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Raising Twins: Parenting Multiples from Pregnancy Through the School Years

Shelly Vaziri Flais · American Academy of Pediatrics; Second Edition edition
Format: Print book

Even with years working as a pediatrician, Shelly Vaziri Flais, MD, FAAP, was nervous about what lay ahead when she was told she was pregnant with twins. Now, several years into parenting her twin boys, Dr Flais is sharing her wisdom and experience as a mom and her expertise as a doctor...
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Ready, Set . . . Baby!

Elizabeth Rusch · HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Big kids Anna and Oliver give young readers the inside scoop on what to expect when a new baby is expected. In a fresh picture book/comic style, Ready, Set . . . Baby offers up a funny, loving, reassuring peek into life as a big brother or sister - with solid information, kid-friendly humor,...
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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

"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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The Power of Presence: Be a Voice in Your Child's Ear Even When You're Not with Them

Joy Thomas Moore · Grand Central Life & Style
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

For single parents, working parents, and caregivers who worry about the time they spend away from their children, the mother of The Other Wes Moore shares strategies to raise happy, well adjusted kids.As the mother of Wes Moore, whose memoir about overcoming the obstacles that face a fatherless...
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The Compassionate Connection: The Healing Power of Empathy and Mindful Listening

David Rakel · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

"This book explains not only the healing power of compassionate human connection, but in the most accessible and practical ways, how to cultivate our capacity to create that connection and thereby empower others to find their best selves." -- John Makransky, author of Awakening...
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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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The Warner Boys: Our Family's Story of Autism and Hope

Curt Warner · Little A
Format: Hardcover

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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Bounceback Parenting: A Field Guide for Creating Connection, Not Perfection

Alissa Marquess · TarcherPerigee
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback

An utterly original and irresistibly playful book that gives parents secret challenges to help them see things from a new angleCombine the insights of a positive parenting guide with the playfulness of a kids' book, and you get The Parenting Secret Mission Society. * Substitute "should"...
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Understanding the NICU: What Parents of Preemies and other Hospitalized Newborns Need to Know

Jeanette Zaichkin · Amer Acad Of Pediatrics
Pages: 260
Format: Print book

Most parents do not expect to begin life with their new baby in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) . They often feel lost and powerless amidst this new world of medical vocabulary, technology, and numerous health care providers.Understanding the NICU will guide you through your NICU...
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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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Untying Parent Anxiety

Lisa Sugarman · Familius
Pages: 188
Format: Paperback

Raising the perfect child . . . it's our dream as parents. But the reality is: the perfect child doesn't exist. Yet parents everywhere are putting the full-court press on their kids to be perfect, fixating on raising them to be smarter, faster, more successful, and more popular...
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Looking Out for Number Two: A Slightly Irreverent Guide to Poo, Gas, and Other Things That Come Out of Your Baby

Bryan S Vartabedian · Harper Wave
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

Dr. Spock meets Go the F*ck to Sleep in this informative, entertaining, and practical guide to understanding your baby's digestion.Let's face it: babies don't do much. So when we want to know how a baby is feeling, we look at how they are eating, sleeping, and pooping. But baby...
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The Memory Activity Book: Engaging Ways to Stimulate the Brain for People Living with Memory Loss or Demen

Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff · DK
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

More than 70 brain-stimulating activities for people with memory loss or dementia, including Alzheimer's disease.Physical and mental activities along with social interaction may help maintain your brain health and slow the progress of memory loss and dementia, including Alzheimer's disease....
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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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