New Parenting Resources in the PEP Library

NEW BOOKS

Ages & Stages: A Parent’s Guide to Normal Childhood Development
by Dr. Charles E. Schaefer and Theresa Foy Digeronimo
A comprehensive parent’s guide to your child’s psychological development from birth through age 10.

Parenting Children with ADHD :10 Lessons that Medicine Cannot Teach
by Vincent J. Nonastra, Ph.D.
Using non-confrontational ways to teach your child essential life skills like organization, problem-solving, and emotional control.

Strengthening Your Stepfamily
by Elizabeth Einstein, M.A. and Linda Albert Ph.D.|
Comprehensive coverage of the most important issues for stepfamilies, including:   adjustment, expectations, dealing with step-sibling rivalry and working with non-custodial parents.

Finding the Right Spot: When Kids Can’t Live With Their Parents
by Janice Levy
A story for all kids who can’t live with their parents, regardless of the circumstances.  It’s a story about resilience, loyalty, hope, disappointment, love, sadness and anger too.

Kid-Wrangling: The Real Guide to Caring for Babies, Toddlers and Little Kids
by Kaz Cooke
A down-to-earth guide for the first few years of parenting.  Funny, reassuring, practical, and completely devoid of judgmental guru speak about the right way to do things. 

Parenting an Only Child
Susan Newman, PhD
In recent years, the number of couples choosing to have one child has risen sharply.  Whether it’s by choice or fate, having a single child presents unique considerations, opportunities, and advantages. Social psychologist Susan Newman, who has been studying single-child families since the 1980’s shatter the myths of the lonely child and provides in-dept coverage of the critical issues.

You and Your Only Child
Patricia A. Nachman, Ph.D., with Andrea Thompson
Single-child families are more common than ever before, yet many parents are concerned that they are somehow cheating their child of a “real” family experience.  Recent findings, however suggest that only children are frequently more confident, verbal and quick to learn than children from larger families.  In this reassuring and practical book, Dr. Patricia Nachman presents solid, well-supported evidence that the myths surrounding only children are jus that-myths.

NEW ON DVD
1-2-3 Magic (Now available on DVD)
MORE 1-2-3 Magic (Now available on DVD) 

The Not-So-Terrible Two’s
A Learning Seed DVD
A cast of cuties demonstrate the major physical, mental, emotional and developmental milestones of the third year of life. Includes language skills, toilet training, self-awareness, and concern for others.

Child’s Play: How Having Fun Turns Kids into Adults
A learning Seed Video
Play is the engine that drives child development, so understanding play is key to any unit in child development or parenting education.  This video explores styles of play, the role of adults, and the value of toys.

Go to Bed! Kids and Sleep
A learning Seed Video
Bedtime is a battle ground where the wishes of parents fight the mysteries of sleep.  The battle begins from day one when the newborn arrives in the world with a case of universal “jet lag.”  Their first sleeping patterns are nearly random.  They slowly learn night from day and finally “sleep through the night.”  But life and sleep remain at odds throughout childhood.  Learn how parents can help children become “good sleepers”.

Childhood Nutrition (Preventing Obesity) 
DVD Series
Did you know that the number of overweight children in our country has tripled in the last two decades?  Obesity puts our kids at a higher risk for type 2 diabetes, early heart disease and low self-esteem.  But how can parents combat fast food and couch potato lifestyles?  InJoy’s brand new Video Series has the answers.  With smart strategies and straight talk, parents learn effective ways to develop healthy eating and exercise habits for the whole family, so kids can feel their best- from the inside out.

Kids and Divorce:  For Better or Worse (DVD)
Hosted by journalist Dave Iverson, Kids & Divorce examines the emotional and legal aftermath of divorce, seeking to answer: What's best for the kids? In their own voices, parents and children tell their stories of facing divorce's fallout. This special explores the pros and cons of joint custody, looks at efforts to reform how custody is decided in the judicial system, and examines how divorce education programs are helping both parents and kids.

Children:  The Experts on Divorce (DVD)
Children speak of what they need from their parents—what helps and what hurts. Judges, mediators, therapists and Karl Malone also appear on camera. DVD makes parents more ready to collaborate and make agreements that will benefit their children. Have a box of tissues handy.

PEP Library materials may be ordered from Liz Hooley at (319) 399-6719 or lhooley@aea10.k12.ia.us.