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Your child's DNA is not destiny; you are at the helm, guiding their course.
The truth is, nature and nurture are in a delicate dance-if one goes too fast, the other one falls. Science tells us that early childhood experiences have the capacity to structure and alter the brain. That means you didn't just supply your child's DNA-you're still shaping it. And it's only by wielding this power that your child will activate their full potential. You are...
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Like most parents, Amy and Jeffrey Olrick left the hospital with their first child desperate to know, "What do we do?" But years of parenting three kids and Jeffrey's work as a child psychologist convinced them to ask a better question: "How shall I be with this new person?"
In a culture obsessed with parenting formulas, it's easy to miss the fact that science and lived experience have proven that human development and thriving
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Evening Standard's the Best Comedy Books of the Year, 2018Skinny's Book of the Year, 2018'Joyfully entertaining. Full of warmth, wisdom and affectionate delight in the wonder and absurdity of being human.' Observer'Funny, honest and heart-warming.' Matt HaigWhat better way to understand ourselves than through the eyes of comedians - those who professionally examine our quirks on stage daily? In this touching and witty book, award-winning presenter...
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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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"From birth to death, a lyrical exploration of the role of transformation in human life. To be alive is to be in perpetual metamorphosis: growing, healing, learning, aging. In Shapeshifters, physician and writer Gavin Francis considers the inevitable changes all of our bodies undergo-such as birth, puberty, and death, but also laughter, sleeping, and healing-and those that only some of our bodies will: like getting a tattoo, experiencing psychosis,...
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National Indie Excellence Awards, first prize in the Parenting and Family category Arguing that adolescence is an unnecessary period of life that people are better off without, this groundbreaking study shows that teen confusion and hardships are caused by outmoded systems that were designed to destroy the continuum between childhood and adulthood. Documenting how teens are isolated from adults and are forced to look to their media-dominated peers...
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With over four million children now on behavior modifying medications, some starting as young as two years old, FRONTLINE continues its investigation into the controversial practice of medicating kids. Are the drugs safe? How young can you detect mental illness in a child? Is medication really the answer? As the debate grows more intense, FRONTLINE investigates the risks and benefits of prescription drugs for troubled children.
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Autism in America: Putting the puzzle together, one beautiful piece at a time, is a genuine and straightforward look into the Autism Spectrum Disorder as told by the families and individuals living with Autism daily. Many parents are interviewed including Ruth Sullivan, Ph.D., the mother of a man named Joe who was the inspiration for Dustin Hoffman's autistic character in the movie "Rain Man." We also hear from a young woman named Alexis, the first...
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Explains all the aspects of autism and is written for parents, educators, caregivers and others looking for accurate information and expert insight. Newly updated to reflect the latest research, treatment methods, and DSM-V criteria, this invaluable book covers the causes of autism spectrum disorder, getting an accurate diagnoses, treatments, coping strategies for families and education needs and programs, living and working conditions for adults...
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In the summer of 2017, scientists removed a tiny piece of flesh from Philip Ball's arm and turned it into a rudimentary "mini-brain." The skin cells, removed from his body, did not die but were instead transformed into nerve cells that independently arranged themselves into a dense network and communicated with each other, exchanging the raw signals of thought. This was life-but whose? That disconcerting question is the focus of Philip Ball's How...
17) Dare to Dream
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Dare to Dream is a manual for soaring high in life. It analyses the condition of our present society. Growth is slowed down by corruption and violence which is the upshot of our trite and hackneyed system of education that has underscored so much on 'being smart' rather than 'being good'. Amidst this situation, we need a new generation of people, who will dare to dream and change the status quo. The crème de la crème of this book can be put in one...
18) Pebbles
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Pebbles is a bracing stroll along the shore, where your discoveries unearth personal possibilities, where you look, think and wade in deeply, or just laugh at the breeze. Through Pebbles, Author Julie Ann Smith brings together a wide-ranging selection of topics, delivered through a diversity of messages: practical, thought-provoking, humorous and even poetic. As we tackle daily life, the stumbling blocks of Procrastination, Despair and even Communication...
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This book has evolved from my many years of practicing Systemic Psychotherapy and Homeopathy to help people create a wider lens through which they view their lives. I believe the integration of these two powerful disciplines, plus years of teaching, provides a large enough sample for a scientific qualitative study, the results of which inform this book. Each commentary in A Wider Lens is followed by suggestions to help you see and experience your...
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This book is to wake us up. How we treat one another, even down to our verbiage, is crucial and can affect someone's life drastically. In this book, you see how someone is affected through nature, nurture, society, upbringing, and all our associations and how that leads people in certain directions.
This book shows we are all human and we need to be mindful of how we treat one another.
It further extends to how we can heal the world internally,...
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