Books for Parents of Children from 6 Months to 18 Months:
Parenting Skills
 
The Ordinary Is Extraordinary, How Children Under Three Learn by Amy Laura Dombro and Leah Wallach
ISBN 671683217
The authors show how through everyday activities we can celebrate our childrens' growth, education and development.
Remote Control Childhood?: Combating the Hazards of Media Culture (Naeyc (Series), #326.) by Diane Levin
ISBN 0935989846
In responding to the Classical Baby program author Diane Levin notes that such programs encourage a baby "to turn to screens for stimulation and soothing." Most importantly, she adds that, "There’s mounting evidence that too much TV is harmful. It’s a battle parents are going to be fighting with their children until they leave home, so why would you want to get babies started on watching TV when they’re not even asking for it?”
To find out more about this topic, read Will Baby Einstein VideosTurn Your Child into a Genius?
 
The Organized Parent : 365 Simple Solutions to Managing Your Home, Your Time, and Your Family's Life by Christina Baglivi Tinglof
ISBN 007138099X
This book offers advice on creating an organized and efficient home and family schedule. Tips are categorized as "quick fixes" and "major tune-ups". Budgeting, housecleaning, family vacations and much more are covered in this helpful book.
To find out more about this topic, read Should You Give Your Kids an Allowance?
 
Parenting From the Inside Out by Dan Siegel and Mary Hartzell
ISBN 1585422959
This book is inspired by Siegel's (a child psychiatrist) research on communication's impact on brain development. He and Hartzell, a child-development specialist and parent educator help parents build firm foundations for loving and secure relationships with their children.
To find out more about this topic, read Parenting strategy 1
 
Loving Each One Best: A Caring and Practical Approach to Raising Siblings by Nancy Samalin
ISBN 553378341
Parenting expert and author Nancy Samalin says that when parents ask how they can get their children to listen more, she replies: “The answer is simple to understand, difficult to do. It’s talk less. Whatever you can say in a paragraph, say in a sentence. What you can say in a sentence, say in a word.”
To find out more about this topic, read Parenting strategy 3
 
How Much Is Enough?: Everything You Need to Know to Steer Clear of Overindulgence and Raise Likeable, Responsible, and Respectful Children by Jean Illsley, Ph.D. Clarke, Connie, Ph.D. Dawson, David, Ph.D. Bredehoft
ISBN 1569244375
This site highly recommends this book. In it the authors offer their findings from research on adults who were overindulged as children and who today don’t know what is not enough, enough, or too much. The authors clarify the definition of overindulgence, and break it into 3 kinds: over-nurturing, giving too much, and too little structure. Advice, stories and strategies help the parent avoid overindulgence or repair the damage caused by overindulgence.
To find out more about this topic, read Parenting strategy 4
 
Ask the Children : The Breakthrough Study That Reveals How to Succeed at Work and Parenting by Ellen Galinsky
ISBN 0688177913
Do you sometimes feel as though the debate over staying at home or going to work is designed to make stay-at-home-moms feel good and go-to-work moms feel guilty? Galinsky has done her research based on extensive interviews with children and she shows that children are no less happy or healthy when both parents work. However, they do suffer when the workplace is stressful and they have unreliable schedules. This can be a great book for parents who must work, or who are considering going back to work.
To find out more about this topic, read Who Will Take Care of Your Children if You Have to Work?
 
Family First: Your Step-by-Step Plan for Creating a Phenomenal Family by Dr. Phil McGraw
ISBN 743264932
Dr. Phil McGraw gives advice on setting boundaries and structure for our children and outlines how we can build the family our children deserve. Highly recommended by this site.
To find out more about this topic, read A Philosophy of Parenting Gained From Long Experience
  The Hurried Child: Growing Up Too Fast Too Soon (3rd edition) by David Elkind
ISBN 0201039664
Elkind warns of the dangers of allowing your child to grow up too fast and offers advice on how to protect their childhood.
 
The Intentional Family: Simple Rituals to Strengthen Family Ties by William J. Doherty, Ph.D.
ISBN 038073205X
Family therapist Doherty describes rituals that can be used to bring a family back together amid the rush of competing schedules and activities that take us away from the family center.
 
New Skills for Frazzled Parents: The Instruction Manual That Should Have Come With Your Child by Daniel G. Amen, M.D.
ISBN 1886554021
Dr. Amen is a neuroscientist, psychiatrist and Director of the Amen Clinic. This manual is based on his parenting course. Amen has done extesive study on brain scaning and imagery.
 
Love & Limits: Guidance Tools for Creative Parenting by Elizabeth Crary
ISBN 1884734049
Crary provides tools for parenting to help set limits and avoid powerstruggles in a way that is respectful of childrens' feelings. She uses a STAR principal (S-stop and focus; T-think of ideas; A-act effectively; R-review, revise, reward) as a way problem solve.
 
Zen Parenting: The Art of Learning What You Already Know by Judith Costello and Jurgen Haver
ISBN 1589040171
Costello and Haver are the founders and editors of Parenting with Spirit, a magazine dedicated to examining child rearing from a spiritual perspective. Using short stories, they illustrate Zen concepts and provide examples on how to incorporate them into your parenting.
 
The Five Love Languages of Children by Gary Chapman and Ross Campbell, M.D.
ISBN 1881273652
Chapman and Campbell assert that children respond best to one of five modes of communication: physical touch, quality time, words of affirmation, gifts, and acts of service. Recognizing and using these "love languages" can help parents guide their children in a way they understand the best.
 
The American Academy of Pediatrics Guide to Toilet Training by Mark Wolwraich and the American Academy of Pediatrics
ISBN 0380811960
A reassuring helpful guide for parents who are ready to start toilet training their child. It answers the all important questions: When? and How? This guide focuses more on physical and developmental readiness than on chronological age.
 
Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child by Marc Weissbluth, M.D.
ISBN 0449004023
New parents know the importance of a good night's sleep — both for themselves and their child. Instilling a happy healthy sleep routine your child is invaluable. Dr. Weissbluth, a reknowned sleep researcher gives practical advice on what to do and what not to do to help your child sleep.
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