"April 5th, 2019: In a cozy brownstone in Brooklyn, the veneer of domestic bliss is beginning to crack. Dan and Isabel, troubled husband and wife, are both a little bit in love with Isabel's younger brother, Robbie. Robbie, wayward soul of the family, who still lives in the attic loft; Robbie, who, trying to get over his most recent boyfriend, has created a glamorous avatar online; Robbie, who now has to move out of the house--and whose departure...

Faber and Mazlish use real-life situations to show how you can respect and respond to your child's feelings and satisfy your own needs.

"After being together for ten years, Sylvie and Dan have all the trimmings of a happy life and marriage; they have a comfortable home, fulfilling jobs, beautiful twin girls, and communicate so seamlessly, they finish each other's sentences. However, a trip to the doctor projects they will live another 68 years together and panic sets in. They never expected "until death do us part" to mean seven decades. In the name of marriage survival, they quickly...

A child seeks a way to communicate with parents and a brother who are busy with their electronic devices.

January 1988. Martin Pistorius, aged twelve, fell inexplicably sick. First he lost his voice and stopped eating. Then he slept constantly and shunned human contact. Doctors were mystified. Within eighteen months he was mute and wheelchair-bound. Martin's parents were told an unknown degenerative disease left him with the mind of a baby and less than two years to live. Martin was moved to care centers for severely disabled children. The stress and...

"Rachel is twenty-four, a lapsed Jew who has made calorie restriction her religion. By day, she maintains an illusion of existential control, by way of obsessive food rituals, while working as an underling at a Los Angeles talent management agency. At night, she pedals nowhere on the elliptical machine. Rachel is content to carry on subsisting--until her therapist encourages her to take a ninety-day communication detox from her mother, who raised...

"Learn about the emotions behind the faces with 100 photos. See why kids are happy, sad, mad, surprised, scared, brave, bored, silly, or tired with beautiful photographs showing every bit of context (like welcoming a new sibling, breaking a toy, or getting ready to sleep). Every spread shows the same emotion on 10 different children's faces so family members and educators can teach that the same emotion can look different on every person's face. Created...

Sign it and say it! Excellent for every American Sign Language (ASL) student as well as teachers, parents and professionals learning ASL to be able to communicate clearly, naturally and start signing with the deaf community and people with hearing loss. Students will learn basic to advanced communication skills, vocabulary, finger spelling, the alphabet the fundamentals of communicating through sign in a variety of everyday situations, proper ASL...

"Whether you're addressing groups or speaking one on one with a friend or family member, this illuminating guide gives you simple, powerful tools for getting your point across in a positive way."--P. [4] of cover.

When Papa goes away for a little while, his family tries to cope with the separation by adopting four dogs and a cat.