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Manage the competing demands of working motherhood.As a working mother, you often draw the short straw. You carry most of the burden of caregiving and household chores, and your career can suffer because of it. Bosses and coworkers assume that since...

Build your careers, your family, and your life-together.When you're part of a two-career family, you manage the competing demands of your careers, child-rearing, and household chores along with your relationship with each other. Can you both chase your...

You can have a successful career and be the dad you want to be.Finally, we've moved past the days when providing for your family meant taking a backseat role in your children's lives. Still, many of us aren't finding the...

Manage the competing demands of working motherhood.As a working mother you often draw the short straw. You carry most of the burden of caregiving and household chores-and your career suffers because of it. Bosses and coworkers assume that since...

Conduct more productive conversations.As a working parent, you lead meetings, advocate for your children, and make presentations that win clients&#8212all with ease. But when your personal life spills into your professional life&#8212whether...

Learn how to be a parent who reacts with patience and kindness instead of anger and frustration and overcome the cycle of reactive parenting.Pretty much every parent has been reactive at some point. Reactive parenting encompasses the negative behaviors...

A thirty-five-year-old writer decides she wants to have children. Rounds of IVF treatments and several years later, she has two daughters and sits down to write this book. World's Best Mother is a sublime journey - through pregnancy, the mothering of...

In this brave and devastatingly beautiful anthology, the illustrious poet and editor Aracelis Girmay gathers complex and intimate pieces that illuminate the nuances of personal and collective histories, analyses, practices, and choices surrounding...

In a series of journal entries-some original passages, others revisited and expanded in retrospect-Cherri Moraga details her experiences with pregnancy, birth, and the early years of lesbian parenting.With the premature birth of her son-when HIV-related...

Maya Marshall is a formidable emerging poet. With this debut, she joins a vital literary heritage of Black poets whose stewardship rivals their written contributions. Comparable titles: The Black Unicorn Audre Lorde; Seeing The Body Rachel Eliza...

Children's future successes depend on developing the abilities to innovate, be resilient in the face of their mistakes, problem-solve creatively, and collaborate with peers effectively.However, standard American educational practices - stressing...

Birthing Liberation presents reproductive justice as the pathway to equity and the birthplace of liberation.Sabia C. Wade, renowned radical doula and educator,speaks to the intersections of systemic issues-such as access to health care, house...

2023 Next Generation Indie Book Awards Finalist in Parenting/FamilyParents can take simple and easy steps to protect their children from tragic injuries.Among US children ages 1 to 14, injuries cause more deaths than all other causes combined. Raising...

When privileged parents say that they 'want what's best' for their child, they don't consciously add 'and not for other children.'Yet the practical effect of parents with privilege relentlessly...

We have always known that reading aloud is an important way to bond with your baby and develop language skills.Now neuroscience research is showing us the long-term benefit that reading aloud has for children-all the way into adulthood. Author Rekha S...

"The best, most useful book on parenting I've ever read."-Jack Canfield, author ofChicken Soup for the SoulParents are looking for alternatives to rewarding, nagging, threatening, and taking away privileges.Redirecting Children's Behavioris...

Education has become synonymous with schooling, but it doesn't have to be. As schooling becomes increasingly standardized and test driven, occupying more of childhood than ever before, parents and educators are questioning the role of schooling in...

"We are matter and long to be received by an Earth that conceived us, which accepts and reconstitutes us, its children, each of us, without exception, every one. The journey is long, and then we start homeward, fathomless as to what home might make of us...

Don't let your own needs fall by the wayside- have you taken time for yourself today?Take the kids to school and get to work by nine o'clock. Plan your child's birthday party while eating lunch. Reschedule your dentist...

Stop juggling; start managing everything you need to do at home and at work.It used to be simple: stay late, turn in flawless work, catch up on sleep later. You needed that mindset to get where you are, but that's not going to cut it anymore...

Move ahead in your career - without leaving your family behindWhat happens when you're no longer setting goals and chasing dreams that work for you alone? When the career choices you make have ripple effects on your family? Can you uproot your...

An all-in-one resource for every working mother and father.Sure, there are plenty of parenting books out there. But as working moms and dads, we've never had a trusted, go-to guide all our own-one that coaches us on how to do well at work, be...

Being a parent can be a disorienting experience filled with disruptive transitions, constant pushes and pulls at work, at home, and in the community, endless to-do lists, and identity crises. It's easy to lose track of who you are and what really matters...

As the number of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders grows each year, new discoveries and controversies arise. Andrew Wakefield explores many of these in his thorough investigation of the recent trial case of the "Arizona 5," which...

The popularity of Family History has increased over the past five years due to TV shows like Genealogy Roadshow, Finding Your Roots, and Who Do You Think You Are? The ability to access records online has opened up the one time hobby for genealogy...

Inspired by the legacy of radical and queer black feminists of the 1970s and '80s, Revolutionary Mothering places marginalized mothers of color at the center of a world of necessary transformation. The challenges we face as movements working for racial,...

Drawing from their own experiences raising diverse and politically active young people, parents and therapists Dr. Faith Harper and Bonnie Scott have written a parenting guide for the 21st centuryHow do you raise your kids to be feminist, anti-racist,...

From a world-renowned expert on creative play and the impact of commercial marketing on children, a timely investigation into how big tech is hijacking childhood - and what we can do about it.Even before COVID-19, digital technologies had become deeply...

Maybe you have a daughter who loves cooking, soccer, and musicals. Maybe she's a social butterfly, an athlete, a fashionista, and a humanitarian who wants to change the world. Be honest-do you think, Well, she's clearly not a math and science kid? Do you...

A new way of thinking about (and celebrating!) your child during these critical years! Congrats- you' re having a teen! No, really- congratulations! You're entering one of the most exciting, important phases of parenting. These years are your best...

Kids today are facing unprecedented pressures-and their mental health is suffering. As a parent, you may feel burned out and exhausted yourself-and perhaps overwhelmed by the idea of taking on your child's stress. But Building Happier Kids offers...

Learn how to thrive-not just survive-as a modern mom.You love your kids. You're proud of your professional accomplishments.You have hobbies and friends. And you're tired. So tired.Working moms often feel like they're failing on many different fronts...

Fully revised and updated, the fourth edition of this bestselling guide offers essential advice from two pediatrician-moms. Itcovers everything new parents need to know, from feeding and dressing, to diapering and bathing, and from crying and sleep to...

Pediatrician and twin-mom, Dr. Shelly Vaziri Flais, offers expert advice for raising healthy, well-adjusted twins and triplets in this fully revised and updated third edition. Her guidance will help parents of multiples prepare for their babies' arrival,...

Organized children are raised, not born. That's the philosophy behind this confidence-building, sanity-saving book. Fostering organized thinking in your child will help with concrete concerns (think a tidier bedroom!) and build critical life...

You don't need to buy high-tech digital devices, apps, or expensive toys to boost your toddler's brain development! Research shows that the best way for toddlers to learn is through daily, active play and Retro Toddler includes more than 100 fun,...

Embark on a journey of connection and understanding withWhere Two Worlds Meet: A Guide to Connecting with Your Teenage Grandchildren, an award-winning guide crafted specifically for those seeking to strengthen bonds with their teenage grandchildren...

Don't Leave Your Friends Behind is a collection of concrete tips, suggestions, and narratives on ways that non-parents can support parents, children, and caregivers in their communities, social movements, and collective processes. Don't Leave Your...

Written for parents to help their kids make the most of their talents - and to help parents make the most of their own talents so they can be truly effective mothers and fathers. Includes access codes for two strengths assessments: one...

How can you discover your children's unique talents? And how can you use your own talents and strengths to be the most effective and supportive parent possible? Strengths Based Parenting addresses these and other questions on parents' minds. But unlike...

Crime facts:According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, roughly 800,000 children are reported missing each year in the United States. This book provides the information your child needs to spot those dangerous situations before...

All fathers have heard it before-having a baby really changes your life. And maybe they felt like David L. Hill, MD, FAAP, author of Dad to Dad: Parenting Like a Pro. Dr Hill is a dad himself and a pediatrician in practice. Inside this practical yet...

Parenting is a wondrous journey that comes with no instruction manual. Most of the insecurities that we have as parents come from our own issues, behavioral patterns and the defense mechanisms that we have developed as a result of our subconscious fears...

The story of a man coming into his own by coming home.Since he was a boy, Bill Eville knew he wanted two things in life: to be a writer and a father. Being a minister's husband had not been on this list, having left the church as a teenager as soon as...

A meditation on in vitro fertilization that expands and complicates the stories we tell about pregnancy.Medical interventions become an exercise in patience, desire, and delirium in this intimate account of bodily transformation and disruption. In...

An inclusive anthology of reflections on the spiritual gifts and challenges of raising young people.Inspired by the pandemic and her own teenage daughter's upcoming departure from home, editor Vanessa Rush Southern set out to collect an anthology of...

Help children cultivate a practice of gratitude and a sense of wonder for the world around them with Goodness Gracious: A Gratitude Book for Children.Have you ever felt so happy that it seems like your whole body is smiling and you wanted to say thank...

In this courageous memoir, Elizabeth Heineman "illuminates the complex emotional landscape of stillbirth-putting into frank and poetic words the unspeakable experience of simultaneously grieving and mothering a baby who has died" (Deborah L. Davis)...