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Our Black Sons Matter: Mothers Talk about Fears, Sorrows, and Hopes
George Yancy professor of philosophy Emory University · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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Our Black Sons Matter is a powerful collection of original essays, letters, and poems that addresses both the deep joys and the very real challenges of raising black boys today. From Trayvon Martin to Tamir Rice, the list of young black men who have suffered racial violence continues to grow.... |
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The Warner Boys: Our Family's Story of Autism and Hope
Curt Warner · Little A
Format: Hardcover
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An emotional, revealing memoir of one family's life in seclusion - and the love, strength, and faith it took to save it.Seahawks star running back Curt Warner and his wife, Ana, were prominent figures in Seattle in the early 1990s. When they dropped from the public eye after Curt's retirement,... |
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Raising Passionate Readers: 5 Easy Steps to Success in School and Life
Nancy Newman · Tribeca View Press, LLC
Format: Book
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When neuroscientists cracked the mystery of reading in the 1980s, they pinpointed the simple steps parents can take to help all children become skilled, avid readers. Yet this information still hasn't spread from the research community to the general public, leaving a huge gap between... |
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The Good Sleeper: The Essential Guide to Sleep for Your Baby--and You
Janet Krone Kennedy · Holt Paperbacks
Format: Print book
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A refreshingly straightforward method for training infants to become great sleepers for life, inspired by clinical psychologist Janet Kennedys popular psychotherapy practice, NYC Sleep DoctorCry it out or co-sleep? Bassinet or swing? White noise machine or Bach? How many hours anyway? For something... |
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Breaking the Trance: A Practical Guide for Parenting the Screen-Dependent Child
George T Lynn · Central Recovery Pr
Pages: 208
Format: Print book
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Screen media use (accessing digital content on tablets, cell phones, etc.) is quickly replacing traditional family time, and there is an accepted reality that nothing can be done. With few resources available, many parents are driven to the challenge of looking for a new framework to make... |
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Blending Families: Merging Households with Kids 8-18
Trevor Crow · Rowman & Littlefield, 2016.
Pages: 190
Format: Print book
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Blending Families responds to the need for a book that explores step-parenting by starting with the marriage as the central relationship in a new blended family unit. Just as you are better able to help your child in an airplane emergency if you put your oxygen mask on first, you are better... |
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Welcome to the Club: 100 Parenting Milestones You Never Saw Coming
Raquel D'Apice · Chronicle Books
Pages: 143
Format: Print book
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From the comedian behind the popular parenting blog The Ugly Volvo comes a refreshing spin on the baby milestone book. Instead of a place to lovingly capture the first time baby sleeps through the night, this book shows what it's like the first time baby rolls off the bed/sofa/changing... |
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My Brown Baby: On the Joys and Challenges of Raising African American Children
Denene Millner · Agate Bolden
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
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"The best site for thoughtful, fierce advice about parenting from a Black perspective" - EbonyFor almost a decade, national parenting expert and bestselling author Denene Millner has published thought-provoking, insightful, sometimes wickedly funny commentary about motherhood... |
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Making It Legal: A Guide to Same-Sex Marriage, Domestic Partnerships & Civil Unions
Frederick Hertz · NOLO
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
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Although same-sex marriage is legal nationwide, there is no federal recognition for domestic partners or civil union registrants, and many couples have messy and unresolved agreements and/or registrations that need to be cleaned up. Couples also need to consider whether they want to extend... |
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