Home Safe Home:
Protecting Yourself and Your Family from Everyday Toxics and Harmful Household Products in the Home
by Debra Lynn Dadd

Home Safe Home offers more than 400 tips, including do-it-yourself formulas for inexpensive, safe products to replace harmful substances we are exposed to in our own homes. Whether you suffer from unexplained headaches, fatigue, or depression, or if you worry about the link between increased use of toxics and the rising rate of cancer, the many suggestions in this book can make your life virtually toxic-free!

Perfect Parenting:
The Dictionary of 1,000 Parenting Tips
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by Elizabeth Pantley, William Sears
An effective guide to disciplining children ages two to 14, covering parents' most often-asked questions and helping them find the answers they need.

Kid Cooperation : How to Stop Yelling, Nagging and Pleading and Get Kids to Cooperate
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by Elizabeth Pantley, William, MD Sears (Introduction), Louise Bates Ames (Introduction)
Featuring a Foreword by popular parenting book author Dr. William Sears, this concise and straightforward book is filled with applied skills that teach children to cooperate, end sibling fights, boost children's self-esteem, and help parents handle discipline and anger with understanding and authority.

Carbohydrate-Addicted Kids:
Help Your Child or Teen Break Free of Junk Food and Sugar Cravings-For Life!
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by Rachael F. Heller, Richard Ferdinand Heller
In Carbohydrate Addicted Kids, Richard and Rachael Heller, authors of The Carbohydrate Addict's Diet, have developed a program specifically for children and teens to free them from their dependence on carbohydrates and improve their attitude, weight, learning, and self-esteem.

Questioning Circumcision:
A Jewish Perspective
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by Ronald, Ph.D. Goldman, Raymond Singer
The purpose of this book is to offer a clear understanding of what circumcision involves, to raise awareness about various concerns, to encourage Jews to take another look at our assumptions and feelings about circumcision, and to help resolve deep ethical, intellectual, and emotional conflicts.

The Healthy Baby Meal Planner
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by Annabel Karmel, Nadine Wickenden (Illustrator)
This is the way to start babies off to a lifetime of healthy and happy eating. Focusing on what foods are appropriate for each stage of a child's development from infancy to age two, Karmel discusses the best first foods, how and when to introduce fruits, vegetables and other solid foods, tempting dishes for children who are sick, and more.

Circumcision Exposed:
Rethinking a Medical and Cultural Tradition
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by Billy Ray Boyd
Nearly 60 percent of all male newborns are routinely circumcised in the U.S. In this book, the founder of the men's group, The Victims Speak, debunks the medical reasons for infant male circumcision and places them in a cultural and historical context. Boyd also explores male and female circumcision in a range of cultures

The Lice-Buster Book:
What to Do When Your Child Comes Home With Head Lice!
by Lennie Copeland, Ashley Copeland Griggs (Illustrator)
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Aimed at parents, teachers, nurses, pediatricians, pharmacists, and hair-dressers--anyone who must deal with head lice--this handbook covers everything from detecting and treating head lice to preventing infestation in the first place.

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