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Parenting is a tough job, and for more than 30 years we at Parenting Press have been creating materials to make the job easier for parents, caregivers, counselors, teachers, and child care professionals. This advertising-free web site offers concrete information and practical skills you can use immediately, and we’re always adding to it, so bookmark our URL and come back often. As one site visitor exclaimed, Wow! How have I missed this site? It’s wonderfully packed with accessible tools and information. You have so much to offer! Founded to publish parenting books that are respectful of both children and parents, that recognize that families have different values and styles, Parenting Press now provides:
Way I Feel Now in Spanish  Our most popular children’s book, The Way I Feel by Janan Cain, is now available in Spanish. Used in homes, libraries, classrooms and special education programs, medical and mental health clinics, shelters and in counseling the abused since its publication in 2000, The Way I Feel helps children and the developmentally disabled understand and describe their feelings. It’s won rave reviews from parents and professionals working with the autistic and those in hospices.  The Spanish edition, Así me siento yo, is a large-format sturdy 32-page hardback that is ideal for bilingual and immersion programs as well as home, library, health care, and school character education and feelings units. It has already drawn praise for its careful translation and has been approved by the California Department of Education for use in K-8 classrooms and with ESL/ELL programs. If you’re a bookseller or librarian, we’d like to co-sponsor a Fish Lips Face Photo Contest with you. This contest invites children to imitate the face on the cover of The Way I Feel and Así me siento yo. When a store or library promotes the contest for at least 30 days with a display of both books, Parenting Press provides the gift book to be used as the contest prize. |
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NEW! Protecting Kids from Predators  How can adults skip the scare tactics when they talk to kids about molesters? In Out of Harm’s Way, Sandy K. Wurtele gives us examples of what to say, and suggests “what if” conversations to have with children. Ideal for preparing the parents for “teachable moments” and for the awkward conversations about risks, this concise guide has been called a “must read” by the parents and professionals who reviewed the manuscript. They made comments like “Honest” and “Informative” because Out of Harm’s Way also:
NEW! Helping Kids Cope with Abandonment  What do you say to a child who has been abandoned? When a parent or caregiver leaves and doesn’t come back for a long time, or ever, a young child needs answers. That’s what you’ll find in Where Is My Mommy?, created by a clinical social worker, Mary Kilgore, and her son Mitchell, a school social worker. Their gentle story, illustrated by Parenting Press favorite Cary Pillo, helps children work through loss and grief. It’s ideal for children too young to understand deployment, and for those suffering because of incarceration, a divorce, death or unexplained disappearance. Where Is My Mommy? was designed for use by therapeutic child care programs, school and preschool counselors and social workers, in support groups and individual counseling, and by family members, guardians and foster parents. Abuse Picture Book Revised  Something Is Wrong at My House (revised edition), a picture book that helps kids understand and cope with domestic violence, is now available in a revised and updated English edition. Written by Diane Davis, someone who is passionate about how domestic violence can damage children, Something Is Wrong at My House takes a complex and frightening problem and explains it in terms appropriate for the young.Formatted so that the same book can be used with toddlers through school-age children, Something Is Wrong at My House provides simple text under illustrations on each of the two-page spreads, with more detailed text on the facing page. The original edition is still available in Spanish. QWIK Sheets Praised by Parents and Educators  Exhausted by your toddler’s tantrums? Anxious about possible abusers in your neighborhood? Unsure how to explain war? Frantic about a suspiciously secretive teenager? You need help right now. And you can find it right here, with Parenting Press’s dozens of online resources. It’s 24/7 help, as close as your keyboard. |
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