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1) No-drama discipline: the whole-brain way to calm the chaos and nurture your child's developing mind
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2014.
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English
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"The authors of the Los Angeles Times bestselling The Whole-Brain Child team up again to offer parents of children aged 2-13 a practical roadmap to effective, productive, and more peaceful discipline, highlighting the fascinating and important connection between the way a parent reacts to misbehavior and a child's neurological development"--
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New York Times Bestseller
A tale of joy, heartbreak and hope, about a motherless girl collectively raised by a close-knit Dublin community.
When Noel learns that his terminally ill former flame is pregnant with his child, he agrees to take guardianship of the baby girl once she’s born. But as a single father battling demons of his own, Noel can’t do it alone.
Fortunately, he has a competent, caring
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Now in a revised and updated 6th edition, the groundbreaking, research-based approach to understanding and parenting children who frequently exhibit severe fits of temper and other challenging behaviors, from a distinguished clinician and pioneer in the field. What's an explosive child? A child who responds to routine problems with extreme frustration--crying, screaming, swearing, kicking, hitting, biting, spitting, destroying property, and worse....
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"My mother," Joy Shapiro Krushelevansky writes in her diary late one night, "is the most embarrassing person to have ever been born." It's been almost thirteen years since we've last seen Cannie Shapiro, the heroine of Good in Bed, whose journey toward happily-ever-after, and peace with her fractured family and plus-size body, made millions of women the world over laugh, cry, and see themselves on the page. The last decade of Cannie's life has brought...
5) Whirlwind
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As a nanny, Millicent Fairweather poured her energy and talents into the two young charges under her care--only to have them suddenly and without explanation sent to a boarding school. Bereft and unsure of where life will lead her, she agrees to accompany her sister and brother-in-law to America. They board the Opportunity, confident a better life awaits. Widower Daniel Clark determines to begin life anew in Gooding, Texas, operating a mercantile....
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In quick hits, small bites, and short lists of essential, commonsense and occasionally creative advice, pediatrician Rotbart answers a parents three most commonly asked questions: what do my kids need from me? what must I do to be a good parent? how can I avoid feeling guilty for not doing everything? His aim is to help parents maximize and optimize time spent with their kids and realize that there is ample opportunity for active and passive positive...
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Much-needed answers to your toughest parenting questions! Why are boundaries so important? Do children really want limits set on their behavior? My spouse doesn't seem to care about discipline; why I am I stuck being the "bad guy?" Is it okay to spank my child, or will it lead him to hit others and become a violent person? Join the millions of caring parents who have found answers in the wisdom of parenting authority and family counselor Dr. James...
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Happiest Baby, Inc
Pub. Date
c2004
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English
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Noted pediatrician and child development expert Harvey Karp teaches parents how to cope with their toddlers. Includes tips on how to calm outbursts, stop most tantrums before they start, and build a loving and respectful relationship with their child.
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G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"A clear, actionable, sometimes humorous (but always science-based) guide for parents on how to shape their kids into honest, kind, generous, confident, independent, and resilient people...who just might save the world one day"--
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Shambhala
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First Edition.
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English
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When our children "push our buttons," we often find ourselves reacting in ways that we know are far from our principles, and even seem to further inflame a situation. How can we move from a "stress regress" to speaking in a voice that is warm, calm, and firm? Payne offers techniques that simply but very directly shift these damaging patterns of communication and parental behavior. His methods help you to reframe the situation, and respond effectively,...
13) Duct tape parenting: a less is more approach to raising respectful, responsible, and resilient kids
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There's a new set of 3Rs for our kids--respect, responsibility, and resilience--to better prepare them for life in the real world. Once developed, these skills let kids take charge, and let parents step back, to the benefit of all. Casting hover mothers and helicopter parents aside, Vicki Hoefle encourages a different, counter-intuitive, yet much more effective, approach to parenting: for parents to sit on their hands, stay on the sidelines--even...
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Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2018.
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10th edition, Gallery Books trade paperback edition.
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English
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"Generations of parents have relied on the influential bestseller Dr. Spocks Baby and Child Care as the most authoritative and reliable guide for child care. This timeless yet up-to-date edition has been revised and expanded by Dr. Robert Needlman, a top-notch pediatrician who shares Dr. Spocks philosophy and has applied his research in his career. In this tenth edition, you can gain the latest information on child development from birth through adolescence...
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You thought you'd be an amazing parent. Now you spend what little free time you have comparing yourself to other parents, comparing your kids to other kids, and panicking that everyone else is nailing it. Dale believes we are all putting too much pressure on ourselves and our kids to be perfect. Instead, she argues, we need to lighten up about every aspect of parenting. From poopy diapers and germs to family vacations and adolescent angst, Dale tells...
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Speaking to parents from an educator's perspective, the Overly Honest Teacher offers tips, anecdotes, and advice for shaping students of character. Meredith Essalat, a school principal and former teacher, has lived the challenges of helping children navigate their young lives. She's seen the struggles of parents balancing work and home life. And how teachers are often caught in the middle. This witty, honest, and wise guide to collaborative parenting...
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Sasquatch Books
Pub. Date
[2018].
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English
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A good-health handbook for parents of children from birth through age four that helps new or anxious parents feel confident, and with a special emphasis on the first couple of years of baby's life. This handbook for parents of newborns and children up to the age of four is a breath of fresh air in the parenting category. Dr. Luke Voytas is a practicing pediatrician (and father of two young kids) who helps new parents to feel confident and secure in...
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The #1 New York Times Bestseller: "A hilarious take on that age-old problem: getting the beloved child to go to sleep" (NPR).
"Hell no, you can't go to the bathroom. You know where you can go? The f**k to sleep."
Go the Fuck to Sleep is a book for parents who live in the real world, where a few snoozing kitties and cutesy rhymes don't always send a toddler sailing blissfully off to dreamland. Profane, affectionate,...
"Hell no, you can't go to the bathroom. You know where you can go? The f**k to sleep."
Go the Fuck to Sleep is a book for parents who live in the real world, where a few snoozing kitties and cutesy rhymes don't always send a toddler sailing blissfully off to dreamland. Profane, affectionate,...
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