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Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids: Why Being a Great Parent is Less Work and More Fun Than You Think
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Ann Crittenden · 329 pages
"The price of motherhood is everywhere apparent. College-educated women pay a "mommy tax" of more than a million dollars in lost income when they have a child. Family law deprives mothers of financial equality in marriage. Most child care is excluded from the gross domestic product, at-home mothers are not counted in the labor force, and the social safety net simply leaves them out. With passion a
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner · 320 pages
*A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything* Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common? Why do drug dealers still live with their moms? How much do parents really matter? How did the legalization of abortion affect the rate of violent crime? These may not sound like typical questions for an economist to ask. But
Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom is Wrong - and What You Really Need to Know
Emily Oster · 328 pages
Pregnancy--unquestionably one of the most profound, meaningful experiences of adulthood--can reduce otherwise intelligent women to, well, babies. We're told to avoid cold cuts, sushi, alcohol, and coffee, but aren't told why. Rules for prenatal testing are hard and fast--and unexplained. Are all of these recommendations right for every mom-to-be? Here, the author shows that pregnancy rules are oft
Outliers: The Story of Success
Malcolm Gladwell · 320 pages
In this stunning new book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of "outliers"--the best and the brightest, the most famous and the most successful. He asks the question: what makes high-achievers different? His answer is that we pay too much attention to what successful people are like, and too little attention to where they are from: that is, their culture, their
Born to Buy
Juliet B. Schor · 289 pages
Ads aimed at kids are virtually everywhere -- in classrooms and textbooks, on the Internet, even at slumber parties and the playground. Product placement and other innovations have introduced more subtle advertising to movies and television. Companies are enlisting children as guerrilla marketers, targeting their friends and families. Even trusted social institutions such as the Girl Scouts are te
Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis
Robert D. Putnam · 386 pages
"A groundbreaking examination of the growing inequality gap from the bestselling author of Bowling Alone: why fewer Americans today have the opportunity for upward mobility. It's the American dream: get a good education, work hard, buy a house, and achieve prosperity and success. This is the America we believe in--a nation of opportunity, constrained only by ability and effort. But during the last
The Birth Partner: A Complete Guide to Childbirth for Dads, Doulas, and Other Labor Companions
Penny Simkin · 337 pages
Baby Bargains: Secrets to Saving 20% to 50% on baby furniture, gear, clothes, toys, maternity wear and much more!
Denise Fields, Alan Fields · 608 pages
Bringing Up Boys
James C. Dobson · 269 pages
Here’s sensible advice and caring encouragement on raising boys from the nation’s most trusted parenting authority, Dr. James Dobson. With so much confusion about the role of men in our society, it’s no wonder so many parents and teachers are asking questions about how to bring up boys. Why are so many boys in crisis? What qualities should we be trying to instill in young males? Our culture has v
Liberated Parents, Liberated Children: Your Guide to a Happier Family
Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish · 261 pages
The Companion Volume to How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk In this honest, illuminating book, internationally acclaimed parenting experts Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish bring to life the principles of famed child psychologist Dr. Haim Ginott, and show how his theories inspired the changes they made in their relationships with their own children. By sharing their expe
Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers
Gordon Neufeld, Gabor Mate · 320 pages
Canadian doctors Neufeld and Maté woke up one day to find that their children had become secretive and unreachable. Pining for time with friends, they recoiled or grew hostile around adults. Why? The problem, Neufeld and co-writer Maté suggest, lies in a long-established, though questionable, belief that the earliest possible mastery of the rules of social acceptance leads to success. In a society
Nurture by Nature: How to Raise Happy, Healthy, Responsible Children Through the Insights of Personality Type
Paul D. Tieger, Barbara Barron-Tieger · 287 pages
A groundbreaking guide that shows you how to harness the power of Personality Type to develop the parenting strategies that work with your child. Every parent knows that children, even babies, have distinct personalities. Now, with this one-of-a-kind parenting guide, Paul Tieger and Barbara Barron-Tieger show you how to use Personality Type analysis, a powerful and well-respected psychological too
The Opposite of Spoiled: How to Talk to Kids About Money and Values in a Material World
Ron Lieber · 256 pages
"We may not realize it, but children are hyperaware of money. They have scores of questions about its nuances that parents often don't answer, or know how to answer well. But for Ron Lieber, a personal finance columnist and father, good parenting means talking about money with our kids much more often. When parents avoid these conversations, they lose a tremendous opportunity--not just to model im
Boundaries with Kids: How Healthy Choices Grow Healthy Children
Henry Cloud, John Townsend
The Gifts of Imperfect Parenting: Raising Children with Courage, Compassion, and Connection
Brene Brown · 126 pages
Dr. Brene Brown gives listeners a different perspective on the subject of parenting, positing that imperfect parenting should not be viewed as a flaw, but rather a strength which leads children to be authentic, compassionate, and connected to the world and their true purpose.
The Happiest Baby on the Block: The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Newborn Baby Sleep Longer
Harvey Karp · 336 pages
Free-Range Kids: Giving Our Children the Freedom We Had Without Going Nuts with Worry
Lenore Skenazy · 304 pages
I Was a Really Good Mom Before I Had Kids: Reinventing Modern Motherhood
Trisha Ashworth, Amy Nobile · 206 pages
Kids Are Worth It!: Giving Your Child the Gift of Inner Discipline
Barbara Coloroso · 256 pages
The parenting classic, now revised with new chapters, checklists, and information about today's most pressing issues regarding our childrenThis bestselling guide rejects "quick-fix" solutions and focuses on helping kids develop their own self-discipline by owning up to their mistakes, thinking through solutions, and correcting their misdeeds while leaving their dignity intact. Barbara Coloroso sho
Raising Happiness: 10 Simple Steps for More Joyful Kids and Happier Parents
Christine Carter · 256 pages
How To Talk So Kids Can Learn
Adele Faber, Rosalyn Anstine Templeton, Elaine Mazlish · 272 pages