RECOMMENDED READING FOR PARENTS
General
The Price of Privilege: How Parental Pressure and Material Advantage Are Creating a Generation of Disconnected and Unhappy Kids [Hardcover] Madeline Levine
Raising Happiness: 10 Simple Steps for More Joyful Kids and Happier Parents, by Christine Carter, a sociologist at UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center.
Raise Winning Kids Without a Fight: The Power of Personal Choice (Johns Hopkins University Press, $15.95, 184 pages) by Dr. William Hughes, director of family services at the Sutter Center for Psychiatry in Sacramento. (Hughes' website, www.raisewinningkids.com, also has information and advice.)
The Bully and the Booger Baby: A Cautionary Tale by Melissa Harker Ridenour published June, 2013 Book is described as not only a fiction story for children about bullying in schools, but it is also informational with strategies for children, parents, and schools to help them better deal with bullying. I
The Bully, the Bullied, and the Bystander: From Preschool to High School How Parents and Teachers Can Help Break the Cycle (Harper Paperbacks, $14.99, 272 pages) by Barbara Coloroso, parenting expert and best-selling author. More advice and tips at www.kidsareworthit.com
Get Out of My Life, but First Could You Drive me & Cheryl to the Mall by Anthony E. Wolf
7 Things Your Teenager Won't Tell You and How to Talk to Them Anyway by Jenifer Marshall Lippincott & Robin M. Deutsch
Book suggestions for Parents from Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts
Beyond The Big Talk: Every Parent’s guide to Raising Sexually Healthy Teens. Debra Haffner, 2002
From Diapers to Dating: A Parent’s Guide to Raising Sexually Healthy Children. Debra Haffner, 2000
Everything You Never Wanted Your Kids to Know About Sex. Justin Richardson and Mark Schuster, 2003
Get a Clue: A Parent’s Guide to Understanding and Communicating with your Preteen. Ellen Rosenberg, 1999
Your Adolescent: Emotional, Behavioral and Cognitive Development from Early Adolescence Through the Teen Years. D.B. Pruitt, MD, 1999
Raising Cain, Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys. Michael Thompson and Dan Kindlon, 2000
Sex and Sensibility: The Thinking Parent’s Guide to Talking Sense About Sex. Deborah Hoffman, 2001
Why Do They Act That Way? A Survival Guide to the Adolescent Brain for Your and Your Teen. David Walsh, 2004
Books suggestions for Pre-Teens (suggested reading is age 10-14 years old) from Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts
It’s Perfectly Normal Robie Harris with illustrations by Michael Emberly, 1999
The What’s Happening to My Body? Book for Girls: A Growing up Guide for Parents and Daughters. Lynda Madaras with Area Madaras, 2000
The What’s Happening to My Body? Book for Boys: A Growing up Guide for Parents and Sons. Lynda Madaras with Area Madaras, 2000
Book suggestions for Adolescents (suggested reading age is 14-18 years old) from Planned Parenthood of Massachusetts
The Go Ask Alice Book of Answers: A guide to Good Physical, Sexual and Emotional Health. Columbia University Health Education Program, 1998
Changing Bodies, Changing Lives: A Book for Teens on Sex and Relationships. Ruth Bell and other co-authors together with members of the Teen Book Project, 1988.
Multicultural
In Their Own Voice: Intercultural Meaning in Everyday Stories. Anne P. Cp[eland and Marissa Lombardi, The Interchange Institute
General
The Price of Privilege: How Parental Pressure and Material Advantage Are Creating a Generation of Disconnected and Unhappy Kids [Hardcover] Madeline Levine
Raising Happiness: 10 Simple Steps for More Joyful Kids and Happier Parents, by Christine Carter, a sociologist at UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center.
Raise Winning Kids Without a Fight: The Power of Personal Choice (Johns Hopkins University Press, $15.95, 184 pages) by Dr. William Hughes, director of family services at the Sutter Center for Psychiatry in Sacramento. (Hughes' website, www.raisewinningkids.com, also has information and advice.)
The Bully and the Booger Baby: A Cautionary Tale by Melissa Harker Ridenour published June, 2013 Book is described as not only a fiction story for children about bullying in schools, but it is also informational with strategies for children, parents, and schools to help them better deal with bullying. I
The Bully, the Bullied, and the Bystander: From Preschool to High School How Parents and Teachers Can Help Break the Cycle (Harper Paperbacks, $14.99, 272 pages) by Barbara Coloroso, parenting expert and best-selling author. More advice and tips at www.kidsareworthit.com
Get Out of My Life, but First Could You Drive me & Cheryl to the Mall by Anthony E. Wolf
7 Things Your Teenager Won't Tell You and How to Talk to Them Anyway by Jenifer Marshall Lippincott & Robin M. Deutsch
Book suggestions for Parents from Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts
Beyond The Big Talk: Every Parent’s guide to Raising Sexually Healthy Teens. Debra Haffner, 2002
From Diapers to Dating: A Parent’s Guide to Raising Sexually Healthy Children. Debra Haffner, 2000
Everything You Never Wanted Your Kids to Know About Sex. Justin Richardson and Mark Schuster, 2003
Get a Clue: A Parent’s Guide to Understanding and Communicating with your Preteen. Ellen Rosenberg, 1999
Your Adolescent: Emotional, Behavioral and Cognitive Development from Early Adolescence Through the Teen Years. D.B. Pruitt, MD, 1999
Raising Cain, Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys. Michael Thompson and Dan Kindlon, 2000
Sex and Sensibility: The Thinking Parent’s Guide to Talking Sense About Sex. Deborah Hoffman, 2001
Why Do They Act That Way? A Survival Guide to the Adolescent Brain for Your and Your Teen. David Walsh, 2004
Books suggestions for Pre-Teens (suggested reading is age 10-14 years old) from Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts
It’s Perfectly Normal Robie Harris with illustrations by Michael Emberly, 1999
The What’s Happening to My Body? Book for Girls: A Growing up Guide for Parents and Daughters. Lynda Madaras with Area Madaras, 2000
The What’s Happening to My Body? Book for Boys: A Growing up Guide for Parents and Sons. Lynda Madaras with Area Madaras, 2000
Book suggestions for Adolescents (suggested reading age is 14-18 years old) from Planned Parenthood of Massachusetts
The Go Ask Alice Book of Answers: A guide to Good Physical, Sexual and Emotional Health. Columbia University Health Education Program, 1998
Changing Bodies, Changing Lives: A Book for Teens on Sex and Relationships. Ruth Bell and other co-authors together with members of the Teen Book Project, 1988.
Multicultural
In Their Own Voice: Intercultural Meaning in Everyday Stories. Anne P. Cp[eland and Marissa Lombardi, The Interchange Institute