Most Influential Parenting Books

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Raising Self-Reliant Children in a Self-Indulgent World: Seven Building Blocks for Developing Capable Young People
Raising Self-Reliant Children in a Self-Indulgent World: Seven Building Blocks for Developing Capable Young People 4.05 avg rating — 462 ratings
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Parenting Teenage Boys: How to form a Bond, Turn Problem Behaviors, Communicate and Listen to your Teenage Son
Parenting Teenage Boys: How to form a Bond, Turn Problem Behaviors, Communicate and Listen to your Teenage Son 4.33 avg rating — 39 ratings
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Talking About Adolescence: Supercharge Your Body and Brain Power
Talking About Adolescence: Supercharge Your Body and Brain Power 4.74 avg rating — 43 ratings
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Parent Power!
Parent Power! 4.15 avg rating — 202 ratings
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The Rise and Fall of the American Teenager
The Rise and Fall of the American Teenager 3.65 avg rating — 247 ratings
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How to Tutor Your Own Child: Boost Grades and Inspire a Lifelong Love of Learning--Without Paying for a Professional Tutor
How to Tutor Your Own Child: Boost Grades and Inspire a Lifelong Love of Learning--Without Paying for a Professional Tutor 3.89 avg rating — 88 ratings
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The Hurried Child: Growing Up Too Fast Too Soon
The Hurried Child: Growing Up Too Fast Too Soon 3.79 avg rating — 901 ratings
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The Girlfriends' Guide to Toddlers
The Girlfriends' Guide to Toddlers 3.73 avg rating — 775 ratings
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Bringing Up Boys: Practical Advice and Encouragement for Those Shaping the Next Generation of Men
Bringing Up Boys: Practical Advice and Encouragement for Those Shaping the Next Generation of Men 3.92 avg rating — 7,986 ratings
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The Science of Parenting
The Science of Parenting 4.07 avg rating — 686 ratings
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What to Expect Before You're Expecting
What to Expect Before You're Expecting 3.54 avg rating — 3,674 ratings
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Everyday Parents Raising Great Kids
Everyday Parents Raising Great Kids 3.80 avg rating — 64 ratings
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Raising Confident Girls: 100 Tips For Parents And Teachers
Raising Confident Girls: 100 Tips For Parents And Teachers 3.48 avg rating — 149 ratings
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Relax, It's Just God: How and Why to Talk to Your Kids About Religion When You're Not Religious
Relax, It's Just God: How and Why to Talk to Your Kids About Religion When You're Not Religious 4.31 avg rating — 393 ratings
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The Available Parent: Radical Optimism for Raising Teens and Tweens
The Available Parent: Radical Optimism for Raising Teens and Tweens 4.13 avg rating — 495 ratings
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The Nursing Mother's Companion
The Nursing Mother's Companion 4.11 avg rating — 3,233 ratings
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Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting
Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting 4.02 avg rating — 75,869 ratings
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Loving Your Child Is Not Enough: Positive Discipline That Works
Loving Your Child Is Not Enough: Positive Discipline That Works 4.03 avg rating — 261 ratings
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The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed
The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed 4.14 avg rating — 7,307 ratings
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Roots of Empathy : Changing the World, Child by Child
Roots of Empathy : Changing the World, Child by Child 4.07 avg rating — 189 ratings
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TLC for Frazzled Kids
TLC for Frazzled Kids it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Chronicles of a Full-Time Father
Chronicles of a Full-Time Father 3.77 avg rating — 66 ratings
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Stranger Danger - How to Talk to Kids About Strangers
Stranger Danger - How to Talk to Kids About Strangers 4.57 avg rating — 14 ratings
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The Unofficial Guide to Surviving Life With Boys (Volume #1)
The Unofficial Guide to Surviving Life With Boys (Volume #1) 4.11 avg rating — 53 ratings
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Truly Yours: Wise Words on the Miracle of Adoption
Truly Yours: Wise Words on the Miracle of Adoption 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings
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The Book of Elf Names: 5,600 Elven Names to use for Magic, Game Playing, Inspiration, Naming One's Self and One's Child, and As Words in the Elven Language of the Silver Elves
The Book of Elf Names: 5,600 Elven Names to use for Magic, Game Playing, Inspiration, Naming One's Self and One's Child, and As Words in the Elven Language of the Silver Elves it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Turning Tantrums Into Triumphs
Turning Tantrums Into Triumphs
by: Pamela Li
4.02 avg rating — 57 ratings
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Pregnancy, OMG!: The First Ever Photographic Guide for Modern Mamas-to-Be
Pregnancy, OMG!: The First Ever Photographic Guide for Modern Mamas-to-Be 3.71 avg rating — 45 ratings
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Screamfree Parenting: The Revolutionary Approach to Raising Your Kids by Keeping Your Cool
Screamfree Parenting: The Revolutionary Approach to Raising Your Kids by Keeping Your Cool 3.97 avg rating — 5,151 ratings
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Help! for Parents: Through the First Twelve Years
Help! for Parents: Through the First Twelve Years it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Summerhill: A Radical Approach to Child Rearing
Summerhill: A Radical Approach to Child Rearing 4.12 avg rating — 2,261 ratings
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The Power of Play: How Spontaneous, Imaginative Activities Lead to Happier, Healthier Children
The Power of Play: How Spontaneous, Imaginative Activities Lead to Happier, Healthier Children 3.87 avg rating — 904 ratings
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Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool
Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool 4.14 avg rating — 40,238 ratings
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The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales
The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales 3.83 avg rating — 6,186 ratings
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How to Behave So Your Children Will, Too!
How to Behave So Your Children Will, Too! 3.91 avg rating — 429 ratings
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Best Friends, Worst Enemies: Understanding the Social Lives of Children
Best Friends, Worst Enemies: Understanding the Social Lives of Children 3.78 avg rating — 416 ratings
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Raising Everyday Heroes: Parenting Children To Be Self-Reliant
Raising Everyday Heroes: Parenting Children To Be Self-Reliant 3.55 avg rating — 22 ratings
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Children: The Challenge
Children: The Challenge 4.18 avg rating — 933 ratings
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Child of Mine: Feeding with Love and Good Sense
Child of Mine: Feeding with Love and Good Sense 4.11 avg rating — 1,081 ratings
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Raising Girls: Why Girls Are Different--and How to Help Them Grow up Happy and Strong
Raising Girls: Why Girls Are Different--and How to Help Them Grow up Happy and Strong 2.92 avg rating — 171 ratings
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Raising Children Who Think for Themselves
Raising Children Who Think for Themselves 3.78 avg rating — 174 ratings
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Parenting in the Present Moment: How to Stay Focused on What Really Matters
Parenting in the Present Moment: How to Stay Focused on What Really Matters 4.16 avg rating — 148 ratings
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No-Drama Discipline: The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind
No-Drama Discipline: The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind 4.26 avg rating — 23,713 ratings
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The Other Side Makes Chocolate
The Other Side Makes Chocolate 4.64 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Smart Medicine for a Healthier Child: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Natural and Conventional Treatments for Infants and Children
Smart Medicine for a Healthier Child: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Natural and Conventional Treatments for Infants and Children 4.48 avg rating — 317 ratings
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Teaching Children Joy
Teaching Children Joy 4.12 avg rating — 386 ratings
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How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character
How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character 3.89 avg rating — 24,501 ratings
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Your Competent Child: Toward New Basic Values for the Family
Your Competent Child: Toward New Basic Values for the Family 4.26 avg rating — 2,363 ratings
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The No-Diet Obesity Solution for Kids
The No-Diet Obesity Solution for Kids it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
by: Amy Chua
3.66 avg rating — 53,698 ratings
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Life Is Short, Laundry Is Eternal: Confessions of a Stay-at-Home Dad
Life Is Short, Laundry Is Eternal: Confessions of a Stay-at-Home Dad 4.08 avg rating — 151 ratings
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Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success 4.10 avg rating — 169,821 ratings
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Redefining Girly: How Parents Can Fight the Stereotyping and Sexualizing of Girlhood, from Birth to Tween
Redefining Girly: How Parents Can Fight the Stereotyping and Sexualizing of Girlhood, from Birth to Tween 3.67 avg rating — 500 ratings
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The Hip Mama Survival Guide: Advice from the Trenches on Pregnancy, Childbirth, Cool Names, Clueless Doctors, Potty Training, and Toddler Avengers
The Hip Mama Survival Guide: Advice from the Trenches on Pregnancy, Childbirth, Cool Names, Clueless Doctors, Potty Training, and Toddler Avengers 3.88 avg rating — 335 ratings
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Thirty Million Words: Building a Child's Brain
Thirty Million Words: Building a Child's Brain 4.15 avg rating — 3,701 ratings
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The Mother Trip: Hip Mama's Guide to Staying Sane in the Chaos of Motherhood
The Mother Trip: Hip Mama's Guide to Staying Sane in the Chaos of Motherhood 3.95 avg rating — 372 ratings
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The New Strong-Willed Child
The New Strong-Willed Child 3.79 avg rating — 4,740 ratings
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Good Night Sleep Tight: The Sleep Lady's Gentle Guide to Helping Your Child Go to Sleep, Stay Asleep, and Wake Up Happy
Good Night Sleep Tight: The Sleep Lady's Gentle Guide to Helping Your Child Go to Sleep, Stay Asleep, and Wake Up Happy
by: Kim West
3.84 avg rating — 1,567 ratings
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Loving Our Kids on Purpose: Making a Heart-to-Heart Connection
Loving Our Kids on Purpose: Making a Heart-to-Heart Connection 4.38 avg rating — 2,238 ratings
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Families Where Grace Is in Place
Families Where Grace Is in Place 4.40 avg rating — 615 ratings
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Boys Will Put You on a Pedestal (So They Can Look Up Your Skirt): A Dad's Advice for Daughters
Boys Will Put You on a Pedestal (So They Can Look Up Your Skirt): A Dad's Advice for Daughters 3.85 avg rating — 331 ratings
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Parenting from the Inside Out: How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive
Parenting from the Inside Out: How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive 4.16 avg rating — 5,434 ratings
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Parenting a House United: Changing children’s hearts and behaviors by teaching self-government
Parenting a House United: Changing children’s hearts and behaviors by teaching self-government 4.18 avg rating — 459 ratings
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Raising An Emotionally Intelligent Child: The Heart of Parenting
Raising An Emotionally Intelligent Child: The Heart of Parenting 4.19 avg rating — 6,568 ratings
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When Good Kids Do Bad Things: A Survival Guide for Parents of Teenagers
When Good Kids Do Bad Things: A Survival Guide for Parents of Teenagers 4.53 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Teaching Kids to Be Good People: Progressive Parenting for the 21st Century
Teaching Kids to Be Good People: Progressive Parenting for the 21st Century
by: Annie Fox
3.70 avg rating — 69 ratings
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Home Is Where We Start from
Home Is Where We Start from 3.96 avg rating — 377 ratings
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The Game Is Playing Your Kid: How to Unplug and Reconnect in the Digital Age
The Game Is Playing Your Kid: How to Unplug and Reconnect in the Digital Age 4.27 avg rating — 33 ratings
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Can Doesn't Mean Should: Essential Knowledge for 21st Century Parents
Can Doesn't Mean Should: Essential Knowledge for 21st Century Parents 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings
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The Ultimate Guide to Green Parenting
The Ultimate Guide to Green Parenting 3.86 avg rating — 29 ratings
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Your Six-Year-Old: Loving and Defiant
Your Six-Year-Old: Loving and Defiant 3.73 avg rating — 662 ratings
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Don't Put Your Crap in Your Kid's Diaper: The Clean Up Cost Can Last a Lifetime
Don't Put Your Crap in Your Kid's Diaper: The Clean Up Cost Can Last a Lifetime 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Right-Brained Children in a Left-Brained World: Unlocking the Potential of Your ADD Child
Right-Brained Children in a Left-Brained World: Unlocking the Potential of Your ADD Child 3.95 avg rating — 357 ratings
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Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters: 10 Secrets Every Father Should Know
Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters: 10 Secrets Every Father Should Know 4.16 avg rating — 6,607 ratings
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Making the "Terrible" Twos Terrific (Volume 4)
Making the "Terrible" Twos Terrific (Volume 4) 3.89 avg rating — 810 ratings
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Raising Lions
Raising Lions 4.30 avg rating — 789 ratings
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The Crying Baby
The Crying Baby really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 13 ratings
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How Babies Are Made
How Babies Are Made really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 81 ratings
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What Mary and Joseph Knew About Parenting
What Mary and Joseph Knew About Parenting 3.28 avg rating — 18 ratings
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That Mama is a Grouch
That Mama is a Grouch 4.58 avg rating — 26 ratings
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10 Principles for Spiritual Parenting: Nurturing Your Child's Soul
10 Principles for Spiritual Parenting: Nurturing Your Child's Soul
by: Mimi Doe
4.08 avg rating — 62 ratings
173.
25 Mistakes LDS Parents Make and How to Avoid Them
25 Mistakes LDS Parents Make and How to Avoid Them 4.25 avg rating — 140 ratings
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Fate, Traits, and Due Dates with Nate
Fate, Traits, and Due Dates with Nate it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Dance With A Broom
Dance With A Broom it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Parental Healing: Paradigm Shift
Parental Healing: Paradigm Shift did not like it 1.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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A Good Enough Parent: The Guide to Bringing Up Children
A Good Enough Parent: The Guide to Bringing Up Children 3.81 avg rating — 259 ratings
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Pink is Just a Color and so is Blue
Pink is Just a Color and so is Blue 4.31 avg rating — 29 ratings
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More Secrets of Happy Children: Embrace Your Power as a Parent--and Help Your Children be Confident, Positive, Well-Adjusted and Happy
More Secrets of Happy Children: Embrace Your Power as a Parent--and Help Your Children be Confident, Positive, Well-Adjusted and Happy 3.78 avg rating — 83 ratings
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How to Grow a Connected Family with Contagious Love and Faith
How to Grow a Connected Family with Contagious Love and Faith 4.55 avg rating — 38 ratings
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365 Activities You and Your Toddler Will Love: Fun Ideas for Your Toddler's Growing Mind!
365 Activities You and Your Toddler Will Love: Fun Ideas for Your Toddler's Growing Mind! 3.74 avg rating — 19 ratings
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March into My Heart: A Memoir of Mothers, Daughters, and Adoption
March into My Heart: A Memoir of Mothers, Daughters, and Adoption 3.55 avg rating — 40 ratings
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100 Hidden Truths of Parenting
100 Hidden Truths of Parenting 3.95 avg rating — 22 ratings
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Help! My Toddler Came Without Instructions: Practical Tips for Parenting a Happy One, Two, Three, and Four Year Old
Help! My Toddler Came Without Instructions: Practical Tips for Parenting a Happy One, Two, Three, and Four Year Old 3.14 avg rating — 28 ratings
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50 Things to Know Before Having a Baby
50 Things to Know Before Having a Baby 3.08 avg rating — 39 ratings
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The Secret of Parenting: How to Be in Charge of Today's Kids--from Toddlers to Preteens--Without Threats or Punishment
The Secret of Parenting: How to Be in Charge of Today's Kids--from Toddlers to Preteens--Without Threats or Punishment 4.14 avg rating — 147 ratings
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ToddlerCalm: A Guide for Calmer Toddlers & Happier Parents
ToddlerCalm: A Guide for Calmer Toddlers & Happier Parents 4.11 avg rating — 380 ratings
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The Politically Incorrect Parenting Book: 10 No-Nonsense Rules to Stay Sane and Raise Happy Kids
The Politically Incorrect Parenting Book: 10 No-Nonsense Rules to Stay Sane and Raise Happy Kids 4.31 avg rating — 32 ratings
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How to raise children successfully.: A guide to raising healthy, happy and rounded children.
How to raise children successfully.: A guide to raising healthy, happy and rounded children. 2.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Mommies' Priceless Moments
Mommies' Priceless Moments 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Becoming Mum
Becoming Mum 3.89 avg rating — 46 ratings
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