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1001 Things Every College Student Needs to Know
Like Buying Your Books Before Exams Start

Most high school seniors think the next four years will be just like the last four years only they won't have their parents yammering at them about a curfew.

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1001 Things Every Teen Should Know Before They Leave Home (or Else They'll come back)

Every year millions of teenagers are unleashed into society. And parents are left wondering, "How long will they make it out there?"

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1001 Things It Means to be a Mom
(The Good, The Bad and The Smelly)

Moms dress like middle-schoolers so their daughters will speak to them; wear huge buttons sporting pictures of their high-school seniors, and go without so their kids can have everything--only to have them say she needs to do something with her hair.

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1001 Things It Means to be a Dad
(Some Assembly Required)

Men handle the whole baby thing different than women do. But dads are just as excited, worried, depressed, happy, awed and stressed as mom. But not having anybody to talk to about their feelings, they watch football. And read this book that explains everything. Sort of.

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1001 Things Happy Couples Know About Marriage
(Like Love, Romance, and Morning Breath)

What's the secret to a happy, passionate, "forever" marriage? Well there's no one secret. There's more like a thousand of them.

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1001 Things Every Your Kids Should See & Do (or Else They'll Never Leave Home)

When it's time for your kids to leave home, will they be ready to face the world? Most parents think there at least a million things kids need to see and do to function in the adult world. Actually there are only about a thousand.

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Father to Son

Life Lessons on Raising a Boy

A national best seller, it's filled with wisdom to remind, to teach, and to inspire Dads to be involved in their sons' lives.

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Father to Daughter

Life Lessons on Raising a Girl

The best selling book for Dads on loving, shaping, guiding and learning to comprehend their inscrutable little girls.

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Mother to Son

Shared Wisdom from the Heart

Refreshingly candid, MOTHER TO SON takes an honest look at the amazing highs (and occasional lows) of raising a boy--illuminating why, at the end of the day, it's all worth it.

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Mother to Daughter

Shared Wisdom from the Heart

The extraordinary new book written with his wife Melissa Harrison.

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"The most perfect thing about mom are her casserole recipes. But we hate them."

- Blake, when asked about his mother

"If I didn't have him I would go and find him no matter how long it took."

- Cristin, when asked about her father

"He is real smart. I mean, he is like an encyclopedia".

- Josh, when asked about his father

"My mom takes care of me even when I get on her nerves".

- Breayonna, when asked about her mother

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Ten ways to survive living with an 8 th grade girl who won't talk to you because you like are too weird.

Five ways to get out of buying your son a car the exact day he turns 16.

Things you and your three year old boy can do with belly button lint. 

What to think about while you're waiting for your daughter to come home on her date and she's five minutes late and you never liked the miserable punk anyway.

Why your son suddenly smells strange. 

Seven reasons you should mortgage the house and buy your daughter a $500 Kate Spade purse. 

Ten possible reasons your daughter is in her bedroom crying right now but won't talk to you about it.

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  Parenting Resources


You're not in this alone. Here are some of the best resources on the Web.

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