Recommended Reading

 

PARENTING

Your Baby and Child - Birth to Age 5, by Penelope Leach; Alfred A. Knopf, Publisher, 1994.

Babyhood, by Penelope Leach; Alfred A. Knopf, Publisher, 1994.

Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care, by Benjamin Spock, M.D. and Michael B. Rothenberg, M.D.; Dutton Books, Publisher, 1992.

Dr. Spock on Parenting, by Benjamin Spock, M.D.; Pocket Books, Publisher, 1989.

The Well Baby Book, by Mike Samuels, M.D. and Nancy Samuels; Summit Books, Publisher, 1991.

Infants and Mothers, by T. Berry Brazelton, M.D.; Dell Trade Paperback, Publisher, 1983.

The Earliest Relationship, by T. Berry Brazelton, M.D. and Bertrand G. Cramer, M.D.; Addison-Wesley Publishing, 1990.

What Every Baby Knows, by T. Berry Brazelton, M.D.; Ballantine Books, Publisher, 1987.

The Year After Childbirth - Surviving and Enjoying the First Year of Motherhood, by Sheila Kitzinger; Chas. Scribners and Sons, Publisher, 1994.

Good Enough Mothers - Changing Expectations for Ourselves, by Melinda M. Marshall; Petersen's Press, Publisher, 1993.

Finding Our Fathers, How a Man's Life is Shaped by His Relationship With His Father, by Samuel Osherson; Fawcett Columbine, Publisher, New York, 1986.

Positive Discipline for Preschoolers, by Nelson, Erwin and Duffy; Prima Publishing, 1995.

Assertive Discipline For Parents – A Proven, Step-by-Step Approach to Solving Everyday Behavior Problems, by Lee Canter with Marlene Canter; Harper & Row, 1988.
Back In Control – How to Get Your Children to Behave, by Gregory Bodenhamer; Simon & Schuster Pub., 1992.

I Swore I'd Never Do That - Recognizing Family Patterns and Making Wise Parenting Choices, by Elizabeth Fishel; Conari Press, Publisher, 1994.

The Art of Sensitive Parenting - 10 Keys to Raising Confident, Competent and Responsible Children, by Katharine C. Kersey, Ed.D.; Berkley Books, Inc., Publisher, 1994.

The Transition to Parenthood - How a First Child Changes a Marriage. Why Some Couples Grow Closer and Others Apart, by Jay Belsky, Ph.D. and John Kelly; Dell Publishing, 1994.

 

RELATIONSHIPS

Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus, by John Gray, Ph.D.; Harper Collins, 1992.

Getting the Love You Want - A Guide for Couples, by Harville Hendrix, Ph.D.; Harper Collins, 1988.

You Just Don’t Understand - Women and Men in Conversation, by Deborah Tannen, Ph.D.; Ballantine Books, 1990.

The Good Marriage - How and Why Love Lasts, by Judith S. Wallerstein and Sandra Blakeslee, Houghton-Mifflin, 1995