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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The award-winning author of We Should All Be Feminists and Americanah gives us this powerful statement about feminism today—written as a letter to a friend.
A few years ago, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie received a letter from a childhood friend, a new mother who wanted to know how to raise her baby girl to be a feminist. Dear Ijeawele is Adichie’s letter of response: fifteen...
A few years ago, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie received a letter from a childhood friend, a new mother who wanted to know how to raise her baby girl to be a feminist. Dear Ijeawele is Adichie’s letter of response: fifteen...
2) Gilded youth: a history of growing up in the royal family: from the Plantagenets to the Cambridges
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Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"A colorful, fascinating look at growing up in the royal family over the centuries, from the Plantagenets and Tudors to the Windsors and Cambridges. For as long as the British royal family has existed, their children have been brought up in ways that seem bizarre and eccentric to the rest of us - the royal family's obsession with making their children tough and independent as early as possible, often by delegating their parental duties to staff, goes...
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Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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2020 BEST BOOK AWARD WINNER, PARENTING & FAMILY CATEGORY (Awarded by American Book Fest)
NAMED ONE OF THE 100 BEST ADHD BOOKS OF ALL TIME (BookAuthority)
MOM'S CHOICE AWARD WINNER
From renowned parent expert Caroline Maguire, Why Will No One Play with Me? is a groundbreaking program that has helped thousands of children struggling with social skills to make friends, find acceptance, and...
NAMED ONE OF THE 100 BEST ADHD BOOKS OF ALL TIME (BookAuthority)
MOM'S CHOICE AWARD WINNER
From renowned parent expert Caroline Maguire, Why Will No One Play with Me? is a groundbreaking program that has helped thousands of children struggling with social skills to make friends, find acceptance, and...
4) Gentle discipline: using emotional connection -- not punishment -- to raise confident, capable kids
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TarcherPerigee
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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"Discipline is an essential part of raising happy and successful kids, but as more and more parents are discovering, conventional approaches often don't work and can even lead to more frustration, resentment, power struggles, and shame. In this inspiring and practical guide, popular parenting expert Sarah Ockwell-Smith debunks common myths about punishments, rewards, the 'naughty step,' and more, and presents practical, connection-based techniques...
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Parenting Press an imprint of Chicago Review Press Incorporated
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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When privileged parents say that they "want what's best" for their child, they don't consciously add "and not for other children." Yet the practical effect of parents with privilege relentlessly pursuing their own child's interests is that other children are left behind. Author Sarah W. Jaffe interviewed dozens of parents who are resisting the cultural pressures to seek "the best" for only their kids while navigating some of the major decisions that...
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Grand Central Life & Style
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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"A guide to raising responsible, safe, and communicative kids in the digital world. From cell phone contracts, rules for earning an allowance, and creating a family mantra, this book teaches readers to solve problems before they happen"--
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HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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A Harvard faculty member and oral language specialist provides adults with evidence-based tools and techniques to help them have productive and meaningful conversations with children of all ages.
Science has shown that the best way to help our kids become independent, kind, and happy is by talking to them-- yet we are at a loss on how to have meaningful conversations. Rolland reveals that a great conversation has a double benefit: helping adults...
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Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
©2006
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English
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First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton made children her passion and her cause. Her experience with children strengthened her conviction that how children develop and what they need to succeed is inextricably entwined with the society in which they live and how well it sustains and supports its families and individuals. In other words, it takes a village to raise a child. This book chronicles her quest to discover how we can make our society into the kind...
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Ediciones Obelisco
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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En este libro, Sarah Ockwell-Smith desacredita muchas creencias habituales sobre el castigo y la motivación, y proporciona un enfoque alternativo que te empoderará para disciplinar a tu hijo de una forma eficaz y con respeto. La disciplina suave no consiste en sobreproteger a tu hijo ni ser un pusilánime: conlleva entenderlo, tener expectativas realistas sobre él y responder de manera adecuada a su mal comportamiento. Se centra en enseñar y...
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