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Your Child is Not Broken: Parent Your Neurodivergent Child Without Losing Your Marbles

Heidi Mavir - Bluebird
Format: Paperback

An updated edition of the Sunday Times bestseller. Your Child Is Not Broken is THE book for parents who need permission to do things differently. An unapologetic, deeply moving manual for parents of neurodivergent children from Heidi Mavir, a late-identified, neurodivergent adult and parent...
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The Problem with the Other Side

Kwame Ivery - Soho Teen
Format: Hardcover

would rather watch old Westerns with his new girlfriend, Sallie, than get involved in his school's politics - why focus on the "bad" and "ugly" when his days with Sallie are so good? His older sister Regina feels differently. She is fed up with the way white school-body...
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Respect: Everything a Guy Needs to Know About Sex, Love, and Consent

Inti Chavez Perez - Penguin Books
Format: Paperback

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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The Family Roe: An American Story

Joshua Prager - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

A masterpiece of reporting on the Supreme Court's most divisive case, Roe v. Wade, and the unknown lives at its heart.Despite her famous pseudonym, no one knows the truth about "Jane Roe," Norma McCorvey (1947-2017) , whose unwanted pregnancy in 1970 opened a great fracture...
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Breakup: A Marriage in Wartime

Anjan Sundaram - ?Catapult
Format: Hardcover

Award-winning journalist Anjan Sundaram, hailed as "the Indian successor to Kapuscinski" (Basharat Peer) and praised for "remarkable" (Jon Stewart) , "excellent" (Fareed Zakaria) , and "courageous and heartfelt" (The Washington Post) work, must...
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Acid Reflux in Children: How Healthy Eating Can Fix Your Child's Asthma, Allergies, Obesity, Nasal Congestion, Cough & Croup

JAMIE KOUFMAN - Katalitix
Format: Hardcover

A Parent's Guide to Reflux in Infants, Children & Teens"Meeting Dr. Jamie Koufman completely changed my life. My symptoms of chronic cough and shortness of breath had been diagnosed since my childhood as asthma. Dr. Koufman identified that I had reflux, not asthma, and guided...
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Rules of Estrangement: Why Adult Children Cut Ties and How to Heal the Conflict

Joshua Coleman PhD - Harmony
Format: Hardcover

Labeled a silent epidemic by a growing number of therapists and researchers, estrangement is one of the most disorienting and painful experiences of a parent's life. Popular opinion typically tells a one-sided story of parents who got what they deserved or overly entitled adult children...
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Hello, My Name Is Pabst: Baby Names for Nonconformist, Indie, Geeky, DIY, Hipster, and Alterna-Parents of Every Kind

Miek Bruno - Three Rivers Press
Format: Paperback

Finally, for alternaparents everywhere, the baby-naming book that will ensure that your baby has the coolest, most unique name on the playground. Ashley and Jaden? Over. Atari, Bedford, Sailor, Puma? Oh-so-in. Indie-leaning alternaparents of every kind, from geeks to Goths, are all grown...
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Play Together: Games & Activities for the Whole Family to Boost Creativity, Connection and Mindfulness

Laura Haver - Hatherleigh Press
Format: Paperback

Rediscover play with over 70 screen-free family activities and games that promote bonding, connection, and growth.. Featuring over 70 games, Play Together is your go-to guide for family fun. Based on happiness, play, communication, and emotional intelligence research, the games and activities...
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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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