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Healthy Children: How Parents, Teachers and Community Can Help To Prevent Obesity in Children

SMITA GUHA - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover

This book is geared towards educators, teachers, administrators and parents of young children especially with health issues. The book will contribute to the literature in the field focusing on national and international concern about childhood obesity, highlighting the problems with obesity...
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Women Who Were Sexually Abused as Children: Mothering, Resilience, and Protecting the Next Generation

Teresa Gil - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover

Mothering, Courage, and Resilience in Women Who Were Sexually Abused as Children unravels the veil of silence and captures the experiences of mothers who were sexually abused as children. The first step in both supporting mothers and disrupting the cycle of intergenerational abuse is to break...
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Gay, Catholic, and American: My Legal Battle for Marriage Equality and Inclusion

Greg Bourke - University of Notre Dame Press
Format: Paperback

In this compelling and deeply affecting memoir, Greg Bourke recounts growing up in Louisville, Kentucky, and living as a gay Catholic. The book describes Bourke's early struggles for acceptance as an out gay man living in the South during the 1980s and '90s, his unplanned transformation...
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More Than a Mom: How Prioritizing Your Wellness Helps You

Kari Kampakis - ?Thomas Nelson
Format: Paperback

What if taking care of yourself was the first step to helping your family thrive?If you've parented long enough, then you've learned firsthand why your personal wellness matters. You've felt the pain (or consequences) of devaluing yourself. Whether your wake-up call came...
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100 Plus Things To Do With Your Grandchildren: A How-To Guide For Grandparents, By Grandparents (Fun With Grandchildren)

Jana Dube Hletko - CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Format: Paperback

LOTS OF CONTENT with GRAPHICS This book is designed to help Grandparents make lasting memories for themselves and their grandchildren. There are over 100 creative ideas of things to do. The book is organized into three sections: Indoors, Outdoors, and On the Go. There are recipes, craft...
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Strange Situation: A Mother's Journey into the Science of Attachment

Bethany Saltman - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover

A full-scale investigation of the controversial and often misunderstood science of attachment theory, inspired by the author's own experience as a parent and daughter. "A profound and beautiful work . . . searingly honest, brazenly fresh, and strikingly rich." - Andrew Solomon,...
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Baby-Led Weaning: The

TERESA PITMAN - Firefly Books
Format: Paperback

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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100 Diverse Voices On Parenthood: Ideas, advice, and anecdotes for new parents.

Introduction by Jelani Memory - Kids Book About, Inc
Format: Paperback

"I know that each decision you have to make as new parents seems like a really big one. But for the most part, there are no right or wrong answers; there's just what's best for your family right now.""You are the greatest parenting expert on your child. We can stop...
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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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What God Is Honored Here?: Writings on Miscarriage and Infant Loss by and for Native Women and Women of Color

Shannon Gibney - Univ Of Minnesota Press
Format: Paperback

Native women and women of color poignantly share their pain, revelations, and hope after experiencing the traumas of miscarriage and infant loss What God Is Honored Here? is the first book of its kind - and urgently necessary. This is a literary collection of voices of Indigenous women...
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