Back Parenting & Families | January Newsletter

SelectReads News
Simple News Pro
  Parenting & Families  
Teen Speak: A how-to guide for real talks with teens about sex, drugs and other risky behaviors

Jennifer Salerno · Jennifer Salerno
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

Read More check catalog
 
 
Like My Mother Always Said...: Wise Words, Witty Warnings, and Odd Advice We Never Forget

Erin McHugh · Harry N. Abrams
Format: Hardcover

During an afternoon of coffee and conversation, a friend of Erin McHugh’s pointed out that she frequently invoked quotations and memories from her mother. Then Erin started noticing how many other people did the same. It also became clear how humorous, moving, and unusual these gems...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Yell Less, Love More: How the Orange Rhino Mom Stopped Yelling at Her Kids - and How You Can Too!: A 30-Day Guide That Includes: - 100 Alternatives to ... Steps to Follow - Honest Stories to Inspire

Sheila McCraith · Fair Winds Pr
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback

Do you often find yourself losing your cool and yelling at your kids? It happens to us all, but it doesn't have to. With Yell Less, Love More you'll learn practical, simple solutions to keep you focused on loving more and yelling less, no matter what the circumstance. It is possible...
Read More check catalog
 
 
I Need a Lifeguard Everywhere but the Pool

LISA SCOTTOLINE · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 323
Format: Hardcover

"Lisa and Francesca, mother and daughter, bring you the laughter of their lives." -- Delia Ephron, bestselling author The bestselling and "perennially hilarious" mother-daughter team is back with a new collection of stories from their real lives, guaranteed to make...
Read More check catalog
 
 
The Myth of the Perfect Girl: Helping Our Daughters Find Authentic Success and Happiness in School and Life

Ana Homayoun · Perigee Books; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

New insights and practical solutions for overworked and stressed-out girls and their parents. In todays achievement culture, many girls seem to be doing remarkably well--excelling in honors and sports and attending top colleges in ever greater numbers--but beneath the surface, girls are stressed...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Mate: Become the Man Women Want

Tucker Max · Little Brown and Company
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

The #1 bestselling pioneer of "fratire" and a leading evolutionary psychologist team up to create the dating book for guys Whether they conducted their research in life or in the lab, experts Tucker Max and Dr. Geoffrey Miller have spent the last 20 years learning what women...
Read More check catalog
 
 
The Me, Me, Me Epidemic: A Step-by-Step Guide to Raising Capable, Grateful Kids in an Over-Entitled World

Amy McCready · Tarcher
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Cure your kids of the entitlement epidemic so they develop happier, more productive attitudes that will carry them into a successful adulthood.Whenever Amy McCready mentions the "entitlement epidemic" to a group of parents, she is inevitably met with eye rolls, nodding heads,...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Riding The Rails

Errol Lincoln Uys · TV Books; First Edition edition
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

"There is no feeling in the world like sitting in a side-door Pullman and watching the world go by, listening to the clickety-clack of the wheels, hearing that old steam whistle blowing for crossings and towns." -George Phillips in Riding the RailsAt the height of the Great Depression,...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Carrie and Me: A Mother-Daughter Love Story

Carol Burnett · Simon & Schuster; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

More than anything, we are remembered for our smiles the ones we share with our closest and dearest, and the one we bestow on a total stranger who needs it right then, and God has put us there to deliver. — Carrie Hamilton You are about to meet an extraordinary young woman, Carrie Hamilton....
Read More check catalog
 
 
Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery

Robert Kolker · Harper
Format: Hardcover

"Award-winning investigative reporter Robert Kolker delivers a haunting and humanizing account of the true-life search for a serial killer still at large on Long Island, in a compelling tale of unsolved murder and Internet prostitution.One late spring evening in 2010, Shannan Gilbert,...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Up, Down, Move Around — Math and Literacy: Active Learning for Preschoolers

Deborah Kayton Michals · Gryphon House
Format: eBook

<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>By connecting physical activity with learning, the books in this series provide preschoolers with educational enrichment as they explore, inquire, experiment, and discover. Filled with simple, stimulating games, they will have...
Read More check catalog
 
 
How We Live Now: Redefining Home and Family in the 21st Century

Bella DePaulo Ph.D. · Atria Books/Beyond Words
Format: Hardcover

A close-up examination and exploration, How We Live Now challenges our old concepts of what it means to be a family and have a home, opening the door to the many diverse and thriving experiments of living in twenty-first century America.Across America and around the world, in cities and suburbs...
Read More check catalog
 
 
How to Be a Friend to a Friend Who's Sick

Letty Cottin Pogrebin · PublicAffairs; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Everyone knows someone who’s sick or suffering. Yet when a friend or relative is under duress many of us feel uncertain about how to cope.Throughout her recent bout with breast cancer, Letty Cottin Pogrebin became fascinated by her friends’ and family’s diverse reactions...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Connecting in the Land of Dementia: Creative Activities to Explore Together

Deborah Shouse · Central Recovery Press
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

"Innovative ideas designed so care partners can engage and connect with people living with dementia. " On the dementia journey, each quality moment of connection is priceless. Deborah Shouse and dozens of experts in the field of dementia share ideas that engage the creative spirit...
Read More check catalog
 
 
All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood

Jennifer Senior · HarperCollins Publishers
Pages: 308
Format: Hardcover

Thousands of books have examined the effects of parents on their children. In All Joy and No Fun, award-winning journalist Jennifer Senior now asks: what are the effects of children on their parents?In All Joy and No Fun, award-winning journalist Jennifer Senior tries to tackle this question,...
Read More check catalog