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Promises I Can Keep: Why Poor Women Put Motherhood before Marriage, With a New Preface
Kathryn Edin and Maria Kefalas
University of California Press
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9780520271463
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$30.00
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Coming of Age in the Other America
Stefanie DeLuca, Susan Clampet-Lundquist, and Kathryn Edin
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It's Not Like I'm Poor: How Working Families Make Ends Meet in a Post-Welfare World
Kathryn Edin, Sarah Halpern-Meekin, and Laura Tach
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The Monster Within: The Hidden Side of Motherhood
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Practicing Feminist Mothering
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Family Activism: Empowering Your Community, Beginning with Family and Friends
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Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering: A Doctor's Guide to Natural Childbirth and Gentle Early Parenting Choices
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8 Keys to Raising the Quirky Child: How to Help a Kid Who Doesn't (Quite) Fit in
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On Becoming a Teen Mom: Life Before Pregnancy
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Love's Uncertainty: The Politics and Ethics of Child Rearing in Contemporary China
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Trusting What You're Told: How Children Learn from Others
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Theories of Childhood: An Introduction to Dewey, Montessori, Erikson, Piaget, and Vygotsky
Carol Garhart Mooney
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Bilingual Is Better: Two Latina Moms on How the Bilingual Parenting Revolution Is Changing the Face of America
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The Zero Footprint Baby: How to Save the Planet While Raising a Healthy Baby
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Calming Your Anxious Child: Words to Say and Things to Do
Kathleen Trainor
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In Their Voices: Black Americans on Transracial Adoption
Rhonda M. Roorda
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Spare the Kids: Why Whupping Children Won't Save Black America
Stacey Patton
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Transgender Children and Youth: Cultivating Pride and Joy With Families in Transition
Elijah C. Nealy
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Helping Your Transgender Teen, 2nd Edition: A Guide for Parents
Irwin Krieger
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The First Six Weeks: The Tried-and-Tested Guide That Shows You How to Have a Happy, Healthy Sleeping Baby
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Feminist and Critical Perspectives on Caribbean Mothering
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Acting Out!
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Raising Human Beings: Creating a Collaborative Partnership with Your Child
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Varieties of Interpersonal Relationships
The Family of Woman: Lesbian Mothers, Their Children, and the Undoing of Gender
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Redefining Our Relationships: Guidelines For Responsible Open Relationships
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Ties That Bind: Familial Homophobia and Its Consequences
Sarah Schulman
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Invisible Families: Gay Identities, Relationships, and Motherhood among Black Women
Mignon Moore
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Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage: Valuing All Families under the Law (Queer Ideas)
Nancy D. Polikoff and Michael Bronski
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Salaam, Love: American Muslim Men on Love, Sex, and Intimacy
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The Polyamorists Next Door
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In Sickness and in Health: Love, Disability, and a Quest to Understand the Perils and Pleasures of Interabled Romance
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Thriving in Non Monogamy an Ethical Slut's Guide: Overcome Jealousy, Enjoy Sex, and Honor Yourself
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Future Generation: The Zine-Book for Subculture Parents, Kids, Friends and Others
China Martens
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The Ethical Slut: A Practical Guide to Polyamory, Open Relationships, and Other Freedoms in Sex and Love
Janet W. Hardy and Dossie Easton
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Don't Leave Your Friends Behind: Concrete Ways to Support Families in Social Justice Movements and Communities
Victoria Law and China Martens
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The Revolution Starts at Home: Confronting Intimate Violence Within Activist Communities
Ching-In Chen (Editor), Andrea Smith (Editor), Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (Editor), and Andrea Smith (Preface)
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Polywise: A Deeper Dive Into Navigating Open Relationships
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The Jealousy Workbook: Exercises and Insights for Managing Open Relationships
Kathy Labriola
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The Polyamory Breakup Book: Causes, Prevention, and Survival
Kathy Labriola
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Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy
Jessica Fern
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