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It's an elemental, almost animalistic urge-the expectant mother's hunger for birth narratives. We are inundated with how-to guides and month-by-month pregnancy manuals when what we truly crave are artful, entertaining, unvarnished accounts of labor and delivery. We want to know what really happens-the good, the bad, and the ugly. In anticipation of the publication of Labor Day: True Birth Stories by Today's Best Women Writers, celebrated author Elissa...
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Susan Shapiro Barash's provocative new book examines the most difficult challenges any woman faces when raising daughters. Sample chapters include:
• What color would you like that Prada bag in? (material indulgence)
• Do you need to be eating that? (fixations on food and weight)
• Of course you can drink when you're home with me (loose boundaries and rules)
• I know she's your friend but... (underestimating female friendships)
• I'll...
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How to Achieve Your Business Goals Without Sacrificing Quality Time With Your Kids
Do you think the setting and achieving your goals stop when you have kids?
Do you feel like it's too late to succeed in business when you need to tend to family matters?
Do you hear an inner voice telling you there's more you can do but you feel like you can't do it because you have kids to take care of every day?
Don't worry, the truth is... you can still make it.
According...
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Get the Summary of Ainsley Arment's The Wild and Free Family in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Wild and Free Family" by Ainsley Arment explores the concept of intentionally crafting a family culture that reflects shared values, interests, and traditions, rather than succumbing to societal norms. Arment emphasizes the importance of nurturing a child's natural development and preserving the essence of childhood...
65) Dog Water Free, A Memoir: A coming-of-age story about an improbable journey to find emotional truth
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Meet Joe Black visits The Wonder Years in the true story of DOG WATER FREE by debut author Michael Jay. It chronicles the journey of a boy named Mikee, whose coming-of-age search for emotional truth lands an orphan from the unlikely side of Detroit front and center before England's Queen, America's Maestro, and the first non-Italian Pontiff in more than 400 years. A family saga at its core, DOG WATER FREE is an uplifting story of discovery that celebrates...
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You Are Not Alone. Women today do it al...from leading Fortune 500 companies and managing large ministry organizations to running a tight ship at home. But keeping all those balls spinning can be an impossible task, and the pressure that we place on ourselves to be perfect can be overwhelming. Letting Go of Supermom is the definitive guide for everything you need to manage your life and your family's life with confidence and grace. No matter where...
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The journey to parenthood is different for everyone, but the struggles of pregnancy, childbirth and the first year of a baby's life are almost universal. As parents (or future parents), we are constantly fed a myth that being a Mommy or Daddy is a wonderful, amazing and completely fulfilling experience. We are expected to raise our children effortlessly, love every minute of being a parent and post the pictures on social media to prove it. We feel...
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Margaret McCall, an ambitious freelance writer, believes she has discovered the story of a lifetime that had baffled the police for half a century. Backtracking to the year 1891, she focuses her investigation on Isabel Laughton, an unmarried woman who has a large mansion and wealth but is missing the thing she yearns for the most-a child.
As fate would have it, Peggy, mother of a prostitute, abandons her infant grandson on Isabel's doorstep. The...
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No one can push your buttons quite like your mother can. After all, she's the one who installed them. - Anonymous In sixteen "she said / she said" hilarious tales of overwhelmed mothers and their daughters, every day relational situations provide not only a humor break, but a ton of insight into how to be a better mom. Sections include: She's So Bossy, She's So Stubborn, She's So Picky, She's So Clueless, and She's So Dramatic. Tidbits of lighthearted...
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En la actualidad se están abriendo diferentes vías de debate en cuanto al tema de la maternidad.
Siguen existiendo miedos y tabúes respecto al tema, y este libro pretende de un modo similar a un diario, ser una llave hacia su descubrimiento desde un enfoque personal e informal a través de los ojos de la autora y madre primeriza.
Desde la idea de ser madre, el embarazo, llegando a la maternidad y los cambios que conlleva, podrá completarse un...
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When Sherry Appel asked hundreds of women to recall the most memorable and valuable words their mothers had told them, there came an outpouring of things practical and indispensable, some familiar and many surprising.
From Mother to Daughter celebrates the special relationship between mothers and daughters and captures the wisdom and common sense that comes from many lifetimes of experience. It is a gift that no one can give without remembering something...
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What is it like to try for a baby over forty? How easy is it to be a midlife mum? The past two decades have seen a trend in first-time mothers leaving it until their mid or late thirties to try for a child. Now 2% of first time births are to women over forty, and the trend is set to continue.
Women are putting their careers first, and it can often be hard to find Mr. or Ms. Right. There is also a need to feel 'ready' to have a baby, which can take...
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Experience the world through the eyes of children! Go back to a time of angelic innocence, delighting in the uncensored first words and ideas of Ammie and Tristy. Journeyed nightly by their mom from the time they began to speak until they reached about the age of seven, she later turned their reflections into poems. Their amusing (and often surprising) words offer unique explanations, unexpected questions, provocative opinions, creative solutions,...
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Many women question whether they want a baby or a childfree life. Motherhood, Is It For Me? is the perfect resource for addressing this crucial life choice. Find out what family planning might really mean for you with this insightful book, which offers every woman a clear path to understanding her ambivalence, moving through it, and making an informed decision about becoming a mother or remaining childfree.
For partnered and single women alike, this...
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"A moment that lasts forever" is a story for parents they can safely share with their children. I decided to share this story with other moms to remind them that they are not alone if they feel the strain of keeping up every day with toddlers and babies, it is a picture book so the illustrations themselves tell the story and also, add detail to make it more interesting to observe for children and adults alike. It's based on something that actually...
76) Mama Doc Medicine: Finding Calm and Confidence in Parenting, Child Health, and Work-Life Balance
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“Parents want to do what's right," explains Mama Doc blogger and physician Wendy Sue Swanson. Yet many parents find that defining what's right can sometimes be elusive, so Dr. Swanson has created this innovative guide to help.
Pediatrician, mother and blogger Dr. Wendy Sue Swanson helps decipher today's conflicting medical opinions, offers helpful online resources, and shares what she's learned over many years from her patients, friends and family...
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What is the right way to mother? Can a mom trust her intuition? Or should she follow the advice of one of many parenting books? Into this fog of theory and philosophy, MomSense shines a light of refreshing clarity. Through personal stories from real moms and proven, practical advice, MomSense helps moms honestly assess their skills, embrace their mothering instincts, and develop their own unique mothering style. Rather than pushing one "right" way...
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So today, your 3 year old decides that they don't want to eat the beautiful breakfast you made, he wants peanut butter and hotdogs, and that means, smear the hotdogs in peanut butter. Your 7 year old has decided that today is the day she wants to cry for absolutely no reason at all regardless of how much begging, bribing and reasoning you do and every time she cries it gets louder and more shrill. Oh, and your 14 year old has dyed her hair pink and...
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¿Has visto a la absurda esa que se pinta los morros para ir a comprar chorizos?
¿Y qué me dices de la que calza unos tacones imposibles para ir a trabajar al bar de la esquina?
¿Y la niña del tercero? ¿Todo el día mirándose al espejo, como si fuera una diva?
¿Y la de las tetas enormes, que anda por ahí sin sujetador? Ya, ya... Qué me vas a contar. Qué ridículo todo, ¿eh?
Pues no.
Porque ¿y si te dijera que todas esas cosas tan «absurdas»,...
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In this book, April Simons shares wonderful nuggets of truth and wisdom passed to her by her mother, Dodie Osteen. Her entertaining stories combined with heart-warming humor and practical wisdom will not only impact your personally, but will inspire you to pass on a Godly legacy to your children.
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