Writers Tricks of the Trade May-June 2015

PRESS “CONTROL” THEN CLICK ‘BUY” TO PURCHASE THE BOOK BECAUSE I LOVE YOU actions are also theirs. I learned the best gift I could give my kids was to teach them to function happily and responsibly on their own in the world. “Daddy, I’m Pregnant” is the story of how I learned what it really means to let go and be able to say to your kids, “Everything I do, I do to help you become the best people you can be, because I love you”. The best gift I hope to give my readers is to make available the many villages that you may need to visit during your never-ending parenting journey. On that path you will come to accept as I did that Pain is Inevitable but it’s the Suffering that is optional ADD THESE BOOKS TO YOUR LIBRARY You see, my friends had perfect children and my family thought all of the stress and challenges in my own family were my fault. I was even told by a therapist, I was wasting her time and my money because my children were manipulating us both. To lessen my crisis, I needed a place where other parents would not judge or blame me, but would listen and suggest. From that need, B.I.L.Y was conceived. With the opening of my first B.I.L.Y. group, the light at the end of the tunnel was no longer a train. I was on a new course that would set me in the direction of personal success with my own children. This ultimately led to thousands of major success stories with other families throughout the country. BUY Since that time, over 700,000 parents and youth have been aided in over 12 States and in Canada. My book Daddy I’m Pregnant is the exposure of my children’s and my survival, my developing parenting skills with successfully applied consequences, media appearances on Oprah, Geraldo, Good Morning America, Montel, and Dennis Prager, just to name a few. As a guest speaker at various speaking engagements I have been able to introduce our FREE programs to so many families who have youth at risk. When you read my books, I trust you will enjoy them and understand why I must continue on this journey. The inspiration for Daddy, I’m Pregnant stems back to the days when Lesli ran away and we had no communication. The therapist I was seeing told me to start a journal and write a letter to Lesli every night to tell her how I felt and what was going on in our home and in my life. Buy Those were the days before computers and I had a Royal Typewriter that I banged on every night. In 2012 I took out the journal and reread it from cover-to-cover. When I finished, I knew so many parents could be helped by my story and by finding support such as I offer through B.I.L.Y., I decided to edit it into a book. It does take a village, and for so many parents in distress, that village is B.I.L.Y. Visit my website, www.bily.org, for more information about the organization that has been my life work for the past 30 years. If you need help, we are there for you. Because I Love You (B.I.L.Y.) is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation. WRITERS’ TRICKS OF THE TRADE PAGE 7 BUY MAY-JUNE 2015

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