Worthington, Alli
Summary: "A guilt-free guide that strips away the myths you've believed about motherhood and offers you a new way to think--about your kids, yourself, and being the mom you've always wanted to be. A recent Barna study stated that 80 percent of mothers are stressed out, 70 percent are tired, and 56 percent are overcommitted. This book is for them: every mom who feels overwhelmed, worried, stressed,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zondervan 2023
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 248.8 WORFormat: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2015
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Summary: For most people, having a child doesn't go exactly as planned. Not many are willing to admit that not only did they dislike the early days of parenting, they sometimes hated it. MAMA TRIED is a relatable collection of cartoons and essays pertaining to the good, bad, and (very) ugly parenting experiences we all face. Subjects range from "are you ready for children?" to "baby gear class-warfare."...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 FLAMaberly, Becca
Summary: A no-holds-barred collection of more than 100 real-life accounts of pregnancy, birth, and life with a baby, brought together with simple advice from pregnancy and postnatal expert Becca Maberly and consultant obstetrician Roger Marwood. This broad range of honest pregnancy, birth and parenting stories, from the likes of Clemmie Telford, Molly Gunn, Megan Rose Lane, Anna Mathur and many more, is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bluebird Books for Life 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Greener, Rachel
Summary: Young readers can find out exactly what is needed to grow a baby, from introducing the basic building blocks of life such as sperm and eggs, to explaining the different ways that these building blocks can be put together to create a family. Working closely with a leading national LGBT organisation, this inclusive guide to Making a Baby covers sex, sperm and egg donation, IUI, IVF, surrogacy and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 618.2 GRETrollope, Joanna
Summary: Why on earth, after all you've been through, all you've survived, all you've achieved, why do you want to get married?' Rose Woodrowe has just got engaged to Tyler Masson - a wonderful, sensitive man who is head-over-heels in love with her. The only problem? This isn't the first time for either of them, and their five grown-up children have strong opinions on the matter . . . Like Rose's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mantle 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Trollope 2018Creech, Sharon
Summary: "One day a young couple wakes to find a boy asleep on their porch. Unable to speak, the boy cannot explain his history. What kind of people would leave their child with strangers? All John and Marta know is that they have been chosen to care for this boy. As their connection to him grows, they embrace his exuberant spirit and talents. The three of them blossom into an unlikely family, but how...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Creech 2013Kleiman, Karen R.
Summary: From the author and illustrator of Good Moms Have Scary Thoughts, a guidebook for new parents packed with poignant comics and tips to help couples maintain a strong relationship with all the stress a beautiful baby brings.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Familius LLC 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.874 KLEOster, Emily
Summary: "From the author of EXPECTING BETTER, an economist's guide to the early years of parenting With Expecting Better, award-winning economist Emily Oster spotted a need in the pregnancy market for advice that gave women the information they needed to make the best decision for their own pregnancies. By digging into the data, Oster found that much of the conventional pregnancy wisdom was wrong. In...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 618.2 OSTSummary: In this provocative and controversial collection of essays, curated by writer Meghan Daum, sixteen acclaimed writers explain why they have chosen to eschew parenthood. Contributors Lionel Shriver, Sigrid Nunez, Kate Christiensen, Elliott Holt, Geoff Dyer, and Tim Kreider, among others, offer a unique perspective on the overwhelming cultural pressure of parenthood. Selfish, Shallow, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picador 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818 DAUBennett, Andrea (Andrea Kathleen)
Summary: "A revelatory book about gender, mental illness, parenting, mortality, bike mechanics, work, class, and the task of living in a body. Inquisitive and expansive, Like a Boy but Not a Boy explores author andrea bennett's experiences with gender expectations, being a non-binary parent, and the sometimes funny and sometimes difficult task of living in a body. The book's fourteen essays also delve...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arsenal Pulp Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.3 BENConaboy, Chelsea
Summary: "A groundbreaking exploration of the parental brain that untangles insidious myths from complicated realities, Mother Brain explodes the concept of "maternal instinct" and tells a new story about what it means to become a parent. Chelsea Conaboy delves into the neuroscience to reveal unexpected upsides, generations of scientific neglect, and a powerful new narrative of parenthood"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.874 CONDavidson, Jordan
Summary: "A new kind of family planning book for the millennial and Gen Z generations, offering inclusive guidance on the realities of parenthood"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sounds True 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.874 DAVDworkin-McDaniel, Norine.
Summary: Based on their popular illustrated math and science-related humor blog, Norine Dworkin-McDaniel and Jessica Ziegler dig into the core sciences--biology, chemistry, physics and mathematics--to help moms and dads everywhere solve the mysteries of parenthood.
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Publisher / Publication Date: She Writes Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 DWOJohnston, Tony
Summary: "Hands wave hello, hands hold, hands heal. Hands say, I am here for you always. In simple, stirring rhymes, author Tony Johnston pens a timeless ode to parenthood. The small moments and quiet scenes that make up childhood-- learning to clap, planting a garden, waving good-bye on the first day of school-- fill the pages of this gentle tale, capturing the reassurance and love that parents hand...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE JOHPaul, Pamela.
Summary: A leading social critic goes inside the billion-dollar baby business to expose the marketing and the myths, helping parents determine what's worth their money and what's a waste. Pamela Paul investigates the marketing hype, peer pressure, and easy consumerism that spins parents into purchasing overpriced products and raising overprotected, overstimulated, and over-provided-for children. Paul...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Times Books/Henry Holt and Co. 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.122 PAUPerks, Heidi
Summary: "What should have been a fun-filled, carefree day takes a tragic turn for the worse for one mother when her best friend's child goes missing in this suspenseful, compulsively readable, and darkly twisted psychological thriller. It all started at the school fair... Charlotte was supposed to be looking after the children, and she swears she was. She only took her eyes off of them for one second....
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC PERSummary: Better Things is the story of Sam Fox (Pamela Adlon), a single mother and working actor with no filter, raising her three daughters, Max (Mikey Madison), Frankie (Hannah Alligood) and Duke (Olivia Edward) in Los Angeles. She also looks after her mother, Phil (Celia Imrie), an English expatriate with questionable faculties who lives across the street. Whether she's struggling to keep her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BETKellner, Megan Klco
Summary: "Come with me to the river and drink."In What Will You Teach Her?, Megan Klco Kellner carves out for readers quiet, meditative spaces. These poems allow us to emphathize and experience, but they also work as prayer, as mantras that center us, water to quench our thirst for real, human connection. Here, Klco Kellner silences the mess of distractions, the push notifications and never-ending news...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan Writers Cooperative Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811 KELLeggero, Natasha
Summary: The stand-up comedian presents a funny collection of essays on being a mom that explores themes like "geriatric" motherhood, parenting in an environmental panic, fear and love, and conflicting advice on raising children.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818 LEGMalcolm Belc, Krys
Summary: "Essentially this book is a heavily visual memoir-in-essays that explores how the experience of gestational parenthood-conceiving, birthing, and breastfeeding my son Samson-eventually clarified my gender identity and allowed me to project a different more masculine self. Ruminating on how the experiences contained under the umbrella of "motherhood" don't fully describe my experience amplifies...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Counterpoint 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MALCOM BELC, KRYS MALMalhotra, Smita
Summary: A practical weekly handbook for the first 3 months of parenthood - from a pediatrician and parent. The old saying "babies don't come with a manual" may be true - but this is a good place to start. Parenting is a process of phases and milestones. Each new stage, as important as the last, serves as a building process for years of parental education and care. The Newborn Handbook will gently and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rockridge Press 2020