Collection: Parenting

Instant National and International Bestseller

A revolutionary new parenting method by the New York Times bestselling author of The Conscious Parent and The Awakened Family.

Every parent is capable of raising happy, healthy, and emotionally grounded children. Despite this, too many of us struggle along the journey. From the fast-changing realities of social media to the fear that permeates our culture, to the generational expectations that are unconsciously placed on children, the pressures on parents and children have reached a critical moment. We feel it and our children feel it. But there is a solution.

With over two decades experience working directly with parents, acclaimed clinical psychologist and bestselling author Dr. Shefali offers a profoundly practical and groundbreaking parenting solution that helps parents actualize their deepest desires for their children. This step-by-step guide disrupts toxic inherited patterns and replaces them with authentic connections that allow us to see and respond to our children for who they are and who they can become.

This is the evidence-based manual that every parent has been searching for. Complete with paradigm shifting wisdom, illuminating client stories, and detailed practices, The Parenting Map guides the way to empowering our children while transforming ourselves.

This sweet and playful board book features bold, high-contrast black-and-white illustrations that babies can actually see!

In simple, beautiful verse, bestselling Feminist Baby creator and two-time Emmy Award winner Loryn Brantz narrates the journey that parents take to have their perfect little one.

New York magazine's The Strategist chose It Had to Be You as one of the "Best (Nonobvious) Baby Books to Bring to a Shower." As The Strategist stated: "Because of its high-contrast color scheme (with red accents), it's easy for babies to see the illustrations. Plus, the lyrical text is a love poem to the child that's as soothing and sweet as a lullaby."

With lyrical text from parent to baby, It Had to Be You is perfect for fans of I've Loved You Since Forever and Guess How Much I Love You. A must-have addition to every baby's nursery and a perfect gift for baby showers, Mother's Day, and Father's Day.

For every one of our wishes, for every bump along the way, now that you're here, we've known all along...it had to be YOU!

Taste Canada 2022 Gold Winner for Health and Special Diet Cookbooks!

The Food Doula Cookbook focuses on real food for real life, every step of the way. Whether you are feeling good and inspired to prep healthy meals for the week, or you are feeling terrible, have nausea or heartburn, and can't eat much, you'll find a big selection of recipes here to light up your taste buds, satisfy your cravings, and provide essential nutrition for you and baby, plus loads of advice and tips for food prep, meal planning, choosing the most wholesome foods, and cooking up nutritious, delicious meals.

Do you know a child that gets upset when their routine changes? They might also struggle to see the big picture, to make friends, to problem solve in real time, and to read nonverbal communication. Meltdowns, tantrums and other challenging behaviors might be common.

This book was written to teach you how making small shifts in your language and speaking style will produce important results. You will stop telling kids what to do and instead thoughtfully give them information to help them make important discoveries in the moment. These moments build resilience, flexibility, and positive relationships over time.

You might be a therapist or a teacher, or you might be a parent, grandparent, or babysitter. Your child might have a diagnosis such as autism, Asperger's Syndrome, PDA, ADHD or Non-Verbal Learning Disability. But they might not. No matter your child's learning style, this book was written to help you feel equipped to make a difference, simply by being mindful of your own communication and speaking style.

"When I heard that Linda Murphy was writing "Declarative Language Handbook", a hallmark of RDI, I knew that our Autism and Communication worlds were about to be influenced by the cutting edge thinking of a truly remarkable expert in the field. What I wasn't prepared for were the crisp, practical, useful guidelines that will make this the most important book on the shelf of clinicians and parents."

Rachelle K. Sheely PhD President & Co-Founder of RDIConnect

"The shift to increased student agency and teachers as coaches is dependent on a new kind of language in the classroom. Declarative language elevates teaching to that new level."

Melissa Andrichak MAT, First Grade Teacher

"As a seasoned clinician, I found that when I changed my language from imperative to declarative, I started to notice new competencies of children. I am continually amazed at how simple (but difficult!) changes in my language can be so powerful and bring about incredible changes in a short time. We are so fortunate to have Linda explain the principles of Declarative Language in a book."

Martha Bargmann MS, CCC-SLP Speech Language Pathologist at Massachusetts General Hospital for Children

"Finally! An easy to read book that meets parents and educators 'in the trenches' with information and strategies that help our kids learn critical thinking, social problem solving and executive functioning skills. This book is proof of how making small shifts in our language can have far reaching results."

Beckham Linton M.A., CCC-SLP, Social Learning Consultant /Coach

"What if people mostly used language with you to tell you what to do or to tell you that you should have done it better? I think you'd agree, that would get discouraging rather fast! For individuals with social learning challenges, this is too often their experience. Through this handbook, Linda guides us to notice how a shift in our use of language (from imperative to declarative) can fundamentally shift how children relate to us and the world around them. Through many practical examples and tips for developing our own use of declarative language, Linda provides us the tools to build positive, pro-active relationships with the individuals we parent, teach or counsel."

Michelle Garcia Winner, Founder of the Social Thinking Methodology

Speech Language Pathologist, MA-CCC

Award-winning author Richard Van Camp wrote this book to express his gratitude for all that surrounds him and his family.

The strength of their connections, the nature that provides for them, the love that is endless. Complemented by photos from photographers who celebrate their own gratefulness on the collective blog Tea & Bannock, the simple verse in May We Have Enough to Share is the perfect way to start or end your little one's days in gratitude.

The clinically proven five-week program for improving your child's behavior--fully updated and revised

In 1996, Parenting the Strong-Willed Child established itself as a seminal guide for parents who want to manage challenging behavior with parenting techniques grounded in positive reinforcement, without yelling or harming a child's self-esteem. The authors provide a proven, step-by-step five-week program giving parents the tools they need to successfully build upon their child's strengths while effectively managing challenging behavior. Packed with brand-new content, this fourth edition has been thoroughly updated to integrate state-of-the-field scientific and clinical advances, providing a timely and thorough response to the current issues facing parents of young children. It addresses important new topics, including:

• Understanding parenting and child behavior in context, including effects of the global pandemic, racial disparities, financial strain, and other parenting challenges
• Greater opportunities for parents to learn proven parenting skills for challenging child behaviors such as noncompliance, whining, and tantrums
• Help for parents to apply new skills to the specific problem behaviors they are facing
• Strategies for linking the five-week program skills to common parenting challenges, including screen time
• Understanding how the proven five-week program can help parents of children with ADHD given advances in science and clinical practice in this area
• The importance of parent self-care as they learn the program

Improve the life of your child--and yourself--with valuable lessons and science-backed advice that has helped a generation of parents raise happy, healthy children.

Unlock the key to reading success with this fun, engaging jumbo activity book! With more than 300 delightfully fun practice pages targeting the top 100 sight words, children have ample practice to master the high-frequency words they're most likely to encounter in their reading. A fun mix of activities, puzzles, and games keeps learning fun and stickers and a completion certificate are a reward for a job well done.

"A smart, approachable guide packed with practical advice for parents who want a science-backed, individualized approach to pregnancy." --Linda Avey, Co-founder of 23andMe

2020 National Parenting Award Winner

Feeling overwhelmed? Confused by conflicting advice? Bumpin' will radically transform your pregnancy journey to one of confidence and optimism. With over a decade of experience advising women's healthcare and technology companies, Leslie Schrock distills cutting-edge research into your most comprehensive pregnancy guide--from conception through the newborn months.

Based on the latest clinical evidence and practical advice from top experts, Bumpin' enables you to make the best decisions for your unique family. With a look at the science, it tackles every pregnancy FAQ and topics like the truth about cleaning up your cosmetics, nutrition, epidurals, and activity; and the practical, like putting together a baby budget and navigating work. Bumpin' also takes you all the way through the postpartum period because taking your baby home and recovering brings unexpected physical, mental, and life changes that are too often overlooked for you and your partner.

Inside Bumpin' you'll find:
-A trimester-by-trimester overview from trimester zero (conception) through the postpartum period and return to work
-The truth about age and fertility and how to manage any issues that arise
-Research on topics like vaccinations, breastfeeding, and exercise
-The science behind your physical changes, leaks, sweats, and every other unexpected pregnancy symptom - and how to manage them to enhance your long term health
-Birth preferences and preparing for unpredictable changes
-The challenges of navigating parental leave and returning to work
-Unique advice for partners
-Budgeting, finance tips, baby registry, and hospital checklists

Every pregnancy is unique and often unpredictable. For Leslie, this meant handling curveballs like miscarriage and later a birth that didn't go according to plan. She turned her personal journey into this book, written while she was pregnant, with the help of a wide network of experts she consulted along the way, including doulas, ob-gyns, midwives, therapists, prenatal trainers, and nutritionists.

Warm, funny, and non-judgemental, Bumpin' will leave you feeling prepared and ready to tackle anything that comes your way.

A portion of proceeds will be donated to Every Mother Counts and National Birth Equity Collaborative to support maternal and child health.

Since the original publication of The Birth Partner, partners, friends, relatives, and doulas have relied on Penny Simkin's guidance in caring for the new mother, from her last trimester through the early postpartum period.

Now fully revised in its fifth edition, The Birth Partner remains the definitive guide to helping a woman through labor and birth, and the essential manual to have at hand during the event. The Birth Partner includes thorough information on:

• Preparing for labor and knowing when it has begun
• Normal labor and how to help the woman every step of the way
• Epidurals and other medications for labor
• Pitocin and other means, including natural ones, to induce or speed up labor
• Non-drug techniques for easing labor pain
• Cesarean birth and complications that may require it
• Breastfeeding and newborn care
• and much more

For the partner who wishes to be truly helpful in the birthing room, this book is indispensable.

Thoughtfully updated each year, this is only guide to Walt Disney World that is written for kids under the renowned Birnbaum name.

Real kids give honest advice for the most awesome vacation at Walt Disney World. Trust Birnbaum as your 2023-2024 guide for:

• insider tips for young readers
• kid-friendly descriptions of all theme park shows and attractions
• colorful maps, photos, Disney character illustrations, and more

Inside we'll also tell you how to:

• Enjoy the Magic Kingdom's new thrill ride: Tron Lightcycle Run
• Zoom through Space at the EPCOT's new Guardian of the Galaxy --Cosmic Rewind. You can also dream like Walt Disney at the park's new Dreamer's Point.
• Pilot the Millennium Falcon at Star Wars -- Galaxy's Edge in Disney's Hollywood Studio
• See Animal Kingdom's new stage show: Finding Nemo: The Big Blue...and Beyond!
• Meet your favorite Disney characters, including Mickey Mouse!

Planning a trip to the Walt Disney World? Be sure to have all the official guides from Disney Editions:

• Birnbaum's 2024 Walt Disney World
• The Hidden Mickeys of Walt Disney World

Moving beyond a prescribed path for success, Erasing the Finish Line highlights the essential skills to help each young person thrive in school and life

For years, we've been led to believe that great grades, high test scores, and college acceptance are key to a successful life. Yet our laser focus on these achievements leaves students feeling anxious, demoralized, and unprepared.

What if we've overlooked the critical skills young adults need to navigate an ever-changing world? What fundamental skills help young people adapt, persevere, and thrive?

Academic advisor and early career development expert Ana Homayoun answers these questions and more in her accessible and solutions-oriented guide to transforming future generations. In her ground-breaking new book, Erasing the Finish Line, Homayoun flips the way we think about education.

In this refreshing approach, Homayoun reveals new strategies to help each student develop their own blueprint for success, including how to:

• Develop a system based on executive functioning skills
• Build valuable social capital while fostering genuine connections
• Identify energy profile and how to recharge
• Expand perspective through immersive exposure
• Remain adaptable in the face of disappointments and setbacks

Through a powerful blend of theory, strategies and storytelling from former and current students, Homayoun's layered approach to revisioning education will bring sharp realization to parents, educators, and policy-makers alike.

A mesmerizing memoir from three-time Newbery Honor-winning author Gary Paulsen--whose books have sold over 35 million copies worldwide--giving readers a new perspective on the origins of his blockbuster contemporary classic Hatchet and other famed survival stories.

"Leaves you gritting your teeth and clutching the pages . . . Haunted me as a reader." --The New York Times Book Review

★ "This literary treasure is written for book lovers of any age." --Shelf Awareness, starred review

His name is synonymous with high-stakes wilderness survival adventures. Now, beloved author Gary Paulsen portrays a series of life-altering moments from his turbulent childhood as his own original survival story. If not for his summer escape from a shockingly neglectful Chicago upbringing to a North Woods homestead at age five, there never would have been a Hatchet. Without the encouragement of the librarian who handed him his first book at age thirteen, he may never have become a reader. And without his desperate teenage enlistment in the Army, he would not have discovered his true calling as a storyteller.

An entrancing and critically lauded account of grit and growing up, perfect for newcomers and lifelong fans alike, Gone to the Woods: Surviving a Lost Childhood is literary legend Gary Paulsen at his rawest and realest.

Don't miss Gary Paulsen's other acclaimed books from Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers: the father-son comedy How to Train Your Dad and the page-turning survival adventure Northwind.

"All behavior makes sense"
'"It most certainly does not!", is probably your first reaction.

Parenting and neuroscience expert Robyn Gobbel is here to reveal how all behavior, no matter how baffling, can be explained and remedied. You just need to look past the behavior and understand what's going on inside.

Robyn decodes the latest brain science into easy-to-understand principles and metaphors to help you become an expert in your child's behavior. She reveals simple ways to help you regulate and connect with your child, with brain-, body- and sensory-based strategies to overcome day-to-day challenges. She also provides you with the knowledge to understand and regulate your own brain so that you don't flip your lid when your child flips theirs.

Let this be your lifeline for parenting or caring for any child with baffling behaviors and hidden challenges, including kids who have experienced adversity, or with additional needs.

NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER - Stop working on yourself as an individual and start working on your relationship as a couple, with the help of the renowned family therapist and author of The New Rules of Marriage

"This book is a road map for all of us who seek true intimacy."--GWYNETH PALTROW, founder and CEO of goop

ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Wall Street Journal

Not much is harder than figuring out how to love your partner in all their messy humanness--and there's also not much that's more important.

At a time when toxic individualism is rending our society at every level, bestselling author and renowned marriage counselor Terrence Real sees how it poisons intimate relationships in his therapy practice, where he works with couples on the brink of disaster. The good news: Warmer, closer, more passionate relationships are possible if you have the right tools.

In his transformative new book Us, Real brilliantly observes how our winner-takes-all culture infiltrates families with devastating results: repetitive fights that go nowhere, or a distant relationship in which partners end up living "alone together." With deft insight, humor, and charm, Real guides you to transform your relationship into one that's based on compassion, collaboration, and closeness.

Us is a groundbreaking guide to a new science-backed skillset--one that will allow you to get past your knee-jerk reactions and tap into your wiser, more collaborative self. With a novelist's flair, Real shares the stories of couples whose relationships have been saved by these skills and pans out to the culture that reinforces our dysfunction. If you and your partner are backed into separate corners of "you" and "me," this book will show the way back to "us." With Us, your true relationship can begin.

Finally, the armor comes off! Learn to read the fleeting facial expressions of emotions that are universal to our species and invisible to most people. It's time to look beneath the surface and see what people are actually feeling.

Using juicy, autobiographical pieces about love, lust, and lies, Annie Särnblad elicits emotions in the reader and then shows how and where to see specific feelings on the face. Test yourself as your learn using the book's visual Facial Expressions Glossary.

In Diary of a Human Lie Detector: Facial Expressions in Love, Lust, and Lies, Annie reflects on humanity, relationships, romance, and emotions with her raw, sexy Swedish sensibilities. Her words are poetic and fearless, and you will be surprised, entertained, and a little turned on while reading. It is her deep conviction that facial expressions are taught best through poking, prodding, and play. You will never look at another human face the same way.

Annie is a strategic advisor and global expert in reading microexpressions and has taught workshops for 4,000+ CEOs and Managing Directors. She is certified in the Facial Action Coding System (FACS) and has developed her own, easy-to-absorb teaching techniques for facial expressions based on her 25 years living in nine countries and studying eight languages through immersion.

Annie's students love her spicy stories, outrageous humor, and deep belief that reading expressions correctly makes the world a kinder place for us all. Indeed, it's harder to be crabby with other people when you can see that they are struggling.

After so many years of early morning alarms and never-ending laundry, many moms expect to feel incredibly liberated when their kids leave home. But what happens when the Land of Empty Nesting isn't all it's cracked up to be-when you suddenly feel like a ship without a rudder? A bird without a flock?

That's what Allie Hill was contending with after her daughter left for college. While she thought she was alone in those feelings, Allie soon discovered that was far from true. Many women were silently struggling right alongside her, as finding purpose after kids and enjoying life after the kids are grown (and flown) isn't always as easy as we expect it to be.

That's why she created this relatable and humorous guide to help you discover realistic tips and strategies to rediscover your passions, purpose, and, most importantly, yourself so you can stop feeling alone and purposeless and begin to enjoy life as an empty nester.

TOPICS INCLUDE:

★ Saying goodbye to your offspring (sans breakdown)

★ The surprisingly uplifting truth about your shifting role

★ The ultimate "what not to do" playbook (Allie's been there, tried them all)

★ Dealing with menopause and other rude curveballs

★ Making phenomenal new friends and connections

★ Finding joy in empty nesting

So grab a cup of whatever makes you happy, and get ready to embark on your empty-nest journey with a smile, a laugh, and the wisdom of a best friend who's been through it all (and lived to tell the tale).