Parenting & Child Development

As parents (some of us), grandparents (one of us), and people with parents (all of us), we've learned about parenting first-hand from our clients, who are experts in virtually every aspect of the field, including: what to name your baby (Laura Wattenberg's The Baby Name Wizard), how to breastfeed successfully (La Leche League's new edition of The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding), how to help with pre-adolescent bullying (Rosalind Wiseman's Queen Bees and Wannabes), how to appreciate and foster your child's unique abilities (Lanna Nakone's Every Child Has a Thinking Style), how to be an effective father (Armin Brott's The Expectant Father), and how not to fall apart when you find out parenting and working aren't exactly a match made in heaven (Amy Eschliman's and Leigh Oshirak's Balance is a Crock and Sleep is for the Weak).

A Wide Range

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A Wide Range

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Rosalind Wiseman

Queen Bees and Wannabees

Crown/Random House


This New York Times bestseller forever altered the way in which adults perceive friendship and conflict among girls, and was the basis for the hit film Mean Girls, written by and starring Tina Fey.  Queen Bees & Wannabees: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends & Other Realities of Adolescence is already a classic among advice books for parents, and has just been fully revised and updated to help parents understand the impact that Facebook, Twitter, and other social media are having on young girls and their friends.

Ellen Galinsky

Mind in the Making

HarperStudio/HarperCollins


The president of the Families and Work Institute synthesizes cutting-edge research to offer what Publishers Weekly calls “a readable and accessible volume enlivened by parents' narratives about what works and what doesn't, hints and tips, and over a hundred suggestions (games and family activities) for involving kids in the pursuit of learning. … Galinsky's everyday, playful, parent-child learning interactions offer a place to start. …a valuable, worthwhile resource.”

Laura Wattenberg

The Baby Name Wizrad

Broadway/Random House


This in-depth guide to baby names goes far beyond the everyday name book.  Laura Wattenberg has researched each name extensively, providing details about its popularity, its style, its nicknames and alternative spellings, male and female names with similar backgrounds, and a brief look at the name’s history.  The Baby Name Wizard is supplemented by Wattenberg’s equally comprehensive website: www.babynamewizard.com.

La Leche League International

The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding

Ballantine Books/Random House


For more than 50 years, the La Leche League’s bestseller The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding has been the leading source for breastfeeding support and information. Now, the eighth edition of this new and expecting mom’s bible is completely revised, updated, and tailored specifically for a new generation, offering the latest scientific research as well as practical advice for issues like colic, latching, weight loss, pumping, nursing multiples and much, much more.

Armin Brott

The Expectant Father

Abbeville Press


The Expectant Father: Facts, Tips, and Advice for Dads-to-Be, a month-by-month pregnancy handbook for soon-to-be dads, is the annually bestselling book for fathers.  According to one review, “Quite simply the best guidebook to date for both the prospective father and his partner in their journey through the nine months of pregnancy. A must for fathers to be.”

Sandra Aamodt, Ph. D. and Sam Wang, Ph. D.

Welcome to Your Child's Brain

Bloomsbury


This second book by neuroscientists Aamodt and Wang takes on the developing brain, discussing sleep problems, language learning, gender differences, and autism.  Welcome to Your Child’s Brain is an authoritative work on how the mind grows, with practical information and surprising insights.  The authors have been on NPR’s “Fresh Air,” CNN, and have written popular op-eds for The New York Times.