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Discover 273 parenting books most recommended by pediatricians, child psychologists, educators, and experienced parents. These titles offer evidence-based guidance, practical wisdom, and compassionate frameworks for raising children.

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No coverHome Game
Home Game

An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood

3 recommendations
Description

When Michael Lewis became a father, he decided to keep a written record of what actually happened immediately after the birth of each of his three children. This book is that record. But it is also something else: maybe the funniest, most unsparing account of ordinary daily household life ever recorded, from the point of view of the man inside. The...

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No coverRaising Girls
Raising Girls

How to Help Your Daughter Grow Up Happy, Healthy, and Strong

2 recommendations
Description

A practical guidebook and passionate calltoarms for parents of girls that empowers them to raise confident, wellrounded daughters in an exploitative world, from the author of the international bestseller Raising Boys. In today's world, it's especially critical for girls to grow up strong and capable. In this impassioned followup to his bestsell...

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No coverThe Tech-Wise Family
The Tech-Wise Family

Everyday Steps for Putting Technology, in Its Proper Place

2 recommendations
Description

Making conscientious choices about Technology, in our families is more than just using internet filters and determining screen time limits for our children. It's about developing wisdom, character, and courage in the way we use digital media rather than accepting Technology,'s promises of ease, instant gratification, and the world's knowledge at our ...

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No coverThe Conscious Parent
The Conscious Parent

Transforming Ourselves, Empowering Our Children

2 recommendations
Description

It?s a tremendous privilege to raise children, though for a quite different reason than most of us who are parents imagine.While we think it?s our responsibility to mold and shape our children?s future, the essential premise of Dr. Shefali Tsabary?s A Call to Conscious Parenting is that our children are born to us to create deep internal transforma...

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No coverPermission to Feel
Permission to Feel

Unlocking the Power of Emotions to Help Our Kids, Ourselves, and Our Society Thrive

2 recommendations
Description

The mental wellbeing of children and Adult,s is shockingly poor. Marc Brackett, author of Permission to Feel, knows why. And he knows what we can do. "We have a crisis on our hands, and its victims are our children."Marc Brackett is a professor in Yale University's Child Study Center and founding director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligen...

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No coverI Know How She Does It
I Know How She Does It

How Successful Women Make the Most of Their Time

1 recommendation
Description

Everyone has an opinion, anecdote, or horror story about women and work. Now the acclaimed author of What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast shows how real working women with families are actually making the most of their time.?Having it all? has become the subject of countless books, articles, debates, and social media commentary, with...

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No coverNo Bad Kids
No Bad Kids

Toddler Discipline Without Shame

1 recommendation
Description

Janet Lansbury is unique among parenting experts. As a RIE teacher and student of pioneering child specialist Magda Gerber, her advice is not based solely on formal studies and the research of others, but also on her twenty years of handson experience guiding hundreds of parents and their toddlers. ?No Bad Kids? is a collection of Janet's most pop...

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How to Stop Losing Your Sht with Your Kids
How to Stop Losing Your Sht with Your Kids

A Practical Guide to Becoming a Calmer, Happier Parent

1 recommendation
Description

Ever lose it with your kid If so, you’re definitely not alone. Parenting is stressful, children are insane, and you’re only human. Carla Naumburg, PhD, a clinical social worker, was so at a loss with her daughters that she found herself Googling “how to stop yelling at my kids” during a particularly grueling evening. That moment led to this book—a...

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Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child
Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child

A StepbyStep Program for a Good Night's Sleep, 3rd Edition

Description

The child care classic is now totally revised and updated as Dr. Weissbluth, a leading researcher on sleep and children, promotes a revolutionary program to ensure healthy, happy sleep for a childboth at night and during equally important daytime naps. He offers dozens of anecdotes and new case histories of children with various sleep disorders a...

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No coverMindful Parenting
Description

A mindful approach to parenting that helps children (and their parents) feel happier, healthier, calmer, and less stressed in our frenetic eraRooted in the science of the brain, and integrating cognitive neuroscience and child development, Mindful Parenting is a unique program that speaks directly to today?s busy families who make up what Dr. Race ...

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No coverThe Teenage Brain
The Teenage Brain

A Neuroscientist's Survival Guide to Raising Adolescents and Young Adult,s

Description

An internationally respected neurologist offers a revolutionary look at the brains of adolescents, providing surprising insightsincluding why smart kids often do stupid thingsand practical advice for Adult,s and teens.In this groundbreaking, accessible book, Dr. Frances E. Jensen, a mother, teacher, researcher, and internationally known expert i...

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No coverHypnoBirthing
HypnoBirthing

The natural approach to safer, easier, more comfortable birthing The Mongan Method, 4th Edition

Description

HypnoBirthing(R) has gained momentum around the globe as a positive and empowering method of childbirth. In fact, more than 25,000 books were sold last year through the author's website alone, and according to Nielsen BookScan, over 70,000 were sold through reporting retailers since its publication in 2005.Here's why: HypnoBirthing helps women to b...

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No coverSecrets of the Baby Whisperer
Secrets of the Baby Whisperer

How to Calm, Connect, and Communicate with Your Baby

Description

?TRACY HOGG HAS GIVEN PARENTS A GREAT GIFT?the ability to develop early insight into their child?s temperament.??Los Angeles FamilyWhen Tracy Hogg?s Secrets of the Baby Whisperer was first published, it soared onto bestseller lists across the country. Parents everywhere became ?whisperers? to their newborns, amazed that they could actually communic...

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Belly Laughs, 10th anniversary edition
Belly Laughs, 10th anniversary edition

The Naked Truth about Pregnancy and Childbirth

Recommendation Context
Available recommendation signals cluster around NonFiction, Relationships, Family, Fiction, ParentingRelationships lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for imaginative storytelling, atmosphere, or character-driven reflection. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.
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Being a Dad Is Weird
Being a Dad Is Weird

Lessons in Fatherhood from My Family to Yours

Recommendation Context
Available recommendation signals cluster around NonFiction, Relationships, Family, For, Dads lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for imaginative storytelling, atmosphere, or character-driven reflection. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.
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Raising a Healthy, Happy Eater
Description

Expert advice from a feeding therapist and a ?pediatrician in the kitchen? on teaching children healthy eating habits from the start?or after trouble starts Pediatrician Nimali Fernando and feeding therapist Melanie Potock specialize in showing parents the way to joyful, nutritious mealtimes. Their proven strategies direct families past every roadb...

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Let's Panic About Babies!
Let's Panic About Babies!

How to Endure and Possibly Triumph Over the Adorable Tyrant Who Will Ruin Your Body, Destroy Your Life, Liquefy Your Brain, ... Turn You into a Worthwhile Human Being

Description

BABIES. Maybe you're thinking of having one. There might even be one inside you right now, draining nutrients from your system via a tube growing from its midsection. Or maybe you've already got one around the house, somewhere, and you're responsible for its continued survival. You're saddled with a helpless being whom you've agreed to house and fe...

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No coverThe Fourth Trimester
The Fourth Trimester

A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions, and Restoring Your Vitality

Description

A holistic, practical guide to help support women through postpartum healing on the physical, emotional, relational, and spiritual levels. Pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum offer women some of the most emotionally enriching and satisfying experiences of their life. But many women entering motherhood are shocked at their lack of preparation or...

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Mommy! I Have to Go Potty!
Mommy! I Have to Go Potty!

A Parent's Guide to Toilet Training

Description

One of Parenting Press's most popular books, this reassuring guide to an important toddler/preschooler developmental period has been updated and expanded by Helen F. Neville, a longtime pediatric advice nurse and parent educator. Working with Jan Faull's original book, since 1996 a favorite for its practicality and reallife anecdotes, Neville expl...

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Hands Free Mama
Hands Free Mama

A Guide to Putting Down the Phone, Burning the ToDo List, and Letting Go of Perfection to Grasp What Really Matters!

Description

Discover the power, joy, and love of living "hands free" from New York Times bestselling author Rachel Macy Stafford. Hands Free Mama is the digital society's answer to finding balance in a mediasaturated, perfectionobsessed world.If Technology, is the new addiction, then multitasking is the new marching order. We check our email while cooking din...

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Little Girls Can Be Mean
Description

Worried about mean girls Help your daughter respond and react to bullying where it startsin elementary schoolAs experts in developmental psychology and each a mother of three, Dr. Michelle Anthony and Dr. Reyna Lindert began noticing an alarming pattern of social struggle among girls as young as five, including their own daughters. In today's w...

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Dude, You're a Dad!
Dude, You're a Dad!

How to Get (All of You) Through Your Baby's First Year

Recommendation Context
Available recommendation signals cluster around Relationships, Family, For, Dads, ParentingRelationships lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for reader-fit discovery across adjacent interests. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.
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No coverLittle Foodie
Little Foodie

Baby Food Recipes for Babies and Toddlers with Taste

Description

Just in time for BacktoSchool, don't miss Michele's newest book Little Bento (OnSale August 9)!A Red Tricycle 2015 Best Cookbook for BabiesThis playful cookbook helps parents prepare a culinary adventure for the newest eater in the family. Baby food chef and founder of the beloved blog Baby FoodE, Michele Olivier, shows you how to raise a food l...

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Kid Gloves
Kid Gloves

Nine Months of Careful Chaos

Description

If you work hard enough, if you want it enough, if you_x0092_re smart and talented and _x0093_good enough,_x0094_ you can do anything.Except get pregnant.Her whole life, Lucy Knisley wanted to be a mother. But when it was finally the perfect time, conceiving turned out to be harder than anything she_x0092_d ever attempted. Fertility problems were followed by miscarriages,...

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No coverFrom Dude to Dad
From Dude to Dad

The Diaper Dude Guide to Pregnancy

Description

Congrats: You?re going to be a dad!Now what Dude, relax; you?re going to be fine. But it wouldn?t hurt to get a few pointers?a road map of what lies ahead. That?s what this book is for.From Dude to Dad gives you the needtoknow essentials on pregnancy, birthing, and parenthood, and how it?s okay to be scared out of your mind. You?ll learn what th...

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Pregnancy Day By Day
Pregnancy Day By Day

An Illustrated Daily Countdown to Motherhood, from Conception to Childbirth and

Description

For expectant parents who want to know everything about their developing baby at every stage, Pregnancy Day by Day provides a daily countdown to the date of delivery. Covering each day of pregnancy in detail, as well as labor, birth, and life with a new baby, Pregnancy Day by Day is an unprecedented and comprehensive guide that is written by a team...

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Like a Mother
Like a Mother

A Feminist Journey Through the Science and Culture of Pregnancy

Description

A candid, feminist, and personal deep dive into the science and culture of pregnancy and motherhoodLike most firsttime mothers, Angela Garbes was filled with questions when she became pregnant. What exactly is a placenta and how does it function How does a body go into labor Why is breast best Is wine totally offlimits But as she soon discove...

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No coverThe Lifegiving Parent
The Lifegiving Parent

Giving Your Child a Life Worth Living for Christ

Description

From the family that brought you The Lifegiving Home and The Lifegiving Table, discover how you can become a parent who gives your child a life worth living for Christ.In today's world, it's easy to become overwhelmed and even paralyzed by the constant flow of parenting advice. We're flooded with so much practical information that we wonder if we'r...

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No coverThe New Dad's Survival Guide
The New Dad's Survival Guide

MantoMan Advice for FirstTime Fathers

Description

Fatherhood demystified! Finally: a manual for new dads that deciphers the immensely confusing world of fatherhood and gives crucial tips and advice from a man's point of view. No psychobabble, no warm fuzzies just a hilarious (and surprisingly practical) militarystyle guide to surviving and thriving through even the queasiest moments of pregnan...

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No coverBrain Rules for Baby
Brain Rules for Baby

How to Raise a Smart and Happy Child from Zero to Five

Description

What?s the single most important thing you can do during pregnancy What does watching TV do to a child?s brain What?s the best way to handle temper tantrums Scientists know.In his New York Times bestseller Brain Rules, Dr. John Medina showed us how our brains really work?and why we ought to redesign our workplaces and schools. Now, in Brain Rule...

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No coverBetween Parent and Child
Between Parent and Child

Revised and Updated

Description

Over the past thirtyfive years, Between Parent and Child has helped millions of parents around the world strengthen their relationships with their children. Written by renowned psychologist Dr. Haim Ginott, this revolutionary book offered a straightforward prescription for empathetic yet disciplined child rearing and introduced new communication t...

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Potty Training in 3 Days
Potty Training in 3 Days

The StepbyStep Plan for a Clean Break from Dirty Diapers

Description

Potty training can be crappybut it doesn't have to be. You CAN potty train your child, and you can teach them the basics in just 3 days. So take a deep breath, keep your chin up, and put your game face on. You are the parent. You can do this.Potty training is not easy. You might feel overwhelmed after repeated unsuccessful potty training efforts,...

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No coverThe 5 Love Languages of Children
The 5 Love Languages of Children

The Secret to Loving Children Effectively

Description

More than 1 million sold! You know you love your child. But how can you show it so they really feel loved The #1 New York Times bestselling The 5 Love Languages has helped millions of couples learn the secret to building a love that lasts. Now discover how to speak your child?s love language and make them feel loved in a way they understand. Dr....

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No coverFar From the Tree
Far From the Tree

Parents, Children and the Search for Identity

Description

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, a Books for a Better Life Award, and one of The New York Times Book Review?s Ten Best Books of 2012, this masterpiece by the National Book Awardwinning author of The Noonday Demon features stories of parents who not only learn to deal with their exceptional children, but also find profound meaning ...

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No coverBorn to Eat
Born to Eat

Whole, Healthy Foods from Baby's First Bite

Description

You don?t have to cook another entire meal to feed your baby, nor blend everything you eat into a mush to support healthy growth in an infant. With a little patience, presence, and skill, you can transform nearly any meal into a babyfriendly food. Who knew a little planning could have the whole family eating together and betterIn the past, humans...

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Potty Train Your Child in Just One Day
Potty Train Your Child in Just One Day

Proven Secrets of the Potty Pro [toilet training]

Description

A fun, easytouse guide to potty training any child in just ONE DAY.Just think, from the time babies are born until they are toilet trained, they use an average of 4,000 diapers! Potty Train Your Child in Just One Day is the helpful guide you've been waiting for to get your child out of diapers and turn the potentially terrifying process of toilet...

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No coverMom Up
Mom Up

Thriving with Grace in the Chaos of Motherhood

Description

Every mom can identify with the feeling that they?re in a race to the finish line every day, stumbling over everything in their path?including Legos and dirty laundry! KaraKae James knows how overwhelming motherhood can be. As she writes, ?When we come to the place where we think that we have failed?this is the moment when God?s Word and motherh...

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Boys & Sex
Boys & Sex

Young Men on Hookups, Love, Porn, Consent, and Navigating the New Masculinity

Recommendation Context
Available recommendation signals cluster around Sociology, Social Sciences, NonFiction, Relationships, Family lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for decision-making, behavior, or human motivation. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.
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No coverHope for the Weary Mom
Hope for the Weary Mom

Let God Meet You in the Mess

Description

Do you ever feel like you're fresh out of amazing Daily pouring yourself out for your family, you're tired, overwhelmed, and have nothing left to give. Hope for the Weary Mom is an honest look at where you find yourself living. In their new book, bloggers Stacey Thacker and Brooke McGlothlin (creators of the online communities Mothers of Daughters...

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Positive Parenting
Positive Parenting

An Essential Guide (The Positive Parent Series)

Description

Popular parenting blogger Rebecca Eanes believes that parenting advice should be about more than just getting kids to behave. Struggling to maintain a meaningful connection with her two little ones and frustrated by the lack of emotionally aware books for parents, she began to share her own insights with readers online. Her following has grown into...

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Shepherding a Child's Heart
Description

Shepherding a Child's Heart is about how to speak to the heart of your child. The things your child does and says flow from the heart. Luke 6:45 puts it this way: "...out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks." Written for parents with children of any age, this insightful book provides perspectives and procedures for shepherding your child'...

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No coverAmazing You!
Amazing You!

Getting Smart About Your Private Parts

Description

Mom, where do babies come from Many parents live in fear of the day their child asks this questionwhich inevitably happens, often as early as the preschool years. Here is a picture book designed especially for young children who are becoming aware of their bodies, but arent ready to learn about sexual intercourse. Written with warmth and hones...

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No coverGentle Birth Choices
Description

Birth as every woman would like it to be ? Recommended by Lamaze International as one of the top ten books for pregnant women and their families? Includes a 45minute DVD of six live gentle births? More than 32,000 copies sold of the original editionNew parents are faced with a myriad of choices about pregnancy, labor, and birth. In Gentle Birth Ch...

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No coverArt Lab for Little Kids
Art Lab for Little Kids

52 Playful Projects for Preschoolers! (Lab) (Paperback) Common

Description

Developed for the younger set (46 year olds) and targeting one of the most critical developmental periods for children, Art Lab for Little Kids is the perfect book for both parents and teachers who are seeking enriching and unique experiences to offer this age group.As in Susan Schwake?s first book, Art Lab for Kids (Quarry Books, 2012), the Labs ...

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No coverThe Explosive Child
The Explosive Child

A New Approach For Understanding And Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children

Description

A groundbreaking approach to understanding and parenting children who frequently exhibit severe fits of temper and other intractable behaviours, from a distinguished clinician and pioneer in this field, now updated to include the most recent research. Almost everyone knows an explosive child, one whose frequent, severe fits of temper leave his or h...

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There's No Such Thing as Bad Weather
There's No Such Thing as Bad Weather

A Scandinavian Mom's Secrets for Raising Healthy, Resilient, and Confident Kids (from Friluftsliv to Hygge)

Description

?A perfect antidote to the hypervigilant, extraelectrified, standardizedtested, housearrested, 21stcentury childhood.? ?Richard Louv, bestselling author of Last Child in the Woods and Vitamin NBringing Up Bébé meets Last Child in the Woods in this lively, insightful memoir about a mother who sets out to discover if the naturecentric parenting...

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No cover52 Things Kids Need from a Dad
52 Things Kids Need from a Dad

What Fathers Can Do to Make a Lifelong Difference

Description

?God, please help me?another game of Candy Land??Quite a few dads spend time with their kids. However, many have no clue what their kids really need.Enter author Jay Payleitner, veteran dad of five, who?s also struggled with how to build up his children?s lives. His 52 Things Kids Need from a Dad combines straightforward features with stepuptoth...

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No coverBirthing from Within
Birthing from Within

An ExtraOrdinary Guide to Childbirth Preparation

Description

Here is a holistic approach to childbirth that examines this profound riteofpassage not as a medical event but as an act of selfdiscovery. Exercises and activities such as journal writing, meditation, and painting will help mothers analyze their thoughts and face their fears during pregnancy. For use during birth, the book offers proven techniqu...

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