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Raising Grandkids: Inside Skipped-Generation Families

Garrison, Gary · University of Regina Press
Pages: 250
Format: Paperback

Raising Grandkids focuses on "skipped generation" families or grandparent-headed households. Collecting together stories from grandparents and reflecting on his own experience as an older caregiver to his stepchildren, Gary Garrison paints a compassionate yet compelling picture...
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What You Need to Know about ADHD

Stolberg, Victor B. · Greenwood
Pages: 148
Format: Hardcover

This book offers an accessibly written introduction to ADHD, focusing on the topics that matter most to readers. The information it provides makes it an indispensable resource for anyone whose life is affected -- directly or indirectly -- by this disorder.* Approaches the subject in a holistic...
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Raising Twins: Parenting Multiples From Pregnancy Through the School Years

Vaziri Flais MD, Shelly · American Academy of Pediatrics
Pages: 300
Format: Paperback

Pediatrician and twin-mom, Dr. Shelly Vaziri Flais, offers expert advice for raising healthy, well-adjusted twins and triplets in this fully revised and updated third edition. Her guidance will help parents of multiples prepare for their babies' arrival, weather the first few months...
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The Grandfamily Guidebook: Wisdom and Support for Grandparents Raising Grandchildren

Adesman, Andrew · Hazelden Publishing
Pages: 416
Format: Paperback

Are you one of nearly 3 million grandparents across North America raising your grandchildren? You may have done all this parenting stuff before, but times have changed since you raised your own kids, and you likely never thought you'd be raising kids again.What has led to all these...
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Sharing Love Abundantly in Special Needs Families: The 5 Love Languages® for Parents Raising Children with Disabilities

Gary Chapman · Northfield Publishing
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback

"With a frank and honest observation on how disability can unravel family unity, this book inspires and equips us to live out our faith as we interact with those we love."-Joni Eareckson Tada, founder & CEO, Joni and FriendsBetween the worry, the doctor's appointments,...
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21st Century Parenting: A Guide to Raising Emotionally Resilient Children in an Unstable World

Capaldi, Rick · Central Recovery Press
Format: Paperback

As co-founder of Outreach Concern, Inc., one of the largest school-based counseling services in the country, Dr. Rick Capaldi developed a guide to raise kids into confident, independent adults. His "three Rs" - Read your child's environment, Regulate their emotional temperature,...
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How to Raise a Reader

Paul, Pamela · Workman Publishing Company
Pages: 216
Format: Hardcover

An indispensable guide to welcoming children - from babies to teens - to a lifelong love of reading, written by Pamela Paul and Maria Russo, editors of The New York Times Book Review. Do you remember your first visit to where the wild things are? How about curling up for hours on end to discover...
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The Well-Balanced Family: Reduce Screen Time and Increase Family Fun, Fitness and Connectedness

Robert F Myers · BookBaby
Pages: 228
Format: Paperback

It's no secret that we spend more time with our devices than with our loved ones. And although it provides a solution for family members looking to reduce their screen time, at its heart The Well-Balanced Family is about learning to take the newly-available time and channel it toward...
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Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know

MalcolmGladwell · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

Malcolm Gladwell, host of the podcast Revisionist History and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Outliers, offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers--and why they often go wrong.How did Fidel Castro fool the CIA for a generation? Why did Neville Chamberlain...
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How to Build Your Baby's Brain: A Parent's Guide to Using New Gene Science to Raise a Smart, Secure, and Successful Child

Gross, Gail · Skyhorse
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Your child's DNA is not destiny; you are at the helm, guiding their course. The truth is, nature and nurture are in a delicate dance - if one goes too fast, the other one falls. Science tells us that early childhood experiences have the capacity to structure and alter the brain. That...
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