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	1, 2, 3 ... The Toddler Years: A Practical Guide for Parents & Caregivers by Irene Van De Zande All the profits from this book benefit a great non-profit! Published by the Santa Cruz Toddler Care Center (a non-profit childcare center), all the profits go directly into its high-quality Toddler childcare program. The book addresses toddler development, and specific toddler behaviors in a healthful and respectful manner.
	10 Most Common Mistakes Good Parents Make by Kevin Steede, Ph.D. Outlining the ten ultimate "No-No's" for parenting, Dr. Steede discusses how to avoid these common, predictable, and preventable parent traps that have such negative outcomes (e.g., poor communication, inconsistent discipline). Each chapter includes a self-test to reinforce those principles to parents.
	The Discipline Book: Everything You Need to Know to Have a Better-Behaved Child-From Birth to Age Ten by William Sears, M.D. and Martha Sears, R.N. This is an essential guide for parents with children ten years old or younger. The Sears give parents all the information they need for better-behaved kids — complete with dozens of boxed tips and a Q&A section on the 30 most common behavior problems. This book discusses self-esteem, spanking, divorce, single parenting, travel, and baby-sitting, and offers advice on how to prevent, as well as stop, problem behavior.
	Dr. Spock�s Baby and Child Care by Benjamin Spock For generations, parents across the world have relied on Dr. Spock's expert pediatric advice. Now, In this fully revised edition of his timeless bestseller, you'll find all the information you need to meet the changes and challenges of childrearing in the new millennium — including entirely new chapters about international adoption, coping with terrorism and disasters, college planning, autism, and other such topics.
	Parenting With Love and Logic by Foster Cline, MD and Jim Fay This well-known child psychiatrist has written a book to help parents raise kids who are self-confident, motivated, and ready for the world by teaching them responsibility and the logic of life by giving them the opportunity to solve their own problems from the earliest possible age.
	Parents Book for Raising a Healthy Child by Dr. Morris Wessel Your child's health is the most precious thing in the world. As a parent, you can take steps to ensure his or her well-being during the vital growing years. And if your child is sick, you'll need advice you can trust to get your child through safely, comfortably, and quickly. Now there's help from a distinguished pediatrician with over thirty years' experience. Dr. Morris A. Wessel provides a warmly written, comprehensive, and accessible guide to all aspects of your child's health.
	Raising a Handicapped Child: A Helpful Guide for Parents of the Physically Disabled by Charlotte Thompson, M.D. This revised and expanded handbook remains the only one of its kind to discuss both the emotional and physical problems of raising a child with a disability. Dr. Thompson addresses the questions and difficulties parents have to face from the initial diagnosis to adulthood. Her practical advice includes tips on how to select educational programs and professional help that encourage a disabled child's greatest potential, how to keep up with the latest medical treatments, and how to cope with the costs.
	Raising Happy Children: A Parent's Guide by Javad H. Kashani, M.D., Donna V. Mehregany, M.D., Wesley D. Allan, M.A., Kate Kelly This encyclopedic guide will help you to raise happy, confident, emotionally healthy children. Beginning with the basics of building a happy family, you'll learn that no matter what type of family unit you have (single-parent, blended family, traditional), you can provide the proper values and emotional stability that your child needs.