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Amazing Moms
Bright Ideas for Busy Families-A site for family fun! With games, activities, art, crafts, recipes, birthday party ideas and so much more!  

Sports Illustrated Kids
SIKids features news, games and interactive features for kids who enjoy sports.

Family Corner
Parents are always searching for good solid advice when it comes to their family and home life. This site features everything from teething, fitness, teenagers, home decorating and harvesting your herb garden. Visit our special holiday sections!

Exploratorium
Located in San Francisco, CA, the Exploratorium is a museum for science, art and the human perspective.

Books

Since many of our patients’ parents have requested our recommendations regarding the patient education material available in our office, we have compiled a list of highly recommended books.

Touchpoints: Birth to 3: Your Child’s Emotional and Behavioral Development
Author: T. Berry Brazelton, M.D.
An internationally renowned expert on child development, Dr. Brazelton uses an unique writing style to reveal the “logic” behind the feelings, developmental advancements and behaviors made during the first three years of life.

The Happiest Baby on the Block: The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Newborn Baby Sleep Longer
Author: Harvey Karp, M.D.
This effective series of techniques, written by Dr. Karp, addresses the frustrating challenges one faces with a young infant.

Solve Your Child’s Sleep Problems: New, Revised and Expanded Edition
Author: Richard Ferber, M.D.
Dr. Ferber addresses common problems such as refusing to go to bed, waking during the night, fear of the dark, nightmares and night terrors, as well as many other common sleep issues. He offers a step-by-step approach, putting tired and frustrated parents in the back of the driver’s seat and their child in their bed asleep.

Touchpoints 3 to 6
Author: T. Berry Brazelton, M.D.
A world-renowned developmental pediatrician, Dr. Brazelton offers a guide profiling different children from ages three to six, illustrating cognitive, behavioral and emotional changes.

The American Academy of Pediatrics Guide to Toilet Training
Author: American Academy of Pediatrics
This encouraging guide will teach parents the best and most effective way to toilet train their children. It offers practical advice and helpful illustrations. It also offers answers to parents most frequently asked questions and concerns about potty training.

Love and Logic Magic for Early Childhood: Practical Parenting from Birth to Six Years
Author: Jim Fay and Charles Fay
Drs. Jim and Charles Fay offer simple and practical techniques to help parents raise self-confident, motivated, responsible and respectful children. This will teach parents to prevent power struggles by establishing themselves as loving authority figures who offer choices and share control. It will also teach them to discipline without anger, frustration, lectures and punishment, but rather through consequence.

Feed Me I’m Yours - Revised
Author: Vickie Lansky
This books covers various feeding topics, including making baby food, finger food do’s and don’ts, birthdays and holidays. It has recently been revised and now includes new topics such as, issues of microwave recipes, nutritional snacks and watching fats and cholesterol. In addition, more than 200 child-tested recipes are included.

The Happiest Toddler on the Block: The New Way to Stop the Daily Battle of Wills and Raise a Secure and Well-Behaved One to Four-Year-Old
Author: Harvey Karp, M.D.
Dr. Karp offers parents relaxed and informative ways to address the challenges of toddler years, including sibling rivalry, potty training, hitting and biting, separation anxiety, sleep problems, picky eating habits and taking medicine.

Winning the Nutritional Challenges of Parenthood Armed With Insight, Humor, and a Bottle of Ketchup
Laura A. Jana, MD, FAAP, and Jennifer Shu, MD, FAAP
This book was given the 2008 Mom’s Choice Gold Award. Offering practical, reality-based strategies, this book teaches parents how to bring ‘peas and harmony’ to the kitchen table.

Loving Your Kid Without Losing Your Mind
Author: Michael J. Bradley
Dr. Bradley provides parents with the skill, strength and wisdom needed to raise strong and productive young adults. He cites recent teen brain research to show exactly what’s going on inside the teenage mind.

Yes, Your Parents Are Crazy - A Teen Survival Guide
Parents, Teens & Boundaries
Author: Michael J. Bradley
Turning the tables, Dr. Bradley talks with teens about why parents behave the way they do and how to handle their parents and other adults in the midst of life’s confusing and difficult situations.