Broadway Books - Family, Parenting and Childcare

Can I Have a Cell Phone for Hanukkah?
Written by Sharon Duke Estroff

Family & Relationships - Parenting; Religion - Judaism | Broadway | Trade Paperback
October 2007 | $12.95 | 978-0-7679-2544-0 (0-7679-2544-0)

How do you help your child choose between mandatory baseball practice and Hebrew school? How can you plan a birthday party (not to mention bar or bat mitzvah party!) for your child without sacrificing your values, sanity, and pocketbook? How can you keep peace on the homework homefront? And how do... Read More

		The Freedom Writers Diary Teacher's Guide Written by Erin Gruwell and The Freedom Writers Education - Teaching Methods \| Broadway \| Trade Paperback October 2007 \| $21.95 \| 978-0-7679-2696-6 (0-7679-2696-X) Designed for educators by the teacher who nurtured and created the Freedom Writers, this standards-based teachers’ guide includes innovative teaching techniques that will engage, empower, and enlighten. In response to thousands of letters and e-mails from teachers across the country who learned about Erin Gruwell and her amazing students in The Freedom... Read More

		Screamfree Parenting Written by Hal Edward Runkel Family & Relationships; Family & Relationships - Parenting \| Broadway \| Hardcover September 2007 \| $21.95 \| 978-0-7679-2742-0 (0-7679-2742-7) You Can Start a Revolution in Your Family . . . Tonight ScreamFree Parenting is not just about lowering your voice. It’s about learning to calm your emotional reactions and learning to focus on your own behavior more than your kids’ behavior . . . for their benefit. Our biggest enemy as... Read More

		What in the World Are Your Kids Doing Online? Written by Barbara Melton, M.Ed., LPC and Susan Shankle, MSW LISW-CP Family & Relationships - Parenting; Computers - Social Aspects; Computers - Internet \| Broadway \| Trade Paperback August 2007 \| $14.00 \| 978-0-7679-2663-8 (0-7679-2663-3) Texting. Blogging. IMing. Technology that has become second nature to our children remains uncharted territory for many parents. What in the World Are Your Kids Doing Online? tells you everything you need to know to navigate the parenting issues technology raises, and arms you with the tools you need to protect... Read More

		The Dads & Daughters Togetherness Guide Written by Joe Kelly Family & Relationships - Fatherhood; Family & Relationships - Parenting \| Broadway \| Trade Paperback April 2007 \| $10.95 \| 978-0-7679-2469-6 (0-7679-2469-X) Fathers know that doing things with their daughters is important. Shared activities build trust and self-esteem, show how much dads care, and allow everyone to cut loose and have fun. But even fathers who can beat the generation and gender gaps that make them feel awkward can’t always dream up cool... Read More

		How to Become a Straight-A Student Written by Cal Newport Reference \| Broadway \| Trade Paperback December 2006 \| $11.95 \| 978-0-7679-2271-5 (0-7679-2271-9) Looking to jumpstart your GPA? Most college students believe that straight A’s can be achieved only through cramming and painful all-nighters at the library. But Cal Newport knows that real straight-A students don’t study harder—they study smarter. A breakthrough approach to acing academic assignments, from quizzes and exams to essays and... Read More

		Be the Coolest Dad on the Block Written by Simon Rose and Steve Caplin Family & Relationships - Fatherhood; Family & Relationships \| Broadway \| Trade Paperback May 2006 \| $11.95 \| 978-0-7679-2249-4 (0-7679-2249-2) An all-encompassing guide to entertaining, amazing, and possibly even educating children, Be the Coolest Dad on the Block provides the perfect excuse to stand on a balloon, play with grated cheese in the microwave, and unroll an entire roll of toilet paper, all in the name of spending time with your... Read More

		The Imperfect Mom Written by Therese J. Borchard Family & Relationships - Motherhood; Family & Relationships \| Broadway \| Trade Paperback April 2006 \| $12.95 \| 978-0-7679-2266-1 (0-7679-2266-2) The supermom is a suburban legend. At some point, we’ve all forgotten to pack a lunch, yelled at our kids, or been late to soccer practice. This book is for every mom who has ever gotten angry at being interrupted from a consecutive five hours of sleep, or who has ever... Read More

		Mommy Mantras Written by Bethany E. Casarjian, Ph.D. and Diane H. Dillon, Ph.D. Family & Relationships - Motherhood; Family & Relationships - Parenting; Religion - Spirituality \| Broadway \| Hardcover April 2006 \| $16.95 \| 978-0-7679-2380-4 (0-7679-2380-4) Mommy Mantras are phrases you can say in your head, or out loud if you need to, during those trying moments of mothering. They act to empower you, revive you, and remind you that there is always another way to see your situation. Buddhist-inspired and psychologically grounded, these snippets of wisdom... Read More

		Boy Crazy! Written by Charlene C. Giannetti and Margaret Sagarese Family & Relationships - Adolescence; Family & Relationships - Love & Romance \| Broadway \| Trade Paperback February 2006 \| $19.00 \| 978-0-7679-1976-0 (0-7679-1976-9) The course of teen love never did run smooth, but these days it seems bumpier than ever. Children are growing up faster and pushing the boundaries of sexuality earlier, as well as facing new kinds of pressures most parents have never even dreamed of. You cannot shut down your daughter's hormones... Read More

		What Are You Doing in There? Written by Charlene C. Giannetti and Margaret Sagarese Family & Relationships - Parenting; Family & Relationships - Adolescence; Family & Relationships - Teenagers \| Broadway \| Trade Paperback September 2003 \| $14.00 \| 978-0-7679-1297-6 (0-7679-1297-7) The "middler years," ages ten through fifteen, have always been characterized by an urge for independence and secrecy from parents. But these days, that secrecy can lead to more danger than ever before. Tackling the frustrations and fears of parenting in a world where cyber predators make headlines every day and... Read More

		Parenting a Struggling Reader Written by Susan Hall and Louisa Moats Family & Relationships - Parenting \| Broadway \| Trade Paperback April 2002 \| $14.00 \| 978-0-7679-0776-7 (0-7679-0776-0) The first completely comprehensive, practical guide for recognizing, diagnosing, and overcoming any childhood reading difficulty. According to the National Institute of Health, ten million of our nation’s children (approximately 17 percent) have trouble learning to read. While headlines warn about the nation’s reading crisis, Susan Hall (whose son was diagnosed with dyslexia)... Read More

		Parenting an Only Child Written by Susan Newman Family & Relationships - Parenting \| Broadway \| Trade Paperback August 2001 \| $12.95 \| 978-0-7679-0629-6 (0-7679-0629-2) Is it possible to raise a contented only child? Can we be happy with only one child? The answer to both of these questions is a resounding yes. In recent years, the number of couples choosing to have one child has risen sharply. Whether it's by choice or fate, having a single... Read More

		The Rollercoaster Years Written by Charlene C. Giannetti and Margaret Sagarese Family & Relationships - Child Development \| Broadway \| Trade Paperback August 1997 \| $15.95 \| 978-0-553-06684-5 (0-553-06684-6) For the 20 million parents of 10- to 15-year-olds, The Roller-Coaster Years is a lively guide to mastering the ups and downs of early adolescence. Every parent knows about the terrible twos and the brooding teens, but few have anticipated the wild ride of these magical yet maddening years that can... Read More

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