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Working Daughter: A Guide to Caring for Your Aging Parents While Making a Living

Liz O'Donnell - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover‏

Working Daughter is a revelatory look at who's caring for our aging population and how these unpaid family caregivers are trying to manage caring for their parents, raising their children, maintaining relationships, and pursuing their careers. It follows the author, who was enjoying...
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Career and Family: Women's Century-Long Journey toward Equity

Claudia Goldin - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover‏

A century ago, it was a given that a woman with a college degree had to choose between having a career and a family. Today, there are more female college graduates than ever before, and more women want to have a career and family, yet challenges persist at work and at home. This book traces...
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The Teen Interpreter: A Guide to the Challenges and Joys of Raising Adolescents

Terri Apter - ‎W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

An insightful, revealing, and practical guide to adolescents' inner world, from a renowned psychologist.Once children hit adolescence, it seems as if overnight "I love you" becomes "leave me alone," and any question from a parent can be dismissed with one word: "fine."...
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The Adoptive Parents' Handbook: A Guide to Healing Trauma and Thriving with Your Foster or Adopted Child

Barbara Tantrum - North Atlantic Books
Format: Paperback‏

Children who have been adopted and/or shuttled through the foster-care system experience trauma at a much higher rate than other kids, which can make it difficult for them to trust, relax, regulate their emotions, and connect with their new families. As a parent, learning how to heal attachment...
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Parenting Bright Kids With Autism: Helping Twice-Exceptional Children With Asperger's and High-Functioning Autism

Claire E Hughes-Lynch - Routledge
Format: Paperback

Parenting Bright Kids With Autism discusses the frustrations, the diagnoses, the challenges, and the joys as parents help their gifted children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) thrive in school and at home. This book: Helps families navigate twice-exceptional life by translating best...
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Conversations with People Who Hate Me: 12 Things I Learned from Talking to Internet Strangers

Dylan Marron - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover‏

Dylan Marron - digital creator and producer - has racked up millions of views and worldwide support for his work promoting social justice. From his acclaimed Every Single Word video series highlighting the lack of diversity in Hollywood to his web series Sitting in Bathrooms with Trans...
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El cerebro del niño: 12 estrategias revolucionarias para cultivar la mente en desarrollo de tu hijo / The Whole-Brain Child

Daniel J. Siegel - ‎Vergara
Format: Paperback

LIBRO BESTSELLER DEL NEW YORK TIMES  En este libro práctico y pionero, los autores de Disciplina sin lágrimas y El cerebro afirmativo del niño explican la nueva ciencia de cómo está interconectado el cerebro de un niño y cómo va madurando.   En este libro práctico y pionero, Daniel...
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Balloons for Tiger - Mom's Choice Award Winner

Lori Orlinsky - Mascot Books
Format: Hardcover

How can children begin to heal after losing a pet? Balloons for Tiger takes an imaginative look at this tough topic as colorful balloons travel from the hands of children to their beloved cat who has passed on. This book lets children open up their hearts and imaginations for a magical...
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My First Book of Baby Signs: 40 Essential Signs to Learn and Practice

Lane Rebelo - Rockridge Press
Format: Hardcover‏

Learn sign language alongside your baby with this adorable storybook for ages 0 to 3 Story time is the perfect time to practice sign language with your child. My First Book of Baby Signs is part storybook and part sign language guide, designed to encourage you and your baby to learn new words...
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Montessori for Every Family: A Practical Parenting Guide to Living, Loving and Learning

DK - DK
Format: Paperback

This parenting book shows you how to make magical Montessori memories - every day.This beautiful, modern Montessori book for parents outlines the key principles of this parenting approach and shows you how you can easily apply this at home. It provides a valuable starting point for parents...
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