Additional Parenting Resources
This list is not meant to be exhaustive but simply a few of the many resources available for parents that our medical staff members have recommended in the past.
- General Books
- Books about Preteens
- Books for Preteens and Their Parents
- Books About Boys
- Books About Girls
- Books about Divorce and Parenting Through Divorce
- Books about Sexuality Education for Parents
- Books about Sexuality Education for Preteens
- Other Web Sites
- DVDs
Books
General Books
Book Reviews for Parents
Hipp, Earl (1995). Fighting Invisible tigers: A Stress Management Guide for Teens. Minneapolis, MN, Free Spirit Press.
Lewis, Barbara (1998). What Do You Stand For? A Kid’s Guide to Building Character. Minneapolis, MN, Free Spirit Press.
Lozowick, Lee (1997). Conscious Parenting. Prescott, AZ. Hohm Press.
Pope, Denise Clark (2001). Doing School: How we are Creating a Generation of Stressed Out, Materialistic, and Miseducated Students. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press.
Pruitt, David B. (1999). Your Adolescent: Emotional, Behavioral and Cognitive Development from Early Adolescence through the Teen Years. New York, NY, HarperCollins Publishers.
Rosenfeld, Alvin & Wise, Nicole (2000). The Over-Scheduled Child:
Avoiding the Hyper-Parenting Trap. New York, NY, St. Martin's Griffin.
Wolf, Anthony E. (2002). Get Out of My Life: But First Could You Drive Me and Cheryl to the Mall? New York, NY, Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
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Books about Preteens
Cole, Babette (2000). Hair in Funny Places: A Book About Puberty. New York, NY: Hyperion Books for Children.
Mosatche, Harriet & Unger, Karen (2000). Too Old for This, Too Young for That: Your Survival Guide for the Middle-School Years. Minneapolis, MN, Free Spirit Press.
Shure, Myrna, (2000). Raising a Thinking Preteen: The I Can Problem Solve Program for 8- to 12-year-olds. New York, NY, Henry Holt and Company.
Stepp, Laura Sessions (2001). Our last best shot: Guiding our children through early adolescence. Berkeley, CA, Berkeley Publishing Group.
Wolf, Anthony E. (2000). The Secret of Parenting: How to Be in Charge of Today's Kids -— From Toddlers To Preteens -— Without Threats or Punishment. New York, NY, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux.
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Books for Preteens and Their Parents
Holyoke, Nancy. (1997). Oops! The Manners Guide for Girls. Pleasant Company Publications: Middleton, Wisconsin.
Moser, Adolph Ed.D. (1991). Don’t Feed the Monster on Tuesdays! Landmark Editions, Inc.: Kansas City, Missouri.
Romain, Trevor & Verdick, Elizabeth (2000). Stress Can Really Get on Your Nerves. Minneapolis, MN, Free Spirit Press.
Romain, Trevor (1998). Cliques, Phonies, & Other Baloney. Minneapolis, MN, Free Spirit Press.
Romain, Trevor (1998). Bullies are a Pain in the Brain. Minneapolis, MN, Free Spirit Press.
Seuling, Barbara. (1986). I'm Not So Different: A Book About Handicaps. Western Publishing Company, Inc.: Racine, Wisconsin.
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Books About Boys
Gravelle, Karen. (1998). What’s Going On Down There? Answers to Questions Boys Find Hard to Ask. Walker Publishing Company, Inc.: New York, NY.
Gurian, Michael (1999). Understanding Guys: A Guide for Teenage Girls. New York, NY, Price Stern Sloan, Inc.
Gurian, Michael (1999). From Boys to Men: All about Adolescence and You. New York, NY, Price Stern Sloan, Inc.
Gurian, Michael (1999). The Good Son: Shaping the Moral Development of our Boys and Young Men. New York, NY, Penguin Putnam.
Gurian, Michael (1996). The Wonder of Boys: What Parents, Mentors, Educators Can do to Shape Boys into Exceptional Men. New York, NY, Penguin Putnam, Inc.
Gurian, Michael (1998). A Fine Young Man: What Parents, Mentors, Educators Can do to Shape Adolescent Boys into Exceptional Men. New York, NY, Penguin Putnam, Inc.
Pollack, William (1998). Real Boys: Rescuing our Sons from the Myths of Boyhood. New York, NY, Penguin Books.
Pollack, William with Shuster, Todd, Michael (2000). Real Boys' Voices: Boys speak out about drugs, sex, violence, bullying, sports, girls, school, parents, and so much more. New York, NY, Penguin Books.
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Books About Girls
Deak, JoAnn, with Teresa Barker (2002). Girls Will be Girls. New York, NY, Hyperion.
Drill, Esther, Heather McDonald , and Rebecca Odes. (1999). Deal with It! A Whole New Approach to Your Body, Brain, and Life as a gURL. Pocket Books: New York, NY.
Gravelle, Karen & Jennifer Gravelle. (1996). The period book: Everything you don’t want to ask (but need to know). Walker Publishing Company, Inc.: New York, NY.
Haag, Pamela. (2000). Voices of a Generation: Teenage Girls Report About Their Lives Today. Marlowe & Company: New York, NY.
Harlan, Judith (1997). Girl talk: Staying Strong, Feeling Good, Sticking Together. Minneapolis, MN, Free Spirit Press.
Harris, Robie H. (2004). It’s So Amazing! A Book about Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies, and Families. Cambridge, MA, Candlewick Press.
Hartley-Brewer, Elizabeth (2000). Raising Confident Girls: 100 Tips for Parents and Teachers. Cambridge, MA, Fisher Books.
Madaras, Lynda (1988). What is happening to my body book for girls: A Growing Up Guide for Parents and Daughters. (Suitable for children as young as 8, this book covers all the basics!) New York, NY, Newmarket Press.
Pipher, Mary (1994). R eviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls. New York, NY, Ballantine Press.
Roberts, Stacey (2000). When the Breast Fairy Comes: A Parent’s Survival Guide to Raising Girls. Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, Positive Image Publishing.
Wiseman, Rosalind (2002). Queen Bees & Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, & Other Realities of Adolescence. New York, NY, Crown Publishers.
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Books about Divorce and Parenting Through Divorce
Allison, Susan ( 2001). Conscious Divorce: Ending a Marriage with Integrity: A Practical and Spiritual Guide for Moving On. New York, NY, Three Rivers Press.
Hannibal, Mary Ellen (2002). Good Parenting Through Your Divorce: How to Recognize, Encourage, and Respond to your Child’s Feelings and Help Them Get Through Your Divorce. New York, NY, Marlowe and Company.
Ricci, Isolina (1997). Mom’s House, Dad’s House: Making Two Homes for Your Child. A Complete Guide for Parents who are Separated, Divorced, or Remarried. New York, NY, Simon & Schuster.
Saposnek, Donald (1998). Mediating Child Custody Disputes: A Strategic Approach. San Francisco, CA, Jossey-Bass Publishers.
Vaughan, Diane (1986). Uncoupling: Turning Points in Intimate Relationships. New York, NY, Random House.
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Books about Sexuality Education for Parents
Bernstein, Anne (1994). Flight of the Stork. Indianapolis, IN, Perspectives Press.
Haffner, Debra (1999). From Diapers to Dating. new York, NY, Newmarket Press.
Planned Parenthood (1993). All about Sex: A Family Resource on Sex and Sexuality. New York, NY, Three Rivers Press.
Ponton, Lynn (2000). The Sex Lives of Teenagers: Revealing the Secret World of Adolescent Boys and Girls. New York, NY, Penguin Putnam.
SIECUS (1996) Now what do I do? Booklet designed to assist parents in giving their own messages to their children (Available for a couple dollars at 212-819-9770).
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Books about Sexuality Education for Preteens
Gravelle, Karen and Castro, Nick and Chava (1998). What’s Going on Down There? Answers to Questions Boys Find Hard to Ask. Minneapolis, MN, Free Spirit Press.
Harris, Robie H. (1996). It's Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex and Sexual Health. Cambridge, MA, Candlewick Press.
Harris, Robie H. (2004). It’s So Amazing! A Book about Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies, and Families. Cambridge, MA, Candlewick Press.
Madaras, Lynda and Area Madaras. (2002). My Body, My Self For Boys. 2nd ed. Newmarket Press: New York, NY.
Madaras, Lynda. (2000). The What's Happening To My Body Book For Boys. 3rd ed. Newmarket Press: New York, NY.
Mayle, Peter. (1981). What's Happening To Me? New York, NY, Lyle Stuart.
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Other Web Sites
Below are sources PAMF accessed when researching this topic. PAMF does not sponsor or endorse any of these sites, nor does PAMF guarantee the accuracy of the information contained on them.
Parents' Guide to Computers in Education, by Dr. Dave Moursund, professor of education, University of Oregon. Dr. Moursund, a widely admired expert in the field of computers in education, developed this book for parents of K-12 students, pre-service teachers and in-service teachers.
Common Sense Media Inc. This not-for-profit organization provides trustworthy information and tools, as well as an independent forum, for families who want a choice and a voice about the media they consume.
I Want to See Jane Campaign, The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. See Jane Campaign seeks to engage professionals and parents in a call to dramatically increase the percentages of female characters -- and to reduce gender stereotyping -- in media made for children 11 and under.
Kid's Health, Nemours Foundation. Health information for parents and youth.
Fruits & Veggies—More Matters™, Produce for Better Health Foundation. Nutritional information for parents and youth.
Healthy Youth, Centers for Disease Control (CDC).
Talking With Your Teenager About Sex, Healthwise article.
Talking with Kids About Tough Issues, Children Now and the Kaiser Family Foundation.
VERB™ It’s what you do, CDC's Verb Campaign.
Kidsdata.org, The Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health.
We Can! Ways to Enhance Children's Activity & Nutrition, National Institute of Health. A program designed as a one-stop resource for parents and caregivers interested in practical tools to help children 8-13 years old stay at a healthy weight.
McGruff Comic Activity Book, U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services. Developed using real life kids’ opinions, the book presents stories about why kids might try drugs -- with stories and activities emphasizing keeping children from using drugs. The book includes a special pullout section for parents.
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DVDs
