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Publisher
Seal Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"The Good Mother Myth dismantles the social media-fed notion of what it means to be a "good mother." This collection of essays takes a realistic look at motherhood and provides a platform for real voices and raw stories, each adding to the narrative of motherhood we don't tend to see in the headlines or on the news. From tales of mind-bending, panic-inducing overwhelm to a reflection on using weed instead of wine to deal with the terrible twos, the...
Author
Publisher
Bibliomotion, Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
In Minimalist Parenting, the authors show how to tune into your family's unique values and priorities and confidently identify the activities, stuff, information, and people that truly merit space in your life. The book begins by showing the value of a minimalist approach, then leads parents through practical strategies for managing time, de-cluttering the home space, simplifying mealtimes, and streamlining recreation.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"This program is read by the author. 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. Before journalist Chelsea Conaboy gave birth, she anticipated the joy of holding her newborn, the endless dirty diapers, and the sleepless nights. What she didn’t expect was how...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Growing up as the daughter of a dedicated surgeon, Elizabeth L. Silver felt an unquestioned faith in medicine. When her six-week-old daughter, Abby, was rushed to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit with sudden seizures, and scans revealed a serious brain bleed, her relationship to medicine began to change. The Tincture of Time is Silver's gorgeous and haunting chronicle of Abby's first year. It's a year of unending tests, doctors' opinions, sleepless...
Author
Publisher
Astra House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"THE PARENTHOOD DILEMMA is a bold, feminist investigation into the decision whether or not to become a parent"--
"A bold feminist investigation into the mother of all questions; whether or not to become a parent in these turbulent times. Should we become parents? This timeless question forces us to reckon with who we are and what we love and fear most in ourselves, in our relationships, and in the world as it is now and as it will be. When Gina...
Author
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Thousands of books have examined the effects of parents on their children. In All Joy and No Fun, award-winning journalist Jennifer Senior now asks: what are the effects of children on their parents? Senior tries to tackle this question, isolating and analyzing the many ways in which children reshape their parents' lives, whether it's their marriages, their jobs, their habits, their hobbies, their friendships, or their internal senses of self. She...
Author
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Description
Dealing with boundaries, finances, and changing values are all part of parenting your grown child. In Doing Life with Your Adult Children, Jim Burns offers practical advice and hopeful encouragement for one of the richest and most challenging seasons of parenting.
Author
Publisher
New Harbinger Publications, Incorporated
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A new baby can turn your life-and your romantic relationship-upside down. Baby Bomb is the resource parents need to integrate life with baby so they can co-parent and co-partner as a solid and supportive team, while also cultivating mad love for each other. The book gives moms and dads more than just "tips" for better parenting and partnering; it gives them a science-based understanding of why a secure-functioning relationship is essential for successful...
Author
Language
English
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Description
Betrayed by the boss who is also the father of her unborn child, an undocumented Chinese factory worker is forced to flee and reinvent herself in San Francisco's Chinatown in the desperate hopes of securing American citizenship for her baby.
"In a powerful debut novel about motherhood, immigration, and identity, a pregnant Chinese woman makes her way to California and stakes a claim to the American dream. Holed up with other moms-to-be in a secret...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"In Remaining You While Raising Them, Alli Worthington offers a guilt-free, often hilarious, empowering, research-informed guide to help modern mothers learn to better care for their own emotional, spiritual, and physical health so they can rediscover thebeauty, the joy, and the sacred and secret art of confident motherhood"--
"A guilt-free guide that strips away the myths you've believed about motherhood and offers you a new way to think--about...
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
As Kristina and Adam reevaluate their lives after her fight against cancer, Sarah finds a career she loves and a possible new romance. Crosby and Jasmine adapt to life as a family with an infant in the house, while Camille and Zeek decide what their 'Act three' is going to be now that they have an empty nest. And though most challenges bring the relations closer together, Joel and Julia find their marriage crumbling apart in ways they never expected....
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"What's the first thing a woman does when she thinks she might be pregnant? She Googles. And it goes downhill from there. While the internet is full of calming and cheerily supportive articles, it's also littered with hyper-judgmental message boards and heaps of contradictory and scolding information. Motherhood Smotherhood takes parents through the trenches of new parenting, warning readers of the pleasures and perils of mommy blogs, new parent groups,...
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