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May 14, 2026
UNSPOKEN SIGNALS: Essential Parenting Skills to Raise Emotionally Secure Children
By Yarona BosterRating:
4.8 / 5.0
Presenting complex psychological ideas through stories, accessible prose, and compassion, Yarona Boster's UNSPOKEN SIGNALS: Essential Parenting Skills to Raise Emotionally Secure Children is an essential...
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April 21, 2026
SOFT EYES, STRONG SPINE: A Guide to Life and Kids from a Divorced Dad
By Eric BrockmanRating:
4.1 / 5.0
Vividly told and brimming with anecdotes, Eric Brockman's SOFT EYES, STRONG SPINE: A Guide to Life and Kids from a Divorced Dad speaks well to...
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Rating:
5.0 / 5.0
Matthew A. Tower’s LOVE WARS: Clash of the Parents details the aftermath of an exceptionally acrimonious divorce, the pain of generational trauma, and the possibility...
Rating:
3.5 / 5.0
Although its dated perspectives on gender roles occasionally limit its effectiveness, Fred Nwakanma's WHAT SUCCESSFUL COUPLES DO DIFFERENTLY provides useful insights on communication and conflict...
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July 22, 2024
YOU’RE ON FIRE, IT’S FINE: Effective Strategies for Parenting Teens with Self-Destructive Behaviors
By Katie K. MayRating:
4.0 / 5.0
Written by therapist Katie K. May, YOU’RE ON FIRE, IT’S FINE: Effective Strategies for Parenting Teens with Self-Destructive Behaviors is an easy-to-follow guidebook for teenage...
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June 14, 2024
NURTURE: How to Raise Kids Who Love Food, Their Bodies, and Themselves
By Heidi SchausterRating:
5.0 / 5.0
Insightful, well-researched, and deeply empathetic, Heidi Schauster’s NURTURE:How to Raise Kids Who Love Food, Their Bodies, and Themselves is an invaluable resource for anyone seeking...
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Rating:
4.5 / 5.0
Alex Bisset's THE DESTINATION BIRTH, an account of one couple’s unexpected childbirth, is a funny, feel-good tale.
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Rating:
4.5 / 5.0
Jennie Segar’s 154-page MAXIMISE YOUR CHILD’S PERFORMANCE is chock-full of practical advice on child-rearing and her approach will help most parents build good relationships with...
Rating:
3.7 / 5.0
HANDING DOWN HOPE may not be the first book that a person working with teenagers will turn to but as an inspirational, hands-on history from...
IR Approved
November 8, 2021
DOUBLING DOWN: The Secret Sauce for Dual-Career Families
By Ilene Gordon, Bram BluesteinRating:
4.1 / 5.0
Ilene Gordon and Bram Bluestein’s DOUBLING DOWN is a timely, well-observed and superbly valuable addition to the career guidance genre that draws expertly on the...
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Rating:
5.0 / 5.0
OUTSIDE LOOKING IN is a beautiful and detailed chronicle of author Vivian M. Lumbard and her husband John's journey with their daughter’s high-functioning autism —...
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Rating:
4.5 / 5.0
With LEARNING IN LOCKDOWN, Dylan and Kate Meikle have succeeded in crafting a fantastically simple but superbly useful guide for navigating the often frustrating and...