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Everything I Need to Know I Learned from Mister Rogers' Neighborhood: Wonderful Wisdom from Everyone's Favorite Neighbor

Melissa Wagner - Clarkson Potter
Format: Hardcover

From Fred Rogers Productions, comes a delightful gift book that shows how the wisdom of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood is as relevant for adults as it is for children. With colorful illustrations and quotes that touch on themes of kindness, empathy, self-care, respect, and love, this...
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The Trembling Answers

Craig Morgan Teicher - BOA Editions Ltd.
Format: Print book

At once an extension of and a departure from his previous explorations of family and art, Craig Morgan Teicher's The Trembling Answers delves boldly into the tangled realms of fatherhood, marriage, and poetry. Dealing with the day-to-day of family life - including the alert anxiety...
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Nolo's IEP Guide: Learning Disabilities

Lawrence M. Siegel - NOLO; Sixth Edition edition
Format: Paperback

Create an individualized education plan (IEP) and secure the education your child deserves!Children with learning disabilities have different needs than other kids in special education -- let Nolo's IEP Guide: Learning Disabilities help you work with your child's school to make...
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On the Other Side of Chaos: Understanding the Addiction of a Loved One

Ellen Van Vechten JD - Central Recovery Press
Format: Paperback

A lawyer turned counselor examines the chaos many families endure when addiction disrupts their lives. Based in part on her own family's journey, Van Vechten explains the science of addiction, the theory of treatment, and the Twelve-Step model of recovery, providing sensible information...
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Southern Lady Code: Essays

Helen Ellis - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover

"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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Enough As She Is: How to Help Girls Move Beyond Impossible Standards of Success to Live Healthy, Happy, and Fulfilling Lives

Rachel Simmons - Harper
Format: Hardcover

"Is it wrong that I wanted to underline every single word in this book? Simmons brilliantly crystallizes contemporary girls' dilemma: the way old expectations and new imperatives collide; how a narrow, virtually unattainable vision of 'success' comes at the expense of self-worth and well-being....
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Baby Names 2015: This year's best baby names: state to state

Eleanor Turner - Crimson Publishing; 4 edition
Format: Book

Fully up-to-date for 2015, this guide is packed with advice and information from celebrity baby names and trends to tips on choosing a name and dealing with family expectations. In its 4th edition Baby Names 2015 now has over 8,000 baby names inside, alongside meaning and origin, so parents-to-be...
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A Freshman Survival Guide for College Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders: The Stuff Nobody Tells You About!

Haley Moss - Jessica Kingsley; 1 edition
Format: Print book

How do you know which college is right for you? What happens if you don't get on with your roommate? And what on earth is the Greek system all about? As a university student with High-Functioning Autism, Haley Moss offers essential tips and advice in this insider's guide to surviving...
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TheDadLab: 50 Awesome Science Projects for Parents and Kids

Sergei Urban - TarcherPerigee
Format: Paperback

The ultimate collection of DIY activities to do with your kids to teach STEM basics and beyond, from a wildly popular online dad.With more than 3 million fans, TheDadLab has become an online sensation, with weekly videos of fun and easy science experiments that parents can do with their...
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Wherever You Go, There They Are: Stories About My Family You Might Relate To

Annabelle Gurwitch - Blue Rider Press
Format: Hardcover

A hysterically funny and slyly insightful new collection of essays from New York Times bestselling author Annabelle Gurwitch, about her own family of scam artists and hucksters, as well as the sisterhoods, temporary tribes, communities, and cults who have become surrogates along...
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The Everything Parent's Guide to Children with Dyslexia: Learn the Key Signs of Dyslexia and Find the Best Treatment Options for Your Child

Abigail Marshall - Adams Media; Second Edition edition
Format: Paperback

Help your child succeed in the classroom--and in life!As a parent of a child with dyslexia you may wonder what you should expect as your child goes through life. How can you help your child deal with school and succeed? Its true, there are challenges for children with dyslexia, but when...
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Good job! : the 15 things a parent should never say and what to say instead

Jennifer Lehr - Workman
Format: Print book

A provocative guide to the hidden dangers of "parentspeak" - those seemingly innocent phrases parents use when speaking to their young children. Imagine if every time you praise your child with "Good job!" you're actually doing harm? Or that urging a child to say "Can...
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Differently Wired: Raising an Exceptional Child in a Conventional World

DEBORAH REBER - Workman Publishing Company
Format: Hardcover

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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Long-Term Care: How to Plan & Pay for It

Joseph Matthews Attorney - NOLO; Tenth edition
Format: Paperback

Finding the right long-term care often means making difficult decisions during difficult times. Whether you're planning for the future or need to make a quick decision, Long-Term Care helps you understand the alternatives to nursing facilities and shows you how to find the best care...
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The Dance of Life: The New Science of How a Single Cell Becomes a Human Being

Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover

A renowned biologist's cutting-edge and unconventional examination of human reproduction and embryo research Scientists have long struggled to make pregnancy easier, safer, and more successful. In The Dance of Life, developmental and stem-cell biologist Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz...
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Looking Out for Number Two: A Slightly Irreverent Guide to Poo, Gas, and Other Things That Come Out of Your Baby

Bryan S Vartabedian - Harper Wave
Format: Print book

Dr. Spock meets Go the F*ck to Sleep in this informative, entertaining, and practical guide to understanding your baby's digestion.Let's face it: babies don't do much. So when we want to know how a baby is feeling, we look at how they are eating, sleeping, and pooping. But baby...
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Mommy Burnout: How to Reclaim Your Life and Raise Healthier Children in the Process

SHERYL GONZALEZ-ZIEGLER - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover

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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Allergy-Free Kids: The Science-Based Approach to Preventing Food Allergies

Robin Nixon Pompa - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

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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Hangry: 5 Simple Steps to Balance Your Hormones and Restore Your Joy (Including a Customizable Paleo/Mediterranean Plan!)

Sarah Fragoso - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

HANGRY IS THE COMPREHENSIVE HORMONE BOOK WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR. Get ready to restore your joy, heal your hormones, and reset your metabolism in just four weeks.Sarah Fragoso, the bestselling author and creator of Everyday Paleo, and Dr. Brooke Kalanick, a leading expert in functional...
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Middle School Matters: The 10 Key Skills Kids Need to Thrive in Middle School and Beyond--and How Parents Can Help

Phyllis L. Fagell - Da Capo Lifelong Books
Format: Paperback

A counselor and popular Washington Post contributor offers a new take on grades 6-8 as a distinct developmental phase--and the perfect time to set up kids to thrive.Middle school is its own important, distinct territory, and yet it's either written off as an uncomfortable rite of passage...
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How to Age in Place: Planning for a Happy, Independent, and Financially Secure Retirement

Mary A. Languirand Ph.D. - Ten Speed Press
Format: Paperback

The first authoritative and comprehensive guide to "aging in place"--a burgeoning movement for those who don't want to rely on assisted living or nursing home care--which allows seniors to spend their later years living comfortably, independently, and in their own home...
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Family in Six Tones: A Refugee Mother, an American Daughter

Lan Cao - Viking
Format: Hardcover

A dual first-person memoir by the acclaimed Vietnamese-American novelist and her thoroughly American teenage daughterAfter more than forty years in the United States, Lan Cao still feels tentative about her place in her adoptive country, one which she came to as a thirteen-year old refugee....
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The Complete IEP Guide: How to Advocate for Your Special Ed Child

Lawrence M. Siegel - NOLO; Eighth Edition edition
Format: Paperback

Create an IEP with this start-to-finish guide for caring parentsYour special needs child needs a special education, and as a parent, you face a number of obstacles as you work with your school district to develop an Individual Education Plan IEP. Lots of steps, complicated paperwork, and intimidating...
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Strong Mothers, Strong Sons: Lessons Mothers Need to Raise Extraordinary Men

Margaret J Meeker - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover

Meg Meeker, M.D., acclaimed author of Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters, now turns to an equally powerful relationship in the family: the one between mother and son. From the moment a mother holds her newborn son, his eyes tell her that she is his world. But often, as he grows up, the boy who needs...
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The Brink of Being: Talking About Miscarriage

Julia Bueno - Penguin Books
Format: Paperback

"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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World Class: One Mothers Journey Halfway Around the Globe in Search of the Best Education for Her Children

Teru Clavel - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover

"An upbeat chronicle of [Clavels] childrens school experiences in Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Tokyo ... [offering] advice about vetting schools and enriching childrens education." - Kirkus Reviews "An intriguing volume on the differences in global education." - Library...
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Permission to Parent: How to Raise Your Child with Love and Limits

Robin Berman - Harperwave
Format: Hardcover

After being bombarded by parenting fad after parenting fad, moms and dads finally have a friendly, commonsense guide to raising thriving children.Today, many parents have rejected the dictatorships they resented from their own childhoods. But they overcorrected by turning into child-pleasers....
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Quicken Willmaker & Trust 2020: Book & Software Kit

Editors of Nolo - NOLO
Format: Paperback

Quicken Willmaker & Trust 2020 is the easiest way to create your estate plan, whether you're just getting started or you want to update your previous arrangements. This powerful software guides you through the process from beginning to end, giving you the practical and legal...
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Beyond Piggy Banks and Lemonade Stands: How to Teach Young Kids About Finance

Liz Frazier - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover

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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Raising Empowered Daughters: A Dad-to-Dad Guide

Mike Adamick
Format: Paperback


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Temple Grandin: Voice for the Voiceless

Annette Wood - Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Print book

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

Clare Halsey - DK
Format: Hardcover

New parents take heart - you can boost your baby's development, bond with your newborn and infant, and get back into shape after pregnancy through play! Baby Play for Every Day highlights a simple baby play activity for every day of the year, so you can combine bonding and baby development...
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Tantrums!: Managing Meltdowns in Public and Private

Thomas W. Phelan - Parentmagic, Inc.
Format: Book

A straightforward approach to managing tantrums. Noting that of all the behavioral problems parents face from their children, temper tantrums may be the most upsetting, this handbook arms confused and frustrated parents with simple, easy-to-follow directions on how to best manage the problem...
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Positive Discipline for Children with Special Needs: Raising and Teaching All Children to Become Resilient, Responsible, and Respectful

Jane Nelsen - Harmony
Format: Paperback

Over 2 Million Positive Discipline Books Sold!A Positive Approach To Helping Children With Special Needs Realize Their Potential Every child deserves to lead a happy and fulfilling life. For parents and teachers of children with special needs, helping their child to not only negotiate daily...
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Just Feel: How to Be Stronger, Happier, Healthier, and More

Mallika Chopra - Running Press Kids
Format: Paperback

From the author of Just Breathe, Mallika Chopra, daughter of Deepak Chopra, comes a full-color guide empowering kids ages 8-12 to problem solve, harness inner strength, and gain grit and emotional awareness.

Featuring full-color illustrations, Just Feel is an engaging...

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Unschooled: Raising Curious, Well-Educated Children Outside the Conventional Classroom

Kerry McDonald - Chicago Review Press
Format: Paperback

Education has become synonymous with schooling, but it doesn't have to be. As schooling becomes increasingly standardized and test driven, occupying more of childhood than ever before, parents and educators are questioning the role of schooling in society. Many are now exploring and creating...
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To Have and to Hold: Motherhood, Marriage, and the Modern Dilemma

Molly Millwood PhD - Harper Wave
Format: Hardcover

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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The Autism Language Launcher: A Parent's Guide to Helping Your Child Turn Sounds and Words into Simple Conversations

Kate Wilde - Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Format: Paperback

Do you want to help your child on the autism spectrum to verbally communicate with you and others?You've picked up the right book.The Autism Language Launcher gives you something totally new: a step-by-step guide that ignites language lift-off by using methods such as tapping into your...
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Decoding Boys: New Science Behind the Subtle Art of Raising Sons

Cara Natterson - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover

When boys enter puberty, they tend to get quiet - or at least quieter than before - and parents often misread their signals. Here's how to navigate their retreat and steer them through this confusing passage, by the bestselling author of The Care and Keeping of You series and Guy Stuff:...
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Bare Minimum Parenting: The Ultimate Guide to Not Quite Ruining Your Child

James Breakwell - BenBella Books
Format: Paperback

This isn't a book about overachieving at parenting. This isn't even a book about achieving exactly the right amount. This is a book about doing as little as possible without quite ruining your child. Overachieving parents want you to believe the harder you work, the better your kid will...
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A Tall History of Sugar

Curdella Forbes - Akashic Books
Format: Hardcover

"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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Family Fit Plan: A 30-Day Wellness Transformation

Natalie Digate Muth - American Academy of Pediatrics
Format: Paperback

This dynamic plan will help the whole family kick-start their health and wellness and set the stage for long-term, lasting improvements in nutrition, fitness, sleep, stress, and screen use habits. Dr. Natalie Digate Muth walks families through this thirty-day transformation that establishes...
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Raising Boys to be Good Men: A Parent's Guide to Bringing up Happy Sons in a World Filled with Toxic Masculinity

Aaron Gouveia - Skyhorse
Format: Hardcover

From the dad who created the viral tweet supporting his son wearing nail polish, this essential parenting guide shares 38 parenting tips for battling gender norms, bringing down "man up" culture, and helping sons realize their potential. Our boys are in a crisis. Toxic masculinity...
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The 2014 Baby Names Almanac

Emily Larson - Sourcebooks
Format: Paperback

The Hottest Baby Name Trends, Lists, and Forecasts An instant snapshot of how the world today is shaping the name you may choose for your child tomorrow, The 2014 Baby Names Almanac is jam-packed with information and trends, plus thousands of names to browse. Heres a sneak peak at the ideas,...
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The Montessori Toddler: A Parent's Guide to Raising a Curious and Responsible Human Being

Simone Davies - Workman Publishing Company
Format: Paperback

Turn your home into a Montessori home - and become a more mindful, attentive, and easygoing parent. It's time to change the way we see toddlers. Using the principles developed by the educator Dr. Maria Montessori, Simone Davies shows how to turn life with a "terrible two" into...
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What the Fun?!: 427 Simple Ways to Have Fantastic Family Fun

Donna Bozzo - Plume
Format: Print book

Where is the fun in your family's life Have you sunk so deep in the day-to-day crunch of life, you've forgotten how to make things fun What The Fun! answers every parent's question, What can I do to make my family happy Creating more fun in your days will make you a joy to be around...
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Rewiring Education: How Technology Can Unlock Every Student's Potential

John Couch - BenBella Books
Format: Hardcover

What if we could unlock the potential in every child? As it turns out, we can.Apple's iconic co-founder Steve Jobs had a powerful vision for education, employing technology to make an enormous positive effect on the lives of millions of students. The man Jobs tapped to realize this vision...
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The Inward Empire: Mapping the Wilds of Mortality and Fatherhood

CHRISTIAN DONLAN - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

In the vein of The Noonday Demon and When Breath Becomes Air, a father's gorgeous account of navigating his own neurological decline while watching in wonder as his young daughter's brain activity blossoms, a stunning examination of neurology, loss, and the meaning of life.Soon...
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You and I, as Mothers: A Raw and Honest Guide to Motherhood

Laura Prepon - Abrams Image
Format: Hardcover

Actress, director, and New York Times bestselling author Laura Prepon's raw and honest guide to navigating motherhood. When Laura Prepon first became a mother, she barely recognized herself. As someone who always loved being prepared, Prepon felt raw, full of stress, and blindsided....
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All In: How Our Work-First Culture Fails Dads, Families, and Businesses--And How We Can Fix It Together

Josh Levs - HarperOne
Format: Hardcover

The author shows how fatherhood today is far different than for previous generations and what that means for our individual lives, families, workplaces, and society.
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When Kids Ask Hard Questions: Faith-Filled Responses for Tough Topics

Bromleigh McCleneghan - Chalice Press
Format: Paperback

The world is a confusing and painful place for children (and adults) . How do you respond faithfully to your kids big questions? Learn to craft faithful conversations and be better prepared to talk about the tough stuff with your kids. More than 30 essays from a diverse group of young...
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The Bottom Line for Baby: From Sleep Training to Screens, Thumb Sucking to Tummy Time--What the Science Says

Tina Payne Bryson - Ballantine Books
Format: Paperback

Apply the best science to all your parenting decisions with this essential A-Z guide for your biggest questions and concerns from the New York Times bestselling co-author of The Whole-Brain Child and No-Drama DisciplineEvery baby- and toddler-care decision sends parents scrambling to do the right...
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When Kids Call the Shots: How to Seize Control from Your Darling Bully -- and Enjoy Being a Parent Again

Sean Grover - AMACOM/American Management Association
Format: Paperback

Rebellious, entitled, disrespectful, many kids pummel their parents with demands, and boss them around with impunity. Experts might label them "difficult" and advise how to "fix" them. But parenting struggles rarely originate from just one side. Instead, they erupt at the volatile...
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The Everything Parent's Guide to Special Education: A Complete Step-by-Step Guide to Advocating for Your Child with Special Needs

Amanda Morin - Adams Media Corporation
Format: Paperback

Be your child's best advocate!Children with special needs who succeed in school have one thing in common--their parents are passionate and effective advocates. It's not an easy job, but with The Everything Parent's Guide to Special Education, you will learn how to evaluate,...
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How To Raise A Boy: The Power of Connection to Build Good Men

Michael C. Reichert - TarcherPerigee
Format: Hardcover

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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Stop Teaching Our Kids To Kill, Revised and Updated Edition: A Call to Action Against TV, Movie & Video Game Violence

Lt. Col. Dave Grossman - Harmony; Rev Upd edition
Format: Book

Completely revised and updated, a much-needed call to action for every parent, teacher, and citizen to help our children and stop the wave of killing and violence gripping America's youth Newtown, Aurora, Virginia Tech, Columbine. Thereis no bigger or more important issue in America...
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Two Homes, One Childhood : A Parenting Plan to Last a Lifetime.

Robert E Emery - Avery
Format: Print book

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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Pause and Reset: A Parent's Guide to Preventing and Overcoming Problems with Gaming

Nancy M. Petry - Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback

Over 90% of children and adolescents play electronic or computerized games, and 25% play for three hours a day or even longer. Although some degree of video game playing is normal, excessive playing can negatively impact schoolwork, kids' social lives, and even their health. Pause and Reset...
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Positive Discipline for Today's Busy

Jane Nelsen - Harmony
Format: Paperback

Jane Nelsen, coauthor of the popular Positive Discipline series, along with Positive Discipline Educators Joy Marchese and Kristina Bill, put forth a new volume for parents looking to make their overburdened lives a little easier.With the increasing pressure to excel at parenting, work,...
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Sensational Kids: Hope and Help for Children with Sensory Processing Disorder

Lucy Jane Miller - Perigee Books; Revised edition
Format: Book

Revised and updatedthe authoritative bestseller that presents the latest research on Sensory Processing Disorder. Sensory Processing Disorder is an increasingly common diagnosis, with a wide range of symptoms that can be difficult for parents and pediatricians to identify. In Sensational...
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Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover, and Me

Adrienne Brodeur - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

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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The Test: Why Our Schools are Obsessed with Standardized Testing–But You Don’t Have to Be

Anya Kamenetz - PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover

Standardized assessments test our children, our teachers, our schools - and increasingly, our patience.Your child is more than a score. But in the last twenty years, schools have dramatically increased standardized testing, sacrificing hours of classroom time. What is the cost to students,...
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Being at Your Best When Your Kids Are at Their Worst: Practical Compassion in Parenting

Kim John Payne - Shambhala
Format: Hardcover

A practical, meditative approach that can be used in the moment to help you stay calm and balanced when your child's behavior is pushing you to your limit--by the popular author of Simplicity Parenting.When children are at their most difficult and challenging situations arise, how can we react...
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Parenting Toolbox: 125 Activities Therapists Use to Reduce Meltdowns, Increase Positive Behaviors & Manage Emotions

Lisa Weed Phifer - PESI Publishing & Media
Format: Paperback

Get Kids to Listen, Stay Focused and OrganizedWritten from the bestselling author of CBT Toolbox for Children and Adolescents comes the all-in-one resource you need to start dealing with problem behaviors at home. The Parenting Toolbox is filled with easy-to-use strategies, backed by science,...
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Ask: Building Consent Culture

KITTY STRYKER - Thorntree Press
Format: Paperback

Have you ever heard the phrase "It's easier to ask forgiveness than permission?" Violating consent isn't limited to sexual relationships, and our discussions around consent shouldn't be, either. To resist rape culture, we need a consent culture - and one that is more...
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Ninos desconectados

Elizabeth Kilbey - Edaf
Format: Paperback

Los ninos que pasan demasiado tiempo ante una pantalla corren el riesgo de sufrir trastornos de ansiedad"" -BBC News. Este es el libro que todo padre con un hijo menor de 11 anos (en la etapa de latencia del desarrollo del cerebro) necesita para navegar por la complicada senda...
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When Your Child Has Food Allergies: A Parent's Guide to Managing It All - From the Everyday to the Extreme

MIREILLE SCHWARTZ - AMACOM
Format: Paperback

All the answers parents need. Keeping kids safe takes vigilance. But when your child has food allergies, the challenge is greater and you worry that much more. As a food-allergy mom (and someone seriously allergic herself) , author Mireille Schwartz has been through it all. Now, in this...
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10 Minutes a Day Math Kindergarten: Helps develop strong math habits

Carol Vorderman - DK Children
Format: Paperback

There is nothing more important than your child's education, but sometimes it's difficult to find the time to squeeze everything in. The 10 Minutes a Day series fits in around busy lives.Aimed at ages 4-6, Math covers a range of curriculum subjects, including patterns, sets, sizes,...
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Boys & Sex: Young Men on Hookups, Love, Porn, Consent, and Navigating the New Masculinity

Peggy Orenstein - Harper
Format: Hardcover

The author of the groundbreaking New York Times bestsellers Girls & Sex and Cinderella Ate My Daughter now turns her focus to the sexual lives of young men, once again offering "both an examination of sexual culture and a guide on how to improve it" (Washington Post) .Peggy...
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Diaper Dude: The Ultimate Dad's Guide to Surviving the First Two Years

Chris Pegula - TarcherPerigee
Format: Print book

Dude, you're a dad now!Picking up where From Dude to Dad left off, author and founder of the popular Diaper Dude parenting brand Chris Pegula dives into the first two years of parenting and furthers his deeply held belief that you don't have to lose yourself when you become a father.Once...
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Fogland Point

Doug Burgess - Poisoned Pen Press
Format: Hardcover

"Fogland Point is a unique, surprising, moving, occasionally hilarious, and entirely marvelous book about the complicated mysteries that lie at the heart of all families - although the Hazard family is definitely more complicated and mysterious and interesting than most." --Nick...
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Simple Happy Parenting: The Secret of Less for Calmer Parents and Happier Kids

Denaye Barahona - White Lion Publishing
Format: Paperback

Create space for calmer, more creative kids and restore order and happiness at the heart of family life.. In Simple Happy Parenting, Denaye Barahona, Ph.D., provides a revolutionary approach to parenting, full of practical tips to help you step back from the system overload so common in modern...
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Nolo's Essential Guide to Divorce

Emily Doskow - NOLO; Fifth Edition edition
Format: Paperback

Nolo's Essential Guide to Divorce provides clear answers that can help make divorce simpler and reduce its financial and emotional cost. Readers will even learn how to complete the divorce with minimal help from an attorney. With compassion and understanding, Nolo's Essential...
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Viral Parenting: A Guide to Setting Boundaries, Building Trust, and Raising Responsible Kids in an Online World

Mindy McKnight - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Mindy McKnight, YouTube's favorite mom, shares the tools parents need to keep kids safe in their online lives--and shows how to create stronger family relationships as they do. A cross between Jen Hatmaker and Rosalind Wiseman, VIRAL PARENTING is a guide to raising responsible, safe,...
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Oh Crap! I Have a Toddler: Tackling These Crazy Awesome YearsNo Time-outs Needed

Jamie Glowacki - Gallery Books
Format: Paperback

Real-world, from-the-trenches toddler parenting advice from the author of the bestselling Oh Crap! Potty Training. Toddlers - commonly defined as children aged between two and five years old - can be a horribly misunderstood bunch. What most parents view as bad behavior is in fact...
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Raising a Strong Daughter: 11 Steps to Keep Her Safe, Happy, and Healthy

Meg Meeker - Regnery Publishing
Format: Hardcover

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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The Best Gender-Neutral Baby Name Book: The Ultimate Collection of Unique Unisex Names

Melanie Mannarino
Format: Paperback


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Childfree by Choice: The Movement Redefining Family and Creating a New Age of Independence

Amy Blackstone - Dutton
Format: Hardcover

From Dr. Amy Blackstone, childfree woman, co-creator of the blog we're {not} having a baby, and nationally recognized expert on the childfree choice, comes a definitive investigation into the history and current growing movement of adults choosing to forgo parenthood: what it means...
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Complete IEP Guide, The: How to Advocate for Your Special Ed Child

Lawrence M Siegel - NOLO
Format: Paperback

Put the law on your child's side Federal law guarantees every child a free, appropriate education, and the goal of the Individualized Education Program (IEP) is to assure that every child with special needs receives what the law promises. But if you have a special ed child, you know...
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Toddler Tactics

Pinky McKay - Penguin
Format:  Book : English

Sensible, realistic advice from baby-parent expert to turn the toddler years from despair into delight. Do you automatically cut toast into fingers? Appreciate finger painting as much as fine art? Hear "no" a million times a day? If the answer is yes, then Toddler Tactics...
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High Risk: A Doctor's Notes on Pregnancy, Birth, and the Unexpected

Chavi Eve Karkowsky MD - Liveright
Format: Hardcover

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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Unofficial Minecraft Lab for Kids: Family-Friendly Projects for Exploring and Teaching Math, Science, History, and Culture Through Creative Building

John Miller - Quarry
Format: Print book

Now an Amazon Best Kids' Books of 2016 pick!Balancing your child's screen time can be difficult, especially when it comes to wildly popular, open-ended video games like Minecraft. Minecraft offers players an environment focused on exploration, imagination, and creation, but its nonlinear...
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The Unofficial Guide to Disneyland 2020

Seth Kubersky - Unofficial Guides
Format: Paperback

The most thorough guide to Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure Filled with revolutionary, field-tested touring plans that can save 4 hours of waiting in line in a single day, The Unofficial Guide to Disneyland 2020 is the key to planning a perfect vacation. Get up-to-date...
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Raising Twins: Parenting Multiples From Pregnancy Through the School Years

Shelly Vaziri Flais - American Academy of Pediatrics
Format: Paperback

Pediatrician and twin-mom, Dr. Shelly Vaziri Flais, offers expert advice for raising healthy, well-adjusted twins and triplets in this fully revised and updated third edition. Her guidance will help parents of multiples prepare for their babies' arrival, weather the first few months of infancy,...
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The Complete Learning Disabilities Directory 2019: Associations-products-resources-conferences-services-web Sites

Laura Mars - Grey House Pub
Format: Paperback

Published for over a decade, this directory continues to be a successful, sought-after resource, providing valuable information to professionals, families, and individuals in the learning disabilities community. Supported by the National Center for Learning Disabilities, this 2013 edition...
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La disciplina sin lagrimas

Daniel Siegel - Ediciones B
Format: Print book

Los expertos pioneros Tina Payne Bryson y Daniel J. Siegel, autor best seller del New York Times, explora lo ultimo en desafios de crianza: la disciplina. Destaca la fascinante relacion entre el desarrollo neurologico de los ninos y la forma en que un padre reacciona al mal comportamiento....
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