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Eat, Play, Sleep: The Essential Guide to Your Baby's First Three Months

Luiza DeSouza · Atria Books
Format: Hardcover

From a caretaker of newborns who's had years of hands-on experience with celebrity clients, comes this practical and reassuring guide to the first three months with your new baby.Are you a new or soon-to-be new mother? Are you caught between self-doubt and conflicting parenting advice...
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Stop Teaching Our Kids To Kill, Revised and Updated Edition: A Call to Action Against TV, Movie & Video Game Violence

Lt. Col. Dave Grossman · Harmony; Rev Upd edition
Format: Book

Completely revised and updated, a much-needed call to action for every parent, teacher, and citizen to help our children and stop the wave of killing and violence gripping America's youth Newtown, Aurora, Virginia Tech, Columbine. Thereis no bigger or more important issue in America...
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The Only Baby Book You'll Ever Need: A Parent's Guide to Everything!

Marian Borden · Adams Media
Format: Paperback

Expert advice for caring for babies and toddlers!From learning how to change a dirty diaper to pleasing a picky eater, it can sometimes be difficult to navigate parenthood--especially if you're new to it all. Featuring advice from top childcare experts, The Only Baby Book You'll...
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Surviving Your Child's Adolescence: How to Understand, and Even Enjoy, the Rocky Road to Independence

Carl Pickhardt · Jossey-Bass; 1 edition
Format: Print book

Expert suggestions for guiding your child through the rough teenage years Does it sometimes seem like your teenager is trying to push you over the edge? Learn what your child is going through and what you can do to help your teen navigate this difficult period in this practical guide from...
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Not My Child: A Progressive and Proactive Approach for Healing Addicted Teenagers and Their Families

Dr. Frank Lawlis Dr. · Hay House, Inc.
Format: Hardcover

Not My Child is an insightful, compassionate, and encouraging guide for families dealing with an addicted teen or child at risk of becoming addicted to alcohol or drugs. Psychologist and rehabilitation specialist Dr. Frank Lawlis, chairman of the Dr. Phil advisory board and consultant and frequent...
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What to Expect the First Year

Heidi Murkoff · Workman Publishing Company; Second Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Some things about babies, happily, will never change. They still arrive warm, cuddly, soft, and smelling impossibly sweet. But how moms and dads care for their brand-new bundles of baby joy has changed—and now, so has the new-baby bible. Announcing the completely revised third edition...
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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...
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What to Expect Before You're Expecting: The Complete Guide to Getting Pregnant

HEIDI MURKOFF · Workman Publishing
Pages: 294
Format: Paperback(Second Edition)

It's a cover-to-cover revision of America's bestselling guide to getting pregnant, with updated information about genetic screening, ovulation tracking, fertility treatments, and risks like Zika. What to Expect Before You're Expecting, with over 250, 000 copies in print, has everything...
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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

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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Adoption For Dummies

Tracy Barr · For Dummies; 1 edition
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback

You hear all sorts of things said or implied about adoption. Some information comes from people who know a lot about it, while some comes from people who don't know anything about it but make assumptions anyway. Some comes from people whose experiences have been good; some from those...
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Long-term care : how to plan and pay for it

J L Matthews · Nolo
Pages: 371
Format: Print book

Get the best care, in the right place, at the right price To find the right kind of long-term care, you may need to make difficult personal, medical, and financial decisions during emotionally tough times. Long-Term Care helps you and your family understand the range of available choices....
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The Strength Switch: How The New Science of Strength-Based Parenting Can Help Your Child and Your Teen to Flourish

Lea Waters · Avery
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

Unlock your children's potential by helping them build their strengths.This game-changing book shows us the extraordinary results of focusing on our children's strengths rather than always trying to correct their weaknesses. Most parents struggle with this shift because they suffer from...
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Living Together: A Legal Guide for Unmarried Couples

Frederick Hertz Attorney · NOLO
Pages: 376
Format: Paperback

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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Raising a Self-Reliant Child: A Back-to-Basics Parenting Plan from Birth to Age 6

Dr. Alanna Levine · Ten Speed Press
Format: Print book

With this practical guide parents can end daily power struggles with their preschoolers toddlers and infants and create more time for the family to spend on things that matter by encouraging early childhood independence skills Wersquove all heard the news about helicopter parents and boomerang...
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The Awakened Family: A Revolution in Parenting

Shefali Tsabary · Viking
Pages: 348
Format: Hardcover

FINALIST FOR THE BOOKS FOR A BETTER LIFE AWARD * NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"Parents . . . you will be wowed and awed by [Dr. Shefali]." - Oprah WinfreyAs seen on Oprah's SuperSoul Sunday, a radically transformative plan that shows parents how to raise children to be their best,...
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