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Banish Boredom: Activities to Do with Kids That You'll Actually Enjoy

Rebecca Green · Gryphon House
Pages: 144
Format: Print book

Winner of the 2016 Mom's Choice Awards - GOLD! Based on her popular blog, Not-So-SAHM , Rebecca Green takes readers on an inspiring journey using beautiful color photos that she took of her children doing activities she describes in the book. Taking a lighthearted approach to the serious...
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The Unofficial Guide to Adoptive Parenting

Sally Donovan · Jessica Kingsley; 1 edition
Format: Print book

This is another book about adoptive parenting. Probably not the kind of parenting you hear about in training, or read about in text books, but the real stuff dynamic, messy, baffling adoptive parenting, rooted in domestic life. Adoptive parent Sally Donovan combines her knowledge of trauma...
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I Want My Epidural Back: Adventures in Mediocre Parenting

Karen Alpert · William Morrow & Company
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

Now that I'm a mom, I know the most painful part isn't getting something giant through your hooha. It's having a real live child.

If you are the kind of mom who shapes your kiddo's organic quinoa into reproductions of the Mona Lisa, do not read this book. If you stayed up past...

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Women with Controlling Partners: Taking Back Your Life from a Manipulative or Abusive Partner

Carol A Lambert · New Harbinger Publications
Pages: 226
Format: Print book

"A poignant and necessary book for all women who live in fear in their own homes."
- Library Journal

A controlling or abusive partner can break even the strongest person - unless you know what to look for. Written by an expert in intimate partner abuse...

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Do Parents Matter?: Why Japanese Babies Sleep Soundly, Mexican Siblings Don't Fight, and American Families Should Just Relax

Robert Levine · PublicAffairs
Pages: 238
Format: Hardcover

When it comes to parenting, more isn't always better-but it is always more tiring

In Japan, a boy sleeps in his parents' bed until age ten, but still shows independence in all other areas of his life. In rural India, toilet training begins one month after infants are born...
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The First Six Weeks: The Tried-and-Tested Guide that Shows You How to Have a Happy, Healthy Sleeping Baby

Cathryn Curtin · Allen & Unwin
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

Cathryn Curtin has delivered more than 10,000 babies over the last 40 years, so she understands how the first six weeks of a baby's life are vital for establishing habits that help create a healthy, happy routine for your baby and a loving lifelong bond between you and your child. In this...
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The Big Book of Symptoms: A-Z Guide to Your Child’s Health

Steven P. Shelov · American Academy of Pediatrics; 2 Pap/Chrt edition
Format: Book

From the most respected authority in pediatrics comes a must-have resource for all parents. Symptoms: What Every Parent Needs to Know. From time to time every parent has to evaluate their child's symptoms and determine what action to take. This book is designed to help you distinguish...
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Overcoming Distractions: Thriving with Adult ADD/ADHD

David A Greenwood · Sterling
Pages: 208
Format: Print book

We know that Attention Deficit Disorder makes it tough for children to focus in school. But what happens when those kids grow up? How can they make the transition to a successful professional life? And how can newly diagnosed adults meet the challenges of the workplace? David Greenwood,...
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The Conscious Parent's Guide to Autism: A Mindful Approach for Helping Your Child Focus and Succeed

Marci Lebowitz OT · Adams Media Corporation
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

Help your child feel confident and capable!If your child has a diagnosis of "on the autism spectrum," you may be feeling overwhelmed and most likely intimated. Often the focus is on "disabilities" rather than "abilities," and you may be left wondering what...
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The Test: Why Our Schools are Obsessed with Standardized Testing–But You Don’t Have to Be

Anya Kamenetz · PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover

Standardized assessments test our children, our teachers, our schools - and increasingly, our patience.Your child is more than a score. But in the last twenty years, schools have dramatically increased standardized testing, sacrificing hours of classroom time. What is the cost to students,...
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Living Well with ADHD

Terry M Huff · Specialty Press
Pages: 141
Format: Print book

Is ADHD a curse or a blessing - or a neurological difference that you can thrive with? Living Well with ADHD accepts the scientific evidence that ADHD can have disabling effects, but it challenges "disability thinking." It is less about coping with disability than using abilities;...
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Autism Adulthood: Strategies and Insights for a Fulfilling Life

Susan Senator · Skyhorse Publishing
Pages: 280
Format: Print book

One of the biggest fears of parents with children with autism is looming adulthood and all that it entails. In her new book Susan Senator takes the mystery out of adult life on the autism spectrum and conveys the positive message that even though autism adulthood is complicated and challenging,...
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A Parents' Guide to ASD

Stephen Heydt · Jessica Kingsley
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

Covering everything from Anxiety to Fragile-X Syndrome, Stephen Heydt provides an alphabetical categorisation of the possible issues a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may encounter.Written by an experienced clinical psychologist, this book offers information for parents whose...
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Thirty Million Words: Building a Child's Brain

Dana Suskind · Dutton
Pages: 308
Format: Print book

The founder and director of the Thirty Million Words Initiative, Professor Dana Suskind, explains why the most important - and astoundingly simple - thing you can do for your child's future success in life is to talk to him or her, reveals the recent science behind this truth, and outlines...
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The Making Friends Program: Supporting Acceptance in Your K-2 Classroom

Paddy C Favazza · Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.
Pages: 130
Format: Print book

Bullying prevention starts with helping young children understand and accept diversity - the earlier the better. That's why your school team needs this ready-to-use resource, a simple, fun, and effective way to promote social acceptance in the critical early years of attitude development.Perfect...
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