Parenting: Recommended Reading Parenting with Love and Logic, by Foster Cline, M.D. and Jim Fay. 1990, Pinon Press. Parenting Teens With Love and Logic: Preparing Adolescents for Responsible Adulthood, by Foster Cline, M.D. and Jim Fay. Pinon Press. Children: The Challenge, by Rudolph Dreikurs, M.D. 1964, E.P. Dutton. What Kids Need to Succeed, by Peter L. Benson, Ph.D. 1995, Free Spirit Publishing. Raising Self-Reliant Children in a Self-Indulgent World, by H. Stephen Glenn and Jane Nelson, Ed.D. Positive Discipline, by Jane Nelson, Ed.D. Parenting A to Z, by Stephen Glenn. Preparing for the Drug-Free Years, by Developmental Research and Programs, Inc. The Time-Out Solution: A Parent's Guide to Handling Everyday Behavior Problems, by Lynn Clark, Ph.D. 1989, Contemporary Books. Your Hyperactive Child: A Parent's Guide to Coping with Attention Deficiet Disorder, by Barbara Ingersoll, Ph.D. 1988, Doubleday. Parenting for Prevention: How to Raise a Child to Say No to Alcohol/Drugs, by David J. Wilmes. 1988, Johnson Institute Books. Parenting the Strong-Willed Child: The Clinically Proven Five Week Program for Parents of Two- to Six-Year-Olds, by Rex L. Forehand. Nicholas Long. Step-Parenting, by Christine Atkinson. 1986, Thorsons Publishing Group. Changing Families: A Guide for Kids and Grown-Ups, by David Fassler, M.D., Michelle Lash, M.Ed., A.T.R., and Sally B. Ives, Ph.D. 1988, Waterfront Books. The Difficult Child, by Stanley Turecki, M.D. Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child, by Marc Weissbluth, M.D. Night Lights: Bedtime Stories for Parents in the Dark, by Phyllis Theroux. This is just a sample of many of the great parenting books and resources available to you. For more parenting books, audio and videos do a search on Amazon.com, Google, or at your favorite bookstore or library. Jonathan Sherman is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist and Relationship Consultant specializing in creating "greatness in relationships." He is experienced in assisting people learn to improve their marriages, their parenting and themselves through skill development, life coaching, overcoming depression and anxiety, stress and anger management, and addiction recovery. He teaches extensively on a wide range of relationship topics. He is the founder of Bardos Relationship Consulting. He is married to a skillled husband trainer who has truly earned her keep. They live in eternal bliss (okay, fairly peaceably) with their four children in American Fork, UT. You may reach him at 801.787.8014, jonathan@bardos.net or at www.bardos.net.

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