Books and DVDs
That Support Healthy Beginnings
Books: Available in local bookstores or Amazon.com
- The Science of Parenting by Margot Sunderland
- Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering by Sarah Buckley, MD
- Let the Baby Drive: Navigating the Road of New Motherhood by Lu Hanessian
- Fathers-To-Be Handbook: A Roadmap for the Transition to Fatherhood by Patrick Houser
- Your Amazing Newborn by Marshall & Phyllis Klaus
- Connection Parenting: Parenting Through Connection instead of Coercion, Through Love instead of Fear by Pam Leo
- Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers by Gordon Neufeld, PhD and Gabor Mate’, MD
- Attached at the Heart: 8 Proven Parenting Principles for Raising Connected and Compassionate Children by Barbara Nicholson and Lysa Parker
- Born For Love by Bruce D. Perry, MD, PhD
- The Attachment Parenting Book: A Commonsense Guide to Understanding and Nurturing Your Baby by William Sears, MD and Martha Sears, RN
DVDs: Available in bookstores or Amazon.com unless otherwise stated
- Birth of a Family – [www.birthofafamilyfilm.com]
- Secrets of Happy Babies by Sarah Buckley, MD [www.fatherstobe.org]
- The Evolution of Fatherhood: Fatherhood is Finally Growing Up by Dana H. Glazer [www.fatherstobe.org]
- Doula! The Ultimate Birth Companion by Toni Harman
- The Happiest Baby on the Block: The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Baby Sleep Longer by Harvey Karp, MD
- The Happiest Toddler on the Block: How to Eliminate Tantrums and Raise a Patient, Respectful, and Cooperative one to Four-Year Old by Harvey Karp, MD
- The Business of Being Born – Starring Ricki Lake
- The First Years Last Forever – Starring Rob Reiner
- What Babies Want – Starring Noah Wyle, Joseph Chilton Pearce, Sobonfu Some’.
