Building Resilience in Children and Teens
Giving Kids Roots and Wings
By Kenneth R. Ginsberg, MD, MS ED, FAAP: This book, from a bestselling author and pediatrician, offers coping strategies to help children and teens deal with stress due to academic pressure, high achievement standards, media messages, peer pressure and family tension. ... 330 pages. ©2014. | Available formats: Book
Creating Compassionate Kids
Essential Conversations to Have with Young Children
By Shauna Tominey: Selected as a “Favorite Book for Parents in 2019” by Greater Good magazine, this book provides parents with a framework for using conversations that help their children become caring people. Each chapter focuses on a... 270 pages. ©2019. | Available formats: Book, Kindle eBook
Foundations of Facilitation
for Parenting Educators
By The Ford Family Foundation: Available as download only Skilled and passionate parenting educators attract parents and keep them coming back to parenting classes.The Foundation now offers a training kit that increases the facilitation skills and tools of parenting... 138 pages. ©2019. | Available formats: Book
How Children Succeed
Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character
By Paul Tough: Character, not smarts, makes children successful, argues Paul Tough. The good news is that character can be taught. He tells us how in a series of real-life examples. 231 pages. ©2012. | Available formats: Book, Kindle eBook
I Love You Rituals
By Becky A. Bailey, Ph.D: This book delivers more than 70 delightful rhymes and games for parents, teachers and caregivers to do with children that support healthy relationships and development. The games are geared for infants through age eight. The rituals are... 208 pages. ©2000. | Available formats: Book, Kindle eBook
Mabel and the Fire
By Alison Hinson, Illustrated by Erin Taylor: A story of a boy and his puppy who lose their home in a wildfire. This book helps children identify and name their feelings through Mabel the puppy's emotions — fear, confusion, sadness, boredom. And, finally, they arrive at a place where... 26 pages. ©2020. | Available formats: Book
Not Quite Adults
Why 20-Somethings are Choosing a Slower Path to Adulthood and Why It’s Good for Everyone
By Richard Settersten and Barbara E. Ray: Eight years of research help paint a portrait of a generation that’s making a slower, more calculated transition into adulthood — with results that benefit all. A review of this book is available. 239 pages. ©2010. | Available formats: Book, Kindle eBook
Oregon Parenting Education Collaborative
Helping parents raise children who thrive
By Bill Graves: This research-based report tells the story about the significance of parenting skills on children's lives and how the Oregon Parenting Education Collaborative is building a statewide system to increase access to high-quality parenting... 20 pages. ©2015. | Available formats: Book
Our Kids
The American Dream in Crisis
By Robert D. Putnam: Putnam begins with his high school class of 1959 in Port Clinton, Ohio. The vast majority of those students — "our kids" — went on to lives better than those of their parents. But their children and grandchildren have had harder lives amid... 386 pages. ©2015. | Available formats: Book, Kindle eBook
Taking Care of Your Child
A Parent's Illustrated Guide to Complete Medical Care
By Robert H. Pantell: For 30+ years, this go-to guide has helped millions of families keep their children healthy. It’s now updated with the most recent advances in health care. Look up a symptom to find an explanation of probable causes, how to treat the... 574 pages. ©2015. | Available formats: Book, Kindle eBook