Caring for Your Baby and Young Child: Birth to Five Years,
Steven P. Shelov (Ed), et al, Bantam, Doubleday, Dell, Pub, 1998.
American Academy of Pediatrics Guide to Your Child’s Symptoms:
The Official Home Reference, Birth through Adolescence,
Donald Schiff (Ed), et al, Villard Books, 1997.
Your Child’s Health: The Parents’ Guide to Symptoms,
Emergencies, Common Illnesses, Behavior and School Problems,
Barton D. Schmitt, Bantam Books, 1991.
What Every Parent Should Know About Vaccines,
Paul Offit, Louis Bell, M.D., is a great short book that reviews specific
vaccines and the diseases they prevent.
Six Common Misconceptions and How to Respond to Them,
CDC, is another book that targets the most common misconceptions in the
antivaccine literature and offers sensible responses.
American Academy of Pediatrics Guide to Your Child’s Nutrition:
Making Peace at the Table and Building Healthy Eating Habits for Life,
William Dietz (Ed), et al, Villard Books, 1999.
Secrets of Feeding a Healthy Family, Ellen Satter, Kelcy Press, 1999.
Coping With a Picky Eater; A Guide for the Perplexed Parent,
William G. Wilkoff, Fireside, 1998.
PET: Parent Effectiveness Training, Thomas Gordon, New American Library
Trade, 1990.
Making Children Mind without Losing Yours, Dr. Kevin Leman, Fleming H.
Revell Co., 1999.
Beyond Discipline; Parenting that Lasts a Lifetime, Edward D.
Christopherson, Overland Press, Inc.
Parenting a Child with a Learning Disability, Tuttle and Paquette,
by Doubleday.
The Loving Parents Guide to Discipline: How to Teach Your Child
to Behave-With Kindness, Understanding and Respect,
Marilyn Gootman, Berkley Publishing Company, 1995.
Loving Each One Best: A Caring and Practical Guide to Raising Siblings,
Nancy Samalin and Catherine Whitney, Bantam Books, 1997.
Raising a Responsible Child; How Parents Can Avoid Indulging Too
Much and Rescuing Too Often, Elizabeth Ellis, Carol Publishing Corp., 1996.
Reviving Ophelia, Mary Pipher, Ballantine Books, 1995.
Caring for Your Adolescent Ages 12-21,
American Academy of Pediatrics Staff, 1991.
Your Ten to Fourteen Year Old,
Louise Bates Ames, et al, Delacorte Press, 1989.
The What’s Happening to my Body?
Book for Boys: A Growing Up Guide for Parents and Sons and
The What’s Happening to my Body?
Book for Girls: A Growing Up Guide for Parents and Daughters,
Lynda Madaras, et al, Newmarket Press, 1987.
Raising a Thoughtful Teenager, Ben Kamin, Plume, 1997.
The Care and Keeping of You: The Body Book for Girls,
Valorie Lee Schaefer, Pleasant Company Publications, 1998.
Real Boys: Rescuing our Sons from the Myths of Boyhood,
William S. Pollack, Owl Books, 1999.
Ophelia Speaks: Adolescent Girls Write about Their Search for Self,
Sara Shandler, Harperperrenial Library, 1999.
It's So Amazing: A Book About Eggs, Sperm, Babies, and Family,
Robbie Harris, Candlewick Press, Cambridge, MA, 1999.
How to Talk to Your Kids about Sex: It’s Best to Start Early but it’s
Never too Late- A Step-by-Step Guide for Every Age,
Linda and Richard Eyre, Golden Books Publishing Company, 1999.
When Sex is the Subject, Pamela M. Wilson, Network Publications, 1991.
Love and Sex and Growing Up,
Eric W. Johnson, J.B. Lipincott Company, 1970.
All about Sex: A Family Resource on Sex and Sexuality,
Ronald F. Moglia and Jon Knowles, Random House, 1997.
Five Hundred Questions Kids Ask about Sex and Some of the
Answers, Francis Younger, Charles C. Thomas Publisher, Ltd., 1992.
Sex is More than a Plumbing Lesson: A Parent’s Guide,
Patty Stark, ACCESS Publishers Network, 1990.
Sex is not a Four Letter Word! Talking with Your Children Made
Easier, Patricia Martens Miller, The Crossword Publishing Company, 1994.
Belly Buttons are Navels, Mark Schoen, Prometheus Books, 1990.
How Were You Born?, Joanna Cole, Wilmer, Inc., 1993.
Where Did I Come From? The Facts without any Nonsense and with
Illustrations, Peter Mayle, Carol Publishing Group, 1977.
Where Do Babies Come From?, Susan Meredith, EDC Publishing 1991.
What Kids Want to Know about Sex and Growing Up,
video produced by The Children’s Television Network, 1992 (available in most
Blockbuster Videos Community Service Section for free).
- ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER AND LEARNING DISABILITIES
Taking Charge of ADHD: The Complete, Authoritative Guide for
Parents, Russell Barkley, Guilford Press, 1995.
Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit
Disorder from Childhood through Adulthood,
Edward M. Hallowell, Simon and Schuster, 1995.
Beyond Ritalin: Facts about Medication and Other Strategies for
Helping Children, Adolescents and Adults with Attention
Deficit Disorder, Stephen Garber, et al, Harper Collins Press, 1997.
The Misunderstood Child: Understanding and Coping with Your
Child’s Learning Disabilities, Larry Silver, Times Books, 1998.
It’s Nobody’s Fault: New Hope and Help for Difficult Children and
Their Parents, Harold S. Koplewicz, Times Books, 1997.
Eagle Eyes: A Child’s Guide to Paying Attention,
Jeanne M. A. Gehret, Verbal Images Press, 1996.
Otto Learns about His Medicine: A Story about Medication for
Children with ADHD, Sandra Ferraro, Magination, 1995.
Jumpin’ Johnny Get Back to Work!: A Child’s Guide to ADHD/
Hyperactivity, Michael Gordon, Ph.D., GSI Publications, 1991.
The ADD Hyperactivity Workbook for Parents, Teachers and Kids,
Harvey Parker, Impact Publications, 1994.
Parenting a Child with Learning Disabilities: A Practical Empathetic
Guide, Cheryl Gerson Tuttle, Lowell House, 1993.
The Gift of Dyslexia: Why Some of the Smartest People Can’t Read
and How They Can Learn, Ronald D. Davis, et al, Perigee, 1997.
No One to Play With, Betty Osmon, Academic Therapy Publication, 1996.
The Don’t-Give-Up Kid and Learning Differences,
Jeanne M. A. Gehret, Verbal Images Press, 1996.
Parents’ Guide to Attention Deficit Disorder and Parents’ Guide to
Learning Disabilities, Stephen B. McCarney and Angela M. Bauer, Hawthorne
Educational Services, 1991.
All Kinds of Minds: A Young Student’s Book about Learning Abilities
and Learning Disorders, Melvin D. Levine, Educators Publishing Service, 1996.
Keeping A Head in School: A Student’s Book About Learning Abilities
and Learning Disorders, Melvin D. Levine, Educators Publishing Service, 1992.
Parenting a Child with a Learning Disability, Tuttle and Paquette, by
Doubleday.
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