This book is written as a guide to help parents lovingly mould and nurture their children into responsible adults. Providing food, shelter and entertainment are elements of the very basic nurturing we must provide for our children. However, if we want to go one step further and help our children to be productive members of society long after we're not there to see the fruits of our labour, it's our duty to formulate in their minds an awareness of what is expected of them socially. This guide was written by a qualified and experienced Youth Worker who has worked in her field for over ten years, in vastly different communities, with children and young people from diverse backgrounds. Many of the young people she has worked directly with are slightly or severely incongruous individuals seeking to find themselves and their positions in the already-developed communities around them. The strategies in this book are geared towards enabling parents to help these children and young people find their niche and take up their place, not as a parasite of said community, but as an asset on their way to building up and enriching the lives of the people with whom they come into contact.
About the Author: Anne Lyken-Garner was born in Guyana, South America, but now lives in the South West of England. She's an author, a freelance writer, a blogger and an editor. Apart from her books, she writes for several online and hard-copy magazines. She edited 'The Writer's Bureau' student, online magazine for 2 years and now works as a website and e-Book editor. Anne has written 5 books. She concentrates mainly on non-fiction, women's interest and self-help, but also writes and publishes fictional short stories. Anne runs the popular, 'How To Build Confidence' blog and can be contacted from any of her sites. She's extensively published on the Internet and anthologies. Anne also works in TV, part-time. In the past, she worked as a Stage Actress for more than 11 years and played at the National Cultural Centre - the national playhouse in the capital city of Guyana. She's also been a model - and even a missionary in her home country - and has had her own call-in radio show too. Anne lives with her husband, a Sociologist and academic writer, and their 3 children, but she's lived in Georgetown, Paris, London and Cork City, Ireland. She's in the process of writing a follow up book to 'Sunday's Child' called 'Fair of Face.'