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Emily is raising two tiny feminists, building her freelance career and navigating life as a newly single mum - and feels like she's failing horribly. Tania just wants her other half to do his fair share - as long as it's done her way. But being right isn't nearly as much as fun as being in it together.... Helen has almost got family life sorted: a routine that suits them all, most days. Until her own mum turns up and turns calm into chaos.

From the world-renowned authority and internationally bestselling author of The Highly Sensitive Person, comes an indispensable guide for the significant number of parents who are unusually attuned to their children. The Highly Sensitive Parent is the only book of its kind, written specifically...

Many family fights, communication break downs, relationship disconnections, and overall stress and frustration can be solved if parents and children learn the principles and skills of self-government. This second edition of Parenting: A House United is the improved version of Nicholeen’s original basic guide for establishing a united self-governing family.

A TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR - Told with warmth, wit and unflinching humour, BASE NOTES shares an alternative confessional of Northern working-class life in the 1980s 'Candid and compelling' GUARDIAN 'Deeply evocative' Wendy Erskine 'A small, bleak masterpiece' Chris Power, OBSERVER 'Poignant...

Liv's Alone is an honest and hopeful memoir that captures the joy and the challenge that is parenting alone by choice. From smashing the fairy tale story that we're fed from a young age and grieving the life you thought you were going to have, to buying sperm from Denmark and bringing a baby into the world, Liv guides listeners through the highs and lows with warmth, humour and understanding.

Why are single mothers still portrayed as one-dimensional, hot messes? Why are we constantly told that children of single parents will be damaged for life? In this myth-busting manifesto, Sarah Thompson shares her own experience of single motherhood, along with contributions from leading child psychologists, to examine the positive impacts that being raised by a single parent can have on a child. She shares practical tips for dealing with the many financial challenges that single mothers face, and advice on how to navigate work when you’re parenting solo.

Adrienne Rich's influential and landmark investigation concerns both the experience and the institution of motherhood. The experience is her own—as a woman, a poet, a feminist, and a mother—but it is an experience determined by the institution, imposed on all women everywhere. She draws on...

'Davina’s new book is EVERYTHING you need to know about giving birth…this is basically a bible’ Alex Jones on The One Show Birthing is your honest, expert guide to pregnancy, birth and beyond, featuring everything you need to feel informed, supported and empowered. In Birthing, Davina...

‘If you like Jodi Picoult try Melissa Hill’ Woman & Home ‘I was completely gripped’ Sarah Morgan ‘Brimming with powerful issues’ Evening Post ‘This emotive story will touch your heart' My Weekly Good mother or bad … who decides? Widowed nurse Kate and mum of two Madeleine...

We heard it too many times: “Babies don’t come with an instruction manual.” Instead of taking the old cliché at its word, we asked, “why not?”. The famous Moms on Call series is here to help, equipping parents with trusted resources and practical guidance to navigate their child’s first four years with confidence, clarity, and better sleep.

Establish wise and loving limits that make a positive difference in your teen, in the rest of your family, and in you. The teen years: relationships, peer pressure, school, dating, character. To help teenagers grow into healthy adults, parents and youth workers need to teach them how to take...

Two Minute Daily Pregnancy Devotionals walks with you through all 280 days of pregnancy. Not weekly reflections that leave you alone with your anxiety for six days. Not five-minute devotions that feel like homework when you can barely keep crackers down. One scripture. One reflection. One prayer you can whisper before your feet hit the floor. Inside you will find: The “3 AM Altar” entries that transform sleepless pregnancy nights from panic into sacred ground

An instant New York Times bestseller, I'll Show Myself Out is the eagerly anticipated second essay collection from Jessi Klein, author of the acclaimed debut You’ll Grow Out of It. Longlisted for the PEN Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay “Sometimes I think about how much...

In Your Baby's Bottle-feeding Aversion, Rowena describes the various reasons babies display aversive feeding behavior, explains how the listener can identify the cause and describes effective solutions. Included are step-by-step instructions on how to resolve a behavioral feeding aversion that occurs as a result of being repeatedly pressured to feed—the most common of all reasons for babies to become averse to bottle-feeding. Your Baby's Bottle-feeding Aversion provides practical professional feeding advice that not only makes good sense, it works!

Powerful, moving and redemptive, RIVER SING ME HOME tells of a mother's desperate search to find her stolen children and her freedom. We whisper the names of the ones we love like the words of a song. That was the taste of freedom to us, those names on our lips. Mary Grace, Micah, Thomas...

I became obsessed with mum hacks when a friend showed me a game-changing tip during my baby days - that baby vests can be pulled down (not up) in the event of an explosive poo. I couldn't believe I had been a mum for so long and not known! Things I Wish I'd Known will bring you hundreds of quick and clever solutions, just like this, all to make the parenting juggle easier.

“Transformed by Birth is the much-needed remedy for all of us striving to do motherhood ‘right.’” —Ellie Knaus, founder and host of the Atomic Moms podcast As expecting parents, you have access to more information than ever about the “right” approach to pregnancy and childbirth...

The best news on the planet is that your mother doesn't have to change in order for you to be happy. In fact, author Karen C.L. Anderson will take it a step further and say your mother doesn't have to change in order for you to be free, peaceful, contented, and joyful. You can emotionally separate without guilt: Inspired by her own journey, Anderson's Difficult Mothers, Adult Daughters shows women how to emotionally separate from their mothers without guilt and anxiety so they can finally create a life based on their own values, desires, needs, and preferences.

Almost 10 years after learning that her son is autistic, Julie Green was also diagnosed, shedding light on a lifetime of feeling othered and misunderstood. Motherness traces Julie's journey from childhood to early motherhood, when she must advocate for her son while navigating her own struggles. With more girls and women being diagnosed in the last decade—many of them later in life—the face of autism is changing. Motherness provides a rich, intensely personal account of what it is like to be autistic through the lens of both a mother and child.

A guide to reclaim your Self as a mother—realize why it’s hard, reassess boundaries, recognize archetypes, and revolutionize how you parent and partner “A lifeline for any mother ready to stop repeating patterns and start reclaiming her power.” —Shefali Tsabary, PhD, New York Times...