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A Selected Book List
- Backtalk: Four Steps to Ending Rude Behavior in Your Kids
Audrey Ricker & Carolyn Crowder 1998 649.64R
Experts in the child development field share a simple and detailed
program for ending backtalk.
- Beating the Odds: Raising Academically Successful African
American Males
Freeman A. Hrabowski III, Kenneth J. Maton, and Geoffrey L. Greif
1998 649.157H
Three co-authors - a university president and professors of psychology
and social work - identify constants and strategies that contribute
to academic achievement for African-American males at risk.
- Becoming Dad: Black Men and the Journey to Fatherhood
Leonard Pitts Jr. 1999 306.8742P
Pitts, a columnist for the Miami Herald, shows how he overcame
a tortured relationship with his abusive father to offer positive
parenting to his own children.
- The Black Parenting Book: Caring for Our Children in the
First Five Years
Anne C. Beal, Linda Villarosa, and Allison Abner 1999 649.108B
Parents of African-American children through age five are guided
through a variety of topics, including hair and body care, health
and nutrition, spirituality, cultural pride, and self-esteem.
- Boundaries with Kids: When to Say Yes, When to Say No to
Help Children Gain Control of Their Lives
Henry Cloud and John Townsend 1998 649.64C
Drawing on principles from the Bible, psychologists Cloud and
Townsend show how to bring order to out-of-control families.
- Children Learn What They Live
Dorothy Law Nolte and Rachel Harris 1998 649.1N
Expanding on Nolte's universally loved poem, the authors demonstrate
to parents how to inspire children through example.
- Closing the Gap: A Strategy for Bringing Parents and Teens
Together
Jay McGraw 2001 306.874 MCG
Focusing on both parents and teens, McGraw offers solutions for
both sides to bridge the familial gap.
- Discover Your Child's Learning Style: Children Learn in Unique
Ways - Here's the Key to Every Child's Learning Success
Mariaemma Willis and Victoria Kindle Hodson 1999 370.1523 WIL
In presenting the key to learning success, Willis and Hodson also
provide keys to better parenting.
- Doris Herman's Preschool Primer for Parents: A Question-and-Answer
Guide to Your Child's First School Experience
Doris Herman 1998 373.21H
Centered on the experiences of children, Herman's guide anticipates
parents' anxieties about preschool and addresses them with compassion,
humor, and insight.
- Get a Clue! A Parents' Guide to Understanding and Communicating
with Your Preteen
Ellen Rosenberg 1999 649.124
Eight- to fourteen-year-olds present a special challenge to parents.
Rosenberg's book is a "communication bible" to guide
parents through the difficult preteen years.
- Growing Up Again: Parenting Ourselves, Parenting Our Children
Jean Illsby Clarke and Connie Dawson 1998 649.1C
In its second edition, Growing Up Again teaches skills to parents
that they may not have learned as children in families with less
than adequate parenting.
- How to Mother a Successful Daughter: A Practical Guide to
Empowering Girls from Birth to Eighteen
Nicky Marone 1998 649.133M
Packed with practical ideas, this rich resource, for both mothers
and fathers, teaches how to raise resilient self-sufficient daughters.
- How to Set Limits: Defining Appropriate Boundaries of Behavior
for Your Children - from Infants to Teens
Elizabeth C. Vinton 1998 649.64A
Pediatrician Elizabeth Vinton provides explanations and advice
on how parents can define and implement safe and appropriate rules
and regulations for their children.
- The Hurried Child: Growing Up Too Fast Too Soon
David Elkind 2001 305.23E
Childhood stress, caused by the pressures to "achieve,"
is the focus of this modern parenting classic.
- The Joy and Challenge of Raising African American Children
Emma M. Talbott 1997 649.108T
Talbott demonstrates how families can nurture children with respect
to their history and culture.
- Live-Away Dads: Staying a Part of Your Children's Lives When
They Aren't a Part of Your Home
William C. Klatte 1999 306.8742K
Using his own story and his experience as a social worker and
counselor, Klatte shows divorced and separated fathers how to
stay meaningfully involved with their children.
- Math Magic for Your Kids: Hundreds of Games and Exercises
from the Human Calculator to Make Math Fun and Easy
Scott Flansburg 1998, 1997 649.68
Flansburg shows a parent how to have fun with math while promoting
a child's learning.
- More Than Manners! Raising Today's Kids to Have Kind Manners
& Good Hearts
Letitia Baldridge 1997 649.7B
With heartwarming true stories and case histories, Baldridge demonstrates
how to teach children to succeed in life through decency and honor.
- The New Parent: The Essential Guide for All First-Time Mothers
and Fathers
Miriam Stoppard 1998 649.122S
Stoppard, a leading authority on pregnancy and child care, describes
what it's really like to have a baby.
- Not My Kid: 21 Steps to Raising a Non-violent Child
Mary E. Muscari 2002 649.64 MUS
Each of twenty-one chapters presents a practical hint for preventing
violence in children, presented with concrete illustrations and
optimism for the future.
- Overcoming the Odds: Raising Academically Successful African
American Young Women
Freeman A. Hrabowksi et. al. 2002 649.15796 HRA
Four Maryland authors present strategies for parents to help their
African-American daughters attain academic achievement and lifelong
success.
- Parenting with Purpose: Progressive Discipline from Birth
to Four
Linda Madison 1998 649.1M
Based on her experience as a family therapist, Madison covers
a variety of topics of importance to parents of babies and toddlers
- from bed wetting and biting to toilet training and whining.
- Parenting Your Out-of-Control Teenager: 7 Steps to Reestablish
Authority and Reclaim Love
Scott P. Sells 2001 649.125 SEL
Addressing teenagers' rebellion against authority, Sells offers
real-world answers for desperate parents.
- Parents in Charge: Setting Healthy, Loving Boundaries for
You and Your Child
Dana Chidekel 2002 649.1 C
Full of common sense, humorous anecdotes and empowering advice,
this guide offers practical solutions to parents' everyday problems.
- Raising a Thinking Preteen: The "I Can Problem Solve"
Program for 8- to 12-Year Olds
Myrna B. Shure 2000 649.124S
Through Shure's "I Can Problem Solve" program, children
learn to think more clearly, build trust, enhance relationships,
and become more confident.
- Raising Happy Children: A Parents' Guide
1998 649.1R
From handling everyday issues such as the importance of play to
coping with serious mental health problems, this guide provides
specific instructions for dealing with parents' problems.
- Raising Lifelong Learners: A Parents' Guide
Lucy Calkins 1997 371.1C
Drawing upon her philosophy of active learning and emphasizing
parents as the first and most important teachers, Calkins shows
how to create an effective learning environment at home.
- Raising Nuestros Ninos: Bringing Up Latino Children in a
Bicultural World
Gloria G. Rodriguez 1999 649.157R
In this practical reference, Rodriguez shows Hispanic parents
why an environment rich in Latino culture will enhance their child's
future.
- Raising Our Athletic Daughters: How Sports Can Build Self-Esteem
and Save Girls' Lives
Jean Zimmerman & Gil Reavill 1998 796.082Z
Recognizing that not every girl is an athlete but that every girl
can benefit from physical activity, Zimmerman and Reavill explain
why and how sports work to empower our daughters.
- Real Boys' Voices
William S. Pollack 2000 305.23
Teen boys speak out about drugs, sex, violence, bullying, sports,
school, parents, masculinity, suicide, and more. Also by the author,
Real Boys: Rescuing Our Sons from the Myths of Boyhood.
- The 7 Worst Things Parents Do
John C. and Linda D. Friel 1999 649.1F
Working from the idea that even small changes can positively impact
a family, the Friels give easy-to-implement steps to improve the
quality of one's parenting.
- Smart Love: The Compassionate Alternative to Discipline That
Will Make You a Better Parent and Your Child a Better Person
Martha Heineman and William J. Piper 1999 649.62H
Co-authors and together the parents of five, the Pipers recommend
that parents celebrate the simple joys of raising a child by following
their natural parenting instincts.
- Stickin' To, Watchin' Over, and Gettin' With: An African
American Parent's Guide to Discipline
Howard C. Stevenson, Gwendolyn Davis, and Saburah Abdul-Kabir
2001 649.64 STE
Three African-American professionals outline a program for raising
and disciplining children from birth to the teenage years.
- Stress-Proofing Your Child: Mind-Body Exercises to Enhance
Your Child's Health
Sheldon Lewis and Sheila Kay 1996 155.418L
Simple, child-tested games and activities show children how to
handle difficult situations with new confidence.
- Team-Spirited Parenting: 8 Essential Principles for Parenting
Success
Darlene Powell Hopson and Derek S. Hopson 2001 649.1 H
Husband and wife team Darlene and Derek Hopson offer parents,
whether single, divorced, or married, guidance on how to create
a nurturing family environment for their children.
- Teens in Turmoil: A Path to Change for Parents, Adolescents,
and Their Families
Carol Maxym and Leslie B. York 2000 305.235M
Maxym and York guide parents to regaining control when the behavior
of a troubled teenager puts the family in turmoil.
- Tired of Nagging? 30 Days to Positive Parenting
Virginia K. Stowe 1998 649.1S
Balancing insistence with resolution and empathy are two of the
thirty parenting tools offered to eliminate nagging in the
parent/child relationship.
- Understanding Temperament: Strategies for Creating Family
Harmony
Lyndall Shick 1998 649.1S
Help in developing family harmony is available in this practical
guide, which recognizes the important role of each individual's
temperament.
- The Youngest Minds: Parenting and Genes in the Development
of Intellect and Emotion
Ann B. and Richard J. Barnet 1998 155.413B
Using recent advances in neuroscience and studies that follow
groups of children over many years, the Barnets present an understandable
guide to the preschool mind.
Prepared by Maralita L. Freeny
Prince George's County Memorial Library System
May 2002
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