Having Enough (In a Have-It-All World)

Books, Web Sites, Articles and CDs to check out:

Books:

• The Price of Privilege: How Parental Pressure and Material Advantage Are Creating A Generation of Disconnected and Unhappy Kids by Madeline Levine
• Overachievers: The Secret Lives of Driven Kids by Alexanda Robbins
• The Truth Behind the Mommy Wars: Who Decides What Makes a Good Mother? by Miriam Peskowitz
• Unconditional Parenting: Moving From Rewards and Punishment to Love and Reason by Alfie Kohn

For kids: Barefoot Books (which I sell)

Web Sites:

• The Harvard University Success/Failure Project - redefining success
• Cool People Care and Cool Moms Care - promote good deeds in the world
• Ideal Bite - daily e-tips for living green, one idea at a time
• The Story of Stuff - a 20-minute film and tips on cutting the destructive cycle of consumerism
• The Natural Child Project - for parents, the tagline: “Children reflect the treatment they receive”
• Birthdays Without Pressure - making birthday parties sane again
• Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood - stop the kid-marketing machine
• Green Halloween - making Halloween sane again

Articles:

How Not to Talk to Your Kids: The Inverse Power of Praise by Po Bronson (New York Magazine)

CDs:

Free to Be… You and Me by Marlo Thomas and Friends (for children of all ages!)