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Preemies: The Essential Guide for Parents of Premature Babies
Preemies is the only resource of its kind -- a comprehensive "Dr. Spock"-like reference that is both reassuring and realistic, delivering up-to-the-minute information on medical care in a warm, caring, and engaging voice. Authors Dana Wechsler Linden and Emma Trenti Paroli are parents who have "been there." Together with neonatologist Mia Wechsler Doron, they answer the...
The Sensory-Sensitive Child: Practical Solutions for Out-of-Bounds Behavior
In a book likely to transform how parents manage many of their child's daily struggles, Drs. Smith and Gouze explain the central and frequently unrecognized role that sensory processing problems play in a child's emotional and behavioral difficulties. Practicing child psychologists, and themselves parents of children with sensory integration problems, their message is innovative,...
Fertility (60 Tips)
There are simple things men and women can do to optimize their fertility and increase the likelihood of a prompt and healthy pregnancy. These 60 tips are designed to help, offering couples simple ways to improve their physical and emotional well being that enhance the body’s natural fertility cycle. Tips include paying attention to timing, reducing your stress, increasing vitamin intake,...
Baby Next Time
Baby Next Time is based on a true-life account of a woman's discovery of infertility at the age of 35. This is a compelling rollercoaster insight to the world of IVF exposing treatments and emotions over a nine year span. Written with humour on such a dark and taboo subject of miscarriage and infertility this honest account is directed to the many across the world in a similar...
Tiny Toes: A Couple's Journey Through Infertility, Prematurity, and Depression
Tiny Toes is a personal story of a couple struggling to create a family. The author tackles the effects of infertility, including how it almost destroyed her marriage. She illustrates the emotional trials of having a premature baby and how that, too, impacted her soul and her marriage. She also demonstrates how she was able to overcome the depression that was keeping her from her own joy. ...
In the Presence of Grief: Helping Family Members Resolve Death, Dying, and Bereavement Issues
Provides essential insights and strategies for practitioners working with families. Each chapter is introduced by a personal account from an individual who has suffered a particular loss, and concludes with a case example derived from the author's clinical practice.
Little Sugar Addicts: End the Mood Swings, Meltdowns, Tantrums, and Low Self-Esteem in Your Child Today
Sugar Is Not LoveDo you have a smart, creative, loving child who is also cranky, inattentive, and sometimes downright obnoxious? If you’ve written off this negative behavior as “typical” for your child’s age—whether toddler or teen—stop and think: Does your child have a taste for soda, sugary breakfast cereals, and treats like candy and cookies? Does she eat...
Sammy's Mommy Has Cancer
This warm, sensitive, and straightforward story will help young children understand and accept the changes in their lives when a parent is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness. Parents will welcome this valuable aid in explaining the illness to their children. Sharing the book together, families will find encouragement in dealing with their sorrow, hopes, and small joys during a...
Children and Violence: Report of the Commission on Children and Violence Convened by the Gulbenkian Foundation
The Commission on Children and Violence was convened to review what is known about why children become violent and the extent of violence involving children, and to make detailed recommendations for violence prevention. This is the report of that Commission.
Oops, I Lost My Sense Of Humor
The doctor said, "Don't try it -you could die on the operating table." A scary thought, but the alternative was worse—waiting a few months for certain death. The author decides to go with the riskier option, which offers hope for the future.In this poignant true story, a woman reflects on her life, loves, family and marriage as she comes to terms with her mortality. ...
