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The End of American Childhood: A History of Parenting from Life on the Frontier to the Managed Child
The End of American Childhood: A History of Parenting from Life on the Frontier to the Managed Child

Paula S Fass · Princeton University Press
Pages: 334
Format: Print book

The End of American Childhood takes a sweeping look at the history of American childhood and parenting, from the nation's founding to the present day. Renowned historian Paula Fass shows how, since the beginning of the American republic, independence, self-definition, and individual...
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Toddlers Are A**holes: It's Not Your Fault
Toddlers Are A**holes: It's Not Your Fault

Bunmi Laditan · Workman Publishing Company
Format: Print book

Toddler aholery is a normal part of human development—not unlike puberty, except this stage involves throwing food on the floor and taking swings at people who pay your way in life. For parents of toddlers, its a you better laugh so you dont cry period. Bunmi Laditans hilarious, satirical...
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Watch My Baby Grow
Watch My Baby Grow

DK · DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Lots of books tell you about child development and a baby's first year, but Watch My Baby Grow shows you everything that happens in the first year of life in step-by-step pictures with detailed explanations. Every milestone of baby development, from gurgles to coos to first words, is documented...
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How to Retire Happy, Fourth Edition: The 12 Most Important Decisions You Must Make Before You Retire
How to Retire Happy, Fourth Edition: The 12 Most Important Decisions You Must Make Before You Retire

Stan Hinden · McGraw-Hill; 4 edition
Format: Paperback

The Washington Post and New York Times Business Bestseller “Everyone in the workforce today should read this book!”―HORACE B. DEETS, FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AARP “Want excellent insights on retirement planning from a professional who’s actually experienced...
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ADHD & The Focused Mind: A Guide to Giving Your ADHD Child Focus, Discipline & Self-Confidence
ADHD & The Focused Mind: A Guide to Giving Your ADHD Child Focus, Discipline & Self-Confidence

Sarah Cheyette · Square One Publishers
Pages: 242
Format: Print book

As a young boy, his difficulty in concentrating was diagnosed as ADHD. In school, his mind always seemed to wander until he found an activity that he liked. By using that one activity, his mother was able to teach him to focus and develop self-discipline. Debbie Phelps found a way to reach...
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Do Fathers Matter?: What Science Is Telling Us About the Parent We've Overlooked
Do Fathers Matter?: What Science Is Telling Us About the Parent We've Overlooked

Paul Raeburn · Scientific Amer Books
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

A 2015 National Parenting Publications Awards Gold WinnerA Mom's Choice Awards Gold Medal WinnerFor too long, we've thought of fathers as little more than sources of authority and economic stability in the lives of their children. Yet cutting-edge studies drawing unexpected links...
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Raising Your Spirited Child, Third Edition: A Guide for Parents Whose Child Is More Intense, Sensitive, Perceptive, Persistent, and Energetic
Raising Your Spirited Child, Third Edition: A Guide for Parents Whose Child Is More Intense, Sensitive, Perceptive, Persistent, and Energetic

Mary Sheedy Kurcinka · William Morrow, 2015.
Pages: 528
Format: Print book

Including real life stories, this newly revised third edition of the award-winning bestseller - voted one of the top twenty parenting books - provides parents with the most up-to-date research, effective discipline tips, and practical strategies for raising spirited children.Do you ever...
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A Parents' Guide to ASD
A Parents' Guide to ASD

Stephen Heydt · Jessica Kingsley
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

Covering everything from Anxiety to Fragile-X Syndrome, Stephen Heydt provides an alphabetical categorisation of the possible issues a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may encounter.Written by an experienced clinical psychologist, this book offers information for parents whose...
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The Everyday Parenting Toolkit: The Kazdin Method for Easy, Step-by-Step, Lasting Change for You and Your Child
The Everyday Parenting Toolkit: The Kazdin Method for Easy, Step-by-Step, Lasting Change for You and Your Child

Alan E. Kazdin · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Book

Some of us are just naturals when it comes to parenting. But the rest of us wish that parenting came with operating instructions. Now it does. The result of thirty years of scientific research, Alan Kazdin’s The Everyday Parenting Toolkit will guide you through every developmental...
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Die Laughing: Killer Jokes for Newly Old Folks
Die Laughing: Killer Jokes for Newly Old Folks

William Novak · Touchstone Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

From the co-creator of the celebrated Big Book of Jewish Humor comes a laugh-out-loud collection of jokes about growing older that makes fun of memory loss, marriages, medicine, sex, the afterlife, and much more, making this the perfect gift for almost anyone who was born before you were.Growing...
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The Self-Motivated Kid: How to Raise Happy, Healthy Children Who Know What They Want and Go After It
The Self-Motivated Kid: How to Raise Happy, Healthy Children Who Know What They Want and Go After It

Dr. Shimi Kang · Tarcher; Reprint edition
Format: Print book

Winner of the 2015 USA Book News International Book Award for Parenting and FamilyIn this inspiring book, Dr. Shimi Kang, a Harvard-trained child and adult psychiatrist and an expert in human motivation, provides a guide to the art and science of encouraging children to develop their own internal...
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When I First Held You: 22 Critically Acclaimed Writers Talk About the Triumphs, Challenges, and Transformative Experience of Fatherhood
When I First Held You: 22 Critically Acclaimed Writers Talk About the Triumphs, Challenges, and Transformative Experience of Fatherhood

Brian Gresko · Berkley
Format: Print book

From some of today’s most critically acclaimed writers—including Dennis Lehane, Justin Cronin, Andre Dubus III, and Benjamin Percy—comes a rich collection of essays on what it means to be a dad. Becoming a father can be one of the most profoundly terrifying, exhilarating,...
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Same Family, Different Colors: Confronting Colorism in America's Diverse Families
Same Family, Different Colors: Confronting Colorism in America's Diverse Families

Lori L. Tharps · Beacon Press
Pages: 216
Format: Hardcover

Weaving together personal stories, history, and analysis, Same Family, Different Colors explores the myriad ways skin-color politics affect family dynamics in the United States.Colorism and color bias - the preference for or presumed superiority of people based on the lighter color of their...
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Understanding the NICU: What Parents of Preemies and other Hospitalized Newborns Need to Know
Understanding the NICU: What Parents of Preemies and other Hospitalized Newborns Need to Know

Jeanette Zaichkin · Amer Acad Of Pediatrics
Pages: 260
Format: Print book

Most parents do not expect to begin life with their new baby in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) . They often feel lost and powerless amidst this new world of medical vocabulary, technology, and numerous health care providers.Understanding the NICU will guide you through your NICU...
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The Child Catchers: Rescue, Trafficking, and the New Gospel of Adoption
The Child Catchers: Rescue, Trafficking, and the New Gospel of Adoption

Kathryn Joyce · PublicAffairs; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

When Jessie Hawkins adopted daughter told her she had another mom back in Ethiopia, Jessie didnt, at first, know what to think. Shed wanted her adoption to be great story about a child who needed a home and got one, and a family led by God to adopt. Instead, she felt like shed done something...
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