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Shame-Proof Parenting: Find your unique parenting voice, feel empowered, and raise whole, healthy children

Mercedes Samudio LCSW - Mercedes Samudio, LCSW
Format: Paperback

AN AMAZON #1 BESTSELLER (in the Fatherhood category) 2017 INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS FINALIST (in the Parenting & Family category) How do you know if you're doing this parenting thing right?When your preschooler throws a tantrum, when your tween receives a crushing text message...
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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.
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...
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Bedtiming: The Parent's Guide to Getting Your Child to Sleep at Just the Right Age

Isabela Granic PhD - The Experiment
Format: Paperback

When it comes to getting your baby or toddler to sleep through the night, discover why when matters more than how Are you tired of endless hours spent rocking your baby to sleep? Have you “hit the wall” when it comes to sleepless nights? Teaching your baby or toddler to sleep...
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Your Dad Stole My Rake: And Other Family Dilemmas

TOM PAPA - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

"I have been a close friend of Tom Papa for 17 years. His lack of ability to perceive even the most basic principles of human functioning have made him an invaluable asset to me as a friend and colleague. Because he sees nothing, knows nothing and understands nothing, I always seek...
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Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying, and Killing Ourselves to Live Longer

Barbara Ehrenreich - Twelve
Format: Hardcover

Bestselling author of Nickel and Dimed, Barbara Ehrenreich explores how we are killing ourselves to live longer, not better.A razor-sharp polemic which offers an entirely new understanding of our bodies, ourselves, and our place in the universe, NATURAL CAUSES describes how we over-prepare...
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The 2018 Baby Names Almanac

EMILY LARSON - Sourcebooks
Format: Paperback

The Hottest Baby Name Trends, Lists, and ForecastsAn instant snapshot of how the world today is shaping the name you may choose for your child tomorrow, The 2018 Baby Names Almanac is jam-packed with information and trends, plus thousands of names to browse. Here's a sneak peak at the ideas,...
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Talking to 'Crazy': How to Deal with the Irrational and Impossible People in Your Life

Mark Goulston - AMACOM
Format: Paperback

"Finally! The book that helps you deal with irrational, impossible people." - Oprah's Book Club 2.0 Let's face it: we all know people who are downright irrational. No matter how hard you try to reason with them, it never works. So what's the solution? How do you talk...
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Group: HowOneTherapistandaCircleof StrangersSavedMyLife

Christie Tate - Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

The refreshingly original debut memoir of a guarded, over-achieving, self-lacerating young lawyer who reluctantly agrees to get psychologically and emotionally naked in a room of six complete strangers - her psychotherapy group - and in turn finds human connection, and herself.Christie...
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The Children Money Can Buy: Stories from the Frontlines of Foster Care and Adoption

Anne Moody - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover

The Children Money Can Buy covers decades of dramatic societal change in foster care and adoption, including the pendulum swings regarding open adoption and attitudes toward birth parents, the gradual acceptance of gay and lesbian adoption, the proliferation of unregulated adoption facilitators...
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Decoding Boys: New Science Behind the Subtle Art of Raising Sons

Cara Natterson - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover

When boys enter puberty, they tend to get quiet - or at least quieter than before - and parents often misread their signals. Here's how to navigate their retreat and steer them through this confusing passage, by the bestselling author of The Care and Keeping of You series and Guy Stuff:...
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