Bergman, S. Bear
Summary: "Being a parent is enormously joyful, but it is also an enormous amount of work. Parenting requires you to make dozens of decisions a day, every one of which in some way shapes the person your child will grow into. It can be difficult to know in these moments whether you're on the right track. Progressive parents especially can feel adrift when caregiving in ways that were not modelled for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arsenal Pulp Press 2024
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Summary: "Washington Examiner columnist Timothy P. Carney explains why parenting is harder and children are less happy than a generation ago"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.1 CARSenapathy, Kavin
Summary: "An evidence-based, social justice-minded exploration of modern parenting, from an award-winning science journalist and cofounder of SciMoms. How can we raise happy, well-adjusted kids today amid so much injustice and uncertainty? This is the question at the heart of the progressive parent's dilemma. Fortunately, award-winning science journalist Kavin Senapathy has the answers.In this lively,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hanover Square Press 2024
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Summary: What makes Denmark the happiest country in the world--and what are the secrets of Danish parents for raising happy, confident, succesful kids, year after year? This upbeat and practical guide brings together the insights of a licensed psychotherapist and a mom -- a Dane and an American married to a Dane, respectively -- on the habits of the happiest families on earth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: TarcherPerigee Book 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.874 ALERussell, Helen
Summary: "What do Vikings know about raising children? Turns out, quite a bit. After a decade of living in Denmark, and raising her three kids there, Helen Russell noticed that Nordic kids (or mini-Vikings) are different from children raised in other parts of the world. They eat differently. They learn differently. They play, dress, and even sleep differently. They run, jump, climb, fall and get up...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks 2024
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Summary: "Blending cutting-edge research with engaging storytelling, The Breakthrough Years offers readers a paradigm-shifting comprehensive understanding of adolescence. Almost every adolescent has said to parents, "You JUST don't understand." In The Breakthrough Years, child development expert Ellen Galinsky explains why that is so often true. Galinsky's seven-year inquiry into the adolescent brain...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.1 GALSilverman, Robyn J. A.
Summary: "What do you do when your child comes to you with a question about anxiety, death, divorce, beauty, or race? Poised to become the quintessential conversation resource for parents, How to Talk to Kids About Anything provides powerful words, actionable steps, inspiring real-life stories, and pivotal advice to tackle these difficult conversations with kids. Dr. Robyn Silverman of the How to Talk...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks 2023
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Summary: "The time has come for parenting to become what it was always meant to be - about the parent. Dr Shefali Tsabary details how our children can be raised as conscious adults only when we as parents allow ourselves to be raised into a higher state of consciousness."--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Namaste Pub. 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 649 TSAColeman, Kelley
Summary: "The honest, relatable, actionable roadmap to the practicalities of parenting a disabled child, featuring personal stories, expert interviews, and the foundational information parents need to know about topics including diagnosis, school, doctors, insurance, financial planning, disability rights, and what life looks like as a parent caregiver. For parents of disabled children, navigating the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Go 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.8 COLSummary: "Alec Lace, host of the popular parenting podcast First-Class Fatherhood, shares the collected wisdom from dozens of guests, on topics ranging from finances and discipline to faith, service, and self-care."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Horizon, an imprint of HarperCollins Focus LLC 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.874 FIRSummary: With the birth of his first child, Independent filmmaker Darren Doane picked up his camera and began documenting the process of becoming a family. Ten years in the making, the result is a profound and entertaining documentary for the entire family. From mud puddles and family road trips, to backyard parties and the birth of their third child in the front seat of their truck, Doane captures all...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Virgil Films 2016
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Summary: "The Bonus Family Handbook introduces readers to a completely new approach to co-parenting and blending families. It teaches even the most contentious parents and bonus parents how to work together in the name of their children, reinforcing collaborative co-parenting to help form a supportive, loving family"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 306.874 BLAFaber, Adele.
Summary: The leading experts on parent-child communication show parents and teachers how to motivate kids to learn and succeed in school. This breakthrough book demonstrates how parents and teachers can join forces to inspire kids to be self-directed, self-disciplined and responsive to the wonders of learning.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Piccadilly 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Parents FaberGalanti, Regine
Summary: "Most parents are not child psychologists and that's why it can be hard to discern what are normal childhood anxieties and what is more problematic . However, even with childhood anxieties, parents can learn how to raise resilient, independent, and healthy children with the help of licensed clinical psychologist, Regine Galanti, PhD. Galanti offers a research-based, practical guide for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.4 GALSchonbrun, Yael
Summary: "Twelve practical strategies to experience more joy and feel less guilt as a working parent, drawn from ACT, the groundbreaking therapy technique that has helped countless people. Dr. Yael Schonbrun calls out the myth of the work-life balance and offers practical strategies that can help us reframe our approach to working and parenting from the inside out. Based in Acceptance and Commitment...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shambhala Publications 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 SCHDelahooke, Mona
Summary: From a leading child psychologist comes this groundbreaking new understanding of children's behavior, offering insight and strategies to support both parents and children. Over her decades as a clinical psychologist, Dr. Mona Delahooke has routinely counseled distraught parents who struggle to manage their children's challenging, sometimes oppositional behaviors. These families are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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Summary: "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,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2021
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Summary: "From Dr. Becky Kennedy, the popular psychologist known as the "Millennial Parenting Whisper," comes a groundbreaking guide that offers a new approach to parenting as well as practical solutions"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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Summary: ""Your Child Is Not Broken" is THE book for parents who need permission to do things differently. Heidi Mavir almost died working out why that was necessary. Part autobiography, part parenting manual, "Your Child Is Not Broken" is a no-holds-barred account of Heidi Mavir's discovery of her child's neurodivergence. It is the funny, irreverent and brutally honest story of Heidi's fight to be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bluebird 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.152 MAVMoskowitz, Eva S.
Summary: "Eva Moskowitz has built a national reputation as the founder and leader of Success Academy Charter Schools, one of the country's most highly regarded networks of schools, but while most people know Eva for her success in educating 20,000 mainly low-income students who are routinely accepted to our nation's best universities, she has also been responsible for raising three children of her own....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvest, an imprint of William Morrow 2023
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Baxley, Traci
Summary: As the global pandemic shuttered schools across the country in 2020, parents found themselves thrust into the role of teacher. After the murder of George Floyd and the ensuing Black Lives Matter protests, many also grappled with the responsibility to teach their kids about social justice-- with few resources to guide them. Baxley, a mother of five herself, suggests that parenting is a form of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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Icard, Michelle
Summary: "Every child messes up, sometimes in ways that seem sure to wreck their futures: a bad report card, poor sportsmanship, underaged drinking. These are tough moments for parent and child alike, often complicated by the fear that the misstep is also an indictment of our parenting. But what each of these "fails" has in common for our kids is the precious silver lining of a chance for character...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale 2023
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Faber, Adele.
Summary: In this international bestseller, experts Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish provide effective step by step techniques to help you improve and enrich your relationships with your children. Learn how to: Break a pattern of arguments Cope with negative feelings Engage your child's cooperation Set clear limits and maintain goodwill Express your emotions without being hurtful Resolve conflicts peacefully.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Piccadilly Press 2013