Helpful Parenting Books

General Parenting

• Caring For Your Baby And Young Child-Birth To Age 5, The American Academy of Pediatrics
• Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care, Benjamin Spock, M.D.
• Touchpoints: Birth to Three, T. Berry Brazelton, M.D.
• What to Expect the First Year, Heidi Murkoff
• What to Expect the Second Year: From 12 to 24 Months, Heidi Murkoff
• The Portable Pediatrician, Laura Nathanson, M.D.

Behavior

• Parent Effectiveness Training, Thomas Gordon, M.D.
• Between Parent and Child, Haim Ginott, M.D.
• Between Parent and Teenager, Haim Ginott, M.D.
• Winning Cooperation from Your Child, Kenneth Wenning, Ph.D.
• 1-2-3 Magic: Effective Discipline for Children 2-12, Thomas Phelan, Ph.D.
• Spoiled Rotten: Today's Children And How To Change Them, Fred Gosman

Adolescence

• Surviving your Adolescents, Thomas Phelan, Ph.D
• Caring For Your Adolescent: Age 12 to 21, The American Academy of Pediatrics

Sleep

• Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems, Richard Ferber, M.D.
• Nighttime Parenting, William Sears, M.D.
• Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child, Dr. Mark Weissbluth
• The Happiest Baby on the Block, Dr. Harvey Karp
• The No-Cry Sleep Solution, Elizabeth Pantley

Death and Dying

• The Dead Bird, Margaret Wise Brown
• The 10th Good Thing About Barney, Judith Viorst
• Helping Children Cope, Joan Fassler
• What's Heaven?, Maria Schriver