A social worker, birthmom, and adoption advocate shares her proven strategies and unique insights for finding the perfect adoption match. This is a must-have guide for a faster, successful open domestic adoption; oftentimes without the red tape and wait times of a traditional agency.

Raising girls is a big responsibility. Let When Big Issues Happen to Little Girls become your twenty-first-century parenting strategy and give your daughter the gift of resiliency and confidence that she is deserving and capable of experiencing.

The Case for the Only Child debunks the myths, taking into account the many chang­es the nuclear family has experienced in the face of two-family incomes, women who have children later, and the economic reality of raising children in our modern world. Combining often-surprising findings with real-life stories, compassionate in­sight, and thought-provoking questions, Dr. Susan Newman provides a guide to help you decide for yourself how to best plan your family and raise a single child.

We all want children to be happy and grow into productive, fulfilled adults, and according to parenting expert Maureen Healy, the secret to that success is in providing a foundation of inner confidence. With twenty years of experience as a spiritual teacher and child development expert, Healy knows that confidence is never "out there" but is something to be cultivated from inside.

More than 5 million Americans are currently living with Alzheimer's disease or a related form of dementia. By the year 2030, experts estimate that as many as 66 million people around the world will be faced with this life-altering disease.

Author(s): Virginia Bell, MSW, David Troxel, MPH

There are many dangerous people out there who aren't behind bars, and parents of teen girls need to be more proactive than ever about keeping their daughters safe.

Attached at the Heart offers readers practical parenting advice for the modern age. In its most basic form, "attachment parenting" is instinctive. A crying baby is comforted and kept close to parents for protection. If hungry, he or she is breastfed. And while it is understood that there is no such thing as perfect parenting, research suggests that there is a strong correlation between a heightened sense of respect, empathy, and affection in those children raised the "attachment parenting" way.

Author(s): Barbara Nicholson, Lysa Parker

With anxiety at epidemic levels among our children, Anxious Kids, Anxious Parents offers a contrarian yet effective approach to help children and teens push through their fears, worries, and phobias to ultimately become more resilient, independent, and happy.

Author(s): Reid Wilson, PhD, Lynn Lyons, LICSW

As far back as I can remember, my grandma would invite me and my sisters to bake in her kitchen, allowing each of us to choose our cookie project. She would set us up at our own stations throughout the kitchen and invite the chaos to begin. In this book, I impart to you all that I have learned, invented, and stumbled upon. My hope is that my children learn from me the joy and satisfaction that creating in the kitchen brings. No matter the outcome, I have learned from Grandma that nothing that comes from the kitchen is a mistake when you add love to the mix!

Every parent of a newborn feels overwhelmed by the enormity of the tasks at hand: Suddenly responsible for feedings, diaper changes, and trying to sleep, parents are stressed out and anxious. Since babies today are born even more aware, awake, and attuned than previous generations, it's easy to see why parents--especially moms--are frazzled.

Author(s): Jennifer Waldburger, MSW, Derek O'Neill, ICHP

As a marital therapist, Andrew Marshall spent almost thirty years helping couples resolve complex issues and arguments and then fall back in love again. In his first book, I Love You But I'm Not In Love with You, he shed light on a universal relationship problem: What happens when lust turns lukewarm?

Some really great books just keep getting better! For seventeen years The Betrayal Bond has been the primary source for therapists and patients wrestling the effects of emotional pain and harm caused by exploitation from someone they trusted.

HypnoBirthing® has gained momentum around the globe as a positive and empowering method of childbirth.  In this book founder Marie Mongan shows women how the Mongan Method works and how parents they can take control of the greatest and most important event of their lives.

This gift book is a collection of segments from Ferm and Tee's popular show, including professionally photographed "F**ked Up" handwritten cards, and other segments interspersed.

Author(s): Shayna Ferm, Tracey Tee

Plucky and poignant, Namaste the Hard Way is for anyone who didn't want to walk in their mother's shoes (or sandals).

Provides parents with simple, practical instructions as well as a variety of effective tools for using technology to create meaningful moments and critical thinking skills that can mark a turning point in their children's lives and futures.

For anyone who endured a nightmare or a wasteland instead of a nurturing childhood, The Toxic Parents Survival Guide will offer you the clinical insights and the day-to-day tools so you can break the chains of toxicity that bind you in a mess you didn't create.

When your life is balanced and growing, you are living the OolaLife. The Oola principles incorporate biblical teachings into practical, effective platforms to help you overcome the world and create the awesome life you were meant to have

Author(s): Dave Braun, Troy Amdahl

This book offers readers a deep toolkit of invaluable suggestions for navigating tough issues with positivity and optimism. It is also the first book to provide stories from the perspective of not just the caregiver, but the caree, thus enabling caregivers to better understand their fears and feelings. The result is a positive, unified approach to care.

Author(s): Sharon Wegscheider-Cruse, Patrick Egan

Even Hollywood's biggest stars face the same dilemma as other parents do: "How do I get my child to sleep?" As parents in the know are finding, whether they're on the red carpet or the soccer field, the answer is the same: The Sleepeasy Solution.

Author(s): Jill Spivack, Jennifer Waldburger, MSW

Just as no two women are the same, the experience of being a mom is different for each of us. In The Ultimate Mom, you'll follow the journeys of mothers through a diverse collection of stories about this rewarding and challenging job.

Wit's End provides positive, prescriptive help for families who want to put their children on the road to a safe, healthy, happy, and independent adulthood.

Keeping Kids out of the Middle is not about divorce, and it's not about you. It is about your kids. This eye-opening and highly pragmatic book is a here-and-now guide toward better understanding and meeting the needs of your children.

The reissue of Dr. Slattery's indispensable guide to creating a happy marriage.

Mom saw a popular, happy teen, poised to revel in her high school years; her daughter saw a fat, ugly loser, and vowed to take action.

Author(s): Lorri Antosz Benson , Taryn Leigh Benson

But I Don't Feel Too Old to Be a Mommy! is the first and only book to fully address the concerns of the ever-growing but greatly ignored audience of literate, educated women who have delayed motherhood.

Here are 20 relationship-building strategies that will help you avoid conflict, resolve problems and establish a strong foundation for mutual love and respect.

Understanding Addiction and Recovery Through a Child's Eyes shares the poignant and profound healing journeys of children who have found their voice and reclaimed their sense of self-worth. Each story reminds us that children have a unique way of viewing the world

Enter beauty activists Claire Mysko and Magali Amadei, who reveal a much-needed forewarning on what to expect from your changing body, as well as a reality check for each stage of your pregnancy, exposing the myths, challenges, and insecurities you'll face throughout pregnancy and beyond—and what to do about them.

Author(s): Claire Mysko, Magali Amadeï

Do you ever wonder what your unborn child will look like, be like, act like, or desire in life? In Bond with Your Baby Before Birth, psychic Kim O'Neill offers her guided channeling techniques to help moms-to-be tap into the deep intuitive powers of pregnancy and meet their unborn child before birth.

Blue Collar and Proud of It gives you the information you need to pursue a stable, enjoyable, well-paying job—one that makes a difference every day in your community.

Author(s): Joe Lamacchia, Bridget Samburg

Parents Who Cheat explains how a child's perception of love and marriage can be forever altered, how self-esteem and trust are often severely damaged, and why adult children whose parents were unfaithful often choose unfaithful partners or become unfaithful themselves.

If you've ever been dumped, duped, or three minutes from crazy, you'll love Crazy Aunt Purl. Side-splittingly funny and profoundly moving, Drunk, Divorced, and Covered in Cat Hair is the true-life misadventures of Laurie Perry, aka Crazy Aunt Purl

Obama, Iman, Kanye, Laila—authentic African names are appearing more often in nurseries, classrooms, and boardrooms. The African Book of Names offers readers more than 4,000 names from 37 countries from at least 40 different ethnic groups.

classic text and perenneial best-seller expanded and revised.

Vital tools for changing the state of education and our children's safety in our schools.

A "re-parenting" guide that helps break the painful cycle of addiction and abuse.

With hints, tips, real-life anecdotes and practical strategies from teens across the country, High School's Not Forever is a down-and-dirty survival guide to the high school experience.

Author(s): Jane Bluestein, Eric D. Katz

A treasure of invaluable faith driven lessons introduces graduates to balancing their sense of wonder, boundless enthusiasm, and unfettered faith with achieving their dreams.

Author(s): Pat Williams, Karen Kingsbury

This beautiful book of wisdom is a gift of inspiration every woman will cherish.

Author(s): Jennifer Read Hawthorne, Barbara Warren Holden

An extraordinary journal of self exploration!

Using clear descriptions of boundary issues and a self-assessment survey, Whitfield goes deep into areas where boundaries help improve human interaction.

There is a point in our lives when we seem to stand in the center of our own decision about who we are and how we want to be.

All of us need positive affirmation throughout our lives. As children, these powerful messages helped us to know that we were worthwhile, that it was all right to want food and to be touched, and that our very existence was a precious gift.

A powerful definition of dysfunctional families providing an explanation of what happens and how it can be rectified.

Author(s): John C. Friel, Ph.D., Linda D. Olund Friel, M.A.

Book Six in the bestselling Teen Ink series: All fiction …all new …all teens!

Author(s): Stephanie H. Meyer, John Meyer

The latest volume in the bestselling series!

Author(s): Bettie B. Youngs, Jennifer Leigh Youngs

No preaching. No patronizing. This book tells it like it is on love!

A testament to the power of friendship!

Author(s): Kimberly Kirberger, Colin Mortensen

The second volume in the instantly-successful Teen Ink series!

Author(s): Stephanie H. Meyer, John Meyer

This is Michael Jordan's game plan for living like a champion.

Max Sindell's parents were divorced when he was six years old. That was his father's second divorce. His mother has since remarried and so has his father . . . twice. Max has dealt with all the angles of divorce, from traveling across the country alone at

The Success Principles for Teens is your road map whether your goal is to become a better student or athlete, start a business, make millions of dollars, or simply find guidance and direction.

Author(s): Jack Canfield, Kent Healy