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Caring for Our Parents: Inspiring Stories of Families Seeking New Solutions to America's Most Urgent Health Crisis

Howard Gleckman · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 320
Format: Book

When his mother-in-law died suddenly and his seriously ill father-in-law was left with no one to care for him, the author and his wife were thrust into the complex and overwhelming world of long-term care. Just months later his own father fell sick, and the couple struggled to help care...
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The Montessori Toddler: A Parent's Guide to Raising a Curious and Responsible Human Being

Simone Davies · Workman Publishing Company
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

Turn your home into a Montessori home - and become a more mindful, attentive, and easygoing parent. It's time to change the way we see toddlers. Using the principles developed by the educator Dr. Maria Montessori, Simone Davies shows how to turn life with a "terrible two" into...
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The better baby book : how to have a healthier, smarter, happier baby

Lana Asprey; David Asprey · John Wiley and Sons
Format:  eBook : Document : EnglishView all editions and formats

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I Need a Lifeguard Everywhere but the Pool

LISA SCOTTOLINE · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 323
Format: Hardcover

"Lisa and Francesca, mother and daughter, bring you the laughter of their lives." -- Delia Ephron, bestselling author The bestselling and "perennially hilarious" mother-daughter team is back with a new collection of stories from their real lives, guaranteed to make...
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Mother Is a Verb: An Unconventional History

Sarah Knott · Sarah Crichton Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Welcome to a work of history unlike any other.Mothering is as old as human existence. But how has this most essential experience changed over time and cultures? What is the history of maternity -- the history of pregnancy, birth, the encounter with an infant? Can one capture the historical...
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The Remarriage Blueprint: How Remarried Couples and Their Families Succeed or Fail

Maggie Scarf · Scribner
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling relationship expert Maggie Scarf shares in-depth stories of seven remar­ried couples—revealing the unique challenges they face as they strive to achieve lasting intimacy and familial harmony. It’s estimated that 40 percent of new marriages in the US are remarriages,...
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Help Your Kids with Science

DK Publishing · DK
Format: Book

Following the success of Help Your Kids with Math, Help Your Kids with Science is a comprehensive and stress-free approach to science. With clear graphics, instantly understandable diagrams, and welcoming, jargon-free text — covering all the important areas of biology, chemistry and physics...
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A Bittersweet Season: Caring for Our Aging Parents--and Ourselves

Jane Gross · Knopf; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Just a few of the vitally important lessons in caring for your aging parent - and yourself - from Jane Gross in A Bittersweet SeasonAs painful as the role reversal between parent and child may be for you, assume it is worse for your mother or father, so take care not to demean or humiliate...
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The Everything Pregnancy Book: All you need to get you through the most important nine months of your life! (Everything Series)

Paula Ford-Martin · Adams Media; 4 edition
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback

You just got that positive pregnancy test and suddenly you feel lost in a sea of questions, concerns, what-ifs, and what-nows? To navigate this new world of body changes, blood tests, mood swings, and baby gear, you need a helpful guide that's with you from the first positive test to the last...
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Beyond the Checkup from Birth to Age Four: A Pediatrician's Guide to Calm, Confident Parenting

Luke Voytas · Sasquatch Books
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback

This health and wellness handbook follows the typical checkup schedule from birth to age four with the goal of instilling calm and confidence in new or anxious parents. With the tangle of information available on the internet, it's easy for new parents to become overwhelmed. In this handbook,...
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It's My Life Now: Starting Over After an Abusive Relationship or Domestic Violence, 2nd Edition

Meg Kennedy Dugan · Routledge; 2 edition
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

Those who have never experienced an abusive or violent relationship often believe that upon finding a way out, victims' difficulties are solved: their life is good, they are safe, and recovery will be swift. However, survivors know that leaving is not the end of the nightmare -- it is the beginning...
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