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1) Cooperative co-parenting for secure kids: the attachment theory guide to raising kids in two homes
Author
Publisher
New Harbinger Publications, Inc
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Discover how attachment theory can help you better understand yourself and your ex, improve your co-parenting skills, and raise happy, emotionally secure kids! If you're like most parents, you want--more than anything--for your child to feel safe, loved, and confident that their needs will be met. However, this can be difficult when you're sharing custody with an ex. Instead of working together, you may feel at war with one another, and in the end,...
Author
Publisher
Parenting Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
What if parenting were an act of social justice? In this part story-telling, part self-inquiry book, authors and therapists Jaya Ramesh and Priya Saaral situate parenting children of color with neurodivergence within the context of various interlocking systems of oppression including settler colonialism, White supremacy, ableism, and capitalism. These intersections engender isolation and loneliness. Using the voices of parents on the front lines and...
Author
Publisher
Union Square & Co
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Research suggests when a couple separates, children suffer the most, as they're typically shuttled back and forth between two different homes. When Beth Behrendt and her husband divorced, she found a better way: She gave her children custody of the home, while she and her husband moved around. After successfully implementing more than six years of what's known as "nesting," Behrendt has created a step-by-step guide for divorcing parents to introduce...
Author
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Families come in all different shapes and sizes, and each one is perfect! Come and celebrate what it means to be a PRIDE FAMILY in this beautifully illustrated book written by LGBTQIA+ author, Amie Taylor and Illustrated by Kaspa Clarke. LGBTQIA+ families come in all the colours of the rainbow. Perhaps you belong to a Pride family, or maybe you have a friend who belongs to a Pride Family? This educational children's book explores what these families...
Author
Publisher
Sky Pony Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The idea of parents taking a break from or ending their relationship is scary and sad for children of all ages. If My Parents Are Divorced shows how different families can deal with a separation and which insecurities may arise in the minds of children."--
Author
Publisher
Kinder Care Books, a division of Artvoices Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Families searching for a book about separation anxiety disorder as a result of divorce will discover the language needed to give their child the strength to take their first steps toward independence, faith and courage knowing it isn't goodbye, it's See You Later. Malucyya is a 4-year-old biracial girl whose parents separated and later divorced. She loves them both so much and wished her parents would fall back in love with each other. Divorce is...
8) The nanny
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A woman discovers the father of the child she is nannying may be her biggest (Only)Fan in this steamy contemporary romance by Lana Ferguson. After losing her job and being on the brink of eviction, Cassie Evans finds herself with two choices: get a new job (and fast) or fire up her long-untouched OnlyFans account. But there are no jobs to be found, and as for OnlyFans. . . . Well, there are reasons she can't go back. Just when all hope seems lost,...
Author
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Think moving in with your mother-in-law is your worst nightmare? You have no idea . . . A jaw-dropping novel of domestic suspense from the author of the critically acclaimed Brigid Quinn series"Chilling, smart . . . and what a voice" Gillian Flynn on Rage Against the Dying"A thriller that must be read" Lisa Gardner on Rage Against the DyingDont let them know what youre thinking, Althea Deming tells herself. Its your best defense. Althea didnt want...
Author
Publisher
Edaf
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"Imagina una guía práctica y por fases y etapas con la que ayudar a tu hijo con autismo a dar pasos de gigante en su desarrollo, un programa con el que, con muchas probabilidades, tu hijo aprenda a leer, hablar e interactuar con los demás. Este libro está lleno de respuestas para padres de niños autistas, respuestas que, para muchos, pueden resultar imposibles de encontrar. Si tienes un hijo con autismo, TDA o cualquier otro trastorno del neurodesarrollo,...
Author
Publisher
Balance
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Any parent or teacher who has ever walked out of a concerning appointment with their child's doctor or teacher has experienced a heady mix of emotions--fear, love, confusion, concern, sadness, and perhaps even anger. While every parent hopes for a healthy child, the reality is that children face many common challenges, including medical issues like ADHD, asthma, food allergies, autism, school failure, depression, and developmental delays, throughout...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"This is not a parenting book (it's a book for parents), exploring what we bring to the parenting journey and how we can gain confidence in ourselves not just as parents, but as whole human beings. There's always that moment as a parent when you feel like no matter how hard you're trying, you just can't get it "right." But the fact is, parenting is hard and once we know this and why, we can forgive ourselves for finding it a struggle, and start to...
Author
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"There is a significant divide between autistic advocates and parents of autistic children. Parents may feel attacked for their lack of understanding, and autistic adults who offer insight and guidance are also met with hostility and rejection. Meghan Ashburn, a mother of two autistic boys, and Jules Edwards, an autistic parent, were no strangers to this tension and had an adversarial relationship when they first met. Over time, the two resolved their...
Author
Publisher
Harper One, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"We're never going to measure up to the 'perfect parent' model we've built up in our heads: a Frankenstein version of mom and dad cobbled together from our childhoods, our parents, cultural ideals, social media, and everything in between. We want to be good parents, but our pasts hold us back. If you're thinking: 'I can't be a good parent because I had a shitty childhood, bad parents, or a traumatic experience,' stop! Let go of what came before and...
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"This sweet paper-over-board storybook treasury collects eighteen popular CoComelon stories that are perfect for reading aloud at bedtime or any time! Join JJ, his family, and his friends in their many lessons and adventures from going to school to meeting the doctor to getting ready for bed to managing difficult feelings, and so much more!"--
Author
Publisher
Balance
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In Baby Making for Everybody, queer millennial midwives Ray Rachlin and Marea Goodman use their professional expertise to demystify the dizzying process of pursuing parenthood as queer and solo people, offering concrete, gender-affirming advice on topics like tracking fertility, choosing a sperm donor, legal considerations, IVF, IUI, adoption, navigating gender and pregnancy, and more. The result is a much-needed how-to guide for every aspect of...
Author
Publisher
Adoption Wise Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Shed your shame. Renew your hope. Rediscover the parent you know you can be. Is your adoption journey turning out differently than you imagined? You had so much love to give, but now you feel ashamed and bewildered by your lack of compassion. You may be experiencing blocked care-a self-protective mechanism in your nervous system that makes it difficult to connect with your child and maintain compassion. When it happens, it's like your heart seems...
Author
Publisher
Heart Words Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Weaning can be difficult with or without a children's book about weaning. However, the stress of weaning can be lessened when mothers have a resource to help toddlers acknowledge and understand this significant transition. This book was written to help mothers talk to toddlers about weaning. It can be helpful during the weaning process, and it can help newly weaned toddlers and toddlers with a new nursing sibling. All mothers who have breastfed a...
Author
Publisher
Alcove Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"When their newly engaged kids ask all four divorced parents to meet each other over brunch, everyone RSVPs yes--secretly hoping someone at the table will get to the bottom of the bottomless mimosas fast enough to say what they're all thinking: that this engagement, coming after a whirlwind romance between two people barely out of college, is too much too soon. But at that brunch it's not the impulsive couple's decisions that end up under the microscope,...
Author
Publisher
The Overlook Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"When Foster Dade arrives at Kennedy, an elite boarding school in New Jersey, the year is 2008. Barack Obama is on the cusp of winning the White House; Vampire Weekend and Passion Pit bump from the newly debuted iPhone; teenagers share confidences and rumors over BlackBerry Messenger and iChat; and the Internet as we know it is slowly emerging from its cocoon. So, too, is Foster emerging - a transfer student and anxious young man, Foster is stumbling...
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