Parenting young children - how to deal with the normal issues of school-age kids as well as specific problems such as anxiety, fears, anger, and childhood depression.
Canadian Institute of Child Health
Child and Adolescent Mental Health (NIMH)
Child and Family WebGuide (Tufts University)
Children Who Won't Go To School (AACAP)
Child, Youth, and Family Health Web (Health Canada)
EPA Children's Health Protection
Gentleness in a Violent World (APA)
Growing Up Male - Raising Sons
Helping Young Children Deal with Anger
Hospital for Sick Children On-Line
Kids Help Phone on the Internet (Canada)
Pediatric Psychiatry Pamphlets
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Toilet Training: Incontinence & Encopresis (AACAP)
Bowlby, John
A Secure Base. HarperCollins, 1990
Elgin, Suzette Haden
The Gentle Art of Communicating with Kids: Toddlers to Teens. John Wiley & Sons, 1996
Elkind, David
The Hurried Child: Growing Up Too Fast Too Soon. Perseus Books, 2001
Faber, Adele, & Mazlish, Elaine
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk. Avon Books, 1999
Gordon, Thomas
Parent Effectiveness Training: The Proven Program for Raising Responsible Children (Rev. Ed.). Plume Books, 2000
Hyman, Irwin A.
The Case Against Spanking: How to Stop Hitting and Start Raising Healthy Kids. Jossey-Bass, 1997
Kindlon, Dan, & Thompson, Michael
Raising Cain: Protecting The Emotional Life Of Boys. Ballantine Books, 2000
Koplewicz, Harold S.
It's Nobody's Fault: New Hope and Help for Difficult Children. Random House, 1997
Nelsen, Jane, & Glenn, H. Stephen
Positive Discipline (Rev. Ed.). Ballantine Publishing, 1996
Nelsen, Jane, & Lott, Lynn
Positive Discipline for Teenagers: Empowering Your Teens and Yourself Through Kind and Firm Parenting. Prima Publishing, 2000
Pipher, Mary
Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls. Ballantine Books, 1995
Pollack, William
Real Boys: Rescuing Our Sons from the Myths of Boyhood. Random House, 1998
Pollack, William, & Cushman, Kathleen
Real Boys Workbook: Definitive Guide to Understanding and Interacting with Boys of All Ages. Villard Books, 2001
Swallow, Ward K.
The Shy Child: Helping Children Triumph over Shyness. Warner Books, 2000
Turecki, Stanley, & Tonner, Leslie
The Difficult Child (2nd Ed.). Bantam Books, 2000
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