Parenting and Families

Work Ethic
Raising a Team Player: Teaching Kids Lasting Values on the Field, on the Court and on the Bench
by Harry Sheehy, Danny Peary
Youth sports have become a pressure cooker of expectations. Parents scream abuse at players, coaches, and referees. Coaches demand that their teams win, at any cost. Kids practice day and night. They face intense pressure to score, to win, to succeed.

Whining
The Pocket Parent
by Gail Reichlin, Caroline Winkler
It's instant relief for when your 2-year-old is on the floor of the toy store, pitching a fit. Or when brother and sister discover that they can't stand each other. Or when your son can't say no to video games.

Edgar
Last Things
by Jenny Offill
Grace's father believes in science and builds his daughter a dollhouse with lights that really work. Grace's mother takes her skinny-dipping in the lake and teaches her about African hyena men who devour their wives in their sleep.

Why are families growing apart?
Family Estrangements: How They Begin, How to Mend Them, How to Cope with Them
by Barbara LeBey
Are there more estrangements today than in the past? While there are no statistics on the subject, considering how easily I found people who have had an estrangement or are in the midst of one, it appears to be an escalating problem.

A World of Visions and Voices
Spirit Babies : How to Communicate with the Child You're Meant to Have
by Walter Makichen
Clairvoyant counselor and spiritual teacher is not your average occupation, but it's been mine for over twenty years. Because most people aren't familiar with this vocation, I'm often asked how I got started, what my childhood was like, and questions like

Family Life: Apartment Living
The City Parent Handbook : The Complete Guide to the Ups and Downs and Ins and Outs of Raising Young Kids in the City
by Kathy Bishop, Julia Whitehead
Far too many city families end up leaving town for the burbs because the idea of raising their kids in the same locale where they sowed their wild oats is just too much of a mental leap for them to handle.

A Note to Parents
Kinki Kreations : A Parent's Guide to Natural Black Hair Care for Kids
by Jena Renee Williams
I was a young child when I learned the difference between what people call good and bad hair. The straighter your hair was, the more you were liked, and the prettier you were thought to be. That was good hair.

What Do I Really Want For My Children?
The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness: Five Steps to Help Kids Create and Sustain Lifelong Joy
by Edward M. Hallowell, M.D.
Think of your children. Bring their faces to your mind. Then ask yourself, 'What do I really want for them in their lives?' Don't assume you know. Before you spend another day as a parent (or as a teacher or a coach or anyone else involved with children)

A Verbal Toolbox
Sticks and Stones: 7 Ways Your Child Can Deal with Teasing, Conflict, and Other Hard Times
by Scott Cooper
Within the same moment I could feel my heart sink and my anger surge. Here was my seven-year-old son, his shoulders shaking and his big, brown eyes welling with tears, and he was looking up at me for help. My easygoing, perfect son had just been picked on

Are You Concerned About Your Child?
Normal Children Have Problems, Too: How Parents Can Understand and Help
by Stanley Turecki, M.D., Sarah Wernick, Ph.D.
Eight-year-old Joshua looks unhappy most of the time. He is easily disappointed and reduced to tears. Playmates don't call as much, and Joshua says sadly that no one likes him. He has become whiny, and he shadows his mother around the apartment.

The Search for Certainty
Protecting the Gift: Keeping Children and Teenagers Safe (and Parents Sane)
by Gavin de Becker
Friday was the one evening each week that Holly spent entirely with Kate, usually along with other mothers and their daughters met through Kate's school. This particular Friday, the plan was an early meal at a restaurant, followed by a movie.

Values and Goals
How to Be a Jewish Parent: A Practical Handbook for Family Life
by Anita Diamant, Karen Kushner
Jewish parents celebrate the birth of children with delight, with food, and with an ancient promise called brit - covenant. Brit is the way Jews conceive of their relationship with God: it is a contract renewed in every generation when parents gather

Parents Are Blamed but Not Trained
Parent Effectiveness Training: The Proven Program for Raising Responsible Children
by Dr. Thomas Gordon
P.E.T. will be described in terms familiar to everyone, not in technical jargon. Some parents may find themselves initially disagreeing with some of these concepts, but very few will find themselves not understanding them.

Introduction
The New York Times Parent's Guide to the Best Books for Children
by Eden Ross Lipson
This book is for people who care about honest-to-goodness children and who want to instill in them a love of reading. It is for adults who understand that reading is the key to the future-indeed, to the preservation of civilization-but who also read for

Becoming the Encourager
The Encouraging Parent: How to Stop Yelling at Your Kids and Start Teaching Them Confidence, Self-Discipline, and Joy
by Rod Wallace Kennedy, Ph.D.
Welcome to The Encouraging Parent-a book designed to encourage parents in every kind of family. I want to help you become better parents. And I'm in a position to help because my five children have reached the state of blessedness-they're grown and gone.

Listening To Boys' Voices
Real Boys' Voices
by William S. Pollack, Ph.D.
In my travels throughout this country from the inner-city neighborhoods of Boston, New York, and San Francisco to suburbs in Florida, Connecticut, and Rhode Island; from small, rural villages in New Hampshire, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania to the pain-filled

What Would Jesus do with Harry Potter?
What's a Christian to Do with Harry Potter?
by Connie Neal
What would Jesus do? This question, posed in the Christian classic In His Steps by Charles Sheldon, has become so familiar as to be reduced to WWJD? But how do we determine what Jesus would do, particularly in the kind of divisive debate where well-versed

A Great Beginning
365 Manners Kids Should Know: Games, Activities, and Other Fun Ways to Help Children Learn Etiquette
by Sheryl Eberly
How early should you start teaching manners? Parents begin teaching manners by example as soon as a child is born. While our children might do what we say, they are more likely to do what we do. First-time parents may find it shocking to hear their child

The Twenty-four-Karat Golden Rule
Emotionally Intelligent Parenting: How to Raise a Self-Disciplined, Responsible, Socially Skilled Child
by Maurice J. Elias Ph.D., Steven E. Tobias, Psy.D., Brian S. Friedlander, Ph.D.
Do you know the Golden Rule? Most people do. Usually, it is quoted, "Do unto others as you would have others do unto you." We call this "the Fourteen-Karat Golden Rule." Why? Because there is a better one, one that reflects what we

The New Traditional Family
Parenting an Only Child: The Joys and Challenges of Raising Your One and Only
by Susan Newman, Ph.D.
Is it a factor of economic restraints, more complex lives, increased infertility, pure good sense, or something else that is changing the makeup of the family unit? When you were growing up, you probably knew or knew of a family with four or five