Family and Kids

Merrell Kids

For over 26 years, Merrell has been providing outdoor enthusiasts of all ages with quality performance footwear. Merrell's philosophy is that outdoor adventures provide an opportunity to discover a greater sense of freedom, self-awareness and fulfillment. The Merrell kids' line allows children to create their own adventures from the very beginning. The Merrell kids' line offers a little something for everyone and every season. Your littlest outdoor enthusiast will love their water-friendly shoes and sandals in the summer. Boys and girls will enjoy hitting the trails in the spring and fall with their hiking boots and shoes. Children of all ages will love the year-round Jungle Moc. Perfect for school and the outdoors, the ease and comfort of this classic slip-on is unparalleled. The Merrell kids' line of footwear can help encourage kids of all ages to get outside and enjoy all that nature has to offer. Merrell shoes will be there for them from babies to big kids, from school to the playground, from camp to the great outdoors. The whole family can get out and get moving with the comfort and protection of Merrell shoes on their feet every day.

Madison's Children

A smart person knows when to accept her lot in life. So Madison Belle has resigned herself to a solo existence running her family's ranch. That's before she finds a young girl and her baby brother hiding out in her barn...and before she meets their tough but tender father. As the only law in High Cotton, Texas, Walker is struggling to juggle his job with single parenthood. But his kids need a mother, and Maddie has a way of making them all feel like a family again. The beautiful rancher is even starting to make Walker believe in miracles. Until his ex-wife shows up, claiming to be carrying his child...

Family by the Bunch

FAMILY MATTERS ONE+ONE+ FIVE? He wanted a family of his own. But rancher Hank Whittake figured he'd do it the old-fashioned way: find a woman to share his country life, then conceive their own bundle of joy in a most enjoyable manner. Yet somehow sweet-talking Neesa Little snuck under his guard and he found himself taking in five rambunctious orphans desperately in need of a family…. Despite his self-imposed cantankerous manner, Hank's heart soon opened to the children—and pretty Neesa. Something in the mysterious woman's eyes whispered of forgotten dreams and made Hank long to uncover all of Neesa's secrets…so they could forge a family from five most unexpected deliveries. "Kisses, kids, cuddles and kin. The best things in life are found in families!"

The Family Way

9 MONTHS LATER A pregnant woman without a husband A family without a father And a mysterious stranger who wants to be both… She's the pregnant mother of two children. She's also a recent widow, still mourning the death of her husband, who died before she even knew about the pregnancy. And she's trying to manage a failing resort in Nevada. Despite all this, Wendy Sloan is coping…sort of. When a handsome stranger named Josh Walker appears one day, looking for a job, Wendy figures he's too good to be true. Reluctantly, she lets him stay. In no time, her kids are crazy about him and he's fixing up the place, just as he promised. And Wendy…Wendy's attracted to him. Very attracted. She doesn't want to be, but she is. As it turns out, both of her contradictory reactions to Josh are right. No, he's not what he seems to be, not exactly. And yes, he's a man worth loving. A man who can bring wholeness and happiness back into her family's life. A man who wants to be a father to her children…all three of them.

The Family

"We are a family," Alexander told his children. "And the loyalty of the family must come before everything and everyone else. For if we honor that commitment, we will never be vanquished -- but if we falter in that loyalty, we will all be condemned."

Teaching Your Children Values

One of the greatest gifts you can give your children is a strong sense of personal values. Helping your children develop values such as honesty, self-reliance, and dependability is as important a part of their education as teaching them to read or how to cross the street safely. The values you teach your children are their best protection from the influences of peer pressure and the temptations of consumer culture. With their own values clearly defined, your children can make their own decisions -- rather than imitate their friends or the latest fashions. In Teaching Your Children Values Linda and Richard Eyre present a practical, proven, month-by-month program of games, family ctivities, and value-building ecercises for kids of all ages.

The Family Fang

Mr. and Mrs. Fang called it art. Their children called it mischief. Performance artists Caleb and Camille Fang dedicated themselves to making great art. But when an artist’s work lies in subverting normality, it can be difficult to raise well-adjusted children. Just ask Buster and Annie Fang. For as long as they can remember, they starred (unwillingly) in their parents’ madcap pieces. But now that they are grown up, the chaos of their childhood has made it difficult to cope with life outside the fishbowl of their parents’ strange world. When the lives they’ve built come crashing down, brother and sister have nowhere to go but home, where they discover that Caleb and Camille are planning one last performance–their magnum opus–whether the kids agree to participate or not. Soon, ambition breeds conflict, bringing the Fangs to face the difficult decision about what’s ultimately more important: their family or their art. Filled with Kevin Wilson’s endless creativity, vibrant prose, sharp humor, and keen sense of the complex performances that unfold in the relationships of people who love one another, The Family Fang is a masterfully executed tale that is as bizarre as it is touching.

Creative Kids

Creative Kids magazine is the nation's largest magazine by and for kids. The magazine bursts with games, stories and opinions all by and for kids ages 8 to 14.

Throughout the pages of Creative Kids, you will find such fun activities as brain teasers, contests, stories, poetry, pen pals, mysteries, and much more. This interactive magazine also includes activities that stimlate and encourage the creativity of readers of all ages. Kids from all over the world read and contribute to Creative Kids. The magazine includes exciting examples of the most creative student work to be found in any publication. Kids express themselves in letters to the editor and contribute to a unique answers section: A place where questions are posed and answered by the kids themselves.

Creative Kids is a must read for any kid and is a perfect complement for any beginner and intermediate reader. By subscribing to Creative Kids, you will be encouraging your child to read and introducing them the joys and fun of the literary world.Creative Kids is part of the Children family of magazines. It is generally sold to individuals and businesses and quite often can be found in a reception room or waiting room of a company or a professional office like a dentist, doctor, health club, gym, or beauty and hair salon. A full year magazine subscription to Creative Kids includes issues delivered right to your mailbox.

Engaging Children in Family Therapy

A common question at the initial meeting of a family therapist and a new client(s) is often whether or not to include a child or children in the counseling sessions. The inclusion of a child in the family therapy process often changes the dynamic between client and therapist - and between the clients themselves - within the context of the counseling sessions. And yet, although this is such a common experience, many counselors and family therapists are not adequately equipped to advise parents on whether to include a child in therapy sessions. Once the child does make an appearance in the counseling session, the therapist is faced with the challenges inherent in caring for a child, in addition to many concerns due to the unique circumstance of the structured therapy. Counseling a child in the context of a family therapy session is a specific skill that has not received the attention that it deserves. This book is intended as a guide for both novice and experienced counselors and family therapists, covering a wide range of topics and offering a large body of information on how to effectively counsel children and their families. It includes recent research on a number of topics including working with children in a family context, the exclusion of children from counseling, and counselor training methods and approaches, the effectiveness of filial play therapy, the effects of divorce on children, and ADHD. Theoretical discussion is given to different family therapy approaches including family play therapy and filial play therapy. Central to the text will be interviews with leaders in the field, including Salvador Minuchin, Eliana Gil, and Lee Shilts. Chapters include discussion of specific skills relevant to child counseling in the family context, case vignettes and examples, practical tips for the counselor, and handouts for parents.

Children's Influence on Family Dynamics

This volume addresses how children's personal qualities make their mark on families in ways that may in turn influence children's subsequent development.