Myers, Kyl
Summary: "'What did you have? A boy or a girl?' Kyl and Brent imagined it would be years before their child would identify with a gender. Until then... As a first-time parent, Kyl Myers had one aspect dialed in from the start: not being beholden to the boy-girl binary, disparities, or stereotypes from the day a child is born. With no wish to eliminate gender but rather gender discrimination, Kyl and her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Topple Books/Little A 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MYERS, KYL MYEBruesehoff, Jamie
Summary: "Drawing on the author's experience as the mother of a transgender child and her years of advocacy work, this book helps Christian parents navigate the emotional, spiritual, and logistical landscape of raising a gender-diverse child. It paints a picture of who transgender, nonbinary, and gender-diverse young people are and what they need to thrive"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadleaf Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.1564 BRUBell, Darrin
Summary: "This graphic memoir by a winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning offers a deeply personal meditation on the "the talk" parents must have with Black children about racism and the brutality that often accompanies it, a ritual attempt to keep kids safe and prepare them for a world that--to paraphrase Toni Morrison--does not love them. Darrin Bell was six years old when his mother...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B BELL BELStixrud, William R.
Summary: A few years ago, Bill Stixrud and Ned Johnson started noticing the same problem from different angles: Even high-performing kids were coming to them acutely stressed and lacking motivation. Many complained they had no control over their lives. Some stumbled in high school or hit college and unraveled. Bill is a clinical neuropsychologist who helps kids gripped by anxiety or struggling to learn....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2019
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Tilton, Adelle Jameson.
Summary: Provides practical advice, expert reassurance, and real-life tips to help your family cope with an autistic child.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Adams Media 2010
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 618.92 TILMaguire, Caroline
Summary: Every parent wants their child to have friends, to be successful, to feel comfortable in his or her own skin. But many children lack important social and executive functioning skills that allow them to navigate through the world with ease. Maguire has worked with thousands of families dealing with chronic social dilemmas, ranging from shyness to aggression to ADHD, and more. Here she shares The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2019
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Summary: "Now in a revised and updated 6th edition, the groundbreaking, research-based approach to understanding and parenting children who frequently exhibit severe fits of temper and other challenging behaviors, from a distinguished clinician and pioneer in the field. What's an explosive child? A child who responds to routine problems with extreme frustration--crying, screaming, swearing, kicking,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2021
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Summary: Offering essential tips on fostering resilience, this book helps parents understand how they can balance unconditional love and still set high expectations for their children, as well as recognize when to set boundaries and when to get out of kids' ways so they can learn lessons firsthand. The authors offer parents ways to understand why helicopter or "tiger" parenting undermines successful...
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Academy of Pediatrics 2015
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Summary: This guidebook, examining the root causes of tantrums and anger, including anxiety, depression and sensory issues, provides a variety of methods to strengthen your bond with your child and combat behavior issues, all while gaining a better understanding of the way your child sees the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Familius LLC 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 BAGJames, Arleta M.
Summary: Many adoptees join their new families after having endured multiple traumatic experiences, which interrupts their development. Bringing together the latest research in brain science with the field of attachment, this book considers how the two can be linked to help children in healing both the brain and the heart. Laying out the many factors that can affect a child's mental health, it shows...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2019
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Summary: Emotional development experts Alyssa Blask Campbell, M.Ed. and Lauren Stauble M.S. are at the forefront of a movement to foster little ones' emotional intelligence. Their revolutionary Collaborative Emotion Processing (CEP) method has been a game changer for parents and educators, and now they are sharing it with readers in this indispensable guide.--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvest, an imprint of William Morrow 2023
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Summary: Nayani gives caregivers the tools for exploring race with their children. She offers practical guidance on how to initiate conversations; consciously foster racial identity development; discuss issues like microaggressions, intersectionality, and privilege; and intentionally cultivate a sense of belonging. In providing an overview of key issues and current topics relevant to raising multiracial...
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Publisher / Publication Date: North Atlantic Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 649 NAYSteyns, Lee Ann
Summary: "My first baby signs teaches basic signs that provide families with a way to communicate before babies can talk at all. The picture book format keeps the learning fun while introducing over 40 key American Sign Language (ASL) signs in context- each with their own visual and written guide. Your little one will learn to express their needs, wants, and frustrations with simple gestures-and you...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Peter Pauper Press, Inc. 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 419 STEBriant, Monta Z.
Summary: In "Baby Sign Language Basics," parents will learn 60 baby-friendly American Sign Language signs. Baby-specific signing techniques, songs, and games are included to make learning fun and easy, and also open up two-way communication quickly.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hay House 2009
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 419.1 BRIShumaker, Heather
Summary: Shumaker continues to overturn conventional parenting rules in this sequel to It's OK Not to Share. -- Heather Shumaker has sparked much discussion with her 'renegade rules for raising competent and compassionate kids.' In this follow-up book, she takes on new hot-button issues like banning homework, technology use, and skipping kindergarten. She helps parents help their kids develop important...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 649 SHUEmswiler, Mary Ann.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.937 EMSBush, Nikki.
Summary: Are you a parent looking to make sense of a daunting digital world, with new technical challenges appearing daily?. Feel you're not keeping up with the demands of technology?. Feel you're not keeping up with your children's use of social media?. Worried it's getting harder to keep your children safe in the digital world?. Tech-Savvy Parenting brings together the experience, research,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bookstorm 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 BUSDato, Lara
Summary: "Help kids develop a positive relationship with food, so they can become healthy and adventurous eaters for life!Is your child a picky eater? Do they insist on having the same foods served over and over again? Be it chicken nuggets, pizza, pancakes, or French fries-if your child is only eating a few foods regularly, their diet may be seriously lacking in the nutrition and vitamins they need to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Harbinger Publications, Inc. 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 DATFonseca, Christine
Summary: Combines real-world examples and stories from people with social anxiety disorder to demonstrate how to help children overcome their fear and express social competence, covering such topics as bullying and identity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prufrock Press, Inc. 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 FONMatthews, Dona J. (Dona Joyce)
Summary: An essential guide for parents and educators, offering practical suggestions and strategies for raising smart, well-balanced, happily productive children.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anansi 2014
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Ryan, Diane
Summary: Your baby has many wants and needs. Some you can figure out. Others need a little more patience. While your baby learns to make their requests verbally, you can teach them gestures and signs that will help bridge the gap of understanding. Baby Sign Language offers the tools and techniques you need to teach sign language to your baby.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK, Dorling Kindersley Limited, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 419.1 RYAKlass, Perri
Summary: This classic, coauthored by New York Times columnist and pediatrician Dr. Perri Klass, has been fully revised and updated to reflect the recent significant changes in the recognition and care of children whose development doesn't go as expected. It includes new information about therapeutic interventions, managing co-morbidities, and getting support for children with developmental differences...
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Academy of Pediatrics 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 KLAShumaker, Heather
Summary: "When it comes to parenting, sometimes you have to trust your gut. With her first book, It's OK Not to Share, Heather Shumaker overturned all the conventional rules of parenting with her "renegade rules" for raising competent and compassionate kids. In It's Ok To Go Up the Slide, Shumaker takes on new hot-button issues with renegade rules such as: - Recess Is A Right - It's Ok Not To Kiss...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tarcher 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 SHUWardy, Melissa Atkins.
Summary: "Containing practical, specific parenting advice; strategies for effecting change with educators, store managers, corporations, and more; and tips for challenging and changing the media, this essential guide gives parents the tools they need to fight back against the modern stereotyping and sexualization of young girls. Activist Melissa Wardy shares tangible advice for getting young girls to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Independent Pub Group 2014