Parenting Information for Parents and Teachers

Books at the library and links to internet sites that will help you become the best parent you can be for your children.

Preschool

Ages infant to 5 years old.

• The Art of Parenting Twins Malmstrom (649.144 MAL)
• The Baby Book Sears (649.122 SEA)
• Caring for Your Baby and Young Child Birth to Age 5 American Academy of Pediatrics (649.122 CAR)
• The Complete Book of Breastfeeding Eiger (649.33 EIG)
• Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care Spock (649 SPO)
• E-Parenting : Using the Internet and Computers to Be a Better Parent Petersen (649.1 PET)
• Families : Crisis and Caring Brazelton (649.1 B82)
• Fathers and Babies Marzollo (649.122 MAR)
• The First Three Years of Life White (649.122 WHI)
• From One Child to Two : What to Expect, How to Cope and How to Enjoy Your Growing Family Dunn (649.143 DUN)
• The Girlfriend's Guide to Pregnancy Iovine (618.2 IOV)
• The Girlfriend's Guide to Surviving the First Year of Motherhood Iovine (306.874 IOV)
• The Girlfriend's Guide to Toddlers Iovine (649.1 IOV)
• How to Raise an Adopted Child Schaffer (649.145 S29)
• How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk Faber (649.1 FAB)
• Marguerite Kelly's Family Almanac Kelly (649.1 KEL)
• Night Lights : Bedtime Stories for Parents in the Dark Theroux (649.1 THE)
• The Nursing Mother's Companion Huggins (649.33 HUG)
• Parachutes for Parents : 12 New Ways to Raising Children for a Better World Sandoz (649.1 SAN)
• Parenting the Fussy Baby and High Need Child Sears (649.1 SEA)
• Parenting With a Purpose Madison (649.1 MAD)
• Parenting Your Adopted Child Siegel (649.145 S57)
• Raising Neustro Ninos : Bringing Up Latino Children in a Bicultural World Rodriguez (649.157 ROD)
• Real Parents Real Children Van Gulden (649.145 VAN)
• The Stay-At-Home Parent Survival Guide : Real Life Advice from Moms, Dads, and Other Experts, A to Z Tinglof (649.1 TIN)
• Temperament Tools : Working with Your Child's Inborn Traits Neville (649.122 NEV)
• Toddlers and Parents Brazelton (649.122 B82)
• What Every Baby Knows Brazelton (649.1 B82)
• "What to Expect" Series ...First Year (649.122 EIS) ...Toddler Years (649.122 EIS)
• The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding La Leche League (649.33 WOM)
• Working and Caring Brazelton (649.1 B82)
• Your Baby & Child Leach (649.122 LEA)
• "Your Child at Play" Series, Segal (649.122 SEG)
• Your Child's Emotional Health : The Early Years Philadelphia Child Guidance Center (649.124 YOU)
• Your Five-Year-Old Ames (155.423 A 51)
• Your Four-Year-Old Ames (649.1 A64)
• Your One-Year-Old Ames (649.122 A64)
• Your Three-Year-Old Ames (J649.123 A64)
• Your Two-Year-Old Ames (J649.122 A64 P.C.)

Elementary

Ages 5-10

• Caring for Your School Aged Child Ages 5-12 American Academy of Pediatrics (649.124 CAR)
• Get A Clue! : A Parent's Guide to Understanding and Communicating with Your Preteen Rosenburg (649.124 ROS)
• How to Talk so Kids Can Learn-At Home and in School Faber (371.1 HOW)
• The Mother's Almanac II Kelly (649.124 K29)
• Now What Do I Do? : A Guide to Parenting Elementary Aged Children Ross (649.124 ROS)
• Parents Do Make a Difference : How to Raise Kids with Solid Characters, Strong Minds, and Caring Hearts Borba (649.7 BOR)
• Stay Tuned : Raising Media-Savvy Kids in the Age of the Channel-surfing Couch Potato Murphy (649.1 MUR)
• What Should I Tell the Kids? : A Parent's Guide to Real Problems in the Real World Siegler (649.1 SIE)
• Your Child's Emotional Health : The Middle Years Philadelphia Child Guidance Center (649.124 YOU)
• Your Eight-Year-Old Ames (649.124 A51)
• Your Five-Year-Old Ames (155.423 A51)
• Your Nine-Year-Old Ames (305.23 AME)
• Your Seven-Year-Old Ames (J649.124 A64)
• Your Six-Year-Old Ames (J649.124 A64 P.C.)
• Your Ten-to-Fourteen-Year-Old Ames (155.5 A51)

Middle School

Ages 10-13

• Adolescent Drug & Alcohol Abuse : How to Spot It, Stop It, and Get Help for Your Family Babbitt (649.4 BAB)
• Drug Proof Your Kids : A Prevention Guide and an Intervention Plan Arterburn (649.4 A78
• Parenting 911 : How to Safeguard and Rescue your 10-15 Year Old from[...]Risky Situations Gianetti (649.12 GIA)
• Raising a Thinking Preteen Shure (649.125 SHU)
• The Roller-Coaster Years : Raising Your Child Through the Maddening Yet Magical Middle School Years Giannetti (649.124 GIA)
• Saying No is Not Enough : Helping Your Kids Make Wise Decisions About Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs Schwebel (649.4 SCH)

High School

Ages 13-19

• Teen Is a Four Letter Word Anderson (649.125 A54)
• Teen Tips : A Practical Survival Guide for Parents with Kids 11-19 McMahon (649.125 MCM)
• Wonderful Ways to Love a Teen Ford (649.125 FOR)
• You Can Say No to Your Teenager Shalov (649.125 YOU)
• Your Child's Emotional Health : Adolescence Philadelphia Child Guidance Center (649.125 YOU)

Special Children

Resources for parents of children with special needs Also check our catalog using the specific name of the disability for materials dealing specifically with that condition.

• The Child with Special Needs Greenspan (362.1 GRE)
• Children with Visual Impairments : A Parent's Guide (649.51 CHI)
• Coping with Your Child's Chronic Illness Barrett Singer (618.92 BAR)
• In Time and With Love : Parenting Your Special Needs Baby Segal (649.151 S45)
• The Special Child : A Sourcebook for Parents of Children with Developmental Disabilities Pueschel (618.92 PUE)
• Special Parent, Special Child : Parents of Children with Disabilities Share Their Trials, Triumphs and Hard-Won Wisdom Sullivan (649.151 SUL)

Sons & Daughters

Selected Resources that deal specifically with raising a son or a daughter

• Boys to Men : Maps for the Journey Williams (649.132 WIL)
• Everyday Ways to Raise Smart, Strong, Confident Girls Littman (649.133 LIT)
• Father to Son : Life Lessons of Raising a Boy Harrison (649.132 HAR)
• How to Mother a Successful Daughter Marone (649.133 MAR)
• Raising a Son : Parents and the Making of a Healthy Man Elium (649.132 ELI)
• Raising Strong Daughters GAdeburg (649.133 GAD)
• Things Will Be Different for My Daughter Bingham (649.125 BIN)
• The Wonder of Boys : What Parents, Mentors and Educators Can Do to Shape Boys into Exceptional Men Gurian (649.132 GUR)

Web Sites for Parents

• Kids Health for parents, kids and teens
• Parenthood Web
• More sites can be found at MVLC's Kids Web, Sites for Parents