Back Parenting & Families | December Newsletter

SelectReads News
Simple News Pro
  Parenting & Families  
The Bullying Breakthrough: Real Help for Parents and Teachers of the Bullied, Bystanders, and Bullies

Jonathan McKee · Shiloh Run Press
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

In a world full of caring adults, how is it that we keep missing the cries of hurting kids?"Today, when the bell rings, kids might leave their school campus, but they can never escape the other world, a world where mockers and intimidators thrive. Ironically, they carry a gateway to that...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Consent on Campus: A Manifesto

Donna Freitas · Oxford University Press
Pages: 248
Format: Hardcover

A 2015 survey of twenty-seven elite colleges found that twenty-three percent of respondents reported personal experiences of sexual misconduct on their campuses. That figure has not changed since the 1980s, when people first began collecting data on sexual violence. What has changed is the level...
Read More check catalog
 
 
The Divorce Hacker's Guide to Untying the Knot: What Every Woman Needs to Know about Finances, Child Custody, Lawyers, and Planning Ahead

ANN GRANT · New World Library
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

Feelings of loss, grief, and rage are common during divorce. But one of the most debilitating feelings women going through divorce experience is paralyzing impotence. While a woman may act forcefully to protect her children during the process, she is less likely to be as vigilant about...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Time to Parent: Organizing Your Life to Bring Out the Best in Your Child and You

Julie Morgenstern · Holt Paperbacks
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback

The bestselling organizational guru takes on the ultimate time-management challenge -- parenting, from toddlers to teens -- with concrete ways to structure and spend true quality time with your kids. Would you ever take a job without a job description, let alone one that requires a lifetime...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Trans

Brynn Tannehill · Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback

Leading activist and essayist Brynn Tannehill tells you everything you ever wanted to know about transgender issues but were afraid to ask. The book aims to break down deeply held misconceptions about trans people across all aspects of life, from politics, law and culture, through to science,...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Now & Again: Go-To Recipes, Inspired Menus Endless Ideas for Reinventing Leftovers

Julia Turshen · Chronicle Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Small Victories, one of the most beloved cookbooks of 2016, introduced us to the lovely Julia Turshen and her mastery of show-stopping home cooking, and her second book, Feed the Resistance, moved a nation, winning Eater Cookbook of the Year in 2017. In Now & Again, the follow-up to what...
Read More check catalog
 
 
The Magic of Children's Gardens: Inspiring Through Creative Design

Lolly Tai · Temple University Press
Pages: 359
Format: Hardcover

Children's gardens are magical places where kids can interact with plants, see where food and fibers grow, and experience the role of birds, butterflies, and bees in nature. These gardens do more than just expose youngsters to outdoor environments, they also provide marvelous teaching opportunities...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Nobody's Son

Cathy Glass · Harper Element
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback

Born in a prison and removed from his drug-dependent mother, rejection is all that 7-year-old Alex knows.When Cathy is asked to foster little Alex, aged 7, her immediate reaction is: Why can't he stay with his present carers for the last month? He's already had many moves since...
Read More check catalog