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by Janice Moss (Author)
"Some of the things I know, I know only because older women have told me their secrets. I have lived and am living long so that I can tell my secrets to young women. That is the reason we women go on improving." Maya Angelou
WHAT ADVICE DID YOUR MOTHER GIVE YOU ABOUT LOVE? Life? Growing older? Was she right? How do you have these conversations with your daughter(s)? What do teenagers want to know about the tools necessary to embrace life with grace and dignity? Within the pages of The Generations Meet you will discover the wisdom of women over 70 years old to help you and your daughter(s) discuss love, sex, joy, dealing with life's sorrows and everything in between. These women shared some of their most intimate secrets and the lessons they learned in the process, so you can go on improving. In The Generations Meet older women tell their secrets based on questions asked by teenagers wanting to know more about living, loving and growing older. The questions and answers are surprising and thought provoking as these women share Lessons from Our Mother's Garden.Author Biography
Dr. Moss has a Masters of Divinity with double concentrations in Old Testament Theology and Pastoral Care and Counseling. During her seminary matriculation, she developed a non-profit agency called Youthful Survivors of America, where she developed curricula and programs to teach at-risk children in public schools. She developed teams of college students, who had experienced different at-risk behaviors, to mentor and teach middle and high school students about their experiences. More than 70,000 students in six metropolitan Atlanta school districts and five states heard the Youthful Survivors presentation. Dr. Moss received several community service awards, and was interviewed on various television and radio programs regarding her work. Dr. Moss designed, implemented and piloted curricula to teach school children between the ages of ten to eighteen about at-risk behaviors. Various school districts, community service organizations and houses of worship seek out her programs. Dr. Moss also developed several other youth-oriented programs, including Project Safe Haven. Project Safe Haven was designed to provide inner-city youth safe places to play and learn. She also implemented a 'beeper service', so that children could call in and ask questions or get support and encouragement. Dr. Moss has also worked as a hospital chaplain specializing in decedent care. In this capacity, she worked with the families and loved ones of the dead or dying. Her work as a grief counselor earned her many awards and scholarships. In May 2001, she completed a Doctor of Ministry degree from Columbia Theological Seminary. After the completion of her doctorate degree, Dr. Moss returned to Texas and now resides in Missouri City, Texas. She is completing work on several non-fiction books involving various counseling situations, work with the elderly and resource manuals to assist persons desiring to work with at-risk children. Dr. Moss has worked with at-risk children and their families for more than a decade, and was often called upon as a resource for the juvenile justice system, Family and Children's Services and various school districts.
