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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS

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FAM000000   FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / General

FAM001000   FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Abuse / General

FAM001010   FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Abuse / Child Abuse

FAM001030   FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Abuse / Domestic Partner Abuse

FAM001020   FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Abuse / Elder Abuse

FAM002000   FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Activities

FAM004000   FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Adoption & Fostering

FAM006000   FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Alternative Family

FAM007000   FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Anger (see also SELF-HELP / Self-Management / Anger Management)

FAM047000   FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD-ADHD)

FAM048000   FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Autism Spectrum Disorders

FAM008000   FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Baby Names

FAM050000   FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Babysitting, Day Care & Child Care

                                   FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Bereavement see Death, Grief, Bereavement

                                   FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Breastfeeding see HEALTH & FITNESS / Breastfeeding

FAM049000   FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Bullying

FAM012000   FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Children with Special Needs

FAM060000   FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Chosen Family *

FAM013000   FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Conflict Resolution

FAM051000   FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Dating

FAM014000   FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Death, Grief, Bereavement

FAM015000   FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Divorce & Separation

FAM052000   FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Dysfunctional Families

FAM016000   FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Education

FAM017000   FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Eldercare

FAM053000   FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Extended Family

FAM058000   FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Family History & Genealogy (see also REFERENCE / Genealogy & Heraldry)

FAM021000   FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Friendship

                                  FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Grief see Death, Grief, Bereavement

                                 FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Humorous see HUMOR / Topic / Marriage & Family or HUMOR / Topic / Men, Women & Relationships

FAM061000   FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Indigenous Families *

                                   FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Infertility see HEALTH & FITNESS / Fertility & Infertility

FAM028000   FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Learning Disabilities

FAM056000   FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / LGBTQ+

FAM046000   FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Life Stages / General

FAM003000   FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Life Stages / Adolescence

FAM025000   FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Life Stages / Infants & Toddlers

FAM005000   FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Life Stages / Later Years

FAM054000   FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Life Stages / Mid-Life

FAM039000   FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Life Stages / School Age

FAM043000   FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Life Stages / Teenagers

FAM029000   FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Love & Romance

FAM030000   FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Marriage & Long-Term Relationships

FAM055000   FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Military Families

FAM059000   FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Miscarriage & Baby Loss

FAM057000   FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Multiracial Families

FAM034000   FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / General

FAM034020   FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / Co-Parenting

FAM020000   FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / Fatherhood

FAM022000   FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / Grandparenting

FAM032000   FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / Motherhood

FAM033000   FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / Parent & Adult Child

FAM034010   FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / Single Parent

FAM042000   FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / Stepparenting

FAM035000   FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Peer Pressure

                                  FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Pregnancy & Childbirth see HEALTH & FITNESS / Pregnancy & Childbirth

FAM037000   FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Prejudice

FAM038000   FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Reference

                                   FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Romance see Love & Romance

                                  FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Sexuality see HEALTH & FITNESS / Sexuality or RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies or SELF-HELP / Sexual Instruction

FAM041000   FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Siblings

FAM044000   FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Toilet Training

If your title does not have subject content, i.e. a blank book, please use the Non-Classifiable term below. Otherwise, use the Subject/General term in the closest descriptive area. NON000000 NON-CLASSIFIABLE

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