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Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Arizona

How to Understand, Live with, and Stick up for Your Gifted Child

Defines giftedness and discusses special quirks and problems that arise living with a gifted child, from a lack of neatness to the "too-smart mouth," and explains how parents can find the right programs and make school as rewarding as possible for gifted children.

The Survival Guide for Parents of Gifted Kids

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Becky Bailey

Tim Twe

NEW but has been on a shelf for a year. Minor issues pictured.

Missouri

Discipline That Works!

Hoe je kinderen op een positieve manier discipline kunt aanleren. Bestemd voor ouders, opvoeders en leerkrachten.

There's Got to Be a Better Way

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Robert Keeshan

Bob Keeshan

Book is in very fine condition. Very tight binding-never read-no dings or marks. Dust cover is in fine condition. Signature is on the dust jacket. 

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Nebraska

Captain Kangaroo Tells Yesterday's Children How to Nurture Their Own

"Produced by the Philip Lief Group, Inc." Offers advice to help parents raise caring, responsible children.

Growing up Happy*signed first edition

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#paperback #nonfiction #fostercare #memoir #parenting #sad #truestory 

Washington

A Memoir

An inspiring true story of the tumultuous nine years Ashley Rhodes-Courter spent in the foster care system, and how she triumphed over painful memories and real-life horrors to ultimately find her own voice. "Sunshine, you're my baby and I'm your only mother. You must mind the one taking care of you, but she's not your mama." Ashley Rhodes-Courter spent nine years of her life in fourteen different foster homes, living by those words. As her mother spirals out of control, Ashley is left clinging to an unpredictable, dissolving relationship, all the while getting pulled deeper and deeper into the foster care system. Painful memories of being taken away from her home quickly become consumed by real-life horrors, where Ashley is juggled between caseworkers, shuffled from school to school, and forced to endure manipulative, humiliating treatment from a very abusive foster family. In this inspiring, unforgettable memoir, Ashley finds the courage to succeed - and in doing so, discovers the power of her own voice.

Three Little Words

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Rue Kream

Parenting A Free Child: an Unschooled Life

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Alfie Kohn

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, a's, Praise, and Other Bribes

Criticizes the system of motivating through reward, offering arguments for motivating people by working with them instead of doing things to them.

Punished by Rewards

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Walter Browder

Sue Ellin Browder

Good condition, like new pages. 
101 Secrets a Coo Mom Knows reveals these secrets. Knowing how to hang by your knees, track a squirrel, use chopsticks, or ice skate backward raises a child's self esteem, increases self-confidence, and fosters self-reliance. Every mom can be a Cool Mom by teaching her child some of these skills and the secrets of making them work. 

Make your children feel special by teaching them a "secret" their friends don't know. Cool moms go straight to the heart of whatever problem a child might encounter to solve it quickly and effectively, no nonsense, no fuss. And at the same time the child is learning a handy new skill, he or she is also learning a deeper life lesson about perseverance, patience, honesty, or courage. Using Cool Mom secrets, you can teach a child . . . How to Use Chopsticks How to Throw a Spiral Pass How to See Better in the Dark How to Spin a Basketball on One Finger How to Make the World's Best Caramel Corn How to Cruise on a Skateboard How to Identify a Poisonous Spider How to Hang a Spoon on Your Nose How to Crack an Egg with One Hand How to Weigh a Cloud . . . and 90 other ageless, practical lessons. Years later, whenever your child uses any of these skills, he or she will proudly say, "My mom taught me that." Now, is that cool, or what?

101 Secrets a Cool Mom Knows

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Heidi St. John

Book is in pretty good condition and is a great read for a mom who just needs a little boost! 

Louisiana

How to Fight with All That's in You for Your Family and Your Faith

Have you ever looked into the faces of the people who call you "mom" and wondered what in the world you got yourself into?If you're like many Christian moms today, you've been reading the headlines and watching the rapid-fire changes in our culture with frustration and fear. Let's face it: Moms today are facing questions that previous generations didn't even see coming, and even our right to determine what is best for our own children is under fire. Popular speaker and blogger Heidi St. John (The Busy Mom) believes that today's mothers need a special kind of strength. We need to be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. We dare not rely on human strength for the battles we're facing right now. In Becoming MomStrong, Heidi has a powerful message just for you-the mom in the midst of it all. Through encouragement, practical prayer points, and authentic "me-too" moments, Heidi equips you for a job that only you can do: to train your children to hear God's voice and to walk in truth no matter where our culture is heading. God wants to use this generation of mothers to do something extraordinary: To be strong in the Lord To know who you are in Christ, and To impart that strength to your kids. In other words, He wants you to be MomStrong! So if you're feeling tired or inadequate today, get ready to find new strength as you join Heidi St. John in Becoming MomStrong.

Becoming MomStrong

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Rex Forehand

Nicholas Long

A clinically proven, five-week program for improving your child's behavior

Rex Forehand, Ph.D. and Nicholas Long Ph.D. have helped thousands of parents achieve discipline using positive reinforcement, without yelling or harming the child's self-esteem. Their clinically proven, five-week program gives you the tools you need to successfully manage your child's behavior, giving specific factors that cause or contribute to disruptive behavior; ways to develop a more positive atmosphere in your family and home; and strategies for managing specific behavior problems.

The completely revised and updated edition includes: new information, based on research, about child temperament; new chapter on the hot topic of play as a means of strengthening parent-child relationship; new section on collaborative disciplining with preschool teachers; expanded section about depression and stress linked to parenting; new research findings about ADHD and its treatment.

 * Uncover the specific factors that contribute to your child's disruptive behavior.
 * Identify with real-life parent testimonials and discover strategies for managing specific behavior problems.
 * Authors Rex Forehand, Ph.D., and Nicholas Long, Ph.D., are experts in the field of child psychology.
 * New research highlights the scientific foundation behind the program.

Topics include:
Understanding Your Strong-Willed Child's Behavior; Strong-Willed Behavior and How It All Begins; Why Is My Child Becoming Even More Strong-Willed?; It Takes More than Just Good Parenting; Does My Child Have ADHD?; Addressing Strong-Willed Behavior: A Five-Week Program; Does My Child's Behavior Really Need to Change?; Week 1: Attending; Week 2: Rewarding; Week 3: Ignoring; Week 4: Giving Directions; Week 5: Using Time-Outs; Integrating Your Parenting Skills; Creating a Positive Climate for Behavior Change; Creating a More Positive Home; Improving Your Communication Skills; Developing More Patience; Building Positive Self-Esteem; Helping Your Child Solve Problems with Peers; Solving Some Common Behavior Problems: Additional Recommendations; Specific Problem Behaviors

Parenting the Strong-Willed Child: the Clinically Proven Five-Week Program for Parents of Two- to Six-Year-Olds, Third Edition

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Light cover scuffs. Inside is excellent. #paperback #parenting #selfesteem

North Carolina

100 Tips for Parents and Teachers

Presenting a wide array of practical, effective strategies to help girls through difficult times, this helpful guide is designed to help parents and teachers foster self-confidence in young girls explains how to provide appropriate emotional support and promote self-esteem to help young girls develop their own identities and talents. Orignal. 30,000 first printing.

Raising Confident Girls

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Sally Clarkson

Good condition other than a few pen markings in the first chapter: no other highlights or notes.

Touching Your Child's Heart of Eternity

Touching Your Child's Heart of Eternity

There is no greater, nobler, or more fulfilling calling than that of motherhood. Every day, as they nurture their children, mothers influence eternal destiny as no one else can. Yet often women are drawn to seek fulfillment outside of God's design, despite their inherent desire to embrace motherhood with their whole hearts.Today's culture minimizes the vital importance of a mother's role. By catching a vision of God's original design and allowing it to shape their lives, mothers can rediscover the joy and fulfillment to be found in the strategic role to which God has called them-for a purpose far greater than they can imagine.In The Mission of Motherhood, author, speaker, and mother Sally Clarkson closely examines this God-ordained plan for mothers, introduced in the book of Genesis and upheld throughout his Word. Using practical examples, her own personal anecdotes, a challenging vision, and sound scriptural support, Clarkson upholds the traditional, biblical view of God's plan for motherhood-giving mothers exactly the support they need to persevere in cultivating and sharing their hearts for God, for their children, and for their homes.

The Mission of Motherhood

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Heidi Murkoff

New York

From 12 to 24 Months

The essential sequel to What to Expect the First Year, with 11 million copies in print, What to Expect the Second Year picks up the action at baby’s first birthday, and takes parents through what can only be called “the wonder year”—12 jam-packed (and jam-smeared) months of memorable milestones (from first steps to first words, first scribbles to first friends), lightning-speed learning, endless explorations driven by insatiable curiosity. Not to mention a year of challenges, both for toddlers and the parents who love them, but don’t always love their behaviors (picky eating, negativity, separation anxiety, bedtime battles, biting, and tantrums). Comprehensive, reassuring, empathetic, realistic, and practical, What to Expect the Second Year is filled with solutions, strategies, and plenty of parental pep talks. It helps parents decode the fascinating, complicated, sometimes maddening, always adorable little person last year’s baby has become. From the first birthday to the second, this must-have book covers everything parents need to know in an easy-to-access, topic-by-topic format, with chapters on growth, feeding, sleeping, behaviors of every conceivable kind, discipline (including teaching right from wrong), and keeping a toddler healthy and safe as he or she takes on the world. There’s a developmental time line of the second year plus special “milestone” boxes throughout that help parents keep track of their toddler’s development. Thinking of traveling with tot in tow? There’s a chapter for that, too.

What to Expect the Second Year

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Cynthia Gabriel

Oregon

The Best of Both Worlds

A complete and reassuring guide to natural childbirth in a hospital setting.

Natural Hospital Birth

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Phyllis Haddox

Elaine Bruner

Siegfried Engelmann

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Michigan

English

A step-by-step program that shows parents, simply and clearly, how to teach their child to read in just 20 minutes a day.

Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons

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New Jersey

Reading & Language Arts

James C. Dobson

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Practical Advice and Encouragement for Those Shaping the Next Generation of Men

Provides advice for Christian parents on the true meaning of masculinity and how to bring up their sons to be responsible yet manly.

Bringing up Boys

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Sarah Menkedick

Fear and the Silent Crisis of Motherhood in America

A groundbreaking exposé and diagnosis of the silent epidemic of fear afflicting new mothers, and a candid, feminist deep dive into the culture, science, history, and psychology of contemporary motherhood Anxiety among mothers is a growing but largely unrecognized crisis. In the transition to mother-hood and the years that follow, countless women suffer from overwhelming feelings of fear, grief, and obsession that do not fit neatly within the outmoded category of "postpartum depression." These women soon discover that there is precious little support or time for their care, even as expectations about what mothers should do and be continue to rise. Many struggle to distinguish normal worry from crippling madness in a culture in which their anxiety is often ignored, normalized, or, most dangerously, seen as taboo. Drawing on extensive research, numerous interviews, and the raw particulars of her own experience with anxiety, writer and mother Sarah Menkedick gives us a comprehensive examination of the biology, psychology, history, and societal conditions surrounding the crushing and life-limiting fear that has become the norm for so many. Woven into the stories of women's lives is an examination of the factors--such as the changing structure of the maternal brain, the ethically problematic ways risk is construed during pregnancy, and the marginalization of motherhood as an identity--that explore how motherhood came to be an experience so dominated by anxiety, and how mothers might reclaim it. Writing with profound empathy, visceral honesty, and deep understanding, Menkedick makes clear how critically we need to expand our awareness of, compassion for, and care for women's lives.

Ordinary Insanity

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Jennifer M. Randles

California

Social Studies

The Inequalities and Politics of Fathering

In Essential Dads, sociologist Jennifer Randles shares the stories of more than 60 marginalized men as they sought to become more engaged parents through a government-supported "responsible" fatherhood program. Dads' experiences serve as a unique window into long-standing controversies about the importance of fathering, its connection to inequality, and the state's role in shaping men's parenting. With a compassionate and hopeful voice, Randles proposes a more equitable political agenda for fatherhood, one that carefully considers the social and economic factors shaping men's abilities to be involved in their children's lives and the ideologies that rationalize the necessity of that involvement.

Essential Dads

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#hardcover #nonfiction #parenting #families #relationships #parentingtools

Massachusetts

Effective Strategies to Care for Children

Attachment security and affect regulation have long been buzzwords in therapy circles, but many of these ideas--so integral to successful therapeutic work with kids and adolescents-- have yet to be effectively translated to parenting practice itself. Moreover, as neuroscience reveals how the human brain is designed to work in good relationships, and how such relationships are central to healthy human development, the practical implications for the parent-child attachment relationship become even more apparent.



Here, a leading attachment specialist with over 30 years of clinical experience brings the rich and comprehensive field of attachment theory and research from inside the therapy room to the outside, equipping therapists and caregivers with practical parenting skills and techniques rooted in proven therapeutic principles.



A guide for all parents and a resource for all mental health clinicians and parent-educators who are searching for ways to effectively love, discipline, and communicate with children, this book presents the techniques and practices that are fundamental to optimal child development and family functioning--how to set limits, provide guidance, and manage the responsibilities and difficulties of daily life, while at the same time communicating safety, fun, joy, and love. Filled with valuable clinical vignettes and sample dialogues, Hughes shows how attachment-focused research can guide all those who care for children in their efforts to better raise them.

Attachment-Focused Parenting

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John Bowlby

Parent-Child Attachment and Healthy Human Development

The world-famous psychiatrist and author of the classic works Attachment, Separation, and Loss offers important guidelines for child rearing based on the crucial role of early intimate relationships.

A Secure Base

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Alan E. Kazdin

I myth-shattering strategy from the 2008 president of the American psychological association. The Kazdin Method distills 30 years of of work with children into a step-by-step method of parents with a bound-in DVD featuring effective tips for common problems.#nonfiction #family #relationships #hardcover #relationship #children #advice #parenting

Pennsylvania

With No Pills, No Therapy, No Contest of Wills

The Kazdin Method for Parenting the Defiant Child

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Lisa Heffernan

Mary Dell Harrington

Iowa

How to Support Your Teen, Stay Close As a Family, and Raise Independent Adults

PARENTING NEVER ENDS.

From the founders of the #1 site for parents of teens and young adults comes an essential guide for building strong relationships with your teens and preparing them to successfully launch into adulthood

The high school and college years: an extended roller coaster of academics, friends, first loves, first break-ups, driver's ed, jobs, and everything in between. Kids are constantly changing and how we parent them must change, too. But how do we stay close as a family as our lives move apart?

Enter the co-founders ofGrown and Flown, Lisa Heffernan and Mary Dell Harrington. In the midst of guiding their own kids through this transition, they launched what has become the largest website and online community for parents of fifteen to twenty-five year olds. Now they've compiled new takeaways and fresh insights from all that they've learned into this handy, must-have guide.

Grown and Flown is a one-stop resource for parenting teenagers, leading up to--and through--high school and those first years of independence. It covers everything from the monumental (how to let your kids go) to the mundane (how to shop for a dorm room). Organized by topic--such as academics, anxiety and mental health, college life--it features a combination of stories, advice from professionals, and practical sidebars.

Consider this your parenting lifeline: an easy-to-use manual that offers support and perspective.Grown and Flown is required reading for anyone looking to raise an adult with whom you have an enduring, profound connection.

Grown and Flown

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Awesome book for moms pregnant with baby number two! #secondbaby #pregnancynumbertwo #sarahockwellsmith #parenting 

How to Cope with Pregnancy Number Two and Create a Happy Home for Your Firstborn and New Arrival

Having a second baby is a very different experience from having your first, yet there is little recognition of the wide range of issues that need to be considered when bringing a second child into the family. In this incredibly helpful book, Sarah Ockwell-Smith helps parents feel more positive and prepared for life with two children. The book begins with the obvious question: when is the right time to add another member to the family? It then goes on to examine the specific issues that can arise with a second pregnancy and birth; the common concerns about siblings, such as how to prepare your firstborn for what's to come; how to cope with the practicalities of life with two young children (aka actually managing to get anything done!); and the feelings parents are likely to experience, too. The Second Baby Book examines all the questions and issues Sarah herself faced second time around, as well as sharing the experiences of the many parents who have sought her advice. It also highlights what scientific studies reveal about such issues as the spacing of children and the differences between first and second births. Practical, insightful and honest, this book will help you understand the challenges ahead but, more importantly, it will equip you to meet them with knowledge, confidence and a sense of excitement for the future.

The Second Baby Book

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Penny Simkin

Janet Whalley

Ann Keppler

Janelle Durham

April Bolding

#paperback #childbirth #newborn #medical #parenting #nonfiction #newparent #birth 

The Complete Guide

Available for the first time in full color, the up-to-date and authoritative pregnancy guide that has sold 1.5 million copies--by recognizing that "one size fits all" doesn't apply to maternity care

Parents love this book because it puts them in control; experts love it because it's based on the latest medical research and recommendations from leading health organizations. Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn provides the information and guidance you need to make informed decisions about having a safe and satisfying pregnancy, birth, and postpartum period--decisions that reflect your preferences, priorities, and values.

Unlike pregnancy guides that can overwhelm and alarm by telling you up front all the things that can possibly go wrong, this book first describes normal, healthy processes, their typical variations, and the usual care practices for monitoring them. Only then does it cover possible complications and the care practices and procedures for resolving them. Throughout, the presentation is crystal-clear, the tone is reassuring, and the voice is empowering. And the language is inclusive, reflecting today's various family configurations such as single-parent families, blended families formed by second marriages, families with gay and lesbian parents, and families formed by open adoption or surrogacy. From sensible nutrition advice to realistic birth plans, from birth doulas when desired to cesareans when needed, from reducing stress during pregnancy to caring for yourself as well as your baby after birth, this pregnancy guide speaks to today's parents-to-be like no other.


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Sally Yahnke Walker

The Survival Guide for Parents of Gifted Kids

Becky Bailey; Tim Twe

There's Got to Be a Better Way

Robert Keeshan; Bob Keeshan

Growing up Happy*signed first edition

Ashley Rhodes-Courter

Three Little Words

Rue Kream

Parenting A Free Child: an Unschooled Life

Alfie Kohn

Punished by Rewards

Walter Browder; Sue Ellin Browder

101 Secrets a Cool Mom Knows

Heidi St. John

Becoming MomStrong

Rex Forehand; Nicholas Long

Parenting the Strong-Willed Child: the Clinically Proven Five-Week Program for Parents of Two- to Six-Year-Olds, Third Edition

Elizabeth Hartley-Brewer

Raising Confident Girls

Sally Clarkson

The Mission of Motherhood

Heidi Murkoff

What to Expect the Second Year

Cynthia Gabriel

Natural Hospital Birth

Phyllis Haddox; Elaine Bruner; Siegfried Engelmann

Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons

Phyllis Haddox; Elaine Bruner; Siegfried Engelmann

Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons

James C. Dobson

Bringing up Boys

Sarah Menkedick

Ordinary Insanity

Jennifer M. Randles

Essential Dads

Daniel A. Hughes

Attachment-Focused Parenting

John Bowlby

A Secure Base

Alan E. Kazdin

The Kazdin Method for Parenting the Defiant Child

Lisa Heffernan; Mary Dell Harrington

Grown and Flown

Sarah Ockwell-Smith

The Second Baby Book

Penny Simkin; Janet Whalley; Ann Keppler; Janelle Durham; April Bolding

Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn