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The Addiction Inoculation: Raising Healthy Kids in a Culture of Dependence

Jessica Lahey - Harper
Format: Hardcover

"The Addiction Inoculation is a vital look into best practices parenting. Writing as a teacher, a mother, and, as it happens, a recovering alcoholic, Lahey's stance is so compassionate, her advice so smart, any and all parents will benefit from her hard-won wisdom." - Peggy...
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The Family Tree Guide to DNA Testing and Genetic Genealogy

Blaine T. Bettinger - Family Tree Books
Format: Paperback

Discover the answers to your family history mysteries using the most-cutting edge tool available to genealogists. This plain-English guide, newly revised and expanded, is a one-stop resource on genetic genealogy for family historians. Inside, you'll learn what DNA tests are available, with...
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Raising LGBTQ Allies: A Parent's Guide to Changing the Messages from the Playground

Chris Tompkins - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover

No matter who we are or where we come from, we all play on the same playground. There are certain collective societal messages we hear growing up that we either consciously or subconsciously believe. As a result, we develop certain belief systems from which we operate our lives. Raising...
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License to Parent: How My Career As a Spy Helped Me Raise Resourceful, Self-Sufficient Kids

Christina Hillsberg
Format: Hardcover

Christina was a single, successful CIA analyst with a burgeoning career in espionage when she met fellow spy, Ryan, a hotshot field operative who turned her world upside down. They fell in love, married, and soon they were raising three children from his first marriage, and later, two more...
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Redefining Aging: A Caregiver's Guide to Living Your Best Life

Ann Kaiser Stearns - Johns Hopkins University Press
Format: Hardcover

Caring for an elderly family member can be overwhelming. But fulfilling life experiences are still possible for both caregivers and their loved ones, despite the stress and fatigue of caregiving.In this comprehensive book, best-selling author Ann Kaiser Stearns explores the practical and personal...
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Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do

Jennifer L. Eberhardt PhD - Viking
Format: Hardcover

"A fascinating new book... [Dr. Jennifer Eberhardt is] a genius."--Trevor Noah, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah"This book should be required reading for everyone."--Robin DiAngelo, author of White FragilityAs featured on CBS This Morning, NPR's All Things Considered,...
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Second Dad Summer

Klas, Benjamin - RED CHAIR PR


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Mom Rage: The Everyday Crisis of Modern Motherhood

Minna Dubin - Seal Press
Format: Hardcover

A frank, feminist examination of the hidden crisis of rage facing American mothers - and how we can fix it Mothers aren't supposed to be angry. Still, Minna Dubin was an angry mom: exhausted by the grueling, thankless work of full-time parenting and feeling her career slip away, she would...
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When Anxiety Makes You Angry: CBT Anger Management Skills for Teens with Anxiety-Driven Anger

Kelsey Torgerson Dunn MSW - Instant Help; 1st edition
Format: Paperback

Powerful tools to help you manage the anxiety that makes you angry.Do people tell you that you seem angry? Do you find yourself losing your cool from time to time? From academic stress, worrying about college, and dealing with friend drama - you've got a lot on your plate. Is it any wonder,...
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The Last Things We Talk About: Your Guide to End of Life Transitions

Elizabeth T. Boatwright DMin - Bull Publishing Company
Format: Paperback

The Last Things We Talk About gives readers and their loved ones the opportunity as death approaches to affirm, celebrate, and remember the people and experiences they cherish in life. The author guides readers step-by-step through the process of making aging and death-related decisions....
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