Books:

• Baby and Child Care. Benjamin Spock (Pocket Books).  Thorough coverage of the medical and physical aspects of infancy.
• How to Parent.  Fitzhugh, Dodson (Signet).  Helpful information on numerous topics of concern to all parents.  Many helpful lists of recommended children’s books, records, toys, etc
• The Child Care Encyclopedia.  Penelope Leach (Knopf).  Encyclopedia with emphasis on both physical and emotional health problems.
• Between Parent and Child.  Haim Ginott (Avon).  A very relevant and readable book with a common sense approach to discipline.
• P. E. T. (Parent Effectiveness Training).  Thomas Gordon (Wyden-paperback).  Excellent work associated with popular approach to improving communication between parent and child.
• The Magic Years.  Selma Fraibery (Scribner’s Sons-paperback).  Classic work on understanding the problems of early childhood (birth to six years).
• Child Behavior.  France Ilg and Louise Ames (Dell).  From Gesell Institute, this book covers the most typical traits and growth trends of various ages.
• How to Raise Children at Home in Your Spare Time.  Marvin J. Gersch (Stein and Day-paperback).  Good overall picture approach to child an illness.
• The Intelligent Parent’s Guide to Raising Children.  Eve Jones (Collier).  Interesting discussion of emotional development from birth to adolescence.  Many helpful chapters on infancy.
• Raising a Confident Child.  The Bank Street College of Education.  Joanne Oppenheim, Betty Boegehold and Barbara Brenner.
• The Pleasure of Their Company.  The Bank Street College of Education.  Wonderful paperback on how to enjoy your child’s company in many situations.
• Child Behavior- Your One Year Old; Your Two Year Old; Your Three Year Old; Your Four Year Old; Your Five Year Old; Your Six Year Old; Your Seven Year Old; Life in a Minor Key
• Children and Adults.  Joseph and Laurie Braga (Prentice).

Websites:

http://www.zerotothree.org/ – Good overall website with everything from developmental handouts to recipes for kids.

The following are good websites if you have concerns about your child’s health: http://www.familydoctor.org http://www.kidshealth.org/ http://pediatrics.about.com/ http://www.aap.org/ https://healthlychildren.org/

The following websites are to help with parenting your teen: http://www.parentingteens.com/ http://www.parent-teen.com/ http://www.safeteens.com/

These websites are helpful with discipline: http://www.ultimateparenting.com/ http://www.howtobehave.com/