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8 Keys to Old School Parenting for Modern-Day Families
Michael Mascolo - W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Book
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Raising secure and confident kids using best parenting practices from the past. Does it ever seem to you like kids these days are in control of their parents? Having a strong sense of yourself as a parent is key to raising a resilient, independent, thoughtful, and solution-focused child.... |
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What to Expect When You're Expecting
Heidi Eisenberg Murkoff - Workman Publishing
Format: Print book
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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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Respect: Everything a Guy Needs to Know About Sex, Love, and Consent
Inti Chavez Perez - Penguin Books
Format: Paperback
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An all-encompassing guide to help guys navigate sex, relationships, and consent in the post-#MeToo world.The world has changed, and the revelations of the #MeToo movement have raised serious questions about how men are raised to understand consent and their own sexuality. Respect... |
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Nolo's IEP Guide: Learning Disabilities
LAWRENCE M SIEGEL - NOLO
Format: Paperback
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How to advocate for your child's education. According to the National Center for Learning Disabilities, 2.4 million children in the U.S. are diagnosed with learning disabilities - and these children have unique educational needs. While federal law entitles each of these children to an "appropriate"... |
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The Princess Problem: Guiding Our Girls through the Princess-Obsessed Years
Rebecca Hains - Sourcebooks
Format: Print book
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How to Raise Empowered Girls in a Princess World It's no secret that little girls love princesses. Behind the twirly dresses and glittery crowns, however, sits a powerful marketing machine, encouraging obsessive consumerism and delivering negative stereotypes about gender, race, and beauty... |
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Quichotte: A Novel
Salman Rushdie - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * An epic Don Quixote for the modern age, "a brilliant, funny, world-encompassing wonder" (Time) from internationally bestselling author Salman Rushdie SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE * "Lovely, unsentimental, heart-affirming . . . a remembrance... |
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Help Your Child Love Reading: A Parent's Guide
Alison David - Egmont UK
Format: Print book
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A practical guide to inspiring children—toddlers to teenagers—to read for pleasure Life is hectic for the modern family—a maelstrom of activity and screen time from which it is hard to carve out a few minutes of peace and calm to read a good book. Yet that is all that... |
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Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World 2019
BOB SEHLINGER - Unofficial Guides
Format: Paperback
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THE trusted source of information for a successful Walt Disney World vacation 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... |
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The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World 2017
Bob Sehlinger - Unofficial Guides
Format: Print book
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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... |
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Stress-Free Discipline: Simple Strategies for Handling Common Behavior Problems
Sara Au - American Management Association,
Format: Print book
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All children test boundaries (and sometimes your patience) . It's a natural part of growing up. Your job as a parent is to let them know what's acceptable and what isn't, praise good behavior, and enforce limits. Easier said than done. Even the best-intentioned parents can find... |
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Autism Spectrum Disorder: What Every Parent Needs to Know
American Academy of Pediatrics American Academy of Pediatrics - American Academy of Pediatrics
Format: Paperback
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This guide helps parents understand how ASDs are defined and diagnosed and offers an overview of the most current behavioral and developmental therapies. Topics include: symptoms and types of ASDs, accessing care, services in the community, and the role of complementary and alternative... |
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Baby Play & Learn
Penny Warner - Simon & Schuster
Format: Paperback
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The Most Complete Book of Games and Learning Activities for Babies and Toddlers A baby's most rapid period of growth and development takes place during the first three years. That's why child development expert Penny Warner offers 160 age-appropriate ideas for games and activities... |
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Parenting Kids With OCD: A Guide to Understanding and Supporting Your Child With OCD
Bonnie Zucker - Prufrock Press
Format: Paperback
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Parenting Kids With OCD provides parents with a comprehensive understanding of obsessive-compulsive disorder, its symptoms, types, and presentation in children and teens. The treatment of OCD is explained, and guidelines on how to both find appropriate help and best support one's child... |
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The Intuitive Parent: Why the Best Thing for Your Child Is You
Stephen Camarata Ph.D. - Current
Format: Hardcover
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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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Happiness Is a Choice You Make: Lessons from a Year Among the Oldest Old
John Leland - Sarah Crichton Books
Format: Hardcover
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Based on the popular New York Times series, life-changing wisdom from an unexpected source: America's oldest oldIn 2015, the award-winning New York Times journalist John Leland set out to meet some of the city's oldest inhabitants for a series on America's fastest-growing... |
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Heading Home With Your Newborn: From Birth to Reality
Laura A. Jana - American Academy of Pediatrics; Third Edition edition
Format: Print book
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The new edition of this bestselling guide to newborn care has been fully revised and updated. Written by two pediatricians and focusing on the first few months of an infant's life, Heading Home With Your Newborn, 3rd Edition, includes new information on breastfeeding and the involvement... |
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Making Sense of "It": A Guide to Sex for Teens
Alison Macklin - Viva Editions
Format: Paperback
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"Making Sense if 'It' is the Our Bodies, Our Selves for today: comprehensive, unbiased, medically accurate, and respectful. This should be on the bookshelf and nightstand of every household." --Pat Paluzzi, DrPH, CNM, President and CEO Healthy Teen NetworkMaybe you learned... |
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Sex, Drugs and Asperger's Syndrome
Luke Jackson - Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Format: Print book
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Luke Jackson's unabridged and sparkling sequel to his best-selling user guide to adolescence Freaks, Geeks and Asperger Syndrome is the must-read handbook for teenagers and young adults on the autism spectrum. With devastating clarity, Luke focuses on the pitfalls involved in navigating... |
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The Boys in the Bunkhouse: Servitude and Salvation in the Heartland
Dan Barry - Harper
Format: Print book
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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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You Are Not Special: ... And Other Encouragements
David McCullough Jr. - Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Print book
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David mccullough, Jr.'s now iconic high school commencement address was a tonic for children, parents, and educators alike. With wit and a perspective earned from raising four children and teaching high school students for nearly thirty years, McCullough expands on his speech, shares... |
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Allergy-Free Kids: The Science-Based Approach to Preventing Food Allergies
Robin Nixon Pompa - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover
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Based on recent groundbreaking studies that will change the way parents feed their children, Allergy-Free Kids is a revolutionary guide to preventing food allergies.When her infant daughter was diagnosed with life-threatening food allergies, Robin Nixon Pompa found Dr. Gideon Lack, a clinical... |
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The First 1,000 Days: A Crucial Time for Mothers and ChildrenAnd the World
Roger Thurow - PublicAffairs
Format: Print book
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Based on compelling new scientific and social science research on early childhood malnutrition, a new generation of activists have been inspired to re-think old approaches to 'feeding the world.' The new target in the assault on malnutrition: the first 1,000 days of a child's... |
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I See Life Through Ros-Colored Glasses
LISA SCOTTOLINE - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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In I See Life Through Ros Colored-Glasses, the bestselling mother/daughter pair is back with another hilarious and heartfelt collection of essays about the possibilities and pitfalls of everyday life. Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella's delightful essays are sure to strike... |
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Twinsight: How to Raise Confident, Emotionally Healthy Twins
Dara Lovitz - Familius
Format: Paperback
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It s a fact: twins experience life differently than singleton children. They re compared to each other in everything from athletics to academics. They encounter unique social issues (what happens when one child is invited to a social outing while her twin is not?) . They can even have... |
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Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting
Pamela Druckerman - Penguin Books; Reprint edition
Format: Book
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The runaway New York Times bestseller that shows American parents the secrets behind Frances amazingly well-behaved childrenWhen American journalist Pamela Druckerman had a baby in Paris, she didnt aspire to become a French parent. But she noticed that French children slept through the night... |
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Sex Matters: How Modern Feminism Lost Touch with Science, Love, and Common Sense
Mona Charen - Crown Forum
Format: Hardcover
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Author of the New York Times bestseller Useful Idiots and popular columnist Mona Charen takes a close, reasoned look at the aggressive feminist agenda undermining the success and happiness of men and women across the countryIn this smart, deeply necessary critique, Mona Charen unpacks the ways... |
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The Foster Parenting Toolbox
edited by Kim Phagan-Hansel - EMK Press; first edition
Format: Print book
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Finally, a comprehensive parenting book for foster families! What do you need to meet the needs of the children in your care? Each child will be unique and require a different set of tools in your toolbox. The Foster Parenting Toolbox is 464 pages of incredibly helpful information. Over... |
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Parenting Children with ADHD: 10 Lessons That Medicine Cannot Teach
Vincent J. Monastra - American Psychological Association
Format: Print book
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Over the past 30 years, Dr. Monastra has treated more than 15,000 clients who have ADHD. In this indispensable book he shares the knowledge he has gained. Engaging and straightforward, the book is directed at parents of children who have, or might have, ADHD. In a conversational style,... |
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Finding Quality Early Childcare: A Step-by-Step Guide for Parents about What Matters Most
Sarah Vanover - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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Finding Quality Early Childcare is a tool for parents to use in selecting quality childcare that best meets the needs of their family. This book reviews foundational elements of childcare, such as health and safety features, while explaining educational strategies, including styles of teaching... |
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The Ultimate Guide to College Transfer: From Surviving to Thriving
Lucia D. Tyler - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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The Ultimate Guide to College Transfer is a comprehensive guide, designed to make college transfer between four-year schools as successful as possible. Chapters outline the steps to take from the moment a student finds him/herself considering college transfer to the first semester at his/her... |
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Autism Adulthood: Strategies and Insights for a Fulfilling Life
Susan Senator - Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Print book
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One of the biggest fears of parents with children with autism is looming adulthood and all that it entails. In her new book Susan Senator takes the mystery out of adult life on the autism spectrum and conveys the positive message that even though autism adulthood is complicated and challenging,... |
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Reasons to Smile: Celebrating People Living with Down Syndrome
Andrea Knauss - Schiffer Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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This compilation of 56 encouraging and eye-opening short writings by a variety of authors across the globe celebrates the lives of people living with Down syndrome. Together with 56 inspiring "slice of life" photos, these candid true stories, including the renowned "Welcome... |
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What Girls Need: How to Raise Bold, Courageous, and Resilient Women
Marisa Porges PhD - Viking
Format: Hardcover
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"A powerful book about how we can raise girls to become bold, ambitious women." --Adam GrantWhat do girls really need to succeed? Children today face an uncertain future, and parents and teachers can't fully predict what's in store for their daughter and sons. But one thing... |
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Hero: Being the Strong Father Your Children Need
MEG MEEKER - Regnery Publishing
Format: Paperback
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"Your go-to gift for new fathers." - Dave Ramsey, New York Times bestselling author, motivational speaker, and radio hostWhether you know it or not, if you're a dad, you're a hero - that's the message of bestselling author and pediatrician Meg Meeker. Even if you're... |
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Playful Learning: Develop Your Child's Sense of Joy and Wonder
Mariah Bruehl - Roost Books
Format: Paperback
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Children are natural scientists, artists, mathematicians, authors, and scholars. From the time they are born they seek out information about the world around them in an effort to construct meaning and further their development. While children have an inherent drive to make sense of their... |
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Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters: 10 Secrets Every Father Should Know
Meg Meeker - Ballantine Books
Format: Paperback
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In today’s increasingly complicated world, it’s often difficult for parents to connect with their daughters–and especially so for fathers. In this unique and invaluable guide, Dr. Meg Meeker, a pediatrician with more than twenty years’ experience counseling girls,... |
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Baby Body Language: 100 Ways to Understand Babies & Toddlers
EMMA HOWARD - Collins & Brown
Format: Paperback
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What is your baby telling you? Here are 100 ways to interpret the messages they're sending to you in body language. From the moment they're born, babies have an arsenal of "parent-trapping weapons" at their disposal, from their large eyes to their ability to give simple... |
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Girls & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape
Peggy Orenstein - HarperAudio
Format: Hardcover
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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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101 Things to Do With A Retired Man: ... to Get Him Out From Under Your Feet!
Gabrielle Mander - Spruce
Format: Hardcover
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Sunny days and heady nights await you in retirement, not just for two weeks each year, but forever! You have been looking forward to this and have an endless list of things to do, but only once you have sorted out your other half and got him out from under your feet.101 Things to do with... |
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Gummi Bears Should Not Be Organic: And Other Opinions I Cant Back Up with Facts
Stefanie Wilder-Taylor - Tantor Audio
Format: Audiobook
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Stefanie Wilder-Taylor is officially fed up with the endless mommy fads, trends, studies, findings, and facts about how to raise children. Tiger mom or cool mom? Organic or vegan? "TV is the devil" or "TV is a godsend"? The mother of three young girls, Stefanie has finally... |
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Labor of Love: The Invention of Dating
Moira Weigel - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Print book
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Does anyone date anymore? Today, the authorities tell us that courtship is in crisis. But when Moira Weigel dives into the history of sex and romance in modern America, she discovers that authorities have always said this. Ever since young men and women started to go out together, older... |
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Southern Lady Code: Essays
Helen Ellis - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover
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"I loved it." - Ann Patchett The bestselling author of American Housewife ("Dark, deadpan and truly inventive." --The New York Times Book Review) is back with a fiercely... |
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The Baby Signing Book: Includes 450 ASL Signs for Babies and Toddlers
Sara Bingham - Robert Rose; Second Edition edition
Format: Print book
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This second edition 9780778804512 replaces the first edition 9780778801634 Now with 100 additional American Sign Language ASL symbols plus more case studies. The interest surrounding baby signing continues to increase as more and more parents embrace this special world of communication,... |
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Hero: Being the Strong Father Your Children Need
Meg Meeker - Regnery Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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Pediatrician and bestselling author Meg Meeker has a message: Stop undervaluing fatherhood.We live in a culture that hails motherhood as a woman's crowning achievement yet defines men first and foremost by their professional accomplishments, treating fatherhood as almost incidental - a bonus.... |
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Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief
David Kessler - Scribner
Format: Hardcover
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In this groundbreaking new work, David Kessler - an expert on grief and the coauthor with Elisabeth Kbler-Ross of the iconic On Grief and Grieving - journeys beyond the classic five stages to discover a sixth stage: meaning.In 1969, Elisabeth Kbler Ross first identified the stages... |
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Permission to Feel
Marc A Brackett - Celadon Books
Format: Paperback
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The mental well-being of children and adults is shockingly poor. Marc Brackett, author of Permission to Feel, knows why. And he knows what we can do. "We have a crisis on our hands, and its victims are our children."Marc Brackett is a professor in Yale Universitys Child Study... |
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The 5 Love Languages of Children: The Secret to Loving Children Effectively
Gary D Chapman - Northfield Pub
Format: Print book
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More than 1 million sold! You know you love your child. But how can you show it so they really feel loved The #1 New York Times bestselling The 5 Love Languages has helped millions of couples learn the secret to building a love that lasts. Now discover how to speak your child's... |
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The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World 2018
Bob Sehlinger - Unofficial Guides
Format: Paperback
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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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Why Can't We Just Play?: What I Did When I Realized My Kids Were Way Too Busy
Pam Lobley - Familius
Format: Print book
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Facing summer with her two boys, ages ten and seven, Pam Lobley was sifting through signups for swim team, rec camp, night camp, scout camp, and enrichment classes. Overwhelmed at the choices, she asked her sons what they wanted to do during summer: "Soccer? Zoo School? Little Prodigy's... |
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Everyday Play: Fun Games to Develop the Fine Motor Skills Your Child Needs for School
Christy Isbell - Gryphon House
Format: Paperback
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Develop the fine motor skills your child needs for school success!Fine motor skills are a stepping-stone for school readiness, and Everyday Play gives you the tools you need to make developing those skills easy and fun!Organized by age for easy reference, the dozens of creative activities... |
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Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other
Sherry Turkle - Basic Books
Format: Paperback
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"Savvy and insightful." --New York Times Technology has become the architect of our intimacies. Online, we fall prey to the illusion of companionship, gathering thousands of Twitter and Facebook friends, and confusing tweets and wall posts with authentic communication. But this... |
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The Expectant Father: The Ultimate Guide for Dads-to-Be
Armin A. Brott - Abbeville Press
Format: Paperback
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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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A Tall History of Sugar
Curdella Forbes - Akashic Books
Format: Hardcover
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"In her immersive modern fairy tale, Forbes unspools an unlikely love story as well as a haunting, hypnotic piece of postcolonial Jamaican history...Arrienne's recount moves in hopscotch fashion, but it's driven forward by her enchanting voice, to which Forbes brings an electric lyricism.... |
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Tomboy: The Surprising History and Future of Girls Who Dare to Be Different
Lisa Selin Davis - Hachette Books
Format: Hardcover
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Strong Is the New Pretty meets All the Single Ladies, a heartfelt celebration and exploration of the tomboy phenomenon and the future of girlhood, based on the author's viral New York Times op-edInspired by her thought-provoking op-ed for The New York Times, Lisa Selin Davis's TOMBOY... |
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Strengths Based Parenting: Developing Your Children's Innate Talents
Mary Reckmeyer - Gallup Press
Format: Print book
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Written for parents to help their kids make the most of their talents - and to help parents make the most of their own talents so they can be truly effective mothers and fathers. Includes access codes for two strengths assessments: one for parents and one for children.How can you discover... |
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Potty Training: 3 Days to Potty Train Any Child Without Driving Everyone Crazy
Jennifer Nicole - CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Format: Paperback
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Make Potty Training a Complete Success - FREE BONUS The Bestselling Potty Training Book Used by Millions of Parents After years of work as a private potty training coach, Jennifer Nicole is finally ready to reveal her secrets to potty training your child in just THREE DAYS. Many children... |
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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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125 Brain Games for Babies
Jackie Silberg - Gryphon House; Revised Edition edition
Format: Print book
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Updated to reflect the latest research about how children learn, the revised edition of 125 Brain Games for Babies is a fun-filled collection of ways to develop the brain capacity of infants. Included are everyday opportunities to nurture brain development in the critical period from birth... |
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The Baby Signing Bible: Baby Sign Language Made Easy
Laura Berg - Avery
Format: Paperback
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As confirmed by the American Academy of Pediatrics, infant sign language is a boon for enhancing communication between parents and babies, helping to forge an important bond early in a child's life. The Baby Signing Bible provides step-by-step instructions for parents and other caregivers,... |
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Don't Wait Up: Confessions of a Stay-at-Work Mom
Liz Astrof - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover
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For fans of Let's Pretend This Never Happened and I Heart My Little A-Holes comes a candid and hilarious collection of essays on motherhood from the award-winning television comedy writer and producer of 2 Broke Girls and The King of Queens, who swears... |
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The Last Ocean: A Journey Through Memory and Forgetting
Nicci Gerrard - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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From the award-winning journalist and author, a lyrical, raw and humane investigation of dementia that explores both the journeys of the people who live with the condition and those of their loved onesAfter a diagnosis of dementia, Nicci Gerrard's father, John, continued to live life on his own terms,... |
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The Interracial Adoption Option: Creating a Family Across Race
Marlene Gail Fine - Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Format: Paperback
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The perfect starting point for parents of transracially adopted children and those who are considering adopting transracially. The Interracial Adoption Option is a personal guide to interracial adoption which draws on the lives and experiences of the authors, a white US couple, who adopt... |
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Baby Signs: How to Talk with Your Baby Before Your Baby Can Talk, Third Edition
Linda Acredolo - McGraw-Hill; 3 edition
Format: Paperback
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The Essential Parenting Guide- NOW COMPLETELY UPDATED AND EXPANDED! In 1982, child development experts Linda Acredolo, Ph.D., and Susan Goodwyn, Ph.D., discovered that babies can communicate with simple signs-even before they're able to talk. The result: Baby Signs, the groundbreaking... |
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How to Live Forever: The Enduring Power of Connecting the Generations
Marc Freedman - PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover
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The secret to happiness, longevity, and living on is through mentoring the next generationIn How to Live Forever, Encore.org founder and CEO Marc Freedman tells the story of his thirty-year quest to answer some of contemporary life's most urgent questions: With so many living so much... |
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Nolo's Essential Guide to Divorce
EMILY DOSKOW - NOLO
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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Thirty Million Words: Building a Child's Brain
Dana Suskind - Dutton
Format: Print book
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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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Your Pregnancy Week by Week, 8th Edition
Glade B. Curtis - Da Capo Lifelong Books
Format: Print book
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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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Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know
Malcolm Gladwell - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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Malcolm Gladwell, host of the podcast Revisionist History and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Outliers, offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers--and why they often go wrong.How did Fidel Castro fool the CIA for a generation? Why did Neville... |
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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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Bugs, Bogs, Bats, and Books: Sharing Nature with Children Through Reading
Kathleen T. Isaacs - Huron Street Press
Format: Paperback
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An educator and librarian shares her choices for the best nature books to help families bond Reading a book before or after a trip to the zoo, a nighttime look at the stars, or a walk in the forest can connect children to nature while inspiring discussion and questions. Teacher and librarian... |
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The Baby Book: Pregnancy, birth, baby & childcare from 0 to 3
Dorling Kindersley Inc. - DK Publishing
Format: Print book
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Now available in paperback, The Baby Book is a guide to caring for your child - from pregnancy through age three - that celebrates the joy of being pregnant and of being a parent.Affirmative, encouraging, and practical, The Baby Book provides everything you need to know... |
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Fleishman Is in Trouble: A Novel
Taffy Brodesser-Akner - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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"Just the sort of thing that Philip Roth or John Updike might have produced in their prime (except, of course, that the author understands women) ." - Elizabeth Gilbert "This is a remarkable... |
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Parenting in transracial adoption : real questions and real answers
Jane Hoyt-Oliver - Praeger
Format: eBook
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Anchored in a qualitative study of parents who have adopted children identified as being of a different race, this book draws from real-life experiences to raise and respond to questions that arise before, during, and after transracial adoption. Its goal: to help adoptive parents (and child... |
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Beyond the Tiger Mom: East-West Parenting for the Global Age
Maya Thiagarajan - Tuttle Publishing
Format: Print book
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"Beyond the Tiger Mom is a brilliant book - hard-hitting and brutally honest but also balanced, insightful, and funny." - Amy Chua, author of Battle Hymn of the Tiger MomDispel the hype and myths about Asian parenting and uncover the practical with this effective parenting guide.How... |
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American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers
Nancy Jo Sales - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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A New York Times BestsellerInstagram. Whisper. Yik Yak. YouTube. Kik. Ask.fm. Tinder. The dominant force in the lives of girls coming of age in America today is social media. What it is doing to an entire generation of young women is the subject of award-winning Vanity Fair... |
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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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The Awakened Family: A Revolution in Parenting
Shefali Tsabary - Viking
Format: Hardcover
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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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Mommy Burnout: How to Reclaim Your Life and Raise Healthier Children in the Process
SHERYL GONZALEZ-ZIEGLER - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover
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The ultimate must-read handbook for the modern mother: a practical, and positive tool to help free women from the debilitating notion of being the "perfect mom," filled with funny and all too relatable true-life stories and realistic suggestions to stop the burnout cycle, and protect... |
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How to Raise Successful People: Simple Lessons for Radical Results
Esther Wojcicki - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover
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The Godmother of Silicon Valley, legendary teacher, and mother of a Super Family shares her tried-and-tested methods for raising happy, healthy, successful children using Trust, Respect, Independence, Collaboration, and Kindness: TRICK. Esther Wojcicki - "Woj" to her many friends... |
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ADHD: What Every Parent Needs to Know
American Academy of Pediatrics - American Academy of Pediatrics
Format: Paperback
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Fully updated with the latest AAP recommendations, this award-winning guide offers parents balanced, reassuring information to help them manage this condition. Topics include: evaluation and diagnosis, coexisting conditions, behavior therapy, ADHD and academics, the role of medication,... |
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It's Not Your Fault!: Strategies for Solving Toilet Training and Bedwetting Problems
Dr. Joseph Barone M.D. - Rutgers University Press
Format: Print book
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Millions of children over the age of five wet their beds every night. Many parents think they must be doing something wrong when their five-year-old is still in diapers while their friends' children are perfectly trained by eighteen months of age. This undoubtedly is a very embarrassing... |
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Divorce After 50: Your Guide to the Unique Legal and Financial Challenges
Janice Green Attorney - NOLO
Format: Paperback
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A road map for late-life divorce Divorce can be emotionally devastating at any time, but the emotional and financial challenges are even greater for people who divorce later in life and can face complicated issues of blended families, health care concerns, and retirement planning. Attorney... |
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Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood
Lisa Damour - Ballantine Books
Format: Book
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Lisa Damour, Ph.D., director of the internationally renowned Laurel School's Center for Research on Girls, pulls back the curtain on the teenage years and shows why your daughter's erratic and confusing behavior is actually healthy, necessary,... |
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