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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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The Learning Habit: A Groundbreaking Approach to Homework and Parenting that Helps Our Children Succeed in School and Life

Stephanie Donaldson-Pressman · A Perigee Book
Pages: 206
Format: Print book

A groundbreaking approach to building learning habits for life, based on a major new study revealing what works - and what doesn't Life is different for kids today. Between standardized testing, the Common Core Curriculum, copious homework assignments, and seemingly endless amounts of "screen...
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Enlightened Aging: Building Resilience for a Long, Active Life

Eric B Larson · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

A leading expert in the science of healthy aging, Dr. Eric B. Larson offers practical advice for growing old with resilience and foresight. More than just canned advice, Enlightened Aging proposes a path to resilience - one that's proven to help many stave off disability until very...
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Motherhood Smotherhood: Fighting Back Against the Lactivists, Mompetitions, Germophobes, and So-Called Experts Who Are Driving Us Crazy

JJ Keith · Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Hardcover

What's the first thing a woman does when she thinks she might be pregnant? She Googles. And it goes downhill from there. While the internet is full of calming and cheerily supportive articles, it's also littered with hyper-judgmental message boards and heaps of contradictory and scolding...
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Parenting Is Easy: You're Probably Just Doing It Wrong

Sara Given · Workman Publishing
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback

Imagine a world where pregnant women are always upbeat and glowing, newborns sleep on cue, toddlers love to have their teeth brushed, and teenagers gaze adoringly at their parents. Impossible, you say? Not according to advertisers who flood the web with stock photos of perfect parents and children....
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Boost Your Breast Milk: An All-in-One Guide for Nursing Mothers to Build a Healthy Milk Supply

Alicia C Simpson · The Experiment
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

I want to breastfeed my baby, but will I be able to? Every mom wants to produce enough nutritious milk for her tiny one - but many worry about low milk supply and other potential hurdles. In Boost Your Breast Milk, you'll find the most up-to-date practices that support a healthy milk...
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The Complete Pregnancy Cookbook: Recipes, menus and nutritional guidance for while you're expecting and after your baby is born

Fiona Wilcock · Hamlyn
Pages: 160
Format: Print book

Eating a healthy diet while expecting is among the most important things you can do for the present and future health and well-being of your child. The Complete Pregnancy Cookbook makes this simple to achieve and helps pregnant women get the nutritional boost they need without a lot of fuss...
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Teach Your Child to Sleep: Solving Sleep Problems from Newborn Through Childhood

Millpond Children's Sleep Clinic. · Hamlyn (UK)
Pages: 160
Format: Print book

The highly-acclaimed Millpond Children's Sleep Clinic has a 97 per cent success rate in resolving children's sleep problems. Discover how to get your baby or child to settle easily and sleep through the night with step-by-step advice that gets right to the heart of the problem....
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Something Very Sad Happened: A Toddler's Guide to Understanding Death

Bonnie Zucker · Magination Press
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Something Very Sad Happened is a useful tool for parents, caregivers, therapists, and teachers to help young children understand the concept of death and begin the process of coping with the loss. Intended for children ages 2 and 3, the book explains death and loss to a very young child...
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My Brown Baby: On the Joys and Challenges of Raising African American Children

Denene Millner · Agate
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

"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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Soda Pop Head

Julia Cook · National Center for Youth Issues
Format: Book

Grades K-6 His real name is Lester, but everyone calls him Soda Pop Head. Most of the time he is pretty happy, but when things seem to be unfair his ears gets hot, his face turns red and he blows his top! Lesters dad comes to his rescue by teaching him a few techniques to loosen the top and cool...
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Our Black Sons Matter: Mothers Talk about Fears, Sorrows, and Hopes

George Yancy professor of philosophy Emory University · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Our Black Sons Matter is a powerful collection of original essays, letters, and poems that addresses both the deep joys and the very real challenges of raising black boys today. From Trayvon Martin to Tamir Rice, the list of young black men who have suffered racial violence continues to grow....
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How to Advocate Successfully for Your Child: What Every Parent Should Know About Special Education Law

Greer M. Gurland Esq. · Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Pages: 108
Format: Paperback

In this new book, Greer M. Gurland, Esq., Harvard Law School, '94, delivers a mega-dose of power for parents with passion and insight. Greer is a seasoned special education attorney--and a mom of five special needs children--who clearly works hard to level the playing field for parents....
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What to Believe When You're Expecting: A New Look at Old Wives' Tales in Pregnancy

Jonathan Schaffir · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 168
Format: Hardcover

Pregnant women encounter advice from many directions about how to have a healthy pregnancy - not only from health care providers, but from relatives, friends, and the Internet. Some of these pieces of advice (on topics that range from inducing labor to telling the baby's gender to improving...
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Gentle Discipline: Using Emotional Connection--Not Punishment--to Raise Confident, Capable Kids

Sarah Ockwell-Smith · TarcherPerigee
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback

A practical guide that presents an alternative to shouting, shaming, and blaming--to give kids the skills they need to grow and thriveDiscipline is an essential part of raising happy and successful kids, but as more and more parents are discovering, conventional approaches often don't work,...
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