Parental Resources
Books
Go to the library with your children, get many books, and read to them often. It is one of the most precious gifts you will ever give to your children.
Most all of these books can be found at your local library, bookstore, or can be purchased online.
Baby and Child Care
Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care, Seventh Edition, Benjamin Spock, M.D., Pocket Books, paperback.
What to Expect The First Year, Eisenberg, Murkoff, and Hathaway, Workman Publishing.
Dr. Mom: A Guide to Baby and Child Care by Marianne Neifert, MD
Your Child's Health by Barton D. Schmitt, MD Touchpoints, T. Berry Brazelton, & J.D. Sparrow, Perseus Publishing.
Secrets of the Baby Whisperer, Tracy Hogg, Ballantine Books, paperback.
American Academy of Pediatrics
Caring for Your Baby and Young Child, Steven P. Shelow, MD F.A.A.P. Editor in Chief.
Caring for your Adolescent, Donald E. Greydanus, MD, Editor in Chief.
Caring for your School Age Child: Ages 5-12, Dr. Edward Schor MD F.A.A.P. Editor in Chief<>
Sleep Problems
Helping Your Child Sleep Through The Night, Joanne Cuthbertson & Susanna Schevill, Main Street Books, paperback.
Solving Your Child's Sleep Problems, Richard Ferber, MD
The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night, Elizabeth Pantley & William Sears, McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books.
Child Development
Children: The Challenge, Rudolph Dreikurs and Vicki Stoltz, Dutton, paperback.
The Magic Years, Selma H. Fraiberg, Scribner, paperback.
The New Dare to Discipline, James Dobson, Tyndale, paperback.
The Parents Handbook: Systematic Training for Effective Parenting (STEP), Don Dinkmeyer Sr., Gary McKay and Don Dinkmeyer Jr., American Guidance Service, paperback.
Raising Your Spirited Child, Mary Sheedy Kurcinka , Perennial, paperback.
Learning Disabilities
The Difficult Child, Stan K. Turecki & Leslie Tonner, Bantam, paperback.
Smart But Feeling Dumb, [about dyslexia], Harold N. Levinson, Warner Books, paperback.
Understanding and Coping with Your Child’s Learning Disabilities, Larry Silver, Three Rivers Press, paperback.
Nutrition
How to Get Your Kid to Eat... but not too much, by Ellyn Satter, Bull Publishing.
Death
Everett Anderson's GoodBye, Lucille Cliflin, H. Holt and Co. Blackberries in the Dark, Mavis Jukes, Yearling, paperback.
Charlotte's Web, E.B. White
Divorce
Dinosaurs Divorce: A Guide for Changing Families, Laurie Krasny & Marc Brown, Little Brown & Co., paperback.
The Boys and Girls Book About Divorce, Richard A. Gardner, Bantam Books, paperback
It’s Not Your Fault, Koko Bear, Vicki Lansky & Jane Prince, Book Peddlers.
Vicki Lansky’s Divorce Book For Parents, Vicky Lansky, Book Peddlers.
General Reading
Alexander and the Terrible. Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day,Judith Vorst, MacMillan, paperback.
The Giving Tree, Shel Silverstein, Harper Collins.
Any books in the Dr. Seuss series
Marriage
Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples,Harville Hendrix, Henry Holt Publishers.
The Smart Step-Family: Seven Steps to a Healthy Family, Ron Deal, Bethany House.
Sex Education
What's Happening to Me? Peter Mayle, Lyle Stuart, Inc., paperback
Where Did I Come from? Peter Mayle, Lyle Stuart, Inc. paperback
How to Talk to Your Child About Sex: It’s Best to Start Early, But It’s Never Too Late, Linda Eyre & Richard Eyre, Golden Books Adult Publishing.
Links
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
Children's Health World
March of Dimes
National Safe Kids
Parenthood.com
