Bipolar/Depression/Suicide

BOOKS:

A Parent's Guide For Suicidal And Depressed Teens by Kate Williams

Helping Your Depressed Teenager by Gerald Oster and Sarah S. Montgomery

New Hope for Children and Teens with Bipolar Disorder by Boris Birmaher, M.D.

Raising a Moody Child: How to Cope with Depression and Bipolar Disorder
by Mary A. Fristad, Ph.D. and Jill S. Goldberg Arnold, Ph.D.

The  Bipolar Child: The Definitive and Reassuring Guide to Childhood's Most Misunderstood Disorder
by Demitri Papolos, MD and Janice Papolos

Understanding Your Teenager's Depression by Kathleem McCoy Ph.D.

VIDEO:

Demystifying Adolescent Suicide by NYS Office of Children and Family Services

Bullies

Betty Stops the Bully by Lawrence E. Shapiro, Ph.D.

Blue Cheese Breath and Stinky Feet:  How to Deal with Bullies by Catherine DePino

Bullies Are a Pain in the Brain by Trevor Romain

Bully On The Bus by Carl W. Bosch

Bullying Behavior: Current Issues, Research, and Interventions by Robert A. Geffner, PhD, ABPN,
Marti Loring, PhD, LCSW, and Corinna Young, MS

Cliques, Phonies, & Other Baloney by Trevor Romain

Easing the Teasing: Helping Your Child Cope with Name-calling, Ridicule and Verbal Bullying
by Judy S. Freedman, M.S.W., L.C.S.W.

Girl Wars: 12 Strategies That Will End Female Bullying (A&B)
by Cheryl Dellasega, Ph.D. and Charisse Nixon, Ph.D.

Hands Are Not for Hitting by Martine Agassi, Ph.D.

How to Handle Bullies, Teasers and Other Meanies by Kate Cohen Pose MS

How to Take the GRRRR Out of Anger by Elizabeth Verdick & Marjorie Lisovskis

Real Kids Taking the Right Risks by Arlene Erlbach

Set Straight On Bullies by Stuart Greenbaum, Brenda Truner, and Ronald Stephens

Sticks and Stones:  7 Ways Your Child Can Deal with Teasing, Conflict, and Other Hard Times
by Scott Cooper

Stick Up For Yourself!  Every Kid's Guide to Personal Power and Positive Self-Esteem (A&B)
by Gershan Kaufman, Ph.D., Lev Raphael, Ph.D., and Pamela Espeland

The Bully, the Bullied, and the Bystander by Barbara Coloroso

The Kid's Guide to Working Out Conflicts:  How to Keep Cool, Stay Safe, and Get Along
by Naomi Drew, M.A.

The Parent's Book About Bullying: Changing the Course of Your Child's Life by William Voors

We Can Get Along:  A Child's Book of Choices by Lauren Murphy Payne, MSW

What To Do When Kids Are Mean To Your Child by Elin McCoy (A&B)

Why Is Everybody Always Picking on Me?  A Guide to Handling Bullies by Terrence Webster-Doyle

Words Are Not for Hurting by Elizabeth Verdick

Your Child: Bully or Victim? Understanding and Ending School Yard Tyranny by Peter Sheras, Ph.D.

VIDEOS:

Bully Breath... How to Tame a Troublemaker by Meridian Education Corporation

Bully Smart by Street Smart

Raising Children in Troubled Times: Fighting

Set Straight on Bullies by National School Safety Center

Child Abuse

Group Treatment for Sexually Abused Children by Joan Goldent Mandell and Linda Damon

The Healing Power of Play: Working with Abused Children by Eliana Gil

Trust Building with Children Who Hurt by Ruth P. Arent

Child Abuse and Neglect by Meridian Education Corp.

Child Health/Safety

Keep Kids Safe by AAL

Key Matters: On Your Own At Home: Kid’s Kit by AAL

Key Matters: Preparing for Children's Time Alone by AAL

Safe and Sound: Protecting Your Child In an Unpredictable World by Vanessa Ochs

Germ Busters by Kidsafety of America

Home and On Your Own by Kidsafety of America (A&B)

Key Matters: Preparing For Children’s Time Alone by AAL (AB&C)

Mr. Baby Proofer

Stranger Smart by PFS Streetsmart

Talking to Children About Terrorism

Diversity

BOOKS:

101 Ways to Combat Prejudice by Barnes & Noble and the Anti-Defamation League

A Natural Education: Native American Ideas and Thoughts by Stan Padilla

Growing Up Native American by Patricia Riley

Hate Hurts: How Children Learn and Unlearn Prejudice by CarylStern-LaRosa and Ellen Bettman

Learning the Journey on the Red Road by Floyd Looks for Buffalo Hand

More Than Moccasins: A Kid's Guide to Traditional North American Indian Life  by Laurie Carlson

Divorce

Changing Families: A Guide for Kids and Grown-Ups by Fassler, Lash and Ives

Children of Divorce by Mitchell Baris, PhD. and Carla Garrity, PhD.

Children of Divorce: Helping Kids When Their Parents Are Apart by Debbie Barr

Dear Mom And Dad: What Kids of Divorce Really Want to Say To Their Parents by Gillian Rothchild

Difficult Questions Kids Ask About Divorce by Meg Schneidert and J. Zrickerberg

Divorce Book for Parents by Vicki Lansky

Divorced But Still My Parents: A  Helping-Book About Divorce for Children and Parents by Shirley Thomas PhD and Dorothy Rankin

Divorced Dad's Survival Book: How to Stay Connected With Your Kids by David Knox, PhD and Kermit Leggett

Families Apart: Ten Keys to Successful Parenting by Melinda Blau

Helping Children Cope with Divorce by Edward Teyber

Helping Children of Divorce by Judson Swihart and Steven Brigham

Joint Custody With A Jerk by Julie Ross and Judy Corcoran

Mom’s House, Dad’s House: Making Two Homes For Your Child by Isolina Ricci, PhD

The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce by Judith S. Wallerstein, Julia M. Lewis and Sandra Blakeslee

What About the Kids?: Raising Your Children Before, During and After Divorce
by Judith S. Wallerstein and Sandra Blakeslee

When Mom and Dad Separate: Children Can Learn to Cope with Grief from Divorce by Marge Heegaard

Children: The Experts On Divorce by Mediation and Divorce Center (A&B)

Divorce and the Family by Learning Seed

I Know How you Feel: A Child’s View of Divorce and Family Conflict

Kids and Divorce by Sunburst Communications

Kramer vs. Kramer

Murder One: Hoffman and Annie Tell Lizzie They Are Separating

Domestic Violence

Drugs & Alcohol

Alcohol Is A Drug, Too by David Wilmes (A&B)

Choices And Consequences: What To Do When A Teenager Uses Alcohol And Drugs by Dick Schaefer

Clean & Sober Parenting by Jane Nelson, Riki Intner, and Lynn Lott

Don’t Be Taken Hostage by John Jensen, ED, LAC

How To Help your Kids Choose To Be Tobacco Free by Robert Schwebel, Ph.D.

How To Tell When Kids Are Troubled With Alcohol/Drugs by Johnson Institute (A&B)

Parenting For Prevention: How to Raise A Child to Say No to Alcohol/ Drugs by David Wilmes (ABC&D)

VIDEOS:

Busted, America's War on Marijuana by Frontline

Drug-Free Schools and Children by The American Council for Drug Education

Drugs and Youth. . . The Challenge hosted by Michael Gross

Ecstasy Drug by CBS

Educate-Creating Inhalant Abuse Awareness Together

In the Know: Party Drugs by Syndistar, Inc.

Nothing to Rave About: A Club Drugs Prevention Video by Hazelden

Now You’re Talking: Parents and Kids Talk Straight About Alcohol and Drugs by AAL

Parents Who Care by J. David Hawkins, Ph.D.

Raising Children In Troubled Times: Drugs

Reality Check: A Marijuana Prevention Video by Hazelden

Take Ten, Start Talking So Your Kids Won’t Smoke by Active Parenting Publishers

The B.A.D. Team by Arkansas Dept of Human Services

Walking On Thin Ice: A Methamphetamine Prevention Video by Hazelden

What Should I Tell My Child About Drinking? By National Council on Alcoholism & Drug Dependence

Eating Disorders

BOOKS

Afraid to Eat: Children and Teens In Weight Crisis by Frances M. Berg

Children and Teens Afraid to Eat: Helping Youth in Today's Weight-Obsessed World by Frances M. Berg

When Girls Feel Fat: Helping Girls Through Adolescence by Sandra Friedman

VIDEOS

Dying To Be Thin: Anorexia Nervosa by WGBH Boston Video (A&B)

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Bruised Before Birth: Parenting Children Exposed to Parental Substance Abuse by Amy Bulluck, Elizabeth Grimes and Joan McNamara

Fantastic Antone Succeeds by Kleinfed and Wescott

Reaching Out To Children With FAS/FAE by Diane Davis

Recognizing and Managing Children With Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/ Fetal Alcohol Effects by Freda McCreight

David With FAS

Recovering Hope: Mothers Speak Out About Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders by DHHS

Grief & Loss

Are You Sad Too? Helping Children Deal With Loss and Death by Dinah Seibert, Judy Drolet, and Joyce Fetro

Helping Children Cope With the Loss of a Loved One: A Guide for Grownups
by William C. Kroen, PhD, LMHC

Helping Children Cope With Separation and Loss by Claudia Jewett Jarratt

How Do We Tell the Children by Dan Schaefer and Christine Lyons

Life & Loss: A Guide To Help Grieving Children by Linda Goldman (A&B)

Talking With Children About Loss by Maria Trazzi

When a Friend Dies: A Book for Teens About Grieving & Healing by Marilyn Gootman, EdD

Will the Sadness Go Away? (Death of a Pet) by Kansas State University

Kids & Media

A Parent’s Guide to the Internet and how protect your children in cyberspace by Parry Aftab, Esq.

Adolescents and the Media by Victor C. Strasburger

Children and Television: Images In A Changing Sociocultural World
by Joy Keiko Asamen and Gordon L. Berry

Dr. Dave's Cyberhood: Making Media Choices That Create a Healthy Electronic Environment for Your Kids by David Walsh, Ph.D.

Failure To Connect: How Computers Affect Our Children’s Minds-For Better and Worse by Jane Healy, PhD

VIDEOS:

Helping Children Survive TV

Kids and Television: The Barney Show

Plugged In: The Barney Story (AB&C)

Taking Charge of your TV by The National PTA and National Cable Television Association (A&B)

Unplug Your Kids by the National Institute on Media an the Family (A&B)

What Your Kindergartner Needs To Know by E.D. Hirsch, Jr.

Kindergarten: Ready Or Not by Sean Walmiley

Military Families/Separation

BOOK:
A Year Without Dad by Jodi Brunson

Money/Consumerism

BOOKS:

Designer Kids: Consumerism And Competition: When Is It All Too Much? by David Walsh, Ph.D.

Dollars and Sense for Kids: What They Need to Know About Money- and How to Tell Them by Janet Bodnar

How America Puts Profits Before Values and What Parents Can Do

Money Smart Kids (And Parents, Too) by Janet Bodnar

Selling Out America’s Children by David Walsh, PhD

Who's Raising Your Child? Battling the Marketers for Your Child's Heart and Soul
    by Laura J. Buddenberg and Kathleen M. McGee

Nutrition

Child of Mine: Feeding with Love and Good Sense by Ellyn Satter

Family Nutrition Book by William Sears MD and Martha Sears RN

Heart Sense: Help Your Family Live Long and Healthy Lives by AAL

How To Get Your Kid To Eat...... But Not Too Much by Ellyn Satter (A)

Is This Your Child? Discovering and Treating Unrecognized Allergies In Children and Adults
by Doris Rapp, MD

What Are We Feeding Our Kids? by Michael Jacobson, PhD and Bruce Maxwell

What To Eat When You’re Expecting by Eisenberg, Murkhoff, and Hathaway

Fit For Fun-Making Health A Family Matter by AAL

Food for Thought by Altschul Group Corporation

Nutrition For Infants & Children Under Six by the Cambridge Educational

Smart Snacking For Children by the Altschul Group

Starting Solid Foods: Lilly Helps Ana

Pregnancy

What to Eat When You're Expecting by Arlene Eisenberg, Heidi E. Murkoff and Sandee E. Hathaway, B.S.N. (also found in Nutrition)

What to Expect When You're Expecting by Arlene Eisenberg, Heidi E. Murkoff and Sandee E. Hathaway, B.S.N.

School & Homework

Beyond the Classroom: Why School Reform Has Failed and What Parents Need To Do
by Laurence Steinberg

Boys and Girls Learn Differently! by Michael Gurian (also found in General Parenting)

Help! It’s Homework Time by Lee Canter

Help! My Teacher Hates Me by Meg Schneider

Help Your Child Succeed in School: Simple Strategies for Parents by The School Renaissance Institute, Inc.

How To Do Homework Without Throwing Up by Trevor Romain

How to Help with Homework: Effective Strategies for Parents  by The School Renaissance Institute, Inc.

How To Help Your Child With Homework by Marguerite Radencich Ph.D. and Jeanne Shay Schumm, Ph.D.

How To Talk So Kids Can Learn At Home and In School by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish

Inviting School Success by William Watson Purkey and John M. Novak

Involving Parents: A Handbook For Participation In School by Lyons, Robbins, and Smith

Mega Skills: In School and In Life: The Best Gift You Can Give Your Child by Dorothy Rich

School Power: Strategies for Succeeding In School by Jeanne Shay Schumm, Ph.D. and Maguerite Radencich, Ph.D..

Smart Girls, Gifted Women by Barbara A. Kerr, Ph.D..

Taming The Homework Monster by Ellen Klavan

Teaching Adults: An Active Learning Approach by Elizabeth Jones

The School Success Kit

Yardsticks, Children in the Classroom Ages 4-14 by Northeast Foundation For Children

You and School: A Survival Guide for Adolescence by Gail C. Roberts, B.Ed., M.A.
and Lorraine Guttormson, M.A.

VIDEOS:

6 Tips to Help Your Children Succeed by World Book Educational Products (also found in General Parenting)

Boys Town Videos: Homework? I’ll Do It Later

Homework by Jim Fay, Cline Foster, MD, and Bert Gurule

Parents Can Read With Children by The Parent Institute

Parents Can Talk & Listen To Children by The Parent Institute

Positive Parenting In the Classroom: Eight Building Blocks for Effective Class Meeting by Gary McCoy

Successful Parenting: Part Four: School Success Takes Teamwork: The Basics by Active Parenting

The Little Things Make a Big Difference by NAESP and World Book Educational Products

The School Success Tool Kit by John F. Taylor (AB&C)

School Violence

Conscienceless Acts Societal Mayhem by Foster W. Cline MD

Diverting Children From a Life of Crime by Greenwood, Model, Rydell, and Chiesa

Lost Boys by James Garbarino, Ph.D. (A&B)

Violence In Our Schools, Hospitals, and Public Places: A Prevention and Management Guide  
by Eugene D. Wheeler and S. Anthony Baron, Ph.D.

Sexuality

From Diapers to Dating by Debra Haffner, MPH

How To Talk Confidently with Your Child About Sex by Lenore Buth

Ten Talks Parents Must Have With Their Children About Sex and Character by Pepper Schwartz, Ph.D. and Dominic Cappello

The What's Happening to My Body? Book for Boys by Lynda Madaras with Area Madaras (also found in Adolescents/Teens) 

The What's Happening to My Body? Book for Girls by Lynda Madaras with Area Madaras (also found in Adolescents/Teens) (A&B)

What’s Happening to Me?: A Guide to Puberty by Lyle Stuart

When Sex Is The Subject by Pamela Wilson

VIDEOS:

Facts and Feelings: Families Talk About Sexuality by Utah State University Ext. Service

Just Thought You Ought To Know by the Medical Institute

No Apologies: Truth About Life, Love, and Sex by TV Edition

Raising Children In Troubled Times: Sex

Raising Sexually Healthy Children by Learning Seed Videos

Time to Wait for Sex by Pam Stenzel

When A Kid Is Gay  by WGBH

ADHD Handbook for Families by Paul Weingartner

ADHD Parenting Handbook by Colleen Alexander-Roberts

Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping With ADD by Edward Hallowell and John Ratey

Dyslexia and Other Learning Difficulties: The Facts by Mark Selikowitz

Extraordinary Kids: Nurturing and Championing Your Child with Special Needs by Cheri Fuller and Louise Tucker Jones

Forms For Helping The ADHD Child by Lawrence E. Shapiro, Ph.D.

Helping Your Hyperactive/Attention Deficit Child by John Taylor (AB&C)

I Can’t Sit Still: Educating and Affirming Inattentive and Hyperactive Children by Dorothy Davies Johnson, MD

Living With The Active Alert Child: Ground Breaking Strategies for Parents by Linda Budd PhD

Love and Logic Solutions for Kids with Special Needs by David Funk (A&B)

Maybe You Know My Kid: A Parent’s Guide To ADHD by Mary Fowler

Nobody’s Perfect: Living & Growing with Children Who Have Special Needs by Nancy Miller

Sometimes I Drive My Mom Crazy, But I Know She Is Crazy About Me: A Self- Esteem Book for ADHD Children by Lawrence Shapiro

Special Kids Need Special Parents: A Resource for Parents of Children with Special Needs by Judith Loseff Lavin

Stretching Ourselves: Kids with Cerebral Palsy by Alden R. Carter

The Autistic Spectrum: A Parent's Guide to Understanding and Helping Your Child by Lorna Wing, M.D.

The Learning Differences Sourcebook by Nancy Boyles and Darlene Contadino

The Misunderstood Child: Understanding and Coping with Your Child's Learning Disabilities by Larry B. Silver, M.D.

When You Worry About The Child You Love by Edward Hallowell, MD

When Your Child Has LD by Gary Fisher, PhD. and Rhoda Cummings, Ed.D

Why Is My Child Having Trouble At School? by Barbara Novick, PhD. and Maureen Arnold, PhD.

You, Your Child, and "Special" Education  by Barbara Coyne Cutler

VIDEOS:

Attention Deficit Disorder/ADHD by PBS/ Healthworks

Coping with ADD by Taming the Turmoil

Medicating Kids (ADHD) by Frontline

Stuttering and The Preschool Child; Help for Families by The Stuttering Foundation of America

Why Can't Michael Pay Attention? by Learning Seed

Why Won’t My Child Pay Attention? by Dr. Sam Goldstein, Neurology Learning and Behavior Center

Teen Pregnancy/Parenting

The New Middle of the Night Book by Mary F. Nelson and Ann Walker Smalley (A&C) (also found in Infant, Toddler and Preschooler)

VIDEOS:

Getting Men Involved by KidSafety of America

Kids Having Kids by Cambridge Educational

Kids Raising Kids by Cambridge Educational

Young Men as Fathers by KidSafety of America

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