Collection: Parenting

"Turning 50 is a milestone worth celebrating! Make it unforgettable with our '50th Birthday Guest Book', a keepsake memory journal designed to capture this special moment in time."

Enter your 50s in style with our chic and timeless black and gold-themed guest book. It's not just a book, it's a keepsake that will keep the joy and memories of this special day alive for years to come!

Book Highlights:

• Memories that Last: With 120 pages in total, there's ample space for guests to share their thoughts, wishes, and memories.
• Personalized Entries: 105 pages dedicated to guest entries, capturing personalized messages and well wishes.
• Keepsake Photo Page: A special page to include a memorable photo from the celebration.
• Thoughtful Gift Log: 7 pages designed to record all the gifts, making thank-you cards a breeze.
• Extra Space for Notes & Photos: 5 pages for extra notes or photos, because the more memories, the better!
• Timeless Design: A hardcover book with a glossy finish and an elegant black and gold theme perfect for a 50th birthday celebration.

Why Choose Our 50th Birthday Guest Book?

Every milestone birthday deserves to be celebrated in a special way. Our guest book is more than just a sign-in book, it's a vessel for joy, love, and heartfelt wishes from family and friends. The classy black and gold theme matches the significance of turning 50, and the durable hardcover ensures it will be a keepsake for years to come.

Make your 50th birthday an event to remember with our guest book. Don't let these precious memories fade away!

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Reveals the candid thoughts and feelings of those most directly involved in adoptions: adoptees, adoptive parents, and birth parents.

Adoption Unfiltered authors Sara Easterly (adoptee), Kelsey Vander Vliet Ranyard (birth parent), and Lori Holden (adoptive parent) interview dozens of adoptees, birth parents, adoptive parents, social workers, therapists, and other allies--all sharing candidly about the challenges in adoption. While finding common ground in the sometimes-contentious space of adoption may seem like a lofty goal, it reveals the authors' optimistic aim: working together with truth and transparency to move toward healing.

Healing isn't possible, though, without first uncovering the hurts--starting with adoption's central players: adoptees, who are so often in pain, suffering from what the latest brain science validates as the long-term emotional effects of separation trauma. By encouraging others to vulnerably share their stories, the authors discover that adoptees aren't the only ones in the adoption constellation who are hurting. Birth parents regularly shut down after being shut out by adoptive parents. Adoptive parents often struggle with unique parenting challenges and hidden insecurity, feeling the need to hide the fact that they are not the Super Parents they led the agency to believe they would be. Across the industry as a whole, misinformed and even unethical practices abound.

Adoption Unfiltered models the importance of adults in adoption working together in the spirit of curiosity and empathy--to better support adoptees and their first and adoptive families.

Jumpstart your child's reading success with comics! Kids will love these hilarious 16-page stories with easy text in speech balloons. They'll also adore the zany cast of characters: purple cows, pigs, silly snowmen, talking gumballs, dragons, and more! This delightful set, correlated with guided reading levels E & F, is packed with 16 original titles plus a parent guide, mini-workbook, and motivating stickers. A giggle-fueled way to boost essential literacy!
Includes
- 16 full-color, 16-page books
- Parent guide
- Mini-workbook
- Stickers
- Sturdy storage box

In the spirit of his New York Times bestseller Love Poems for Married People and Love Poems for People with Children, as well as his wildly popular New Yorker pieces, Thurber Prize-winner John Kenney presents a hilarious new collection of poetry for anxious people.

With the same brilliant wit and hilarious realism that made Love Poems for Married People and Love Poems for People with Children such hits, John Kenney is back with a brand new collection of poems, this time taking on one of the most common feelings in our day-and-age: anxiety. Kenney covers it all, from awkward social interactions and insomnia to nervous ticks and writing and rewriting that email.

A powerful look at the importance of a mother's presence in the first years of life

**Featured in The Wall Street Journal, and seen on Good Morning America, Fox & Friends, and CBS New York**

In this important and empowering book, veteran psychoanalyst Erica Komisar explains why a mother's emotional and physical presence in her child's life--especially during the first three years--gives the child a greater chance of growing up emotionally healthy, happy, secure, and resilient.

In other words, when it comes to connecting with your baby or toddler, more is more.

Compassionate and balanced, and focusing on the emotional health of children and moms alike, this book shows parents how to give their little ones the best chance for developing into healthy and loving adults. Based on more than two decades of clinical work, established psychoanalytic theory, and the most cutting-edge neurobiological research on caregiving, attachment, and brain development, Being There explains:

- How to establish emotional connection with a newborn or young child--regardless of whether you're able to work part-time or stay home
- How to ease transitions to minimize stress for your baby or toddler
- How to select and train quality childcare
- What's true and false about widely held beliefs like "I'm not good with babies" and "I'll make up for it when he's older"
- How to recognize and combat feelings of postpartum depression or boredom
- Why three months of maternity leave is not long enough--and how parents can take control of their choices to provide for their family's emotional needs in the first three years

Being a new mom isn't easy. But with support, emotional awareness, and coping skills, it can be the most magical--and essential--work we'll ever do.

Create a timeless keepsake that will be treasured by future generations.

Tell Me Your Life Story, Grandma is a beautifully designed gift to capture all of Grandma's precious memories and wisdom.

This simple guided journal helps grandmothers record their life story with over 200 questions.

The thought-provoking questions and prompts are organized into chapters based on your grandmother's life stages to help her record memories, experiences, treasured moments and reflections.

Once completed, this gift will become a precious treasure and personal keepsake of your grandmother's most important recollections, stories and life lessons that can be passed down to your children and cherished by future generations to come.

• Ideal Gift. Makes a perfect and thoughtful gift for any occasion.
• Over 200 journal prompts. 126 detailed questions and 75 short questions.
• Elegant design. 122 pages. Beautiful interior design, divided into six chapters.
• Perfect Size. 7 x 10 inches (17.8 x 25.4 cm)
• For grandmothers of all kinds. The inclusive questions are suitable for all grandmothers and family structures.

Available in both Hardcover and Paperback.

A sentimental celebration of the power of a mother's love.

Brimming with messages of love, practical tips, inspiring quotes, heartfelt reflections and funny anecdotes, The Little Book of Mom is the ultimate ode to the highs and lows of motherhood. Mum, mom, mama, - whatever you call yours she'll love this little guide, designed to bring reassurance to mothers looking for a pocket of peace amongst the chaos.

What makes great relationships work? Trailblazers In Love blends memoir, real-life photography, and sage advice from LGBTQ+ couples together twenty, thirty, forty, and fifty+ years. With remarkable candor and vulnerability, these inspirational role models share how they came out, fell in love, faced enormous adversity, and overcame discrimination and rejection to thrive against all odds. Filled with hope, wisdom, and triumph, this collection of stories is a must-have resource for queer people, allies, aspiring allies, mental health professionals, and affirming clergy.

From addiction expert Dr. Nicholas Kardaras, a startling argument that technology has profoundly affected the brains of children--and not for the better.

We've all seen them: kids hypnotically staring at glowing screens in restaurants, in playgrounds and in friends' houses--and the numbers are growing. Like a virtual scourge, the illuminated glowing faces--the Glow Kids--are multiplying. But at what cost? Is this just a harmless indulgence or fad like some sort of digital hula-hoop? Some say that glowing screens might even be good for kids--a form of interactive educational tool.

Don't believe it.

In Glow Kids, Dr. Nicholas Kardaras will examine how technology--more specifically, age-inappropriate screen tech, with all of its glowing ubiquity--has profoundly affected the brains of an entire generation. Brain imaging research is showing that stimulating glowing screens are as dopaminergic (dopamine activating) to the brain's pleasure center as sex. And a growing mountain of clinical research correlates screen tech with disorders like ADHD, addiction, anxiety, depression, increased aggression, and even psychosis. Most shocking of all, recent brain imaging studies conclusively show that excessive screen exposure can neurologically damage a young person's developing brain in the same way that cocaine addiction can.

Kardaras will dive into the sociological, psychological, cultural, and economic factors involved in the global tech epidemic with one major goal: to explore the effect all of our wonderful shiny new technology is having on kids. Glow Kids also includes an opt-out letter and a "quiz" for parents in the back of the book.

The Family Story Workbook is a word to the wise for collecting the words of the wise.

Have you ever wanted to write down the story of your family but never known where to start? Have you ever wanted to write your memoir, but you weren't quite sure what tales of your life best fit the narrative you hoped to capture? Have you ever wanted to reflect on the moments that transformed you into the person that you are today? Have you ever wanted to have a shared project between family members? Have you ever wanted a unique gift idea for a parent, grandparent, aunt, or uncle who you know has a powerful life story to tell?

This workbook is designed for all of these reasons and more.

Write it down because who else is going to? Write it down for you. Write it down for your family. Write it down for the historical record, whatever that means to you.

Adapted from the adult memoir by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Water Dancer and Between the World and Me, this father-son story explores how boys become men, and quite specifically, how Ta-Nehisi Coates became Ta-Nehisi Coates.

As a child, Ta-Nehisi Coates was seen by his father, Paul, as too sensitive and lacking focus. Paul Coates was a Vietnam vet who'd been part of the Black Panthers and was dedicated to reading and publishing the history of African civilization. When it came to his sons, he was committed to raising proud Black men equipped to deal with a racist society, during a turbulent period in the collapsing city of Baltimore where they lived.

Coates details with candor the challenges of dealing with his tough-love father, the influence of his mother, and the dynamics of his extended family, including his brother "Big Bill," who was on a very different path than Ta-Nehisi. Coates also tells of his family struggles at school and with girls, making this a timely story to which many readers will relate.

Manners start with a smile--then you add the words. There are polite words to use when you greet someone, ask for something, or (oops!) make a mistake. There's even a nice way to say no. This book gives toddlers a head start on manners, setting the stage for social skills that will last a lifetime. Includes tips for parents and caregivers.

Invite your favorite villagers over for a delicious meal with Animal Crossing: The Unofficial Cookbook, filled with 50+ recipes inspired by fan favorite meals in the iconic video game franchise!

Earn energy points and entertain your fellow villagers with Animal Crossing: The Unofficial Cookbook! Animal Crossing fans of all ages will love this comprehensive cookbook filled with an exciting range of recipes straight out of the game, alongside full-color photos, helpful tips and tricks, and fun Animal Crossing facts! Impress your village with dishes such as Moon Cakes, Omurice, Pad Krapow, and more, with this all-ages cookbook that every Animal Crossing fan will love!

Impress your village with dishes such as Moon Cakes, Omurice, Pad Krapow, and more, with this all-ages cookbook that every Animal Crossing fan will love!

50+ RECIPES: Filled with a delicious and fun range of appetizers, mains, snacks, and desserts that will wow all your village's residents!

COOK LIKE AN ANIMAL CROSSING VILLAGER: Fans will love dishes directly inspired by the video games, including Moon Cakes, Omurice, Pad Krapow, and many more!

STUNNING IMAGES: Beautiful, full-color photos of the finished recipes will help ensure success.

FOR ALL SKILL LEVELS: Easy-to-follow recipes and everyday ingredients make this cookbook an ideal option for beginners, kids, families, and experienced cooks alike.

PERFECT GIFT FOR ANIMAL CROSSING FANS: Chock full of fun Animal Crossing facts and recipes pulled straight from the video games, this cookbook is the ideal culinary companion for fans of all ages.

Trust Kids! weaves together essays, interviews, poems, and artwork from scholars, activists, and artists about our relationships with children in all areas of our lives.The contributors of Trust Kids! write from different backgrounds, genders, ages, and sexualities and combine past lineages with more recent child-rearing ideas to offer a fresh, inspiring perspective. Many works on parenting and families wind up re-inscribing hierarchies by declaring how kids should be liberated. Trust Kids! insists on youth autonomy, listening to youth, and questioning adult supremacy on every page. At the heart of the book are conversations about all the ways that children can be included, loved, and cared for in more generative, just, and egalitarian ways. Its essays explore the liberatory potential of consent and autonomy in relationships among children, youth, and the adults in their lives. They also trace how oppressive attitudes toward children, far from being "natural" forms of kinship with the youngest members of our families and communities, have identifiable social and historical roots.

Dear Sonali, is a passion project from the TV's Divorce Court Host. Seeking to share her mother's wisdom with a daughter of her own, this mother of six boys has written letters for young women to help them grow, conquer and thrive. From money to men, to passion and profession Judge Lynn gives her best advice From he particular point of view. At once, practical, methodical and motivational, Judge Lynn shares the best she has with all of the women that call her The Auntie in Their Head or Mom2.

Rudy Simone covers 22 common areas of confusion for someone dating a female with AS and includes advice from her own experience and from other partners in real relationships. She talks with humour and honesty about the quirks and sensitivities that you may come across when getting to know your partner. All the pivotal relationship landmarks are discussed, including the first date, sex, and even having children.

This entertaining and easy-to-read book will be ideal for anyone dating, or in a relationship with, an AS female. Women with AS themselves, and their families and friends, will also enjoy the book and find it useful. Counsellors and other professionals working with women with AS will find the insight offered extremely enlightening.