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Birds of a Feather: A Children's Story of Love, Loss, and What Came Next

Tom Crice · DoveTale Press
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

In this heartwarming and realistic story of love and loss a young boy's happy life is interrupted when his grandfather passes away suddenly. Now the boy's world is filled with big questions and difficult emotions. Will things ever be normal again? Then one day a chance encounter...
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Caring for Your Adopted Child: An Essential Guide for Parents

Elaine E. Schulte · American Academy of Pediatrics
Pages: 250
Format: Paperback

Whether a child joins a new family through domestic adoption, international adoption, or foster care, he or she may have needs that require special consideration. This comprehensive resource offers trusted parenting advice for all adoption situations from the American Academy of Pediatrics,...
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Building a Parenting Agreement That Works: Child Custody Agreements Step by Step

Mimi Lyster Zemmelman · NOLO
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback

A divorce or separation can be a very trying time, especially when children are involved. The step-by-step approach in Building a Parenting Agreement That Works provides information on how to minimize conflict and solve important custody issues, such as living arrangements, education, holidays,...
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The Power of Presence: Be a Voice in Your Child's Ear Even When You're Not with Them

Joy Thomas Moore · Grand Central Life & Style
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

As the mother of Wes Moore, whose memoir about overcoming the obstacles that face a fatherless young black man was a huge bestseller, Joy is constantly asked: How did you do it? How can you be a good parent, have a career and stay healthy when you don't have a partner to pick up the slack?...
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Positive Discipline for Today's Busy

Jane Nelsen · Harmony
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback

Jane Nelsen, coauthor of the popular Positive Discipline series, along with Positive Discipline Educators Joy Marchese and Kristina Bill, put forth a new volume for parents looking to make their overburdened lives a little easier.With the increasing pressure to excel at parenting, work,...
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Not the Boss of Us: Putting Overwhelmed in Its Place in a Do-All, Be-All World

KAY WILLS WYMA · Revell
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

Too much to manage and not enough time or energy to do it? Join the club. Life is a pressure cooker and, more and more, being overwhelmed is just considered normal. But, truth be told, life's stresses and circumstances aren't the boss of us. What if we could take Overwhelmed and diffuse...
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Mayo Clinic Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy: 2nd Edition: Fully Revised and Updated

MYRA J WICK · Mayo Clinic
Pages: 520
Format: Paperback

An essential pregnancy resource for all parents-to-be.Mayo Clinic Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy, second edition is an authoritative, yet practical reference manual from the pregnancy experts at the #1 ranked hospital in America. The newly updated book includes information on everything from...
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Life after the Diagnosis: Expert Advice on Living Well with Serious Illness for Patients and Caregivers

Steven Pantilat · Da Capo Lifelong Books
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback

For a time of growing concern about living well with serious illness and getting the best possible end-of-life care, Life After the Diagnosis delivers a compassionate and sensitive guide for patients, families, and caregivers.In Life After the Diagnosis, Dr. Steven Z. Pantilat, a renowned...
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How To Raise An Amazing Child the Montessori Way, 2nd Edition

Tim Seldin · DK
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback

A parent's guide to building independence, creativity, and confidence in their children using Montessori learning techniques, written by Montessori president Tim Seldin.An international bestseller, How to Raise an Amazing Child the Montessori Way adapts Montessori teachings for easy...
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Gentle Discipline: Using Emotional Connection--Not Punishment--to Raise Confident, Capable Kids

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

As seen in the New York Times -- 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...
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