I'm Changing the Locks & Cementing the Windows - Softcover

Joyce M. Saltman & Ronne F. Greenspan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0980056446 ISBN 13: 9780980056440

Publisher: Kiwi Publishing, 2008

Synopsis

This book has been created for a parent preparing for the launching of a child to: College, Camp, Marriage & The outside world Because it contains valuable tips on recharging your batteries, it will also serve as a useful tool for any parents - or anyone who chose NOT to be a parent and wants validation! The most important aspect of this little volume is that its main mode of delivery is that of humor. Research indicates that laughter and positive thinking can lower the blood pressure, raise the levels of natural painkillers, and lower the cortisol (stress hormone produced in our own bodies!) level. So, you will be doing your body  a favor by reading this book and laughing!   Now, just kick off your shoes, make yourself an egg cream (New York beverage consisting of Fox's U-Bet chocolate syrup, whole milk and seltzer, all mixed together till the foam pours over the top of the glass), and have a good laugh!

About this title

About the Author:

Joyce M. Saltman is a displaced Brooklynite who has lived in Connecticut for the past 41 years! She is a professor of Special Education at Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, CT. She chose to receive her doctoral degree from Columbia, because she loved the color of their doctoral gown. It was no small feat that she was able to persuade her mentor to allow her to write her dissertation on Humor in Adult Learning. She also holds four graduate degrees in the fields of Special Education and Counseling. Joyce s innovative teaching style has led to the development of a graduate course entitled. The Enhancement of Learning Through Humor, as well as a summer institute called Healing, Education, Laughter and Play (HELP), now in its 20th year. Her experience in the areas of education, therapy and comedy have provided an outstanding background for her research on The Therapeutic Value of Laughter. Her book, written with Ronnie, Sing a Celebration, was published by Ivory Tower Press in Fall, 1988. More recently, her story entitled, Dearest Last Born appeared in the 1999 book Chocolate for a Mother s Heart. Intermittently referred to as the Guru of Laughter, and The Chubby Broad from Brooklyn, Joyce helps people lighten up wherever she goes.

Review:

...I laughed!!! I certainly did identify with it all. Damn, I thought they would never leave and still quake every day that they might return (Howard has two married children) Howard Gleichenhaus, Editor, The View From The Falls --Editor

READ THIS BOOK. No, really. Read it immediately. Joyce Saltman, who has been making the world safe for laughter for years, now takes on kids who grow up and won't freakin leave the house. This book will make you laugh so hard that tea will come out of your nose and you'll lose all muscle control. This is perfect. Your kids will think you've gone senile on them, and they'll disappear so fast they'll leave skid marks. Sandi Kahn Shelton, Author of Kissing Games of the World --Author

...I laughed!!! I certainly did identify with it all. Damn, I thought they would never leave and still quake every day that they might return (Howard has two married children) Howard Gleichenhaus, Editor, The View From The Falls --Editor

About this edition

• Publisher: Kiwi Publishing
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0980056446
• ISBN 13: 9780980056440
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 68
• Editor: Kiwi Publishing
• Illustrator: Joe Kohl