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1. The Myth of Maturity: What Teenagers Need from Parents to Become Adults

   Terri Apter

   "Parents and young adults alike should benefit from the advice in Apter's insightful book."—Washington PostMore

2. You Don't Really Know Me: Why Mothers and Daughters Fight and How Both Can Win

   Terri Apter

   Understand what your teenage daughter really means—and learn to use your arguments to strengthen your bond with her.More

3. Yours, Mine, and Ours: How Families Change When Remarried Parents Have a Child Together

   Anne C. Bernstein

   Based on the author's experience as a family therapist and stepmother, and on interviews with more than fifty families, this book explores the ramifications for all concerned--remarried parents, his children, her children, and their baby--of having a mutual child.More

4. My Father Married Your Mother: Dispatches from the Blended Family

   Anne Burt

   "[Includes] a take on just about every version of a newly extended family....Stellar."—Boston GlobeMore

5. My Father Before Me: How Fathers and Sons Influence Each Other Throughout Their Lives

   Michael J. Diamond

   A powerful depiction of the unexplored reciprocal relationship between fathers and sons.More

6. A Stranger in the Family: Culture, Families, and Therapy

   Vincenzo Dinicola

   Provides a model of family therapy for working with families across cultures.More

7. Siblings Without Rivalry: How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Too

   Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish

   The #1 New York Times best-selling guide to reducing hostility and generating goodwill between siblings.More

8. Cyber Rules: What You Really Need to Know about the Internet: The Essential Guide for Clinicians, Educators, and Parents

   Joanie Farley-Gillispie, Jayne Gackenbach

   The Internet socializes people in new ways, encouraging the development of innovative approaches to communication and online identity. As new technology and media emerge, cyber behaviors will continue to affect us, our relationships, our communities, and the world, both on- and offline.More

9. Attachment-Focused Parenting: Effective Strategies to Care for Children

   Daniel A. Hughes

   An expert clinician brings attachment theory into the realm of parenting skills.More

10. Just Say Know: Talking with Kids about Drugs and Alcohol

    Cynthia Kuhn, Scott Swartzwelder, Wilkie Wilson

    From the authors of Buzzed and Pumped, a no-nonsense guide to what kids should know to make healthy decisions.More

11. Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood

    Michael Lewis

    The New York Times bestseller: “Hilarious. No mushy tribute to the joys of fatherhood, Lewis’ book addresses the good, the bad, and the merely baffling about having kids.”—Boston GlobeMore

12. Bringing the Story Home: The Complete Guide to Storytelling for Parents

    Lisa Lipkin

    Bring the magic of storytelling into your child's life using the everyday world around you.More

13. The Genogram Journey: Reconnecting with Your Family

    Monica McGoldrick

    The godmother of genograms revises her revelatory work that explores how to reconnect with your past and invent a new future.More

14. Waiting to Forget: A Motherhood Lost and Found

    Margaret Moorman

    "[An] extraordinary memoir of [the author's] giving up for adoption the baby she bore at 16... beautifully written, psychologically nuanced and sociologically informed."—NationMore

15. Almost Grown: Launching Your Child from High School to College

    Patricia Pasick

    A time of tumult, your children's transition from high school to college can also be a time of growth. This book shows you how.More