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Wife Beater Shirt Optional: There Is No Dress Code for Domestic Violence

Laura Streyffeler · Balboa Pr
Pages: 133
Format: Hardcover

Wife Beater" shirts are a stereotype not a style. Not all perpetrators of domestic violence wear "Wife Beater" shirts and not all victims are weak, helpless or female...men can be victims too. Domestic abuse is not a problem confined to any specific socio-economic group,...
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Reading with Babies, Toddlers and Twos: A Guide to Laughing, Learning and Growing Together Through Books

Susan Straub · Sourcebooks; 2 edition
Format: Paperback

Its never too early—or too late—to start sharing books with your baby! Reading is one of the first activities you can enjoy with your child, and Reading with Babies, Toddlers, and Twos gets you started by answering questions such as Which books will a newborn baby enjoy? What do you buy after...
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Baby Names 2013: This Year's Best Baby Names-State to State

Eleanor Turner · Crimson Publishing; Anl Upd edition
Format: Print book

Simply the most up-to-date guide to baby naming!Which names are hot this year?Full of helpful lists and information on the latest baby-naming trends, Baby Names 2013 reveals everything you need to find the perfect name for your baby.Inside, you will discover:Thousands of names - all you will...
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The No-Cry Nap Solution: Guaranteed Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems

Elizabeth Pantley · McGraw-Hill
Pages: 244
Format: Book

Winner of Disney's iParenting Media Award for Best Product "Easy naptime solutions that really work--without any tears." Kathy Lynn, President, Parenting Today "Naps: Children need them. Parents want them. Here are the tools to make them happen." Maureen A. Doolan...
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The Parent Backpack for Kindergarten through Grade 5: How to Support Your Child's Education, End Homework Meltdowns, and Build Parent-Teacher Connections

ML Nichols · Ten Speed Press
Pages: 306
Format: Book

Finally, a book that demystifies our daunting education system by giving parents the insights and strategies they need to build positive relationships with teachers and connect to their children's learning in productive ways. Decades of research confirm that involved parents = better students....
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Breaking the Code: Two Teens Reveal The Secrets To Better Parent-Child Communication

Lara Fox · NAL Trade
Format: Paperback

Most parents know that what a teen says isn't always what he or she means. But few understand that what a parent says and what a teen hears are also two very different things. Here, two sixteen-year-olds present typical dialogues between parents and teens-and then translate them. Now parents...
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The Sleepeasy Solution: The Exhausted Parent's Guide to Getting Your Child to Sleep from Birth to Age 5

Jennifer Waldburger · HCI
Pages: 308
Format: Paperback

Two experts who are helping Hollywood's A-list babies get their zzz's share the no-fail, family-friendly method that has helped thousands of sleep-deprived moms and dads. Even Hollywood's biggest stars face the same dilemma as other parents do: "How do I get my child to sleep?"...
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The Everything Guide to Caring for Aging Parents: Reassuring advice to help you support your loved ones

Kathy Quan · Adams Media; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

There are a lot of issues to consider as our loved ones get older. From in-home care to assisted living facilities, there are myriad options available - and each person's needs are unique. Family members need a resource that will answer all of their questions and ease them through this...
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I've Got Sand In All the Wrong Places

Lisa Scottoline · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

Lisa and Francesca are back with another collection of warm and witty stories that will strike a chord with every woman. This six book series is among the best reviewed humor books published today and has been compared to the late greats, Erma Bombeck and Nora Ephron. Delia Ephron said...
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Letters To A Young Man In Search OF Himself

Victor La Cerva M.D. · Heartsongs Publications
Pages: 184
Format: Hardcover

This is a collection of twenty-one letters written to a young man from an older man. The topics cover a wide range of essential inquiries, from becoming emotionally fluent to enhancing creativity, exploring sexuality and love, learning to embrace the beauty of solitude and the sweetness...
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Baby Signs: How to Talk with Your Baby Before Your Baby Can Talk, Third Edition

Linda Acredolo · McGraw-Hill; 3 edition
Format: Paperback

The Essential Parenting Guide- NOW COMPLETELY UPDATED AND EXPANDED! In 1982, child development experts Linda Acredolo, Ph.D., and Susan Goodwyn, Ph.D., discovered that babies can communicate with simple signs-even before they're able to talk. The result: Baby Signs, the groundbreaking...
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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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