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Agnes and the Little Key: or, Bereaved Parents Instructed and Comforted. By Her Father.

By: Adams, Nehemiah

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Boston, S.K. Whipple and Company: 1857

Seller ID: 2260294

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Second edition. No jacket, a few light spots to boards, ink note on front endpaper. 1857 Hard Cover. vii, 191, [4] pp. Reverend Nehemiah Adams (February 19, 1806 October 6, 1878) was an American clergyman and writer. He was born in Salem, Massachusetts,[1] in 1806 to Nehemiah Adams and Mehitabel Torrey Adams. He graduated from Harvard University in 1826, and from Andover Theological Seminary in 1829. That same year, he was ordained as co-pastor, with Abiel Holmes, of the First Congregational Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[2] In 1832, he married Martha Hooper. In 1834, he became pastor of...
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Don't Sweat the Small Stuff with Your Family: Simple Ways to Keep Daily Responsibilities and Household Chaos from Taking Over Your Life

By: Carlson, Richard

Price: $5.00

Publisher: New York, Hyperion: 1998

Seller ID: 2307366

ISBN: 0786883375

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

4th printing. 1998 Trade Paperback. 255, [1] pp. While it's easy to allow little things to take over our lives, there are things we can do to make life around the house less stressful, writes Richard Carlson in Don't Sweat the Small Stuff with Your Family: Simple Ways to Keep Daily Responsibilities and Household Chores from Taking Over Your Life. In this collection of 98 brief essays, Carlson (author of Don't Sweat the Small Stuff ... And It's All Small Stuff) meditates on small, but meaningful ways to avoid being overwhelmed by life, particularly family life. From Number 8: Make Peace with Bi...
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Protecting the Gift: Keeping Children and Teenagers Safe

By: De Becker, Gavin

Price: $6.00

Publisher: New York, The Dial Press: 1999

Seller ID: 2307794

ISBN: 0385333099

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Jacket spine faded. 1999 Hard Cover. In his groundbreaking bestseller The Gift of Fear, Gavin de Becker showed millions of readers that like every creature on earth, human beings can predict violent behavior. Now, in Protecting the Gift, de Becker empowers parents to trust fully their own intuition when it comes to their children's safety.
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When Your Child Needs Help: A Parent's Guide to Therapy for Children

By: Doft, Noma; Aria, Barbara; Chess, Stella

Price: $7.00

Publisher: New York, Harmony Books: 1992

Seller ID: 2267498

ISBN: 0517580462

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Jacket very faintly toned. Ink name on front endpaper, two minor ink spots on page ridge. 1992 Hard Cover. xiii, 224 pp. One of America's top child psychologists provides reassuring advice for parents whose children are experiencing emotional or developmental problems. Here is the essential guide for every parent who is struggling to distinguish typical growing pains from more serious problems.
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The Blue Jay's Dance: A Birth Year

By: Erdrich, Louise

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, HarperCollins: 1995

Seller ID: 2281727

ISBN: 0060171324

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Signed by author without inscription. Pages very faintly toned. 1995 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. x, 223 pp. Author's first major work on non-fiction. The critically acclaimed novelist poignantly reviews the large and small events--and the attendant joys, frustrations, compromises, insights, and emotional satisfactions--that informed her pregnancy, her first year as a new mother, and her return to writing.
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Siblings Without Rivalry: How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Too

By: Faber, Adele; Mazlish, Elaine

Price: $5.00

Publisher: New York, Perennial Currents: 2004

Seller ID: 2201750

ISBN: 0380799006

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Good

General wear. 2004 Trade Paperback. xvii, 246 pp. ...this seminal book--revised and updated after more than ten years of feedback from parents' letters, TV and radio talk shows, and Faber and Mazlish's highly successful partenting workshops. Siblings Without Rivalry guides the way to family peace and tranquillity with humor and compassion for both parents and children. Illustrated, action-oriented, and easy to understand, it's packed with sensitive yet sensible ways to turn quarreling sibling and frustrated parents into an open, communicative family.
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Psycho-analysis for Teachers and Parents: Introductory Lectures [Psychoanalysis]

By: Freud, Anna; Low, Barbara

Price: $75.00

Publisher: New York, Emerson Books: 1935

Seller ID: 2305052

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First English language edition. Jacket spine lightly toned, a few very minor spots on jacket. 1935 Hard Cover. 117 pp. The four lectures that comprise this book were given before the teachers at the Children's Centers in Vienna by Anna Freud, the daughter of Sigmund Freud and a renowned psychoanalyst of children. Written in clear, accessible terms, this book outlines the basic findings of psychoanalysis and their implications for the understanding, care, and education of young children.
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MotherSongs: Poems for, by, and about Mothers

By: Gilbert, Sandra M.; Gubar, Susan; O'Hehir, Diana

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, W.W. Norton & Company: 1995

Seller ID: 2287494

ISBN: 0393040399

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Includes publisher slipcase. No jacket. An excellent copy in an excellent slipcase. 1995 Hard Cover. 380 pp. Includes publisher slipcase. A unique collection of verse about maternity and the celebration of motherhood, MotherSongs brings together for the first time a range of classic and contemporary poems from the United States, Great Britain, and Canada. The editors have included traditional ballads about maternity and courtly elegies for or by mothers as well as landmark nineteenth-century tributes to mothers and early twentieth-century meditations on motherhood. MotherSongs o...
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Family Matters: Why Homeschooling Makes Sense

By: Guterson, David

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers: 1992

Seller ID: 2274245

ISBN: 015193097X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Jacket spine head lightly bumped. Top page ridge lightly foxed. 1992 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. vi, 245 pp. A high school English teacher tells why he has chosen to educate his own sons at home, offering information on the academic success of home-schooled children, the meaning of education, the psychology of learning, and education in other societies.
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The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness: Five Steps to Help Kids Create and Sustain Lifelong Joy

By: Hallowell, Edward

Price: $5.00

Publisher: New York, Ballantine Books: 2003

Seller ID: 2268299

ISBN: 0345442334

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

An exceptional copy. 2003 Trade Paperback. Here, at last, is a book brimming with the good news of raising childrenthe basic reassuring news about happiness and unconditional love, about enduring family connections and kids who grow up right. Edward M. Hallowell, M.D., father of three and a clinical psychiatrist, has thought long and hard about what makes children feel good about themselves and the world they live in. Now, in The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness, Dr. Hallowell shares his findings with all of us who care about children.
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It's No Accident: Breakthrough Solutions to Your Child's Wetting, Constipation, UTIs, and Other Potty Problems

By: Hodges, Steve J.; Schlosberg, Suzanne

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Guilford, Connecticut, Lyons Press: 2012

Seller ID: 2269917

ISBN: 076277360X

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

A very nice copy. 2012 Trade Paperback. xv, 223 pp. Heres a reality that will shock most parents: There is a silent epidemic in Americaone that is needlessly stressing out parents, causing children pain and embarrassment, and costing families and the health-care system massive amounts of money. It is an issue of dysfunctional elimination: delayed or abnormal pooping and peeing in children. In his eye-opening new book, Dr. Steve Hodges offers parents straight-shooting explanations for the potty problems affecting their kids and practical advice on how to treat and prevent these troubles. Parent...
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The Care and Feeding of Children: A Catechism for the Use of Mothers and Children's Nurses

By: Holt, L. Emmett

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, D. Appleton and Company: 1918

Seller ID: 2026820

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Ninth edition, revised and enlarged. Includes original jacket. Shallow three inch chip from front jacket edge, minor loss from bottom jacket corners, jacket flap corners trimmed. 1918 Hard Cover. 219 pp. 8vo. A pediatric guide by the pioneer in the field.
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That Crumpled Paper Was Due Last Week: Helping Disorganized and Distracted Boys Succeed in School and Life

By: Homayoung, Ana

Price: $7.00

Publisher: New York, Perigee Book: 2010

Seller ID: 2268596

ISBN: 0399535594

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

First printing. A nice copy. 2010 Trade Paperback. xvi, 287 pp. Missed assignments. Lack of focus and enthusiasm. Falling grades. For too many boys and their frustrated parents, these are the facts of life. But they don't have to be. Top academic counselor Ana Homayoun has helped turn even the most disorganized, scattered, and unfocused boys into successful young people who consistently meet their personal and academic challenges. She does this by getting back to basics- -starting with a simple fact: Most boys needs to be taught how to get organized, how to study, and-- most important--how to ...
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The Horse Boy: A Father's Quest to Heal His Son

By: Isaacson, Rupert

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, Little, Brown and Company: 2009

Seller ID: 2266440

ISBN: 0316008230

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Signed by author without inscription. Autographed Copy sticker on front wrapper. 2009 Hard Cover. x, 357 pp. When his son Rowan was diagnosed with autism, Rupert Isaacson was devastated, afraid he might never be able to communicate with his child. But when Isaacson, a lifelong horseman, rode their neighbor's horse with Rowan, Rowan improved immeasurably. He was struck with a crazy idea: why not take Rowan to Mongolia, the one place in the world where horses and shamanic healing intersected? THE HORSE BOY is the dramatic and heartwarming story of that impossible adventure. In Mon...
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Naked Babies

By: Kelsh, Nick; Quindlen, Anna

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Penguin Studio: 1996

Seller ID: 2198694

ISBN: 0670868809

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Signed by Anna Quindlen (Author). Pages very lightly toned. Near Fine. 1996 Large Hardcover. 111 pp. A photographer attempts to capture the perfection of babies, from the swirl of a cowlick to the smoothness of skin on a neck, while the Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and author muses on moments like a baby's first steps.
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Character Matters: How to Help Our Children Develop Good Judgment, Integrity, and Other Essential Virtues

By: Lickona, Thomas

Price: $5.00

Publisher: ., Touchstone: 2004

Seller ID: 2205414

ISBN: 0743245075

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

An exceptional copy. 2004 Trade Paperback. Award-winning psychologist and educator Thomas Lickona offers more than one hundred practical strategies that parents and schools have used to help kids build strong personal character as the foundation for a purposeful, productive, and fulfilling life. Succeeding in life takes character, and Lickona shows how irresponsible and destructive behavior can invariably be traced to the absence of good character and its ten essential qualities: wisdom, justice, fortitude, self-control, love, a positive attitude, hard work, integrity, gratitude, and humility.
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The Handbook of Infant, Child, and Adolescent Psychotherapy: New Directions in Integrative Treatment, Volume 2

By: Mark, Bonnie S.; Incorvaia, James A.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New Jersey, Jason Aronson Inc.: 1997

Seller ID: 2267501

ISBN: 0765700441

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

First edition. A fine copy. 1997 Hard Cover. xvi, 512 pp. This handbook offers new approaches to working with children, adolescents and their families. Noted child and adolescent experts such as T. Berry Brazelton, Carol Gilligan, and Paul and Anna Ornstein discuss many pressing issues, including helping parents to develop a more positive attitude toward parenting, guiding parents during stressful times, psychoeducational psychotherapy with learning disabled and/or ADHD children who might not benefit from traditional therapy, a multimodal approach for working with sexually abused children, and...
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The Room Lit by Roses: A Journal of Pregnancy and Birth

By: Maso, Carole

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., Counterpoint: 2000

Seller ID: 2282208

ISBN: 1582430888

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Signed by author without inscription. A very nice copy. 2000 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 178 pp. The novelist chronicles her pregnancy and birth in a poetic tribute to the joys, pain, terrors, and hopes associated with new motherhood.
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A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of Children

By: Meigs, J. Forsyth

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, Lindsay & Blakiston: 1848

Seller ID: 2305060

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Boards rubbed, ink note on title page, some pages lightly soiled. 1848 Full-Leather. We have more books available by this author!. xv, 569, 8 pp. CONTENTS: Preface; Class I. Diseases of the Respiratory Organs: Diseases of the Upper Air-Passages - Diseases of the Lungs and Pleura; Class II. Diseases of the Digestive Organs: Diseases of the Mouth - Diseases of the Throat - Diseases of the Stomach and Intestines - Diseases of the Stomach and Intestines Attended with Apprecialbe Anatomical Lesions; Class III. Diseases of the Nervous System: Diseases of the Nervous System Attended wi...
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Amoris Laetitia: On Love in the Family

By: Pope Francis

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Indiana, Our Sunday Visitor: 2016

Seller ID: 2266453

ISBN: 1681920026

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

First printing. A very nice copy. 2016 Trade Paperback. 240 pp. All of us are called to keep striving towards something greater than ourselves and our families, and every family must feel this constant impulse. Let us make this journey as families, let us keep walking together. Pope Francis, Amoris Laetitia. In his groundbreaking work on modern family life, Amoris Laetitia: On Love in the Family, Pope Francis continues to guide and lead the Church, calling us to be a sign of mercy and encouragement for families of all shapes and sizes. The Our Sunday Visitor edition includes exclusive reflecti...
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Having a Baby Can Be a Scream

By: Rivers, Joan; Levbarg, Morrison S.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, J.P. Tarcher, Inc.: 1974

Seller ID: 2054789

ISBN: 087477019X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

8th printing. Inscribed without attribution and signed by author on front endpaper ('Good luck, XXX Joan Rivers'). Jacket corners rubbed, clear tape repair to tear along spine head, a few creases on rear jacket panel. 1974 Hard Cover. 139 pp. A humorous take on pregnancy and motherhood by the late great comedian Joan Rivers, providing an entertaining mix of levity, personal experience, and helpful information gleaned from interviews with various physicians.
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Wisdom of Our Fathers: Lessons and Letters from Daughters and Sons

By: Russert, Tim

Price: $6.00

Publisher: New York, Random House: 2006

Seller ID: 2279299

ISBN: 1400064805

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. An exceptional copy. 2006 Hard Cover. Heartfelt, humorous, engaging, irresistibly readable, and bound to bring back memories of unforgettable moments with our own fathers, Tim Russerts new book is not only a fitting companion to his own marvelous memoir, but also a celebration of the positive qualities passed down from generation to generation.
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How to Survive the Loss of a Child: Filling the Emptiness and Rebuilding Your Life

By: Sanders, Catherine M.

Price: $5.00

Publisher: New York, Three Rivers Press: 2001

Seller ID: 2205725

ISBN: 0761512896

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Red smudges to rear wrapper. 2001 Trade Paperback. x, 246 pp.Thank you,Catherine Sanders, for giving us a book that few others could have written. Every page speaks both the depth of your compassion and the breadth of your knowledge. This book will be a wise companion on the difficult journey from loss to recovery. Robert Kastenbaum, Ph.D., author ofThe Psychology of Death How to Survive the Loss of a Childis a godsend to those in the field as well as to those of us in need of such a resource for our own mourning. Eugene Knott, Ph.D., University of Rhode Island Dr. Sanders' insights are profou...
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Ograniczenie... Liczby Dzieci [Family Limitation]

By: Sanger, Margaret

Price: $75.00

Publisher: ., S.N.:

Seller ID: 2266084

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Near Fine

First Polish edition. 14 pp. Self wrappers. Polish edition of the work originally published in 1914. Hoolihan 3090. From Hoolihan 3084, describing the first edition: Family limitation defends a woman's right to control her body, defends her right to have an abortion if she does not choose to be pregnant, and gives simple, explicit directions for a variety of ways to prevent conception. After forty years of 'Com-stockery' -- decades during which obscenity laws in the United States prohibited the provision of information on sex education or contraception through the mails -- the publication of F...
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Two-by-Fours: A Sort of Serious Book about Small Children

By: Schulz, Charles M.; Hall, Kenneth F.

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Indiana, Warner Press: 1965

Seller ID: 2303001

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Board corner bumped. 1965 Hard Cover. ...about children in their second, third, and fourth years. Includes cartoons and text designed in an open-ended sort of way to help parents, grandparents, and other adults understand the small child, particularly has he relates to the church.
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Image for Self Knowledge and Guide to Sex Instruction, Vital Facts of Life for All Ages. A Complete and Comprehensive Guide to Parents for the Proper Instruction of Their Children, Concerning the Delicate Questions of Life; Timely Help for the Boy and Girl, at the Ages of Greatest Danger, with Warnings of the Pitfalls which Lie Hidden in Their Pathway, Together with Vital Information for the Marriageable; Safe, Sane, Scientific Counsel for the Married of All Ages, Including Knowledge Vital to Those in Middle Life and Declining Years, with a Word of Warning Against the Prevailing Ignorance of God's Sacred Laws of Sex and Heredity [Self-Knowledge]

Self Knowledge and Guide to Sex Instruction, Vital Facts of Life for All Ages. A Complete and Comprehensive Guide to Parents for the Proper Instruction of Their Children, Concerning the Delicate Questions of Life; Timely Help for the Boy and Girl, at the Ages of Greatest Danger, with Warnings of the Pitfalls which Lie Hidden in Their Pathway, Together with Vital Information for the Marriageable; Safe, Sane, Scientific Counsel for the Married of All Ages, Including Knowledge Vital to Those in Middle Life and Declining Years, with a Word of Warning Against the Prevailing Ignorance of God's Sacred Laws of Sex and Heredity [Self-Knowledge]

By: Shannon, T.W.; Finch, Hon. Stanley; Steadwell, B.S.; Eliot, Charles W.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Ohio, The S. A. Mullikin Company: 1913

Seller ID: 2308051

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Very Good

Pencil name on second blank, light general wear. 1913 Full-Leather. 629 pp. Full-leather with gilt titles on spine and front board, page ridges gilt, marbled endpapers. Color frontispiece, black-and-white photographs. With special chapters by Hon. Stanley Finch, B. S. Steadwell, and Charles W. Eliot. Introduced by B. S. Steadwell.
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Counsels Addressed to Young Ladies and Young Men, Young Married Persons and Young Parents, Delivered in Washington City, in April 1846

By: Smith, Matthew Hale

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Boston, William D. Ticknor & Co.: 1847

Seller ID: 2268348

Binding: Small Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Pencil note on front endpaper, faint stain to second blank, light spots to rear endpapers. 1847 Small Hard Cover. 192 pp. 4 1/2 x 3. Printed commendations by John Quincy Adams precede text. Counsels Addressed to Young Ladies and Young Men, Young Married Persons and Young Parents, Delivered in Washington City, in April 1846.
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Nurture by Nature: Understand Your Child's Personality Type - And Become a Better Parent

By: Tieger, Paul D.; Barron-Tieger, Barbara

Price: $8.00

Publisher: New York, Little, Brown: 1997

Seller ID: 2302432

ISBN: 0316845132

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Faint scratch. 1997 Soft Cover. Every parent knows that children, even babies, have distinct personalities. Any parent with more than one child is probably well aware of how different from each other children, even siblings, can be. So it's only natural that the parenting strategies that work with one child may be less effective with another child. How can you be sure that your nurturing is well suited to your child? With this one-of-a-kind parenting guide, you can use Personality Type analysis - a powerful and well-respected psychological tool - to understand your child better and become a mo...
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Childhood at Court, 1819-1914

By: Van Der Kiste, John

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Great Britain, Sutton: 2003

Seller ID: 2295279

ISBN: 0750934379

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Sticker on rear wrapper. 2003 Trade Paperback. We have more books available by this author!. viii, 195 pp. What was childhood like for the princes and princesses in the Victorian and Edwardian period? Here their education, recreation and general upbringing is discussed, from Queen Victoria's isolated and lonely childhood, to the children of King George V and Queen Mary. We see glimpses of Prince Waldemar of Prussia, who enjoyed collecting fossils on the Isle of Wight and terrifying his grandmother with a pet crocodile; Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein, who was the first prince to ...
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