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Surviving Your Adolescents: How to Manage and Let Go of Your 13–18 Year Olds

Thomas W Phelan PhD · Parentmagic, Inc.; Third Edition, Third edition edition
Format: Paperback

A step-by-step approach to handling teenagers, this guide helps parents end hassles and improve their relationship with their adolescent. Parents learn how to communicate with teenagers, how to manage teenage risk-taking, how to let go in certain situations, and when to seek professional...
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Count Girls In: Empowering Girls to Combine Any Interests with STEM to Open Up a World of Opportunity

Karen Panetta · Chicago Review Press
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback

There is a place for all girls and young women - not just the science fair winners and robotics club members - in STEM classes and careers To succeed in science and tech fields today, girls don't have to change who they are. A girl who combines her natural talents, interests, and dreams...
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Home Sweet Maison: The French Art of Making a Home

Danielle Postel-Vinay · Dey Street Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

French Women Don't Get Fat meets The Little Book of Hygge in this lively, sophisticated, and practical illustrated lifestyle guide that shows how to enjoy la belle vie - to live like the French every day - transforming your house into a home defined by beauty, family, and accessible elegance.How...
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Sleep and Your Special Needs Child

Antonia Chitty · Robert Hale
Format: Print book

A highly successful behavioral and cognitive approach to sleep management for special needs children Sleep is vital for children's health, mood, behavior, and learning ability. Research shows that children with additional needs are more likely to have sleep disorders than typically...
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You, Your Child, and School: Navigate Your Way to the Best Education

Ken Robinson · Viking
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

An essential book for parents to help their children get the education they need to live happy, productive lives from The New York Times bestselling author of The Element and Creative Schools Parents everywhere are deeply concerned about the education of their children, especially now,...
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How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success

Julie Lythcott-Haims · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 354
Format: Hardcover

New York Times Bestseller"Julie Lythcott-Haims is a national treasure. . . . A must-read for every parent who senses that there is a healthier and saner way to raise our children." -Madeline Levine, author of the New York Times bestsellers The Price of Privilege and Teach Your...
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Confused, Angry, Anxious?: Why working with older people in care really can be difficult, and what to do about it

Bo Hejlskov Elvén · Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

Working with older people in care can be challenging and frustrating, especially when they behave in ways that seem irrational, aggressive, or unreasonably repetitive, and nothing you can do seems to help. The authors of this useful and practical book explain how to understand the difficult...
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Acid Reflux in Children: How Healthy Eating Can Fix Your Child's Asthma, Allergies, Obesity, Nasal Congestion, Cough & Croup

JAMIE KOUFMAN · Katalitix
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

A Parent's Guide to Reflux in Infants, Children & Teens"Meeting Dr. Jamie Koufman completely changed my life. My symptoms of chronic cough and shortness of breath had been diagnosed since my childhood as asthma. Dr. Koufman identified that I had reflux, not asthma, and guided...
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The Baby Name Wizard, Revised 3rd Edition: A Magical Method for Finding the Perfect Name for Your Baby

Laura Wattenberg · Harmony; 3 Revised edition
Format: Paperback

A fully revised and updated version of the classic baby name guideAfter the initial joy of discovering a pregnancy, the question every mom- or dad-to-be asks is inevitably: What will I name my baby? There's no shortage of names to choose from, and the task can be overwhelming. Enter...
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Women Who Were Sexually Abused as Children: Mothering, Resilience, and Protecting the Next Generation

Teresa Gil · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 200
Format: Hardcover

Mothering, Courage, and Resilience in Women Who Were Sexually Abused as Children unravels the veil of silence and captures the experiences of mothers who were sexually abused as children. The first step in both supporting mothers and disrupting the cycle of intergenerational abuse is to break...
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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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Daddy, Stop Talking!: And Other Things My Kids Want But Won't Be Getting

Adam Carolla · Dey Street Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

The comedian, actor, television host, podcast king, and New York Times bestselling author of President Me, Not Taco Bell Material, and In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks now lays down the law on the plight of the modern parent.Parents, do you often think that if your kids had to grow...
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Screen Savvy: Creating Balance in a Digital World

Ryan J Anderson · Plain Sight Publishing
Pages: 284
Format: Paperback

As a therapist and former video game developer, Ryan Anderson has seen the good and bad that comes from gazing at our screens. In this enlightening and entertaining book, he discusses how to interact with the cyber world in healthy ways. Learn how to avoid excessive, obsessive, or addictive...
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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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