God's Perfect Child

Author: Caroline Fraser
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1250207274
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 378

Book Description
From Pulitzer Prize-winning author and former Christian Scientist Caroline Fraser comes the first unvarnished account of one of America's most controversial and little-understood religious movements. Millions of Americans – from Lady Astor to Ginger Rogers to Watergate conspirator H. R. Haldeman – have been touched by the Church of Christ, Scientist. Founded by Mary Baker Eddy in 1879, Christian Science was based on a belief that intense contemplation of the perfection of God can heal all ills – an extreme expression of the American faith in self-reliance. In this unflinching investigation, Caroline Fraser, herself raised in a Scientist household, shows how the Church transformed itself from a small, eccentric sect into a politically powerful and socially respectable religion, and explores the human cost of Christian Science's remarkable rise. Fraser examines the strange life and psychology of Mary Baker Eddy, who lived in dread of a kind of witchcraft she called Malicious Animal Magnetism. She takes us into the closed world of Eddy's followers, who refuse to acknowledge the existence of illness and death and reject modern medicine, even at the cost of their children's lives. She reveals just how Christian Science managed to gain extraordinary legal and Congressional sanction for its dubious practices and tracks its enormous influence on new-age beliefs and other modern healing cults. A passionate exposé of zealotry, God's Perfect Child tells one of the most dramatic and little-known stories in American religious history.

Raising the Perfect Child Through Guilt and Manipulation

Author: Elizabeth Beckwith
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061939684
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 258

Book Description
A hysterically tongue-in-cheek, parody parenting guide by “a wonder writer and an expressive, hilarious comedian” (Zack Galifianakis). Raising the Perfect Child Through Guilt and Manipulation is not one of those traditional, all-too-earnest parenting guides that, for generations, have sucked all the fun out of child rearing. The foundation of Elizabeth Beckwith’s Guilt and Manipulation family philosophy is simple: We do things a certain way, and everyone else is an a**hole. Is that something you should put on a bumper sticker and slap on your minivan? Of course not—that would be trashy. But in the privacy of your own home, you can employ these essential components of Guilt and Manipulation to mold the little runts ruthlessly yet effectively into children you won't be embarrassed to admit are yours: Creating a Team: “Us” vs. “Them” How to Scare the Crap Out of Your Child (in a Positive Way) Don’t Be Afraid to Raise a Nerd Mind Control: Why It’s a Good Thing

Tales for the Perfect Child

Author: Florence Parry Heide
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481463799
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 112

Book Description
Vignettes of children whose less than desirable behavior is masked in insidious but acceptable ways.

The Less Than Perfect Child

Author: David C. Bardsley
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780983544609
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 182

Book Description
Growing up with a behavioral or learning disorder is never easy; not for the parents, not for the teachers, and especially not for the affected child. The past 15 years have seen an unprecedented explosion in the diagnosis of ADHD, Autism, Tourette's, Asperger's, Defient Behavior. Many of those affected are now reaching adulthood. What will their future be? While growing up in the trenches of disfunctionality, the author was institutionalized at age 8 and diagnosed as mentally retarded: a diagnosis his parents refused to accept. This story of hope and transformation will inspire and encourage the millions of troubled parents who worry about what the future holds for their "Less Than Perfect Child" and help those adults who have never been diagnosed, yet struggle daily with behavioral and learning disorders.

The Good Enough Child

Author: Brad E. Sachs
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0380813033
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 352

Book Description
Dr. Brad Sachs knows what it's like for parents. Your son or daughter often turns out to be the child of your dreams. In The Good Enough Child, this uite different from the experienced and respected psychologist eases you down the unpredictable path of child-rearing, offering lively anecdotes, practical strategies, and hands-on exercises that will help you to develop realistic expectations of your family, and to understand, forgive, and accept them in spite of their imperfections. The result is that you will raise your children with greater clarity and compassion, and finally enjoy a loving, supportive relationship with them.

Fuck Portion Control

Author: Nathan Guy Hatch
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692083604
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
No more starvation, fasting, or exhaustion and struggling to stay healthy and look good. Learn how to work with your own physiology to achieve real and lasting health. This book is an autobiographical journey through devastating illness and return to health which resulted in unique and unmatched insights into the workings of the human body, the origins of disease, and real and accessible solutions to the health problems which plague our modern societies.

How to Ruin the Perfect Child

Author: Antonio Le Mons
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 059512870X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 238

Book Description
What can happen when successful, well-respected people come face-to-face with themselves is mind boggling! Twins Maximillian and Montgomery Hamilton are born into wealth, power, and all the expectations that go with being heir to influence and money. After a rebellious Montgomery defects for an "alternative" lifestyle, Aprielle, the powerful, no- nonsense cosmetic giant, is more determined than ever to groom Maximillian, her remaining son, to successfully carry on the Hamilton legacy. Maximillian's eventual rebellion affects both him and the Hamilton family in an unexpected and devastating way.

The Dream of the Perfect Child

Author: Joan Rothschild
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253345653
Category : Abnormalities, Human
Languages : en
Pages : 358

Book Description
A feminist critique of bioethics and attitudes toward reproductive technologies.

Santa's Search for the Perfect Child

Author: Donna Faulkner Schulte
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1504904230
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33

Book Description
Santa is cleaning and finds a special gift that he had put up because He could not find the child who deserved it. His Head Elf Percy notices that Santa is a little down in the dumps and ask Santa what the problem is. When Santa tells him that he had made this gift special for a certain type of child but never found him. Percy offers to go out into the world and see if he can help Santa find this child before Christmas, so that Santa can finally give this special gift the Perfect Child and be happy again. So Percy goes out to look for this child and is about to give up until he meets someone he thinks might be the one.

Raising a Perfect Child in a Blended Family

Author: Margene Avery
Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 203

Book Description
Family living, a universal theme, comes to life in a small-town setting. Journey with Mary and Joseph as they raise six children in a blended family. How does a father teach a son who knows more than him? How does a mother balance the joys of precious relationships with the conflicts of a family torn apart? Can a sword pierce so often and not destroy her? How does Mary, a normal, hardworking mom, raise her perfect child in the context of a real-life blended family, with all the complexities of imperfect parents and siblings, for the purpose of teaching God what it means to be part of a mortal family?