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Your Pregnancy Week by Week, 8th Edition

Glade B Curtis · Da Capo
Pages: 608
Format: Print book

In print for twenty-five years, Your Pregnancy Week by Week has sold millions of copies worldwide as an established go-to resource. The book's trademark week-by-week formula helps expectant parents easily and effortlessly compare the details of their pregnancy with the same weekly schedule...
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Parenting gifted children 101 : an introduction to gifted kids and their needs

Tracy F Inman · Prufrock Press Inc.
Pages: 176
Format: Print book

This practical, easy-to-read book explores the basics of parenting gifted children, truly giving parents the "introductory course" they need to better understand and help their gifted child. Topics include myths about gifted children, characteristics of the gifted, the hows and whys...
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Do Parents Matter?: Why Japanese Babies Sleep Soundly, Mexican Siblings Don't Fight, and American Families Should Just Relax

Robert Levine · Public Affairs
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

American parents drive themselves crazy trying to raise perfect children. There is always another news article or scientific finding proclaiming the importance of some factor or other, but it's easy to miss the bigger picture: that parents can only affect their children so much.In their...
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Your Kid's a Brat and It's All Your Fault: Nip the Attitude in the Bud--from Toddler to Tween

Elaine Glickman · Tarcher
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

In this wise and hilarious parenting book, Elaine Rose Glickman tells parents that - when it comes to their bratty kids - the buck stops with them! You've seen them - kids running wild through restaurants while the parents avert their gaze and order another cappuccino. You've heard...
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How Not to Calm a Child on a Plane: And Other Lessons in Parenting from a Highly Questionable Source

Johanna Stein · Da Capo Lifelong Books
Format: Hardcover

Looking for the perfect book to help you survive childbirth and parenting with your sanity intact?Look elsewhere.For Johanna Stein (writer/comedian/forward/slash/abuser and occasionally neurotic/immature/way-too-candid mom), parenting is an extreme sport. Her stories from the trenches may not always...
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The Test: Why Our Schools Are Obsessed with Standardized Testing–But You Don't Have to Be

Anya Kamenetz · PublicAffairs
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

No sooner is a child walking and talking than the ABCs and 1-2-3s give way to the full-on alphabet soup: the ERBs, the OLSAT, the IQ, the NCLB for AYP, the IEP for ELLs, the CHAT and PDDST for ASD or LD and G&T or ADD and ADHD, the PSATs, then the ACTs and SATs - all designed to assess...
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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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Unplug and Play: 50 Original Group Games That Don't Need Charging

Brad Berger · Familius
Pages: 120
Format: Print book

Unplug and Play! 50 Original Group Games That Don't Need Charging brings people together for hours of hilarious, interactive, technology-free fun that requires virtually nothing more than pens and paper. This compact, travel-friendly book guarantees hours of engaging entertainment with...
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The Minimalist Mom: How to Simply Parent Your Baby

Rachel Jonat · Adams Media Corporation
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback

The Minimalist Mom isn't a manual for your first year with your new baby. It also isn't a long list of unnecessary things to buy. It's an intentional guide to living with less and enjoying your brand-new life with baby more. By learning how to clear the things you don't...
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101 Tips for the Parents of Boys with Autism: The Most Crucial Things You Need to Know About Diagnosis, Doctors, Schools, Taxes, Vaccinations, Babysitters, Treatment, Food, Self-Care, and More

Ken Siri · Skyhorse Publishing

The latest research shows that more than 1 in 50 boys in the US now has autism, and the number keeps rising. Parents of these boys become full-time researchers, always looking for the latest information on doctors, education, and treatments. Following countless hours of study, Ken Siri...
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