Parenting & Families Books


The Adolescent: Development, Relationships, and Culture (10th Edition)The Adolescent: Development, Relationships, and Culture (10th Edition)
Best Price: $13.97
The Adolescent continues to be the most comprehensive book in its subject area, setting the...
Understanding Child Abuse and Neglect (5th Edition)Understanding Child Abuse and Neglect (5th Edition)
Best Price: $8.49
I agree that this is a very comprehensive text, presented in an easy-to-follow style. Chapters...
Supporting Children in Their Home, School, and CommunitySupporting Children in Their Home, School, and Community
Best Price: $52.92
As a college instructor, I will be using this book for my class this spring. I am so...
Communication: Making Connections (7th Edition)Communication: Making Connections (7th Edition)
Best Price: $23.90
The contents of textbook itself is great. Needed this textbook for an online class. I finally...
The Mother at Home, Or, the Principles of Maternal Duty, Familiarly Illustrated; Or, the Principles of Maternal Duty Familiarly IllustratedThe Mother at Home, Or, the Principles of Maternal Duty, Familiarly Illustrated; Or, the Principles of Maternal Duty Familiarly Illustrated
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Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free...


The Changing Borders of Juvenile Justice: Transfer of Adolescents to the Criminal Court (The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on Mental Health and De)The Changing Borders of Juvenile Justice: Transfer of Adolescents to the Criminal Court (The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on Mental Health and De)
Best Price: $39.99
Since the 1960s, recurring cycles of political activism over youth crime have motivated efforts...
Managing to Make It: Urban Families and Adolescent Success (The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on Mental Health and De)Managing to Make It: Urban Families and Adolescent Success (The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on Mental Health and De)
Best Price: $11.00
One of the myths about families in inner-city neighborhoods is that they are characterized by...
Battered ChildBattered Child
First published in 1968, The Battered Child quickly became a landmark work. Our awareness of...
Mom: The Transformation of Motherhood in Modern AmericaMom: The Transformation of Motherhood in Modern America
Best Price: $30.14
In the early twentieth century, Americans often waxed lyrical about ?Mother Love,? signaling a...
Developing the Teacher Workforce (National Society for the Study of Education Yearbooks) (v. 103, Pt. 1)Developing the Teacher Workforce (National Society for the Study of Education Yearbooks) (v. 103, Pt. 1)
Best Price: $285.50
This volume offers a systematic perspective on teacher workforce development, drawing on views...


Twins in the World: The Legends They Inspire and the Lives They LeadTwins in the World: The Legends They Inspire and the Lives They Lead
Best Price: $24.65
In this compelling narrative, Alessandra Piontelli explores the different roles that twins play...
Bad KidsBad Kids
Best Price: $17.27
So you're standing outside the Head's office, waiting to be told off for breaking a...
Programs to Reduce Teen Dating Violence and Sexual Assault: Perspectives on What WorksPrograms to Reduce Teen Dating Violence and Sexual Assault: Perspectives on What Works
Best Price: $66.00
Arlene Weisz and Beverly Black interview practitioners from more than fifty dating violence and...
If I'm So Wonderful Why am I Still Single?If I'm So Wonderful Why am I Still Single?
Best Price: $123.54
I bought this book in 1990 and it changed my life.It proves that we should make as much effort...
Fatherhood Politics in the United States: Masculinity, Sexuality, Race, and MarriageFatherhood Politics in the United States: Masculinity, Sexuality, Race, and Marriage
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Are fathers being marginalized in the contemporary family? Responding to fears that they are,...

Bearing Meaning: THE LANGUAGE OF BIRTHBearing Meaning: THE LANGUAGE OF BIRTH
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Robbie Pfeufer Kahn is definitely a clear voice in a world of constructed chaos. The book is...
Buggies and Bad Times (Memories of Hoosier Homemakers, No. 3)Buggies and Bad Times (Memories of Hoosier Homemakers, No. 3)
Best Price: $24.95
Stories of horse-drawn buggies and cars with rumble seats,World Wars, rationing, and the Great...
Memories of Hoosier Homemakers (Set)Memories of Hoosier Homemakers (Set)
This work includes all of the volumes listed below plus the Index of "Memories of Hoosier...
Wives, Widows, and Concubines: The Conjugal Family Ideal in Colonial India (Contemporary Indian Studies)Wives, Widows, and Concubines: The Conjugal Family Ideal in Colonial India (Contemporary Indian Studies)
Best Price: $14.01
The family was at the center of intense debates about identity, community, and nation in...
From Neurons to Neighborhoods : The Science of Early Childhood DevelopmentFrom Neurons to Neighborhoods : The Science of Early Childhood Development
Best Price: $21.95
The product of a two and one half year investigation involving 22 members of the Committee on...

Boundaries with KidsBoundaries with Kids
Best Price: $4.42
Boundaries with Kids by Drs. Henry Cloud and John Townsend is a veritable treasure trove of...
The Mom Factor: Dealing With the Mother You Have, Didn't Have, or Still Contend WithThe Mom Factor: Dealing With the Mother You Have, Didn't Have, or Still Contend With
Best Price: $10.19
I thought I had the best Mom in the world...she always seemed to do the right thing! Then, I...
30 Days to a Smart Family: Moneysense Getting Control of Your Family Finances (30 Days to a Smart Family Guidebooks)30 Days to a Smart Family: Moneysense Getting Control of Your Family Finances (30 Days to a Smart Family Guidebooks)
Best Price: $19.99
Guidebook A compelling story; a practical, 30-day plan; and specific guidebooks help families...
Children Who Do Too Little: Why Your Kids Need to Work Around the House (And How to Get Them to Do It)Children Who Do Too Little: Why Your Kids Need to Work Around the House (And How to Get Them to Do It)
Best Price: $8.94
The problem this book addresses is enormous. When my own children were growing up, I was...
Winning the Heart of Your StepchildWinning the Heart of Your Stepchild
Best Price: $3.29
Barnes gives the same wisdom with blending families that he does with intact families - you need...

Mom Factor Workbook, TheMom Factor Workbook, The
Best Price: $337.20
I hated this book at first. It was asking me to do the impossible, forgive past hurts. As I...
Grieving the Child I Never KnewGrieving the Child I Never Knew
Best Price: $7.25
Now and then the joyous anticipation of a child's birth transforms into the disappointment...
Ready for KindergartenReady for Kindergarten
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We bought this book a couple of weeks ago at the suggestion of our school's principal to...
Boundaries with Kids: How Healthy Choices Grow Healthy ChildrenBoundaries with Kids: How Healthy Choices Grow Healthy Children
Best Price: $8.47
At first it may seem inappropriate to have "boundaries" with kids, since they're...
Adoption: Theory, Policy and PracticeAdoption: Theory, Policy and Practice
This is a summary and review of the current state of knowledge in the field of adoption, for the...

Diagnosis and Treatment of Erectile Disturbances : A Guide for CliniciansDiagnosis and Treatment of Erectile Disturbances : A Guide for Clinicians
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Healing The Anxiety DiseasesHealing The Anxiety Diseases
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A real-life family doctor, with 40 years experience in family practice, explains a real life...
Single Parents by Choice: A Growing Trend in Family LifeSingle Parents by Choice: A Growing Trend in Family LifeLicensing ParentsLicensing Parents
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If you think the drug war is putting a lot of people in jail, imagine the ovum war! And...
Overweight TeenagersOverweight Teenagers
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As parents of an overweight teenager, we were unsure how to help her without hurting her. After...

Motherhood at the Crossroads: Meeting the Challenge of a Changing RoleMotherhood at the Crossroads: Meeting the Challenge of a Changing Role
Best Price: $12.98
"Excellent...appreciating the diversity of women and recognizing that there is no single...
All About Asthma: Stop Suffering And Start LivingAll About Asthma: Stop Suffering And Start Living
Best Price: $4.77
All about Asthma: Stop Suffering and Start Living is an astute examination of a disease that...
Educating Yourself About Alcohol And Drugs: A People's Primer, Revised EditionEducating Yourself About Alcohol And Drugs: A People's Primer, Revised Edition
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Dr. Schuckit - one of the world's leading authorities in the field of drug and alcohol abuse...
Domestic Violence and Maternal and Child Health (Bioelectric Engineering)Domestic Violence and Maternal and Child Health (Bioelectric Engineering)
Best Price: $54.97
-Very timely issue right now. Topic is receiving media and popular attention -Maternal and...
Between Two Worlds: The Inner Lives of Children of DivorceBetween Two Worlds: The Inner Lives of Children of Divorce
Best Price: $5.99
I rarely read other reviews before writing my own, but in this case I was curious to see if...

Only Child: Writers on the Singular Joys and Solitary Sorrows of Growing Up Solo, 1st EditionOnly Child: Writers on the Singular Joys and Solitary Sorrows of Growing Up Solo, 1st Edition
Best Price: $1.27
I am an only child myself, and have an only child daughter. I bought this book as the begining...
MaryJane's OutpostMaryJane's Outpost
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This is a true story. I was in a bookstore looking in the "Antique Price Guide"...
Enfrentar La Separacion Y Construir Una Nueva Familia (Spanish Edition)Enfrentar La Separacion Y Construir Una Nueva Familia (Spanish Edition)
Best Price: $7.03
En el amor hay pocas experiencias más dolorosas que una separación matrimonial y, a...
Welcoming Baby Shower Kit: Everything you need to create a wonderfully memorable occasionWelcoming Baby Shower Kit: Everything you need to create a wonderfully memorable occasion
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This all-in-one gorgeous keepsake and party-planning kit includes: A banner with ribbon that...
Don't Be Afraid To Discipline: The Commonsense Program for Low-Stress Parenting That *Improves Kids' Behavior in a Matter of Days *Stops Naggling and ... Relationship *Creates Lasting ResultsDon't Be Afraid To Discipline: The Commonsense Program for Low-Stress Parenting That *Improves Kids' Behavior in a Matter of Days *Stops Naggling and ... Relationship *Creates Lasting Results
Best Price: $4.20
I am the mother of a nine year old boy and a six year old girl that were beginning to take...

When I'm Angry (Language of Parenting Guides)When I'm Angry (Language of Parenting Guides)
Best Price: $45.55
As a mother of two, and child psychologist, I highly recommend this book. My 3 year old daughter...
Tu hijo, tu espejo (Vintage Espanol) (Spanish Edition)Tu hijo, tu espejo (Vintage Espanol) (Spanish Edition)
Best Price: $8.09
El libro que sigue abriendo corazones y tocando las fibras de sus lectores   Los padres...
Families That WorkFamilies That WorkA Guide to Getting the Best Health Care for Your Child (The Praeger Series on Contemporary Health and Living)A Guide to Getting the Best Health Care for Your Child (The Praeger Series on Contemporary Health and Living)
Best Price: $6.23
Dr. Benaroch has been my children's pediatrician for several years now, and I can't say...
Managing Pain (Health & Healing the Natural Way)Managing Pain (Health & Healing the Natural Way)

Prime Time Woman: How to Look Good and Feel Great All Your LifePrime Time Woman: How to Look Good and Feel Great All Your LifeThe Future of the Family (Predictions)The Future of the Family (Predictions)
Best Price: $61.75
This title is one in a series of books in which some of the world's most distinguished...
Fathers 4 Justice: The Inside StoryFathers 4 Justice: The Inside Story
Best Price: $33.59
This humourous and witty book details the up's and down's of the formation of the...
Prolonged Connections: The Rise of the Extended Family in Nineteenth-Century England and America (Social demography)Prolonged Connections: The Rise of the Extended Family in Nineteenth-Century England and America (Social demography)
This book changed my life and bought me part of a dinner!
The Good-bye Window: A Year in the Life of a Day-Care CenterThe Good-bye Window: A Year in the Life of a Day-Care Center
Best Price: $11.90
This book has it all! It shows the fascinating and touching interactions of preschoolers and...

Parenthood in America : Undervalued, Underpaid, Under SiegeParenthood in America : Undervalued, Underpaid, Under Siege
Best Price: $2.00
Parenthood In America: Undervalued, Underpaid, Under Siege is a compilation of contributions by...
Mother-Infant Bonding: A Scientific FictionMother-Infant Bonding: A Scientific Fiction
Best Price: $16.50
In the 1960s and 1970s two paediatricians published a series of articles and books arguing that...
Forgotten Children of the AIDS Epidemic (Yale Fastback Series)Forgotten Children of the AIDS Epidemic (Yale Fastback Series)
Best Price: $14.99
This study looks at the issues facing children whose parents are dying of AIDS: what children...
A Parent's Guide to Helping Teenagers in Crisis (Youth Specialties)A Parent's Guide to Helping Teenagers in Crisis (Youth Specialties)
Best Price: $1.99
This book was helpful when one of the girls in our church showed up to my house one night with...
Boomers on the Edge: Three Realities That Will Change Your Life ForeverBoomers on the Edge: Three Realities That Will Change Your Life Forever
Best Price: $4.67
Boomers on the Edge by Terry Hargrave is much needed in today's culture for those in...

Words Kids Need to Hear: To Help Them Be Who God Made Them to BeWords Kids Need to Hear: To Help Them Be Who God Made Them to Be
Best Price: $3.63
I found myself welling up with tears as I read this. While it's written in a...
Chosen Families: Is Adoption for You?Chosen Families: Is Adoption for You?
Best Price: $10.95
Library copy with label on back inside cover page and an envelope. Jacket has a small tear on...
Advanced Peer Counseling in Youth Groups: Equipping Your Kids to Help Each Other With the Tough IssuesAdvanced Peer Counseling in Youth Groups: Equipping Your Kids to Help Each Other With the Tough Issues
Best Price: $7.90
Born to Fly: How to Discover and Encourage Your Child's Natural GiftsBorn to Fly: How to Discover and Encourage Your Child's Natural Gifts
Best Price: $4.99
Helps parents to understand their child's unique traits and gifts, then raise them accordingly.
Help! I'm a ParentHelp! I'm a Parent
Best Price: $7.95
This is the book that formulated my ideas about how to raise children. When it came out in its...

Time Management for Christian WomenTime Management for Christian Women
Best Price: $122.22
Looking for a "Christianized" Heloise's hints or One-Minute Superwoman? Sorry, you...
Inspire Your Kids to Greatness: How Parents Can Nurture God's Next GenerationInspire Your Kids to Greatness: How Parents Can Nurture God's Next Generation
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Sickness and Healing: An Anthropological PerspectiveSickness and Healing: An Anthropological Perspective
Best Price: $18.98
The ways in which people respond to sickness differ from society to society. In this book, the...
The Cultural Contradictions of MotherhoodThe Cultural Contradictions of Motherhood
Best Price: $14.67
Working mothers in the 1990s face the challenge of being both nurturing and unselfish at home...
The Art and Ritual of Childbirth in Renaissance ItalyThe Art and Ritual of Childbirth in Renaissance Italy
Best Price: $44.95
i was doing research on the topic and had hoped the book to be a good resource. the collection...

The Ambitious Generation: America`s Teenagers, Motivated but DirectionlessThe Ambitious Generation: America`s Teenagers, Motivated but Directionless
Best Price: $6.99
Contrary to prevailing notions, today`s teenagers are the most ambitious generation yet. But...
How to Increase Your Child's Verbal Intelligence: The Groundbreaking Language Wise MethodHow to Increase Your Child's Verbal Intelligence: The Groundbreaking Language Wise Method
Best Price: $8.00
Are there specific ways for parents and teachers to help children better understand what they...
Battered Women and Feminist LawmakingBattered Women and Feminist Lawmaking
Best Price: $19.85
As recently as the 1960s the harm of domestic violence was not legally recognized. This book...
The First Three Years and Beyond: Brain Development and Social Policy (Current Perspectives in Psychology)The First Three Years and Beyond: Brain Development and Social Policy (Current Perspectives in Psychology)
Best Price: $13.32
Essential reading for parents and social policymakers, this book draws on the latest brain...
Attention Deficit Disorder: The Unfocused Mind in Children and AdultsAttention Deficit Disorder: The Unfocused Mind in Children and Adults
Best Price: $135.52
Like many who are reading these kinds of reviews, that is, reviews of books about ADD and ADHD,...

Human Relationship SkillsHuman Relationship Skills
Best Price: $52.45
In this second edition of "Human Relationship Skills" the author demonstrates how such...
The Facts About Teenage PregnanciesThe Facts About Teenage Pregnancies
Best Price: $196.84
This text presents facts and figures about the incidence of teenage pregnancies throughout...
A Parent's Guide to Helping Teenagers in Crisis (Youth Specialties)A Parent's Guide to Helping Teenagers in Crisis (Youth Specialties)
Best Price: $1.99
This book was helpful when one of the girls in our church showed up to my house one night with...
Boomers on the Edge: Three Realities That Will Change Your Life ForeverBoomers on the Edge: Three Realities That Will Change Your Life Forever
Best Price: $4.67
Boomers on the Edge by Terry Hargrave is much needed in today's culture for those in...
Words Kids Need to Hear: To Help Them Be Who God Made Them to BeWords Kids Need to Hear: To Help Them Be Who God Made Them to Be
Best Price: $3.63
I found myself welling up with tears as I read this. While it's written in a...

Chosen Families: Is Adoption for You?Chosen Families: Is Adoption for You?
Best Price: $10.95
Library copy with label on back inside cover page and an envelope. Jacket has a small tear on...
Advanced Peer Counseling in Youth Groups: Equipping Your Kids to Help Each Other With the Tough IssuesAdvanced Peer Counseling in Youth Groups: Equipping Your Kids to Help Each Other With the Tough Issues
Best Price: $7.90
Born to Fly: How to Discover and Encourage Your Child's Natural GiftsBorn to Fly: How to Discover and Encourage Your Child's Natural Gifts
Best Price: $4.99
Helps parents to understand their child's unique traits and gifts, then raise them accordingly.
Help! I'm a ParentHelp! I'm a Parent
Best Price: $7.95
This is the book that formulated my ideas about how to raise children. When it came out in its...
Time Management for Christian WomenTime Management for Christian Women
Best Price: $122.22
Looking for a "Christianized" Heloise's hints or One-Minute Superwoman? Sorry, you...

Inspire Your Kids to Greatness: How Parents Can Nurture God's Next GenerationInspire Your Kids to Greatness: How Parents Can Nurture God's Next Generation
Best Price: $0.01
Wives, Widows, and Concubines: The Conjugal Family Ideal in Colonial India (Contemporary Indian Studies)Wives, Widows, and Concubines: The Conjugal Family Ideal in Colonial India (Contemporary Indian Studies)
Best Price: $45.03
The family was at the center of intense debates about identity, community, and nation in...
The Fragmenting Family: Does It Matter? (Choice in Welfare)The Fragmenting Family: Does It Matter? (Choice in Welfare)
As you read through this masterful yet succinct examination of the state of the family in...
Family ViolenceFamily Violence
Best Price: $48.00
Bringing together many different theoretical viewpoints and empirical findings, this volume...
Family ViolenceFamily Violence
Best Price: $41.95
Valuable research which all but predicted today's..random killings...& acts of...

Househusbands: Men and Housework in American FamiliesHousehusbands: Men and Housework in American FamiliesThe Latino Family and the Politics of TransformationThe Latino Family and the Politics of Transformation
Best Price: $27.95
The purpose of this book is to serve as a guide to understanding the Latino family in the United...
Lasting Marriages: Men and Women Growing TogetherLasting Marriages: Men and Women Growing Together
Best Price: $30.00
Based on in-depth interviews by skilled clinicians with husbands and wives who have been married...
Work-Family Role Choices for Women in Their 20s and 30s: From College Plans to Life ExperiencesWork-Family Role Choices for Women in Their 20s and 30s: From College Plans to Life Experiences
Best Price: $125.00
This study follows over 200 women making employment and family choices during their first decade...
The Third Career: Revisiting the Home vs. Work Choice in Middle AgeThe Third Career: Revisiting the Home vs. Work Choice in Middle Age
Best Price: $106.95
Bookman takes a detailed look at the goals and motivations of high-income middle-aged women who...

Divorcing with Children: Expert Answers to Tough Questions from Parents and ChildrenDivorcing with Children: Expert Answers to Tough Questions from Parents and Children
Best Price: $37.46
"In Divorcing with Children," Drs Lippman and Lewis do a superb job of outlining and...
    
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