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Setting Boundaries for Survival is more than a workbook to help you heal from toxic family habits; it's a toolkit for surviving in a dysfunctional home without having to isolate yourself or sever relationships. Asking others to respect your boundaries isn't selfish. In fact, it may just be the most compassionate step you can take in life.

This exciting book by three pioneers in the field of cognitive science discusses important discoveries about how much babies and young children know and learn, and how much parents naturally teach them. It argues that evolution designed us both to teach and learn, and that the drive to learn is our most important instinct. It also reveals fascinating insights about our adult capacities and how even young children - as well as adults - use some of the same methods that allow scientists to learn so much about the world.  

Most people don’t know how to have a “good death”—but Jane Callahan does. By day, Jane is a corporate marketer and mom, but by nights and weekends, she works with the almost-dead. As an end-of-life doula, she helps the terminally ill prepare for their imminent demise. And it has revealed invaluable truths about this temporary status called life.

In Everything Is Going to be K.O. Kaiya Stone writes about her own experiences of living with specific learning difficulties: from struggling at school to being diagnosed with dyslexia and dyspraxia while at university, to performing her own one-woman stand up show inspired by her journey. Always funny and unfailingly honest, Kaiya outlines the frustrations of having SPLDS but also the ways in which they have fuelled her creativity. 

Parents and therapists Dr. Faith G. Harper and Bonnie Scott have written a parenting guide for the twenty-first century that is a must-listen for people with children of any age, from infancy to adulthood. Drawing from their experiences raising diverse, politically active young people, this book will help you bring up a new generation with tools to change the world for the better—all while maintaining your own separate identity and relationships, and without losing your mind.

Overflowing Grace: Finding Strength to Carry On as a Caregiver (A 60-Day Devotional) points stressed, exhausted caregivers to Christ and His sustaining strength and grace through Scripture, relevant teaching, and sweet encouragement. It reminds listeners that their current caregiving journey is a divine assignment and they are not alone.

Parenting in the digital age isn’t about control — it’s about guidance. In k-ID Talks, online safety experts share practical insights to help you foster healthy digital habits at home — without the screen-time struggles. Tune in and make digital parenting simpler, smarter, and more empowering.

My child is missing. And it’s not safe out there. After 16 years of protecting my daughter from the dark secret of her past, I wake one morning to find her room empty, rucksack gone. Most runaways return within 72 hours, but I’m not so sure. I think my daughter has gone to find her real father - the man I fled from years ago. No one knows better than me that beneath his charm lies a monster. I escaped him once. But will she see him for what he really is? After all, blood is thicker than water.

Lizzie Riley is sure that the local academy school, with its excellent reputation, is perfect for her eight-year-old son Tom. But there's something strange happening at school. Parents are forbidden from entering the grounds and there are bars across the classroom windows. Why is Tom coming home exhausted, unable to remember his day? What are the strange marks on his arm? And why do the children seem afraid to talk?

Who’s the Daddy w/ Alexandra K is a podcast for women who are rewriting the rules of motherhood—on purpose. Hosted by Alexandra K, a single mom by choice and former fertility patient, this show dives deep into the real stories, messy emotions, and hard-earned wisdom behind donor conception, solo parenting, and navigating modern fertility systems as a Black woman. Alexandra started this podcast with one goal: to make sure no one has to wonder if this path is possible—or if they’re the only one thinking about it. When she first began her own journey, she searched for “single mom on ...

Suzy and Demi were carefree twenty-somethings. They had fun! They didn’t have responsibilities! And then they decided to have a baby. Goodbye lazy weekends, hello sleepless nights, arguments and an addiction to industrial-strength hot chocolate. Follow Suzy on the ultimate make-over - from nervous-wreck new mother to happy families. In this hilarious and refreshingly honest account for parents who prefer the realistic to the utopian, Suzy debunks the myths and takes us all along for the (bumpy) ride.

Yelling, pleading, enforcing strict rules, and giving in have proven ineffective. You’ve tried it all—along with tons of treatments and therapies—with no improvement. Katie K. May knows what you’re going through. She also knows what your teen is going through because she lived it. You’re on Fire, It’s Fine is more than a book; it’s a comprehensive approach for parents of teens overwhelmed by intense emotions.

We all know the importance of mothers. They are typically as paramount in the wild as they are in human relationships. But what about fathers? In most mammals, fathers have little to no involvement in raising their offspring—and sometimes even kill the offspring sired by other fathers. How, then, can we explain modern fathers having the capacity to be highly engaged parents? In Father Nature, James Rilling explores how humans have evolved to endow modern fathers with this potential and considers why this capacity evolved in humans.

Raising kids can be tough! I know because I’ve been a single mom who raised two kids on my own. And when they get in the K-12 public education system, learning the ins and outs of that system can get you all tangled up, especially when you’re a parent of color (POC). You need to be aware of the current trends, tactics, and topics, as well as the necessary resources to navigate within the system. That’s what the K-12 Public Education Insights: Empowering Parents of Color podcast is all about — providing you with tools, information, and practical actions to help you and your children ...

This laugh-out-loud, latest installment in Adam Mansbach’s profane, #1 New York Times best-selling series, probably CAN be read to—and by—your graduating child, though it might bring you all to tears WHEN YOUR KID IS LITTLE, the paradoxes of parenting are simple: you can love your child to...

Mrs. K here. I am a wife to one, mom to two and a school based occupational therapist to many. My mission is to provide parents, teachers, support staff and caregivers of children of all different abilities information and activities that will enrich a child's development. I am enthusiastic about this endeavor..so join me on this journey!

Adam Mansbach famously gave voice to two of parenting's primal struggles in Go the F--k to Sleep and You Have to F--king Eat - the often-imitated, never-duplicated pair of New York Times best sellers that ushered in a new era of radical honesty in humor books for parents. But what could possibly be left? Parents - new, old, expectant, and grand - of multiple children already knew the answer. Author Adam Mansbach discovered it for himself by having two more kids, less than two years apart.

Join two moms keeping it real — from messy mornings to late-night laughs, we're diving into the chaos of kids, the joys (and headaches) of marriage, youth sports drama, and all the everyday nonsense in between. No sugarcoating, no filter — just honest, hilarious, and unfiltered mom talk. Because let’s face it: We’re Not Dying, We’re Moms.

Raising a thriving, resilient child doesn't start in high school—it begins the moment they engage with the world. But in an era of AI, social media, and a shifting educational landscape, the old roadmap is broken. Welcome to The Modern K-12, hosted by Harvard-trained education expert Julie Kim. With 15 years of experience and 2,500+ students mentored, Julie bridges the gap between academic research and modern parenting. Each week, Julie and world-class experts dive into the pillars of a strong foundation: literacy, cognitive development, nutrition, and mental health. From leveraging AI to ...

The daily show that challenges MEN to become the best version of themselves. Easy and being a man has never gone hand in hand. To be a man, a husband, a father and a business owner are great invitation to SHOW THE F**K UP. To win in life we choose to stay on the edge. We learn and grow daily to stay ahead of the competition. The inner competition of doubt, fears, and stress as well as the external competition in finances, habits, and relationships. Get your daily dose of growth to lead your life and make it a masterpiece. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.