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Childhood StressChildhood StressHow Children LearnHow Children Learn
This is a book where John Holt uses anecdotal observations that question assumptions about how...
Your Three Year Old: Friend or EnemyYour Three Year Old: Friend or Enemy
Best Price: $7.95
From table manners to discipline to fear of the dark?everything you need to know about your...
Your Seven Year OldYour Seven Year Old
Best Price: $75.24
Your Seven-Year-Old is devoted to the delightful but often anxious and withdrawn child of...
Questions Parents AskQuestions Parents Ask
Best Price: $5.99
I often randomly select a book from our files to read and review. Having just sent my oldest off...


The Measure of a Man: Becoming the Father You Wish Your Father Had BeenThe Measure of a Man: Becoming the Father You Wish Your Father Had Been
Best Price: $19.00
Based on interviews with eight hundred fathers, this look at what fatherhood means to men...
The Normal One: Life with a Difficult or Damaged SiblingThe Normal One: Life with a Difficult or Damaged Sibling
Best Price: $7.50
I'm leaving my old review underneath because I have to admit to my errors in judgment....
Daddy Needs a Drink: An Irreverent Look at Parenting from a Dad Who Truly Loves His Kids--Even When They're Driving Him NutsDaddy Needs a Drink: An Irreverent Look at Parenting from a Dad Who Truly Loves His Kids--Even When They're Driving Him Nuts
Best Price: $4.29
Reimbursment for my time wasted on this trash as well. All statments on this book are false, it...
Check List for a Perfect WeddingCheck List for a Perfect Wedding
Best Price: $1.39
When Amazon teamed this book with "With These Words...I Thee Wed: Contemporary Wedding...
To Our Children's Children Journal of Family MemoriesTo Our Children's Children Journal of Family Memories
Best Price: $11.49
My mom is 89. She's in good health, but her memory is getting spotty. From discussions with...


The Family Nutrition Book: Everything You Need to Know About Feeding Your Children - From Birth through AdolescenceThe Family Nutrition Book: Everything You Need to Know About Feeding Your Children - From Birth through Adolescence
Best Price: $6.89
By page 7, I was diving into my cupboards and discarding all the foods with hydrogenated oil. I...
Nurture by Nature: Understand Your Child's Personality Type - And Become a Better ParentNurture by Nature: Understand Your Child's Personality Type - And Become a Better Parent
Best Price: $5.91
I work with students in an alternative K - 12 public school. We have found that it is always...
The Unwritten Rules of Friendship: Simple Strategies to Help Your Child Make FriendsThe Unwritten Rules of Friendship: Simple Strategies to Help Your Child Make Friends
Best Price: $6.99
Overall, the book is well organized. It provides practical tips and exercises to teach children...
Social Work with Elders: A Biopsychosocial Approach to Assessment and InterventionSocial Work with Elders: A Biopsychosocial Approach to Assessment and Intervention
Best Price: $22.23
This book is intended to provide a comprehensive overview of the process of providing social and...
Shit My Dad SaysShit My Dad Says
Best Price: $6.79

The Needs of Parents (National Children's Bureau Series)The Needs of Parents (National Children's Bureau Series)Atypical Child Development in ContextAtypical Child Development in Context
Best Price: $31.63
This book considers the important issue of "normality" and "atypicality" in...
ElindaElindaOne Hundred Ways to Say I Love YouOne Hundred Ways to Say I Love You
This beautiful book abounds with unique expressions of the richness of love. It will inspire you...
How to Be a Supernatural LoverHow to Be a Supernatural Lover
Best Price: $28.45
If you've ever wanted to magically transform your relationship to help keep the spark of...

The Self-Calmed BabyThe Self-Calmed Baby
Reading this book was like riding a roller-coaster for me. I was an attachment parent and lived...
It's O.K. to Say No to Drugs: A Parent/Child Manual for the Protection of ChildrenIt's O.K. to Say No to Drugs: A Parent/Child Manual for the Protection of Children
Best Price: $95.02
Examines, through brief stories that offer solutions, some of the problems of drug abuse and...
Food For Little Fingers: Finger Foods Without White Flour, Salt Or Added SugarFood For Little Fingers: Finger Foods Without White Flour, Salt Or Added Sugar
This is the book I have been looking for since my son turned about 8 months old. This little...
Dict Amer Militaary Biog V3Dict Amer Militaary Biog V3
Best Price: $192.95
Federal Public Policy on Aging Since 1960: An Annotated Bibliography (Bibliographies and Indexes in Gerontology)Federal Public Policy on Aging Since 1960: An Annotated Bibliography (Bibliographies and Indexes in Gerontology)
Best Price: $27.50
This bibliography on federal policy on aging deals not only with official actions taken by...

Death and Dying: A Guide for Staff Serving Adults with Mental RetardationDeath and Dying: A Guide for Staff Serving Adults with Mental Retardation
Best Price: $35.00
Adolescents At Risk: A Guide to Fiction and Nonfiction for Young Adults, Parents, and ProfessionalsAdolescents At Risk: A Guide to Fiction and Nonfiction for Young Adults, Parents, and Professionals
Best Price: $65.00
This is the first annotated guide to recent young adult literature that is organized into...
Family and Favela: The Reproduction of Poverty in Rio de Janeiro (Contributions in Latin American Studies)Family and Favela: The Reproduction of Poverty in Rio de Janeiro (Contributions in Latin American Studies)
Best Price: $115.00
As a history of family life in the squatter settlements of Rio de Janeiro from the 1940s to the...
Teen Violence: A Global View (A World View of Social Issues)Teen Violence: A Global View (A World View of Social Issues)
Best Price: $66.95
The complexities and tragedies arising from teen violence are problems faced on every continent...
The Praeger Handbook of Adoption [2 volumes]: [Two Volumes] (v. 1 and 2)The Praeger Handbook of Adoption [2 volumes]: [Two Volumes] (v. 1 and 2)
Best Price: $13.89
Since early times, families have adopted children in all parts of the world. Records describing...

The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Children's Issues Worldwide: Central and South AmericaThe Greenwood Encyclopedia of Children's Issues Worldwide: Central and South America
Best Price: $6.01
<p>Contemporary Youth Culture [Two Volumes]: An International Encyclopedia</p>: Contemporary Youth Culture: An International Encyclopedia, Volume II

Contemporary Youth Culture [Two Volumes]: An International Encyclopedia

: Contemporary Youth Culture: An International Encyclopedia, Volume II

Best Price: $34.95
Youth as a unique group is a 20th century idea. The changes wrought worldwide by WWII, propelled...
Adopting and Advocating for the Special Needs Child: A Guide for Parents and ProfessionalsAdopting and Advocating for the Special Needs Child: A Guide for Parents and Professionals
Best Price: $25.00
Adopting and Advocating for the Special Needs Child bridges the gap between the desire to help...
Crossroads at Midlife: Your Aging Parents, Your Emotions, and Your SelfCrossroads at Midlife: Your Aging Parents, Your Emotions, and Your Self
Best Price: $16.54
With medical science, healthcare, and healthy lifestyles extending our lifespans as never...
The Healthy Young ChildThe Healthy Young Child
Best Price: $7.09
West/Wadsworth must be congratulated for this 4 color book, chock full of user friendly...

Family Living: Relationships and DecisionsFamily Living: Relationships and Decisions
Best Price: $3.00
Razzle Dazzle Doodle Art: Creative Play for You and Your Young Child (A Brown Paper Preschool Book)Razzle Dazzle Doodle Art: Creative Play for You and Your Young Child (A Brown Paper Preschool Book)
Best Price: $14.24
Focusing on art, this new book in the Brown Paper Preschool series is perfect for parents,...
Progress in InfertilityProgress in Infertility
Best Price: $36.00
This text provides in-depth coverage on the latest developments and the most recent available...
Devil in the Details: Scenes from an Obsessive GirlhoodDevil in the Details: Scenes from an Obsessive Girlhood
Best Price: $2.99
From age seven to 17, Jennifer Traig suffered from scrupulosity. What is scrupulosity? Mix a...
My Girl: Adventures with a Teen in TrainingMy Girl: Adventures with a Teen in Training
Best Price: $0.01
"Look at that," Karen Stabiner has always proclaimed proudly regarding her daughter...

Raising Happiness: 10 Simple Steps for More Joyful Kids and Happier ParentsRaising Happiness: 10 Simple Steps for More Joyful Kids and Happier Parents
Best Price: $3.96
The front flap promises much, such as how to avoid raising a brat, changing good habits into bad...
Opting In: Having a Child Without Losing YourselfOpting In: Having a Child Without Losing Yourself
Best Price: $1.43
The perfect reader or audience for this book is going to be a new mother in her 20s or 30s and...
Raising Children Toxic Free: How to Keep Your Child Safe from Lead Asbestos, Pesticides, and Other Environmental HazardsRaising Children Toxic Free: How to Keep Your Child Safe from Lead Asbestos, Pesticides, and Other Environmental Hazards
Best Price: $1.75
Two experts on environmental disease present practical guidelines to reducing the effects of...
The Story of My FatherThe Story of My Father
Best Price: $0.69
I pre-ordered this book after reading a review of its subject matter. Although I'm not sure...
Guide to Your Child's Symptoms by the American Academy of Pediatrics:: The Official, Complete Home Reference, Birth Through AdolescenceGuide to Your Child's Symptoms by the American Academy of Pediatrics:: The Official, Complete Home Reference, Birth Through Adolescence
Best Price: $8.49
Let me start by stating clearly that this is not a book of home remedies for children's...

The Lunch-Box Chronicles: Notes from the Parenting UndergroundThe Lunch-Box Chronicles: Notes from the Parenting Underground
Best Price: $1.72
Marion Winik never ceases to amaze me with her candid and heroically revealing writing. She can...
Your Baby and ChildYour Baby and Child
Best Price: $15.15
Reassuring, non-preaching, with a warm tone, this book is the go-to-resource in the middle of...
E-Parenting: Keeping Up with Your Tech-Savvy KidsE-Parenting: Keeping Up with Your Tech-Savvy Kids
Best Price: $2.00
Ordering a Dell for my kids this past Christmas was the easy part. The hard part has been...
The American Academy of Pediatrics Guide to Your Child's Symptoms: The Official, Complete Home Reference, Birth Through AdolescenceThe American Academy of Pediatrics Guide to Your Child's Symptoms: The Official, Complete Home Reference, Birth Through Adolescence
Best Price: $4.99
Based on the good reviews I read on this site, I purchased the book. Consequently, I am making...
Does Your Child Have a Hidden Disability?Does Your Child Have a Hidden Disability?
'Invisible' disabilities are among the most distressing of all childhood problems. The...

Parentalk Guide to Your Child and FoodParentalk Guide to Your Child and Food
Best Price: $32.99
This guide offers parents a light-hearted look at the "hows" of getting your child to...
Mitten Strings for God: Reflections for Mothers in a HurryMitten Strings for God: Reflections for Mothers in a HurryIf It Hurts It Isnt LoveIf It Hurts It Isnt Love
"If It Hurts, It Isn't Love" first came to media attention when Princess Diana...
Infidelity: A Love StoryInfidelity: A Love StoryUglyUgly
This book is a quick read about determined resistance to child abuse. I found it interesting as...

Madness of Modern ParentingMadness of Modern Parenting
Best Price: $4.77
Round the bend and over the edge -- how far will you go to be a perfect parent? Does an...
ScarredScarred
Best Price: $7.49
Growing up, Sophie carried a terrible secret. She was her father's slave, in the most...
Twins: From Conception to Five YearsTwins: From Conception to Five Years
Best Price: $1.28
From the moment I discovered that I was pregnant with twins I ran to the bookstore to obtain...
Parenting Your TeenagerParenting Your Teenager
Best Price: $1.50
Dr. David Elkind, child psychologiest and author of the renowned child development classic...
The Can-Do Eating Plan for Overweight Kids and Teens: Helping Kids Control Weight, Look Better, and Feel GreatThe Can-Do Eating Plan for Overweight Kids and Teens: Helping Kids Control Weight, Look Better, and Feel Great
Best Price: $93.88
I found it difficult to find practical approaches to helping an overweight child lose weight....

Making the Move: A Practical Guide to Senior Residential CommunitiesMaking the Move: A Practical Guide to Senior Residential Communities
Best Price: $0.49
Lettice Stuart understands the complexities of making a move as a child and as a parent facing...
Higher Ground: Preparing African-American Children for CollegeHigher Ground: Preparing African-American Children for College
Best Price: $3.99
&quot;Setting your sights on the best education for your children...HIGHER GROUND is written...
Siblings Without Rivalry: How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live TooSiblings Without Rivalry: How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Too
Best Price: $5.85
This book has so many ideas to try with children of all ages. I'm sure I will continue to...
Beautiful ChildBeautiful Child
Best Price: $1.99
When author Torey Hayden first meets Venus, then 7, the child is perched atop a high wall on the...
Grandparents: Then God Created Grandparents and It Was Very GoodGrandparents: Then God Created Grandparents and It Was Very Good
Best Price: $61.78

Helping Your Child Sleep Through the NightHelping Your Child Sleep Through the Night
Best Price: $5.79
When I first wrote this review 9 years ago my youngest was only 5 months old, after surgery 2...
Premature Labor PAPremature Labor PA
Aside from the fact that this book had all of the extensive necessary information, which was...
Myth of the Bad Mother, TheMyth of the Bad Mother, The
Best Price: $3.69
I found this book to be a very important work on the subject of what it is actually like to be a...
Every KNW PregancyEvery KNW Pregancy
Best Price: $12.95
Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than PeersHold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers
Best Price: $8.98
This book really "spoke" to some things my husband and I had been looking at in our...

Children's Clothes and ToysChildren's Clothes and Toys
Best Price: $0.25
how to book on making children's toys
International Adoption (Oceana's Legal Almanacs: Law for the Layperson)International Adoption (Oceana's Legal Almanacs: Law for the Layperson)
Best Price: $10.00
There are many citizens in the United States who have hopes of adopting a child. However, there...
Hints from Heloise  CoHints from Heloise Co
Best Price: $1.92
Heloise is always full of many new and interesting suggestions for making life easier. I think...
Murphy's BoyMurphy's Boy
Best Price: $3.79
When readers are first introduced to Kevin, then 15, he is a ward of the state in a psychiatric...
Feeling Good : The New Mood TherapyFeeling Good : The New Mood Therapy
A very useful book. While depression has been associated with chemical changes in the brain,...

Pregnancy and Childbirth: The Complete Guide for a New LifePregnancy and Childbirth: The Complete Guide for a New Life
Best Price: $5.79
I am the mother of three children. I have had three completely different birth experiences. I...
Kids' Symptoms: From Birth to TeensKids' Symptoms: From Birth to TeensPregnancy DiaryPregnancy Diary
Best Price: $3.29
This is an excellent book for expecting mothers. It has a space for your thoughts for each week...
Crib Notes/Words of Wisdom for Every New MomCrib Notes/Words of Wisdom for Every New Mom
Best Price: $37.85
In the heartfelt tradition of the national bestseller Life's Little Instruction Book, here...
Be Your Best: The Family Manager's Guide to Personal SuccessBe Your Best: The Family Manager's Guide to Personal Success
Best Price: $4.50
Kathy Peel's previous books did a great deal to help me with thinking about myself as...

PDR Guide to Over-the-Counter Drugs (Pdr Family Guide to Over-the-Counter Drugs)PDR Guide to Over-the-Counter Drugs (Pdr Family Guide to Over-the-Counter Drugs)
Best Price: $42.50
Should you take Advil if you have an ulcer? An antihistamine if you're taking an...
Playful ParentingPlayful Parenting
Best Price: $7.50
The premise of the book is that children need a strong connection with their parents in order to...
The Pressured Child: Freeing Our Kids from Performance Overdrive and Helping Them Find Success in School and LifeThe Pressured Child: Freeing Our Kids from Performance Overdrive and Helping Them Find Success in School and Life
Best Price: $5.23
Michael Thompson's book is an informative read for parents and provides readers with many...
The New Sugar BustersThe New Sugar Busters
Best Price: $4.92
About a month ago, in an effort at preventitive medicine to lower my cholestorol and resulting...
Building Better Families: A Practical Guide to Raising Amazing ChildrenBuilding Better Families: A Practical Guide to Raising Amazing Children
Best Price: $7.81
Matthew Kelly has taken a complex, difficult subject and made it simple. Not easy, but simple....

Superparenting for ADD: An Innovative Approach to Raising Your Distracted ChildSuperparenting for ADD: An Innovative Approach to Raising Your Distracted Child
Best Price: $4.57
Both fathers of ADD children themselves, Dr. Hallowell & Dr. Jenson, do an excellent service...
So Sexy So Soon: The New Sexualized Childhood and What Parents Can Do to Protect Their KidsSo Sexy So Soon: The New Sexualized Childhood and What Parents Can Do to Protect Their Kids
Best Price: $2.70
Angeles Arrien (author of The Four-Fold Way) once said, "When we lose touch with our inner...
Parking Lot Rules & 75 Other Ideas for Raising Amazing ChildrenParking Lot Rules & 75 Other Ideas for Raising Amazing Children
Best Price: $0.01
As a soon-to-be first time parent, I bought this book based on a reprint of one of the rules...
Childhood StressChildhood StressHow Children LearnHow Children Learn
This is a book where John Holt uses anecdotal observations that question assumptions about how...

Your Three Year Old: Friend or EnemyYour Three Year Old: Friend or Enemy
Best Price: $7.95
From table manners to discipline to fear of the dark?everything you need to know about your...
Your Seven Year OldYour Seven Year Old
Best Price: $75.24
Your Seven-Year-Old is devoted to the delightful but often anxious and withdrawn child of...
Questions Parents AskQuestions Parents Ask
Best Price: $5.99
I often randomly select a book from our files to read and review. Having just sent my oldest off...
The Measure of a Man: Becoming the Father You Wish Your Father Had BeenThe Measure of a Man: Becoming the Father You Wish Your Father Had Been
Best Price: $19.00
Based on interviews with eight hundred fathers, this look at what fatherhood means to men...
The Normal One: Life with a Difficult or Damaged SiblingThe Normal One: Life with a Difficult or Damaged Sibling
Best Price: $7.50
I'm leaving my old review underneath because I have to admit to my errors in judgment....

Daddy Needs a Drink: An Irreverent Look at Parenting from a Dad Who Truly Loves His Kids--Even When They're Driving Him NutsDaddy Needs a Drink: An Irreverent Look at Parenting from a Dad Who Truly Loves His Kids--Even When They're Driving Him Nuts
Best Price: $4.29
Reimbursment for my time wasted on this trash as well. All statments on this book are false, it...
Check List for a Perfect WeddingCheck List for a Perfect Wedding
Best Price: $1.39
When Amazon teamed this book with &quot;With These Words...I Thee Wed: Contemporary Wedding...
To Our Children's Children Journal of Family MemoriesTo Our Children's Children Journal of Family Memories
Best Price: $11.49
My mom is 89. She's in good health, but her memory is getting spotty. From discussions with...
  
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