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Let Them Eat Dirt: Saving Our Children from an Oversanitized World

B Brett Finlay · Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Format: Print book

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Happiness Is a Choice You Make: Lessons from a Year Among the Oldest Old

John Leland · Sarah Crichton Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Based on the popular New York Times series, life-changing wisdom from an unexpected source: America's oldest oldIn 2015, the award-winning New York Times journalist John Leland set out to meet some of the city's oldest inhabitants for a series on America's fastest-growing age group: those...
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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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Think Like a Baby: 33 Simple Research Experiments You Can Do at Home to Better Understand Your Child's Developing Mind

Amber Ankowski PhD · Chicago Review Press
Format: Print book

Raising a baby is joyful, amazing . . . and ridiculously difficult. But with some insight into what's actually going on inside your little one's head, your job as a parent can become a little bit easier - and a lot more fun. In Think Like a Baby, coauthors Amber and Andy Ankowski...
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How Not to Hate Your Husband After Kids

Jancee Dunn · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 269
Format: Hardcover

A hilariously candid account of one woman's quest to bring her post-baby marriage back from the brink, with life-changing, real-world advice. How Not To Hate Your Husband After Kids tackles the last taboo subject of parenthood: the startling, white-hot fury that new (and not-so-new) mothers...
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I See Life Through Rosé-Colored Glasses

LISA SCOTTOLINE · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

In I See Life Through Rosé Colored-Glasses, the bestselling mother/daughter pair is back with another hilarious and heartfelt collection of essays about the possibilities and pitfalls of everyday life. Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella's delightful essays are sure to strike a chord...
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Differently Wired: Raising an Exceptional Child in a Conventional World

DEBORAH REBER · Workman Publishing Company
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Today millions of kids are stuck in a world that doesn't respect, support, or embrace who they really are - these are what Deborah Reber is calling the "differently wired" kids, the one in five children with ADHD, dyslexia, Asperger's, giftedness, anxiety, sensory processing...
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The Natural Baby Sleep Solution: Use Your Child's Internal Sleep Rhythms for Better Nights and Naps

Polly Moore · Workman
Pages: 192
Format: Print book

Put your baby to sleep! Based on the scientifically established rest and activity cycle that occurs every hour and a half, here's a proven program to help every parent give their baby better nights and naps. Simply note the time your baby wakes up. Play, feed, or engage with the baby...
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Nolo's IEP Guide: Learning Disabilities

Lawrence M. Siegel · NOLO; Sixth Edition edition
Format: Paperback

Create an individualized education plan (IEP) and secure the education your child deserves!Children with learning disabilities have different needs than other kids in special education -- let Nolo's IEP Guide: Learning Disabilities help you work with your child's school to make...
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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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All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood

Jennifer Senior · HarperCollins Publishers
Pages: 308
Format: Hardcover

Thousands of books have examined the effects of parents on their children. In All Joy and No Fun, award-winning journalist Jennifer Senior now asks: what are the effects of children on their parents?In All Joy and No Fun, award-winning journalist Jennifer Senior tries to tackle this question,...
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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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Developmental Milestones of Young Children

Karen Petty · Redleaf Press
Pages: 80
Format: Print book

Understand the important milestones of development in children in five developmental domains: physical and motor, social and emotional, communication and language, cognitive, and approaches to learning. Learn strategies to observe and document children's progress and develop partnerships...
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Emotional Intensity in Gifted Students: Helping Kids Cope with Explosive Feelings

Christine Fonseca · Prufrock Press Inc.,
Pages: 225
Format: Print book

Teaching children how to manage their intense emotions is one of the most difficult aspects of parenting or educating gifted children. Emotional Intensity in Gifted Students: Helping Kids Cope With Explosive Feelings provides a much-needed resource for parents and educators for understanding...
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Have a Nice Guilt Trip

Lisa Scottoline · St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella are back with another collection of warm and witty stories that will strike a chord with every woman. This four book series is among the best reviewed humor books published today and has been compared to the late greats, Erma Bombeck and Nora Ephron....
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