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Good job! : the 15 things a parent should never say and what to say instead
Jennifer Lehr · Workman
Pages: 272
Format: Print book
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A provocative guide to the hidden dangers of "parentspeak" - those seemingly innocent phrases parents use when speaking to their young children. Imagine if every time you praise your child with "Good job!" you're actually doing harm? Or that urging a child to say "Can... |
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Whoa, baby! what just happened? : what nobody tells you about the postpartum year
Kelly Rowland · Da Capo Lifelong Books
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
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When vocalist and actress Kelly Rowland, whose albums have sold millions of copies worldwide, gave birth to her son, it was love at first sight. But she was also a little freaked out about what had happened to her body and the overwhelming new thoughts and emotions. In Whoa Baby!, Rowland... |
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Sleep: What Every Parent Needs to Know
The American Academy of Pediatrics · American Academy Of Pediatrics
Pages: 219
Format: Paperback
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Sooner or later, most parents face challenges at bedtime. From infants and toddlers, to school-age kids and adolescents, sleeptime problems can affect everyone in the family. And no matter what your child's difficulty may be - getting to sleep, staying asleep, bed-wetting, fears or nightmares... |
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How Not to Hate Your Husband After Kids
Jancee Dunn · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 269
Format: Hardcover
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A hilariously candid account of one woman's quest to bring her post-baby marriage back from the brink, with life-changing, real-world advice. How Not To Hate Your Husband After Kids tackles the last taboo subject of parenthood: the startling, white-hot fury that new (and not-so-new) mothers... |
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Hero: Being the Strong Father Your Children Need
Meg Meeker · Regnery Publishing
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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Pediatrician and bestselling author Meg Meeker has a message: Stop undervaluing fatherhood.We live in a culture that hails motherhood as a woman's crowning achievement yet defines men first and foremost by their professional accomplishments, treating fatherhood as almost incidental - a bonus.... |
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Mindful Games: Sharing Mindfulness and Meditation with Children, Teens, and Families
Susan Kaiser Greenland · Shambhala
Pages: 224
Format: Print book
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A playful approach for cultivating mindfulness in kids, with sixty simple games to develop attention and focus, and identify and regulate emotions--by the author of The Mindful Child. Playing games is a great way for kids to develop their focusing and attention skills and to become... |
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Living Together: A Legal Guide for Unmarried Couples
Frederick Hertz Attorney · NOLO
Pages: 376
Format: Paperback
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Find answers you need br> Living together out of wedlock can mean anything, especially in court -- unlike married couples, Unmarried couples living together should take certain precautions, whether you've lived together for years on end, or are simply considering the idea. For over... |
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Strong Mothers, Strong Sons: Lessons Mothers Need to Raise Extraordinary Men
Margaret J Meeker · Ballantine Books
Pages: 341
Format: Hardcover
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Meg Meeker, M.D., acclaimed author of Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters, now turns to an equally powerful relationship in the family: the one between mother and son. From the moment a mother holds her newborn son, his eyes tell her that she is his world. But often, as he grows up, the boy who needs... |
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Another day in the death of America : a chronicle of ten short lives
Gary Younge · Nation Books
Pages: 304
Format: Print book
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On an average day in America, seven young people, aged nineteen or under, will be shot dead.In Another Day in the Death of America, award-winning Guardian journalist Gary Younge tells the stories of the lives lost on one random day - November 23, 2013. Ten children died that day. From Jaiden... |
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Ma Speaks Up: And a First-Generation Daughter Talks Back
Marianne Leone · Beacon Press
Pages: 198
Format: Hardcover
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The acclaimed actress and author of Jesse: A Mother's Story tells the story of her outspoken, frequently outrageous Italian immigrant mother.Marianne Leone's Ma is in many senses a larger-than-life character, one who might be capable, even from the afterlife, of shattering expectations.... |
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How Do I Explain This to My Kids?: Parenting in the Age of Trump
Sarah Swong · The New Press
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback
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The day after the 2016 presidential election, filmmaker Carlos Sandoval found Ku Klux Klan fliers on the seats of the Long Island Railroad and recounts how his Cuban American niece Lexi's world was "shattered" by the election - she is one of thousands of children wondering if they... |
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