
No Perfect Parents
Ditch Expectations, Embrace Reality, and Discover the One Secret That Will Change Your Parenting
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Dave Wilson
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Ann Wilson
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Following the wildly popular Vertical Marriage with the same charming, relatable dialogue between mom and dad, best-selling authors and national hosts of FamilyLife Today Dave and Ann Wilson dive headlong into the monumental task of parenting in the 21st century.
Raising kids with hearts for Christ may be the hardest thing you ever try to do, but it's also the most important thing. Packed with funny and honest stories, biblical insight, and practical steps you can put into practice today, this hands-on parenting manual will encourage and equip every parent through any stage.
Founders of a multi-campus church and family coaches with 30 years of experience, Dave and Ann share the hard-earned but easy-to-apply principles that ensure a strong parent-to-child relationship and a strong foundation for your child. You'll get a front-row seat to the multidimensional nature of parenting through a conversational back and forth between Mom and Dad and even comments from their adult sons on what worked, what didn't work, and why. An inspiring and resourceful guide, No Perfect Parents will cover essential topics like learning to discipline without losing your mind or causing more chaos, the parenting guilt trip, the teen years, and the top five parenting mistakes.
For parents and couples preparing to have children, Dave and Ann offer hope and strategies that really work, and some that didn't. No Perfect Parents will let you into the real, even raw, struggles and joys of raising kids that can impact their generation in a powerful way.
To get the legacy that you've been praying for, start here. Your kids will thank you later.
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A crucial argument for the years ahead
- By Professional Customer on 08-01-24
By: Matt Beane
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Depression, Anxiety, and Other Things We Don't Want to Talk About
- A Hopeful Christian Guide to Understanding and Discussing Mental Health
- By: Ryan Casey Waller
- Narrated by: Ryan Casey Waller
- Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins
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Mental illness loves to tell lies. One of those lies is that you should be able to manage what you're struggling with all by yourself, but in Depression, Anxiety, and Other Things We Don't Want to Talk About, pastor and psychotherapist Ryan Casey Waller reminds us that we don't have to suffer alone. Mental health issues aren't a symptom of a spiritual failing or insufficient faith. In fact, suffering is the very thing our Savior seeks to heal as he leads us toward restoration. And yet, as Waller has experienced firsthand, the battle can be lonely and discouraging--but it doesn't have to be.
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So insightful, helpful, and comforting!
- By Stephanie Cottrill on 01-02-22
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Food Saved Me
- My Journey of Finding Health and Hope Through the Power of Food
- By: Danielle Walker
- Narrated by: Danielle Walker
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
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Diagnosed with an extreme form of ulcerative colitis at 22, Danielle was terrified she’d never be able to eat all the wonderful, great-tasting foods she loved growing up or host warm, welcoming gatherings with family and friends. So when the medicine she was prescribed became almost as debilitating as the disease itself, Danielle took matters into her own hands, turned her kitchen into a laboratory, and set to work creating gut-healthy versions of the foods she thought she’d never be able to enjoy again.
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Didn’t want the author’s whole life story
- By jmf552 on 01-09-25
By: Danielle Walker
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Language That Leads
- Communication Strategies That Inspire and Engage
- By: Kasia Wezowski, Marshall Goldsmith
- Narrated by: Jill Blackwood
- Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins
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Kasia Wezowski, a leading researcher on body language and communication skills, combines her cutting-edge research with Marshall Goldsmith’s leadership development methodology in this practical and timely resource for leaders. Goldsmith believes that a leader’s job is to bring out the best in each team member and Language That Leads breaks down the ten core qualities of leadership, providing easy-to-follow implementation steps to express, observe, and project these qualities effectively through verbal and nonverbal communication.
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I recommend
- By Amazon Customer on 01-30-24
By: Kasia Wezowski, and others
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Writing for Impact
- 8 Secrets from Science That Will Fire Up Your Readers’ Brains
- By: Bill Birchard
- Narrated by: Bill Birchard
- Length: 5 hrs and 56 mins
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What good will it do to skillfully craft a written argument if you lose your audience? Simple emails, formal reports, blogs, presentations, articles—they need punch to gain influence. Clear structure and logic alone won’t do. To engage readers, you need to make mentally stimulating choices in language—choices that electrify your readers’ mental hotspots. Veteran journalist Bill Birchard reveals the secret of making that happen. He blends the findings from a global cadre of psychologists and neuroscientists with lessons from his long, successful career as a professional writer.
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a very scientific look of what works
- By Datta Groover on 03-25-25
By: Bill Birchard
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The Secret Society of Success
- Stop Chasing the Spotlight and Learn to Enjoy Your Work (and Life) Again
- By: Tim Schurrer, Donald Miller
- Narrated by: Tim Schurrer
- Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
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There’s a message getting a lot of airtime these days. It says to be successful, you have to step into the spotlight, climb the ladder, become the boss, or chase whatever version of success that’s been dangled in front of you.
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This book helped me reframe a career transition
- By Jeff on 06-13-22
By: Tim Schurrer, and others
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One by One by One
- Making a Small Difference Amid a Billion Problems
- By: Aaron Berkowitz
- Narrated by: Michael David Axtell
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
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Dr. Aaron Berkowitz had just finished his neurology training when he was sent to Haiti on his first assignment with Partners in Health. There, he meets Janel, a 23-year-old man with the largest brain tumor Berkowitz or any of his neurosurgeon colleagues at Harvard Medical School have ever seen. Determined to live up to Partners in Health’s mission statement “to bring the benefits of modern medical science to those most in need”, Berkowitz tries to save Janel’s life by bringing him back to Boston for a 12-hour surgery.
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Excellent
- By Alan on 02-07-21
By: Aaron Berkowitz
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The Honest Enneagram
- Know Your Type, Own Your Challenges, Embrace Your Growth
- By: Sarajane Case
- Narrated by: Leslie Howard
- Length: 6 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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The Enneagram personality system consists of a spectrum of nine personality types. Based on the hit Instagram account, @enneagramandcoffee, this book is an introduction to the Enneagram itself, along with information about each type. With the feeling of your best friend telling you about the Enneagram and beautiful illustrations mixed in with the writing, this book is digestible and engaging for new and seasoned Enneagram fans.
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Excellent and Honest with Grace
- By Amazon Customer on 07-19-24
By: Sarajane Case
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I Didn't Sign Up for This
- A Couples Therapist Shares Real-Life Stories of Breaking Patterns and Finding Joy in Relationships . . . Including Her Own
- By: Dr. Tracy Dalgleish
- Narrated by: Dr. Tracy Dalgleish
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
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Couples therapist Dr. Tracy Dalgleish has spent the last seventeen years dedicated to helping hundreds of couples in distress find hope and healing, sometimes by staying together and other times not. Breakdowns in communication, lack of intimacy, infidelity, overbearing in-laws and exes (to name a few)―she's seen it all. Shortly after the birth of her first child, Dr. Tracy suddenly began to see herself in her clients' narratives.
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Inaccurate info regarding affairs
- By M. Nelson on 03-12-24
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The Empathetic Workplace
- 5 Steps to a Compassionate, Calm, and Confident Response to Trauma on the Job
- By: Katharine Manning
- Narrated by: Simona Chitescu-Weik
- Length: 5 hrs and 41 mins
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This book is crucial for every manager or HR representative who shouldn’t just prepare to one day be faced with a report of a traumatic experience at work, but plan on it. This five-step method will help managers make survivors feel supported and understood. The Empathetic Workplace guides supervisors of any level through an understanding of how stories of trauma impact the brain of both the survivor and the listener, as well as the tools to handle the interaction appropriately, to help the listener, the organization, and most importantly, the survivor.
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Terrific manual on how to have a more functional workplace.
- By Carey Smith Sipp on 01-09-23
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Walking Through Fire
- A Memoir of Loss and Redemption
- By: Vaneetha Rendall Risner, Ann Voskamp - foreword
- Narrated by: Vaneetha Rendall Risner, Cristen Paige
- Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins
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Vaneetha Risner contracted polio as an infant, was misdiagnosed, and lived with widespread paralysis. She lived in and out of the hospital for 10 years and, after each stay, would return to a life filled with bullying. When she became a Christian, though, she thought things would get easier, and they did: carefree college days, a dream job in Boston, and an MBA from Stanford where she met and married a classmate. But life unraveled. Again.
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Hope
- By Kimberly J on 03-05-25
By: Vaneetha Rendall Risner, and others
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- stone
- 11-29-23
awsome book!!!
truly a great book from Start to finish. I love their transparency and their practical tips on how to be a better parent and the conclusion was truly encouraging 🙏
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- Amazon Customer
- 10-11-21
giving hope
a personal touch,experience in a marriage and raising children through teens that hits the core of the heart and the mistakes we make and lessons to learn and correct for the legacy of Faith, Family, Friendship in passing on to the generation of children we raise for them to pass on to their children.
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- Stephanie
- 11-21-22
Good story, good principles, well-read
I enjoyed listening to this book. It’s a lot of stories of them raising their kids with a few really good principles mixed in.
My favorite part? The authors are the ones reading their stories to you.
What I didn’t like? Occasionally the stories provided too much detail in weird parts. Also - I was hoping for more practical tips & principles and less story.
Overall - it was a good book and I’d recommend it.
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- Zorianna
- 04-21-21
Wonderful, honest and helpful
I listen to Dave and Ann Wilson so much on Family Life Today I feel like I know them! They are both always so honest and transparent about their struggles and their victories, both in marriage and in parenting which is extremely helpful for my whole family! I love that they narrate this book together, it really brings the stories of their experiences to life. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to be a parent, is a new parent, is a veteran parent of teenagers or anywhere in between! It has the power to transform your parenting and will definitely be well worth your time😊
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- megan
- 10-26-21
awesome book
loved every piece of it. it was down to earth and real. they were unafraid of telling the hard parts and their mistakes and how they overcame them.
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- Anonymous User
- 06-27-23
Wisdom for parents of all ages
No Perfect Parents is filled with some of the joys and sorrows of parenting and so much wisdom. Dave and Ann are humble and brave as they share many of their personal parenting failures. You can feel their heart as they read this audio book. I felt like I was sitting in their living room with them. Wonderful Book.
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- AliKat
- 02-02-23
Thank you!
This book was just what I needed in this stage of my life with my children approaching the teen years… I wish I would’ve listen to it when they were five!
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- Angela Perez
- 06-09-23
Great audio
Great information as we are human and are not perfect. If you have not listened to Vertical Marriage I highly recommend to do so. I recommend it to my husband. I’ll be sharing this one next with him. Thank you
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- Karen M. Turcotte
- 05-28-21
Very encouraging to this imperfect parent
This is classic David and Wilson. Has lots of fun stories and many helpful tips.
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