Collection: Parenting

Were you raised by a narcissist? This essential guide will show you how to stop feeling invisible, quiet your critical inner voice, and start living life on your own terms.

Did you grow up with a mother who was controlling or manipulative? Was she emotionally or psychologically abusive toward you? Did she make you feel ashamed, rejected, or "crazy?" Was it all about her, all of the time? When your mother is a narcissist, it can damage and invalidate your sense of self, and leave you with lasting anxiety, insecurity, self-doubt, and a relentlessly critical internal voice. But there are tools you can use to move forward in your adult life with confidence. The evidence-based skills in this book will help you heal the scars of growing up with a self-absorbed and narcissistic mother.

Written by a psychologist and expert in narcissism, Adult Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers offers proven-effective strategies drawn from cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) to help you reduce anxiety, build confidence, overcome self-criticism, and live the life you deserve. You'll also find tons of practical tips to help you build healthy, trusting relationships; stop apologizing for the failures of others; and start trusting your own good judgment.

If you were raised by a narcissistic mother and are struggling with the lingering effects of a toxic upbringing, this is the road map you need to heal the past and thrive in the present and future.

Why do I keep attracting the wrong men? Am I ever going to find the love of my life? And, if I did, could I sustain the relationship?

Have you ever asked yourself these questions?

Travel on a genuine, relatable journey through love and relationships in Raise Your Love Signal, a guide for the woman seeking more from her romantic relationship and wanting to cultivate deeper connections, a profound sense of self and lasting happiness.

Drawing from twenty years of personal growth and her own sometimes heart-wrenching pursuit of the 'perfect relationship', certified love and relationship coach Chantal Landreville shares the simple yet powerful principles that can help you nurture love, even before you officially become a couple. From start to finish, this book lays out the essentials of love success, helping you find the right relationship and keep it going strong, including:

• Knowing your worth and developing self-confidence
• Being the true You and not compromising your authentic self
• Getting clear about the kind of relationship you truly want
• Identifying your boundaries and learning how to stick to them
• Dating the right way and attracting the right partner for you
• Putting the fundamentals in place before going into your new relationship
• And so much more

Whether you're searching for that special someone or looking to strengthen the bond with your current partner, this guide covers it all.

After her own journey to love, Chantal realized that the world needed a new perspective on love and relationships, which prompted her to write this transformative book. She recognized a void in our education system and how we fail to teach young people about healthy, balanced relationships. She aims to fill that gap. Raise Your Love Signal is a guide for anyone seeking genuine love and for couples striving to maintain healthy, loving relationships.

2020 IBPA Awards Winner!

Bake Like You Mean it! Williams-Sonoma and American Girl have partnered to bring you American Girl Baking. It's packed with 40+ delicious, easy-to-follow recipes fit for any occasion, or just because you wanted to bake something!

It's easy to understand why baking is so much fun. There's nothing quite as satisfying as measuring and mixing ingredients, putting dough or batter into a hot oven, watching - and smelling!- the transformation during baking, and finally removing delicious sweets from the oven. But the best part is sharing the treats you made with love with your friends and family. American Girl Baking provides delicious, easy to follow recipes that everyone will love.

Cookies: From cookie flower pops and cinnamon-sugar snickerdoodles to pinwheel icebox cookies to ice cream sandwiches - find something for every craving.

Cupcakes: With kid-favorites flavors like PB & J, s'mores and snowball, and more adult flavors like carrot cake, red velvet, and white chocolate and raspberry, there's something for every family member.

Madeleines: Honey or orange, chocolate or vanilla, no matter what flavor they are- madeleines are a delicious and dainty treat!

Baking: A wide range of sweets as diverse as chocolate truffles, rocky road fudge, fruity turnovers, caramel-glazed blondies, and everything in between.

Whether you follow each recipe step-by-step or add your own unique twist, baking is a great opportunity to let your personality shine and to create mouthwatering goodies.

The American Girl Baking book goes with the exclusive line of bakeware products from Williams-Sonoma and American Girl, but these delicious recipes can be made with the utensils you already have in your home.

A beautiful photographic board book featuring babies from all over the world and the sounds their hearts make as they beat with love.

No matter what language we speak, no matter where we live in the world, our hearts beat with the same rhythm. We may hear and say the sounds differently--doki doki in Japanese, tu tump tu tump in Italian, dugeun dugeun in Korean, dhak dhak in Urdu, boum boum in French and thump thump in English--but when our hearts beat, all the sounds mean the same thing: you are alive and you are loved.

The love you share is more than warm feelings or movie-style romance. It is a heartfelt choice you make every day. Celebrate the ordinary moments that create your one-of-a-kind love story. I Choose You combines contemporary illustrations and thoughtful sentiments to honor the life you have built together and the commitment you make over and over again. The perfect gift for a spouse or partner.

Coming Home to Self is a book about becoming aware. It is written for all members of the adoption triad: adoptees, birth parents, and adoptive parents as well as those who are in relationship with them, including professionals. It explains the influence imprinted upon the nuerological system and, thus, on future functioning. It explains how false beliefs create fear and perpetuate being ruled by the wounded child. It is a book which will help adoptees discover their authentic selves after living without seeing themselves reflected back all their lives.

Stop the yelling, lose the guilt, and become a calmer, happier parent.

Drawing on evidence-based practices, here is an insight-packed and tip-filled plan for how to stop the parental meltdowns. Its compassionate, pragmatic approach will help readers feel less ashamed and more empowered to get their, ahem, act together instead of losing it.

"Using a powerful combination of humor and reality checks, Naumburg helps parents unpack their unique stressors (we all have them) and find ways to stay calm even the most frustrating of family moments." --Katie Hurley, LCSW, author of No More Mean Girls and The Happy Kid Handbook

"By the end not only are you laughing out loud, but you've gained a sense of self-compassion and a concrete action plan."--Rebecca Schrag Hershberg, PhD, author of The Tantrum Survival Guide

A tragedy is unfolding all around us and is receiving well overdue attention. Black women are three times more likely to die from pregnancy than their white peers. But Dr. Monique Rainford is working to better understand these disparities and do something about them.

Pregnant While Black is a hopeful exploration of the issues pregnant Black women face in America. Within these pages, Dr. Rainford draws on over twenty years of experience working in obstetrics and gynecology to offer a primer on Black pregnancies and how to better care for them. She shares the successes and testimonies of Black women who have struggled during pregnancy and childbirth, anchoring the stories of these women with carefully researched facts. Despite medical advances over the last twenty years, for Black women, the overwhelming dangers of carrying and delivering children remain and it only seems to be getting worse.

In Pregnant While Black, Rainford begins the work of "repairing the damage of the past" with an examination of the conditions that plague Black pregnancies. This important book carries the hopes and dreams of a generation looking to effect change, here and now.

HypnoBirthing(R) has gained momentum around the globe as a positive and empowering method of childbirth. Here's why: HypnoBirthing helps women to become empowered by developing an awareness of the instinctive birthing capability of their bodies. It greatly reduces the pain of labor and childbirth; frequently eliminates the need for drugs; reduces the need for caesarian surgery or other doctor-controlled birth interventions; and it also shortens birthing and recovery time, allowing for better and earlier bonding with the baby, which has been proven to be vital to the mother-child bond. What's more, parents report that their infants sleep better and feed more easily when they haven't experienced birth trauma.

HypnoBirthing founder Marie Mongan knows from her own four births that it is not necessary for childbirth to be a terribly painful experience. In this book she shows women how the Mongan Method works and how parents they can take control of the greatest and most important event of their lives.

So, why is birth such a traumatic event for so many women? And why do more than 40% of births now end in caesarian section, the highest percentage in history? The answer is simple: because our culture teaches women to fear birth as a painful and unsettling experience. Fear causes three physical reactions in the body--tightening of the muscles, reduced blood flow to the birthing muscles, and the release of certain hormones--which increase the pain and discomfort of childbirth. This is not hocus-pocus this is science.

It's time for an adventure in the wild...with Mommy! Read along and play with your baby or toddler through this story of a very busy day in the jungle. Wiggle the cute elephant plush puppet to engage and interest your little boy or girl. Bright artwork and sweet rhyming text make this finger puppet book a favorite for mom or grandma to read with their daughter, son, or grandchildren!

Collect the entire series of books in the Cottage Door Press Finger Puppet Collection!

The adorable built-in finger-puppet encourages interactive finger play, which helps develop little muscles and build finger strength, improving coordination and fine motor skills. Soft plush and a rhyming story combine to provide both tactile and verbal learning opportunities to babies and toddlers.Thick board pages perfect for little hands to actively participate in storytime. Lively illustrations and a plush finger puppet help keep little girls and boys engaged throughout.Babies and toddlers learn best when they are playing, especially when their grown-ups are in on the fun.

Es hora de una aventura en la selva... con mami! Lea junto y juegue con su bebé o niño pequeño a lo largo de este cuento de un día muy ajetreado en la selva. Mueva la adorable marioneta del elefante para despertar el interés de tu pequeño o pequeña. Las ilustraciones brillantes y el dulce texto que rima hacen de este libro de marionetas del dedo sea uno de los favoritos de los papás para leer con sus hijas, hijos, o nietos. Colecciona toda la serie en la Colección de marionetas de dedo!

La adorable marioneta del elefante integrada fomenta el juego interactivo con los dedos, lo que ayuda a desarrollar los pequeños músculos y a fortalecer los dedos, mejorando la coordinación y las habilidades motrices afinadas.Un suave peluche y un cuento en rima se combinan para ofrecer oportunidades de aprendizaje táctil y verbal a bebés y niños pequeños. Las páginas de cartón gruesas son perfectas para que las manitas participen activamente en la hora del cuento.Las ilustraciones alegres y una marioneta del dedo de felpa ayudan a mantener a los niños y niñas pequeños entretenidos durante todo el libro. Los bebés y los niños pequeños aprenden mejor cuando juegan, especialmente cuando los mayores participan en la diversión!

Spanish Language Edition

The popular and trusted guide to starting your baby on solid foods, newly revised with the most up-to-date information for today's new parents.

What if you could skip the tiny jars and pouches of bland baby food in favor of a more natural, flavor-filled, and family-friendly transition to solid foods? Baby-led feeding (also known as baby-led weaning) is just that. Feeding your baby a variety of healthy, wholesome solid foods, rather than relying solely on purees, is thought to promote motor skills and establish lifelong healthy eating habits.

Author, food director at Real Simple magazine, and former food editor at Parents and Health Jenna Helwig gives parents easy-to-follow introductions for this popular feeding method. With more than 100 ideas and recipes, this bright, photo-driven book includes chapters on the benefits of this approach, when and how to get started, essential safety and nutrition guidelines, frequently asked questions, basic fruit and vegetable prep, more complex finger foods, and family meals. The newly revised edition contains updated information regarding common allergens and substitutions, helpful new content like sample menus, and new recipes featuring a wider range of flavors. All recipes have been reviewed by a registered dietitian and include nutrition information to ensure a healthy mealtime.

"I'm in love with this book! It illuminates the forces that make parenting so difficult, and helps us develop better relationships with our kids--and ourselves."
--Hunter Clarke-Fields, MSAE, author of Raising Good Humans

Parenting is hard. But when we replace conventional parent-child power dynamics with collaboration, family life gets easier today--and we create a better world for all of us in the future.

When we see our children stalling, resisting, having tantrums, using mean words, and hitting, we want to just make it stop. But conventional discipline methods like time-outs, countdowns, and "consequences" teach children that it's OK for more powerful people to control others--a lesson they take out into the world. This is how we learned White supremacy, patriarchy, and capitalism from our parents--and we will replicate this with our children unless we make a different choice.

Research-based parenting educator Jen Lumanlan offers a simple yet revolutionary framework for rethinking our relationships with children. This new approach helps us to look beneath challenging behaviors to find and meet children's needs, and ours too--perhaps for the first time in our lives. It involves empathetic listening, understanding feelings and underlying needs, and problem-solving with our children to find solutions to conflicts that work for everyone.

Family life becomes radically easier in the short term because behavior problems tend to melt away. In the long term, we'll raise children who confidently advocate for themselves and treat others with profound respect.

Includes sample scripts, flowcharts, and resources to help parents learn and implement this new approach.

--"The compassionate guidance will be a boon to parents eager to move away from punitive child-rearing strategies."--Publisher's Weekly

This classic text for couples interested in creating freer, more joyful, and profoundly intimate relationships explores the delicate balance of being true to oneself and being loved by another.

Newly updated by the authors, here is the classic text for couples interested in creating freer, more joyful, and profoundly intimate relationships. In their best-selling book about couple relationships, Jordan Paul and Margaret Paul explore the delicate balance of being true to oneself and being loved by another. While couples think they are fighting about money, sex, or time, the authors reveal how such conflicts are almost always more deeply rooted and related to issues of self-protection. Offering a solid framework for conflict resolution, the authors guide couples in working through fears and false beliefs that can block the expression of loving feelings. Stories of couples and examples of dialogue validate readers- feelings and experiences.Key features and benefitsa proven best-sellerhighly recommended by marriage therapistsincludes exercises for couples to explore core beliefs and values

She was frustrated! Feeling second to the department again had begun to breed indifference and contempt in her relationship. As a mental health and couple's counselor, she knew those were bad omens. Despite her training, she could not figure out what was happening with them. Then, a speaker at a professional conference, gave insight that ignited a passion to understand her law enforcement husband and empower them as a couple to protect their relationship. Learn the research, psychology, and personal experiences when combined created an "ah-ha" moment that led to improved communication, connection, and ultimately resilience as individuals and together.

• Impact of law enforcement culture and experience on the officer and spouse
• The psychology behind the law enforcement brain and the impact on behavior and beliefs.
• Spillover from the field that may impact the spouse and family and techniques counter it.
• The conflict between what experts say creates a connected and intimate relationship versus the conditioning that occurs in law enforcement.
• Strategies for improved communication and connection based upon researched principles.
• Perspective-taking and other core strategies that can recover and protect you individually and as a couple.

Using personal stories, professional expertise, and research couples will be entertained and empowered to Hold the Line.

Help kids ages 8 to 12 work through their feelings and begin healing after loss

It's normal for kids to have a lot of big feelings after they've lost someone or something important to them. This guided journal is filled with prompts and exercises that encourage kids to explore their emotions, find comfort and peace, and hold their memories close to their heart forever.

What sets this book apart from other grief books for children:

• A focus on feelings--Kids will learn about the many emotions that can come with grief and find prompts that encourage them to write about whatever feelings they're experiencing.
• Many ways to process loss--In addition to writing and drawing prompts, kids will discover simple activities and meditations to help support their healing.
• An easy format--Kids can work through this journal in any order and at their own pace--every day, every week, or whatever feels right for them.

Give the child in your life the emotional tools to start healing from their loss with this top choice in grief books for kids.

The ultimate collection of awfully hilarious jokes that will have your stomach crunching from nonstop laughter.

The best eye-rolling, corny punch lines and gags all in one place! This assemblage of quick-witted puns and equally cringeworthy groaners offers more than 600 quips so bad that they're actually funny.
Organized into themes for any occasion, you'll find everything from snappy-yet-terrible one-liners to embarrassing dialogue. It will keep the whole family howling (and begging you to stop) for hours upon end.