When the kids you told to Grow up! really do...Pat yourself on the back! You survived the harrowing sleepless nights nursing high fevers and waiting up for your kids to come home from their first date. The hard part is over, and now it's time to sit back, relax, and reap the rewards of those countless Saturday mornings spent at the soccer field. Right? Wrong! Parenting doesn't automatically stop on a child's eighteenth birthday. Learn how much (or how little) advice, emotional support, and financial backing to offer adult children. Kathy Peel, best-selling author and founder of Family Manager, Inc., draws from her three decades of professional and personal experience to guide you in your "new" role as parents of grown children. She offers positive and practical ways to help your offspring become successful adults. Each chapter offers insightful ideas as well as helpful do's and don'ts. You'll learn how to: prepare kids to leave the nest and land on their feet; give support without becoming a full-time parent again; be a dreambuilder, not a dreambuster; repair relationships with older children and show love in ways that matter; make your home a magnet so older children want to come back to visit; deal with difficult in-laws; be a great grandmother; keep your clan connected as it expands; and carve out time and space for yourself as you continue to care for others. Learn how to be a great mother for a lifetime with the sage advice found in "Family for Life".

Family for Life : How to Have Happy, Healthy Relationships with Your Adult Children

Peel, Kathy

Health, Fitness & Dieting

McGraw=Hill

"It's not two jobs. It's a life . . . Ours to shape as we will." --Kathy Peel If you're a working wife and mother who's about ready for crash-and-burnout, hang on. There's good news from family-management expert Kathy Peel, who shows you in this book how to use systems and skills from the office to bring order out of your domestic chaos. In short, she transforms you into a resourceful family manager in charge of a relaxed, comfortable, and orderly home. Inside you'll learn how to Involve the whole family in planning and teamwork Set long- and short-term priorities and goals Establish routines and delegate responsibility Manage food, finances, property, and social life Work smarter, using Kathy's hundreds of time-saving ideas, everything from organizing the freezer to using the Internet Prepare for the unexpected Balance your one and only life so that you can be there for yourself as well as for others

Family Manager's Guide for Working Moms

Ballantine Books

"If you continue to say 'as soon as,' you'll never do what you want to do." --Kathy Peel Do you have plans for your life--personal goals to fulfill--that keep getting pushed aside because you just don't have the time? In today's fast-paced world, it's too easy to dream of the person you're going to be, the things you're going to accomplish . . . someday. How about now, instead? In this practical, easy-to-read book, Family Manager® expert Kathy Peel helps you find the time, space, and energy to become your personal best. Inside she shows you how to: - Find essential time for yourself while fulfilling your various other roles in life as wife, mother, friend, or professional - Renew your energy and outlook on your life - Discard old habits--create positive ones - Bypass roadblocks and achieve your dreams - Balance your busy schedule with existing commitments - Organize time and resources for self-management - Nurture and maintain your strengths - Live the life you really want! Turn your dreams into solid achievement. Be your very best self. Start today!

Be Your Best: The Family Manager's Guide to Personal Success

Parenting & Relationships

Family Relationships

"Whoever you are, and however you operate as a family manager, this book can help. Use it as a yearly planner, a reminder, and a good friend with good ideas." --Kathy Peel Throughout the year, life is full of surprises. A sudden rainy day confines your kids to home. Wouldn't it be nice to give them fifty fun ways to combat cabin fever? Your husband calls: he's bringing home some important business associates for dinner. Imagine whipping up a delicious meal on a half hour's notice. A sudden visit from family? Learn to clean your entire house in a weekend. You can do it--and family manager expert Kathy Peel shows you how in this indispensable year-round planner. ¸ Outline monthly and seasonal goals and strategies ¸ Develop your best management style ¸ Apply the seven survival strategies ¸ Simplify finances and record keeping ¸ Anticipate and plan for the big changes Plus ideas for shortcuts in the kitchen, speed cleaning, smart shopping, and hundreds of other ways to make every day easier and your life much happier.

The Family Manager's Everyday Survival Guide

Parenting

Being a mom means more than being a wife and parent-it also means being the household accountant, building manager, cook, gardener, housekeeper, and personal shopper-just to name a few of the roles that come with the territory! As America's "Family Manager," bestselling author Kathy Peel has shown millions of moms that running a household is like operating a business. Like any good C.E.O., every mother must know her goals, determine her strategies, and manage her human resources. Delegate-Motivate-Organize...Relax! Every smart manager knows that success depends on teamwork. Kathy shows readers how to get kids and spouses to help around the house-with lots of practical advice and encouragement to get them motivated and keep them going. Save Time, Money, and Your Sanity With hundreds of time-saving, money-saving, and stress-reducing ideas, this indispensable handbook also shows readers how to take charge of running the home-without running themselves into the ground.

The Family Manager Takes Charge: Getting on the Fast Track to a Happy, Organized Home

TarcherPerigee

The author of The Family Manager Takes Charge applies her practical organizational system and common-sense wisdom to the art of parenting, providing practical tips on how to beat burnout, manage time, balance work and family, prepare for a new baby, help children succeed, cope with adolescents, strengthen family ties, and more. Original.

The Family Manager Saves the Day: Rescue Your Family from Everyday Stress for a Peaceful, Positive Home

Perigee Trade

Raising a family is hard work, but it is the most important job in the world. It requires a strong stomach, a forgiving heart, calluses on the knees and all the encouragement, faith and insight one can muster. Kathy Peel's humorous book is packed with all three, as well as shot-full of practical advice for surviving it all.

The Stomach Virus and Other Forms of Family Bonding

Thomas Nelson

Where Is Moses When We Need Him?: Teaching Your Kids the Ten Values That Matter Most

Bill and Kathy Peel remind parents that it's not what we provide or leave for our kids, but what we leave in them that counts.

Religion & Spirituality

Peel, William Carr

Christian Books & Bibles

B & H Pub Group

Essays offer a Christian perspective on weight control, education, work, family life, marriage, motherhood, household management, and spiritual development

Do Plastic Surgeons Take Visa

Thomas Nelson. Inc.

A humorous look at motherhood offers advice on teaching children values, talking with teenagers, dealing with sibling rivalry, surviving vacations, and staying sane through it all

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

W Pub Group

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Books by Peel, Kathy

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Family for Life : How to Have Happy, Healthy Relationships with Your Adult Children

Family Manager's Guide for Working Moms

Be Your Best: The Family Manager's Guide to Personal Success

The Family Manager's Everyday Survival Guide

The Family Manager Takes Charge: Getting on the Fast Track to a Happy, Organized Home

The Family Manager Saves the Day: Rescue Your Family from Everyday Stress for a Peaceful, Positive Home

The Stomach Virus and Other Forms of Family Bonding

Where Is Moses When We Need Him?: Teaching Your Kids the Ten Values That Matter Most

Do Plastic Surgeons Take Visa

The Stomach Virus and Other Forms of Family Bonding