Brazelton, T. Berry. Touchpoints Three to Six : Your Child's Emotional and Behavioral Development.
Offers guidance to parents facing contemporary pressures and stresses, such as how to keep a child safe without instilling fear, countering the electronic barrage of violent games and marketing aimed at children, coping successfully with varied family configurations, shifting gender roles, over-scheduling, competition, and more. PC 305.231 BRA

Deak, JoAnn M. Girls Will Be Girls: Raising Confident and Courageous Daughters.
offers insight and practical advice on such topics as how to guide a daughter through the turbulent challenges of growing up, empowerment, body image and self esteem, peer pressure, and intellectual growth. PC 649.133 DEA

Icard, Michelle. Middle School Makeover: Improving the Way You and Your Child Experience the Middle School Years.
The author shares affirming, spot-on advice for guiding kids through the difficult middle school years, blending thoughtful practicality, and gentle humor. As Icard explains, these years build identity on the unsteady ground of a changing body and a complex and shifting social environment. PC 649.125 ICA

Meeker, Margaret J. Boys Should Be Boys: 7 Secrets to Raising Healthy Sons.
A guide to raising boys discusses encouragement, spending time together, the role of outdoor activites, rules, virtue, and adressing important issues. PC 649.132 MEE

Pickhardt, Carl E. Surviving Your Child's Adolescence: How to Understand, and even Enjoy, the Rocky Road to Independence.
Guiding parents through the rough teenage years, a psychologist and parenting expert presents a four-stage model of adolescent growth to help parents anticipate common developmental changes and offers best practices for communication, decision-making and conflict resolution. PC 305.235 PIC

Sears, William, M.D. The Baby Book : Everything You Need to Know about Your Baby--from Birth to Age Two.
In this perennially bestselling and encyclopedic guide, Dr. Bill and Martha Sears draw from their vast experience both as medical professionals and as parents to provide authoritative, comprehensive information on virtually every aspect of infant care. PC 649.122 SEA

Siegel, Daniel J. The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutinary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind.
The author asserts that parents can have a positive and important impact on helping kids develop brain skills and discusses the different sections of the brain and offers useful parental tools that can limit temper tantrums as well as ensure well-rounded development.PC 649.1 SIE