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Mate: Become the Man Women Want

Tucker Max - Little Brown and Company
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...
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The 2015 Baby Names Almanac

Emily Larson - Sourcebooks
Format: Book

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 2015 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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The Everything STEM Handbook: Help Your Child Learn and Succeed in the Fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math

Rihab Sawah - Everything
Format: Paperback

Projects and experiments to inspire and challenge your kids!The STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, and math) are top education priorities in the United States--and they are growing fields with a high demand for jobs. If you want to make sure your children are prepared for the future...
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Whoa, Baby!: A Guide for New Moms Who Feel Overwhelmed and Freaked Out

Kelly Rowland - ‎Da Capo Lifelong Books
Format: Hardcover

When global pop star Kelly Rowland became a mom for the first time, giving birth to her son Titan, she felt the most incredible love she had ever experienced. But after spending nine months so focused on the baby growing inside her, she was caught completely off guard by how much...
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How Not to Hate Your Husband After Kids

Jancee Dunn - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

A hilariously candid account of one woman's quest to bring her post-baby marriage back from the brink, with life-changing, real-world advice. How Not To Hate Your Husband After Kids tackles the last taboo subject of parenthood: the startling, white-hot fury that new (and not-so-new) mothers...
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Temple Grandin: Voice for the Voiceless

Annette Wood - Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Print book

Since Temple Grandin's life story was told in the 15 x Emmy-nominated film Temple Grandin, and since her heartwarming speech at the award ceremony, she has become one of the world's most well-known members of its community.In this fascinating biography, Annette Wood delves deep into...
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Your Pregnancy Week by Week, 8th Edition

Glade B. Curtis - Da Capo Lifelong Books
Format: Print book

In print for twenty-five years, Your Pregnancy Week by Week has sold millions of copies worldwide as an established go-to resource. The book's trademark week-by-week formula helps expectant parents easily and effortlessly compare the details of their pregnancy with the same weekly schedule...
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The Intuitive Parent: Why the Best Thing for Your Child Is You

Stephen Camarata Ph.D. - Current
Format: Hardcover

You already have everything you need to raise a healthy, happy, intelligent childParenting today is practically a competitive sport, and marketers are all too happy to cash in. Scare tactics and scientific-sounding jargon make it seem like parents are in constant danger of hard-wiring their...
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Welcoming Strangers: Nonviolent Re-parenting of Children in Foster Care

Jane Fitz-Gibbon - Transaction Publishers
Format: Print book

Jane Hall Fitz-Gibbon and Andrew Fitz-Gibbon have cared for more than 100 children in a foster care career spanning more than three decades. They developed a method, "loving nonviolent re-parenting," to best care for foster children. "Re-parenting" represents the complex...
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Looking Out for Number Two: A Slightly Irreverent Guide to Poo, Gas, and Other Things That Come Out of Your Baby

Bryan S Vartabedian - Harper Wave
Format: Print book

Dr. Spock meets Go the F*ck to Sleep in this informative, entertaining, and practical guide to understanding your baby's digestion.Let's face it: babies don't do much. So when we want to know how a baby is feeling, we look at how they are eating, sleeping, and pooping. But baby...
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Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism

Tom Fields-Meyer - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

Essential reading for any parent, teacher, therapist, or caregiver of a person with autism a groundbreaking book on autism, by one of the worlds leading experts, who portrays autism not as a tragic disability, but as a unique way of being human. Autism is usually portrayed as a checklist...
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Nolo's Essential Guide to Divorce

Emily Doskow - NOLO; Fifth Edition edition
Format: Paperback

Nolo's Essential Guide to Divorce provides clear answers that can help make divorce simpler and reduce its financial and emotional cost. Readers will even learn how to complete the divorce with minimal help from an attorney. With compassion and understanding, Nolo's Essential...
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The Self-Motivated Kid: How to Raise Happy, Healthy Children Who Know What They Want and Go After It

Dr. Shimi Kang - Tarcher; Reprint edition
Format: Print book

Winner of the 2015 USA Book News International Book Award for Parenting and FamilyIn this inspiring book, Dr. Shimi Kang, a Harvard-trained child and adult psychiatrist and an expert in human motivation, provides a guide to the art and science of encouraging children to develop their own internal...
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The Happiest Baby on the Block; Fully Revised and Updated Second Edition: The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Newborn Baby Sleep Longer

Harvey Karp - Bantam Books
Format: Print book

NEVER AGAIN WILL YOU HAVE TO STAND BY HELPLESSLY WHILE YOUR LITTLE BABY CRIES AND CRIES. THERE IS A WAY TO CALM MOST CRYING BABIES . . . USUALLY IN MINUTES! Thousands of parents, from regular moms and dads to Hollywood superstars, have come to baby expert Dr. Harvey Karp to learn his remarkable...
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Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism

Ph.D. Barry M. Prizant - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

A groundbreaking book on autism, by one of the world's leading experts, who portrays autism as a unique way of being human - this is "required reading....Breathtakingly simple and profoundly positive" (Chicago Tribune) .Autism therapy typically focuses on ridding individuals...
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8 Keys to Parenting Children with ADHD

Cindy Goldrich MEd - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Paperback

Compassionate and effective strategies for raising a child with ADHD. Parenting children with ADHD, whether diagnosed or undiagnosed, can be challenging and complex. But just as a child who struggles with reading can learn to decode words, children with ADHD can learn patience, communication,...
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Boys Adrift: The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men

Leonard Sax - Basic Books
Format: Print book

Something scary is happening to boys today. From kindergarten to college, American boys are, on average, less resilient and less ambitious than they were a mere twenty years ago. The gender gap in college attendance and graduation rates has widened dramatically. While Emily is working hard...
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Mom's House, Dad's House for Kids: Feeling at Home in One Home or Two

Isolina Ricci
Format: Paperback

From the author of the classic Mom's House, Dad's House, the essential guide for kids on how to stay strong and succeed in life when parents separate, divorce, or get married again.Isolina Ricci's Mom's House, Dad's House has been the gold standard for inspir
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Enough As She Is: How to Help Girls Move Beyond Impossible Standards of Success to Live Healthy, Happy, and Fulfilling Lives

Rachel Simmons - Harper
Format: Hardcover

"Is it wrong that I wanted to underline every single word in this book? Simmons brilliantly crystallizes contemporary girls' dilemma: the way old expectations and new imperatives collide; how a narrow, virtually unattainable vision of 'success' comes at the expense of self-worth and well-being....
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Brave Girls: Raising Young Women with Passion and Purpose to Become Powerful Leaders

Stacey Radin Dr. - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover

An empowering guide to cultivating confident, passionate, and powerful young leaders during the most formative stage of life: the middle school years.After years of research as a psychologist and consultant for women struggling in the professional world, Stacey Radin made a groundbreaking...
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Do Parents Matter?: Why Japanese Babies Sleep Soundly, Mexican Siblings Don't Fight, and American Families Should Just Relax

Robert Levine - PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover

When it comes to parenting, more isn't always better-but it is always more tiringIn Japan, a boy sleeps in his parents' bed until age ten, but still shows independence in all other areas of his life. In rural India, toilet training begins one month after infants are born and is accomplished...
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The Happy Sleeper: The Science-Backed Guide to Helping Your Baby Get a Good Night's Sleep-Newborn t o School Age

Julie Wright MFT - Tarcher
Format: Print book

Many parents feel pressured to train babies and young children to sleep but kids dont need to be trained to sleep, theyre built to sleep. Sleep issues arise when parents with the best of intentions over-help or helicopter parent at nightovershadowing their babys innate biological ability...
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Positive Discipline Parenting Tools: The 49 Most Effective Methods to Stop Power Struggles, Build Communication, and Raise Empowered, Capable Kids

Jane Nelsen - Harmony Crown
Format: Print book

Do you wish there was a way to raise well-behaved children without punishment? Are you afraid the only alternative is being overly indulgent? With Positive Discipline, an encouragement model based on both kindness and firmness, you don't have to choose between these two extremes. Using...
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Girls & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape

Peggy Orenstein - HarperAudio
Format: Hardcover

The author of the New York Times best seller Cinderella Ate My Daughter offers a clear-eyed picture of the new sexual landscape girls face in the postprincess stage - high school through college - and reveals how they are negotiating it. A generation gap has emerged between parents and their...
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The Unofficial Guide to Disney Cruise Line 2018

Len Testa - Unofficial Guides
Format: Paperback

Your no-nonsense, consumer-oriented guide to Disney's Cruise LineThe Unofficial Guide to the Disney Cruise Line by with Erin Foster, Laurel Stewart, and Ritchey Halphen describes the best of Disney's ships and itineraries, including a couple of stellar restaurants, top-notch children's...
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The New Father: A Dad's Guide to the First Year

Armin A. Brott - Abbeville Press; Third Edition, Third Edition edition
Format: Print book

An indispensable handbook on all aspects of fatherhood during the first 12 months, by the author of The Expectant Father.The essential handbook for all things first-year father is now fully updated and revised. Not only will new dads get a month-by-month guide to their baby's development,...
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The Me, Me, Me Epidemic: A Step-by-Step Guide to Raising Capable, Grateful Kids in an Over-Entitled World

Amy McCready - TarcherPerigee
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,...
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The Unofficial Guide to Disneyland 2017

Bob Sehlinger - Unofficial Guides
Format: Print book

A great destination and thorough preparation are what make a wonderful vacation, and The Unofficial Guide to Disneyland makes Disneyland one of the most accessible theme parks in the world. With advice that is direct, prescriptive, and detailed, it takes the guesswork out of the reader's...
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Thirty Million Words: Building a Child's Brain

Dana Suskind - Dutton
Format: Print book

The founder and director of the Thirty Million Words Initiative, Professor Dana Suskind, explains why the most important - and astoundingly simple - thing you can do for your child's future success in life is to talk to him or her, reveals the recent science behind this truth, and outlines...
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How to Entertain, Distract, and Unplug Your Kids: Tricks, Tools, and Spontaneous Screen-Free Activities

Matthew Jervis - Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Hardcover

A fun and practical guide to keeping kids engaged and off your phone.Face it. Your kids don't want you around ALL the time! As much as you'd like to build that go-cart or that amazing tree house for them, you also need a little time for yourself!Sure, we'd all like to hand our kids...
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No More Mean Girls: The Secret to Raising Strong, Confident, and Compassionate Girls

Katie Hurley - TarcherPerigee
Format: Paperback

In this Queen Bees and Wannabes for the elementary and middle school set, child and adolescent psychotherapist Katie Hurley shows parents of young girls how to nip mean girl behavior in the bud.Once upon a time, mean girls primarily existed in high school, while elementary school-aged...
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Push Back: Guilt in the Age of Natural Parenting

Amy M D Tuteur - Dey St.
Format: Print book

A Harvard-trained physician examines the role of guilt in today's childbirth and early parenting choices, challenging popular misconceptions while arguing that the natural parenting movement is capitalizing on practices that serve to manipulate rather than assist parents.
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Being There: Why Prioritizing Motherhood in the First Three Years Matters

Erica Komisar - Penguin Books
Format: Print book

In this important and conversation-starting book, veteran psychoanalyst Erica Komisar offers a provocative and compelling premise: a mother's emotional and physical presence in her child's life--especially during the first three years--means that her child has a greater chance of growing...
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On-the-Go Fun for Kids!: More Than 250 Activities to Keep Little Ones Busy and Happy--Anytime, Anywhere!

Amanda Morin - Adams Media
Format: Print book

On-the-go activities that inspire quiet playtime fun!Do you find it difficult to keep your kids happy and busy while out running errands or during long car trips? Then look no further! From scavenger hunts and word puzzles to educational apps and imaginative play, On-the-Go Fun for Kids!...
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The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night

Elizabeth Pantley - McGraw-Hill Education
Format: Paperback

There are two schools of thought for encouraging babies to sleep through the night: the hotly debated Ferber technique of letting the baby "cry it out," or the grin-and-bear-it solution of getting up from dusk to dawn as often as necessary. If you don't believe in letting...
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Caring for a Loved One with Dementia: A Mindfulness-Based Guide for Reducing Stress and Making the Best of Your Journey Together

Marguerite Manteau-Rao - New Harbinger Pub
Format: Print book

Caring for a Loved One with Dementia is a unique and compassionate guide that offers an effective mindfulness-based dementia care (MBDC) program to help you meet your own needs and lower stress levels while caring for your loved one.If you're caring for a loved one with dementia,...
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That Crumpled Paper Was Due Last Week: Helping Disorganized and Distracted Boys Succeed in School and Life

Ana Homayoun - Perigee Trade
Format: Paperback

At last, the solution for getting disorganized boys back on track. Missed assignments. Lack of focus and enthusiasm. Falling grades. For too many boys and their frustrated parents, these are the facts of life. But they don't have to be. Top academic counselor Ana Homayoun has helped...
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What to Expect When You're Expecting

Heidi Eisenberg Murkoff - Workman Publishing
Format: Print book

A completely revised and updated edition of America's pregnancy bible, the longest-running New York Times bestseller ever. With 18.5 million copies in print, What to Expect When You're Expecting is read by 93% of women who read a pregnancy book and was named one of the "Most...
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Nolo's Essential Guide to Child Custody and Support

Emily Doskow - NOLO
Format: Paperback

Custody and Support: Get the Answers You Need When you're getting divorced, you can make a tough time easier for your children (and yourself) if you work with the other parent to agree on a custody plan and child support. If you can't resolve these issues, you'll have to head to court,...
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My Child Is Sick: Expert Advice for Managing Common Illesses and Injuries

Barton D. Schmitt - American Academy of Pediatrics; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

For many parents, treating a sick or injured child can be a daunting experience. In some cases, it's difficult to know whether a call or visit to the pediatrician is necessary or not. My Child Is Sick will help parents make the right decision.This quick reference guide is based on Pediatric...
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The Expectant Father: The Ultimate Guide for Dads-to-Be

Armin A. Brott - Abbeville Press
Format: Hardcover

The fourth edition of this best-selling, ground-breaking, information-packed guide for dads-to-be is now significantly, updated, revised, and expanded.We are expecting! The twentieth-anniversary edition of this thoroughly updated and revised parenting classic remains the most informative...
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What to Expect When You're Expecting

Heidi Murkoff - Workman Publishing Company
Format: Print book

Announcing a brand new, cover-to-cover revision of America's pregnancy bible. What to Expect When You're Expecting is a perennial New York Times bestseller and one of USA Today's 25 most influential books of the past 25 years. It's read by more than 90% of pregnant women who read...
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Ready, Set . . . Baby!

Elizabeth Rusch - Clarion Books
Format: Hardcover

Big kids Anna and Oliver give young readers the inside scoop on what to expect when a new baby is expected. In a fresh picture book/comic style, Ready, Set . . . Baby offers up a funny, loving, reassuring peek into life as a big brother or sister - with solid information, kid-friendly humor,...
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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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I Want My Epidural Back: Adventures in Mediocre Parenting

Karen Alpert - William Morrow & Company
Format: Print book

Now that I'm a mom, I know the most painful part isn't getting something giant through your hooha. It's having a real live child.If you are the kind of mom who shapes your kiddo's organic quinoa into reproductions of the Mona Lisa, do not read this book. If you stayed up past midnight to create...
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Help Your Kids with Adolescence: A No-Nonsense Guide to Puberty and the Teenage Years

INC DORLING KINDERSLEY - DK
Format: Paperback

Your guide to answering your kid's awkward questions about growing up, from cyberbullying to eating disorders to sex.Help your child navigate the tricky and difficult changes of puberty with this straightforward guide. With age-appropriate text and an innovative visual approach, Help...
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8 Keys to Raising the Quirky Child: How to Help a Kid Who Doesn't

Mark Bowers - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Paperback

Tips and strategies for parents of kids who are "different" than all the rest. A quirky child experiences difficulty fitting in and connecting with others usually due to an interpersonal style or behavior that stands out from the other kids. Maybe they are obsessed with a topic...
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The Happiest Mommy You Know: Why Putting Your Kids First Is the LAST Thing You Should Do

Genevieve Shaw Brown - Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book

ABC News reporter (and mom to three) Genevieve Shaw Brown reveals the deceptively simple golden rule for maternal happiness and how today's busy moms can live better, healthier lives.ABC News reporter Genevieve Shaw Brown was hell-bent on raising her kids to like vegetables and eat more...
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Divorce Without Court: A Guide to Mediation and Collaborative Divorce

Katherine Stoner Attorney - NOLO
Format: Paperback

Get essential information on how to end a marriage fairly and inexpensively. This book guides you through a negotiated divorce, using divorce mediation, or an increasingly popular approach called collaborative divorce. Encouraging and straightforward, Divorce Without Court explains: how mediation...
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The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World 2018

Bob Sehlinger - Unofficial Guides
Format: Paperback

Compiled and written by a team of experienced researchers whose work has been cited by such diverse sources as USA Today and Operations Research Forum, The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World digs deeper and offers more than any other guide. The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World...
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Be the Parent, Please: Stop Banning Seesaws and Start Banning Snapchat: Strategies for Solving the Real Parenting Problems

Naomi Schaefer Riley - Templeton Press
Format: Hardcover

Toddlers on tablets. Pre-teens on Tumblr. Thanks to a variety of factors - from tech companies hungry for new audiences, to school administrations bent on making education digital, to a culture that promotes everyone as the star of their own reality shows - technology is irrevocably a part...
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The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed

Jessica Lahey - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn the tradition of Paul Tough's How Children Succeed and Wendy Mogel's The Blessing of a Skinned Knee, this groundbreaking manifesto focuses on the critical school years when parents must learn to allow their children to experience the disappointment and frustration...
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The Soul of Discipline: The Simplicity Parenting Approach to Warm, Firm, and Calm Guidance- From Toddlers to Teens

Kim John Payne - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover

In this groundbreaking book, parenting expert and acclaimed author of the bestselling book Simplicity Parenting Kim John Payne, M.Ed., flips the script on children's challenging or defiant behavior and lays out an elegantly simple plan to support parents in establishing loving, age-sensitive...
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The Importance of Being Little: What Preschoolers Really Need from Grownups

Erika Christakis - Viking, 2016.
Format: Print book

"Teach your children well. It's easier to sing than do. Erika Christakis wants to foment a revolution in early childhood education, and with this deeply insightful, scientifically grounded, and utterly original book, she may just get her way." - Dan Gilbert, author of Stumbling...
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The Nanny Connie Way: Secrets to Mastering the First Four Months of Parenthood

CONNIE SIMPSON - Gallery Books
Format: Paperback

From the beloved nanny to stars like Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake, Emily Blunt and John Krasinski, and Cash Warren and Jessica Alba comes a loving yet no-nonsense guide to the first four months of parenthood so you can raise a happy baby - and be happy parents.There is nothing like...
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The Expectant Father: The Ultimate Guide for Dads-to-Be

Armin A. Brott - Abbeville Press
Format: Paperback

The fourth edition of this best-selling, ground-breaking, information-packed guide for dads-to-be is now significantly, updated, revised, and expanded.We are expecting! The twentieth-anniversary edition of this thoroughly updated and revised parenting classic remains the most informative...
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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
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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On Becoming Baby Wise: Giving Your Infant the GIFT of Nighttime Sleep

Gary Ezzo - Parent-Wise Solutions
Format: Paperback

Distinguished pediatrician Dr Robert Bucknam, M.D. and co-author Gary Ezzo are two of the world's leading experts on infant management concepts. In this revised 5th edition, they have updated their groundbreaking approach which has found favor with over six million parents in all 50 states...
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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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Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters: 10 Secrets Every Father Should Know

Meg Meeker - Regnery Publishing; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Father-Daughter Bonding With nearly thirty years of counseling girls, teen health expert Dr. Meg Meeker explains why girls benefit from an active father figurethe man who must be for his daughter both leader and protector, counsel and spiritual guide. From cradling his newborn to walking...
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The Awakened Family: A Revolution in Parenting

Shefali Tsabary - Viking
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...
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What to Expect Before You're Expecting: The Complete Guide to Getting Pregnant

HEIDI MURKOFF - Workman Publishing
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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The Boys in the Bunkhouse: Servitude and Salvation in the Heartland

Dan Barry - Harper
Format: Print book

With this Dickensian tale from America's heartland, New York Times writer and columnist Dan Barry tells the harrowing yet uplifting story of the exploitation and abuse of a resilient group of men with intellectual disability, and the heroic efforts of those who helped them to find justice...
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I Need a Lifeguard Everywhere but the Pool

LISA SCOTTOLINE - St. Martin's Press
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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At Mamas Knee: Mothers and Race in Black and White

April Ryan - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover

Winner of the African American Literary Show Award for Best Non-FictionIn her first book, The Presidency in Black and White, journalist April Ryan examined race in America through her experience as a White House reporter. In this book, she shifts the conversation from the White House to every...
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Teaching Kids to Think: Raising Confident, Independent, and Thoughtful Children in an Age of Instant Gratification

Ron Stolberg - Sourcebooks Inc
Format: Print book

Why Do Kids These Days Expect Everything to be Given to Them?Today's kids don't know how to read a map. They can Google the answer to any question at lightning speed. If a teen forgets his homework, a quick call to mom or dad has it hand-delivered in minutes. Fueled by the rapid pace of technology,...
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Let Them Eat Dirt: Saving Our Children from an Oversanitized World

B Brett Finlay - Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Format: Print book

"A must-read . . . Takes you inside a child's gut and shows you how to give kids the best immune start early in life." - William Sears, MD, coauthor of The Baby BookLike the culture-changing Last Child in the Woods, here is the first parenting book to apply the latest...
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The Unofficial Guide to Disneyland 2015

Bob Sehlinger - Unofficial Guides
Format: Book

The Unofficial Guide to Disneyland by Bob Sehlinger Seth Kubersky makes Disneyland one of the most accessible theme parks in the world. With advice that is direct, prescriptive, and detailed, it takes the guesswork out of the readers vacation. Whether they are at Disneyland for a day or a week,...
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Your Pregnancy, Your Way: Everything You Need to Know about Natural Pregnancy and Childbirth

Allison Hill - Da Capo Lifelong Books
Format: Print book

As an OB/GYN, Dr. Allison Hill has delivered thousands of babies; as a mom, she's given birth to her own two children. Hill has a unique perspective on the many questions moms have surrounding pregnancy and childbirth - especially when it comes to "going natural." Drawing...
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Dragonfly: A Daughter's Emergence from Autism: A Practical Guide for Parents

Lori Ashley Taylor - Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Hardcover

A parent's guide to helping children with autism maximize their potential. Over a decade ago, an autism diagnosis had confined Lori Ashley Taylor's daughter Hannah to an inaccessible world. Lori became a tireless researcher, worker, and advocate, and her dedication showed results....
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The Teenage Brain: A Neuroscientist's Survival Guide to Raising Adolescents and Young Adults

Frances E. Jensen - Harper
Format: Hardcover

Drawing on her research knowledge and clinical experience, internationally respected neurologist—and mother of two boys—Frances E. Jensen, M.D., offers a revolutionary look at the science of the adolescent brain, providing remarkable insights that translate into practical advice...
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The Vaccine-Friendly Plan: Dr. Paul's Safe and Effective Approach to Immunity and Health-from Pregnancy Through Your Child's Teen Years

Paul Thomas M.D. - Ballantine Books
Format: Paperback

An accessible and reassuring guide to childhood health and immunity from a pediatrician who's both knowledgeable about the latest scientific research and respectful of a family's risk factors, health history, and concerns In The Vaccine-Friendly Plan, Paul Thomas, M.D., presents...
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