All of us are looking for practical ways to take control of our lives, whether in our personal relationships, our families, our work, our health, or our future plans. Daily challenges have a way of overwhelming us, making life harder than it needs to be. The good news is that the answers are out there. And they are Easier Than You Think. In the phenomenal bestseller Don't Sweat the Small Stuff, Richard Carlson taught millions of readers how to stop...

Thomas W. Phelan tells parents how to get children to stop doing such things as throwing tantrums, pouting, and fighting, and to start doing things such as eating meals, cleaning rooms, and going to bed.

Offers parenting advice based on the solution-focused brief therapy model of counseling, which encourages parents to use skills developed at work, in adult relationships, and other areas of life, to help deal with the behavior problems of their children.

"The astrobiologist Theo Byrne searches for life throughout the cosmos while single-handedly raising his unusual nine-year-old, Robin, following the death of his wife. Robin is a warm, kind boy who spends hours painting elaborate pictures of endangered animals. He's also about to be expelled from third grade for smashing his friend in the face. As his son grows more troubled, Theo hopes to keep him off psychoactive drugs. He learns of an experimental...