Mutch Women's Center for Health Enrichment

Books

As your parenting needs change along the way, you are likely to benefit from a variety of resources. To learn more about numerous parenting topics, check out the books and videos listed below.

Books and videos can be checked out at the Mutch Women’s Health Library located at the Mutch Women’s Center for Health Enrichment at Sanford’s Women’s Health Plaza located at 57th and Western, Sioux Falls  SD. You can call us at 605-328-7155 to reserve the book or video of your choice. Download a printable version of the books listed below.


Books

Available for check out at the Mutch Women's Health Library.


Books

Available for check out at the Mutch Women's Health Library.

TOPIC TITLE AUTHOR DESCRIPTION
Boys Bringing Up Boys Dr. James Dobson Dr. Dobson provides a roadmap for raising healthy sons, for shaping the next generation of God-honoring men. He offers practical advice and encouragement for parents, teachers, and others involved in the lives of boys.
Character Coaching Character at Home Michael Koehler Koehler reinforces and affirms the role of parents as character builders and shares the Seven C's of Character.
Cognitive / Brain Development Baby Minds Brain Building Games Acredolo & Goodwyn Learn how to create a mobile to stimulate your baby's delight in solving problems, use nursery rhymes and read-aloud techniques to foster reading readiness and much more.
Discipline/Guidance Discipline Without Shouting or Spanking Wyckoff & Unell With this book you will cover topics such as the nature of violence, playing with pretend weapons, why shouting and spanking don't work, the importance of empathy, resisting change, and so many others.
Discipline/Guidance Food Fights & Bedtime Battles Tim Jordan Dr. Jordan provides information about the developmental and behavioral stages kids go through and offers practical, non-judgmental solutions based on his own expertise and the experiences of real-life families.
Discipline/Guidance Hands Are Not For Hitting Martine Agassi, PhD This gentle, encouraging book helps young children understand that there are so many good things hands can do. Made to read aloud, this book also includes a special section for adults, with ideas for things to talk about and activities to do.
Discipline/Guidance How to Behave So Your Preschooler Will Too Sal Severe Based on Dr. Severe's philosophy that children's behavior is often a reflection of parents' behavior, this book will teach parents to adjust their behavior to better handle a host of issues.
Discipline/Guidance How To Handle a Hard to Handle Kid C. Drew Edwards C. Drew Edwards gives you the tips, skills, and information you need to identify, address, and correct a variety of behavior problems.
Discipline/Guidance Kids, Parents, and Power Struggles Mary Sheedy Kurcinka Unique approaches to solving the daily power struggles between you and your child. Kurcinka views these conflicts as rich opportunities to teach your child essential life skills like dealing with strong emotions and problem solving.
Discipline/Guidance Positive Discipline A-Z Nelson, Lott & Glenn With this book, you will find and learn how to use kind but firm support to raise a child who is responsible, respectful, and resourceful.
Discipline/Guidance Setting Limits with you Strong-Willed Child Robert MacKenzie Proven techniques and procedures that provide a refreshing alternative to the ineffective extremes of punishment and permissiveness. Learn how to effectively motivate the strong-willed child and achieve cooperation.
Discipline/Guidance Your Defiant Child Barkley & Benton Offers tools and strategies to turn your child's behavior around. Learn how to pay positive attention to your child and discipline wisely.
Divorced/Blended Families Blending Families Elaine Fantle Shimberg This books offers viable solutions and explains the viewpoints of everyone involved and shows how to navigate the situations the new family faces.
Divorced/Blended Families Divorce Help Book for Kids Cynthia MacGregor This down-to-earth guide helps with discussions of many topics troubling kids when their paretns divorce, reasons parents get divorced, ways divorce will change kids' lives, and many more answers.
Family Life 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families Stephen R. Covey Shows how families can learn to incorporate principles into their daily lives through activities, meetings, and games that involve all family members and help to create a spirit of understanding, support and enthusiasm.
Family Life Blending Families Stephen R. Covey This books offers viable solutions and explains the viewpoints of everyone involved and shows how to navigate the situations the new family faces.
Family Life Creative Family Times Hadidian, Hadidian, Wilson, & Wilson This book provides you with practical ideas for building character in your preschool children in 3 main areas: obedience, spiritual growth and family unity.
Family Life Survival Tips for Working Moms Linda Goodman Pillsbury This book offers concrete suggestions for making your busy life easier. Full of examples of how the tips work in real families, this book is a light, no-nonsense practical resource that can help every working mom.
Fatherhood Fatherhood: An Owner's Manual Doug Spangler Successful fathering requires personal ownership. It means developing relationships instead of playing roles. This book will help you become intentional and effective in owning all your relationships.
Fears Monsters Under the Bed and Other Childhood Fears Garber & Daniels An excellent book that covers many basic techniques for handling mild to severe fears in children.
Girls 200 Ways to Raise a Girl's Self-Esteem Will Glennon This book provides much-needed advice for boosting confidence and strengthening self-image for girls.
Infancy 25 Things Every New Mother Should Know Martha and William Sears Martha and Bill Sears reach out to give women the reassurance to make it through the first months of motherhood with as little anxiety and as much joy as possible.
Infancy Baby Signs Acredolo, Goodwyn & Abrams Baby signs are as easy to learn as waving "bye-bye" and offer you a priceless window into your child's mind. The memories for you and the benefits for your baby will last a lifetime.
Infancy Complete Baby and Child Care Dr. Miriam Stoppard The most authoritative, practical, and comprehensive illustrated guide to the first five years of life, by a leading child care expert.
Infancy Fussy Baby William and Martha Sears This book has carried many a family through trying times with a high-needs infant. This new edition brings that tradition of sensitive, intuitive parenting to a new generation of caring parents.
Infancy Secrets of the Baby Whisperer Tracy Hogg & Melinda Blau Benefit from the author's 20+ years of experience. In this groundbreaking book she shares simple, accessible programs in which you learn how to get your baby to eat, play, and sleep on a schedule.
Infancy Touchpoints Birth to 3 T. Berry Brazelton, MD A childcare reference by a pediatrician who has both medical and psychoanalytic training, and who offers parents a complete understanding of child development from many points of view.
Infancy Your Amazing Newborn Marshall H. Klauss & Phyllis H. Klauss This unique book illustrates the incredible findings of research on newborns. Abilities such as reaching are shown in exciting detail, as well as new discoveries about the five senses, and the recognition that ignites a lifelong bond.
Multiples Multiple Blessings Betty Rothbart, MSW This book helps parents through all stages from pregnancy and beyond. Included is advice on breastfeeding, bottlefeeding, alone time for parents, sibling adjustment and other issues unique to raising twins, triplets, and more.
Preschool Age Children Complete Baby and Child Care Dr. Miriam Stoppard The most authoritative, practical, and comprehensive illustrated guide to the first five years of life, by a leading child care expert.
Preschool Age Children Creative Family Times Hadidian, Hadidian, Wilson, & Wilson This book provides you with practical ideas for building character in your preschool children in 3 main areas: obedience, spiritual growth and family unity.
Preschool Age Children How to Behave So Your Preschooler Will Too Sal Severe Based on Dr. Severe's philosophy that children's behavior is often a reflection of parents' behavior, this book will teach parents to adjust their behavior to better handle a host of issues.
Sign Language Baby Signs Acredolo, Goodwyn & Abrams Baby signs are as easy to learn as waving "bye-bye" and offer you a priceless window into your child's mind. The memories for you and the benefits for your baby will last a lifetime.
Sleep Guide to Your Child's Sleep American Academy of Pediatrics Packed with practical tips, this guide offers invaluabel information, answers questions from parents, and provides reassuring advice for preventing SIDS, getting your baby to sleep through the night, and solving sleep-wake problems.
Sleep No Cry Sleep Solution Elizabeth Pantley This book will show you how it is entirely possible and within your grasp to help your baby fall asleep peacefully and stay asleep all night long.
Social-Emotional Development Emotional Life of the Toddler Alicia F. Lieberman With the help of numerous examples and vivid cases, Lieberman answers many questions giving us, in the process, a rich and insightful profile of the roller coaster emotional world of the toddler.
Social-Emotional Development First Feelings Greenspan & Thorndike Shows parents how to recognize the key stages of a child's emotional growth, while guiding and enhancing early psychological development.
Special Needs Parenting a Child with a Learning Disability Tuttle, M ED & Paquette The authors share information that takes the fear out of parenting a child with a learning disability. This book also offers sensible suggestions that help you cope with the challenges and feelings experienced.
Temperament Challenging Child Stanley Greenspan This book explains how to fit your parenting style to your child's unique personality and help each child build on strengths, master weaknesses, and embrace life with confidence and skills.
Temperament Difficult Child Turecki and Tonner Dr. Stanley Turecki offers compassionate and practical advice to parents of hard to raise children and talks about various issues pertaining to your child.
Temperament Explosive Child Ross W. Greene With this book, you will find ways to retain your sanity and optimism and to handle your child's difficulties competently and with compassion.
Temperament Fussy Baby William and Martha Sears This book has carried many a family through trying times with a high-needs infant. This new edition brings that tradition of sensitive, intuitive parenting to a new generation of caring parents.
Temperament Temperament Tools Neville and Clark Johnson This book describes many types of children and offers you strategies to help life go more smoothly. Learn what's normal for your child, how to manage challenging behavior, avoid blame and guilt, and so much more.
Temperament Understanding Your Child's Temperament William B. Carey This book looks at the nine different kinds of behavioral styles. Dr. Carey makes it clear that a child's temperament is mostly inborn, and not something cased by "good" or "bad" parenting.
Toddlerhood Emotional Life of the Toddler Alicia F. Lieberman With the help of numerous examples and vivid cases, Lieberman answers many questions giving us, in the process, a rich and insightful profile of the roller coaster emotional world of the toddler.
Toddlerhood Secrets of the Baby Whisperer for Toddlers Tracy Hogg & Melinda Blau In this book, the author guides you through her unique programs, H.E.L.P., using T.L.C., rehearsals for change, and conscious discipline.
Toddlerhood Touchpoints Birth to 3 T. Berry Brazelton, MD A childcare reference by a pediatrician who has both medical and psychoanalytic training, and who offers parents a complete understanding of child development from many points of view.
Toddlerhood What to Expect the Toddler Years Eisenberg, Murkoff & Hathaway The comprehensive and reassuring guide that explains everything parents need to know about the second and third years of their child's life.
Toilet Learning Everything Potty Training Book Linda Sonna This book provides practical, reassuring advice to help you survive this difficult period in a child's development. This book is packed with real situations that will have your child mastering this important skill in no time!

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