The Wonderful World of PARENTING

Here is just a sampling of the many materials you can find about parenting and child care at the Delphi Public Library. Ask a staff person for help to find these and other titles that you can help you with those day-to-day parenting challenges.

General Parenting Advice

Parenting isn’t for cowards
By James C. Dobson                                            649.1 Dobson

Worried all the time: overparenting in an age of anxiety and how to stop it
By David Anderegg                                              649 Anderegg

Laying down the law: the 25 laws of parenting to keep your kids on track, out of trouble, and (pretty much) under control
By Ruth Allen Peters                                            649.1 Peters

The parenting bible: the answers to parents’ most common questions
By Robin Goldstein                                              649.1 Goldstein

The successful child: what parents can do to help kids turn out well
By William Sears                                                 649.1 Sears

Embracing the Early Years

How to behave so your preschooler will, too!
By Sal Severe                                                     649 Severe

Dealing with the Teen Years

How to talk so teens will listen and listen so teens will talk
By Adele Faber                                                    306.874 Faber

Hold on to your kids: why parents need to matter more than peers
By Gordon Neufeld                                               303.3 Neufeld

7 things your teenager won’t tell you: and how to talk about them anyway
By Jenifer Marshall Lippincott                                        649 Lippincott

Nurturing your teenager’s soul: a practical approach to raising a kind, honorable, compassionate teen
By Mimi Doe                                                       649 Doe

Coaching character at home: strategies for raising responsible teens
By Mike Koehler                                                  649 Koehler

Facing Trouble

The unhappy child: what every parent needs to know
By Kenneth N. Condrell                                                649.1 Condrell

Stay-at-Home Moms

From high heels to bunny slippers: surviving the transition from career to home
By Christine Conners                                            306.874 Conners

Parenting through Divorce

How to parent with your ex: working together for your child’s best interest
By Brette McWhorter Sember                                 649.1 Sember

The divorcing father’s manual: 8 steps to help you and your children survive and thrive
By Barry B. Frieman                                             306.874 Frieman

Ex-etiquette for parents: good behavior after a divorce or separation
By Jann Blackstone-Ford and Sharyl Jupe                649.1 Blackstone-Ford

What about the kids?: raising your children before, during, and after divorce
By Judith S. Wallerstein                                       306.89 Wallerstein

Good parenting through your divorce: how to recognize, encourage, and respond to your child’s feelings
By Mary Ellen Hannibal

Going it Alone: the Single Parent

Mom, there’s a man in the kitchen and he’s wearing your robe: the single mother’s guide to dating well without parenting poorly
By Ellie Slott Fisher                                             646.77 Fisher

Parenting Boys

Boy talk: how you can help your son express his emotions
By Mary Polce-Lynch                                    155.432 Polce-Lynch