Free-Range Kids

How to Raise Safe, Self-Reliant Children (Without Going Nuts with Worry) Are you afraid to let your child walk to school or to a friend’s house alone, or let them play in the park unsupervised? Lenore Skenazy has written a consciousness, and eyebrow raising book on the importance of allowing kids to do those things [...]

Not My Boy!

A Father, a Son and One Family’s Journey with Autism Sixteen Years as an NFL quarterback did not prepare Rodney Peete for the challenge he would face when his beloved three-year-old son, RJ, was diagnosed as autistic. In Not My Boy! Peete relates his early anger and denial, the near collapse of his marriage, his [...]

Eat, Sleep, Poop

A Common Sense Guide to Baby’s First Year This title seems to say it all. These three functions dominate your baby’s first few months. The reality is of course, much more complex. Scott W Cohen brings dual perspectives as a pediatrician and a new father to issues from pre-birth decisions, such as whether to bank [...]

What’s Best for the Kids?

  Children are the innocent victims of divorce. Two new books offer parents advice on coping with their own pain and anger without letting it damage the children. Divorce Poison: How to Protect Your Family from Bad-mouthing and Brainwashing helps a parent who has been subjected to alienation efforts by a former spouse to respond [...]