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A Mother's Place: Choosing Work and Family Without Guilt or Blame  
by Susan Chira

Child Care Choices: Balancing the Needs of Children, Families, and Society
by Edward F. Zigler

Child Care Handbook 
by WFD Inc.

Early Childhood Programs : Human Relationships and Learning
by Katherine Read, Pat Gardner, Barbara Child Mahler

Reinventing Early Care and Education: A Vision for a Quality System 
by Sharon L. Kagan

Parenting Books

The Strong Willed Child:  Birth through Adolescence
by James Dobson

Real Boys - Rescuing Our Sons from the Myths of Boyhood
by William S. Pollack

Liberated Parents, Liberated Children:  Your Guide to a Happier Family
by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish

Siblings Without Rivalry:  How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Too
by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish

How to Talk So Kids Will Listen, and Listen so Kids Will Talk
by Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish and Kimberly Ann Cole

Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child
by John M. Gottman, John Declaire, and Daniel P. Goleman

Reviving Ophelia
by Mary Pipher

Wonderful Ways to Love a Child
by Judy Ford

The 10 Greatest Gifts I Give My Children: Parenting from the Heart
by Steven Vannoy

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families: Building a Beautiful Family Culture in a Turbulent World  
by Stephen R. Covey, Sandra Merrill Covey

Children : The Challenge
by Rudopf Dreikurs

Bradshaw on: The Family: A New Way of Creating Solid-Self Esteem  
by John Bradshaw

Children First : What Society Must Do-And Is Not Doing-For Children Today 
by Penelope Leach

Child Behavior: The Classic Childcare Manual from the Gesell Institute of Human Development
by Frances L. Ilg, Louise B. Ames, Sydney M. Baker

Your Baby and Child: From Birth to Age Five 
by Penelope Leach

Parent Power!: A Common-Sense Approach to Parenting in the '90s and Beyond 
by John K. Rosemond

John Rosemond's Six-Point Plan for Raising Happy, Healthy Children 
by John K. Rosemond

It Takes a Village: And Other Lessons Children Teach Us  
by Hillary Rodham Clinton

Self-Esteem: A Family Affair
by Jean Illsley Clarke

Growing Up Again: Parenting Ourselves, Parenting Our Children  
by Connie Dawson, Jean Illsley Clarke

Pick Up Your Socks...and Other Skills Growing Children Need!
by Elizabeth Crary

A Good Enough Parent: A Book on Child-Rearing
by Bruno Bettelheim, Anne Freedgood

Historical Activity Guide
by Elizabeth Crary (Editor), Connie J. Pope (Illustrator)

Loving Hands: The Traditional Art of Baby Massage
by Frederick Leboyer

Magical Child
by Joseph Chilton Pearce

Practical Parenting Tips: Over 1,500 Helpful Hints for the First Five Years
by Vicki Lansky

The First Twelve Months of Life: Your Baby's Growth Month by Month
by Frank Caplan, Theresa Caplan

Second Twelve Months of Life
by Frank Caplan, Theresa Caplan

The Seven-Year Stretch: How Families Work Together to Grow Through Adolescence
by Laura Scribner Kastner

The Six Stages of Parenthood
by Ellen Galinsky

To Listen to a Child: Understanding the Normal Problems of Growing Up
by T. Berry Brazelton

 

 


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