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Real Boys : Rescuing Our Sons from the Myths of Boyhood
William S. Pollack
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9.7 |
Listening to the author William Pollack read Real Boys, it doesn't take long to find out that being a boy these days isn't all fun and games. As codirector of the Center for Men at McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical Center, Pollack has
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Protecting the Gift: Keeping Children and Teenagers Safe (And Parents Sane)
Gavin De Becker
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Current:
9.6 |
Be warned: In many ways this is a terrifying book. It deals with a subject--violence against children--that most of us never want to consider. But, as Gavin de Becker stresses, such situations, though rare, can occur, so all parents must de
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See Jane Win: The Rimm Report on How 1,000 Girls Became Successful Women
Sylvia B. Rimm
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Current:
9.5 |
See Jane Win is a parents' guide for turning girls into happy, successful women. Child psychologist Sylvia Rimm, along with her daughters--a research psychologist and a pediatric-oncology researcher--spent three and a half years coll
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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:
9.4 |
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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Raising Your Spirited Child : A Guide for Parents Whose Child Is More Intense, Sensitive, Perceptive, Persistent, and Energetic
Mary Sheedy Kurcinka
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Current:
9.4 |
Recently, temperament traits have come to the forefront of child development theory. In Raising Your Spirited Child, Mary Sheedy Kurcinka's first contribution is to redefine the "difficult child" as the "spirited"
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The Girlfriends' Guide to Toddlers : A Survival Manual to the 'Terrible Twos' (And Ones and Threes) from the First Step, the First Potty and the First
Vicki Iovine
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Current:
9.3 |
Beyond child development theory and experts, beyond the "shoulds" and the "don'ts" that guilt-ridden parents constantly hear echoing in their ears, there's Vicki Iovine, America's favorite "girlfriend" and mother-in-the-trenches. In The
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Children Are From Heaven
John Gray
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Current:
9.2 |
Psychologist John Gray (he of Men Are from Mars... fame) cites a need to shift from "fear-based parenting" (a punitive and oppressive approach to child rearing) to "love-based parenting" (w
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Giving the Love That Heals : A Guide for Parents
Harville Hendrix(Introduction), Helen Hunt (Introduction)
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Current:
9.1 |
Harville Hendrix has illuminated the paths to healthy, loving relationships in his New York Times bestsellers Getting the Love You Want and Keeping the Love You Find. Now, with his coauthor and wife, Helen Hunt, he brin
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Uncommon Sense for Parents With Teenagers
Michael Riera
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Current:
9.1 |
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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Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care
Benjamin Spock
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Current:
9.0 |
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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The Baby Book : Everything You Need to Know About Your Baby from Birth to Age Two
William Sears, Martha Sears
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Current:
8.9 |
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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Reviving Ophelia : Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls
Mary Bray Pipher
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Current:
8.8 |
At adolescence, says Mary Pipher, "girls become 'female impersonators' who fit their whole selves into small, crowded spaces." Many lose spark, interest, and even IQ points as a "girl-poisoning" society forces a choice between being shunned
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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:
8.7 |
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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The Out-Of-Sync Child : Recognizing and Coping With Sensory Integration Dysfunction
Carol Stock Kranowitz, Larry B. Silver (Foreword)
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Current:
8.6 |
Do you know a child who plays too rough, is uncoordinated, hates being touched, is ultra-sensitive (or unusually insensitive) to noise or sensations of heat and cold? Many pediatricians and other experts are beginning to recognize a link be
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On Becoming Baby Wise: Learn How over 500000 Babies Were Trained to Sleep Through the Night the Natural Way
Gary Ezzo(Preface), Robert Bucknam
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Current:
8.5 |
Theologian Gary Ezzo and pediatrician Dr. Robert Bucknam set off cries of alarm in their highly controversial 1995 publication On Becoming Baby Wise by arguing that some crying is natural and healthy for babies. In this updated editi
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The Explosive Child : A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, 'Chronically Inflexible' Children
Ross W. Greene(Preface)
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Current:
8.3 |
Flexibility and tolerance are learned skills, as any parent knows if they've seen an irascible 2-year-old grow into a pleasant, thoughtful, and considerate older child. Unfortunately, for reasons that are poorly understood, a few children d
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Touchpoints : Your Child's Emotional and Behavioral Development
T. Berry, M.D. Brazelton
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Current:
8.3 |
T. Berry Brazelton is a knowledgeable physician with years of experience with thousands of children, and he brings that experience to bear on virtually every issue faced by families with kids, from birth through age 6. In this sterile age o
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Operating Instructions : A Journal of My Son's First Year
Anne Lamott
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Current:
8.3 |
The most honest, wildly enjoyable book written about motherhood is surely Anne Lamott's account of her son Sam's first year. A gifted writer and teacher, Lamott (Crooked Little Heart) is a
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The 7 Worst Things (good) Parents Do
John C. Friel, Linda D. Friel
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Current:
8.2 |
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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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:
8.2 |
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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Siblings Without Rivalry : How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Too
Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish
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Current:
8.2 |
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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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families : Building a Beautiful Family Culture in a Turbulent World
Stephen R. Covey, Sandra Merrill Covey
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Current:
8.1 |
"What is 'effectiveness' in a family?" asks author Steven R. Covey. He promptly answers with four words: "a beautiful family culture." Building this culture is the primary theme of Covey's parenting guide, a manual based on concepts introdu
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The Girlfriends' Guide to Surviving the First Year of Motherhood : Wise and Witty Advice on Everything from Coping With Postpartum Mood Swings to salv
Vicki Iovine
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Current:
8.1 |
Just had a baby? Lie down, rest your weary womb, and muster up a rousing cheer! (Shh! Don't wake the baby!) Now, from the author of The Girlfriend's Guide to Pregnancy, comes the book all new moms have been waiting for, whether they
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Super Baby Food
Ruth Yaron
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Current:
8.1 |
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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Carbohydrate-Addicted Kids : Help Your Child or Teen Break Free of Junk Food and Sugar Cravings-For Life!
Rachael F. Heller, Richard Ferdinand Heller
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Current:
8.1 |
Does your child crave cookies, ice cream, candy, and sodas? He or she may be suffering from carbohydrate addiction: "a compelling hunger, craving or desire for carbohydrate-rich foods; an escalating, recurring need or drive for starches, sn
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Feeding Your Child for Lifelong Health : Birth Through Age Six
Susan B. Roberts
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Current:
8.1 |
This book tastes great and it's good for you, too. Feeding Your Child for Lifelong Health: Birth Through Age Six is based on the principle of "metabolic programming," the scientifically rooted idea that foods eaten in early childhood
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First Meals
Annabel Karmel, Ian O'Leary (Photographer)
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Current:
8.1 |
There's a popular game at baby showers in which the new mom-to-be has to taste jarred baby food and guess its contents. Inevitably, the first comment is "Yuk! How do they eat this stuff?" The answer, of course, is that babies don't know the
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The Healthy Baby Meal Planner
Annabel Karmel, Nadine Wickenden (Illustrator)
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Current:
8.0 |
This is the way to start babies off to a lifetime of healthy and happy eating. Focusing on what foods are appropriate for each stage of a child's development from infancy to age two, Karmel discusses the best first foods, how and when to in
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Coping With a Picky Eater : A Guide for the Perplexed Parent
William G. Wilkoff
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Current:
8.0 |
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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American Academy of Pediatrics Guide to Your Child's Nutrition : Making Peace at the Table and Building Healthy Eating Habits for Life
William H. Dietz
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Current:
7.9 |
In American Academy of Pediatrics Guide to Your Child's Nutrition, nutritionist William H. Dietz and pediatrician Loraine Stern have written an authoritative, comprehensive resource for parents concerned about their children's nutrit
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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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7.9 |
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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Food for Little Fingers
Victoria Jenest
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Current:
7.8 |
Food for Little Fingers by Victoria Jenest could make a big difference for parents from the time their children start solid food up to about 2 years of age. On the premise that children eat better if they can pick up food with their
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Mommy Made and Daddy Too : Home Cooking for a Healthy Baby and Toddler
Martha Kimmel, David Kimmel
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Current:
7.7 |
The ultimate parents' guide to baby and child nutrition, featuring delicious, optimally healthy baby and toddler foods, from the family who founded the Mommy Made line of premium baby food. Also tackles problem areas like food allergies and
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Is This Your Child? : Discovering and Treating Unrecognized Allergies in Children and Adults
Doris J. Rapp
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Current:
7.7 |
A guide to identifying the common allergies that cause health and behavioral problems in children offers directions on how allergy reactions such as hyperactivity, sickness, and learning problems can be prevented through diet. Reprint. N
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The Baby Cookbook : Tasty and Nutritious Meals for the Whole Family That Babies and Toddlers Will Also Love
Karin Knight, Jeannie Lumley
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7.6 |
A revised guide for the nineties includes new information on vitamins, allergies, obesity, nursing, introducing solids, balancing meals, and more than two hundred healthy recipes, many of which can be shared by the whole family. --This
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Feed Me! I'm Yours
Vicki Lansky
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Current:
7.6 |
North America's #1 Cookbook for Parents of Tots and Toddlers Vicki Lansky has revised her classic cookbook to provide more delicious, nutritious recipes -- and more fun ideas Making baby food is easy! Bl
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How to Get Your Kid to Eat but Not Too Much
Ellyn Satter
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Current:
7.6 |
"Feeding is a metaphor for the parent/child relationship overall," says Ellyn Satter, author of How to Get Your Kid to Eat ... But Not Too Much. Satter stresses her "Golden Rule" of parenting: parents are responsi
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The Family Nutrition Book : Everything You Need to Know About Feeding Your Children from Birth Through Adolescence
William Sears, Martha Sears
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7.4 |
Organic or regular baby food? White or wheat bread? Yogurt or ice cream? Parents often wonder how best to feed their families, but the wondering is over with The Family Nutrition Book: Everything You Need to Know About Feeding Your Child
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Child of Mine
Ellyn Satter
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Current:
7.3 |
Confused about feeding your baby or toddler? Child of Mine, by noted nutritionist Ellyn Satter, is an essential guide for every new parent concerned with nutrition and appetite. Satter's advice is thorough and straightforward: "You c
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Smart Medicine for a Healthier Child : A Practical A-To-Z Reference to Natural and Conventional Treatments for Infants and Children
Janet Zand
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7.2 |
Health-care practitioners are a polarized lot: generally speaking, either they subscribe wholeheartedly to conventional medical treatments, or they eschew them altogether. This can be a great source of frustration to parents, whose natural
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Baby Let's Eat!
Rena Coyle
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Current:
7.0 |
Baby Let's Eat! offers home-cooked alternatives to commercially produced baby foods that are as delicious as they are easy to prepare. Each chapter contains vital nutritional guidelines for the various stages of growth from six to 36 months
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The Expectant Father : Facts, Tips, and Advice for Dads-To-Be
Armin A. Brott, Jennifer Ash
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7.0 |
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Parenting With Love and Logic : Teaching Children Responsibility
Jim Fay, Foster W. MD Cline
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7.0 |
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What to Eat When You're Expecting
Arlene Eisenberg
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6.9 |
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The Self-Calmed Baby
William A. H. Sammons, T. Berry Brazelton
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6.8 |
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The A.D.D. and A.D.H.D. Diet! : A Comprehensive Look at Contributing Factors and Natural Treatments for Symptoms of Attention Deficit Disorder and hyp
Rachel Bell
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6.8 |
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The Add Nutrition Solution : A Drug-Free Thirty-Day Plan
Marcia Zimmerman
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6.6 |
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Helping Your Child Sleep Through the Night
Joanne Cuthbertson
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6.6 |
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365 Foods Kids Love to Eat : Nutritious and Kid-Tested
Sheila Ellison(Introduction), Judith Gray (Introduction)
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6.6 |
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Superimmunity for Kids
Leo, M.D. Galland
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6.6 |
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