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Sh*tty Mom for All Seasons: Half-@ssing It All Year Long
Alicia Ybarbo · Harry N. Abrams
Pages: 173
Format: Hardcover
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The authors of the New York Times-bestselling Sh*tty Mom are back with a hilarious guide presenting common parenting scenarios with advice for getting through the year the sh*tty mom way. Told in the same tongue-in-cheek voice as the original, this sequel is full of funny parenting tips... |
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Parenting Through Puberty: Mood Swings, Acne, and Growing Pains
Suanne Kowal-Connelly · American Academy of Pediatrics
Pages: 250
Format: Paperback
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Puberty is tough - on kids and maybe even more so on parents! Parenting Through Puberty explains the physical and emotional changes families can expect to see in their child. Dr. Kowal-Connelly covers the nitty-gritty of children's changing bodies, and, critically, she addresses the emotional... |
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Eat, Play, Sleep: The Essential Guide to Your Baby's First Three Months
Luiza DeSouza · Atria Books
Format: Hardcover
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From a caretaker of newborns who's had years of hands-on experience with celebrity clients, comes this practical and reassuring guide to the first three months with your new baby.Are you a new or soon-to-be new mother? Are you caught between self-doubt and conflicting parenting advice... |
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Thicker Than Blood: Adoptive Parenting in the Modern World
Marion Crook · Arsenal Pulp Press
Pages: 196
Format: Print book
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The act of adopting children, and the processes and politics around it, have changed drastically in recent decades, mostly for the better. Still, many prospective adoptive parents remain bewildered or apprehensive, and those who have adopted find themselves struggling in ways they hadn't... |
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All You Ask For is Longing: New and Selected Poems
Sean Thomas Dougherty · Boa Editions
Pages: 201
Format: Print book
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For over twenty years Sean Thomas Dougherty has negotiated between modernist and avant-garde writing and more populist traditions that extend back to Walt Whitman. His subject matter ranges from basketball to Bjork, from blue collar workers to Biggie Smalls, from Luciano Pavarotti to women... |
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#IMomSoHard
Kristin Hensley · HarperOne
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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Has it been months since you've read a book with actual adult words that had nothing to do with farm animals or superheroes or going potty? Well then, it's time to take a break. Pour yourself some wine. Put on your comfy pants. All good? Ok, welcome to the party.Kristin Hensley... |
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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
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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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Teenagers & Toddlers Are Trying to Kill Me!: Based on a true story
Susan Konig · Willow Street Press LLC
Format: Print book
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Susan Konig explores the funny side of motherhood while raising a toddler, two teenagers and one more somewhere in between. From the terrible twos to puberty pangs, the kids will be fine -- but can the parents survive? The third hilarious book in Konigs motherhood trilogy Teenagers and Toddlers... |
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Brown White Black: An American Family at the Intersection of Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Religion
Nishta J. Mehra · Picador
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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Intimate and honest essays on motherhood, marriage, love, and acceptanceBrown, White, Black is a portrait of Nishta J. Mehra's family: her wife, who is white; her adopted son, who is black; and their experiences dealing with America's rigid ideas of race, gender, and sexuality. Her clear-eyed... |
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Mindsets for Parents: Strategies to Encourage Growth Mindsets in Kids
Mary Cay Ricci · Prufrock Press Inc.
Pages: 200
Format: Print book
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All parents want their children to be successful in school, sports, and extracurricular activities. But it's not just about giving your kids praise or setting them on the right direction. Research shows that success is often dependent on mindset. Hard work, perseverance, and effort are all hallmarks... |
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