Drawing on the insights of moms across America and on the latest research, What Every Child Needs helps mothers meet their children's nine basic needs for security, affirmation, belonging, discipline, guidance, respect, play, independence, and hope. Using a child's language of love, Elisa Morgan and Carol Kuykendall of MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) International show how moms can meet each need . . . and respect their own needs in the process. Seasoned with poignant stories and wise quotes from moms, this book will encourage mothers that the person they are is the mom their child...
Drawing on the insights of moms across America and on the latest research, What Every Child Needs helps mothers meet their children's nine basic ne...
We Interrupt This Marriage . . . to Raise Children. Just when you thought you'd adjusted to each other--just when you and your spouse had achieved a satisfying balance in your relationship--it happened. Your first child arrived. Things have never been the same since . . . and they never will be. So how do you regain your equilibrium now that you have children? Elisa Morgan and Carol Kuykendall of MOPS International (Mothers of Preschoolers) know your frustrations. And they know the answers. Not pretty theories, but honest, qualified insights and approaches that can help you turn the...
We Interrupt This Marriage . . . to Raise Children. Just when you thought you'd adjusted to each other--just when you and your spouse had achieved a s...
Mom Get Real . . . and Get Free Are you tired of constantly trying--and failing--to be a perfect mom? Stop beating yourself up and let the truth about motherhood set you free Real Moms debunks the "good mom" fallacies that have weighed you down by giving you some liberating "real mom" truths. This book punctures such mothering myths as: - Good moms look good all the time. - Good moms keep everybody happy. - Good moms instinctively know what their children need. - Good moms take responsibility for how their children turn out. - Good moms don't admit their feelings of guilt or anger or...
Mom Get Real . . . and Get Free Are you tired of constantly trying--and failing--to be a perfect mom? Stop beating yourself up and let the truth abo...
When do you get time for you? Remember when you had a life of your own? The hectic job of being a mom is fraught with sacrifices, fears, and uncertainties. But nothing offers greater rewards or more opportunities to enrich yourself than raising your kids. What Every Mom Needs shows you how being a great mom and a person in your own right go hand-in-hand. Extensively revised and updated based on current research and the latest survey of moms by MOPS(R) International (Mothers of Preschoolers), this bestselling book helps you deal with the realities you face today as a young mother. If you've...
When do you get time for you? Remember when you had a life of your own? The hectic job of being a mom is fraught with sacrifices, fears, and uncertain...
Find beauty and hope by facing and dealing with the messiness of family life.
The family is an imperfect institution. Broken people become broken parents who make broken families. But actually, broken is normal and exactly where God wants us.
In The Beauty of Broken, Elisa Morgan, one of today's most respected female Christian leaders, for the first time shares her very personal story of brokenness--from her first family of origin to the second, represented by her husband and two grown children. Over the years, Elisa's family struggled privately with issues...
Find beauty and hope by facing and dealing with the messiness of family life.
The family is an imperfect institution. Broken people...
Are you believing the great lie that God does not, maybe even could not, love you? The real you?
Women struggle under the ongoing weight of "not-enough-ness." Not attractive enough. Not smart enough. Not fit enough. Not creative enough. Not good enough. Not sexy enough. Not strong enough. Not whole enough. Not womanly enough. And therefore, not beautiful. We are broken and ashamed to be so.
In our eyes, brokenness makes us unlovable and unusable. But in his Word, God is clear that he sees us the way we already are in Christ:...
Are you believing the great lie that God does not, maybe even could not, love you? The real you?...
