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Virtual Bookstore
Welcome to Child Health Associates Virtual Bookstore!
View book recommendations below based on age and topic
- Newborn to 12 Month Old
- Children 1-5 Years Old
- 5 Years to Pre-Teen
(For Parent) - 5 Years to Pre-Teen
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Newborn to 12 Month Old
- Heading Home with your Newborn by Laura Jana & Jennifer Shu
- Happiest Baby on the Block by Harvey Karp
- Mommy Calls by Tanya Reymer Altman
- Touchpoints: Birth to Three by Terry Brazelton & Joshua Sparrow
- Baby 411 by Ari Brown & Denise Fields
Heading Home with your Newborn by Laura Jana & Jennifer Shu
The new edition of this bestselling guide to newborn care has been fully revised and updated. Written by two pediatricians and focusing on the first few months of an infant’s life, Heading Home With Your Newborn, 3rd Edition, includes new information on breastfeeding and the involvement of allergies, formula options, vitamins and supplements (vitamins, iron, fluoride, probiotics), sleep, extended stay in strapped-in positions(car seats, bouncy chairs), swaddling, diaper options, the impact of social media sharing, and capturing moments/sharing memories
https://www.amazon.com/Heading-Home-Your-Newborn-Reality/dp/1581108931
Happiest Baby on the Block by Harvey Karp
Dr. Harvey Karp reveals an extraordinary treasure sought by parents for centuries—an automatic “off-switch” for their baby’s crying. The 5 “S’s”: the simple steps (swaddling, side/stomach position, shushing, swinging and sucking) that trigger the calming reflex. For centuries, parents have tried these methods only to fail because, as with a knee reflex, the calming reflex only works when it is triggered in precisely the right way. Unlike other books that merely list these techniques Dr. Karp teaches parents exactly how to do them, to guide cranky infants to calm and easy babies to serenity in minutes…and help them sleep longer too.
https://www.amazon.com/Happiest-Baby-Block-Harvey-Karp/dp/0553381466
Mommy Calls by Tanya Reymer Altman
Inspired by the questions pediatricians are most often asked, this guide provides on-the-spot, concise advice for those who are unsure about how to handle their child’s condition. Offering the insight of a parent of children under the age of three and the experience of a pediatrician, this resource provides information on a diverse range of topics
https://www.amazon.com/Mommy-Calls-Answers-Questions-Toddlers/dp/158110295X
Touchpoints: Birth to Three by Terry Brazelton & Joshua Sparrow
T. Berry Brazelton’s great empathy for the universal concerns of parenthood, and honesty about the complex feelings it engenders, as well as his uncanny insight into the predictable leaps and regressions of early childhood.
https://www.amazon.com/Touchpoints-Birth-Three-T-Berry-Brazelton/dp/0738210498
Baby 411 by Ari Brown & Denise Fields
BABY 411 is the go-to resource for new parents looking for expert advice on their baby’s health, growth and development.
https://www.amazon.com/Baby-411-Clear-Answers-Advice/dp/1889392618
Children 1-5 Years Old
- 1-2-3 Magic Workbook by Thomas Phelan
- Food Fights: Winning the Nutritional Challenges of Parenthood with Armed Insight, Humor, and a Bottle of Ketchup by Laura Jana & Jennifer Shu
- Yummy Toddler Food: Dinnertime SOS: 100 Sanity-Saving Meals Parents and Kids of All Ages Will Actually Want to Eat
- Busy Little Hands: Food Play!: Activities for Preschoolers
- The No-Cry Sleep Solution for Toddlers and Preschoolers by Elizabeth Pantley
- Guide to Toilet Training by the American Academy of Pediatrics
- Mommy Calls: Dr. Tanya Answers Parents Top 101 Questions about Babies and Toddlers by Tanya Altmann
- Toddler 411: Clear Answers & Smart Advice for Your Toddler by Ari Brown & Denise Fields
- David Decides about Thumb sucking
- The Kissing Hand by Audry Penn & Ruth Harper
- No: Why Kids of All Ages Need to Hear it and Ways Parents Can Say it by David Walsh
- Parenting with Love and Logic by Foster Cline & Jim Fay
1-2-3 Magic Workbook by Thomas Phelan
1-2-3 Magic allows you to get back in charge of your home and enjoy your kids again by helping you set limits for your children, and by breaking down the complex task of parenting into three straightforward steps: controlling obnoxious behavior, encouraging good behavior, and strengthening your relationships.
https://www.amazon.com/1-2-3-Magic-Workbook-Interactive-Parenting/dp/1492647896
Food Fights: Winning the Nutritional Challenges of Parenthood with Armed Insight, Humor, and a Bottle of Ketchup by Laura Jana & Jennifer Shu
In Food Fights, 2nd edition, the authors tastefully blend the science of nutrition and pediatrics with the practical insights of parents who have been in your shoes; offering simple solutions for your daily nutritional challenges.
https://www.amazon.com/Food-Fights-Nutritional-Challenges-Parenthood/dp/1581105851
Yummy Toddler Food: Dinnertime SOS: 100 Sanity-Saving Meals Parents and Kids of All Ages Will Actually Want to Eat
This is the cookbook that parents with little kids have been waiting for. With strategies to cut down on cooking time, healthy shortcuts, and meal planning tips, Dinnertime SOS shares tried-and-true cooking advice and recipes to help parents win dinnertime.
Busy Little Hands: Food Play!: Activities for Preschoolers
Preschoolers learn how to prepare their own food with activities that foster fun in the kitchen and promote healthy eating habits.
The No-Cry Sleep Solution for Toddlers and Preschoolers by Elizabeth Pantley
Written to help sleep-deprived parents of children ages one to five, The No-Cry Sleep Solution for Toddlers and Preschoolers offers loving solutions to help this active age-group get the rest they–and their parents–so desperately need.
https://www.amazon.com/No-Cry-Sleep-Solution-Toddlers-Preschoolers/dp/0071444912
Guide to Toilet Training by the American Academy of Pediatrics
Invaluable input and suggestions from a wide range of parents on their experiences with toilet training their children including answers parents’ most frequently asked questions and concerns.
https://www.amazon.com/American-Academy-Pediatrics-Toilet-Training/dp/0425285804
Mommy Calls: Dr. Tanya Answers Parents Top 101 Questions about Babies and Toddlers by Tanya Altmann
Offering the insight of a parent of children under the age of three and the experience of a pediatrician, this resource provides information on a diverse range of topics.
https://www.amazon.com/Mommy-Calls-Answers-Questions-Toddlers/dp/158110295X
Toddler 411: Clear Answers & Smart Advice for Your Toddler by Ari Brown & Denise Fields
From temper tantrums to toilet training, raising a toddler brings its own set of challenges and questions — and Toddler 411 has the answers.
https://www.amazon.com/Toddler-411-Clear-Answers-Advice/dp/188939243X
David Decides about Thumb sucking
The Parent Guide addresses myths and realities about thumb sucking. Do sucking habits make children less self-confident or more? Does thumb sucking really impact children’s teeth and facial appearance? Can stopping sucking habits harm children emotionally? What are the keys to success in helping children end sucking habits?
https://www.amazon.com/David-Decides-About-Thumbsucking-Children/dp/0961478020
The Kissing Hand by Audry Penn & Ruth Harper
Since its first publication in 1993, this heartwarming book has become a children’s classic that has touched the lives of millions of children and their parents, especially at times of separation, whether starting school, entering daycare, or going to camp. It is widely used by kindergarten teachers on the first day of school.
https://www.amazon.com/Kissing-Hand-Audrey-Penn/dp/1933718102
No: Why Kids of All Ages Need to Hear it and Ways Parents Can Say it by David Walsh
By saying No when you need to, you help your children develop skills such as self-reliance, self-discipline, respect, integrity, the ability to delay gratification, and a host of other crucial character traits they need to be successful. Although the importance of using No should be obvious, many parents have a hard time saying it — even when they know they should — when other parents and the culture around them are being permissive.
https://www.amazon.com/No-Kids-Ages-Need-Hear-Parents-ebook/dp/B000N0WTDI
Parenting with Love and Logic by Foster Cline & Jim Fay
Designed for preschool and beyond, this helpful and practical psychology-based parenting method is an invaluable guide for all parents! Teach your children healthy responsibility and encourage their character growth from a young age. Learn to establish healthy boundaries with your children through easy-to-implement steps without anger, threats, nagging, or power struggles.
5 Years to Pre-Teen (For Parent)
- Deceptively Delicious: Simple Secrets to Get Your Kids Eating Good Food by Jessica Seinfeld
- The Sneaky Chef: Simple Strategies for Hiding Healthy Foods in Kids Favorite meals by Missy Chase Lapine
- Building Resilience in Children and Teens: Giving Kids Roots and Wings by Kenneth Ginsburg
- How to Talk so Kids Will Listen and How to Listen so Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish
- Siblings without Rivalry: How to Help Your Children Live Together so You can Live Too by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish
- Raising Your Spirited Child, 3rd Ed.: A guide for Parents Whose Child is More Intense, Sensitive, Perceptive, Persistent and Energetic by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka
- SOS Help for Parents, 3rd Ed. By Lynn Clark
- The Secrets of Happy Families: Improve Your Mornings, Tell Your Family History, Fight Smarter, Go Out and Play and Much More by Bruce Feiler
- Works Will Never Hurt Me: Helping Kids Handle Teasing, Bullying and Putdowns by Sally Northway Ogden
- Screen Smart Parenting: How to Find Balance and Benefit in Your Child’s Use of Social Media, Apps, and Digital Devices by Jodi Gold & Tory Burch
- The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children by Ross Greene
- Parenting with Love and Logic by Foster Cline & Jim Fay
Deceptively Delicious: Simple Secrets to Get Your Kids Eating Good Food by Jessica Seinfeld
As a mother of three, Jessica Seinfeld can speak for all parents who struggle to feed their kids right and deal nightly with dinnertime fiascos. As she wages a personal war against sugars, packaged foods, and other nutritional saboteurs, she offers appetizing alternatives for parents who find themselves succumbing to the fastest and easiest (and least healthy) choices available to them.
https://www.amazon.com/Deceptively-Delicious-Simple-Secrets-Eating/dp/006176793X
The Sneaky Chef: Simple Strategies for Hiding Healthy Foods in Kids Favorite meals by Missy Chase Lapine
The Sneaky Chef presents over 75 recipes that ingeniously disguise the most important superfoods inside kids’ favorite meals.
https://www.amazon.com/Sneaky-Chef-Strategies-Healthy-Favorite-ebook/dp/B06XKPDQR5
Building Resilience in Children and Teens: Giving Kids Roots and Wings by Kenneth Ginsburg
In this award-winning guide author and pediatrician Dr. Ken Ginsburg shares his 7 crucial Cs: competence, confidence, connection, character, contribution, coping, and control. You’ll discover how to incorporate these concepts into your parenting style and communication strategies, thereby strengthening your connection.
How to Talk so Kids Will Listen and How to Listen so Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish
This bestselling classic by internationally acclaimed experts on communication between parents and children includes fresh insights and suggestions, as well as the author’s time-tested methods to solve common problems and build foundations for lasting relationships.
https://www.amazon.com/How-Talk-Kids-Will-Listen/dp/1451663889
Siblings without Rivalry: How to Help Your Children Live Together so You can Live Too by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish
This wise, groundbreaking book gives parents the practical tools they need to cope with conflict, encourage cooperation, reduce competition, and make it possible for children to experience the joys of their special relationship.
https://www.amazon.com/Siblings-Without-Rivalry-Children-Together/dp/0393342212
Raising Your Spirited Child, 3rd Ed.: A guide for Parents Whose Child is More Intense, Sensitive, Perceptive, Persistent and Energetic by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka
Beloved parenting expert Mary Sheedy Kurcinka, Ed.D., offers ALL parents and caregivers a glimpse into what makes their spirited children behave the way they do. The key word that distinguishes spirited children from other children is “more” — more intense, more persistent, more sensitive and more uncomfortable with change.
SOS Help for Parents, 3rd Ed. By Lynn Clark
SOS teaches you how to improve your child’s behavior, reduce stress in your life, and enhance your child’s emotional intelligence.
The Secrets of Happy Families: Improve Your Mornings, Tell Your Family History, Fight Smarter, Go Out and Play and Much More by Bruce Feiler
New York Times bestselling author Bruce Feiler has drawn up a blueprint for modern families — a new approach to family dynamics, inspired by cutting-edge techniques gathered from experts in the disciplines of science, business, sports, and the military.
https://www.amazon.com/Secrets-Happy-Families-Improve-Mornings/dp/0061778745
Works Will Never Hurt Me: Helping Kids Handle Teasing, Bullying and Putdowns by Sally Northway Ogden
Practical, memorable and fun methods to empower children to handle bullies and difficult people. The tools that are introduced in this book will allow children to feel relaxed and in control in situations that used to make them feel stressed and inadequate.
https://www.amazon.com/Words-Will-Never-Hurt-Me/dp/0990763196
Screen Smart Parenting: How to Find Balance and Benefit in Your Child’s Use of Social Media, Apps, and Digital Devices by Jodi Gold & Tory Burch
Dr. Gold weaves together scientific knowledge and everyday practical advice to help you foster your child’s healthy relationship to technology, from birth to the teen years.
https://www.amazon.com/Screen-Smart-Parenting-Balance-Benefit-Digital-ebook/dp/B00NMKMTVS
The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children by Ross Greene
Now in a revised and updated 6th edition, the groundbreaking, research-based approach to understanding and parenting children who frequently exhibit severe fits of temper and other challenging behaviors, from a distinguished clinician and pioneer in the field.
https://www.amazon.com/Explosive-Child-Sixth-Understanding-Chronically-ebook/dp/B08NP52GTW
Parenting with Love and Logic by Foster Cline & Jim Fay
Designed for preschool and beyond, this helpful and practical psychology-based parenting method is an invaluable guide for all parents! Teach your children healthy responsibility and encourage their character growth from a young age. Learn to establish healthy boundaries with your children through easy-to-implement steps without anger, threats, nagging, or power struggles.
5 Years to Pre-Teen (For Child)
- Celebrate your Body 2; The Ultimate Puberty Book for Pre-teen and Teen Girls by Carrie Leff and Lisa Klein
- What is Going on Down There? Answers to Questions Boys Find Hard to Ask by Karen Gravelle & Nick Castro
- The Boys Body Book: 5th Ed: Everything You Need to Know for Growing Up You by Kelli Dunham
- What To Do When Bad Habits Take Hold: A Kid’s Guide to Overcoming Nail Biting and More by Dawn Huebner
- What To Do When Good Enough Isn’t Enough: The Real Deal on Perfection by Thomas Greenspun
- What To Do When You Dread Your Bed: A Kid’s Guide to Overcoming Problems with Sleep by Dawn Huebner & Bonnie Matthews
- Getting Organized Without Losing It by Janet Fox
- Bullies are a Pain in the Brian by Trevor Romain
- Dude, That’s Rude by Pamela & Elizabeth Verdick
- How to Take the Grrr Out of Anger by Elizabeth Verdick & Marjorie Lisovskis
- How to do Homework without Throwing Up by Elizabeth Verdick & Marjorie Lisovskis
- How Full is Your Bucket by Tom Rath & Mary Reckmeyer
- A Smart Girls Guide to Boys: Surviving Crushes, Staying True to Yourself and Other Love Stuff by Nancy Holyoke & Elisa Chavarri
- Proud to be You: The Positive Identity Assets by Pamela Espeland & Elizabeth Verdick
- Cliques, Phonies and other Baloney by Trevor Romain
- Speak up and Get Along! Learn the Mighty Might, Thought Chop, and More Tools to Make Friends, Stop Teasing and Feel Good About Yourself by Scott Cooper
Celebrate your Body 2; The Ultimate Puberty Book for Pre-teen and Teen Girls by Carrie Leff and Lisa Klein
Discover your body’s awesomeness with a puberty guide for tween and teen girls ages 10 to 18. Puberty is one of the first signs that you’re growing up―and that’s something to be celebrated. If you’re looking for body-positive puberty books for girls but aren’t sure where to start―Celebrate Your Body 2 provides the support needed to navigate this whole puberty thing with confidence.
https://www.amazon.com/Celebrate-Your-Body-Ultimate-Puberty-ebook/dp/B07Z9MLVR8
What is Going on Down There? Answers to Questions Boys Find Hard to Ask by Karen Gravelle & Nick Castro
Karen Gravelle, with some help from her two young advisors, Nick and Chava Castro, has written a down-to-earth and practical book that will help guide you through this confusing time in your life.
https://www.amazon.com/Whats-Going-Down-There-Growing/dp/0802775403
The Boys Body Book: 5th Ed: Everything You Need to Know for Growing Up You by Kelli Dunham
This guide for pre-teen boys addresses issues like changing bodies, personal hygiene, self-confidence, leadership, school safety and personal boundaries.
https://www.amazon.com/Boys-Body-Book-Fifth-dp-1604338326/dp/1604338326/ref=dp_ob_title_bk
What To Do When Bad Habits Take Hold: A Kid’s Guide to Overcoming Nail Biting and More by Dawn Huebner
Engaging examples, lively illustrations, and step-by-step instructions teach essential habit-busting strategies, targeting everything from nail biting and thumb sucking to shirt chewing, hair twirling, and more. This interactive self-help book is the complete resource for educating, motivating, and empowering children to set themselves free.
https://www.amazon.com/What-When-Habits-Take-Hold/dp/1433803836
What To Do When Good Enough Isn’t Enough: The Real Deal on Perfection by Thomas Greenspun
Written to and for ages 9–13, this book helps kids understand how perfectionism hurts them and how to free themselves. Includes true-to-life vignettes, exercises, and a note to grown-ups.
What To Do When You Dread Your Bed: A Kid’s Guide to Overcoming Problems with Sleep by Dawn Huebner & Bonnie Matthews
This interactive self-help book is the complete resource for educating, motivating, and empowering children to fall asleep and stay asleep.
https://www.amazon.com/What-When-You-Dread-Your/dp/1433803186
Getting Organized Without Losing It by Janet Fox
This book is full of you-can-do -it ways to manage your desk, your locker, and other major messes (like your backpack). Get the book to LEARN HOW TO PUT YOU STUFF IN ORDER.
https://www.amazon.com/Get-Organized-Without-Losing-Janet/dp/0545113210
Bullies are a Pain in the Brian by Trevor Romain
This book blends humor with serious, practical suggestions for coping with bullies.
https://www.amazon.com/Bullies-Pain-Brain-Laugh-Learn%C2%AE/dp/1575420236
Dude, That’s Rude by Pamela & Elizabeth Verdick
Kids today need manners more than ever, and Dude, That’s Rude! makes it fun and easy to get some. Full-color cartoons and kid-friendly text teach the basics of polite behavior in all kinds of situations—at home, at school, in the bathroom, on the phone, at the mall, and more.
https://www.amazon.com/Dude-Thats-Rude-Manners-Learn%C2%AE/dp/1575422336
How to Take the Grrr Out of Anger by Elizabeth Verdick & Marjorie Lisovskis
Blending solid information and sound advice with humor and lively illustrations, it guides kids to understand that anger is normal and they can learn to express it in healthy ways.
https://www.amazon.com/How-Take-Grrrr-Out-Anger/dp/1459694686
How to do Homework without Throwing Up by Elizabeth Verdick & Marjorie Lisovskis
This updated classic provides specific tips for starting, doing, and finishing homework–and maybe even laughing while they learn.
How Full is Your Bucket by Tom Rath & Mary Reckmeyer
Follow along with Felix as he learns how easy it can be to fill the buckets of his classmates, teachers and family members. Before the day is over, you’ll see how Felix learns to be a great bucket filler, and in the process, discovers that filling someone else’s bucket also fills his own.
https://www.amazon.com/How-Full-Your-Bucket-Kids/dp/1595620273
A Smart Girls Guide to Boys: Surviving Crushes, Staying True to Yourself and Other Love Stuff by Nancy Holyoke & Elisa Chavarri
This book now with updated content and illustrations offers girls straight talk on what to do when it seems like everyone’s wondering who likes who? It includes sensitive, insightful, honest advice from girls and boys on being friends, going out, breaking up, and just being themselves.
https://www.amazon.com/Smart-Girls-Guide-Surviving-Yourself/dp/1609584678
Proud to be You: The Positive Identity Assets by Pamela Espeland & Elizabeth Verdick
Kids learn how to build the four Positive Identity Assets: personal power, self-esteem, sense of purpose, and a positive view of their personal future. Stories, tips, and ideas help them feel good about themselves and optimistic about what’s ahead for them.
https://www.amazon.com/Proud-Be-You-Positive-Identity/dp/1575422026
Cliques, Phonies and other Baloney by Trevor Romain
Written for every kid who has ever felt excluded or trapped by a clique, this book blends humor with practical advice as it tackles a serious subject.
https://www.amazon.com/Cliques-Phonies-Other-Baloney-Laugh/dp/1575420457
Speak up and Get Along! Learn the Mighty Might, Thought Chop, and More Tools to Make Friends, Stop Teasing and Feel Good About Yourself by Scott Cooper
Every child could use help with social skills and making friends. This book provides twenty-one concrete strategies children can use to express themselves, build relationships, end arguments and fights, halt bullying, and beat unhappy feelings. It’s like a toolbox of kid-friendly social skills.
https://www.amazon.com/Speak-Up-Get-Along-Yourself-dp-1631983857/dp/1631983857/ref=dp_ob_title_bk
Teen (For Parent)
- Yes Your Teen is Crazy! Loving Your Kid Without Losing Your Mind by Michael Bradley
- Screen Smart Parenting: How to Find Balance and Benefit in Your Child’s Use of Social Media, Apps, and Digital Devices by Jodi Gold & Tory Burch
- Get out of My Life, but First Could you Drive me and Cheryl to the Mall: A Parent’s Guide to the New Teenager, Revised and Updated by Anthony Wolf
- Staying Connected to Your Teenager: How to Keep Them Talking to You and How To Hear What They’re Really Saying by Michael Riera
- Less Stress, More Success; A New Approach to Guiding Your Teen Through College by Marilee Jones & Kenneth Ginsburg
- How to talk to Your Child about Sex: Its Best to Start Early but Never Too Late, A Step by Step Guide for Every Age by Linda and Richard Eyre
- Queen Bees and Wanna Bees: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and New Realities of Girl World by Rosalind Wiseman
- Why do They Act that Way? A Survival Guide to the Adolescent Brain for You and Your Teen by David Walsh
- CyberSafe. Protecting and Empowering Kids in the Digital World of Texting and Social Media by Gween Schugin O’Keeffe
- 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey
- From Bad Grades to a Great Life: Unlocking the Mystery of Achievement for Your Child by Charles Fay
- Getting to Calm: Cool Headed Strategies for Parenting Tweens and Teens by Laura Kastner & Jennifer Wyatt
Yes Your Teen is Crazy! Loving Your Kid Without Losing Your Mind by Michael Bradley
Here is the book that updates the rulebook, giving parents the training and skills they need to transform their teenage children into strong, confident, productive adults.
https://www.amazon.com/Yes-Your-Teen-Crazy-Without/dp/0936197447
Screen Smart Parenting: How to Find Balance and Benefit in Your Child’s Use of Social Media, Apps, and Digital Devices by Jodi Gold & Tory Burch
Dr. Gold weaves together scientific knowledge and everyday practical advice to help you foster your child’s healthy relationship to technology, from birth to the teen years.
https://www.amazon.com/Screen-Smart-Parenting-Balance-Benefit-Digital-ebook/dp/B00NMKMTVS
Get out of My Life, but First Could you Drive me and Cheryl to the Mall: A Parent’s Guide to the New Teenager, Revised and Updated by Anthony Wolf
Dr. Wolf points out that while the basic issues of adolescence and the relationships between parents and their children remain much the same, today’s teenagers navigate a faster, less clearly anchored world.
https://www.amazon.com/Life-First-Could-Drive-Cheryl-ebook/dp/B008S0JUA0
Staying Connected to Your Teenager: How to Keep Them Talking to You and How To Hear What They’re Really Saying by Michael Riera
A book of sage advice that will help frustrated parents reconnect with their teenager and keep that connection even in today’s often-crazy world.
https://www.amazon.com/Staying-Connected-Your-Teenager-Revised/dp/073821955X
Less Stress, More Success; A New Approach to Guiding Your Teen Through College by Marilee Jones & Kenneth Ginsburg
Co-written by a top college admissions dean and a leading pediatrician, this first-of-its-kind book delivers strategies for surviving the admissions process while strengthening parent-child relationships, managing the stress of applying to college, and building resilience to meet challenges today and in the future.
https://www.amazon.com/Less-Stress-More-Success-Admissions/dp/1581102305
How to talk to Your Child about Sex: Its Best to Start Early but Never Too Late, A Step by Step Guide for Every Age by Linda and Richard Eyre
For parents who want to go beyond the birds and the bees talk, How to Talk to Your Child About Sex provides thoughtful, clear, specific guidance on when and, most important, how to help children begin to learn and understand sex, love, and commitment from the most positive viewpoint possible.
https://www.amazon.com/Talk-Child-About-Step-Step-ebook/dp/B003J5UI28
Queen Bees and Wanna Bees: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and New Realities of Girl World by Rosalind Wiseman
This book will help you understand how your daughter’s relationship with friends and cliques sets the stage for other intimate relationships as she grows and guides her when she has tougher choices to make about intimacy, drinking and drugs, and other hazards.
Why do They Act that Way? A Survival Guide to the Adolescent Brain for You and Your Teen by David Walsh
A science-based guide to developmental changes within teenage brains explains how they affect behavior, offering advice to parents and educators on how to better understand, communicate, and stay connected with young people while managing their erratic behavior and helping them to resist destructive impulses.
CyberSafe. Protecting and Empowering Kids in the Digital World of Texting and Social Media by Gween Schugin O’Keeffe
From helping children deal with cyberbullying to identifying control systems for monitoring their online activities, this guide steers parents through the often-intimidating digital landscape where young children can be plugged in 24/7.
https://www.amazon.com/CyberSafe-Protecting-Empowering-Digital-Texting/dp/1581104529
7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey
Based on his father’s bestselling The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Sean Covey applies the same principles to teens, using a vivacious, entertaining style. To keep it fun, Covey writes, he “stuffed it full of cartoons, clever ideas, great quotes, and incredible stories about real teens from all over the world… along with a few other surprises.”
From Bad Grades to a Great Life: Unlocking the Mystery of Achievement for Your Child by Charles Fay
In this book, you’ll learn about how character and personal responsibility form the foundation of lasting academic and occupational achievement. In the process you’ll also learn practical skills for:. Avoiding un-winnable power-struggles over homework and grades. Helping children discover and capitalize upon their natural strengths.
https://www.amazon.com/Bad-Grades-Great-Life-Achievement/dp/B01FKT0XWK
Getting to Calm: Cool Headed Strategies for Parenting Tweens and Teens by Laura Kastner & Jennifer Wyatt
With humor, wisdom and a deep understanding of the teenaged brain, noted teen expert Dr. Laura Kastner shows parents how to stay calm and cool-headed while dealing with hot-button issues everything from rude attitude and lying to sex and substance use — with clear, easy-to-follow suggestions for setting limits while maintaining a close and loving relationship.
https://www.amazon.com/Getting-Calm-Cool-Headed-Strategies-Parenting/dp/0982345402
Specific Issues
- Behavior Issues
- Personal Loss
- Divorce and Step Families
- Chronic Illness & Children with Special Needs
- Anxiety
Behavior Issues
- The Difficult Child by Stanley Turecki & Leslie Tonner
- Raising Your Spirited Child, 3rd Ed.: A guide for Parents Whose Child is More Intense, Sensitive, Perceptive, Persistent and Energetic by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka
- Quirky Kids: Understanding and Supporting Your Child With Developmental Differences by Perri Klass
- ADHD: 102 Practical Strategies for Reducing the Deficit by Kim Frank
- ADHD: What Every Parent Needs to Know by Michael Reiff
- Survival Guide for Kids with ADD and ADHD by John Taylor
- Cory Stories: A Kid’s Book about Living with ADHD by Jeanne Kraus & Whitney Martin
- Helping Your Anxious Child: A Step by Step Guide for Parents by Ronald Rapee & Ann Wignall
- Freeing Your Child from Anxiety: Powerful, Practical Solutions to Overcome your Child’s Fears, Worries and Phobia by Tamar Chansky
- Helping Your Child Overcome Separation Anxiety or School Refusal: A Step by Step Guide for Parents by Andrew Eisen, Linda Engler & Joshua Sparrow
- The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children by Ross Greene
The Difficult Child by Stanley Turecki & Leslie Tonner
In this parenting classic, Dr. Stanley Turecki, one of the nation’s most respected experts on children and discipline–and himself the father of a once difficult child–offers compassionate and practical advice to parents of hard-to-raise children. Based on his experience with thousands of families in the highly successful Difficult Children Program he developed for Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City
https://www.amazon.com/Difficult-Child-Expanded-Revised/dp/0553380362
Raising Your Spirited Child, 3rd Ed.: A guide for Parents Whose Child is More Intense, Sensitive, Perceptive, Persistent and Energetic by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka
Beloved parenting expert Mary Sheedy Kurcinka, Ed.D., offers ALL parents and caregivers a glimpse into what makes their spirited children behave the way they do. The key word that distinguishes spirited children from other children is “more” — more intense, more persistent, more sensitive and more uncomfortable with change.
Quirky Kids: Understanding and Supporting Your Child With Developmental Differences by Perri Klass
This book has been fully revised and updated to reflect the recent significant changes in the recognition and care of children whose development doesn’t go as expected. It includes new information about therapeutic interventions, managing co-morbidities, and getting support for children with developmental differences at school.
ADHD: 102 Practical Strategies for Reducing the Deficit by Kim Frank
ADHD: 102 Practical Strategies for Reducing the Deficit was written with parents of children with ADHD and professionals working with ADHD children in mind. The book is intended to be practical and encouraging.
https://www.amazon.com/ADHD-Practical-Strategies-Reducing-Deficit/dp/1889636363
ADHD: What Every Parent Needs to Know by Michael Reiff
This award-winning guide offers parents balanced, reassuring information to help them manage this condition. Topics include: evaluation and diagnosis, coexisting conditions, behavior therapy, ADHD and academics, the role of medication, and complementary and alternative treatments.
https://www.amazon.com/ADHD-What-Every-Parent-Needs-dp-1610022645/dp/1610022645/ref=dp_ob_title_bk
Survival Guide for Kids with ADD and ADHD by John Taylor
In kid-friendly language and a format that welcomes reluctant and easily distracted readers, this book helps kids know they’re not alone and offers practical strategies for taking care of oneself, modifying behavior, enjoying school, having fun, and dealing with doctors, counselors, and medication. Includes real-life scenarios, quizzes, and a special message for parents.
https://www.amazon.com/Survival-Guide-Kids-ADHD/dp/1575424479
Cory Stories: A Kid’s Book about Living with ADHD by Jeanne Kraus & Whitney Martin
In short statements and vignettes, Cory describes what it’s like to have ADHD: how it affects his relationships with friends and family, his school performance, and his overall functioning.
https://www.amazon.com/Cory-Stories-Kids-about-Living/dp/1591471540
Helping Your Anxious Child: A Step by Step Guide for Parents by Ronald Rapee & Ann Wignall
This fully revised and updated edition of the classic self-help guide for parents offers cutting-edge, proven-effective techniques for helping your child overcome anxiety and thrive.
Freeing Your Child from Anxiety: Powerful, Practical Solutions to Overcome your Child’s Fears, Worries and Phobia by Tamar Chansky
Childhood should be a happy and carefree time, yet more and more children today are exhibiting symptoms of anxiety, from bedwetting and clinginess to frequent stomach aches, nightmares, and even refusing to go to school. In this book, a childhood anxiety disorder specialist examines all manifestations of childhood fears, including social anxiety, Tourette’s Syndrome, hair-pulling, and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and guides you through a proven program to help your child back to emotional safety.
Helping Your Child Overcome Separation Anxiety or School Refusal: A Step by Step Guide for Parents by Andrew Eisen, Linda Engler & Joshua Sparrow
This book shows you how to identify when your child’s separation anxiety or school refusal is more than just a phase and offers effective tools that you can use to manage your child’s anxiety.
https://www.amazon.com/Helping-Overcome-Separation-Anxiety-Refusal/dp/1572244313
The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children by Ross Greene
Now in a revised and updated 6th edition, the groundbreaking, research-based approach to understanding and parenting children who frequently exhibit severe fits of temper and other challenging behaviors, from a distinguished clinician and pioneer in the field
https://www.amazon.com/Explosive-Child-Sixth-Understanding-Chronically-ebook/dp/B08NP52GTW
Personal Loss
- Helping Children Cope with Loss of a Loved One by William Kroen
- Help me Say Goodbye: Activities for Helping Kids Cope when a Special Person Dies by Janis Silverman
- Badgers Parting Gifts by Susan Varley
- I Miss You: A First Look at Death by Pat Thomas & Leslie Harker
- The Invisible String by Patrice Karst & Geoff Stevenson
- Talking about Death: A Dialog Between Parent and Child by Earl Grollman
Helping Children Cope with Loss of a Loved One by William Kroen
Describes what children understand about death and how they grieve, and shares practical advice on answering their questions and helping them work through the grieving process
https://www.amazon.com/Helping-Children-Cope-Loss-Loved/dp/1575420007
Help me Say Goodbye: Activities for Helping Kids Cope when a Special Person Dies by Janis Silverman
An art therapy and activity book for children coping with death. Sensitive exercises address all the questions children may have during this emotional and troubling crisis. Children are encouraged to express in pictures what they are often incapable of expressing in words.
https://www.amazon.com/Help-Me-Say-Goodbye-Activities/dp/1577490851
Badgers Parting Gifts by Susan Varley
Told simply, directly, and honestly, this uplifting story will be of tremendous value to both children and their parents. A gentle classic that can help foster communication, care, and understanding.
https://www.amazon.com/Badgers-Parting-Gifts-Susan-Varley/dp/0688115187
I Miss You: A First Look at Death by Pat Thomas & Leslie Harker
This book will help explain in a gentle way that death is a natural complement to life and that grief and a sense of loss are normal feelings to have following the death of a loved one.
https://www.amazon.com/Miss-You-First-Look-Death/dp/0764117645
The Invisible String by Patrice Karst & Geoff Stevenson
THE INVISIBLE STRING is a very simple approach to overcoming the fear of loneliness or separation with an imaginative flair that children can easily identify with and remember. Here is a warm and delightful lesson teaching young and old that we aren’t ever really alone and reminding children (and adults!) that when we are loved beyond anything we can imagine
https://www.amazon.com/Invisible-String-Patrice-Karst-ebook/dp/B07K91HGSX
Talking about Death: A Dialog Between Parent and Child by Earl Grollman
This book is a compassionate guide for adults and children to read together, featuring a read-along story and answers to questions children ask about death.
Divorce and Step Families
- Helping Children Cope with Divorce by Edward Tyber
- 7 Steps to Bonding with your Stepchildren by Suzen Zieghan
- Step coupling: Creating and Sustaining a Strong marriage in Today’s Blended Families by Susan Wisdom
- The Smart Stepfamily: Seven Steps to a Healthy Family by Ron Deal
- Keys to Successful Stepfathering by Carl Pickhardt
Helping Children Cope with Divorce by Edward Tyber
This revised edition teaches you to minimize stress during initial breakups and ultimate separation, explain divorce so children don’t blame themselves, protect children from parental hostilities, and navigate conflicts of loyalty and alliance.
7 Steps to Bonding with your Stepchildren by Suzen Zieghan
Practical, realistic, and upbeat advice–from sharing a bathroom to initiating conversations–for people who “inherit” children along with a new spouse
https://www.amazon.com/Steps-Bonding-Your-Stepchild-Stepchildren/dp/0312253656
Step coupling: Creating and Sustaining a Strong marriage in Today’s Blended Families by Susan Wisdom
Stepcoupling offers advice for stepcouples on how to do just that—all the while strengthening their blended family with a healthy marriage
https://www.amazon.com/Stepcoupling-Creating-Sustaining-Marriage-Blended/dp/0609807412
The Smart Stepfamily: Seven Steps to a Healthy Family by Ron Deal
Leading stepfamily expert Ron L. Deal reveals the seven fundamental steps to blended family success and provides practical, realistic solutions to the issues you face as a stepfamily.
https://www.amazon.com/Smart-Stepfamily-Seven-Healthy-Family/dp/0764212060
Keys to Successful Stepfathering by Carl Pickhardt
This book describes the contributions a stepfather can make to his new family, with advice on how he can assume a reliable and reassuring presence in family life
https://www.amazon.com/Keys-Successful-Stepfathering-Barrons-Parenting/dp/0764143360
Chronic Illness & Children with Special Needs
- Parenting Children with Health Issues: Essential Tools, Tips, and Tactics for Raising Kids with Chronic Illness, Medical Conditions and Special Health
- Autism Spectrum Disorders: The Complete Guide to Understanding Autism by Chantal Sicile-Kira
- Married with Special Needs Children: A Couples Guide to Keeping Connected by Laura Marshak
- More Than a Mom: Living a Full and Balanced Life When your Child has Special Needs by Amy Baskin
- The Sibling Slam Book: What it is Really Like to Have a Sibling with Special Needs by Don Meyer & David Gallagher
- Views From Our Shoes: Growing up with a Brother or Sister with Special Needs by David Meyer
- Bloom: Finding Beauty in the Unexpected, A memoir by Kelle Hampton
Parenting Children with Health Issues: Essential Tools, Tips, and Tactics for Raising Kids with Chronic Illness, Medical Conditions and Special Health
Whatever the health issue, you will learn the essential parenting skills you need to help your child comply with medical requirements, cope well with health challenges, and live a hope-filled life.
https://www.amazon.com/Parenting-Children-Health-Issues-Conditions/dp/1930429894
Autism Spectrum Disorders: The Complete Guide to Understanding Autism by Chantal Sicile-Kira
Comprehensive and authoritative book that explains all aspects of the condition, and is written for parents, educators, caregivers, and others looking for accurate information and expert insight. Newly updated to reflect the latest research and treatment methods
https://www.amazon.com/Autism-Spectrum-Disorder-revised-Understanding/dp/0399166637
Married with Special Needs Children: A Couples Guide to Keeping Connected by Laura Marshak
The first book to examine the stress that is often placed on a marriage or relationship when a couple has a child with a disability
https://www.amazon.com/Married-Special-Needs-Children-Connected/dp/1542322146
More Than a Mom: Living a Full and Balanced Life When your Child has Special Needs by Amy Baskin
More Than A Mom is a lifeline of information and advice for mothers who have children with developmental or physical disablities, mental health or learining issues, or chronic medical conditions
https://www.amazon.com/More-Than-Mom-Balanced-Special/dp/099373930X
The Sibling Slam Book: What it is Really Like to Have a Sibling with Special Needs by Don Meyer & David Gallagher
Give teenagers a chance to say what’s on their minds, and you might be surprised by what you hear. That’s exactly what Don Meyer did when he invited together a group of 80 teenagers, from all over the United States and abroad, to talk about what it’s like to have a brother or sister with special needs
https://www.amazon.com/Sibling-Slam-Book-Brother-Special/dp/1890627526
Views From Our Shoes: Growing up with a Brother or Sister with Special Needs by David Meyer
45 siblings share their experiences as the brother or sister of someone with a disability. The children whose essays are featured here range from four to eighteen and are the siblings of youngsters with a variety of special needs, including autism, cerebral palsy, developmental delays, ADD, hydrocephalus, visual and hearing impairments, Down and Tourette syndromes
https://www.amazon.com/Views-Our-Shoes-Growing-Brother/dp/0933149980
Bloom: Finding Beauty in the Unexpected, A memoir by Kelle Hampton
Bloom is an inspiring and heartfelt memoir that celebrates the beauty found in the unexpected, the strength of a mother’s love, and, ultimately, the amazing power of perspective. Kelle Hampton interweaves lyrical prose and stunning four-color photography as she recounts the unforgettable story of the first year in the life of her daughter Nella, who has Down syndrome.
https://www.amazon.com/Bloom-Finding-Beauty-Unexpected-Memoir/dp/0062045032
Anxiety
Preschool
The Don’t Worry Book by Todd Parr
A new book that reassures kids everywhere that even when things are scary or confusing, there’s always something comforting around the corner
https://www.amazon.com/Dont-Worry-Book-Todd-Parr/dp/0316506680
Too Many Bubbles, A Story About Mindfulness by Christine Peck
Help your children expand their emotional intelligence with this book about meditation and mindfulness for kids—one deep breath at a time!
https://www.amazon.com/Too-Many-Bubbles-Mindfulness-Character/dp/1728235901
Pre-K to Early Elementary
Ruby Finds a Worry by Tom Percival
The beloved picture book about what to do when a worry won’t leave you at alone — perfect for reassuring young readers in times of stress
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1547602376?tag=amigi2-20&linkCode=ogi&th=1&psc=1
Hattie Harmony: Worry Detective by Elizabeth Olsen and Robbie Arnett
Award-winning actress Elizabeth Olsen and esteemed musician Robbie Arnett have created a fresh approach to wellness in a new series that shows children ways to manage anxiety
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0593351444?tag=amigi2-20&linkCode=ogi&th=1&psc=1
The Whatifs by Emily Kilgore and Zoe Persco
Cora is struggling with her Whatif questions ahead of a big piano recital in this timely picture book about overcoming anxiety.
Brave Everyday by Trudy Ludwig
From social-emotional learning expert Trudy Ludwig and award-winning picture book illustrator Patrice Barton comes a story about managing anxiety and finding the courage to stand up for yourself and others.
https://www.amazon.com/Brave-Every-Day-Trudy-Ludwig/dp/0593306376
Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes
Wemberly worried about everything. Big things. Little things. And things in between. Then it was time for school to start. And Wemberly worried even more. If you ever worry (or know someone who does), this is the book for you
https://www.amazon.com/Wemberly-Worried-Kevin-Henkes/dp/0061857769
Black Dog by Levi Pinfold
An enormous black dog and a very tiny little girl star in this offbeat tale about confronting one’s fears.
Fraidyzoo by Thyra Heder
In this charming and witty picture book, award-winning author-illustrator Thyra Heder honors the bravery it takes to face your fears, and the loving people who help you do so.
Puppy in My Head: A Book About Mindfulness by Elisa Gravel
Puppy in My Head helps children identify and deal with anxiety in an age-appropriate comic-style format.
https://www.amazon.com/Puppy-My-Head-About-Mindfulness/dp/1789561191
When Worry Takes Hold by Liz Haske
A great combination of a powerful storyline and wonderful illustrations. Parents should read this book with their children, which could open up conversations about their fears.
https://www.amazon.com/When-Worry-Takes-Hold-Haske/dp/0999441507
Wilma Jean, The Worry Machine by Julia Cook
This fun and humorous book addresses the problem of anxiety in a way that relates to children of all ages. It offers creative strategies for parents to use that can lessen the severity of anxiety. The goal of the book is to give children the tools needed to feel more in control of their anxiety.
https://www.amazon.com/Wilma-Jean-Worry-Machine-Julia/dp/1937870014
Later Elementary to Middle School
What to do When the News Scares You: A Kid’s Guide to Understanding Current Events by Jacqueline Toner
Scary news is an inevitable part of life. This book can support and guide efforts to help scary news seem a bit more manageable for young people.
https://www.amazon.com/What-When-News-Scares-What/dp/1433836971
The Worry Workbook for Kids: Helping Children to Overcome Anxiety and the Fear of Uncertainty by Muniya Khanna and Deborah Roth Ledley
Two respected psychologists offer fun, action-based activities grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help your child move past fears of uncertainty, set and accomplish goals, and—most importantly—enjoy being a kid.
https://www.amazon.com/Worry-Workbook-Kids-Children-Uncertainty/dp/1626259631
What to do When You Worry Too Much by Dawn Huebner
What to Do When You Worry Too Much guides children and parents through the cognitive-behavioral techniques most often used in the treatment of anxiety
https://www.amazon.com/What-When-Worry-Much-What/dp/1591473144
The Anxiety Workbook for Kids: Take Charge of Fears and Worries Using the Gift of Imagination by Robin Alter and Crystal Clarke
Using engaging illustrations and fun activities based in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), one of the most proven-effective and widely used forms of therapy today, this Instant Help workbook presents a unique approach to help children harness the power of their imaginations to reduce anxiety and build self-esteem.
https://www.amazon.com/Anxiety-Workbook-Kids-Worries-Imagination/dp/162625477X
The Self-Regulation Workbook for Kids by Ienna Berman
Help your child identify, understand, and take control of their feelings with the kid-friendly cognitive behavioral therapy and self-regulation exercises in this easy-to-use workbook.
https://www.amazon.com/Self-Regulation-Workbook-Kids-Exercises-Strategies/dp/1646041836
The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook for Kids by Lawrence Shapiro and Robin Spargue
Written by two child therapists, offers more than fifty activities you can do together as a family to help you and your child replace stressful and anxious feelings with feelings of optimism, confidence, and joy.
https://www.amazon.com/Relaxation-Stress-Reduction-Workbook-Kids/dp/1572245824
A Smart Girls Guide: Worry by Nancy Holyoke and Judy Woodburn
For many girls, even small worries can take on a life of their own and get in the way of enjoying life. But this book will help take charge over your worries. You’ll learn tried-and-true ways to overcome fears and create a sense of calm.
https://www.amazon.com/Smart-Girls-Guide-Stressed-Guides/dp/1609587456
Growing Pangs by Kathyrn Ormsbee
A relatable graphic novel about friendship and growing up
https://www.amazon.com/Growing-Pangs-Kathryn-Ormsbee/dp/0593301315
Better with Butter by Victoria Piontek
A girl with anxiety disorder finds an unlikely friend — and emotional support animal — in the form of an adorable fainting goat.
https://www.amazon.com/Better-Butter-Victoria-Piontek/dp/1338662198
Guts by Raina Telgemeier
A funny true story about growing up and gathering the courage to face — and conquer — her fears.
Outsmarting Worry: An Older Kids Guide to Managing Anxiety by Dawn Heubner
Outsmarting Worry teaches 9-13 year olds and the adults who care about them a specific set of skills that makes it easier to face – and overcome – worries and fears. Smart, practical, proven techniques are presented in language immediately accessible to children with an emphasis on shifting from knowing to doing, from worried to happy and free
https://www.amazon.com/Outsmarting-Worry-Older-Managing-Anxiety/dp/1785927825
The Deepest Breath by Meg Grehan
In this poetic exploration of identity and anxiety, Stevie must confront her fears to find inner freedom all while discovering it is our connections with others that make us stronger.
https://www.amazon.com/Deepest-Breath-Meg-Grehan/dp/0358354757
The Summer of June by Jamie Sumner
A middle grade book about a young girl who sets out to overcome her anxiety over the course of one life-changing summer.
https://www.amazon.com/Summer-June-Jamie-Sumner/dp/153448602X
Teen/High School
The Teen Girls Anxiety Survival Guide: Ten Ways to Conquer Anxiety and Feel Your Best by Lucie Hemmen
In this book, you’ll find 10 strategies to help you cope with anxious thoughts and feelings in healthy ways. You’ll learn all about how anxiety works, and why you feel it; how to overcome negative thinking; mindfulness skills for calming your mind and body; and how self-compassion can help you cultivate a more positive outlook on life
https://www.amazon.com/Teen-Girls-Anxiety-Survival-Guide/dp/1684035848
The Anxiety Workbook for Teens: Activities to Help you Deal with Anxiety and Worry by Lisa Schab
The Anxiety Workbook for Teens provides the most up-to-date strategies for calming fear, anxiety, and worry, so you can reach your goals and be your best
Rewire Your Anxious Brain for Teens by Debra Kissen, Ashley Kendall, Michelle Lozano, and Micah Loffe
Therapist recommended: In this go-to guide for teens, four anxiety experts offer tangible tips and tools you can use every day to rewire your anxious brain; manage fears, stress, and worry; and get back to living your life.
https://www.amazon.com/Rewire-Your-Anxious-Brain-Teens/dp/1684033764
The Perfectionism Workbook for Teens by Ann Marie Dobosz
Based in proven-effective cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), this workbook will help you develop the self-compassion and mindfulness tools you need to counteract the negative effects of perfectionism and develop new, healthy skills for boosting your self-confidence.
https://www.amazon.com/Perfectionism-Workbook-Teens-Activities-Anxiety/dp/1626254540
Mindfulness for Teen Worry by Jeffrey Bernstein
A clinical psychologist offers quick, easy-to-learn mindfulness skills teens can use anytime, anywhere to stop worries from growing and taking over.
https://www.amazon.com/Mindfulness-Teen-Worry-Strategies-Solutions/dp/162625981X
The Panic Workbook for Teens by Debra Kissen, Bari Goldman Cohen, and Kathi Fine Abitbol
This easy-to-use workbook provides step-by-step instructions to help you identify anxiety-inducing thoughts, mindfully observe them, and stop the cycle of panic, once and for all.
https://www.amazon.com/Panic-Workbook-Teens-Breaking-Attacks/dp/1626252211
The Mindful Breathing Workbook for Teens by Matthew Dewar
Grounded in evidence-based mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), this engaging and empowering workbook will show you how.
https://www.amazon.com/Mindful-Breathing-Workbook-Teens-Practices/dp/1684037247
The Shyness and Social Anxiety Workbook for Teens by Jennifer Shannon
The essential go-to workbook for shy and socially anxious teens—now fully revised and updated with skills for dealing with social media anxiety and “social perfectionism.”
The Anxious Thoughts Workbook for Teens by David Clark
Based in evidence-based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), this workbook offers a personalized approach to help you move past anxious thoughts for good. You’ll learn how to change unhelpful and destructive thinking “habits,” stop seeing your thoughts as all-powerful “facts,” and manage the difficult emotions that can accompany these thoughts.
https://www.amazon.com/Anxious-Thoughts-Workbook-Teens-Unwanted/dp/1684038782
The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook for Teens by Matthew Tomkins and Jonathan Barkin
This book will help you understand the underlying causes of your stress. You’ll discover practical mindfulness and breathing techniques to help you calm your mind and body in moments of worry and anxiety. You’ll also find tips for moving past “what ifs” and “shoulds,” strategies for managing negative thoughts and emotions, and tools to help you develop your own personalized plan for dealing with stress.
https://www.amazon.com/Relaxation-Stress-Reduction-Workbook-Teens/dp/1684030099
For Parents
The Opposite of Worry by Lawrence Cohen
With this insightful resource of easy-to-implement solutions and strategies, you and your child can experience the opposite of worry, anxiety, and fear and embrace connection, trust, and joy.
https://www.amazon.com/Opposite-Worry-Parenting-Childhood-Anxieties-ebook/dp/B00BRUQ77W
Anxiety Relief for Kids by Bridget Flynn Walker
If your child has an anxiety disorder, simple, everyday activities can be a real challenge. The practical solutions in this book will help you deal with your child’s anxiety when it happens and restore balance and order to both your lives.
https://www.amazon.com/Anxiety-Relief-Kids-Spot-Strategies/dp/1626259534
Helping Your Anxious Child: A Step by Step Guide for Parents by Ronald Rapee & Ann Wignall
This fully revised and updated edition of the classic self-help guide for parents offers cutting-edge, proven-effective techniques for helping your child overcome anxiety and thrive.
Under Pressure: Confronting the Epidemic of Stress and Anxiety in Girls by Lisa Damour
An urgently needed guide to the alarming increase in anxiety and stress experienced by girls from elementary school through college
https://www.amazon.com/Under-Pressure-Confronting-Epidemic-Anxiety/dp/0399180052
Anxious Kids, Anxious Parents by Reid Wilson and Lynn Lyons
Offers a contrarian yet effective approach to help children and teens push through their fears, worries, and phobias to ultimately become more resilient, independent, and happy.
https://www.amazon.com/Anxious-Kids-Parents-Courageous-Independent/dp/0757317626
When the World Feels Like a Scary Place by Abigail Gerwirtz
A series of conversation scripts––with actual dialogue, talking points, prompts, and insightful asides––that are each age-appropriate and centered around different issues.
https://www.amazon.com/When-World-Feels-Scary-Place-ebook/dp/B07WGX4V9G
Freeing Your Child From Anxiety by Tamar Chansky
A childhood anxiety disorder specialist examines all manifestations of childhood fears, including social anxiety, Tourette’s Syndrome, hair-pulling, and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and guides you through a proven program to help your child back to emotional safety.
