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Kids often suffer unknowingly from the consequences of sleep problems because their issue is frequently missed or dismissed, by both health professionals and parents.
Sleep disorders are a major public health issue that can kick start a lifetime pattern of health, behavior, and learning problems. From ages 4-10, at least 25 percent of kids have sleep problems. Sleep Wrecked Kids guides parents towards good sleep as the norm, allowing themselves and...
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A fun and practical guide to keeping kids engaged and off your phone.
Face it. Your kids don't want you around ALL the time! As much as you'd like to build that go-cart or that amazing tree house for them, you also need a little time for yourself!
Sure, we'd all like to hand our kids the phone when things get tough, but down deep we know that screen time will not build world leaders. So how does a parent like you keep those little rug...
Face it. Your kids don't want you around ALL the time! As much as you'd like to build that go-cart or that amazing tree house for them, you also need a little time for yourself!
Sure, we'd all like to hand our kids the phone when things get tough, but down deep we know that screen time will not build world leaders. So how does a parent like you keep those little rug...
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A unique manual to raising a child-for parents everywhere-using the metaphor of dance to provide expert, comforting advice. Having children and raising a family should be the greatest joy in one's life, but it is a role that requires tremendous responsibility and patience. As parents, our job is to provide a strong foundation for our children, so that they can eventually grow up to become self-sufficient adults. However, just like everything in life,...
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“Parents want to do what's right," explains Mama Doc blogger and physician Wendy Sue Swanson. Yet many parents find that defining what's right can sometimes be elusive, so Dr. Swanson has created this innovative guide to help.
Pediatrician, mother and blogger Dr. Wendy Sue Swanson helps decipher today's conflicting medical opinions, offers helpful online resources, and shares what she's learned over many years from her patients, friends and family...
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Until a few decades ago, women have been relegated to a role of social subordination. The possibilities to become emancipated, study, and achieve a level of economic independence were decidedly limited. In this sense, once women had children, it became practically impossible, according to society, that they could work in something other than caring for them. Work is not just money. But we know that money is a fundamental part of our life. It certainly...
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Brings together Dr. Peterson's village interviews, observations, research, and over thirty-five years of work as a psychologist to teach modern parents how to raise healthier, more well-balanced, and kinder children. It includes creative ideas from parents who are currently adopting these practices and balancing other aspects of their personal, career, and financial responsibilities to assure their children get the support they need to thrive. --Publisher's...
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When do you know for sure that you've become a parent? For Jenny Schoberl, it wasn't when a human fell out of her lady parts or the first time her baby said "Mama." It was when she found herself, a grown woman, hiding in the bathroom to eat a candy bar, just so she didn't have to share.
Parenthood changes people's lives in horrifying and inevitable ways. No matter how hard you resist, you soon find yourself being that parent far too often to deny...
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Struggling to brush your toddler's teeth? Frustrated your kid won't floss or eats lots of candy? Worried your kids will get cavities? Luckily, dental cavities are, preventable and your kid can grow up CAVITY-FREE!
This must-have resource guide, packed with information and photos will equip you with the knowledge and tools to provide the best oral healthcare at every stage of your child's development, while instilling a lifetime commitment to taking...
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What's the first thing a woman does when she thinks she might be pregnant? She Googles. And it goes downhill from there. While the internet is full of calming and cheerily supportive articles, it's also littered with hyper-judgmental message boards and heaps of contradictory and scolding information. Babies on Boards takes parents through the trenches of new parenting, warning readers of the pleasures and perils of mommy blogs, new parent groups,...
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A collection of more than 270 memorable quotations about the relationships between fathers and their sons and daughters-some wise, some thoughtful, and some downright hilarious. The musings, advice, and observations inside are drawn from famous writers, politicians, actors, comedians, athletes, businessmen, and philosophers. Complete with a new foreword by Nick and Tony Lyons, The Little Red Book of Dad's Wisdom is the perfect Father's Day-or any...
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Two Best Friends Make It through a Pregnancy, with All its Gut-Busting Hilarity and Gross Bits
Maternity isn't all sunshine and rainbows and natural glows. It's also elastic waistbands, hot flashes, and throbbing breasts! When Jillian Parsons's best friend forever, Allison Baerken, finds herself knocked up, both women are thrown into a nine-month roller coaster ride of emotions-even though only one of them is pregnant.
Say No to Placenta Pics is the...
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There are loads of books covering the basics of getting along with and disciplining children, but as every parent knows, each kid is different, and there's no telling what will or won't work. Anna Glas and Åse Teiner have many years of experience as certified parental coaches, and being mothers themselves, they realized that looking at problems from different angles and using novel approaches can have pleasantly-surprising results.
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Zen Meditation for Conception, Pregnancy, and Birth. Inspiring practices of Zen meditation for mothers and mothers-to-be. In Meditation for Motherhood Yogi Brahmasamhara presents step-by-step guidance on authentic Zen meditation, the most powerful, natural, and deeply beneficial practice available to a woman during the phases of creating and nurturing her baby. This is a practical and thoughtful guide for those planning pregnancy and parents-to-be...
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"I've failed as a parent," is a common statement of resignation when a child suddenly becomes awkward, defiant, angry, or generally impossible. What worked to calm them down a year ago might not necessarily work now and the parent blames herself for being too lenient or too strict.
There's usually nothing developmentally wrong with an unruly child, but it can be a pain to deal with. Written by two child psychologists, outlines all of the developmental...
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As a parent, you want your children to grow up to become self-motivated, financially savvy, contributing members of society who maintain a deeply satisfying adult life. This is why it is essential to "bratproof" your children against turning into spoiled, egotistical materialists who feel entitled to misbehave and take their lives for granted.
This book will help you raise emotionally healthy kids who will grow to become mature, well-rounded adults....
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This includes Ali Katz's Hot Mess to Mindful Mom series: Hot Mess to Mindful Mom, Get the Most Out of Motherhood, and One Minute to Zen
--HOT MESS TO MINDFUL MOM: 40 Ways to Find Balance and Joy in Your Every Day--
For any mom who typically runs around with her hair on fire and needs a break!
It's so easy to find yourself constantly overwhelmed or burned out in the hustle and bustle of society today. But it is important to slow down and take a...
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In Healthy Kids, Happy Moms, integrative pediatrician Sheila Kilbane, MD, shares the methodology she's developed over almost twenty years of practicing medicine: a seven-step process that can begin to heal your child's chronic illness from the inside out.
This book will equip you with the information and tools you need to transform your child's health, including:
• how to understand your child's medical history and how seemingly different issues...
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The definitive handbook to raising vegan children you've always wished you had.
Is bringing up a vegan baby unhealthy? The Smart Parent's Guide to Raising Vegan Kids is the ultimate vegan parenting manifesto that takes on this myth and answers all the other questions you've always wondered about-the vegan way. Raising ethically vegan children, in fact, lays the groundwork for a lifetime of excellent health for your child, the animals, and the planet....
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A heartfelt, raw and brutally honest account of a couple's struggle to raise their severely autistic son while trying to maintain stability and a normal family life for their daughter. It captures their son's journey to adulthood as well and their own emotional turmoil as they navigate their way through financial difficulties, eating disorders, isolation, sleepless nights and endless tantrums. Told with warmth and humor, this is a story about perseverance,...
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