Books in Focus on the Family series

Explores issues facing families confronting the challenges created by adoption and foster care, and identifies steps members of blended families can take to ensure that they have a strong foundation.

There's never a dull moment in Odyssey! Join Whit and the gang in the latest collection of stories from the popular Adventures in Odyssey® radio show. The Classics Series brings favorite stories together in new ways, and in "Drive Time," all the familiar Adventures in Odyssey® characters learn valuable lessons while on vacation.

Discusses various traumas inflicted on children and teenagers, particularly rape and incest, the psychological impact of these traumatic events, and how to deal with them.

Discusses briefly the role of parents in raising and caring for children and how the feelings of the child can affect those of the parent.

Discusses the causes and effects of hatred and prejudice, organized hate groups, and the historical and psychological origins of the problem, and suggests ways to resist hatred.

Discusses the common causes of stress and anxiety within family life, how to identify signs of stress, ways of coping and resources available, and how anxiety can help to make a family stronger.

Discusses what may happen when a family member becomes terminally ill and how to cope with this situation.

Explores issues facing families confronting the challenges created by separation and divorce, and identifies steps members of blended families can take to weather the transition during and after a divorce.

Provides real-life examples of ways that young people and their families deal with grief.

Examines all the issues surrounding teen pregnancy, including sexuality, birth control, raising children, adoption, and where to go for help.

Explains the common causes of a parent's job loss, the financial and emotional effects of unemployment on the family, expected changes in lifestyle, ways of coping and resources available, and the process of getting a new job.

Provides real-life examples of ways that young people and their families can reach out as volunteers to help others cope with tragedies or just to make their communities better places in which to live.