Collection: Parenting

A provocative and deeply important study of women's lives, women's choices--and an 'unspoken taboo'--that questions the societal pressures forcing women into motherhood

Women who opt not to be mothers are frequently warned that they will regret their decision later in life, yet we rarely talk about the possibility that the opposite might also be true--that women who have children might regret it. Drawing on years of research interviewing women from a variety of socioeconomic, educational, and professional backgrounds, sociologist Orna Donath treats regret as a feminist issue: as regret marks the road not taken, we need to consider whether alternative paths for women currently are blocked off. She asks that we pay attention to what is forbidden by rules governing motherhood, time, and emotion, including the cultural assumption that motherhood is a "natural" role for women--for the sake of all women, not just those who regret becoming mothers.

If we are disturbed by the idea that a woman might regret becoming a mother, Donath says, our response should not be to silence and shame these women; rather, we need to ask honest and difficult questions about how society pushes women into motherhood and why those who reconsider it are still seen as a danger to the status quo. Groundbreaking, thoughtful, and provocative, this is an especially needed book in our current political climate, as women's reproductive rights continue to be at the forefront of national debates.

In a perfectionistic parenting culture that tells you that you are never enough no matter how much you do for your kids, this unique approach empowers you with a simple parenting technique to gain confidence, remain grounded, and connect positively with your children.

Dr. Alison Escalante is a board-certified pediatrician with more than two decades of experience who has spent the last ten years exploring ways to equip parents to meet their children's needs. She has experienced first-hand the culture of criticism and anxiety that drains parental joy and leaves parents feeling bad about what they should or should not be doing with and for their children. She calls this the parenting "ShouldStorm," and this book is her invitation to escape that cycle and be the parent your child needs.

In this game-changing parenting book, Dr. Escalante outlines her 3-step science-based approach to escaping the ShouldStorm and embracing should-free mindful parenting. Going into detail about each step, she clearly explains how to implement this approach in everyday situations where parents may feel overwhelmed and shares real results from parents and children who use the technique:

• SIGH: In moments of parental overwhelm, take a breath all the way into your belly. Imagine it's a sigh of relief. Sighs help you stop and center yourself instead of reacting to the "should" in your head. ​
• SEE: Notice what's going on. See your child. Are they happy? Are they close to tears? Are their fists balled in anger?
• START: Then, and only then, start listening, and start thinking about what an appropriate reaction would be. Do they need a hug? Some space? Something else?

In the vein of Good Inside, this book offers a simple approach and practical, proven strategies any parent can use. It also explores parenting culture and why it has become more and more intense over recent decades. For anyone who wants a proven toolkit for resisting a parenting culture that shames them when they can't meet unrealistic expectations, Sigh, See, Start is your new go-to tool for joyful parenting.

A boldly illustrated picture book read-aloud about how everyone gets sad--ninjas, wrestlers, knights, superheroes, everyone . . . even daddies have emotions!

Did you know wrestlers have feelings? And knights. Even superheroes and ninjas feel sad sometimes. In fact everyone has feelings--especially dads who love their children!

Children will love recognizing their feelings in Keith Negley's bold illustrations which accompany a fun-to-read-aloud narrative.

Parents can joyfully engage with children in a lighthearted discussion about emotions and how they affect us all!

Develop key learning skills with this fun, adorable activity book. Practice tracing, writing uppercase and lowercase letters, and numbers. Master letter and number recognition and counting. Sharpen problem-solving and thinking skills with mazes, spot the difference, sorting and matching, and more! Each of the 144 pages is full of adorable images and engaging activities that kids will love.

Roger Priddy's My Little World: Let's Poop! is a funny, novelty potty training picture book.

Learn to use a potty whilst learning fun and silly facts about poop. Turn the wheel to see the unicorn's rainbow potty, choose which potty a bear should use, and lift the flaps to find out which creature does the biggest poop of all.

This book is packed full of fun novelties, hilarious rhymes, and amusing illustrations to engage and delight toddlers.

With Mindful Birthing, Nancy Bardacke, nurse-midwife and mindfulness teacher, lays out her innovative program for pregnancy, childbirth, and beyond. Drawing on groundbreaking research in neuroscience, mindfulness meditation, and mind/body medicine, Bardacke offers practices that will help you find calm and ease during this life-changing time, providing lifelong skills for healthy living and wise parenting.

SOME OF THE BENEFITS OF MINDFUL BIRTHING:

• Increases confidence and decreases fear of childbirth
• Taps into deep inner resources for working with pain
• Improves couple communication, connection, and cooperation
• Provides stress-reducing skills for greater joy and wellbeing

Explore and celebrate the creativity of God as you learn all the ways that He designed people with Down Syndrome

with extra care. God doesn't make mistakes and He really especially likes you! He made you juuuuust right!

Over 100,000 parents have found the facts they need about high-functioning autism spectrum disorder (ASD), including Asperger syndrome, in this indispensable guide. Leading experts show how you can work with your child's unique impairments--and harness his or her capabilities. Vivid stories and real-world examples illustrate ways to help kids with ASD relate more comfortably to peers, learn the rules of appropriate behavior, and succeed in school. You'll learn how ASD is diagnosed and what treatments and educational supports really work. Updated with the latest research and resources, the second edition clearly explains the implications of the DSM-5 diagnostic changes.

Emotions are like a rainbow--there is a color for every one we feel. And when the nervous feeling starts to take over the rainbow, it's time for The Purple Book! Simple activities, tips, and tricks help young readers whose nervous purple shines brightest in the rainbows of their colorful minds. They can turn the pages from front to back or back to front. They can use every single page or open the book to just one random page. Soon, the other colors of their emotions rainbow will shine with this mindfulness book that supports readers exploring their emotions!

Rhyming text and captivating photos that will help toddlers understand a range of emotions.

Rookie Toddler books offer fun ways to engage with little ones during story time and play time. Each book includes story-related tips that help extend the reading experience and emphasize key learnings. Engaging photographs and illustrations will delight your toddler while encouraging a love of reading.

What is poop? Does everyone do it? And where does it all go? Children can lift the flaps to find the answers in this surprisingly charming book, and discover how much poop an elephant does, and what you can do with poop... There's even a Who did these poops? quiz. A very informative little book!

Gold Winner - Made for Mums Awards 2017

Silver Winner - Junior Design Awards 2017

A modern, inclusive guide to astrology that uses the zodiac to illuminate your love life as well as your relationships with your family, your friends, and yourself.

When it comes to friendship, family, and romance, we all want the same things: to love and be loved, to communicate, to fight fair, and to feel okay in our own skin. Illuminating and accessible, Astrology for Real Relationships includes a primer on basic zodiac knowledge--including the importance of your Sun, Moon, and the planets in your birth chart--before exploring how self-love and self-care affects all types of relationships. Once your mental health and spiritual and emotional wellness are balanced, you can be empowered in your relationships, including:

- Friends and chosen family The Sun governs your identity and your will. Are you comfortable being yourself? Do your friends see you in the same ways that you see yourself?
- Hanging out and dating The Moon governs your feelings and emotions. Are you honest with yourself about how you feel and what you really need from a partner?
- Long term relationships Mars is the planet of conflict. Do you always seem to be attracted to the wrong people? Are women really from Venus and men from Mars?

Full of real talk about attraction, dating, sex, frenemies, self-love, mental health, and how to deal with family, this book will help you build and maintain strong connections--with your crushes, your spouse, your boss, or your mom--and uncover and empower you to get what you really want in relationships, not what you think you should want.

As a mom, do you often feel overwhelmed and out of control in the midst of chaos? Do you struggle to find balance in your busy life while maintaining a strong connection to your faith? If so, The Cyclone Mom Method is the book you've been waiting for.

In this inspiring and empowering guide, certified life coach Danielle Thienel shares her unique approach to motherhood, based on the idea that you already possess the God-given power to remain calm, in control, and confident, no matter what life throws your way.

Through her experiences as a busy mom and her work with countless clients, Thienel has developed a powerful system for achieving balance and inner peace, even amid the most chaotic times of life. Drawing on a range of tools and techniques from the fields of life coaching, positive psychology, and spirituality, she shows you how to:

• Tap into your own inner strength and resilience so that you can handle any challenge with ease and grace
• Simplify your life and focus on what truly matters, so you can enjoy more time with your family and pursue your passions and purpose
• Create a powerful mindset of confidence and self-belief, so you can overcome any obstacle and achieve your goals

Whether you're a new mom struggling to find your footing or a seasoned mom looking to take your life to the next level, The Cyclone Mom Method is the perfect guide to help you achieve your dreams. With Thienel's compassionate guidance, practical tips, and powerful insights, you'll discover a whole new way of doing things - one that's simpler, more sustaining, and more empowering than ever.

An all-new guide from the mega-bestselling How To Talk series applies trusted and effective communication strategies to the toughest challenges of raising children.

For forty years, readers have turned to Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish's How To Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk, the book The Boston Globe called, "the parenting Bible," for a respectful and practical approach to communication with children. Expanding upon this work, Adele's daughter, Joanna Faber, along with Julie King, coauthored the bestselling book, How To Talk So Little Kids Will Listen. Now, Faber and King have tailored How To Talk's tried and trusted communication strategies to some of the most challenging childhood moments.

From tantrums to technology to talking to kids about tough topics, How To Talk When Kids Won't Listen offers concrete strategies for these and many more difficult situations.

Part One introduces readers to the How To Talk "toolbox," with whimsical cartoons demonstrating the basic communication skills that will transform readers' relationships with children in their lives. In Part Two, Joanna and Julie answer specific questions and share relatable stories, offering practical tools for addressing issues such as homework hassles, sibling battles, digital dilemmas, problems with punishment, and more. Readers can turn directly to any topic of interest and find the help they need, with handy "reminder pages."

Through the combination of lively stories from real parents and teachers, humorous illustrations, and entertaining exercises, How To Talk When Kids Won't Listen offers real solutions to struggles familiar to every parent, grandparent, teacher, and anyone else who lives or works with children.

Designed as a manual to complement the clinician's guide, Integrative Team Treatment for Attachment Trauma in Children: Family Therapy and EMDR, this book is written for birth, foster, or adoptive parents, aunts and uncles, grandparents, or anyone who may be raising a child who has experienced attachment loss and trauma. Their severe behaviors can often leave caregivers feeling confused, frightened, hurt, and overwhelmed, as they struggle to make sense of a massive amount of information--and misinformation--that exists on attachment issues.

This book provides understanding, validation, and solutions for these caregivers. In it, the authors explain their innovative model of "team" treatment that includes an EMDR therapist and a family therapist. Best used in conjunction with therapeutic help, it walks readers through an array of parenting strategies that will lead them to a deeper understanding of their traumatized child, and better enable them to calm their behavior and improve their attachment security so they can heal.

A guidebook for kids and adults who are looking for adventure in Sacramento and beyond, bursting with 1,001 local activity ideas. Use this treasure trove as a jumping off point for exploring our rich, historic, cultural region and its rich, natural beauty and varied landscapes, not to mention the abundance of educational opportunities and museums. Local author Sabrina Nishijima uncovers all the hidden gems for kids in Sacramento (or people who want to feel like a kid!) and visitors who step into this magical region. Local illustrator Sarah Golden contributes charming kid-friendly artwork.

FROM BACK OF COVER:

Ready to create your family adventure bucket list for Sacramento?

Plan out the BEST YEAR EVER with this pocketful of creative ideas. 1,001 Things To Do In Sacramento With Kids (& The Young At Heart) is a comprehensive guide that lists everything kid-friendly in Sacramento--from all the everyday staples (parks, museums, theaters) to the eclectic and visionary.

Wanna go on a swan tour? #7
Bend through a laser maze? #382
Use a 3D printer or button maker for free? #671, #22

You can do it all here in the Sacramento region! Including Davis, Roseville, Folsom, Auburn, and Apple Hill...

Spontaneous playdates and grandparent days can be filled with super-unique activities that help grow kids' brains with new experiences and challenges. Get out and see what our ever-changing Sacramento neighborhoods have to offer. This book includes:

- Nature Walks & Parks
- Outdoor, Sports, & Recreation Ideas
- Music, Theatre, & the Arts
- Historical Museums
- Science & Educational Activities
- Cultural & Food Festivals
- Neighborhood Concerts & Movies in the Park
- Public Service Ideas
- Plus, 101 Daytrip Ideas!