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The Benefits of Bedsharing, by Dr. Helen Ball of the Durham University Parent-Infant Sleep Lab, midwife Sally Inch, and Marion Copeland, is a concise, easy-to-understand presentation on how to safely bedshare, and why the practice is good for mother, baby, and the breastfeeding relationship. (Mark-It-Television, 2005; www.platypusmedia.com)
Reviewed by Melissa Chianta
Night-Night: Settle Down Activities for Easy Bedtimes by Cynthia MacGregor (Celestial Arts, 2001)
Sleeping With Your Baby: A Parent's Guide to Cosleeping
By James McKenna, PhD. This ground-breaking book by the world's authority on cosleeping will revolutionize the conversations on bed sharing in this country.
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Sweet Dreams: A Pediatrician's Secret for Your Child's Good Night's Sleep by Dr. Paul Fleiss, MD (Lowell House, 2000)
Teens and Sexuality
And Words Can Hurt Forever: How To Protect Adolescents From Bullying,Harrassment, and Emotional Violence by James Garbarino, PhD, and Elle deLara, PhD (The Free Press, 2002)
Blue Jean: What Young Women Are Thinking, Saying and Doing by Sherry S. Handel (Blue Jean Press, 2001)
The Blueprint for My Girls: How to Build a Life Full of Courage, Determination & Self-love by Yasmin Shiraz (Fireside, 2004)
Boys Will Put You on a Pedestal (So They Can Look Up Your Skirt): A Dad's Advice for Daughters
by Philip Van Munching, is an astute, very funny, and, in most cases, on-target guide for teen girls on some important topics: body image and bullies, sex and romance, grief and letting go. (Simon and Schuster, 2005)
Field Guide to the American Teenager: A Parent's Companion by Micheal Riera, PhD, and Joseph Di Prsco, PhD (Perseus Publishing, 2000)
From Magical Child to Magical Teen: A Guide to Adolescent Development by Joseph Chilton Pearce (Park Street Press, 2003)
Girls to Women: Women to Girls by Bunny McCune and Deb Traunstein (Celestial Arts, 1998)
Girls Who Rocked the World 2: Heriones from Harriet Tubman to Mia Hamm by Michelle Roehm (Beyond Words Publishing, 2000)
In Your Face: Stories From the Lives of Queer Youth by Mary L. Gray (Harrington Park Press, 1999)
It's Your Rite: Girls' Coming-of-AgeStories compiled by Nora E. Coon (Beyond Words Publishing, 2003)
Moon Mother, Moon Daughter: Myths and Rituals that Celebrate a Girl's Coming of Age by Janet Lucy and Terri Allison (Fair Winds Press, 2002)
The Queer Parent's Primer: A Lesbian and Gay Families' Guide to Navigating the Straight World by Stephanie A. Brill (New Harbinger Publications, 2001)
Raising a Daughter: Parents and the Awakening of a Healthy Woman by Jeanne Elium and Don Elium (Celestial Arts, 2003)
The Real Boys Workbook by William S. Pollack, PhD and Kathleen Cushman (Villard, 2001)
Rites of Passage: A Celebration of Menarche by Linda M. La Flamme(Synchronicity Press, 2000)
The Secret Lives of Girls: What Good Girls Really Do - Sex, Play, Aggression and Their Guilt by Sharon Lamb (The Free Press, 2001)
The Sex Lives of Teenagers: Revealing the Secret World of Adolescent Boys and Girls by Lynn Ponton (Penguin Putnam, 2000)
Soul Searching: A Girls Guide to Finding Herself by Sarah Stillman (Beyond Words Publishing, 2001)
Staying Connected to Your Teenager: How to Keep Them Talking to You and How to Hear What They're Really Saying by Michael Riera, PhD (Perseus Publishing, 2003)
The Teenagers Guide to School Outside the Box by Rebecca Greene (Free Spirit Publishing, 2001)
Ten Talks Parents Must Have with Their Children About Sex andCharacter by Pepper Schwartz, PhD and Dominic Capello (Hyperion,2000)
This Book Is About Sex by Tucker Shaw and Fiona Gibb (Penguin Putnam,2000)
Throw Like A Girl: Discovering the Body, Mind and Spirit of the Athletein You! by Shelley Frost and Ann Troussieux (Beyond Words Publishing, 2000)
The Thundering Years: Rituals and Sacred Wisdom for Teens by Julie Tallard Johnson (Bindu Books, 2001)
The Underground Guide to Teenage Sexuality, 2nd ed. by Michael J. Basso (Fairview Press, 2003)
The What's Happening to My Body? Book For Boys by Lynda and Area Madaras (Book Peddlers, 2001)
The What's Happening to My Body? Book For Girls by Lynda and Area Madaras (Book Peddlers, 2001)
When the Breast Fairy Comes: Understanding and Communicating with Your Daughter during Adolescence by Stacey L. Roberts (Celestial Arts, 2002)
When the Drama Club is Not Enough: Lessons from the Safe Schools Program for Gay and Lesbian Students by Jeff Perrotti and Kim Westheimer (Harrington Park Press, 1999)
You Have to Say I'm Pretty, You're My Mother: How to Help Your Daughter Learn to Love Her Body and Herself by Stephanie Pierson and Phyllis Cohen, CSW (Simon & Schuster, 2003)
You Look Too Young to Be a Mom: Teen Mothers Speak Out on Love,Learning, and Success edited by Deborah Davis (Perigee, 2004)
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