Melanie Marquis

Emily A. Francis

First edition. Signed by Melanie Marquis!
Llewellyn 2016.
Signed in person at Heartland Fall Forum. With concordances for child rearing. Chapter titles like Bedtime Magick, Bathtime Magick, Magickal Home, Beautiful Mama, Sexy Mama, Powerful Mama.

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Minnesota

Magickal Traditions, Motherly Insights and Sacred Knowledge

Written for mothers, by mothers, Witchy Mamaoffers practical and magickal ideas, inspiration, and information to help you overcome stress and exhaustion, banish bad dreams, soothe boo-boos, create a magickal home, achieve personal goals, and more.

Discover stones, scents, and colors to increase energy and attract good fortune to yourself and your family. Use simple charms and rituals to ease conflicts, remove fears, protect children, and boost happiness. Connect with your body during pregnancy through magick and meditation, which will infuse your growing baby with positive energy. Guided by dozens of photos, you'll master stretching exercises, breathing techniques, and easy yoga moves that will help you feel healthy, beautiful, and comfortable throughout pregnancy and beyond. Witchy Mamacontains a wealth of insight gathered from centuries of mother's wisdom as well as from the authors' own personal experiences. This book won't tell you how to parent, but it will help you be happier and more successful asa parent, while still being your own person, too.

Witchy Mama SIGNED

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Louise Bates Ames

Frances L. Ilg

#5yearolds #parenting #kids #child development#preschoolers  

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Sunny and Serene

A five-year-old is a wonderful, fun-loving, exuberant child. But what's going on inside that five-year-old head? What stages of development does a child this age go through, and what should parents know that can help their five-year-old handle this impressionable year? Recognized authorities on child behavior and development, Drs. Ames and Ilg answer these and many other questions, offering both invaluable practical advice and enlightening psychological insights.
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Included in this book:
* Characteristics of age Five
* The child and others
* Discipline
* Accomplishments and abilities
* The child's mind
* School
* The five-year-old party
* Individuality
* Stories from real life
* Good books and toys for Fives
* Books for parents
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"Louise Bates Ames and her colleagues synthesize a lifetime of observation of children, consultation, and discussion with parents. These books will help parents to better understand their children and will guide them through the fascinating and sometimes trying experiences of modern parenthood."--Donald J. Cohen, M.D., Director, Yale Child Study Center, Irving B. Harris Professor of Child Psychiatry, Pediatrics, and Psychology, Yale School of Medicine

Your Five-Year-Old

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Has some highlights/notes on a few oages throughout the book- see photos for examples. Overall great condition. #paperback #parenting 

Texas

From Infant to Toddler--Laying the Foundation for Raising a Capable, Confident

"A commonsense approach to child rearing that uses kind but firm support to raise children who are both capable and confident." -- Back cover.

Positive Discipline: the First Three Years, Revised and Updated Edition

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Jamie Glowacki

Missouri

Everything Modern Parents Need to Know to Do It Once and Do It Right

"Toilet-training expert Jamie Glowacki's self-published OH CRAP! POTTY TRAINING has sold more than 40,000 copies and has been the "dirty little secret" of moms on message boards and in parenting groups for years. Now, this proven, 6-step plan (called "the WHAT TO EXPECT of potty training books" for its comprehensive, no-nonsense voice) is available to the general trade audience for the first time"--

Oh Crap! Potty Training

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Tovah P Klein

South Carolina

What Parents Can Do Today for Children Ages 2-5 to Plant the Seeds of Lifelong Success

From child development psychologist and parenting expert Dr. Tovah Klein--called "the toddler whisperer" by Good Morning America--comes a lively and revelatory book that will teach parents of children ages two to five how to harness the singular power of the toddler mind, plant the seeds of lifelong success, and lessen struggles around bedtime, eating, tantrums, and more.

Why do some children thrive, and others struggle? The answers may surprise you. New research indicates that the seeds for adult success are actually planted in the toddler years.

Dr. Tovah Klein's research and firsthand work with thousands of toddlers explains why the toddler brain is best suited to laying the foundation for success. Dr. Klein reveals the new science behind drivers such as resilience, self-reliance, self-regulation, and empathy that are more critical to success than simple intelligence. She explains what you can do today to instill these key qualities in your toddler during this crucial time, so they are on track and ready to learn when they enter school at age five.

How Toddlers Thrive explains why the toddler years are different than any other period during childhood. She shows what is happening in children's brains and bodies at this age that makes their behavior so turbulent, and why your reaction to their behavior--the way you speak to, speak about, and act toward your toddler--holds the key to a successful tomorrow and a happier today. This provocative book will inspire you to be a better parent, and give you the tools to help you nurture your child's full potential. A smart and useful guide, this book cracks the preschooler code, revealing what you can do to help your toddler grow into a fulfilled child and adult--while helping you and your toddler live more happily together now, and every day.

How Toddlers Thrive

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Richard Ferber

Nearly new/never read
Nonsmoking/no pet household

Michigan

New, Revised, and Expanded Edition

Identifies a wide variety of sleep problems in children and provides practical strategies and a how-to approach for solving such difficulties as falling asleep, night fears, nighttime awakening, and irregular sleep patterns.

Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems

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Brian A. Klems

Pennsylvania

A Dad's Survival Guide to Raising Daughters

Offers humorous advice for fathers of daughters including such topics as restroom trips and properly participating in a tea party.

Oh Boy, You're Having a Girl

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Karen Levin Coburn

Madge Lawrence Treeger

Karen L. Coburn

Letting go is an excellent book for any college parent. It reflects today’s college students reality and helps prepare you the parent for the exciting journey that awaits your child and your family.

Connecticut

A Parents' Guide to Understanding the College Years

The sixth edition of this classic parents’ guide and college orientation staple has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the realities of college today. For more than a decade, Letting Go has provided hundreds of thousands of parents with valuable insights, information, comfort, and guidance throughout the emotional and social changes of their children's college years—from the senior year in high school through college graduation. Based on research and real life experience, and recommended by colleges and universities around the country, Letting Go, Sixth Edition, has been updated and revised, offering even more insightful, practical, and up-to-date information. In this era of constant communication, this edition tackles the challenge facing parents: finding the balance between staying connected and letting go. When should parents encourage independence? When should they intervene? What issues of identity and intimacy await students? What are normal feelings of disorientation and loneliness for students—and for parents? What is different about today's college environment? What new concerns about safety, health and wellness, and stress will affect incoming classes? A timeless resource, Letting Go, Sixth Edition, is an indispensable book that parents can depend on and turn to for all of their questions and concerns regarding sending their children to college.

Letting Go

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#paperback #teens #parenting #parenthood 



Georgia

Fostering Responsible Decision Making in Your Teenager

In his trademark user-friendly, humorous, and common-sense style, Rosemond, a renowned child psychologist, lays out a logical case for recognizing the realities of the teen-parent relationship, forming the foundation, and parenting with the "Long Rope Principle".

Teen-Proofing

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#paperback #parenting #moms #families #anthology #funny

Massachusetts

Moms fess up about cartoons, candy, and what it really takes to be a good parent

The Kid Turned Out Fine

More than 200 At-Home Examinations and Observations

The Mother's Book of Home Medical Tests for Infants & Children shows parents how to perform more than 200 simple, non-invasive examinations and observations at home.

The Mother's Book of Home Medical Tests for Infants and Children

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Lisa Tawn Bergren

North Carolina

A Down-to-Earth Guide to Your Changing Relationships

Motherhood changes a woman. And it affects her relationships with everyone. Moms need solid connections they can trust and relationships that are growing in order to feel nurtured and loved. But in the chaos of raising children, cultivating relationships can take a backseat to just getting the kids fed and to school on time.

Author Lisa T. Bergren helps busy moms prioritize their relationships with others and offers practical ideas to enhance their six key relationships: with self, spouse, friends, family of origin, community, and God. With in-depth research, heartfelt personal experience, and expert advice, Bergren shows women that keeping their six key relationships vital may take work--but it's well worth the effort. Whether she has just brought a new baby home or is still trying to find her footing raising young children, every mom can benefit from the wisdom found in this book.

Life on Planet Mom

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California

This inspirational parenting guide offers proactive and positive steps to raising respectful, engaged, and grateful children. In an effort to raise children with a healthy view of themselves, parents often focus on self-esteem rather than self-respect. And author Jill Rigby says there's a big difference. It's the difference between self-centered and others-centered children, the difference between performance-driven and purpose-focused teenagers. Raising Respectful Children in a Disrespectful World examines three different styles of parenting, parent-centered, child-centered, and character-centered. Parent-centered parents are more concerned with their own agenda than their child's best interest. Child-centered parents are more concerned with their child's approval than their child's well-being. Character-centered parents are more concerned with their child's character than their child's comfort. Drawing a distinction between performance and purpose, this book maintains that rather than focusing on what you want your child to do, you ask what you want your child to become. Finally, Rigby calls for parents to discipline (teach) their children rather than punish them. With wisdom and insight, Jill Rigby shares age-appropriate ways to set boundaries with children without building walls of separation. Whether you're parenting tots or teens, Raising Respectful Children in a Disrespectful World offers valuable advice for cultivating a house of respect.

Raising Respectful Children in a Disrespectful World

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Haim Omer

Withdrawn library copy—has a couple stickers and stamps, cataloging notes, and a barcode on/in it. Minimal wear on corners. No writing within content. 

Illinois

Reclaiming a Leadership Role in Bringing up Our Children

Mental health professionals are being asked to intervene in more and more cases where children are described as out of control and parents have lost control. The author addresses the problem head on to this volume integrating case excerpts with concrete strategies, be shows how parents can recover the capacity to take action.

Parental Presence

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Gregory K. Popcak

Lisa Popcak

Louisiana

The Catholic Guide to Surviving and Thriving in the First Three Years of Parenthood

Greg and Lisa Popcak--popular Catholic authors, radio hosts, and marriage and family experts--present this unique guide to caring for one's baby, self, marriage, and spiritual life in the first three years of parenthood.In this foundational book for Catholic couples becoming first-time parents, Greg and Lisa Popcak lend readers the benefit of their twenty-five years' experience in parenting and marriage and family counseling to help them navigate the earliest years of parenthood. They recommend rituals, routines, and tips on how to manage feeding, fatigue, and finances and how also to prioritize marital bonding and faith life, suggesting that setting the pattern early will pay dividends later. The Popcaks coach parents as they adjust to their new identities and help them face the inevitable challenges of parenthood with ideas for bonding with babies and getting sufficient sleep and nutrition--all while seeing these everyday experiences through the lens of Catholic teaching on the purpose of family life.

Then Comes Baby

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James C. Dobson

Must have for every young parenting couple! #parenting #children #discipline

The "You Can Do It" guide for hassled parents from America's best-loved family advocate.

Parenting Isn't for Cowards

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Stephanie Kegan

Full of unique ideas and activities the other guides miss, overlook, or bury in a sea of fine print, our guides are easy to use, kid-tested, and an inspiration to locals and would-be locals everywhere. With colorful new covers, helpful regional maps, and freshly revised and updated entries, this series has a whole new look and is still affordable enough for family budgets.

Great Condition: slightly worn spine

In print longer than any other California family guidebooks available, these travel companions are the trusted source for wonderful outings, day trips, and activities the entire family will enjoy. We decided to make fun the very first word in the title, because family fun is what this series is all about. Full of unique ideas and activities the other guides miss, overlook, or bury in a sea of fine print, our guides are easy to use, kid-tested, and an inspiration to locals and would-be locals everywhere. With colorful new covers, helpful regional maps, and freshly revised and updated entries, this series has a whole new look and is still affordable enough for family budgets.

Fun Places to Go with Children in Southern California

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#autism #autistic #parenting #inclusion #family #children #paperback
Wear on cover.

Updated and Expanded Edition

Explores ten important characteristics that provide a window into the hearts and minds of children with autism.

Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew

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Philip S. Hall

Nancy D. Hall

The encouragement and guidance needed to help your child overcome conduct problems

Virginia

A Sanity-Saving Guide to Finally Stopping the Bad Behavior

Defiant children can be abrasive, irritating, and aggressive, intentionally provoking adults, defying authority, and antagonizing siblings. Children exhibiting defiant behavior exist on a spectrum ranging anywhere from spoiled to those who meet the diagnostic criteria for Oppositional Defiant Disorder. For the millions of families desperate to fix a situation that is out of control, this book offers supportive and instructivetechniques proven to move children from defiance to compliance.Parenting a Defiant Child lets readers know that the problem is not their fault, and that by using the right strategies, in time, the problem can be successfully resolved. Parents, teachers, family counselors - anyone facing the challenge of raising or working with a disruptive child - will find the encouragement and guidance they so desperately need to help the children in their lives overcome their conduct problems and regain a much-needed sense of balance and joy.

Parenting a Defiant Child

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Laura W. Nathanson

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

A Practicing Pediatrician's Guide to Your Child's Growth, Development, Health, and Behavior from Birth to Age Five

Dr. Laura Nathanson wrote The Portable Pediatrician to help parents find the joy in parenting and gain the confidence to quickly and easily assess their child's development, medical symptoms, and behavioral problems. Parents can't always visit their pediatrician every time they have a question, but fortunately with this book they have the next best thing.

The Portable Pediatrician, one of the few child-care books written by a practicing pediatrician, offers authoritative and practical advice on:

 * Keeping up with, or even one step ahead of, your child's rapidly changing needs
 * Setting limits before the one year birthday
 * Planning the arrival of the next baby in the family
 * Coping with your own as well as with your child's separation anxiety
 * Dealing with the four I's: illnesses, injuries, immunizations, and insurance coverage
 * Getting prompt medical attention for serious crises -- and what to do in the meantime
 * Preventing childhood obesity and eating disorders later
 * Confronting complex behavior and medical problems, including ADD, autism, asthma, oppositional behavior (including potty resistance)

The Portable Pediatrician, Second Edition

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Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

New Jersey

A Memoir

In 2007, during the months before Nick Flynn's daughter's birth, his growing outrage and obsession with torture, exacerbated by the Abu Ghraib photographs, led him to Istanbul to meet some of the Iraqi men depicted in those photos. Haunted by a history of addiction, a relationship with his unsteady father, and a longing to connect with his mother who committed suicide, Flynn artfully interweaves in this memoir passages from his childhood, his relationships with women, and his growing obsession--a questioning of terror, torture, and the political crimes we can neither see nor understand in post-9/11 American life. The time bomb of the title becomes an unlikely metaphor and vehicle for exploring the fears and joys of becoming a father. Here is a memoir of profound self-discovery--of being lost and found, of painful family memories and losses, of the need to run from love, and of the ability to embrace it again.

The Ticking Is the Bomb

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Washington

Third Edition

With over 11 million copies in print, What to Expect: The First Year, now in a completely revised third edition, is the world’s best-selling, best-loved guide to the instructions that babies don’t come with, but should. And now, it’s better than ever. Every parent’s must-have/go-to is completely updated. Keeping the trademark month-by-month format that allows parents to take the potentially overwhelming first year one step at a time, First Year is easier-to-read, faster-to-flip-through, and new-family-friendlier than ever—packed with even more practical tips, realistic advice, and relatable, accessible information than before. Illustrations are new, too. Among the changes: Baby care fundamentals—crib and sleep safety, feeding, vitamin supplements—are revised to reflect the most recent guidelines. Breastfeeding gets more coverage, too, from getting started to keeping it going. Hot-button topics and trends are tackled: attachment parenting, sleep training, early potty learning (elimination communication), baby-led weaning, and green parenting (from cloth diapers to non-toxic furniture). An all-new chapter on buying for baby helps parents navigate through today’s dizzying gamut of baby products, nursery items, and gear. Also new: tips on preparing homemade baby food, the latest recommendations on starting solids, research on the impact of screen time (TVs, tablets, apps, computers), and “For Parents” boxes that focus on mom’s and dad’s needs. Throughout, topics are organized more intuitively than ever, for the best user experience possible.

What to Expect the First Year

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Daniel J. Siegel

Idaho

The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain

In this New York Times-bestselling book, Dr. Daniel Siegel shows parents how to turn one of the most challenging developmental periods in their children's lives into one of the most rewarding.

Between the ages of twelve and twenty-four, the brain changes in important and, at times, challenging ways. In Brainstorm, Dr. Daniel Siegel busts a number of commonly held myths about adolescence--for example, that it is merely a stage of "immaturity" filled with often "crazy" behavior. According to Siegel, during adolescence we learn vital skills, such as how to leave home and enter the larger world, connect deeply with others, and safely experiment and take risks.

Drawing on important new research in the field of interpersonal neurobiology, Siegel explores exciting ways in which understanding how the brain functions can improve the lives of adolescents, making their relationships more fulfilling and less lonely and distressing on both sides of the generational divide.

Brainstorm

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Bringing up Children in a Racially Unjust America

This New York Times best-selling book is a guide for families, educators, and communities to raise their children to be able and active anti-racist allies.With a foreword by Tim Wise, Raising White Kids is for families, churches, educators, and communities who want to equip their children to be active and able participants in a society that is becoming one of the most racially diverse in the world while remaining full of racial tensions. For white people who are committed to equity and justice, living in a nation that remains racially unjust and deeply segregated creates unique conundrums.These conundrums begin early in life and impact the racial development of white children in powerful ways. What can we do within our homes, communities and schools? Should we teach our children to be "colorblind"? Or, should we teach them to notice race? What roles do we want to equip them to play in addressing racism when they encounter it? What strategies will help our children learn to function well in a diverse nation?Talking about race means naming the reality of white privilege and hierarchy. How do we talk about race honestly, then, without making our children feel bad about being white? Most importantly, how do we do any of this in age-appropriate ways?While a great deal of public discussion exists in regard to the impact of race and racism on children of color, meaningful dialogue about and resources for understanding the impact of race on white children are woefully absent. Raising White Kids steps into that void."Most white Americans didn''t get from our own families the concrete teaching and modeling we needed to be active in the work of racial justice ourselves, let alone to feel equipped now to talk about race with and teach anti-racism to our children. There is so much we need to learn and it''s urgent that we do so. But the good news is: we can," says Jennifer Harvey.function well in a diverse nation?Talking about race means naming the reality of white privilege and hierarchy. How do we talk about race honestly, then, without making our children feel bad about being white? Most importantly, how do we do any of this in age-appropriate ways?While a great deal of public discussion exists in regard to the impact of race and racism on children of color, meaningful dialogue about and resources for understanding the impact of race on white children are woefully absent. Raising White Kids steps into that void."Most white Americans didn''t get from our own families the concrete teaching and modeling we needed to be active in the work of racial justice ourselves, let alone to feel equipped now to talk about race with and teach anti-racism to our children. There is so much we need to learn and it''s urgent that we do so. But the good news is: we can," says Jennifer Harvey.function well in a diverse nation?Talking about race means naming the reality of white privilege and hierarchy. How do we talk about race honestly, then, without making our children feel bad about being white? Most importantly, how do we do any of this in age-appropriate ways?While a great deal of public discussion exists in regard to the impact of race and racism on children of color, meaningful dialogue about and resources for understanding the impact of race on white children are woefully absent. Raising White Kids steps into that void."Most white Americans didn''t get from our own families the concrete teaching and modeling we needed to be active in the work of racial justice ourselves, let alone to feel equipped now to talk about race with and teach anti-racism to our children. There is so much we need to learn and it''s urgent that we do so. But the good news is: we can," says Jennifer Harvey.function well in a diverse nation?Talking about race means naming the reality of white privilege and hierarchy. How do we talk about race honestly, then, without making our children feel bad about being white? Most importantly, how do we do any of this in age-appropriate ways?While a great deal of public discussion exists in regard to the impact of race and racism on children of color, meaningful dialogue about and resources for understanding the impact of race on white children are woefully absent. Raising White Kids steps into that void."Most white Americans didn''t get from our own families the concrete teaching and modeling we needed to be active in the work of racial justice ourselves, let alone to feel equipped now to talk about race with and teach anti-racism to our children. There is so much we need to learn and it''s urgent that we do so. But the good news is: we can," says Jennifer Harvey. well in a diverse nation?Talking about race means naming the reality of white privilege and hierarchy. How do we talk about race honestly, then, without making our children feel bad about being white? Most importantly, how do we do any of this in age-appropriate ways?While a great deal of public discussion exists in regard to the impact of race and racism on children of color, meaningful dialogue about and resources for understanding the impact of race on white children are woefully absent. Raising White Kids steps into that void."Most white Americans didn''t get from our own families the concrete teaching and modeling we needed to be active in the work of racial justice ourselves, let alone to feel equipped now to talk about race with and teach anti-racism to our children. There is so much we need to learn and it''s urgent that we do so. But the good news is: we can," says Jennifer Harvey.

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