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How to Be Perfect Like Me

Dana Bowman · Central Recovery Press
Pages: 264
Format: Paperback

Recover. Rinse. Repeat.Dana Bowman can't escape the lure of perfectionism, trying to be a flawless wife, mother, and person in recovery. When Dana experiences a short-lived relapse during the Christmas holiday, she has the startling realization that recovery is more than just giving...
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Viral Parenting: A Guide to Setting Boundaries, Building Trust, and Raising Responsible Kids in an Online World

Mindy McKnight · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Mindy McKnight, YouTube's favorite mom, shares the tools parents need to keep kids safe in their online lives--and shows how to create stronger family relationships as they do. A cross between Jen Hatmaker and Rosalind Wiseman, VIRAL PARENTING is a guide to raising responsible, safe,...
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The Game Theorist's Guide to Parenting: How the Science of Strategic Thinking Can Help You Deal with the Toughest Negotiators You Know--Your Kids

Paul Raeburn · Scientific American/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016.
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

As every parent knows, kids are surprisingly clever negotiators. But how can we avoid those all-too-familiar wails, "That's not fair!" and "You can't make me!"? In The Game Theorist's Guide to Parenting, the award-winning journalist and father of five Paul Raeburn and the game...
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The Test: Why Our Schools are Obsessed with Standardized Testing–But You Don’t Have to Be

Anya Kamenetz · PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover

Standardized assessments test our children, our teachers, our schools - and increasingly, our patience.Your child is more than a score. But in the last twenty years, schools have dramatically increased standardized testing, sacrificing hours of classroom time. What is the cost to students,...
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The Sh!t No One Tells You About Baby #2: A Guide To Surviving Your Growing Family

Dawn Dais · Seal
Pages: 208
Format: Print book

The third book in Dawn Dais's popular Sh!t No One Tells You series covers all a parent needs to know once the reality of having two children settles in.Around the time your first baby turns a year old your brain will turn on you. The sleep deprivation and post-partum hormones you barely...
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Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn: The Complete Guide

Penny Simkin PT · Simon & Schuster, 2016.
Pages: 512
Format: Print book

If you only buy one pregnancy book, this should be the one! It's the most complete. It covers all aspects of childbearing, from conception through early infancy, and tells you what to expect. It offers detailed information, suggestions on decisions to make, and advice on steps to take...
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Overcoming Distractions: Thriving with Adult ADD/ADHD

David A Greenwood · Sterling
Pages: 208
Format: Print book

We know that Attention Deficit Disorder makes it tough for children to focus in school. But what happens when those kids grow up? How can they make the transition to a successful professional life? And how can newly diagnosed adults meet the challenges of the workplace? David Greenwood,...
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Protecting Your Child from Sexual Abuse: What You Need to Know to Keep Your Kids Safe

Cynthia Calkins · Skyhorse Publishing
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

* The authors, who have PhDs in clinical psychology, are sexual violence prevention researchers and mothers. They are uniquely positioned to write this book.* One in 5 girls and 1 in 20 boys is a victim of child sexual abuse. 20% of adult females and 5-10% of adult males recall a childhood...
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My Brown Baby: On the Joys and Challenges of Raising African American Children

Denene Millner · Agate Bolden
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback

"The best site for thoughtful, fierce advice about parenting from a Black perspective" - EbonyFor almost a decade, national parenting expert and bestselling author Denene Millner has published thought-provoking, insightful, sometimes wickedly funny commentary about motherhood...
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Nolo's Essential Guide to Divorce

EMILY DOSKOW · NOLO
Pages: 528
Format: Paperback

Nolo's Essential Guide to Divorce provides clear answers that can help make divorce simpler and reduce its financial and emotional cost. Readers will even learn how to complete the divorce with minimal help from an attorney. With compassion and understanding, Nolo's Essential Guide to Divorce...
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Mommy Burnout: How to Reclaim Your Life and Raise Healthier Children in the Process

SHERYL GONZALEZ-ZIEGLER · Dey Street Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

The ultimate must-read handbook for the modern mother: a practical, and positive tool to help free women from the debilitating notion of being the "perfect mom," filled with funny and all too relatable true-life stories and realistic suggestions to stop the burnout cycle, and protect...
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The Spectrum of Hope: An Optimistic and New Approach to Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias

Gayatri Devi · Workman Publishing Company
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Imagine finding a glimmer of good news in a diagnosis of Alzheimer's. And imagine how that would change the outlook of the 5 million Americans who suffer from Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, not to mention their families, loved ones, and caretakers. A neurologist who's been specializing...
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Camp Grandma: Next-Generation Grandparenting?Beyond Babysitting

Marianne Waggoner Day · She Writes Press
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

Warm cookies and milk are still okay, but what if they came with a workshop on goal setting or writing a business plan for the school year? Camp Grandma is full of innovative ideas that Marianne Waggoner Day, a highly successful businesswoman who became a committed and dedicated grandmother,...
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The Weighted Blanket Guide: Everything You Need to Know about Weighted Blankets and Deep Pressure for Autism, Chronic Pain, and Other Conditions

Eileen Parker · Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Pages: 112
Format: Print book

Providing everything you need to know about the use of weighted blankets to help with sensory integration, improve sleep, ease chronic pain and more, this book includes:· What a weighted blanket is and how it works· An exploration of deep pressure and how weight on the body...
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The Deployment Toolkit: Military Families and Solutions for a Successful Long-Distance Relationship

Janelle B. Moore · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 300
Format: Hardcover

Deployment comes in many forms and serves many purposes. Any separation from loved ones is an emotionally difficult time for all concerned, especially when children are involved - but separation is now a modern day military reality. Those unfamiliar with the military may not understand...
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