Parenting and Families

The Value of Being a Playful Parent
Playful Parenting
by Lawrence J. Cohen, Ph.D.
Play is the essence of life. Think about the loving gaze of an infant, the no-holds-barred embrace of a toddler, the intimacy of a shared bedtime story, or a silent hand-in-hand walk. These moments of heartfelt connection with our children are part

Getting a View from the Ferris Wheel
The Rollercoaster Years
by Charlene C. Giannetti, Margaret Sagarese
Parenting a child from ages ten through fifteen is truly challenging. Like the view from a Ferris Wheel, the highs are exhilarating; but looking down can be flip-flop stomach scary. It is the best of times and the worst of times.

Family Life with Middlers
Parenting 911: How to Safeguard and Rescue Your 10 to 15 Year-Old from Substance Abuse, Sexual Encounters... and Other Risky Situations
by Charlene C. Giannetti, Margaret Sagarese
We, our middlers, and other children are dependent on one another for love, appreciation, and a sense of well-being. Family life only runs satisfactorily and rewardingly when everyone pulls his or her weight.

I Can't Even Open My Mouth: Separating Messages from Metamessages in Family Talk
I Only Say This Because I Love You : Talking to Your Parents, Partner, Sibs, and Kids When You're All Adults
by Deborah Tannen
The allure of family - which is, at heart, the allure of love - is to have someone who knows you so well that you don't have to explain yourself. It is the promise of someone who cares enough about you to protect you against the world of strangers who do

How We Connect Emotionally
The Relationship Cure: A 5 Step Guide to Strengthening Your Marriage, Family, and Friendships
by John M. Gottman, Ph.D.
A work team at one of Seattle's floundering Internet companies has a problem that's common in many workplaces: They can't communicate with their boss. If you catch a few team members at a local tavern after hours, you're likely to hear an exchange

An Invitation to a Birthday Party
Best Friends, Worst Enemies: Understanding the Social Lives of Children
by Michael Thompson, Ph.D., Catherine O'Neill Grace, Lawrence J. Cohen, Ph.D.
All parents experience pain about their children's social lives. There is no escaping it. A mother agonizes over her child's social dilemmas. A father immediately assesses whether his son or daughter is well received by a group of children.

The Fall Flurry
The Launching Years: Strategies for Parenting from Senior Year to College Life
by Laura S. Kastner, Ph.D., Jennifer Wyatt, Ph.D.
There's an uncanny resemblance between parents-to-be in a childbirthing class and parents at a college-information night, preparing for their high schooler's launch from home. Throughout the challenges of the adolescent years, differences among families

Going on Tilt
The Launching Years: Strategies for Parenting from Senior Year to College Life
by Laura S. Kastner, Ph.D., Jennifer Wyatt, Ph.D.
During a two-year period beginning with the senior year of high school, most parents find themselves confounded by unanticipated challenges. 'Why are my daughter and I fighting like cats and dogs now that she's about to leave?' a mother might ask.

The Phenomenon of Peer Orientation
Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers
by Gordon Neufeld, Ph.D., Gabor Maté, M.D.
Something has changed. We can sense it, can feel it, just not find the words for it. Children are not quite the same as we remember being. They seem less likely to take their cues from adults, less inclined to please those in charge, less afraid

Introduction
The Angry Child: Regaining Control When Your Child Is Out of Control
by Timothy Murphy, Ph.D.
It's hard to pinpoint the exact moment the change occurs. One day your otherwise sunny child is merely prone to the occasional nasty outburst, and the next a permanent storm cloud seems to have taken up residence over her head.

Getting Started on Living Simply with Children
Living Simply with Children : A Voluntary Simplicity Guide for Moms, Dads, and Kids Who Want to Reclaim the Bliss of Childhood and the Joy of Parenting
by Marie Sherlock
For most American families, living simply with children is the ultimate oxymoron. Between Mom and Dad working full-time jobs, the kids being shuttled from day care to lessons to sports-wolfing down fast food along the way-and the never-ending need to buy

Introducing the Seven Hypes
No More Push Parenting: How to Find Success and Balance in a Hypercompetitive World
by Elisabeth Guthrie, M.D., Kathy Matthews
When did you first feel it? Was it when your son was the last in his play group to learn to speak? When your daughter's pre-school interview was a screaming-dervish tantrum disaster? When your son's batting in T-ball was right out of Monty Python?

Dailiness
Under the Chinaberry Tree : Books and Inspirations for Mindful Parenting
by Ann Ruethling, Patti Pitcher
When I first became pregnant, I was young and rather naive. I didn't think at all about the changes a child would bring to my day-to-day life. I only knew deep in my heart that I wanted a child and I wanted her now.

Dog People
The Family Dog : Celebrating Our Favorite Relative
by Linda Sunshine, Mary Tiegreen
Even before my own family had a dog, I was a Dog Person. In the cool north woods of Michigan, where we spent our summers, dogs were always around and, as an only child, these dogs were my companions and my cousins.

The common thread
The Family Dinner : A Celebration of Love, Laughter, and Leftovers
by Linda Sunshine, Mary Tiegreen
The family. We are a strange little band of characters trudging through life sharing diseases and toothpaste, coveting one another's desserts, hiding shampoo, borrowing money, locking each other out of our rooms, inflicting pain and kissing to heal it

Introduction
Don't You Dare Have Kids Until You Read This! The Book of Questions for Parents-to-Be
by Corey Donaldson
Why Is This Book Necessary? One of the greatest things about shopping for food on a day when it's one hundred degrees outside is that moment when you walk through the doors of the supermarket and first feel that charge of icy air wrap around your entire

What Is Provocative Communication?
Mom, I Hate You! Children's Provocative Communication: What It Means and What to Do About It
by Don Fleming, Ph.D., Mark Ritts
Your seven-year-old, hands on hips, declares defiantly, "You can't make me!" Your four-year-old tugs insistently on your sleeve, loudly whining "Mooooommmmm!" while you're trying to chat with the important client you just bumped into

Parent-Child Conversations
Between Parent and Child: The Bestselling Classic That Revolutionized Parent-Child Communication
by Dr. Haim G. Ginott, Dr. Alice Ginott, Dr. H. Wallace Goddard
Children's Questions: The Hidden Meanings. Conversing with children is a unique art with rules and meanings of its own. Children are rarely naive in their communications. Their messages are often in a code that requires deciphering.

Puberty 101
Early Puberty in Girls: The Essential Guide to Coping with This Common Problem
by Paul Kaplowitz, M.D., Ph.D.
What most parents understand about puberty is based on their own experience with it. Women typically recall the time of their first menstrual period (we use the term menarche when we refer to this event), and men often remember the grade they were in when

Inequality Starts At Home
The Pecking Order: A Bold New Look at How Family and Society Determine Who We Become
by Dalton Conley
Let me start with a story. Once upon a time a future president was born. William Jefferson Blythe IV entered the world one month premature but at a healthy six pounds and eight ounces. At twenty-three, his mother, Virginia, was young by today's standards