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Adoption

Adoption: A Handbook of Hope, Suzanne Arms (Celestial Arts)

Divorce Help Source book, Margorie L Engel (Visible Ink)

Geborener Deutscher. A newsletter for German-born adoptees and their birth/adoptive families
c/o William L Gage, 805 Alvarado Dr. NE, Albuquergue, NM 87108.

The Handbook for Single Adoptive Parents, Hope Marindin
(Committee for Single Adoptive Parents)

Raising Adopted Children: A Manual for Adoptive Parents,
Lois Rusaki Melina (HarperCollins)

Adoption Book Catalog (Tapestry Books) 800-765-2367

Child Care that Works: A Parent's Guide to Finding Quality Child Care,
Eva and Mon Cochran (Mariner Books)

The Complete Guide to Choosing Child Care
Judith Berezin (Random House)

Mom's House, Dad's House: Making Two Homes for Your Child
a complete guide for parents who are separated, divorced,or remarried.
Isolina Ricci, Ph.D. (Simon & Schuster)

Child Custody Made Simple: Understanding the laws of Child Custody
and Child Support
Webster Watnik (Single Parent Press)

Joint Custody With a JERK: Raising a Child with an Uncooperative Ex,
Julie A. Ross, M.A. and Judy Corcoran (St. Martin's Press)

Mothers on Trial: The Battle for Children and Custody,
Phyllis Chesler (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich)

What Every Woman Should Know About Divorce And Custody:  Judges, Lawyers, and Therapists
share winning strategies on how to Keep the Kids, the Cash, and your sanity,
Gayle Rosenwald Smith, J.D., and Sally Abrahms (The Berkley Publishing Group)

Nobody's Perfect
Nancy B Miller, M.S.W., Ph.D. (Paul Brooks Publishing Co.)

Pride Against Prejudice: Transforming Attitudes to Disability
Jenny Morris (New Society)

Creative Divorce: A new opportunity for Personal Growth
Mel Krantzler (New American Library)

Divorce and Money:How to make the best
financial decisions during divorce,
Violet Woodhouse and Victorial Felton Collins
with M.C. Blakeman (Nolo Press)

Divorce Casualties, Douglas Darnall, Ph.D., (Taylor)

Divorce Help Source book, Margorie L Engel (Visible Ink)

The Divorced Parent, Stephanie Marston (Morrow)

The Fresh start Divorce recovery Workbook
by Bob Burns and Tom Whiteman (Fresh Start)

For The Sake Of the Children: How to Share Your Children With Your Ex-Spouse in Spite of Your Anger,
Kris Kline and Stephen Pew, Ph.D. (Prima Publishing)

How to Forgive you Ex-Husband and Get On with Your Life,
Marcia Hootman and Patt Perkins (Warner)

Life after Divorce: Create A New Beginning,
Sharon Wegscheider-Cruse (Health Communications)

Second Chances
Judith S. Wallerstein and Sandra Blakeslee (Ticknor and Fields)

Surviving the Breakup: How Children and Parents Cope with Divorce,
Judith S Wallerstein and Joan Berlin Kelly (Basic)

When Divorce Hits Home: Keeping Yourself Together
When Your Family Comes Apart,
Beth Joselow and Thea Joselow (Avon Books)

Father Love: What We Need, What We Seek, What We Must Create,
Richard Louv (Pocket)

Fathers and Babies: How Babies grow and What They Need from You
from Birth to Eighteen Months, Gene Marzollo (HarperCollins)

Fathers, Sons and Daughters: Exploring Fatherhood, Renewing the Bond,
ed. Charels Scull (J.P. Tarcher)

How To Father A Successful Daughter, Nicky Marone (McGraw-Hill)

The Nurturing Father: Journey Toward the Complete Man
Kyle Pruett (Warner)

Questions From Dad: A Very Cool Way to Communicate with Kids,
Dwight Twilley (Charles Tuttle).

Single Fathers, Geoffrey L. Greif (Lexington Books)

The Single Father's Cookbook, Nick Silva (Writeworks)

The Single Fathers' Handbook: A Guide for Separated
and Divorced Fathers,
Richard Gatley and David Koiulack (Anchor/Doubleday).

Financial Self-Confidence for the Suddenly Single: A Woman's guide,
Alan Ungar, C.F.P. (Lowell House)

The Financial Aid Book, Student Financial Services (Perpetual Press)

The Government Financial Aid Book,
Student Financial Services (Perpetual Press)

Free Money For Children's Medical and Dental Care
Laurie Blum (Fireside).

Great Buys for Your Kids, Sue Goldstein (Penguin).

How to Turn Your Money Life Around: The Money Book for Women,
Ruth Hayden (Health Communications)

The Single Person's Guide to Buying a Home
Elaine J. Anderson (Betterway Books)

Women and Money: The Independent Woman's Guide
to Financial Security for Life,
Frances Leonard (Addison-Wesley)

Letters from Motherless Daughters, Hope Edelman (Addison-Wesley)

Motherless Daughters, Hope Edelman (Addison-Wesley)

Being A Widow, Lyn Caine (Arbor House)

The Courage to Grieve, Judy Tatelbaum (Harper and Row)

On Death and Dying, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross (Macmillan)

When My Dad Died, Janice Hammond (Cranbrook Publishing)

When My Mommy Died: A Child's View of Death,
Janice Hammond (Cranbrook Publishing)

Balancing Acts: An Inspirational Guide for Working Mothers,
Danielle Kennedy (Berkley)

When Mothers Work: Loving our Children
Without Sacrificing Ourselves,
Joan K. Peters (Perseus Books)

Working from Home: Everything You Need to Know About Living and Working Under the Same Roof,
4th Ed., Paul and Sarah Edwards (Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam)

Adoption Is For Always (Adoptive Families of America)

At Daddy's on Saturdays
Linda Walvoord Girard (Albert Whitman & Company)

Beginnings: How Families Come to Be (Adoptive Families of America)

A Chair for My Mother
Vera Williams (Morrow)

Changing Families: A guide for Kids and Grownups,
David Fassler, M.D., Michele Lash, M.Ed.,A.T.R.,
and Sally B. Ives, Ph.D. (Waterfront Books)

Dear Mom and Dad; What Kids of Divorce
Really Want to Say to Their Parents,
Gillian Rothchild (Pocket Books)

Did My First Mother Love Me? (Adoptive Families of America)

Dinosaurs Divorce: A Guide for Changing Families,
Laurene Krasny Brown and Marc Brown

My Mother's Getting Married
Joan Drescher (Dial/Pied Piper Books)

My Mother's House, My Father's House
C.B. Christiansen (Viking)

My Real Family: A child's Book About Living in a Step family,
Doris Sanford (Questar Publishers)

Tell Me A Real Adoption Story (Adoptive Families of America)

When My Dad Died, Janice Hammond (Cranbrook Publishing)

When My Mommy Died: A child's View of Death,
Janice Hammond (Cranbrook Publishing)

Why Was I Adopted
Carole Livingston (Adoptive Families Of America)

The Divorce Workbook: A Guide for Kids and Families,
Sally B. Ives, Ph.D., David Fassler, M.D.,
and Michele Lash, M.Ed.,A.T.R. (Waterfront Books)

Do I Have A Daddy?
Jeanne Warren Lindsay (Morning Glory Press)

Families Are Different
Nina Pellegrini (Holiday House)

Helping Children Cope with Separation and Loss,
Claudia Jewett Jarratt (Positive Books for 21st Century Kids)

How to Live with A Single Parent
Sara Gilbert (Lothrop, Lee & Shepard)

How to Survive Your Parents' Divorce: Kids' Advice to Kids,
Gayle Kimball, Ph.D. (Equality Press)

It's Not Your Fault, Koko Bear: A Read-together book for parents & young children during divorce,
Vicki Lansky (Book Peddlers)

Kids Are NON-Divorceable
Sara Bonkowski

The Kids' Book About Single Parent Families
Paul Dolmetsch and Alexa Shik (Doubleday)

My Kind of Family: A book for Kids In Single-Parent Homes,
Michele Lash,M.Ed.,A.T.R., Sally Ives Loughridge, Ph.D.,
and David Fassler, M.D. (Waterfront Books)

What to Expect When You're Expecting,
Arlene Eisenberg, Heidi Murkoff
And Sandee Hathaway, BSN (Workman)

"I'm Pregnant, Now What Do I Do?",
Robert W. Buckingham, Dr.P.H.
Mary P. Derby, R.N.,M.P.H. (Prometheus Books)

Bad Guys
Brook Hersey (Bishop Books)

Cupid, Couples, and Contract,
Lester Wallman with Sharon McDowell, (Master Media, Ltd.)

Encouragement for the Emotionally Abused Woman:
Wisdom and Hope for Women at Any Stage of Emotional Abuse Recovery,
Beverly Engle, MFCC (Fawcett Columbine)

Get Your Tongue out of my mouth, I'm Kissing You Goodbye,
Cynthia Heimel (Ballantine)

Keeping the Love You Find: A Guide for Singles,
Harville Hendrix (Simon and Schuster)

Why Do I Think I Am Nothing Without A Man,
Penelope Russianoff (Bantom)

Beyond Discipline: Parenting that Lasts A lifetime,
Edward R Christophersen (Westport Publishing)

A Good Enough Parent
Bruno Bettleheim (Vintage)

The Handbook for Latchkey Children and Their Parents,
Thomas and Lynette Long (Berkeley Books)

Healthy Parenting: How Your Upbringing Influences the Way You Raise Your Children
and What You Can Do to Make It Better for Them,
Janet G. Woititz (Simon and Schuster)

Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child,
Marc Weissbluth (Ballantine)

How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk,
Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish (Avon)

When Your Child Drives You Crazy
Eda LeShan (St. Martin's)

Whole Child/Whole Parent
Polly Berrien Berrends (Perenial)

The Challenging Child: Understanding, Raising and Enjoying the Five "Difficult" Types of Children,
Stanley I Greenspan, M.D., (Addison-Wesley)

The Complete Guide To Choosing Child Care,
Judith Berezin (Random House)

Controlling the Difficult Adolescent: The REST Program (The Real Economy System for Teens),
David B. Stein (University Press of America)

The Courage to Raise Good Men,
Olga Silverstein and Beth Rashbaum (Viking)

Families Apart: Ten Keys to Successful Co-Parenting,
Melinda Blau (G.P. Putnam's Sons)

The Working Parents' Handbook: How to Succeed at Work,
Raise Your kids, Maintain A Home, & Still Have Time For You,
Katherine Murray (Park Avenue Productions)

The Family Bed
Tone Thevenin (Avery Publishing Group)

Talking With Children about Loss: Words, Strategies,
and Wisdom to Help Children Cope with Death,
Divorce, and Other Difficult Times,
Maria Trozzi with Kathy Massimini (Berkley Publishing Group)

Lives on the Edge: Single Mothers and Their Children
in the Other America,
Valerie Polakow (University of Chicago Press)

Operating Instructions: A Journey of My Son's First Year,
Anne Lamott (Pantheon)

On Our Own: Unmarried Motherhood In America,
Melissa Ludtke (University of California Press)

Out-Of-Wedlock Births: The United States in Comparative Perspective,
Marc Abrahamson (Praeger Publishers)

Pitied But Not Entitled: Single Mothers and The History of Welfare,
Linda Gordon (Free Press)

The Improvised Woman: Single Women Reinvinting Single Life,
Marcelle Clements (W.W. Norton & Company Ltd.)

The Single Mother's Companion, edited by Marsha Leslie (Seal Press)

The Single Parent's Almanac: Real-World Answers
to your Everyday Questions,
Linda Foust (Prima Publishing)

The Single Parent Resource,
Brook Noel with Art Klein (Champion Press, Ltd.)

Single Mothers By Choice, Jane Mattes (Times Books)

Single Parents, Karen L. Kinnear (Contemporary World Issues)

Two Of Us Make A World: The Single Woman's Guide to Pregnancy,
Childbirth and Beyond,
Sherill Tippins (Henry Holt)

365 Positive Strategies for Single Parenting,
Susan B. Brown, Ph.D. & Monica Simmons, M.Ed (Peake Road)

When Baby Makes two: Single Mothers By Chance or Choice,
Jane Stonesifer (Lowell House)

Solo Parenting: Raising Strong & Happy Families,
Dianae Chambers (Fairview Press)

Where's Daddy?,
Claudette Wassil-Grimm,M.Ed. (The Overlook Press)

Growing Up With A Single Parent: What Hurts, What Helps,
Sara McLanahan & Gary Sandefur (Harvard University Press)

In Praise of Single Parents,
Shoshana Alexander (Houghton Mifflin)

One on the Seesaw: The Ups and Downs of a Single Parent Family,
Carol Lynn Pearson (Random House)

Positive Discipline for Single Parents,
Jane Nelson, Cheryl Erin, And Carol Delzer (Prima Publishing)

Safe at School: Awareness and Action for Parents of Kids Grades K-12
(Free Spirit Publishing)

The Single Parent Family: Living Happily in a Changing World,
Marge Kennedy and Janet Spencer King (Crown)

Successful Single Parenting: A Practical guide,
Anne Wayman (Meadowbrook)

Taking Care of Me: So I can Take Care of My Children,
Barbara Carlson, Margaret Healy, Glo Wellman (Parenting Press)

How to Win As A Step Family,
Emily B. Visher, Ph.D. & John S. Visher, M.D. (Brunner/Mazel)

Making it as Stepparents: New Roles/New Rules,
Claire Berman (Harper and Row)

My Real Family: A Child's Book About Living in a Step Family,
Doris Sanford (Questar Publishers)

Step families: A guide for Working with Stepparents and Stepchildren,
John and Emily Visher (Brunner/Mazel)

The Step parenting Challenge: Making it Work,
Stephen J. Williams, Sc.D. (Mastermedia Limited)

Wonderful Ways to Be A Stepparent,
Judy Ford and Anna Chase (Conari Press)
 

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This page last updated on July 19, 2001