Resources

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

Books:  (all found at your local library!) 🙂

“Having It All” & Redefining Success:

• 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
• Type “simple living” into Amazon and see all the books that come up!

Parenting & Communication:

• Unconditional Parenting: Moving From Rewards and Punishment to Love and Reason by Alfie Kohn
• Above All, Be Kind: Raising a Humane Child in Challenging Times by Zoe Weil
• Nonviolent Communication by Marshall B. Rosenberg
• Raising Children Who Think for Themselves by Elisa Medhus
• Between Parent & Child by Haim Ginnott

Career:

• Zen and the Art of Making a Living by Laurence G. Boldt
• The Pathfinder: How To Choose or Change Your Career For a Lifetime of Satisfaction and Success by Nicholas Lore

Academia:

• So What Are You Going to Do With That?: Finding Careers Outside of Academia by Susan Basalla and Maggie Debulius
• Mama, PhD: Women Write About Academia and Motherhood edited by Elrena Evans and Caroline Grant (I wrote an essay in this one)
• Leaving the Ivory Tower by Barbara E. Lovitts

Body, Mind & Spirit:

• If the Buddha Came to Dinner: How to Nourish Your Body to Awaken Your Spirit by Hale Sofia Schatz
• Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff, and it’s All Small Stuff by Richard Carlson
• When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chodron
• Birthing From Within: An Extra-Ordinary Guide to Childbirth Preparation by Pam England

For Kids:

• The Gift of Nothing by Patrick McDonnell
• Stone Soup by John J. Muth
• Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney
• Old Turtle and the Broken Truth by Douglas Wood
• The Daring Book for Girls and The Double-Daring Book for Girls by Andrea Buchanan & Miriam Peskowitz (which I helped edit)
• Mama Panya’s Pancakes by Mary and Rich Chamberlin (it’s a Barefoot Book, which I sell, and this link is part of a Books for Africa fundraiser)

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
• Parenting on Track – defining your family values & living them

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!)

This is just the tip of the iceberg, of course.  And please add your recommendations in the comments!