Parenting

Resources

Helping Your Child Prepare

for College

In! College Admissions and Beyond: The

Experts’ Proven Strategy for Success by

Lillian Luterman

378.16109 L (Main)

The 75 Biggest Myths About College

Admissions: Stand Out from the Pack,

Avoid Mistakes and Get Into the College

of Your Dreams by Jerry Israel

378.1 I (North)

Paying for College Without Going Broke

by Kalman Chaney and Geoff Martz

378.30973 C (North, South)

For Dads

But Dad!: A Survival Guide for Single

Fathers of Tween and Teen Daughters by

Gretchen Gross

306.87422 G (Main)

A Complete Guide for Single Dads:

Everything You Need to Know About

Raising Healthy, Happy Children on Your

Own by Craig Baird

649.10243 B (Main)

How to Be a Good Divorced Dad: Being

the Best Parent You Can Be Before,

During, and After the Break-Up by Jeffery

Leving

306.892 L (Main)

The Single Father: A Dad’s Guide to

Parenting Without a Partner by Armin

Brott

649.10243 B (North)

Single Parenting that Works: Six Keys to

Raising Happy, Healthy Children in a

Single-Parent Home by Kevin Leman

649.10243 L (Main)

Youth/YA Services Services

(586) 226-5030

childrensservices@cmpl.org

Talking with Kids

The Five Love Languages of Children by

Gary Chapman

649.1 C (Main, North, Hoopla)

How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen

So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber

PT649.1 F (Main, North)

Mom, I Hate You!: Children’s Provocative

Communication and What It Means And

What to Do About It by Don Fleming

649.1 F (North)

Parentspeak: What’s Wrong with How

We Talk tour Children—and What to Say

Instead by Jennifer Lehr

649.7 L (Main)

Love and Logic

Parenting Teens with Love and Logic:

Preparing Adolescents for Responsible

Adulthood by Foster Cline

649.125 C (North, Hoopla)

Parenting with Love and Logic: Teaching

Children Responsibility by Foster Cline

649.64 C (Main, North, Hoopla)

The Tech Savvy Parent

52 Ways to Connect with Your Smartphone

Obsessed Kid: How to Engage with Kids

Who Can’t Seem to Pry Their Eyes from

Their Devices by Jonathan McKee

649.1 M (Main, North)

The Art of Screen Time: How Your Family

Can Balance Digital Media and Real Life by

Anya Kamenetz

302.231 K (Main, North)

The Big Disconnect: Protecting Childhood

and Family Relationships in the Digital Age

by Catherine Steiner-Adair

303.4834 S (Main, North, South, Hoopla)

iRules: What Every Tech-Healthy Family

Needs to Know About Selfies, Sexting,

Gaming, and Growing Up by Janell Burley

PT004.67808 B (Main, North, Hoopla)

Screen-Smart Parenting: How to Find

Balance and Benefit in Your Child’s Use of

Social Media, Apps, and Digital Devices by

Jodi Gold

PT649.1 G (Main, North)

Screenwise: Helping Kids Thrive (and

Survive) in Their Digital World by Devorah

Heitner

302.231 H (Main, North)

Talking Back to Facebook: A Common Sense

Guide to Raising Kids in the Digital Age by

James Steyer

004.67808 S (North)

The Tween Years

The Available Parent: Expert Advice for

Raising Successful and Resilient Teens

and Tweens by Dr. John Duffy

649.125 D (Main)

The Everything Tween Book: A Parent’s

Guide to Surviving the Turbulent Preteen

Years by Linda Sonna

649.124 S (Main, North)

From Santa to Sexting: Helping Your

Child Safely Navigate Middle School and

Shape the Choices That Will Last a

Lifetime by Brenda Hunter & Kristen Blair

649.1 H (Main)

How to Hug a Porcupine: Negotiating the

Prickly Points of the Tween Years by Julie

Ross

649.124 R (Main, North)

Middle School Makeover: Improving the

Way You and Your Child Experience the

Middle School Years by Michelle Icard

373.236 I (Main)

Planet Middle School: Helping Your Child

Through the Peer Pressure, Awkward

Moments & Emotional Drama by Dr.

Kevin Leman

373.236 L (North, South, Hoopla)