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Best Sellers
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Hunt, Gather, Parent
- What Ancient Cultures Can Teach Us About the Lost Art of Raising Happy, Helpful Little Humans
- Written by: Michaeleen Doucleff
- Narrated by: Michaeleen Doucleff
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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In Hunt, Gather, Parent, Doucleff sets out with her three-year-old daughter in tow to learn and practice parenting strategies from families in three of the world’s most venerable communities....
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Game changer. Life changer book.
- By Amazon Customer on 2021-10-30
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One and Only
- The Freedom of Having an Only Child, and the Joy of Being One
- Written by: Lauren Sandler
- Narrated by: Lauren Sandler
- Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Journalist Lauren Sandler is an only child and the mother of one. After investigating what only children are really like and whether stopping at one child is an answer to reconciling motherhood and modernity, she learned a lot about herself - and a lot about our culture's assumptions....
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The Deepest Well
- Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity
- Written by: Dr. Nadine Burke Harris
- Narrated by: Dr. Nadine Burke Harris
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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A pioneering physician reveals how childhood stress can lead to lifelong health problems and shows us what we can do to break the cycle....
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Thank you so much for this book!
- By Jennifer Gurini on 2022-11-16
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Cruel to Be Kind
- Saying No Can Save a Child's Life
- Written by: Cathy Glass
- Narrated by: DeNica Fairman
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Cruel to Be Kind is the true story of Max, age six. He is fostered by Cathy while his mother is in hospital with complications from type 2 diabetes....
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Another wonderful book by Cathy!
- By rhonda imoo on 2020-01-11
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American Girls
- Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers
- Written by: Nancy Jo Sales
- Narrated by: Thérèse Plummer, Nancy Jo Sales
- Length: 14 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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The dominant force in the lives of girls coming of age in America today is social media. What it is doing to an entire generation of young women is the subject of Nancy Jo Sales' American Girls....
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Boys Adrift
- The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men
- Written by: Leonard Sax
- Narrated by: Allan Robertson
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Why America's sons are underachieving, and what we can do about it. Something is happening to boys today. From kindergarten to college, American boys are, on average, less resilient and less ambitious than they were a mere 20 years ago....
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So informational!
- By Sheeds on 2023-07-24
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Hunt, Gather, Parent
- What Ancient Cultures Can Teach Us About the Lost Art of Raising Happy, Helpful Little Humans
- Written by: Michaeleen Doucleff
- Narrated by: Michaeleen Doucleff
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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In Hunt, Gather, Parent, Doucleff sets out with her three-year-old daughter in tow to learn and practice parenting strategies from families in three of the world’s most venerable communities....
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Game changer. Life changer book.
- By Amazon Customer on 2021-10-30
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One and Only
- The Freedom of Having an Only Child, and the Joy of Being One
- Written by: Lauren Sandler
- Narrated by: Lauren Sandler
- Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Journalist Lauren Sandler is an only child and the mother of one. After investigating what only children are really like and whether stopping at one child is an answer to reconciling motherhood and modernity, she learned a lot about herself - and a lot about our culture's assumptions....
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The Deepest Well
- Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity
- Written by: Dr. Nadine Burke Harris
- Narrated by: Dr. Nadine Burke Harris
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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A pioneering physician reveals how childhood stress can lead to lifelong health problems and shows us what we can do to break the cycle....
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Thank you so much for this book!
- By Jennifer Gurini on 2022-11-16
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Cruel to Be Kind
- Saying No Can Save a Child's Life
- Written by: Cathy Glass
- Narrated by: DeNica Fairman
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Cruel to Be Kind is the true story of Max, age six. He is fostered by Cathy while his mother is in hospital with complications from type 2 diabetes....
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Another wonderful book by Cathy!
- By rhonda imoo on 2020-01-11
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American Girls
- Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers
- Written by: Nancy Jo Sales
- Narrated by: Thérèse Plummer, Nancy Jo Sales
- Length: 14 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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The dominant force in the lives of girls coming of age in America today is social media. What it is doing to an entire generation of young women is the subject of Nancy Jo Sales' American Girls....
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Boys Adrift
- The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men
- Written by: Leonard Sax
- Narrated by: Allan Robertson
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Why America's sons are underachieving, and what we can do about it. Something is happening to boys today. From kindergarten to college, American boys are, on average, less resilient and less ambitious than they were a mere 20 years ago....
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So informational!
- By Sheeds on 2023-07-24
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I See You, Survivor
- Life Inside (and Outside) the Totally F*cked-Up Troubled Teen Industry
- Written by: Liz Ianelli, Bret Witter - contributor
- Narrated by: Xe Sands, Liz Ianelli
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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A survivor of the Troubled Teen Industry exposes the truth about the dark side of a billion-dollar industry's institutionalized abuse—and shares the story of her own fight for justice....
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Third Culture Kids, Third Edition
- Growing Up Among Worlds
- Written by: David C. Pollock, Ruth E. Van Reken, Michael V. Pollock
- Narrated by: Pam Ward
- Length: 20 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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In this third edition of the groundbreaking, global classic, Ruth E. Van Reken and Michael V. Pollock, son of the late original coauthor, David C. Pollock, have significantly updated what is widely recognized as "The TCK Bible"....
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I Miss Mummy: The true story of a frightened young girl who is desperate to go home
- Written by: Cathy Glass
- Narrated by: Denica Fairman
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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In her new book, Cathy Glass, the number one best-selling author of Damaged, tells the story of the Alice, a young and vulnerable girl who is desperate to return home to her mother....
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The War Against Boys
- How Misguided Policies Are Harming Our Young Men
- Written by: Christina Hoff Sommers
- Narrated by: Coleen Marlo
- Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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After two major waves of feminism and decades of policy reform, women outperform men in nearly every measure of social, academic, and vocational well-being. Christina Hoff Sommers contends that it's time to take a hard look at present-day realities and recognize that boys need help....
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Love it
- By Lunatic on 2023-01-16
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Family Unfriendly
- How Our Culture Made Raising Kids Much Harder than It Needs to Be
- Written by: Timothy P. Carney
- Narrated by: Timothy P. Carney
- Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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The bestselling author of Alienated America traveled the country asking families and experts the same two questions: Why is parenting so hard now? And why are the results so bad?
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Baby X
- Britain's Child Abusers Brought to Justice
- Written by: Harry Keeble, Kris Hollington
- Narrated by: Damian Lynch
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Baby X is a shocking and unforgettable story of how some of the UK's most disadvantaged children escaped their tormentors....
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The Orchid and the Dandelion
- Why Some Children Struggle and How All Can Thrive
- Written by: W. Thomas Boyce
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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An audiobook that offers hope and a pathway to success for those coping with "difficult" children, fully exploring the author's revolutionary discovery about childhood development, parenting, and the key to helping all children find happiness and success....
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Has some good points
- By RJ on 2022-03-11
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Girls on the Edge
- Why So Many Girls Are Anxious, Wired, and Obsessed - and What Parents Can Do
- Written by: Leonard Sax
- Narrated by: Andrew Colford
- Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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A parenting expert reveals the four biggest threats to girls' psychological growth and explains how parents can help their daughters develop a healthy sense of self....
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Eye Opening
- By Jeff Alpaugh on 2023-03-26
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Bébé Day by Day
- 100 Keys to French Parenting
- Written by: Pamela Druckerman
- Narrated by: Abby Craden
- Length: 1 hr and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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In Bringing up Bébé, journalist and mother Pamela Druckerman investigated a society of good sleepers, gourmet eaters, and mostly calm parents. Bébé Day by Day distills the lessons of Bringing up Bébé into an easy-to-listen-to guide for parents and caregivers....
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A summary of bringing home bebe
- By Nathan D on 2020-05-31
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How Children Succeed
- Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character
- Written by: Paul Tough
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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The story we usually tell about childhood and success is the one about intelligence: success comes to those who score highest on tests, from preschool admissions to SATs. But in How Children Succeed, Paul Tough argues that the qualities that matter most have more to do with character....
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engaging, informative and thought-provoking
- By Solange De Santis on 2021-01-26
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Montessori
- The Science Behind the Genius
- Written by: Angeline Stoll Lillard
- Narrated by: Chelsea Stephens
- Length: 19 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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One hundred and ten years ago, Maria Montessori, the first female physician in Italy, devised a very different method of educating children, based on her observations of how they naturally learn....
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Trust Kids!
- Stories on Youth Autonomy and Confronting Adult Supremacy
- Written by: Carla Bergman - editor, Matt Hern - foreword
- Narrated by: Zach Bergman
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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The contributors of Trust Kids! write from different backgrounds, genders, ages, and sexualities and combine past lineages with more recent child-rearing ideas to offer a fresh, inspiring perspective....
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Mommy Burnout
- How to Reclaim Your Life and Raise Healthier Children in the Process
- Written by: Sheryl G. Ziegler
- Narrated by: Lisa Larsen
- Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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The ultimate handbook for the modern mother: a practical, and positive tool to help free women from the debilitating notion of being the "perfect mom", filled with funny and all too relatable true-life stories and realistic suggestions to stop the burnout cycle....
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Grain of salt
- By Natalie Bender on 2019-09-13
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Generation Z Unfiltered
- Facing Nine Hidden Challenges of the Most Anxious Population
- Written by: Tim Elmore, Andrew McPeak
- Narrated by: Tim Elmore, Andrew McPeak
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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This generation of students who have grown up in the 21st century are the most social, the most empowered, and also the most anxious youth population in human history. If you are struggling to connect with and lead them, you are not alone....
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The Silent Twins
- Written by: Marjorie Wallace
- Narrated by: Jodhi May
- Length: 12 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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When identical twins June and Jennifer Gibbons were three, they began to reject communication with anyone but each other, and so began a childhood bound together in a strange and secret world. As they grew up, love, hate and genius united to push them to the extreme margins of society....
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The Baby Bible
- A Guide to Taking Care of Your Bump, Your Baby and Yourself
- Written by: Bec Judd
- Narrated by: Bec Judd, Wendy Bos
- Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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A comprehensive month by month guide to pregnancy, birth and beyond from mother of four and media personality Bec Judd and her dream team of experts....
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Billy's Story
- Thrown Away Children, Book 6
- Written by: Louise Allen
- Narrated by: Melanie Crawley
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Louise has trouble on her hands from the first moment that 5-year-old Billy Blackthorn comes to stay. He is one of more than 20 children taken into care from a single family, and erupts into the Allen household with a volatility that is frightening and disturbing in equal measure....
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Sky's Story
- Thrown Away Children, Book 5
- Written by: Louise Allen
- Narrated by: Melanie Crawley
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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When Sky and her older sister Avril were taken into care, the social workers knew this was a case like no other. Raised by unhinged parents who hoarded compulsively, creating horrific conditions no child should live in, the two girls arrived at foster carer Louise's home....
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NurtureShock
- New Thinking About Children
- Written by: Po Bronson, Ashley Merryman
- Narrated by: Po Bronson
- Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Award-winning science journalists Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman argue that when it comes to children, we've mistaken good intentions for good ideas....
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very interesting
- By RENE NOREÑA DE LUCA on 2018-01-29
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Fingers in the Sparkle Jar
- A Memoir
- Written by: Chris Packham
- Narrated by: Chris Packham
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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An introverted, unusual young boy, isolated by his obsessions and a loner at school, Chris Packham was only at home in the fields and woods around his suburban home....
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Them Before Us
- Why We Need a Global Children's Rights Movement
- Written by: Katy Faust, Stacy Manning
- Narrated by: Katy Faust
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Them Before Us blazes a new trail through the difficult terrain of marriage and family issues. It’s the only book that filters the complexities of marriage, familial relationships, and reproductive technologies....
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Refreshing, revolutionary, basic
- By Amazoner on 2023-05-02
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Max and Mia's Story
- Thrown Away Children, Book 7
- Written by: Louise Allen
- Narrated by: Melanie Crawley
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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From the bestselling author of the Thrown Away Children series comes another heartbreaking story of life in foster care....
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It's OK to Go up the Slide
- Renegade Rules for Raising Confident and Creative Kids
- Written by: Heather Shumaker
- Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Shumaker offers broader guidance on how parents can control their own anger and move from an overscheduled life to one of more free play....
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Conquered
- The Last Children of Anglo-Saxon England
- Written by: Eleanor Parker
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
- Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
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The Battle of Hastings and its aftermath nearly wiped out the leading families of Anglo-Saxon England – so what happened to the children this conflict left behind....
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Young Lives, Big Ambitions
- Transforming Life Chances for Vulnerable Children and Teens
- Written by: Anne Longfield
- Narrated by: Rachel Capell
- Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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A difficult home life. A missed diagnosis. A disrupted education. Falling in with the wrong crowd. Every year thousands of children fall through the cracks in our society and become victims of a destructive cycle that ends in exploitation, violence, and lost life chances. As Commissioner for Children in England, Anne Longfield CBE witnessed the devastating effects of this cycle as vulnerable young people were failed by systems too underfunded and overstretched to protect them. Young Lives, Big Ambitions is a plan to fix our broken system and give every young person the chance to succeed.
Written by: Anne Longfield
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The Jews of Summer
- Summer Camp and Jewish Culture in Postwar America
- Written by: Sandra Fox
- Narrated by: Sharon Freedman
- Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Focusing on the lived experience of campers and camp counselors, The Jews of Summer demonstrates how a cultural crisis birthed a rite of passage that remains a significant influence in American Jewish life.
Written by: Sandra Fox
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Family Unfriendly
- How Our Culture Made Raising Kids Much Harder than It Needs to Be
- Written by: Timothy P. Carney
- Narrated by: Timothy P. Carney
- Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Our culture tells parents there's one best way to raise kids: enroll them in a dozen activities, protect them from trauma, and get them into the most expensive college you can. If you can't do that, don't bother. How is that going? Record rates of anxiety, depression, medication, debts, loneliness and more. In Family Unfriendly, bestselling author and Washington Examiner columnist Timothy P. Carney says it's time to end this failed experiment in overparenting.
Written by: Timothy P. Carney
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Broken
- Transforming Child Protective Services—Notes of a Former Caseworker
- Written by: Jessica Pryce
- Narrated by: Deanna Anthony
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Joining the ranks of Evicted and The New Jim Crow, a former caseworker’s searing, clear-eyed investigation of the child welfare system—from foster care to incarceration—that exposes the deep-rooted biases shaping the system, witnessed through the lives of several Black families.
Written by: Jessica Pryce
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How to Teach Kids Empathy
- A Parent’s Guide to Raise Compassionate Humans; Build Connection with Your Kids
- Written by: Ann Hester
- Narrated by: Kristin Ford
- Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Learn the building blocks of empathy and emotional intelligence so you can foster perspective-taking, kindness, conflict resolution, and celebrating diversity. Let this book be your roadmap to instilling empathy in your kids—one of the most important skills in becoming compassionate contributors to a kinder, more connected world.
Written by: Ann Hester
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Raising the Nation
- How to Build a Better Future for Our Children (and Everyone Else)
- Written by: Paul Lindley
- Narrated by: Richard Pryal, Ali Vowles, Lissa Berry, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Children today grow up in an increasingly volatile, complex and uncertain world. Theirs is a generation disempowered from steering their lives while society’s systems are failing to provide the support they need. Yet, a country only prospers when its children—from all walks of life—thrive, meaning that the United Kingdom now faces some consequential choices. Raising the Nation builds a compelling case showing why we must nurture smart, strong and kind children to one day inherit the stewardship of society.
Written by: Paul Lindley
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Young Lives, Big Ambitions
- Transforming Life Chances for Vulnerable Children and Teens
- Written by: Anne Longfield
- Narrated by: Rachel Capell
- Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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A difficult home life. A missed diagnosis. A disrupted education. Falling in with the wrong crowd. Every year thousands of children fall through the cracks in our society and become victims of a destructive cycle that ends in exploitation, violence, and lost life chances. As Commissioner for Children in England, Anne Longfield CBE witnessed the devastating effects of this cycle as vulnerable young people were failed by systems too underfunded and overstretched to protect them. Young Lives, Big Ambitions is a plan to fix our broken system and give every young person the chance to succeed.
Written by: Anne Longfield
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The Jews of Summer
- Summer Camp and Jewish Culture in Postwar America
- Written by: Sandra Fox
- Narrated by: Sharon Freedman
- Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Focusing on the lived experience of campers and camp counselors, The Jews of Summer demonstrates how a cultural crisis birthed a rite of passage that remains a significant influence in American Jewish life.
Written by: Sandra Fox
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Family Unfriendly
- How Our Culture Made Raising Kids Much Harder than It Needs to Be
- Written by: Timothy P. Carney
- Narrated by: Timothy P. Carney
- Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Our culture tells parents there's one best way to raise kids: enroll them in a dozen activities, protect them from trauma, and get them into the most expensive college you can. If you can't do that, don't bother. How is that going? Record rates of anxiety, depression, medication, debts, loneliness and more. In Family Unfriendly, bestselling author and Washington Examiner columnist Timothy P. Carney says it's time to end this failed experiment in overparenting.
Written by: Timothy P. Carney
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Broken
- Transforming Child Protective Services—Notes of a Former Caseworker
- Written by: Jessica Pryce
- Narrated by: Deanna Anthony
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Joining the ranks of Evicted and The New Jim Crow, a former caseworker’s searing, clear-eyed investigation of the child welfare system—from foster care to incarceration—that exposes the deep-rooted biases shaping the system, witnessed through the lives of several Black families.
Written by: Jessica Pryce
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How to Teach Kids Empathy
- A Parent’s Guide to Raise Compassionate Humans; Build Connection with Your Kids
- Written by: Ann Hester
- Narrated by: Kristin Ford
- Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Learn the building blocks of empathy and emotional intelligence so you can foster perspective-taking, kindness, conflict resolution, and celebrating diversity. Let this book be your roadmap to instilling empathy in your kids—one of the most important skills in becoming compassionate contributors to a kinder, more connected world.
Written by: Ann Hester
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Raising the Nation
- How to Build a Better Future for Our Children (and Everyone Else)
- Written by: Paul Lindley
- Narrated by: Richard Pryal, Ali Vowles, Lissa Berry, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Children today grow up in an increasingly volatile, complex and uncertain world. Theirs is a generation disempowered from steering their lives while society’s systems are failing to provide the support they need. Yet, a country only prospers when its children—from all walks of life—thrive, meaning that the United Kingdom now faces some consequential choices. Raising the Nation builds a compelling case showing why we must nurture smart, strong and kind children to one day inherit the stewardship of society.
Written by: Paul Lindley