Recommended Resources
Dr. Brandt
Caring for Your Baby and Young Child— American Academy of Pediatrics
Dr.Mom: A Guide to Baby and Child Care— Marianne Neifert, MD
Six Point Plan for Raising Happy Healthy Children— John Rosemond, PhD
The O’Reilly Factor for Kids— Bill O’Reilly
"Regardless of your political persuasion, a great book which talks common sense to teenagers. It covers real problems with which they will have to deal: Drugs, Sex, Alcohol, Bullies and more."
Dr. Christiansen
Get Out of My Life, But First Can You Take Me and Cheryl to the Mall?— Anthony Wolf
"The title says it all. An excellent book about parent/teenager relationships."
Raising a Resilient Child— Brooks and Goldstein
"If parents would do what is in this book, the world would be a different place."
CHADD"The official website for the parent support group for children with ADHD."
Dr. Freeman
Building Resilience in Children and Teens— Kenneth Ginsburg
"A good book for parents and teens that gives practical ideas for coping with stress."
Raising Great Kids— Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend
"The best parenting book I have found that matches my philosophy of parenting children into responsible adults."
What to Expect the First Year— Heidi Murkoff
"A book you can follow along each month with. Common sense advice on diet, development, parenting."
vaccinateyourbaby.org
"Current information on vaccines and vaccine preventable diseases."
Dr. Rimer
Caring for Your Baby and Young Child— American Academy of Pediatrics
"A modern, coprehensive guidebook."
Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care— Benjamin Spock
"Still one of the leading sources of of advice for parents."
Food Rules: An Eater's Manual— Michael Pollan
"The How To manual of food; It's funny and memorable and the rules look great on the fridge or pantry."
In Defense of Food— Michael Pollan
"A primer on what's wrong with American nutrition and what your family can do to be healthier."
The Nursing Mother's Companion: Revised Edition— Kathleen Huggins
"A concise, easily understood guide to effective breastfeeding."
www.babycenter.com
"One of the few commercial baby care and rearing sites that is accurate, unbiased and not so pushy about purchasing the latest kid gizmo."
www.cdc.org
"A good source for immunizations and infection of information."
www.mayoclinic.com
"Another good, concise, accurate source of information for many diseases."
Dr. Terry
Caring for Your Baby and Young Child— Steven P. Shelov, MD, FAAP, Editor-in-Chief
"The definitive guide to raising young children."
Infants and Mothers— T.Berry Brazelton
"Developmental variations in children."
www.aap.org
"Information about a wide variety of pediatric topics."
www.etch.com
"Children's Hospital website."