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Allergy-Free Kids: The Science-Based Approach to Preventing Food Allergies

Robin Nixon Pompa · William Morrow
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

Based on recent groundbreaking studies that will change the way parents feed their children, Allergy-Free Kids is a revolutionary guide to preventing food allergies.When her infant daughter was diagnosed with life-threatening food allergies, Robin Nixon Pompa found Dr. Gideon Lack, a clinical...
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Same Family, Different Colors: Confronting Colorism in America's Diverse Families

Lori L. Tharps · Beacon Press
Pages: 216
Format: Hardcover

Weaving together personal stories, history, and analysis, Same Family, Different Colors explores the myriad ways skin-color politics affect family dynamics in the United States.Colorism and color bias - the preference for or presumed superiority of people based on the lighter color of their...
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Sexploitation: Helping Kids Develop Healthy Sexuality in a Porn-Driven World

Cindy Pierce · Bibliomotion,
Pages: 210
Format: Print book

As surprising as it may be to parents, young people today are immersed in porn culture everywhere they look. Through Internet porn, gaming, social media, marketing, and advertising, kids today have a much broader view of social and sexual possibilities, which makes it difficult for them...
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The Feminist's Guide to Raising a Little Princess: How to Raise a Girl Who's Authentic, Joyful, and Fearless--Even If She Refuses to Wear Anything but a Pink Tutu

Devorah Blachor · TarcherPerigee
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback

"May God grant me the serenity to accept the color pink, the courage to not let my house become a shrine to pink and princesses, and the wisdom to know that pink is just a color, not a decision to never attend college in the hopes of marrying wealthy." - from The Feminist's Guide...
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Readers Digest Funny Family Jokes: Something for Everyone from Age 9 to 99

Reader's Digest · Univ Of Hawai'I Press
Pages: 215
Format: Paperback

"Knock! Knock! Who's there? Justin. Justin who? Justin the neighborhood and thought I'd come over." Reader's Digest has a long tradition of providing our readers with laughter through our many humor features. In the Reader's Digest Funny Family Jokes we have compiled some of the funniest...
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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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FAQ for Expectant Fathers

Armin A Brott · Abbeville Press Publishers
Pages: 468
Format: Print book

On one page is a fill-in-the-blank statement about impending fatherhood, along with four multiple choice answers. Test yourself, then turn the page to find some helpful advice drawn from the expertise of top practitioners, as well as Brott's own background as a father of three and the real-world...
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Sh*tty Mom for All Seasons: Half-@ssing It All Year Long

Alicia Ybarbo · Harry N Abrams
Pages: 176
Format: Print book

The authors of the New York Times-bestselling Sh*tty Mom are back with a hilarious guide presenting common parenting scenarios with advice for getting through the year the sh*tty mom way. Told in the same tongue-in-cheek voice as the original, this sequel is full of funny parenting tips...
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Healthy Posture for Babies and Children: Tools for Helping Children to Sit, Stand, and Walk Naturally

Kathleen Porter · Healing Arts Press
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

A manual for parents, teachers, and kids to restore their natural alignment* Explores the principles of natural alignment in accessible ways to share with children* Details simple and fun exercises--for kids and adults alike--that "remind" the body of its natural patterns and movements*...
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Danger, Man Working: Writing from the Heart, the Gut, and the Poison Ivy Patch

Michael Perry · Wisconsin Historical Society Press
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

"Every writer has advice for aspiring writers. Mine is predicated on formative years spent cleaning my father's calf pens: Just keep shoveling until you've got a pile so big, someone has to notice. The fact that I cast my life's work as slung manure simply proves that I recognize...
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The Unofficial Guide to Universal Orlando 2017

Seth Kubersky · Unofficial Guides
Pages: 360
Format: Print book

Compiled and written by a former Universal Orlando employee, and based upon decades of research from a team whose work has been cited by such diverse sources as USA Today and Operations Research Forum, The Unofficial Guide to Universal Orlando by Seth Kubersky is packed with detailed,...
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Grandparents Michigan Style: Places to Go & Wisdom to Share

MIKE LINK · Adventure Publications
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

Take an active role in your grandchildren's lives. Show them the best of Michigan. Teach the valuable lessons you've learned throughout your years. Grandparents Michigan Style, written by active grandparents Mike Link and Kate Crowley, spotlights 65 Michigan attractions and activities...
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Happiness Is a Choice You Make: Lessons from a Year Among the Oldest Old

John Leland · Sarah Crichton Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Based on the popular New York Times series, life-changing wisdom from an unexpected source: America's oldest oldIn 2015, the award-winning New York Times journalist John Leland set out to meet some of the city's oldest inhabitants for a series on America's fastest-growing age group: those...
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Death: The Scientific Facts to Help Us Understand It Better

Richard Beliveau · Firefly Books
Format: Paperback

"Death is a comprehensive examination of that universal human experience. To better our understanding of death--and so perhaps fear it less--the book explains the biological processes and the different causes of death, and examines the human perceptions of death throughout history...
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Labor of Love: The Invention of Dating

Moira Weigel · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

Does anyone date anymore? Today, the authorities tell us that courtship is in crisis. But when Moira Weigel dives into the history of sex and romance in modern America, she discovers that authorities have always said this. Ever since young men and women started to go out together, older...
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