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Raising Grandkids: Inside Skipped-Generation Families
GARY GARRISON - University of Regina Press Format: Paperback
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Raising Grandkids focuses on "skipped generation" families or grandparent-headed households. Collecting together stories from grandparents and reflecting on his own experience as an older caregiver to his stepchildren, Gary Garrison paints a compassionate yet compelling... |
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Baby-Led Weaning: The
TERESA PITMAN - Firefly Books Format: Paperback
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Put down the spoon and forget the pures -- baby-led weaning is the easy, natural way for your baby to start solid foods. Around 6 months, most babies are developmentally ready to self-feed. The philosophy behind baby-led weaning is to offer your baby healthy finger foods and let her determine... |
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No Visible Bruises: What We Don't Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us
Rachel Louise Snyder - Bloomsbury Publishing Format: Hardcover
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"Gut-wrenching, required reading."-Esquire, "Most Anticipated Books of 2019"An award-winning journalist's intimate investigation of the true scope of domestic violence, revealing how the roots of America's most pressing social crises are buried in abuse that happens... |
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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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Love Her Well: 10 Ways to Find Joy and Connection with Your Teenage Daughter
Kari Kampakis - Thomas Nelson Format: Paperback
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Moms are eager for tips and wisdom to help them build strong relationships with their daughters, and Kari Kampakis's Love Her Well gives them ten practical ways to do so, not by changing their daughters but by changing their own thoughts, actions, and mind-set.For many women, having... |
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Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover, and Me
Adrienne Brodeur - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Format: Hardcover
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A daughter's tale of living in the thrall of her magnetic, complicated mother, and the chilling consequences of her complicity. On a hot August night on Cape Cod when Adrienne was fourteen, her mother, Malabar, woke her at midnight with five simple words that would set the course of both... |
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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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Age in Place: A Guide to Modifying, Organizing and Decluttering Mom and Dad's Home
Lynda G Shrager - Bull Publishing Company Format: Paperback
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A practical step-by-step, room-by-room guide to simple modifications that can help seniors make their homes safer and easier to navigate, this reference offers readers clear and practical solutions. Author Lynda Shrager is a registered, national board certified occupational therapist, a master's... |
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CREATING COMPASSIONATE KIDS : 50 essential conversations to have with young children
SHAUNA TOMINEY - W. W. Norton & Company Format: Hardcover
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Learning easy ways to talk with children about difficult topics.Young children look to the adults in their lives for everything. Sometimes we're prepared for their questions and sometimes we're not.All child development research is clear about the importance of language and conversation... |
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I Don't Belong to You: Quiet the Noise and Find Your Voice
Keke Palmer - North Star Way Format: Print book
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A sometimes serious, often hilarious, and always inspiring guide that encourages young women to live a life full of ownership, confidence, and freedom from singer and popular Scream Queens and Grease Live! actress Keke Palmer, delightfully illustrated in four color with Keke's... |
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Give, a Novel
Erica C. Witsell - Boutique of Quality Books Format: Paperback
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A very unusual family saga written with unusual intelligence and compassion. Erica Witsell has a gift for depicting complex relationships. - Phyllis Rose, author of Parallel Lives, The Year of Reading Proust, and The Shelf Every summer, Jessie and Emma leave their suburban home in the Central... |
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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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High Risk: A Doctor's Notes on Pregnancy, Birth, and the Unexpected
Chavi Eve Karkowsky MD - Liveright Format: Hardcover
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A doctor's revelatory account of pregnancy and the complexity of reproductive life -- and everything we lose when we don't speak honestly about women's health."My work offers a window into the darkest and lightest corners of people's lives, into the extremes of human... |
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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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Wisdom from Adoptive Families: Joys and Challenges in Older Child Adoption
PhD Kris Kittle - Marcinson Press Format: Paperback
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"Wisdom from Adoptive Families" provides parents with experienced advice from families who have adopted older children as well as experts in the field. Together, there's much hard-earned knowledge from those who can help parents help their children transition into their new families... |
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Parenting Our Parents: Transforming the Challenge into a Journey of Love
Jane Wolf Frances - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Format: Hardcover
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This book is a "must read" for anyone who is presently caring for their aging parents, anyone who will eventually care for their aging parents or anyone planning on growing older. The author brings her decades of professional experiences as a psychotherapist, an attorney, a coach... |
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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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The Formula: Unlocking the Secrets to Raising Highly Successful Children
Ronald F. Ferguson - BenBella Books Format: Hardcover
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We all want our children to reach their fullest potential - to be smart and well adjusted, and to make a difference in the world. We wonder why, for some people, success seems to come so naturally. Could the secret be how they were parented? This book unveils how parenting helped shape... |
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Mom and Me, Me and Mom
Miguel Tanco - Chronicle Books Format: Hardcover
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The joy of being a mom is palpable in this touching tribute to parenthood. Whimsical illustrations capture the poignant moments that make motherhood so special: pinning up a daughter's hair, getting messy during playtime, reading quietly side by side, and, above all, cherishing precious... |
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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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Beyond Piggy Banks and Lemonade Stands: How to Teach Young Kids About Finance
Liz Frazier - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Format: Hardcover
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Beyond Piggy Banks is written for you: the loving, responsible and overworked parents of young children. It takes the stress and mystery out of finance, and focuses on the basic fundamentals elementary children should understand so they can make smart decisions as they grow. This usable,... |
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Mama Natural's Week to Week Guide to Pregnancy and Childbirth
Genevieve Grace - North Star Way Format: Paperback
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With more than 1.3 million video views each month and over fifty-two million total views on her YouTube channel, Howland's (a.k.a. Mama Natural) funny but informational videos have empowered millions of women to embrace natural pregnancy and parenting. Now Howland is turning to the page,... |
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Where to Retire: America's Best & Most Affordable Places
John Howells - Globe Pequot Format: Paperback
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Where to Retire offers the best advice not only on where to relocate in the retirement years, but why people should pick up and move just as life is settling down and provides well-researched and completely revised and updated information on how to find the ideal home base for the retirement... |
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Kids, Sex & Screens: Raising Strong, Resilient Children in the Sexualized Digital Age
Jillian Roberts - Fair Winds Press Format: Paperback
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Kids, Sex & Screens is Dr. Jillian Roberts' primer for parents that know they need to speak with their children about sexualized media, but don't know where to start. Our kids are being exposed to sexual content at a younger and younger age, whether through the Internet, advertisements,... |
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How To Raise A Boy: The Power of Connection to Build Good Men
Michael C. Reichert - TarcherPerigee Format: Hardcover
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At a time when many boys are in crisis, a much-needed roadmap for helping boys grow into strong and compassionate menOver the past two decades there has been an explosion of new studies that have expanded our knowledge of how boys think and feel. In How to Raise a Boy, psychologist... |
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Unlatched: The Evolution of Breastfeeding and the Making of a Controversy
Jennifer Grayson - Harper Format: Print book
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Since the rise of artificial formula, we have turned a biological process into a never-ending controversy: A mother breastfeeding her three-year-old son on the cover of Time magazine sets off a firestorm. Facebook takes down photos of women nursing, citing the content as "offensive."... |
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The New Baby Blueprint: Caring for You and Your Little One
Whitney Casares - American Academy of Pediatrics Format: Paperback
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Pediatrician and mother of two young daughters, Dr. Whitney Casares, delivers a modern, empathetic guide to preparing for a baby and those first few days, weeks, and months of being a parent. From basic newborn care to breastfeeding success and from childcare choices to the emotional ups and downs... |
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Why Don't You Write My Eulogy Now So I Can Correct It?: A Mother's Suggestions
Patricia Marx - Celadon Books Format: Hardcover
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The perfect Mother's Day gift: A collection of witty one-line advice New Yorker writer Patricia Marx heard from her mother, accompanied by full-color illustrations by New Yorker staff cartoonist Roz Chast.Every mother knows best, but New Yorker writer Patty Marx's knows... |
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The AfterGrief: Finding Your Way Along the Long Arc of Loss
Hope Edelman - Ballantine Books Format: Hardcover
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"This is perhaps one of the most important books about grief ever written. It finally dispels the myth that we are all supposed to get over the death of a loved one." - Claire Bidwell Smith, author of Anxiety: The Missing Stage of GriefAren't you over it yet? Anyone who has experienced... |
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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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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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The New One: Painfully True Stories from a Reluctant Dad
Mike Birbiglia - Grand Central Publishing Format: Hardcover
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With laugh-out-loud observations on the rollercoaster ride that is being a new parent, New York Times bestselling author and award-winning comedian Mike Birbiglia delivers a book that is perfect for anyone who has ever raised a child, been a child, or refuses to stop acting like a child.... |
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Of Mess and Moxie: Wrangling Delight Out of This Wild and Glorious Life
Jen Hatmaker - Thomas Nelson Format: Hardcover
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Life is messy for each of us. But Jen Hatmaker reminds us that its okay to admit that were all in the same boat. Join New York Times bestselling author and honorary big sister Jen as she shares hilarious tales, shameless honesty, and unconditional hope for the woman whos forgotten her moxie.We... |
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The Lines On Nanas Face
Simona Ciraolo - Flying Eye Books Format: Hardcover
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Its grannys birthday, but her little granddaughter wonders why, because of the lines on her face, she looks so worried! But they are simply wrinkles, and grandma is very fond of her lines because they are where she keeps her memories.In this imaginative and charming story, Simona Ciraolo... |
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Dad's Maybe Book
Tim O'Brien - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Format: Hardcover
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Best-selling author Tim O'Brien shares wisdom from a life in letters, lessons learned in wartime, and the challenges, humor, and rewards of raising two sons."We are all writing our maybe books full of maybe tomorrows, and each maybe tomorrow brings another maybe tomorrow, and then... |
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The Adventurous Eaters Club: Mastering the Art of Family Mealtime
Misha Collins - HarperOne; Illustrated edition Format: Hardcover
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NATIONAL BESTSELLERTV star Misha Collins and his wife, journalist and historian Vicki Collins, show families how to be mealtime adventurers so that kids might have a lifelong relationship with real foodChicken nuggets. Hot dogs. Macaroni and cheese. These are just some of the greatest hits... |
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Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets & Advice for Living Your Best Life
Ali Wong - Random House Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Ali Wong's heartfelt and hilarious letters to her daughters (the two she put to work while they were still in utero) cover everything they need to know in life, like the unpleasant details of dating, how to be a working mom in a male-dominated profession,... |
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The Enlightened College Applicant: A New Approach to the Search and Admissions Process
ANDREW BERGMAN DAVE BELASCO - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Format: Paperback
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Deluged with messages that range from "It's Ivy League or bust" to "It doesn't matter where you go," college applicants and their families often find themselves lost, adrift in a sea of information overload. Finally - a worthy life preserver has arrived. The Enlightened... |
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Differently Wired: Raising an Exceptional Child in a Conventional World
DEBORAH REBER - Workman Publishing Company Format: Hardcover
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Today millions of kids are stuck in a world that doesn't respect, support, or embrace who they really are - these are what Deborah Reber is calling the "differently wired" kids, the one in five children with ADHD, dyslexia, Asperger's, giftedness, anxiety, sensory processing... |
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Right from the Start: A Practical Guide for Helping Young Children with Autism
Karin Donahue - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Format: Hardcover
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Right from the Start: A Practical Guide for Helping Young Children with Autism asserts that autistic children can be successful when parents and teachers understand key principles of autism and have the tools to help these children expand their social and emotional skills. This book explains... |
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Raising a Strong Daughter: 11 Steps to Keep Her Safe, Happy, and Healthy
Meg Meeker - Regnery Publishing Format: Hardcover
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Pediatrician and parenting expert Meg Meeker, author of Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters (over half a million sold!) , focuses in on the challenges, pressures, and dilemmas facing adolescent and teenage girls today. How can parents help shepherd their daughters into womanhood while guarding... |
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Caring for Your School-Age Child, 3rd Edition: Ages 5-12
American Academy Of Pediatrics - Bantam Format: Paperback
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From the American Academy of Pediatrics, the most up-to-date advice for mothers, fathers, and caregivers of school-age children You've outgrown the baby books - but your school-age child needs your guidance and support more than ever. During the ages of 5 to 12, children continue to grow... |
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The Carer's Bible
Amanda Waring - Souvenir Press Format: Paperback
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This accessible and detailed guide includes practical tips, checklists for best practice, descriptions of their experience from a wide range of carers that addresses solutions to common problems, and expert advice on how to deliver compassionate and dignified care to older people. Uniquely,... |
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Group: HowOneTherapistandaCircleof StrangersSavedMyLife
Christie Tate - Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster Format: Hardcover
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The refreshingly original debut memoir of a guarded, over-achieving, self-lacerating young lawyer who reluctantly agrees to get psychologically and emotionally naked in a room of six complete strangers - her psychotherapy group - and in turn finds human connection, and herself.Christie... |
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To Have and to Hold: Motherhood, Marriage, and the Modern Dilemma
Molly Millwood PhD - Harper Wave Format: Hardcover
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A clinical psychologist's exploration of the modern dilemmas women face in the wake of new motherhood When Molly Millwood became a mother, she was fully prepared for what she would gain: an adorable baby boy; hard-won mothering skills; and a messy, chaotic, beautiful life. But what she did not expect... |
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100,000 Baby Names: The most helpful, complete, & up-to-date name book
Bruce Lansky - Da Capo Lifelong Books Format: Paperback
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The most helpful, complete, and yearly up-to-date name bookWhat's new about names? The new edition of 100,000 Baby Names by Bruce Lansky features the most up-to-date lists of names, trends, advice, and fascinating facts about names, including:Hundreds of newly popular names and variationsThe... |
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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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Beyond Mars and Venus: The Power of Evolutionary Relationships
John Gray - Benbella Books Format: Print book
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For more than twenty years, John Gray's Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus has helped couples deepen their intimacy and rejuvenate their love lives. Men and women, it revealed, communicate so differently, we might as well be from different planets. By learning to speak each other's... |
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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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The Power of Presence: Be a Voice in Your Child's Ear Even When You're Not with Them
Joy Thomas Moore - Grand Central Life & Style Format: Hardcover
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For single parents, working parents, and caregivers who worry about the time they spend away from their children, the mother of The Other Wes Moore shares strategies to raise happy, well adjusted kids.As the mother of Wes Moore, whose memoir about overcoming the obstacles that face... |
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Obviously: Stories from My Timeline
Akilah Hughes - Razorbill Format: Hardcover
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"A refreshingly funny and blisteringly unsentimental coming-of-age memoir." -John Green, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Fault in Our StarsIn Akilah Hughes's world, family--and life--are often complicated, but always funny. Through intimate and hilarious... |
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Blend: The Secret to Co-Parenting and Creating a Balanced Family
MASHONDA TIFRERE - TarcherPerigee Format: Hardcover
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A wise and inspiring guide to creating a happy and healthy blended family by Mashonda Tifrere with contributions from her co-parents--Swizz Beatz and his wife, Grammy-Award winning singer and songwriter Alicia Keys.In January 2010, founder of ArtLeadHer Mashonda Tifrere and music producer... |
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Warrior Rising: How Four Men Helped a Boy on His Journey to Manhood
MaryAnne Howland - Penguin Audio Format: Hardcover
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An eye-opening look at one mothers determination to provide positive male role models for her son, and the power of great mentoring to change lives.When MaryAnne Howlands son was turning 13, she organized a "Black Mitzvah" rite of passage celebration for him. Max is one of the one-in-three... |
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How Not to Hate Your Husband After Kids
Jancee Dunn - Little, Brown and Company Format: Hardcover
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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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Under Pressure: Confronting the Epidemic of Stress and Anxiety in Girls
Lisa Damour - Ballantine Books Format: Paperback
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * An urgently needed guide to the alarming increase in anxiety and stress experienced by girls from elementary school through college, from the author of Untangled"An invaluable read for anyone who has girls, works with girls, or cares about girls - for everyone!"... |
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You, Your Child, and School: Navigate Your Way to the Best Education
Ken Robinson - Viking Format: Hardcover
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An essential book for parents to help their children get the education they need to live happy, productive lives from The New York Times bestselling author of The Element and Creative Schools Parents everywhere are deeply concerned about the education of their... |
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The Brink of Being: Talking About Miscarriage
Julia Bueno - Penguin Books Format: Paperback
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"Wise and compassionate . . . a profound game-changer of a book." --Caroline Leavitt, author of Pictures of YouThough approximately one in four pregnancies ends in miscarriage, it remains a rarely talked about, under-researched, and largely misunderstood area of women's... |
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What to Believe When You're Expecting: A New Look at Old Wives' Tales in Pregnancy
Jonathan Schaffir - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Format: Hardcover
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Pregnant women encounter advice from many directions about how to have a healthy pregnancy - not only from health care providers, but from relatives, friends, and the Internet. Some of these pieces of advice (on topics that range from inducing labor to telling the baby's gender to improving... |
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No More Mean Girls: The Secret to Raising Strong, Confident, and Compassionate Girls
Katie Hurley - TarcherPerigee Format: Paperback
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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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United in Autism: Finding Strength inside the Spectrum
Julie Hornok - Brown Books Publishing Group Format: Hardcover
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A diagnosis of autism can rock a family's world. The toll it takes on everyone involved can be one of isolation; a child who doesn't respond to the world around them, a parent who gives dedication, patience and love often with no expressible love given back. It's a messy equation... |
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