FAMILY AND PARENTING

Mark Sloan, M.D. is a pediatrician in California.

Birth Day: A Pediatrician Explores the Science, the History, and the Wonder of Childbirth (Ballantine 2008)

Brad Sachs, Ph.D. is a family psychologist and the founder and director of The Father Center. He lives with his wife, a psychiatrist, and their three children in Maryland.

When No One Understands: Letters to a Teenager on Life, Loss and the Hard Road to Adulthood (Shambhala 2007)

The Good Enough Teen(HarperCollinsQuill 2004).

The Good Enough Child: How to Have An Imperfect Family and Be Perfectly Satisfied (HarperCollins Quill 2001)

Things Just Haven’t Been The Same(Morrow 1992).

 

Robert Rummel-Hudson

Schuyler’s Monster is a beautifully written, poignant, humorous, touching and ultimately uplifting memoir of a special needs child who teaches a man full of self-doubt how to be the father she needs. (St Martin’s Press 2008)

 

Ransom Stephens

Fade to Pink: From Goth to Graduationis a touching yet hilarious memoir of single father's journey through his daughter's adolescence. Stephens, a physicist in Northern California, works with his "Law of Adolescent Thermodynamics"--and with wit, humor and patience, reveals a father-daughter relationship that speaks not only to all parents--but also to daughters seeking to better understand their fathers. Forthcoming.

 

Justine Walsh and Kim Nicholson are young, professional English nannies in the tradition of Mary Poppins.

 

Nanny’s Wisdom: Secrets for Raising Happy, Healthy Children (Stewart, Tabori & Chang 2005)
 

Patricia Nagy

Work in Progress: The Baby Pool, a memoir that chronicles one edgy young woman's metamorphosis from beyond dysfunctional family, to Williamsburg bohemian, to early-thirties unmarried motherhood--with a surprisingly happy ending.

Dawn Davenport

The Complete Book of International Adoption (Broadway Books/Random House 2007).

 

Karen Lindsey (see also Healing & History) is a writer, feminist historian, and adjunct professor at Emerson College and the University of Massachusetts, Boston. Over the past 25 years her work has been published in numerous magazines, newspapers, and anthologies.

 

Friends as Family(Beacon Press 1995).

 

 

Jeffrey P. Wittmann, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist and divorce mediator. He heads The Center for Forensic Psychology, Child and Family psychological services in Albany, New York.

 

Custody Chaos, Personal Peace: Sharing Custody With An Ex Who’s Driving You Crazy (Penguin Putnam 2001). A powerful tool for creating peace.

 

*Work in Progress: A book on parenting as a spiritual practice.

 

 

 

 

Celia Straus is a writer for print, film, and video. she currently conducts workshops for parents and teens.

 

The Mother Daughter Circle: Making Lifelong Connections With Your Teenager(Ballantine 2003) is a guidebook for mothers that offers new ways to re-discover and strengthen relationships with their daughters.

 

More Prayers on My Pillow: Words of Comfort, Hope, and Faith for Teenage Girls(Ballantine 2000) was born out of the success of its predecessor.The book was followed by a CD, a calendar, and prayer cards.

 

Prayers on My Pillow: Inspiration for Girls on the Threshold of Change(Ballantine Books 1998) is a luminous volume of heartfelt prayers written originally for Celia’s own daughters. A classic.

 

 

 

David Strah and Susanna Margolis with photographer Kris Timkin 

 

Gay Dads: A Celebration of Gay Fathers and Their Families (Tarcher 2003), photos and text. Gloria Steinem writes, “…it’s proof that fathers can be just as nurturing as mothers…gay Dads is an intelligent, compassionate, and important book.”