POSITIVE PARENTING
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