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Free-Range Kids, Giving Our Children the Freedom We Had Without Going Nuts with Worry

Lenore Skenazy · Jossey-Bass
Pages: 225
Format: Print book

Praise for "Free-Range Kids": 'Lenore Skenazy is a national hero' - Mary Roach, author, "Bonk and Stiff". 'This book is a bubbly but potent corrective for the irrational fears that drive so many parents crazy. Skenazy is witty, perceptive, persuasive, and above...
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The Sex-wise Parent: The Parent's Guide to Protecting Your Child, Strengthening Your Family, and Talking to Kids About Sex, Abuse, and Bullying

Janet Rosenzweig · Skyhorse Publishing; 1 edition
Format: Print book

If your kids aren’t learning about sex from you, what are they learning about sex, and who is teaching them? Having “the talk” with your child does not have to be a terrifying and awkward event. Armed with The Sex-Wise Parent, Dr. Janet Rosenzweig’s groundbreaking...
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Positive Parenting: An Essential Guide

Rebecca Eanes · TarcherPerigee
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback

"This is a must-read for every family that yearns to create peace and harmony."--Shefali Tsabary, Ph.D., New York Times bestselling author of The Conscious ParentTired of yelling and nagging? True family connection is possible--and this essential guide shows us how.Popular parenting...
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Why Do I Love These People?: Honest and Amazing Stories of Real Families

Po Bronson · Random House; First Edition edition
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

We all have an imaginary definition of a great family. We imagine what it would be like to belong to such a family. No fights over the holidays. No getting on one another’s nerves. Respect for individual identity. Mutual support, without being intrusive. So many people believe they...
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Sharing Time

Elizabeth Verdick · Free Spirit Publishing; Board Book edition
Pages: 24
Format: Board book

Sometimes its fun to share, and sometimes its hard. This book offers toddlers simple choices take turns, use the toy together, wait for another time to make sharing easier, and shows them where to turn for help when sharing is difficult. Little ones learn that sharing can mean double the fun—and...
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The Awakened Family: A Revolution in Parenting

Shefali Tsabary · Viking
Pages: 348
Format: Hardcover

FINALIST FOR THE BOOKS FOR A BETTER LIFE AWARD * NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"Parents . . . you will be wowed and awed by [Dr. Shefali]." - Oprah WinfreyAs seen on Oprah's SuperSoul Sunday, a radically transformative plan that shows parents how to raise children to be their best,...
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How to Behave So Your Children Will, Too!

Sal Severe Ph.D. · Greentree Pub; 3 edition
Pages: 265
Format: Hardcover

This book was written for parents or anyone who works with children and families. The entertaining stories and practical ideas were gathered from the author's 20 years experience working as a school psychologist and teaching parenting classes to 14000+ parents. The examples put parents...
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The Power of Half: One Family's Decision to Stop Taking and Start Giving Back

Kevin Salwen · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; First Edition first Printing edition
Format: Hardcover

It all started when fourteen-year old Hannah Salwen had a "eureka" moment. Seeing a homeless man in her neighborhood at the precise second a glistening Mercedes coupe pulled up, she said "You know, Dad, if that man had a less nice car, that man there could have a meal."
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The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade

Ann Fessler
Format: Book

A powerful and groundbreaking revelation of the secret history of the 1.5 million women who surrendered children for adoption in the several decades before Roe v. Wade In this deeply moving work, Ann Fessler brings to light the lives of hundreds of thousands of you
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