Siblings
Abers, Linda Williams, 101 Activities For Siblings Who Squabble
Single Parenting
Brott, Armin, The Single Father: A Dad’s Guide to Parenting Without a Partner (New Father Series)
Engbar, Andrea and Leah Klugness, The Complete Single Mother: Reassuring Answers to Your Most Challenging Concerns
Foust, Linda, The Single Parent’s Almanac: Real-World Answers to Your Everyday Questions
Lamott, Anne, Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son’s First Year
Pickhardt, Carl, Keys to Single Parenting (Barron’s Parenting Keys)
Shimberg, Elaine and Michael, The Complete Single Father: Reassuring Answers to Your Most Challenging Situations
Terdal, Leif and Patricia Kennedy, Raising Sons Without Fathers: A Woman’s Guide to Parenting Strong, Successful Boys
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Sleep
Ezzo, Gary, On Becoming Baby Wise: Giving Your Infant the Gift of Nighttime Sleep
Ferber, Richard, Solve Your Child’s Sleep Problems: New, Revised, and Expanded Edition
Jones, Sandy, Crying Baby, Sleepless Nights: Why Your Baby Is Crying and What You Can Do About It (Non)
Kurcincka, Mary Sheedy,Sleepless in America: Is Your Child Misbehaving…or Missing Sleep?
Mindell, Jodi A., Sleeping Through the Night, Revised Edition: How Infants, Toddlers, and Their Parents Can Get a Good Night’s Sleep
Pantley, Elizabeth, The No-Cry Sleep Solution for Toddlers and Preschoolers: Gentle Ways to Stop Bedtime Battles and Improve Your Child’s Sleep
Sears, William, Nighttime Parenting: How to Get Your Baby and Child to Sleep
Weissbluth, Marc, Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child
and Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Twins: A Step-by-Step Program for Sleep-Training Your Multiples
A few of our favorites:
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Social Development
Frankel, Fred, Friends Forever: How Parents Can Help Their Kids Make and Keep Good Friends
and Good Friends Are Hard to Find
Goleman, Daniel, Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships
Thompson, Michael, Best Friends, Worst Enemies: Understanding the Social Lives of Children
A few of our favorites:
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Special Needs
Ashley, Susan, Asperger’s Answer Book: The Top 275 Questions Parents Ask
Cronin, Eileen M, Helping Your Dyslexic Child: A Guide to Improving Your Child’s Reading, Writing, Spelling, Comprehension, and Self-Esteem
Freed and Parsons, Right-Brained Children in a Left-Brained World: Unlocking the Potential of Your ADD Child
Gottlieb, Daniel, Letters to Sam: A Grandfather’s Lessons on Love, Loss, and the Gifts of Life
Greenspan, William, and Serena Wieder, Engaging Autism: Using the Floortime Approach to Help Children Relate, Communicate, and Think (A Merloyd Lawrence Book)
Hallowell, Edward and John Ratey,Driven to Distraction (Revised): Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder
and Answers to Distraction
King-Spears, Kelley, Jumpstart The Resource Guide For Parents With Developmentally Delayed Children
Kranowitz, Carol Stock, The Out-of-Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder, Revised Edition
Magg, John, Parenting Without Punishment: Making Problem Behavior Work for You
Myles, Cook, Miller, Rinner, and Robbins, Asperger Syndrome and Sensory Issues: Practical Solutions for Making Sense of the World
Nadeau, Littman and Quinn, Understanding Girls With AD/HD
Naseef, Robert, Special Children, Challenged Parents: The Struggles and Rewards of Raising a Child With a Disability
and Autism in the Family: Caring and Coping Together
Notbohm, Ellen, Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew: Updated and Expanded Edition
Smith, Karen A. and Karen R. Gouze, The Sensory-Sensitive Child: Practical Solutions for Out-of-Bounds Behavior
Stehli, Annabel, The Sound Of A Miracle: The Inspiring True Story of A Mother’s Fight to Free Her Child from Autism
Waltz, Mitzi, Bipolar Disorders and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders
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Stepfamilies
Einstein, Elizabeth, and Linda Albert, Strengthening Your Stepfamily (Rebuilding Books)
Katz, Rachelle, The Happy Stepmother: Stay Sane, Empower Yourself, Thrive in Your New Family
Hutchins, Pamela Fagan, How To Screw Up Your Kids: Blended Families, Blendered Style
LeBey, Martha, Remarried with Children: Ten Secrets for Successfully Blending and Extending Your Family
Pickhardt, Carl, Keys to Successful Stepfathering (Barron’s Parenting Keys)
Wisdom, Susan and Jennifer Green, Stepcoupling: Creating and Sustaining a Strong Marriage in Today’s Blended Family
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Temperament/challenging children
Adderholdt, Miriam, and Jan Goldberg, Perfectionism: What’s Bad About Being Too Good
Budd, Linda, Living with the Active Alert Child: Groundbreaking Strategies for Parents
CHADD, CHADD Information and Resource Guide to AD/HD
Edwards, C. Drew, How to Handle a Hard-to-Handle Kid: A Parents’ Guide to Understanding and Changing Problem Behaviors
Freed, Jeffrey and Laurie Parsons, Right-Brained Children in a Left-Brained World: Unlocking the Potential of Your ADD Child
Glasser, Howard and Jennifer Easley, Transforming the Difficult Child: The Nurtured Heart Approach
Greene, Ross, The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children
Greenspan, Stanley, The Challenging Child: Understanding, Raising, and Enjoying the Five “Difficult” Types of Children
Hallowell and Ratey, Driven to Distraction (Revised): Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder,and Answers to Distraction
Kranowitz, Carol, The Out-of-Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder, Revised Edition
Kurcinka, Mary Sheedy, Raising Your Spirited Child: A Guide for Parents Whose Child Is More Intense, Sensitive, Perceptive, Persistent, and Energetic
Laney, Marti Olsen, The Hidden Gifts of the Introverted Child: Helping Your Child Thrive in an Extroverted World
Sears, Martha, The Fussy Baby Book: Parenting Your High-Need Child From Birth to Age Five
Shick, Lyndall, Understanding Temperament: Strategies for Creating Family Harmony
Turecki, Stanley, The Difficult Child: Expanded and Revised Edition
A few of our favorites:
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Toddlers/Tantrums/Preschoolers
Brazelton, T. Berry, Toddlers and Parents: A Declaration of Independence
Brown, Ari and Denise Fields, Toddler 411: Clear Answers & Smart Advice for Your Toddler
Clayton-Blaine, Kimberley, The Go-To Mom’s Parents’ Guide to Emotion Coaching Young Children
Fraiberg, Selma, The Magic Years: Understanding and Handling the Problems of Early Childhood
Kennedy, Michelle, Tantrums (Last Straw Strategies)
Laditan, Bumni, The Honest Toddler: A Child’s Guide to Parenting
Lieberman, Alicia, Emotional Life of the Toddler
Pantley, Elizabeth, The No-Cry Discipline Solution: Gentle Ways to Encourage Good Behavior Without Whining, Tantrums, and Tears: Foreword by Tim Seldin (Pantley)
Saavedra, Beth Wilson, Meditations for Mothers of Toddlers
Shure, Myrna, Raising a Thinking Child: Help Your Young Child to Resolve Everyday Conflicts and Get Along with Others
White, Burton, Raising a Happy, Unspoiled Child
A few of our favorites:
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Toilet Learning
Mack, Alison, Toilet Learning: The Picture Book Technique for Children and Parents
Neville, Helen and Jan Faull, Mommy, I Have to Go Potty: A Parent’s Guide to Toilet Traning
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Trauma
Coloroso, Barbara, Parenting Through Crisis: Helping Kids in Times of Loss, Grief, and Change
Grollman, Earl and Louise B. Ames, Explaining Death to Children
Hendrix, Harville, Giving the Love That Heals: A Guide for Parents
James, John, Russell Freedman, and Leslie Matthews, When Children Grieve: For Adults to Help Children Deal with Death, Divorce, Pet Loss, Moving, and Other Losses
Schacter, Robert & Carole McCauley, When Your Child is Afraid
Trozzi, Maria, Talking with Children About Loss
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Values/Morals/Character
Berger, Elizabeth, Raising Children with Character: Parents, Trust, and the Development of Personal Integrity
Borba, Michele, Building Moral Intelligence: The Seven Essential Virtues that Teach Kids to Do the Right Thing
Heath, Harriet, Using Your Values to Raise Your Child to Be an Adult You Admire
Kilpatrick, William, Why Johnny Can’t Tell Right from Wrong: And What We Can Do About It
Lickona, Thomas, Raising Good Children: From Birth Through The Teenage Years
and Educating for Character: How Our Schools Can Teach Respect and Responsibility
and Character Matters: How to Help Our Children Develop Good Judgment, Integrity, and Other Essential Virtues
Popov, Linda, The Family Virtues Guide: Simple Ways to Bring Out the Best in Our Children and Ourselves
Schulman, Michael, Bringing Up a Moral Child
A few of our favorites:
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Violence Prevention
Carlsson-Paige & Levin, Who’s Calling the Shots?: How to Respond Effectively to Children’s Fascination with War Play, War Toys and Violent TV
Monahon, Cynthia, Children and Trauma: A Guide for Parents and Professionals
Muscari, Mary, Not My Kid: 21 Steps to Raising a Non-Violent Child
