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How to Discipline Your 6-12
How to Discipline Your 6-12
Written by Barbara C. and Jerry Wyckoff
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307567727
Our Price: $13.95
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How to Discipline Your 6-12

Written by Barbara C. and Jerry Wyckoff


Format: eBook
On Sale: September 30, 2009
Price: $13.95

Discipline Without Shouting Or Spanking became a best-seller by proving practical, effective advice on common behavioral problems to parents of children under six. Here the authors adapt their winning formula for older youngsters.


From the Trade Paperback edition. Read more >
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Raising Cain
Raising Cain
Written by Dan Kindlon, Ph.D. and Michael Thompson, Ph.D.
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307569226
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Raising Cain
Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys
Written by Dan Kindlon, Ph.D. and Michael Thompson, Ph.D.


Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: August 5, 2009
Price: $15.00

The stunning success of Reviving Ophelia, Mary Pipher's landmark book, showed a true and pressing need to address the emotional lives of girls. Now, finally, here is the book that answers our equally timely and critical need to understand our boys.

In Raising Cain, Dan Kindlon, Ph.D., and Michael Thompson, Ph.D., two... Read more >
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Program Your Baby's Health
Program Your Baby's Health
Written by Barbara Luke
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307559272
Our Price: $23.00
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Program Your Baby's Health
The Pregnancy Diet for Your Child's Lifelong Well-Being
Written by Barbara Luke


Format: eBook, 432 pages
On Sale: May 6, 2009
Price: $23.00

The most important period of your child's health is the nine months  before birth.

Cutting edge research in a new field known as "metabolic programming" reveals a startling new fact: what a mother eats during pregnancy has a far greater effect on her child's future development, overall health, and resistance to disease than... Read more >
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Speaking of Boys
Speaking of Boys
Written by Michael Thompson, Ph.D. and Teresa Barker
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307491206
Our Price: $14.95
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Speaking of Boys
Answers to the Most-Asked Questions About Raising Sons
Written by Michael Thompson, Ph.D. and Teresa Barker


Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2009
Price: $14.95

My eight-year-old son is the only boy in his class who doesn't have a Gameboy. I don't want him to be ostracized for not having one, but I worry that it's addictive. What do you think?

Our two sons are eleven and fourteen, and they are fiercely competitive. The tension around our... Read more >
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Too Safe for Their Own Good
Too Safe for Their Own Good
Written by Michael Ungar
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9781551992792
Our Price: $18.95
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Too Safe for Their Own Good
How Risk and Responsibility Help Teens Thrive
Written by Michael Ungar


Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: February 24, 2009
Price: $18.95

Canadian children are safer now than at any other time in history. So why are we so fearful for them? When they’re young, we drive them to playdates, fill up their time with organized activity, and cocoon them from every imaginable peril. We think we are doing what’s best for them... Read more >
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The Brightening Glance
The Brightening Glance
Written by Ellen Handler Spitz
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307482532
Our Price: $14.95
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The Brightening Glance
Imagination and Childhood
Written by Ellen Handler Spitz


Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: December 10, 2008
Price: $14.95

In this original, richly illuminating study of the aesthetic development of children in their primary learning years, Ellen Handler Spitz returns us to the vibrant experience of childhood to explain how the imagination emerges and develops. She looks at how children feel, sense, and relate to what is around them, and... Read more >
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Free the Children
Free the Children
Written by Bruce Scott
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781556436857
Our Price: $16.95
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Free the Children

Written by Bruce Scott


Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: July 3, 2007
Price: $16.95

Free the Children, a story based on events between the author, his young son, and the unusual people they meet traveling from Taos, New Mexico, to California, can help the adult reader unravel learned cultural adult beliefs to rediscover the adult heart. The story illuminates the possibilities of trusting the children... Read more >
The Brightening Glance
The Brightening Glance
Written by Ellen Handler Spitz
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780385720052
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The Brightening Glance
Imagination and Childhood
Written by Ellen Handler Spitz


Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: February 13, 2007
Price: $14.95

In this remarkable book, Ellen Handler Spitz shows how to promote children’s creative and emotional growth by making the most of the unlimited possibilities of everyday experiences.

Through delightful anecdotes about real children and their treasures, bedrooms, play spaces, music, scary things, and birthday parties, The Brightening Glance will inspire you to... Read more >
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Too Safe for Their Own Good
Too Safe for Their Own Good
Written by Michael Ungar
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780771087080
Our Price: $18.95
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Too Safe for Their Own Good
How Risk and Responsibility Help Teens Thrive
Written by Michael Ungar


Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: February 13, 2007
Price: $18.95

Canadian children are safer now than at any other time in history. So why are we so fearful for them? When they’re young, we drive them to playdates, fill up their time with organized activity, and cocoon them from every imaginable peril. We think we are doing what’s best for them... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.
I Can Show You I Care
I Can Show You I Care
Written by Susan Cotta, Illustrated by Gregory Crawford
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781556434334
Our Price: $16.95
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I Can Show You I Care
Compassionate Touch for Children
Written by Susan Cotta
Illustrated by Gregory Crawford


Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: October 10, 2003
Price: $16.95

This full-color picture book written for school age children shows the famous Upledger Technique's 'Healing Hands' program at work with children. Conducted at schools around the country, the program teaches children—at a young age—the importance of compassion and caring for others. Children have shown remarkable behavioral improvements after participating in this... Read more >
Real Boys Workbook
Real Boys Workbook
Written by William Pollack and Kathleen Cushman
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780375755262
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Real Boys Workbook

Written by William Pollack and Kathleen Cushman


Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2001
Price: $16.95

The Real Boys' Workbook is a unique, instructive workbook, full of advice, exercises, and stories to help parents, professionals, and boys themselves understand boys—and how to make life with them better. How to listen to boys, talk and be with them, exercises to teach you new ways to handle situations, and... Read more >
Program Your Baby's Health
Program Your Baby's Health
Written by Barbara Luke
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780345441997
Our Price: $23.00
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Program Your Baby's Health
The Pregnancy Diet for Your Child's Lifelong Well-Being
Written by Barbara Luke


Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: April 3, 2001
Price: $23.00

The most important period of your child's health is the nine months  before birth.

Cutting edge research in a new field known as "metabolic programming" reveals a startling new fact: what a mother eats during pregnancy has a far greater effect on her child's future development, overall health, and resistance to disease than... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.
Speaking of Boys
Speaking of Boys
Written by Michael Thompson, Ph.D. and Teresa Barker
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780345441485
Our Price: $14.95
 Quantity: 1 
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Speaking of Boys
Answers to the Most-Asked Questions About Raising Sons
Written by Michael Thompson, Ph.D. and Teresa Barker


Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: August 1, 2000
Price: $14.95

My eight-year-old son is the only boy in his class who doesn't have a Gameboy. I don't want him to be ostracized for not having one, but I worry that it's addictive. What do you think?

Our two sons are eleven and fourteen, and they are fiercely competitive. The tension around our... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.
Raising Cain
Raising Cain
Written by Dan Kindlon, Ph.D. and Michael Thompson, Ph.D.
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780345434852
Our Price: $15.00
 Quantity: 1 
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Raising Cain
Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys
Written by Dan Kindlon, Ph.D. and Michael Thompson, Ph.D.


Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: April 4, 2000
Price: $15.00

In Raising Cain, Dan Kindlon, Ph.D., and Michael Thompson, Ph.D., two of the country's leading child psychologists, share what they have learned in more than thirty-five years of combined experience working with boys and their families. They reveal a nation of boys who are hurting--sad, afraid, angry, and silent. Kindlon and... Read more >
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