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Regain control of your children with simple, direct, nanny-tested measures! Is your life chaotic? Are your kids running the show? Do you feel like you're more of a zookeeper than a parent? Take heart, America. When your family's in trouble, Nanny 911 is there on the double. Because brats are not born, they're made. No one knows that better than Deborah Carroll and Stella Reid-Nanny Deb and Nanny Stella-the stars of the overnight hit television show...
5) Dogtooth
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Kino International
Pub. Date
2011
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Greek
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A darkly surreal look at three teenagers confined to an isolated country estate and kept under strict rule and regimen by their parents.
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English
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Noel agrees to take responsibility when he learns that his terminally ill former flame is pregnant with his child, and while the members of the town help the single father, he must prove to Moira, the nosy social worker, that the arrangement is best for baby Frankie.
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Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2011
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English
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Holly, an up-and-coming caterer, and Messer, a network sports director, have a strong dislike for each other after a disastrous first date, but they must put their differences aside when they suddenly become responsible for their goddaughter Sophie.
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Bantam Books
Pub. Date
2002
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English
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Presents the Five "S" method of soothing fussy and sleepless babies--swaddling, the side or stomach position, the "shh" sound, swinging, and suckling--which creates a "fourth trimester" by replicating the environmental conditions of the womb.
11) 1-2-3 magic
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ParentMagic
Pub. Date
c2003
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English
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Presents a practical guide that addresses the issues of child discipline, and offers simple advice to controlling obnoxious behavior and encouraging good behavior and at the same time strengthening the relationship between parent and child.
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Guilford Press
Pub. Date
c2000
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English
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Explains attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and discusses what the latest research findings are, how parents can deal with their child, what medical alternatives there are, how to improve a child's school performance, and other related topics.
14) The happiest kids in the world: how Dutch parents help their kids (and themselves) by doing less
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Would parents rather their children be successful or happy? Kids in the US face lots of pressure to excel -- often at the expense of happiness. But does it have to be this way? Not in the Netherlands! Expats Rina Mae Acosta and Michele Hutchison -- both married to Dutchmen and bringing up their kids in the Netherlands --examine the unique environment that enables the Dutch to turn out such well-adjusted, independent children.
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With the publication of The Highly Sensitive Person, Elaine Aron became the first person to identify the inborn trait of high sensitivity and to show how it affects the lives of those who possess it. Now, Aron shifts her focus to highly sensitive children. Rooted in Aron's years of experience as a psychotherapist and her original research on child temperament, The Highly Sensitive Child shows how HSCs are born deeply reflective, sensitive to the subtle,...
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Twelve
Pub. Date
2009
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English
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Contains ten essays that challenge conventional wisdom about raising children, contending that good intentions in child rearing practices are actually backfiring and discussing topics such as praise, emotional well-being, race, lying, and teen rebellion.
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