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Stupid Things I Won't Do When I Get Old: A Highly Judgmental, Unapologetically Honest Accounting of All the Things Our Elders Are Doing Wrong

Steven Petrow - Citadel
Format: Hardcover

Soon after his 50th birthday, Petrow began assembling a list of "things I won't do when I get old" - mostly a catalog of all the things he thought his then 70-something year old parents were doing wrong. That list, which included "You won't have to shout at me that...
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The Redemption of Bobby Love: A Story of Faith, Family, and Justice

Bobby Love - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

Bobby and Cheryl Love were living in Brooklyn, happily married for decades, when the FBI and NYPD appeared at their door and demanded to know from Bobby, in front of his shocked wife and children: "What is your name? No, what's your real name?" Bobby's thirty-eight-year...
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The Family Travel Handbook

Lonely Planet - Lonely Planet
Format: Paperback

Full of practical advice, ideas and inspiration from Lonely Planet's parents to you, this essential guide gives you the lowdown on the wealth of amazing travel experiences around the world - and how to plan and enjoy them with your family. From navigating air and train travel to approaching...
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Without Children: The Long History of Not Being a Mother

Peggy O'Donnell Heffington - Seal Press
Format: Hardcover

A historian of gender explores the complicated relationship between womanhood and motherhood In an era of falling births, it's often said that millennials invented the idea of not having kids. But history is full of women without children: some who chose childless lives, others who wanted...
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The Birth Guy's Go-To Guide for New Dads: How to Support Your Partner Through Birth, Breastfeeding, and Beyond

Brian W. Salmon - New Harbinger Publications
Format: Paperback

A must-have baby shower gift for expectant dads! In this one-of-a-kind guide, dad, doula, and certified lactation counselor Brian Salmon and perinatal mental health and relationship expert Kirsten Brunner offer practical, modern-day survival tips for expectant dads and birth partners.Gone...
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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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A Modern Parents' Guide to Nursery Rhymes: Because It's Two O'Clock in the Morning and You Can't Remember "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"

Jennifer Griffin - Workman Publishing Company
Format: Hardcover

It's two o'clock in the morning and you're going to hum your baby back to sleep with . . . "The Simpsons" theme song? Help is here: is the crash course for every new mom or dad who wants to give their child the simple pleasures of traditional nursery rhymes but can't...
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Parentally Incorrect: True Tales by Real Moms About the F**ked-Up Things Their Kids Have Done

Shayna Ferm - HCI
Format: Paperback

For over four years, Ferm and Tee have been performing to sold-out audiences across the country. The Pump and Dump Show is a fun and rowdy evening of comedy, singing, games, prizes, drinking, cursing and commiseration, with a clear and universal theme: Parenting is screwed up and hilarious,...
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The Tech Solution: Creating Healthy Habits for Kids Growing Up in a Digital World

Shimi Kang - Viking
Format: Hardcover

You may have picked up on some warning signs: The more your 9-year-old son plays video games, the more distracted and irritable he becomes. Or maybe comparing her life to others on social media is leaving your teenaged daughter feeling down. Then there are the questions that are always...
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The Big Letdown: How Medicine, Big Business, and Feminism Undermine Breastfeeding

Kimberly Seals Allers - St. Martin's Press
Format: Print book

Pediatricians say you should but it's okay if you don't. The hospital says, "Breast is best," but sends you home with formula "just in case." Your sister-in-law says, "Of course you should!" Your mother says, "I didn't, and you turned out just fine."...
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