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Weird Parenting Wins: Bathtub Dining, Family Screams, and Other Hacks from the Parenting Trenches

Hillary Frank · TarcherPerigee
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

Unconventional--yet effective--parenting strategies, carefully curated by the creator of the popular podcast The Longest Shortest TimeSome of the best parenting advice that Hillary Frank ever received did not come from parenting experts, but from friends and podcast listeners who acted...
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I Said No! A Kid-to-kid Guide to Keeping Private Parts Private

Kimberly King · Boulden Publishing
Pages: 38
Format: Perfect Paperback

Helping kids set healthy boundaries for their private parts can be a daunting and awkward task for parents, counselors and educators. Written from a kid s point of view, I Said No! makes this task a lot easier. To help Zack cope with a real-life experience he had with a friend, he and his mom wrote...
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Two Homes, One Childhood : A Parenting Plan to Last a Lifetime.

Robert E Emery · Avery
Pages: 325
Format: Print book

A paradigm-shifting model of parenting children in two homes from an internationally recognized expert. A researcher, therapist, and mediator, Robert Emery, Ph.D., details a new approach to sharing custody with children in two homes. Huge numbers of children are affected by separation,...
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Adopting Hope

Lorri Antosz Benson · Familius
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

All My Children actress Jill Larson moved mountains as a single mother to adopt her daughter from China. George Fadok, a former Navy commander, grappled with "changing the rules" eighteen years after placing his daughter in a closed adoption. Angela Paxton, wife of the Texas attorney...
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The Un-Prescription for Autism: A Natural Approach for a Calmer, Happier, and More Focused Child

Janet Lintala · AMACOM
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

Each year, more than 50,000 U.S. families receive an autism diagnosis. On top of turmoil and worry, they share the same urgent question: What can we do to help our child? The answers parents find can be contradictory...even dangerous. The conventional approach (employed by too many pediatricians)...
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How to Raise Kind Kids: And Get Respect, Gratitude, and a Happier Family in the Bargain

Thomas Lickona · Penguin Books
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback

Can you teach your child to be kind? This vital question is taking on a new urgency as our culture grows ever more abrasive and divided.We all want our kids to be kind. But recognizing that abstractly is not the same as knowing what to do when your son tunes you out or you catch your daughter...
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Mission Transition: Managing Your Career and Your Retirement

Janet I Farley · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover

Change is a given in the United States military, but the soon to be applied "Blended Retirement System" is a financial change like no other the military has ever experienced. It is a huge deal that will not only affect the wallets of many active duty service members today and certainly...
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Big Science for Little People: 52 Activities to Help You and Your Child Discover the Wonders of Science

Lynn Brunelle · Roost Books
Pages: 144
Format: Print book

Make your child's first forays into science fun! 52 clever and easy experiments for things that will zip, zoom, and fly, and fizz, bubble, and burst. For children ages 4 to 8.Introduce future engineers, inventors, naturalists, and artists to the physics and chemistry, biology and ecology...
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Twinsight: How to Raise Confident, Emotionally Healthy Twins

Dara Lovitz · Familius
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

It s a fact: twins experience life differently than singleton children. They re compared to each other in everything from athletics to academics. They encounter unique social issues (what happens when one child is invited to a social outing while her twin is not?) . They can even have...
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Moving Out: A Family Guide to Residential Planning for Adults with Disabilities

Dafna Krouk-Gordon · Woodbine House
Pages: 226
Format: Paperback

Finding the right residential situation for an adult child with an intellectual disability doesnt have to be overwhelming The authors share decades of experience counseling families on housing options to help parents prepare themselves and their children for a new living arrangement Discover...
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Genealogy Basics In 30 Minutes

Shannon Combs-Bennett · In 30 Minutes Guides
Pages: 102
Format: Print book

Preorder the book today! Genealogists are like detectives. Working out puzzles is the name of their game! If you have ever wanted to research and document your family history the right way, then Genealogy Basics In 30 Minutes is for you! Authored by professional genealogist Shannon Combs-Bennett,...
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Man vs. Baby: The Chaos and Comedy of Real-Life Parenting

MATT COYNE · Scribner
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback

From a "hero for dads everywhere" (Daily Mirror) , a hilarious, insightful, and heartfelt take on parenting based on a viral blog post that Ashton Kutcher called, "the best description of fatherhood I've ever read."One evening, while his three-month-old son Charlie...
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Homeschool Made Easy: Homeschool Your Way

Lea Ann Garfias · Independently published
Pages: 101
Format: Paperback

I encourage anyone considering homeschooling to read this book...and read it first! -- homeschool reviewer Is homeschooling hard? Do you feel tired, overwhelmed, stressed out, and frustrated? Do you feel like you're working overtime in your homeschool ... but getting little results?...
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Ketchup Is a Vegetable: And Other Lies Moms Tell Themselves

Robin O'Bryant · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 234
Format: Paperback

If you don't have anything nice to say about motherhood, then ... read this book. Robin O'Bryant offers a no holds barred look at the day to day life of being a mother to three, running a household and the everyday monotony of parenting. It's not always pretty but it's...
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The Children Money Can Buy: Stories from the Frontlines of Foster Care and Adoption

Anne Moody · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 266
Format: Hardcover

The Children Money Can Buy covers decades of dramatic societal change in foster care and adoption, including the pendulum swings regarding open adoption and attitudes toward birth parents, the gradual acceptance of gay and lesbian adoption, the proliferation of unregulated adoption facilitators...
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