can't do. A phone can't play hide and seek with me or kiss me goodnight. People and the love they give are irreplaceable and what ultimately make us happy every day. Our children are born into a world where social relationships are constantly redefined as technology evolves. Through this story, we hope to equip our children with the ability to navigate their future world with proper judgment as well as to instill in them the value of human connection. This book offers a balanced view on technology by using the example of a smartphone. The story explains the convenience it brings, but, at the same time, its limitations are made clear.
Practical advice for raising authentic, self-reliant teenage girls in the age of the Internet from the experienced clinical psychologist Dr. Roni Cohen-Sandler It may feel as though your preteen or teenage daughter is growing up in a different universe than you did. Between smartphones, social media, and cyberbullying, the world is changing. Technology is transforming how girls identify themselves, learn, develop social skills, and communicate with the people around them. Many mothers feel as though they are venturing into alien territory, with no idea how to navigate these unprecedented situations. But the good news is that regardless of your technological skill, you are still the best person to guide your daughter through all the chaos of adolescence. In Anything But My Phone, Mom! Dr. Roni Cohen-Sandler shows mothers how to handle the modern challenges of parenting teenage girls, drawing upon dozens of interviews with teenagers and their mothers, decades of clinical experience, and her own experience raising a daughter. With clear, practical advice, she provides insights and strategies for how you can better understand your daughter and what she's going through, maintain a close and loving relationship with her, keep her safe, and help her become a resilient, capable, confident, and healthy young woman.
When seven-year-old Fern's divorced mother starts acting strangely, family secrets come to light. Soon, Fern ends up in the hospital due to her mother's actions. Angry and frightened, Fern must find the will to survive. Through a missing diary, a mysterious older sister, and a manipulative mother, Fern embarks on an odd and frightening journey to uncover the truth about her mother's past.
It's usually a pretty low-key day when you get a substitute teacher, but not so for Miss Florence's class. The "cool" assistant principal is using them as guinea pigs to try out a series of new prospective subs, from a wannabe inspirational teacher, to a conspiracy theorist, to a border collie. It's almost enough to make you want to quietly finish your work! You never know who's going to show up next in this outrageous comedy full of larger-than-life characters. Comedy One-act, 30-35 minutes 8-25+ actors (suggested casting: 16 any)
"He allowed her a lifetime, but she abandoned him and left!""Lan Xin Yue, what's so special about you? Do you think you can trample all over all the men in the world just because you're a little bit prettier? I just wanted to take you in. "Don't let me meet you again, or else I will definitely make you beg for death ..." With tears or rain, Leng Mubai stood in the rain and swore with a roar.Six years later, the two met again. Leng Mubai's face was tight as he looked at the small bean bag beside her with a dark expression.Dou Zi was four years old, four years old, four years old, not five years old ...Good! Very good!"Lan Xin Yue, you were the one who was heartless, don't blame me for being unjust. You, just wait for your death ..."
"Han Yu Fei's family owned a lot of businesses, but she was not pregnant yet. She lived abroad with a boy until her family went bankrupt and her father suffered a stroke. She had no choice but to bear the burden of her family.Bringing her child back to her long-separated homeland, she wanted to take back her Han Clan, no matter the cost! And the appearance of the man called Luo Family Kai, shook Han Yu's heart once again.Han Yu Fei believed that in the end, she would definitely be able to take back the Han Family who was in turmoil.
It was a game of revenge, a never-ending torment. With the appearance of that demon, everything officially began ... On the 100th day in the dark, she was his appendage and was addressed as "Lover ..."
The summer he turned seven, Dave Abbott survived a gruesome mountainside car accident that left the rest of his family savaged and dead. Now, after living twenty-three years with the twisted backwoodsman who pulled him from the wreckage, Dave is carrying out a plan to replace each of his lost loved ones with members of nearby, unsuspecting families. He has prepared, he's stalked, and now his chance has come to get his family safely out of the mountains once and for all. Whether they like it or not. What they're saying about DISMEMBER: "DISMEMBER's a fast-paced grindhouse-movie of a book with plenty of unexpected twists and turns and a fresh new crazy for a villain. The late Richard Laymon would have been grinning ear to ear." --Jack Ketchum "With DISMEMBER, Daniel Pyle joins the select group of authors who can provide real chills and genuine surprises. Taut, weird, and intriguing." --Jonathan Maberry, multiple Bram Stoker Award-winning author of THE DRAGON FACTORY and THE WOLFMAN "The tourniquet-tight plot and constant suspense keeps the pages flying. A solid, suspenseful thriller that enables readers to envision the movie it could become." --Publishers Weekly
What happens when love isn’t enough? Former Marine, Durango Hawke never thought he’d spend years trekking through the jungles of South America looking for his missing brother, or that duty to his family would cost him the love of his life. Heather McElroy grew up dreaming of a country music career but followed her childhood sweetheart into the military instead. Now, back in civilian life, it’s finally time to put herself first. When Durango leaves on his latest rescue mission, he assumes she’ll be waiting when he returns. Will chasing her dreams cost Heather the love of her life?