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The Baby Book : Everything You Need to Know About Your Baby from Birth to Age Two
William Sears, Martha Sears
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9.8 |
In their excellent (and hefty) resource guide, The Baby Book, attachment parenting specialists William Sears and Martha Sears have provided new parents with their approach to every aspect of baby care basics, from newborns to toddler
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Uncommon Sense for Parents With Teenagers
Michael Riera
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Current:
9.7 |
Michael Riera is the high school counselor many of us wish we'd had: he's smart, non-judgmental, and respectful of kids. This excellent book is chock full o' advice for parents that sometimes goes against the established grain but makes utt
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Get Out of My Life, but First Could You Drive Me and Cheryl to the Mall? : A Parent's Guide to the New Teenager
Anthony E. Wolf
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Current:
9.6 |
This is a survival guide for parents who find themselves marooned among volatile and incomprehensible aliens on Planet Teen. Area maps cover the obvious ground--there are chapters on school, sex, suicide, and so on--but it's the title of Ch
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How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk
Adele Faber
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Current:
9.4 |
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk is an excellent communication tool kit based on a series of workshops developed by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish. Faber and Mazlish (coauthors of more]
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The Difficult Child
Stanley, M.D. Turecki
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Current:
9.3 |
With more than 400,000 copies in print, this landmark book first introduced parents to the concept of inborn temperament--showing why difficult behavior may not be the child's fault--or the parent's either. Now this parenting classic has be
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The Five Love Languages of Children
Gary D. Chapman, Ross Campbell (Introduction)
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Current:
9.2 |
According to the authors, each child expresses and receives love through one of five different communication styles. A parent's love language may be totally different from that of his or her child, which causes hurt feelings and misundersta
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10 Principles for Spiritual Parenting : Nurturing Your Child's Soul
Mimi Doe Walch
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Current:
9.1 |
This mother-daughter team offers practical advice for parents who wish to bring more spirituality into their parenting as well as their children's day-to-day life. Parents, regardless of whether they belong to an organized religion or not,
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Coping With a Picky Eater : A Guide for the Perplexed Parent
William G. Wilkoff
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Current:
9.1 |
End the Food Wars! Do you feel as if you're running a restaurant instead of cooking dinner for a family? Are you tired of dumping plates of uneaten food in the garbage? Then you must read Coping with a P
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Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems
Richard Ferber
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Current:
9.0 |
When your child isn't sleeping, chances are that you aren't either. Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems--a tired parent's essential for more than 10 years--offers valuable advice and concrete help when lullabies aren't enough to lull y
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Caring for Your Baby and Young Child : Birth to Age 5
The American Academy of Pediatrics
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Current:
8.9 |
It's Sunday after dark. Your baby is sick, hurt, or acting strangely, and the doctor won't be in until tomorrow. How can you find out what to do when your healthcare professionals are unreachable? You may only need to go as far as your book
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Baby Bargains : Secrets to Saving 20 Percent to 50 Percent on Baby Furniture, Equipment, Clothes, Toys, Maternity Wear and Much, Much More
Denise Fields, Alan Fields
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Current:
8.7 |
Congratulations, you're expecting a baby! What you may not be expecting is all of the requisite gear you "need" to look after your dear bundle. Fear not. Denise and Alan Fields, authors of Bridal B
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The Educated Child : A Parent's Guide from Preschool Through Eighth Grade
William J. Bennett
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Current:
8.6 |
William J. Bennett, that doyen of common sense who brought us The Book of Virtues, has returned to the topic of child rearing, delivering a massive canon on the education of young children. He joins fellow veterans of the U.S. Depart
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Super Baby Food
Ruth Yaron
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Current:
8.5 |
ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING you should know about feeding your baby and toddler from beginning solid foods through age three years. How and when to start your baby on solid foods, with detailed information on the best and safest high chair, spoon
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Your Baby and Child : From Birth to Age Five
Penelope Leach, Jenny Matthews (Photographer)
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Current:
8.5 |
Penelope Leach's Your Baby & Child has been a beloved favorite for years. With this new, revised edition, Leach has updated her information and approach to reflect new findings in the field of child development, and to respond to the
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The 7 Worst Things (good) Parents Do
John C. Friel, Linda D. Friel
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Current:
8.5 |
Psychologists John and Linda Friel have written an enormously readable and infinitely practical book that explores some of the worst mistakes we can make as parents, and guides us through examples and ideas on how change can be effected imm
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Siblings Without Rivalry : How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Too
Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish
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Current:
8.5 |
With a title like this, it's no surprise that authors Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish had a monster bestseller on their hands when the
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Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care
Benjamin Spock
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Current:
8.5 |
No parenting library is complete without this childcare classic. Recently revised, the sixth edition still provides the sensible, compassionate advice and hard-core how-to-do-it tips that Dr. Spock has always been famous for. Whether it's m
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Children : The Challenge
Rudopf Dreikurs
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Current:
8.4 |
Children:The Challenge gives the key to parents who seek to build trust and love in their families, and raise happier, healthier, and better behaved children. Based on a lifetime of experience with children--their problems, their del
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Your Child's Health : The Parents' Guide to Symptoms, Emergencies, Common Illnesses, Behavior and School Problems
Barton D. Schmitt(Introduction)
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Current:
8.4 |
Emergencies:--when to call your child's physician immediately-what to do in case of burns, bites, stings, poisoning, choking, and injuriesCommon Illnesses:-when it's safe to treat your child at home-step-by-step instructions
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Discipline Without Shouting or Spanking : Practical Solutions to the Most Common Preschool Behavior Problems
Jerry Wychoff
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Current:
8.4 |
YOU CAN HANDLE YOUR CHILD'S BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS WITHOUT SHOUTING OR SPANKING Discipline Without Shouting or Spanking offers effective, practical, nonviolent options for correcting the most common behavior problems of preschooler
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The Discipline Book : Everything You Need to Know to Have a Better-Behaved Child-From Birth to Age Ten
William Sears, Martha Sears
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Current:
8.4 |
A guide by two pediatricians who have raised eight children together discusses self-esteem, spanking, divorce, single parenting, travel, and baby-sitting, and offers advice on how to prevent, as well as stop, problem behavior. Tour. --T
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Backtalk : Four Steps to Ending Rude Behavior in Your Kids
Audrey Ricker, Carolyn Crowder
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Current:
8.4 |
Imagine this scenario. You pick up your son at school, and ask him how his day went. He says, "You always ask me that. Get a life, Mom." You feel hurt, insulted, frustrated. Silent, you drive him to band practice. In this scene, e
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Boundaries With Kids : When to Say Yes, When to Say No to Help Your Children Gain Control of Their Lives
Henry Cloud
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Current:
8.2 |
"Boundaries and Kids" will help parents set boundaries with their children and will help them teach the concept of boundaries to their children. The authors of the award-winning Boundaries now help moms and dads apply its principles to rais
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Parenting the Strong-Willed Child : The Clinically Proven Five-Week Program for Parents of Two-To-Six Year-Olds
Rex L. Forehand, Nicholas Long
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Current:
8.0 |
This first self-guided program for mananging a disruptuve two- to six-year-old is the solution every stressed-out parent of a difficult child is looking for. Based on more than 30 years of collective research by child-behavior experts, this
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Positive Discipline for Preschoolers : For Their Early Years-Raising Children Who Are Responsible, Respectful, and Resourceful
Jane Nelsen
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Current:
7.9 |
Discipline is difficult for every family, but when a parent is recovering from drug or alcohol abuse, setting and upholding behavioral limits can be particularly tough. In this familial situation, it's possible that trust has been broken, e
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Smart Love : The Compassionate Alternative to Discipline That Will Make You a Better Parent and Your Child a Better Person
William J. Pieper, Martha Heineman Pieper
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Current:
7.8 |
Parents and experts tend to be divided into two embittered camps: strong discipline and permissiveness. How about another choice? Now comes Smart Love: The Compassionate Alternative to Discipline That Will Make You a Better Parent and Yo
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Positive Discipline A-Z, Revised and Expanded 2nd Edition: From Toddlers to Teens, 1001 Solutions to Everyday Parenting Problems
Jane Nelsen
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Current:
7.8 |
The first edition of Positive Discipline A-Z became a classic child-rearing text that helped change the way parents and experts feel about discipline. In this revised and expanded version, child psychologist Jane Nelson (coauthor of
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The New Dare to Discipline
James C. Dobson
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Current:
7.6 |
Children need love, trust, affection--and discipline. From one generation to the next, the challenge of helping children into responsible adults doesn't change. Dr. Dobson's classic Dare to Discipline, a practical, reassuring guide f
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Perfect Parenting : The Dictionary of 1,000 Parenting Tips
Elizabeth Pantley, William, MD Sears
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Current:
7.6 |
From the author of "Kid Cooperation" comes an effective guide to disciplining children ages two to 14, covering parents' most often-asked questions and helping them find the answers they need.
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Positive Discipline
Jane Nelsen
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Current:
7.6 |
THE KEY TO DISCIPLINE IS NOT PUNISHMENT, BUT MUTUAL RESPECTAll parents try to do their best--but the best of intentions don't always produce the best results. Dr. Jane Nelsen, an experienced psychologist, educator, and mother, believe
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The Strong-Willed Child/Birth Through Adolescence
James C. Dobson(Introduction), James Dr. Dobson
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Current:
7.6 |
Dr Dobson's invaluable advice has reached more than one million families, helping parents effectively discipline headstrong children without breaking their spirit. Spanish available more]
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Making Children Mind Without Losing Yours
Kevin Dr. Leman
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Current:
7.6 |
Dr. Leman understands why children behave as they do and lets you in on the secrets. You'll be relieved to realize that you can love your child without loving eveything he or she does, that you can motivate your child, that you can improve
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Your Child's Self-Esteem
Dorothy Corkille Briggs
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Current:
7.5 |
Step-by step guidelines for raising responsible, productive, happy children. Self-image is your child's most important characteristic. How to help create strong feelings of self-worth is the central challenge for every parent and tea
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Magic Trees of the Mind : How to Nurture Your Child's Intelligence, Creativity, and Healthy Emotions from Birth Through Adolescence
Marian Diamond, Janet L. Hopson
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Current:
7.5 |
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Parenting With Love and Logic : Teaching Children Responsibility
Jim Fay, Foster W. MD Cline
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7.5 |
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Tired of Yelling : Teaching Our Children to Resolve Conflict
Lyndon D. Waugh, Letitia Sweitzer
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7.3 |
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Raising Boys : Why Boys Are Different-And How to Help Them Become Happy and Well-Balanced Men
Steve Biddulph, Paul Stanish (Illustrator)
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7.2 |
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Familyfun's Parties (Familyfun Series , No 3)
Deanna F. Cook, Experts at the Familyfun Magazine
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7.2 |
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1-2-3 Magic: Effective Discipline for Children 2-12
Thomas W. Phelan Ph.D.
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Current:
7.1 |
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The Defiant Child : A Parent's Guide to Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Douglas Riley
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7.0 |
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Your Defiant Child : 8 Steps to Better Behavior
Russell A. Barkley, Christine M. Benton
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7.0 |
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How to Behave So Your Children Will, Too!
Sal Severe
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Current:
6.9 |
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Raising Your Spirited Child Workbook
Mary Sheedy Kurcinka
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Current:
6.9 |
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Dr. James Dobson on Parenting : The Strong-Willed Child : Parenting Isn't for Cowards
James, Dr. Dobson
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6.9 |
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8 Weeks to a Well-Behaved Child : A Failsafe Program for Toddlers Through Teens
James Windell
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6.8 |
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Kids Are Worth It! : Giving Your Child the Gift of Inner Discipline
Barbara Coloroso
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6.7 |
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Back in Control : How to Get Your Children to Behave
Gregory Bodenhamer
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6.6 |
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1-2-3 Magic : Effective Discipline for Children 2-12
Thomas W. Phelan Ph.D., Glen Ellyn
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6.6 |
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Without Spanking or Spoiling : A Practical Approach to Toddler and Preschool Guidance
Elizabeth Crary
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6.5 |
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