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Generation MySpace: Helping Your Teen Survive Online Adolescence
Candice M. Kelsey - Marlowe & Company
Format: Paperback
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Does it seem like your teen can't tear herself away from friends on the computer screen (except to text them on her cell phone)? That's because MySpace, Facebook, and YouTube are your son or daughter's life, not just another passing diversion. All that energy and time spent... |
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Baby Smarts: Games for Playing and Learning
Jackie Silberg - Gryphon House
Format: Print book
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Filled with developmental games based on the latest brain research, this book helps you build your baby's brain power--one activity at a time! Complete with lists of developmental milestones, every activity builds the foundation for future learning. |
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Your Baby and Child
Penelope Leach - Knopf; Rev Upd edition
Format: Print book
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This newest edition of Penelope Leach’s much-loved, trusted, and comprehensive classic—an international best seller for twenty-five years, with nearly two million copies sold in America alone—encompasses the latest research and thinking on child development and learning,... |
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Baby Care Basics
Jeremy Friedman - Robert Rose Inc., 2015.
Format: Print book
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Despite all the planning in the world, nothing can really prepare a soon-to-be new parent for that big step after the baby is born. All that well-intentioned information and counsel offered by family and friends is just not enough and likely confusing when the stressful days arrive. Written... |
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Divorce After 50: Your Guide to the Unique Legal & Financial Challenges
Janice Green - Nolo
Format: Paperback
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The only book with legal information and practical advice for older Americans dealing with divorce If you're considering divorce later in life, you'll face unique and complex situations and decisions that simply don't apply to your younger counterparts. Written by an attorney... |
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Three Steps to a Strong Family
Linda Eyre - Simon & Schuster
Format: Book
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The authors of the bestselling Teach Your Children Values offer a comprehensive and easy-to-follow guide for all types of families to building a supportive and cohesive family unit to provide a rich, rewarding, stable, and structured life. 150,000 first printing. Tour. |
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Why My Third Husband Will Be a Dog: The Amazing Adventures of an Ordinary Woman
Lisa Scottoline - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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A hilarious collection of stories from the life of the New York Times bestselling author of Look Again At last, together in one collection, are Lisa Scottoline's wildly popular Philadelphia Inquirer columns. In her column, Lisa lets her hair down, roots and all, to show... |
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Invisible Girls: The Truth about Sexual Abuse
Patti Feuereisen - Seal Press
Format: Book
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The statistics are staggering.One in four girls will experience sexual abuse by the time she is sixteen, and 48 percent of all rapes involve a young woman under the age of eighteen. It's not surprising then, that in a society where sexual abuse of young women is rampant, many women... |
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My Brown Baby: On the Joys and Challenges of Raising African American Children
Denene Millner - Agate Bolden
Format: Paperback
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"The best site for thoughtful, fierce advice about parenting from a Black perspective" - EbonyFor almost a decade, national parenting expert and bestselling author Denene Millner has published thought-provoking, insightful, sometimes wickedly funny commentary about motherhood... |
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College Admissions Together: It Takes a Family (Capital Ideas)
Steven Roy Goodman - Capital Books
Format: Paperback
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College Admissions Together is more than a practical how to get into college book, though it does explain key aspects of today's college admissions process for both parents and students. It is a guide to healthy family relationships during the college admissions process. This invaluable... |
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Parenting Children with ADHD: 10 Lessons That Medicine Cannot Teach
Vincent J Monastra - American Psychological Association
Format: Paperback
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Kids with ADHD need to be loved and shown how to become successful adults. Unfortunately, their lack of attention and restlessness often get in the way. Parents of these kids try so hard to stay connected and remain patient in the face of daily frustration. However, it is an incredible... |
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Eat, Sleep, Poop: A Common Sense Guide to Your Baby's First Year
Scott W. Cohen - Scribner; 1 edition
Format: Paperback
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Written during award-winning pediatrician Dr. Scott W. Cohen’s first year as a father, this book is the only one to combine two invaluable “on the job” perspectives—the doctor’s and the new parent’s.The result is a refreshingly engaging and informative... |
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Raising Children in the Military
Cheryl Lawhorne-Scott - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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Military life places unique demands on military families with children including frequent moves, disruptions in schooling, family separation, health care issues, loss of friends, financial hardships, underemployment of military spouses, and the ever present threat of risk of injury or death... |
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Geek Dad: Awesomely Geeky Projects and Activities for Dads and Kids to Share
Ken Denmead - Gotham; 1ST edition
Format: Paperback
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The ultimate DIY project guide for techie dads raising kids in their own geeky image, in the spirit of The Dangerous Book for Boys Today's generation of dads grew up more tech-savvy than ever. Rather than joining the Little League team, many grew up playing computer games, Dungeons... |
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The Art of Roughhousing
Anthony T. DeBenedet - Quirk Books; English Language edition
Format: Print book
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Everywhere you look, physical play—what some might call “roughhousing”—is being marginalized. Gym classes are getting shorter. Recess periods are being eliminated. Some new schools don’t even have playgrounds. Is it any wonder children retreat to “virtual... |
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Secrets of a Jewish Mother: Real Advice, Real Stories, Real Love
Jill Zarin - Dutton Adult
Format: Hardcover
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The Jewish Mother knows what she wants. And what you should want too. In Secrets of a Jewish Mother, youll learn how to make her methods your very own, and as result youll give and get of love and happiness in great amounts. In what could be thought of as the Jewish Mothers Guide to Life,... |
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The Everything Baby Shower Book: Throw a memorable event for mother-to-be
Sabrina Hill - Adams Media
Format: Paperback
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Forget showers filled with boring and embarrassing games, today's baby showers are all about fun for the mommy-to-be and her guests! From invitations and games to menus and favors, The Everything Baby Shower Book, 2nd Edition helps you organize an entertaining and low-fuss party that... |
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Sleep: What Every Parent Needs to Know
The American Academy of Pediatrics - American Academy Of Pediatrics
Format: Paperback
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Sooner or later, most parents face challenges at bedtime. From infants and toddlers, to school-age kids and adolescents, sleeptime problems can affect everyone in the family. And no matter what your child's difficulty may be - getting to sleep, staying asleep, bed-wetting, fears or nightmares... |
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The 5 Love Languages of Teenagers: The Secret to Loving Teens Effectively
Gary D Chapman - Northfield Publishing
Format: Paperback
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Over 600,000 copies sold! Socially, mentally, and spiritually, teenagers face a variety of pressures and stresses each day. Despite these pressures, it is still parents who can influence teens the most, and The 5 Love Languages of Teenagers equips parents to make the most... |
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Siblings Without Rivalry: How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Too
Adele Faber - W. W. Norton & Company; 1st edition
Format: Book
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The 1 New York Times best-selling guide to reducing hostility and generating goodwill between siblings. Already best-selling authors with How to Talk So Kids Will Listen Listen So Kids Will Talk, Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish turned their minds to the battle of the siblings. Parents themselves,... |
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Baby Knows Best: Raising a Confident and Resourceful Child, the RIE™ Way
Deborah Carlisle Solomon - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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Raise self-confident, self-reliant children using the RIE (Resources for Infant Educarers) Approach.Your baby knows more than you think. That's the heart of the principles and teachings of Magda Gerber, founder of RIE (Resources for Infant Educarers), and Educaring. BABY KNOWS BEST... |
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Crazy U
Andrew Ferguson - Simon & Schuster; Reprint edition
Format: Hardcover
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The cutthroat competition to get into the perfect college can drive students to the brink of madness and push their parents over the edge—and bury them in an avalanche of books that claim to hold the secret of success. Don’t worry: Crazy U is not one of those books. It is instead... |
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Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn: The Complete Guide
Penny Simkin PT - Simon & Schuster, 2016.
Format: Print book
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If you only buy one pregnancy book, this should be the one! It's the most complete. It covers all aspects of childbearing, from conception through early infancy, and tells you what to expect. It offers detailed information, suggestions on decisions to make, and advice on steps to take... |
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Autism Spectrum Disorders: What Every Parent Needs to Know
Alan I. Rosenblatt - American Academy of Pediatrics; 1 edition
Format: Paperback
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Autism Spectrum Disorders: What Every Parent Needs to Know is an invaluable resource for parents and caregivers of children who have been diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Prepared under the editorial direction of 2 distinguished pediatricians who are autism experts—one... |
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Nolo's Essential Guide to Divorce
Emily Doskow - NOLO; Fifth Edition edition
Format: Paperback
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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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Instinctive Parenting: Trusting Ourselves to Raise Good Kids
Ada Calhoun - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover
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Babble.com’s readership has tripled in the past year and is still growing rapidly, indicating that today’s busy parents—especially those from Gen X and Gen Y—are hungry for advice. According to editor-in-chief Ada Calhoun, many parents are unnecessarily anxious,... |
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Untying Parent Anxiety
Lisa Sugarman - Familius
Format: Paperback
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Raising the perfect child . . . it's our dream as parents. But the reality is: the perfect child doesn't exist. Yet parents everywhere are putting the full-court press on their kids to be perfect, fixating on raising them to be smarter, faster, more successful, and more popular... |
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Miscarriage, Medicine & Miracles: Everything You Need to Know about Miscarriage
Bruce K Young - Bantam
Format: Hardcover
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From one of the foremost doctors in the field and a woman who has experienced miscarriage herself comes a comprehensive, encouraging, and accessible guide on both the causes and, more important, the prevention of miscarriage. Though one in four American women will lose her pregnancy, this... |
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Have a New Teenager by Friday
Leman Kevin - Baker Pub Group
Format: Paperback
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Parents may survive the terrible twos and the first years of school all right, but the teenage years bring entirely new and alien creatures. So, parents have a choice: either send that teenager to boarding school and visit him when he reaches normalcy again (in about ten years) or choose... |
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Rainy Days & Saturdays
Linda Hetzer - Workman Publishing Company; English Language edition
Format: Paperback
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Its raining. Or its cold. Or its just one of those days. The kids are stuck indoors. What to do? What to do is to reach for Linda Hetzers Rainy Days and Saturdays, a family lifesaver of 160 engaging activities that can all be easily done using stuff from around the house and with little... |
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Raising Confident Readers: How to Teach Your Child to Read and Write--from Baby to Age 7
Dr. J. Richard Gentry - Da Capo Lifelong Books; 1 edition
Format: Paperback
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Raise a Child Who Loves to Read How do kids really learn to read? And how can you encourage interest in reading and writing from the start? In Raising Confident Readers, based on the five phases of literacy development, Dr. J. Richard Gentry provides fun and easy ways to teach... |
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How To Raise An Amazing Child the Montessori Way
Tim Seldin - DK
Format: Paperback
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A parent's guide to building independence, creativity, and confidence in their children using Montessori learning techniques, written by Montessori president Tim Seldin.An international bestseller, How to Raise an Amazing Child the Montessori Way adapts Montessori teachings for easy... |
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The Toddler Brain: Nurture the Skills Today that Will Shape Your Child's Tomorrow
Laura Jana - Da Capo
Format: Print book
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What if, despite the best of intentions, we are raising our children to succeed in a world that no longer exists? The Toddler Brain helps parents recognize the connection that exists between their own parenting behaviors and their child's ability to acquire valuable twenty-first-century... |
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Raising the Bottom: Making Mindful Choices in a Drinking Culture
Lisa Boucher - She Writes Press
Format: Paperback
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Have you ever wondered if social drinking has unintended consequences to your health, family, relationships, or your profession? Have you ever thought that losing control of your drinking couldn't happen to you or someone you love? All the women you know are too smart. Too rich. Too kind.... |
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Dad to Dad: Parenting Like a Pro
David L. Hill - American Academy of Pediatrics; 1 edition
Format: Print book
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All fathers have heard it before-having a baby really changes your life. And maybe they felt like David L. Hill, MD, FAAP, author of Dad to Dad: Parenting Like a Pro. Dr Hill is a dad himself and a pediatrician in practice. Inside this practical yet humorous book, dads and dads-to-be will... |
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The Available Parent: Radical Optimism for Raising Teens and Tweens
Dr. John Duffy - Viva Editions
Format: Paperback
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*Number one on Cyrus Webb's list of "Books Every Man Should Read"Teenagers are left feeling unheard and misunderstood, and parents are left feeling bewildered by the changes in their child at adolescence and their sudden lack of effectiveness as parents. The parent has become... |
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Watch My Baby Grow
DK - DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Format: Hardcover
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Lots of books tell you about child development and a baby's first year, but Watch My Baby Grow shows you everything that happens in the first year of life in step-by-step pictures with detailed explanations. Every milestone of baby development, from gurgles to coos to first words, is documented... |
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The Smart Woman's Guide to Diabetes
Amy Stockwell Mercer - Demos Health; 1 edition
Format: Paperback
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Of the 17 million Americans who have diabetes, approximately 9.3 of that number are women. And it appears that number of women with diabetes is increasing each year. Diabetes is particularly difficult for women in large part due to the hormonal changes associated with the menstrual cycle,... |
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Thinking Differently: An Inspiring Guide for Parents of Children with Learning Disabilities
David Flink - William Morrow Paperbacks; Original edition
Format: Print book
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An innovative, comprehensive guide - the first of its kind - to help parents understand and accept learning disabilities in their children, offering tips and strategies for successfully advocating on their behalf and helping them become their own best advocates.In Thinking Differently,... |
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First the Broccoli, Then the Ice Cream: A Parent's Guide to Deliberate Discipline
Dr. Tim Riley - Two Fish, Inc.; First edition
Format: Paperback
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Don't be misled by the title... this is not a book about how to get your kids to eat their veggies, though it can certainly help with that issue, along with giving you guidance on how to tackle a lot of other behavior problems many parents face every day. Dr. Tim Riley uses common sense,... |
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Experimenting with Babies: 50 Amazing Science Projects You Can Perform on Your Kid
Shaun Gallagher - Perigee Books
Format: Print book
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Babies can be a joyand hard work. Now, they can also be a 50-in-1 science project kit!This fascinating and hands-on guide shows you how to re-create landmark scientific studies on cognitive, motor, language, and behavioral developmentusing your own bundle of joy as the research subject.... |
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Sign With Your Baby : How to Communicate With Infants Before They Can Speak (book only)
Burton White - Northlight Communications; Revised edition
Format: Paperback
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This book teaches hearing parents how to use simple sign language gestures to communicate with their hearing infants before their infants can speak. Joseph Garcia uses anecdotes, practical guidelines and humor to explain the benefits and method for taking advantage of this unique form... |
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Cooking Art: Easy Edible Art for Young Children
MaryAnn F. Kohl - Gryphon House
Format: Paperback
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Winner of the Early Childhood News Directors' Choice Award, and Parent Council Award. Transform the classroom into an artist's studio with these easy edible art experiences. Organized by theme, such as Shapes & Forms and Color & Design, Cooking Art combines the familiar... |
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Two Homes, One Childhood : A Parenting Plan to Last a Lifetime.
Robert E Emery - Avery
Format: Print book
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A paradigm-shifting model of parenting children in two homes from an internationally recognized expert. A researcher, therapist, and mediator, Robert Emery, Ph.D., details a new approach to sharing custody with children in two homes. Huge numbers of children are affected by separation,... |
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All About ADHD: A Family Resource for Helping Your Child Succeed with ADHD
Thomas W Phelan - Sourcebooks Inc
Format: Print book
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By the author of the bestselling parent book 1-2-3 MagicFor the estimated 20 million Americans with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder comes the third edition of All About ADHD by Dr. Thomas W. Phelan, an internationally renowned expert and lecturer on child discipline and ADHD. Completely... |
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The Three-Martini Playdate: A Practical Guide to Happy Parenting
Christie Mellor - Chronicle Books
Format: Print book
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Parents were here first! How did the kids suddenly take control? Sure the world has changed from the days when children were supposed to be seen and not heardbut things have gotten a little out of hand. What about some quality time for the grownups? Author Christie Mellor's hilarious,... |
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Join the Club: How Peer Pressure Can Transform the World
Tina Rosenberg - W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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In the style of The Tipping Point or Freakonomics, a groundbreaking book that will change the way you look at the world. The fearless Tina Rosenberg has spent her career tackling some of the world's hardest problems. The Haunted Land, her searing work on how Eastern Europe faced the crimes... |
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How to Raise a Drug-Free Kid: The Straight Dope for Parents
Joseph A. Califano Jr. - Touchstone; Revised edition
Format: Paperback
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The highly acclaimed comprehensive guide to getting your child through the formative pre-teen, teen, and college years drug-freenow completely revised and updated. Nearly every child will be offered drugs or alcohol before graduating high school, and excessive drinking is common at most... |
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The Importance of Being Little: What Preschoolers Really Need from Grownups
Erika Christakis - Viking, 2016.
Format: Print book
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"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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Bullying Solutions: Learn to Overcome from Real Case Studies
Robin D'Antona - Barron's Educational Series
Format: Book
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It has been said that "knowledge is power." In instances of bullying, knowledge of how others dealt with the problem can be an empowering tool for someone in a similar situation. Bullying Solutions compiles more than 40 real-life examples of various types of bullying (including... |
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Reading Magic: Why Reading Aloud to Our Children Will Change Their Lives Forever
Mem Fox - Harcourt
Format: Book
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The must-have guide to reading with children, now in a new and revised edition Best-selling children's author and internationally respected literacy expert Mem Fox reveals the incredible emotional and intellectual impact reading aloud to children has on their ability to learn to read.... |
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Little Hands & Big Hands: Children and Adults Signing Together
Kathy MacMillan - Huron Street Press
Format: Paperback
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Appropriate for adults who are completely new to signing, this authoritative guide on sign language helps them engage with children up to age five, regardless of their hearing ability. Each of the eight chapters contain a variety of activities, such as games, finger plays, songs, and crafts,... |
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Charlie Needs a Cloak
Tomie DePaola - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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A shepherd shears his sheep, cards and spins the wool, weaves and dyes the cloth, and sews a beautiful new red cloak. |
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I Need a Lifeguard Everywhere but the Pool
LISA SCOTTOLINE - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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"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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My Child Is Sick: Expert Advice for Managing Common Illesses and Injuries
Barton D. Schmitt - American Academy of Pediatrics; 1 edition
Format: Paperback
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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 Silent Garden: A Parent's Guide to Raising a Deaf Child
Paul W Ogden - Gallaudet University Press
Format: Print book
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For over 30 years, The Silent Garden has offered parents of deaf children the support and unbiased information needed to fully realize their children's potential. This completely revised third edition is a must-have resource that will help parents navigate the complex and unique challenges... |
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Ketchup Is a Vegetable: And Other Lies Moms Tell Themselves
Robin O'Bryant - St. Martin's Press
Format: Paperback
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If you don't have anything nice to say about motherhood, then ... read this book. Robin O'Bryant offers a no holds barred look at the day to day life of being a mother to three, running a household and the everyday monotony of parenting. It's not always pretty but it's... |
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Understanding Dyspraxia: A Guide for Parents and Teachers
Maureen Boon - Jessica Kingsley Publishers Ltd; 2nd edition
Format: Paperback
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This fully-updated second edition of Helping Children with Dyspraxia has been revised to reflect current practice and developments, providing clear and positive answers to questions commonly asked by parents and teachers about dyspraxia. Maureen Boon draws on her considerable experience... |
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To the End of June: The Intimate Life of American Foster Care
Cris Beam - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover
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A triumph of narrative reporting and storytelling. .. . Beam gives foster children a much-needed voice and does what too many adults in the foster-care system cant, or wont She advocates for them.-- NewYork Times Book ReviewWho are the children of foster care What, as a country, do we owe them... |
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Belly Laughs: The Naked Truth About Pregnancy And Childbirth
Jenny McCarthy - Da Capo Press; 1st Da Capo Lifelong Bks Ed 2004 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Oh, the joys of pregnancy! There's the gasiness, constipation, queasiness, and exhaustion; the forgetfulness, crankiness, and the constant worry. Of course, no woman is spared these discomforts and humiliations, but most are too polite to complain or too embarrassed to talk about them.... |
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SIGN with your BABY ASL Quick Reference Guide - English, Spanish and American Sign Language
W Joseph Garcia - Sign2Me Early Learning/Northlight Communications, Inc.
Format: Pamphlet
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Trusted by more than 2,500,000 parents, medical professionals, teachers, childcare professionals . . . and babies . . . worldwide! The Best Seller, "Sign with your Baby" is truly the Grandfather of all ASL Baby Sign Language programs! This is the program that launched the ASL Baby... |
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Teen Dads: Rights, Responsibilities & Joys
Jeanne Warren Lindsay - Morning Glory Press; 3rd edition
Format: Paperback
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Aiming to disprove the stereotype that paints all teen fathers as uncaring and irresponsible, this book provides young dads with parenting advice geared especially to them. The guide reveals that the reality can be quite different for many young fathers if they have a chance to parent their... |
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Why Boys Fail: Saving Our Sons from an Educational System That's Leaving Them Behind
Richard Whitmire - AMACOM; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Boys are falling behind in school. The world has become more verbal boys havent. Even in their traditionally strong subjects of science and math, boys are hit at a young age with new educational approaches, stressing high-level reading and writing goals that they are developmentally unable... |
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When Parents Text: So Much Said...So Little Understood
Lauren Kaelin - Workman Co.
Format: Paperback
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A collection of insanely funny texts between parents and kids, When Parents Text is a surprisingly affecting window into the complicated time when parents aren't ready to let go, and kids aren't ready to be let go. The parents are well-meaning but hopeless, silly and a little... |
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Man vs. Child: One Dad's Guide to the Weirdness of Parenting
Doug Moe - Abrams Image
Format: Hardcover
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Moms have hundreds of parenting advice books willing to tackle the more cringe-inducing questions of parenthood. But what about books for the other half of the equation: the dads? Man vs. Child is a funny, fresh take on the parenting guide, written from the dad's perspective. Author... |
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Divorce Is the Worst
Anastasia Higginbotham - The Feminist Press
Format: Print book
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Kids are told, "it's for the best"--and one day, it may be. But right now, divorce is the worst. With honesty and humor, Anastasia Higginbotham beautifully conveys the challenge of staying whole when your entire world, and the people in it, split apart. Exceptional in its child-centered... |
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Your Defiant Child, Second Edition: Eight Steps to Better Behavior
Russell A. Barkley PhD ABPP ABCN - The Guilford Press; Second Edition edition
Format: Paperback
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Discover a way to end constant power struggles with your defiant, oppositional, "impossible" 5- to 12-year-old, with the help of leading child psychologist Russell A. Barkley. Dr. Barkley's approach is research based, practical, and doable--and leads to lasting behavior change.... |
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If Someone Says "You Complete Me," RUN!: Whoopi's Big Book of Relationships
Whoopi Goldberg - Hachette Books
Format: Hardcover
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From the provocative and hilarious EGOT winner, bestselling author, and host of The View, Whoopi Goldberg, comes the perfect antidote to all those outdated relationship advice books in the world, weighing in on why marriage isn't for everybody, and how the life you want shouldn't... |
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The Narc Decoder: Understanding the Language of the Narcissist
Tina Swithin - Tina Swithin
Format: Print book
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Divorcing a narcissist? You are probably left feeling baffled and shaken by the communication that you receive from the narcissist. In my mid-twenties, I contemplated learning multiple foreign languages. I envisioned dabbling in French to successfully make my way around Paris or Irish... |
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The Sibling Effect: What the Bonds Among Brothers and Sisters Reveal About Us
Jeffrey Kluger - Riverhead Hardcover
Format: Hardcover
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A senior writer at Time magazine explores what scientists and researchers are discovering about sibling bonds, the longest- lasting relationships we have in our lives. Nobody affects us as deeply as our brothers and sisters-not parents, not children, not friends. From the time we-and they-are... |
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Push Back: Guilt in the Age of Natural Parenting
Amy M D Tuteur - Dey St.
Format: Print book
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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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Disciplina con amor : cmo poner lmites sin ahogarse en la culpa
Rosa Barocio - Editorial Pax Mxico
Format: Paperback
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"How can parents and teachers teach children to be healthy and self-confident, but also respectful and responsible? Is it possible to set limits and be firm while still showing love? "With practical advice, sensibility, and humor, this guide presents a clear explanation of the difficult... |
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Success as a Foster Parent: Everything You Need to Know About Foster Care
Rachel Greene Baldino
Format: Print book
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Change a child's life! Reap the rewards of becoming a foster parent. Over 600,000 American children are in the foster care system each year-and the number is growing. So is the number of good-hearted people willing to become foster parents. But what does it |
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Understanding Autism For Dummies
Temple Grandin - For Dummies; 1 edition
Format: Paperback
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Autism affects more than 1 million children and adults in the United States, and parents may be confused by the behavior of autistic children. This book provides help-and hope-by explaining the differences between various types of autism and delivering the lowdown on behavioral, educational,... |
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Parents' Guide to the Middle School Years
Joe Bruzzese - Celestial Arts
Format: Paperback
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OMG PAW G2G. Oh my god, parents are watching, got to go.Today's text-messaging middle schoolers may seem like a different species from how parents remember themselves as sixth, seventh, and eighth graders. Children are often forced to confront serious issues like drugs, violence, sexuality,... |
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The Power Of Half: One Familys Decision to Stop Taking and Start Giving Back
Kevin Salwen - Mariner Books
Format: Paperback
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It all started when fourteen-year old Hannah Salwen had a "eureka" moment. Seeing a homeless man in her neighborhood at the precise second a glistening Mercedes coupe pulled up, she said "You know, Dad, if that man had a less nice car, that man there could have a meal."Until... |
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Mayo Clinic Guide to Fertility and Conception
Jani R. Jensen - Da Capo Lifelong Books; 1 edition
Format: Print book
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Deciding to start or build a family is a life-changing decision, and, once the choice is made, there's a whole new set of unknowns - including how challenging the journey will be. For the first time, fertility experts at Mayo Clinic offer an essential guide for those who want to have... |
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Down Syndrome Parenting 101: Must-Have Advice for Making Your Life Easier
Natalie Hale - Woodbine House
Format: Book
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About.com 2012 Readers' Choice Award Winner, Favorite New Special-Needs Parenting Book! Down Syndrome Parenting 101 is a savvy book for parents, grandparents, teachers, and anyone who shares life with a person with Down syndrome! It's full of uplifting advice and best practices... |
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