Family & relationships

Your Over-35 Week-by-Week Pregnancy Guide: All the Answers to All Your Questions About Pregnancy, Birth, and Your Developin g Baby

by Kelly M. Md Shanahan

Know What to Expect Week-by-Week

Preparing for the arrival of a new baby is both a joy and a challenge. This is true at any age, but as an expectant mother over the age of 35 you want real answers for your unique...

The Really Useful Grandparents' Book

by Tony Lacey & Eleo Gordon

Flaps:

Are you eager to spend time with your grandchildren, but anxious about what to do with them?

The Really Useful Grandparents’ Book is the perfect solution. It’s a book that you can share with your...

Stress and Your Child

by Betty Youngs

GIVE YOUR CHILDREN BACK THEIR CHILDHOOD.

We like to think of childhood as a carefree, relaxed time of life, but the truth is, children today experience more stress than ever before: parents' fast-paced lifestyles,...

Emotional Currency: A Woman's Guide to Building a Healthy Relationship with Money

by Kate Phd Levinson

Every day, women face new challenges that come with having control over, and responsibility for, their financial lives. Sometimes exciting, sometimes frightening, these issues always have an emotional side....

The Queen of Water

by Maria Virginia Farinango & Laura Resau

An ALA Amelia Bloomer Selection

An ALA-YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Book

Born in an Andean village in Ecuador, Virginia lives with her large family in a small, earthen-walled dwelling. In her village of...

Your Baby in Pictures: The New Parents' Guide to Photographing Your Baby's First Year

by Me Ra Koh

Capture the story of your baby’s first year! 

The first twelve months of your child’s life are full of precious, fleeting moments, from sleepy newborn yawns to first smiles and wobbly first steps. Why entrust...

Powerful Prayers for Your Children

by David Kopp & Heather Kopp

From Spelling Tests to Future Mates–

Learn to Pray for Every Aspect of Your Kids’ Lives.

AS A PARENT, you want your prayers to have an impact on the lives of your children. But how can you ensure that will...

My Parents Were Awesome: Before Fanny Packs and Minivans, They Were People Too

by Eliot Glazer

NEWSFLASH: Your mom and dad weren’t always parents.  They used to be people—and they were awesome

They bathed you. They fed you. They raised you to become the person you are today. Your parents are an...

Parenting: The Long Journey: The Long Journey

by Joe Rich

Parenting: The Long Journey stands out in its approach to parenting in that it reinforces the view that parenting is primarily a relationship requiring a particular attitude and a series of skills readily available...

The Parent's Problem Solver: Smart Solutions for Everyday Discipline Dilemmas and Behavioral Problems

by Cathryn Md Tobin

IMAGINE HAVING A PEDIATRICIAN ON CALL TO ANSWER ALL YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT PARENTING.

From tantrums to sleeping problems, bullying to bed-wetting, The Parent’s Problem Solver offers parents quick, commonsense,...

Positive Time-Out: And Over 50 Ways to Avoid Power Struggles in the Home and the Classroom

by Jane Ed.D. Nelsen

Discover the Power of Positive Time-Out

Time-out is one of the most popular disciplinary techniques used in homes and schools today. But instead of being the positive, motivating, experience it should be for...

The Power of Mother Love: Strengthening the Bond Between You and Your Child

by Brenda Hunter

Many women--especially the mothers of young children--feel their role as "just a mother" is undervalued today. This book highlights the incredible--although sometimes unrealized--influence that a mother has...

Before Your Pregnancy

by Lisa Mazzullo, Amy Ogle & Mary D'Alton

Now completely revised and updated, the classic guide that helps mothers- and fathers-to-be conceive more easily and boost the odds of a healthy pregnancy

Covering preconception and interconception (between-pregnancy)...

Mom, I Feel Fat: Becoming Your Daughter's Ally in Developing a Healthy Body Image

by Sharon Hersh

Never before have our daughters been more concerned and obsessed with the concept of being "fat." From kindergarten on up, girls worry about the size of their stomachs, backsides, and thighs, and even the youngest...

Positive Discipline

by Jane Ed.D. Nelsen

For twenty-five years, Positive Discipline has been the gold standard reference for grown-ups working with children. Now Jane Nelsen, distinguished psychologist, educator, and mother of seven, has written a...

Changing Bodies, Changing Lives: Expanded Third Edition: A Book for Teens on Sex and Relationships

by Ruth Bell

"It seems like everyone else has the script. Everyone else knows what's happening and I look around and say, Duh."

Of course, the truth is that no one has the script because there is no script to follow. Chances...

A Bittersweet Season: Caring for Our Aging Parents--and Ourselves

by Jane Gross

Just a few of the vitally important lessons in caring for your aging parent—and yourself—from Jane Gross in A Bittersweet Season

As painful as the role reversal between parent and child may be for you, assume...

The Good Girl Revolution: Young Rebels with Self-Esteem and High Standards

by Wendy Shalit

Across the country, there’s a youth-led rebellion challenging the status quo. In Seattle and Pittsburgh, teenage girls protest against companies that sell sleazy clothing. Online, a nineteen-year-old describes...

The Joy of Family Traditions: A Season-by-Season Companion to Celebrations, Holidays, and Special Occasions

by Jennifer Trainer Thompson

When a special activity evolves into a tradition within a family, it creates meaning, connection, and community and makes common occasions more momentous and memorable. Establishing a sense of stability and...

Boy or Girl: 50 Fun Ways to Find Out

by Shelly Lavigne

Want to know the sex of your unborn child? Now 50 of the wisest old wives' tales are brought together in one adorable book for parents-to-be who are intrigued with predicting their baby's gender. Includes games...