Böcker av Patricia A Knott

"I dare you. I challenge you. I implore you to look at things from a different perspective than the crowd." This is an earnest plea, from the author, to anyone parenting a black child in present-day America. For years, the loudest voices in the black community have publicly been in lock-step agreement about the presence of racism in America, and how it has affected the culture. These voiced opinions are traditionally passed down from generation to generation. Voices of dissent have been mainly silenced by raucous disagreement. 9 Things Kaylan Should Know gives voice to a different point of view, not only about the degree and effect of racism today, but the author also tackles how blacks are to give their descendants, and future leaders, an inspiring hope about who they are, and what is possible when they turn from anger and bitter despair to spiritual truth as their guide. 9 Things...is what one family's older generations passed down to one in the younger generation to help her navigate the issues of racism in a nation struggling to find cultural balance in a "melting pot" society. Kaylan's life lessons regarding race can benefit anyone searching for significance, and those lessons can make a difference, one person at a time. PATRICIA KNOTT is a native of the South and is happy to call it home. She lives in Arkansas with her husband, John.

You are caught in a trap, and, though it may be difficult, you can walk away from it. If you find yourself putting off vacations, doing without a much needed new washer and dryer, or putting off retirement because your 28-year-old needs your perpetual financial assistance, then you may be one of the growing numbers of parents who find themselves parenting adult children. These children's struggles have become their parents' struggles. Quite a few of these children have walked away from God and all of their home training, yet you, the parent, take on the responsibility of fixing their problems. You have either done it, or you are doing it or know someone who is. There are reasons you do it and reasons you should stop. God's Word can help you put your relationship with your adult child in perspective. The Parenting Trap is a literary support group of sorts which will help you gain that much needed perspective should you find yourself struggling with a struggling adult child. It is this perspective that will help you end the struggle, thus, freeing you and your child to become all that God would have you to be. Patricia Knott divides her time between the practice of medicine and serving in various ministries in her local church. She loves to write and has written many articles for Women's Inc., the local women's magazine in her area.