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| The Guide to Self-Help Books |
Parenting: Toddlers To Pre-Teens |
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The Balanced Mom: Raising Your Kids Without Losing Your Self Bria Simpson You can be a great mom and still have a life of your own. Your kids will only benefit from seeing you as a whole person and will develop greater independence and a stronger sense of who they are as people. This book offers dozens of simple tips to help you maintain strong relationships with your kids and live your life in ways that reflect your true values. 2006, New Harbinger |
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Between Parent and Child Haim Ginott, et. al. Based on the theory that parenting is a skill that can be learned, this handbook will show you how to discipline without threats, bribes, and punishment; criticize without demeaning, praise without judging, and express anger without hurting; acknowledge rather than argue with children’s feelings and perceptions; and respond so that children will learn to trust and develop self-confidence. 2003, Three Rivers Press |
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The Confident Child: Raising Children To Believe In Themselves Terri Apter This book focuses on the age span from 5 to 15, the time in life when self-esteem and confidence are most delicate and at the same time most sensitive to nurturing. Chapters cover assessing a child’s self-esteem, being an imperfect parent without ruining your child’s life, maintaining a delicate balance of discipline, helping the child deal with success and failure at school, the effects of sibling rivalry, social confidence, and the early teen years. 1998, Bantam |
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The Difficult Child Stanley Turecki and Leslie Tonner This classic and definitive work on parenting hard-to-raise children includes new sections on ADHD and the latest medications for childhood disorders. Temperamentally difficult children can confuse and upset even experienced parents and teachers. They often act defiant, stubborn, loud, or aggressive. They can be clingy, shy, whiny, and impossible at bedtime, mealtimes, and in public places. Dr. Turecki offers a step-by-step approach showing you how to identify your child’s temperament, manage common conflict situations expertly and gently, and make the most of the tremendous potential and creativity that many “difficult” children have. 2000, Bantam |
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Families: Applications of Social Learning to Family Life Gerald Patterson The book presents a clear and concise explanation of how children’s problem behaviors arise and how they can be dealt with. Time-out procedures and behavioral contracts are encouraged for parents to implement with their children. 1975, Research Press |
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The First Three Years of Life Burton White This detailed guide to the month-by-month mental, physical, social, and emotional development of infants and toddlers has supported and guided hundreds of thousands of parents. Completely revised and updated, it contains the most accurate information and advice available on raising and nurturing the very young child. 1995, Fireside |
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For Lesbian Parents: Your Guide to Helping Your Family Grow Up Happy, Healthy, and Proud Suzanne M. Johnson, Elizabeth O'Connor The authors, both developmental psychologists, are co-parenting two daughters. Their book offers help on explaining lesbianism to children and explores what lesbian parents can do to help children explain their family situation to their peers. The book also addresses the complexity of dealing with the attitudes of the outside world, including relatives, school, and doctors or mental health specialists. 2001, The Guilford Press |
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From Diapers to Dating: A Parents’ Guide To Raising Sexually Healthy Children – From Infancy to Middle School Debra Haffner and Alyssa Tartaglione Whether they are discussing how to help kids with the onslaught of sexual messages they see in the media or providing sensible guidance on teaching the facts of life, the authors’ values-oriented approach to raising sexually healthy children is informative and comforting. The book is organized from birth to age 12 and offers a wealth of practical techniques to help parents identify and communicate their own values about sexuality to their children. 2004, New Market Press |
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Helping Your Child Overcome Separation Anxiety or School Refusal: A Step-by-Step Guide For Parents Andrew R. Eisen, Linda B. Engler, Joshua Sparrow This book offers parents effective techniques for dealing for both normal separation anxiety issues and with Separation Anxiety Disorder. The authors break down separation anxiety behavior into four subtypes and prescribe intervention techniques specifically for each. Step by step strategies for confronting and easing a child's fears are given throughout the book. 2006, New Harbinger |
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How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish This book is an excellent communication tool kit which provides a step-by-step approach to improving relationships in your house. The book’s down-to-earth ,respectful approach makes relationships with children of all ages less stressful and more rewarding. 1999, Perennial Currents |
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The Hurried Child: Growing Up Too Fast Too Soon David Elkind Dr. Elkind calls our attention to the dangers of exposing our children to overwhelming pressures that can lead to a wide range of childhood and teenage crises. In blurring the boundaries of what is age-appropriate by expecting or imposing too much too soon, we force our kids to grow up far too fast. Taking a detailed look at the world of today’s children, Dr. Elkind shows parents where hurrying occurs and why and what we can do about it. 2001, Perseus Publishing |
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The Optimistic Child: A Proven Program To Safeguard Children From Depression and Build Lifelong Resilience Martin Seligman According to noted psychologist Seligman, thirty percent of American children suffer from depression. His studies demonstrate that pessimistic children are at much higher risk for becoming depressed than optimistic children. His purpose in this book is to teach parents how to instill in children a sense of optimism and personal mastery. He proposes that self-esteem comes from mastering challenges, overcoming frustration, and experiencing individual achievement. The book offers a concrete plan of action based on techniques of self-evaluation and social interaction. 1996, Perennial This book was a Pick of the Month! Read David's full Book Review. |
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Parenting the Strong-Willed Child: The Clinically Proven Five-Week Program for Parents of Two to Six Year Olds Rex Forehand and Nicholas Long This hands-on guide provides you with a step-by-step five-week program toward improving your child’s behavior as well as the entire family’s relationship. The book covers specific factors that cause or contribute to a child’s disruptive behavior and provides you with the necessary tools for successfully managing the difficult child. 2002, McGraw Hill |
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Raising Resilient Children: Fostering Strength, Hope, and Optimism in Your Child Robert Brooks and Sam Goldstein The authors conclude that a child’s resilience grows its deepest roots in the home, nurtured by parents who incorporate healthy doses of empathy, practical optimism, respect, unconditional love, keen listening skills, and the patience to administer these values every day. The book includes detailed steps for rewriting negative parenting scripts, teaching and modeling empathy, and creating opportunities for kids to act responsibly and compassionately. 2002, McGraw Hill |
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To Listen to a Child: Understanding the Normal Problems of Growing Up T. Berry Brazelton Fears, feeding and sleep problems, croup and tantrums, stomachaches, asthma – these are some of the problems that every parent worries about at one time or another. According to Dr. Brazelton, most of these are a normal part of growing up. Only if parents add their own anxieties will these normal problems become laden with tension and deepen into chronic issues. The book guides parents to learn to listen for the stress that may lie behind psychosomatic complaints and to help their children toward self-understanding. 1992, Addison Wesley |
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Toddlers and Parents: A Declaration of Independence T. Berry Brazelton This classic work on the toddler years offers parents practical advice for surviving and enjoying the struggles and triumphs of their child at this age. Dr. Brazelton emphasizes the special strains on working parents, the role of fathers, and the needs of toddlers in daycare centers. 1989, Dell |
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What to Expect: The Toddler Years Arlene Eisenberg, et.al. Parents of toddlers will find this a refreshingly detailed and comprehensive presentation on what to expect during the second and third years of a child’s life. From toilet training and tantrums to providing proper learning experiences, parents receive insights on the child’s mind at this age. Easy to use and reassuring, the book encourages parents to enjoy their children. 1994, Workman Publishing |
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When Parents Disagree and What You Can Do About It Ron Taffel This book is a hands-on practical guide to understanding child rearing differences between parents and how to work through conflicts arising from these. It is filled with real life examples from Dr. Taffel's practice and offers practical and reasonable guidance that helps both parents feel that they are, after all, on the same side. 2002, The Guilford Press |
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Your Baby and Child: From Birth to Age Five Penelope Leach Each developmental stage – newborn, settled baby, older baby, toddler, and young child – is discussed in terms of feeding, teeth and teething, growing, excreting, crying, sleeping, playing, and everyday care. With her commonsense child positive approach, Leach carefully dispels negative parenting attitudes and teaches readers how to stop, listen, and learn from their children. 1997, Knopf |
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Your Defiant Child: Eight Steps to Better Behavior Russell A. Barkley and Christine Benton More than one in twenty American children exhibit behavioral problems that are out of control. This book clearly explains what causes defiance, when it becomes a problem, and how it can be resolved. The book’s comprehensive eight-step program stresses consistency and cooperation promoting changes through a system of praise, rewards, and mild punishment. Readers learn tools and strategies for establishing clear patterns of discipline, communicating with children on a level they can understand, and reducing family stress overall. 1998, Guilford Press |
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