Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

New Jersey

Share, Remember, Cherish

A beautifully illustrated gift book for mothers, with text drawn from inspiring stories shared by real people on the author's Celebrations.com Web site, enhanced by thoughtful quotes and fun facts about motherhood.

Celebrating Mom

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Texas

Home To Heather Creek

The Promise of Spring 

Barbara Rainey

Susan Yates

Youre done . . . but youre not finished! And one more thing. Youre not alone. Feeling unsure? Scared? Expectant? Maybe even giddy? Is your nest empty except for a bundle of mixed emotions? As you grieve whats behind and daydream about possibilities, youll feel young again, ready for new challenges and adventures. Yet you may not know what to pursue or how to discover whats next. Many women in this season of life wonder: Who am I now? And what should I do? How will my marriage be affected? Does anyone need me? How do I relate to my children? Is it okay to feel sad? Or thrilled? Whats next? Barbara and Susan can be the friends you need to walk you through these new experiences. Theyll guide you to answers, and together youll discover a new purpose and passion for your next life adventure.

New hardcover book, but marked as in like new condition due to a couple of tiny tears and ripples on the jacket cover due to shelving. 

Maryland

Discovering New Purpose, Passion & Your Next Great Adventure

Feeling unsure? Scared? Expectant? Maybe even giddy? Is your nest empty-except for a bundle of mixed emotions? As you grieve what's behind and daydream about possibilities, you'll feel young again, ready for new challenges and adventures. Yet you may not know what to pursue or how to discover what's next.

Barbara & Susan's Guide to the Empty Nest

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New York

When I’m Jealous

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Colorado

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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#paperback #stepparents #parenting #new #family #marriage

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

California

Stepparenting Without Guilt is a helpful easy-to-read guide for parents and stepparents on how to deal successfully with the challenges and difficulties of stepfamily life.

*NEW* Stepparenting Without Guilt 

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Karen Moline

René Syler

Three or four pages have a Small crease on the bottom. See photo. New, never read.

The Perfectly Imperfect Book of Parenting

In an ideal world, mothers would have time to hand-sew their kids' costumes for the school play, prepare all-organic meals, and volunteer in the classroom at the drop of a hat. In reality, most moms have to settle for plopping their little ones in front ofSpongeBobso that they can prepare yet another chicken nugget-based dinner, guiltily convinced they're falling down on the job.InGood-Enough Mother,Rene Syler pulls back the curtain to reveal the truth about modern mothering and reassure time-stressed moms that even if their children are strangers to made-from-scratch cookies, they can emerge as happy, well-adjusted, fully functioning members of society. Mother to two great kids of her own, Syler explains how she learned to chuck perfection for practicality -- in short, how she became a Good-Enough Mother. She shows other women seeking to balance family, work, and some semblance of a personal life how to happily join the ranks of Good-Enough Mothers, who occasionally serve breakfast for dinner yet give their children plenty of what really matters -- love, time, and support.Each essay provides welcome empathy and sage advice on navigating life's different obstacles, whether it's dealing with annoying Supermoms, bluffing through a third grader's math homework, or coping with the words that strike terror into every parent's heart ("Your son's teacher on line one"). Offering real wisdom tempered with humor and warmth,Good-Enough Motherwill have every modern mom laughing in relief and recognition.

Good-Enough Mother

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Gregory Slayton

Ten Tools Every Father Needs

Be a Better Dad Today: Ten Tools Every Father Needs was a national bestseller in 2012 for a reason: it's one of the best books on fatherhood you will ever read. Warmly endorsed by dozens of America's best-known and most respected fathers, the book lays out the "Ten Tools of Fatherhood"... tools that will help every dad who uses them. The book is the product of Slayton's 30 year study of fatherhood on five different continents, his research into the subject and his own experience raising four great kids with his wife of 25 years. Slayton's easy to read, friendly style makes it a fun read ... and the many great stories and real life examples bring it to life. Now going into its seventh printing, Be a Better Dad Today has sold over 70,000 copies since its release in May of 2012. It has helped and encouraged all types of fathers…and it can and will help you (or the father in your life) as well. The book is exactly what the title promises: an inspirational, encouraging and down to earth guidebook for every father who wants to be a better dad - for his family's sake and his own. With humor, empathy, common sense, and engaging stories, Slayton reveals proven, powerful tools and techniques that will help every dad fulfill his God-given responsibilities. Whether parenting younger or older kids, boys or girls, blended families or as a single dad (or even a father to be), readers will find wise insights and practical, doable action steps for becoming the best dad they can be. The book makes a great gift for Father’s Day, Christmas, birthdays or any day. And since the Slaytons are dedicating 100% of all royalties from the book to fatherhood and family charities serving the US Military, your purchase will a blessing to the fathers and families who serve our nation every day.

Be a Better Dad Today

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George Barna

Missouri

What the Research Shows Really Works

Barna researched the lives of thriving adult Christians and discovered the essential steps their parents took to shape their spiritual lives in childhood. He also learned surprising truths about which popular parenting tactics just aren't working.

Revolutionary Parenting

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Alabama

Helping Your Child Through the Peer Pressure, Awkward Moments and Emotional Drama

It happens to every parent. One day, you have a sweet son or daughter who loves to snuggle on the couch and who puts a smile on your face just by walking into the room. The next day, it's as if someone left the door open and let in an alien with a smart mouth and an attitude that, frankly, you could do without. Entering middle school is like stepping onto a different planet--for parent and child alike. It's a planet where peer pressure, social media, and hormones can wreak havoc in your child's life and in your relationship with him or her.

But these years don't have to create chaos in your family. Parenting expert and New York Times bestselling author Dr. Kevin Leman's time-tested principles will aid parents in helping their middle schooler not only survive but thrive during these turbulent years on Planet Middle School. He shows parents how to

- understand their child's rapidly expanding world
- respond rather than react to emotional swings
- tell their child about sex (before someone else tells them their version)
- create opportunities for their child to practice selflessness and gratitude
- ensure that their kid is one who loves home and family

Middle schoolers can be a weird, unpredictable species. But with a little help from Dr. Leman, parents will be able to ride out the interstellar storm with humor and confidence.

Planet Middle School

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Dennis Rainey

Bruce Nygren

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Helping Your Child Avoid the Traps of the Preteen and Teen Years

Guides parents through the pre-teen and early teen years, offering advice on communication, decision-making, and conflict while focusing on Christian values.

Parenting Today's Adolescent

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Allan H. Jahsmann

Martin P. Simon

Minnesota

A collection of more than 150 devotions on such topics as daily activities, the Ten Commandments, and holidays. Includes interactive discussion questions, Bible verses, and prayers.

Little Visits for Families

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Where They Come from, Why They Happen

Body Noises

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Publications International Ltd. Staff

A Organizer For The Busy New Mom! A great babyshower gift. No writing inside. Book is like new. 

Mom's Survival Guide Organizer

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Cynthia Tobias

Red Hill Youth Devotionals Series - Ex-library copy with typical interior stamps/markings

Strategies for Bringing Out the Best in Your Strong-Willed Child

Offers advice on dealing with strong-willed children, including techniques for sharing control without compromising parental authority

You Can't Make Me (but I Can Be Persuaded)

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Oregon

A parent's love is like a brilliant diamond, shedding its light on a child in countless ways-and who better to write about it than Thomas Kinkade, the beloved Painter of Light(TM), and his wife Nanette? Their own experience with four daughters has taught them how a parent's love can take many forms: vigilant, focused, creative, compassionate, tough, playful, visionary, and releasing. Through every beautiful scene the couple illustrates our ultimate goal-a love like our heavenly Father's, giving us the ability and the will to love our children as He has loved us

The Many Loves of Parenting

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Hillary Clinton

And Other Lessons Children Teach Us

In celebration of the tenth anniversary of "It Takes a Village," this splendid edition includes photographs and a new Introduction by Senator Clinton. As relevant as ever, this anniversary edition makes it abundantly clear that the choices made by parents today about how to raise children and how to support families will determine how the nation will face the challenges of the 21st century.

It Takes a Village

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Why You Are the Solution, Not the Problem in Your Child's Life

"In this powerful and practical book, Dr. James Garbarino, renowned author of Lost Boys, "and child advocate Claire Bedard offer both a tough-minded, compassionate vision of why "bad things happen to good parents" and solutions for mothers and fathers who are ready to become stronger forces in their children's lives.


A handful of children make headlines by waging war against their schools and peers, but there are millions of troubled boys and girls who don't go to such extremes. All the same they make life hell for their families, not always intentionally and not because they are rebelling against parents who are neglectful or abusive. Why? Because parents are imperfect and some kids simply are hard to raise. Confidential surveys reveal that 20 percent of American parents say they have a child at home who is so difficult it is nearly impossible to lead a normal life.

Working hard and raising the kids in a good community aren't enough anymore; there are too many other influences. To regain control, parents must first see clearly the many forces at work both around their families and within themselves. "Parents Under Siege

Parents under Siege

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#paperback #parenting #manners #kids #children #family 

A Practical Guide to Teaching Kids Their Manners

Stop Interrupting Me! 

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Kristen Howerton

Arkansas

Learning to Parent Without Perfection

"A heartfelt, subversively funny memoir and a bold personal manifesto that pushes back against the superficial expectations of motherhood -- and challenges the idea that there's a "right" way to raise kids. With hard-won knowledge gained from having four kids in four years, Kristen Howerton navigates the emotional and sometimes messy waters of motherhood, sharing valuable lessons from her journey through infertility, adoption, pregnancy, toddler tantrums, divorce, and the shock and awe of parenting teens. Howerton recounts how she learned to opt out from the pressure to do it all perfectly. As a mom of both white and black children and a licensed therapist, Howerton talks frankly about the thorny issues parents face today, whether it's finding good mom friends, confronting racism, disciplining other people's kids, or falling short of that elusive work/life balance. Howerton's experience--the expectations, the stress, the total lack of control, and yes, the indignities of driving a minivan (which now sits in her driveway littered with crushed Cheetos and the remnants of her self-esteem)--along with her ability to laugh at herself, reminds parents they are not alone on this unpredictable ride"--

Rage Against the Minivan

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Nancy Jo Sales

North Carolina

Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers

Explores the changes in the way teenage girls are growing up in America, discussing the new norms, from extreme behaviors to lack of basic communication skills.

American Girls

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Justin Baldoni

Massachusetts

A Get-Real Gut-Check Guide to Becoming the Strongest, Kindest, Bravest Person You Can Be

A New York Times bestseller!

From filmmaker, actor, and author Justin Baldoni comes a real-talk, self-esteem-building guidebook that helps boys ages 11 and up embrace their feelings and fears instead of repress them.

Highly designed and filled with activities, sidebars, and inspirational quotes, this book is the perfect social-emotional learning tool for parents and educators to jump-start conversations about masculinity with the boys in their lives.

WARNING: THIS MIGHT BE THE MOST HONEST BOOK YOU'VE EVER READ

Have you ever noticed that there are unwritten rules that tell boys how to act, think, and feel? Nobody knows where they came from, but one day--BAM!--you suddenly feel these invisible forces, pushing you to follow the rules of masculinity, even if they don't make you happy.

This book isn't about learning the rules of the boys' club, it's about UNLEARNING them. It's a get-real guidebook that will show you how to be:

 * Brave enough to reveal who you really are
 * Smart enough to ask questions
 * Cool enough to feel all your emotions
 * Confident enough to know your worth
 * Strong enough to speak your truth

--and much, much more.

Be prepared: This book is raw and surprising. There is no subject off-limits or lies detected. Sometimes things might get a little uncomfortable, but that's an important part of getting to know--and believe in--yourself.

Don't worry, you're not on this journey alone, so let's jump in together to become the smartest, bravest, strongest HUMANS we can be!

Boys Will Be Human

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Paul Tough

Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character

Challenges conventional views about standardized testing to argue that success is more determined by self-discipline, and describes the work of pioneering researchers and educators who have enabled effective new teaching methods.

How Children Succeed

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Simple Practices to Feel Calm, Present, and Connected to Your Baby

Find calm as you connect with your body and your baby

Pregnancy is a time of great excitement and change. So it's only natural that you'll experience overwhelming moments as well as joyful ones. This guided journal can help you approach each day with grace and self-compassion, by turning to mindfulness. It's full of short and easy exercises designed to generate positivity, connection, and peace of mind.

What sets this pregnancy book apart:

 * Principles of mindfulness--Explore the basic tenets and benefits of mindfulness and discover how tools like breath work and visualization can keep you grounded in times of transition.
 * Build a sustainable practice--Quick 5-minute exercises make it simple to develop a consistent mindfulness routine and stay motivated even on the toughest days of your pregnancy.
 * Explore empowering exercises--Dive into a range of mindfulness practices designed for pregnancy, from yoga poses that alleviate discomfort to journal prompts that celebrate your changing body.

Feel relaxed and remain present as your pregnancy progresses with this handy guide to mindfulness.

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Celebrating Mom

Leslie Gould

The Promise of Spring

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Barbara & Susan's Guide to the Empty Nest

Jane Aaron

When I’m Jealous

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