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"Today's babies often make their debut on social media with the very first sonogram. They begin interacting with screens at around four months old. But is this good news or bad news? A wonderful opportunity to connect around the world? Or the first step in creating a generation of addled screen zombies? Many have been quick to declare this the dawn of a neurological and emotional crisis, but solid science on the subject is surprisingly hard to come...
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2024.
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"Malaya, 1945. Cecily Alcantara's family is in terrible danger: her fifteen-year-old son, Abel, has disappeared, and her youngest daughter, Jasmin, is confined in a basement to prevent being pressed into service at the comfort stations. Her eldest daughter Jujube, who works at a tea house frequented by drunk Japanese soldiers, becomes angrier by the day. Cecily knows two things: that this is all her fault; and that her family must never learn the...
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2024.
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"... brings us into the homes and lives of three main families--the Baladis, the Salamehs, and the Ammars--Palestinian immigrants who've all found a different welcome in America. Their various fates and struggles cause their community dynamic to sizzle and sometimes explode: The wealthy Ammar family employs young Maysoon Baladi, whose own family struggles financially, to clean up after their spoiled teenagers. Meanwhile, Marcus Salameh confronts...
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Northfield Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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"More than 1 million sold! You know you love your child. But how can you make sure your child knows it? The #1 New York Times bestselling The 5 Love Languages.
"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.
In raising children, everything depends on the love relationship between parent and child. Just as you are God's child and he...
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Screens and digital devices are everywhere in our modern world and it's becoming increasingly common for even very young children to regularly use tablets and smart phones. Many parents struggle to know what's best for their children. This book offers a comprehensive overview of the pros and cons, to help parents make their own choices. It explores the health effects of screen time as well as the benefits of new technology and the implications for...
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Many parents find it hard to know which toys are appropriate for children at different ages, and what kinds of play to initiate and encourage. What can parents do to best help children develop, and foster their skills? Karin Neuschütz, an experienced educator and parent, addresses these questions in this concise, readable book. She discusses how children play, creatively and freely, and how they are affected by their environment and by the adults...
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Greenleaf Book Group Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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"A judgment-free guide for parents who want to better understand and balance family screentime in the digital age. Author Emily Cherkin--aka The Screentime Consultant--has written a compelling and necessary book about parenting in the modern digital age. Unlike any previous generation, children's excessive screen use today at home and at school impacts mental health and family relationships. Parents have concerns about the amount of time children...
9) The anxious generation: how the great rewiring of childhood is causing an epidemic of mental illness
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2024.
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"After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in the early 2010s. Rates of depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicide rose sharply, more than doubling on most measures. Why? In [this book], social psychologist Jonathan Haidt lays out the facts about the epidemic of teen mental illness that hit many countries at the same time. He then investigates the nature of childhood, including why children need...
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No longer a toddler not yet a teen-ager, the middle years can be a challenging time for parents. Yet it is a vital time to establish the kinds of family values that you want before the turbulent teen years begin.
If you have ever felt challenged by your childs behaviour, have felt that you just dont know what to do next or that your parenting tool box is empty then you need this book. Dr Anna Cohen draws on over 20 years of experience as a child...
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"Raise self-confident, self-reliant children using the RIE (Resources for Infant Educarers) Approach. Your baby knows more than you think. That's the heart of the principles and teachings of Magda Gerber, founder of RIE (Resources for Infant Educarers), and Educaring. BABY KNOWS BEST is based on Gerber's belief in babies' natural abilities to develop at their own pace, without coaxing from helicoptering or hovering parents. The Educaring Approach...
14) Groomed
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It is estimated that 1 in every 6 boys will experience a sexual encounter with an adult at some point in their lives before they reach the age of consent. In this day and age, many adults find this topic unsettling and will often circumvent the issue even if they remotely suspect that some form of abuse may be occurring.
Parents, regardless of intent, have a tendency to blame the victim, which further perpetuate feelings of guilt and shame in the...
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Join Genevieve as she embarks on the most creative and imaginative path of her life. Experience a very real and intimate journey as she candidly and cleverly copes with the devastating and traumatic events of her childhood. Follow her as she delves into the deepest depths of her sorrow and faces the reality of her past with great courage and ultimately and uniquely finds strength, hope, forgiveness, love, and acceptance.
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Français
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Suite de roman choc L'inceste en héritage.
Lyne Vaillancourt, autrice de L'inceste en héritage, poursuit son témoignage. Après les terribles abus sexuels dont elle a été victime tout au long de son enfance, la vie continue. Elle doit maintenant se reconstruire et se redéfinir en tant que femme. Sa capacité de rebondir à la suite des atrocités qu'elle a subies n'est pas toujours facile. Elle devra faire appel de nombreuses fois à des psychologues...
17) Broken Boy
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By any estimation, Gino Medeiros should have become a statistic.
Plunged into the broken foster care system of the 1970s at the age of five, Gino would spend the next fifteen years bouncing from one home to the next, unwanted and unloved, or so it seemed. He was convinced that he would die homeless and alone, just another life that slipped through the cracks. But one can never underestimate the power of kindness…
A coming-of-age tale first witnessed...
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Cinedigm
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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Christmas With Holly: Traumatized by her mother's death, a 6-year-old girl stops talking but is cared for by her three uncles. The story unfolds as all of them find the importance of family. Silver Bells: Manhattanite Catherine O'Mara (Heche) bonds with a young man who has run away from his father. When the father returns to New York a year later to sell his Christmas trees, he and Catherine cross paths. One Christmas Eve : A series of mishaps threaten...
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Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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"Sometimes Llama Llama feels happy and other times he feels sad. Sometimes he is excited and sometimes angry. Join Llama Llama as he gets ready for bed and experiences the universal highs and lows that all kids get at bedtime"--
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