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EP Feature Title: How to Raise A Family & A Career Under One Roof: A Parent's Guide to Home Business
Author: Lisa Roberts
Published: 1997
EP Review: This book is the seed from which The Entrepreneurial Parent site grew. Selected by Home Office Computing as one of the Top 12 Business Titles of 1997, How to Raise A Family & A Career Under One Roof belongs on every EP Bookshelf...Order your copy today!
 

 KIDS & CAREER
Choose from the following titles for support in balancing work and parenthood.
 
 
EP Featured Book: The Funny Things Kids Say (Vol. 1)
Author: Grace Housholder
Date Published: 1995
EP Review: One of the greatest quirks about being an "EP" is that every now and then, childcare and work time overlap and you get to hear "the funny things kids say" when you least expect to! Turn this collection of endearing words spoken by our little ones into an official EP "reference" book, and "refer" to it whenever you need a quick pick-me-up!
A Question of Balance: Artists and Writers on Motherhood
Author: Judith Pierce Rosenberg
Date Published: 1995
EP Review: This enthralling book profiles 25 women who have successfully integrated their maternal and professional selves.
 
All Mothers Work: A Guilt Free Guide for the Stay at Home Mom
Author: Cindy Ramming
Published: 1996
 
Career Coaching Your Kids: Guiding Your Child Through the Process of Career Discovery
Author: David H. Montross, et al.
Published: 1997
 
Fathering & Career: Keeping a Healthy Balance
Author: David Stewart
Published: 1987
 
From Briefcase to Diaper Bag: How I Quit My Job, Stayed Home with My Kids, and Lived to Tell About It
Author: Katie Kelley Dorn
Date Published: 1994
EP Review: A memoir that is likely to hit home for every professional woman turned "SAHM."
 
Having It All, Having Enough: How to Create a Career/Family Balance That Works for You
Author: Deborah Lee
Published: 1997
 
Integrating Work and Family Life: The Home-Working Family
Author: Betty Beach
Published: 1989
Of Cradles and Careers: A Guide to Reshaping Your Job to Include a Baby in Your Life
Author: Kaye Lowman
Published: 1985
 
Sequencing
Author: Arlene Rossen Cardozo
Published: 1996
 
Staying Home: From Full-Time Professional to Full-Time Parent
Authors: Darcie Sanders and Martha M. Bullen
Published: 1999
 
Staying Home Instead: Alternatives to the Two-Paycheck Family
Author: Christine Davidson
Published: 1992
 
Staying Home Instead: How to Balance Your Family Life (And Your Checkbook)
Author: Christine Davidson
Published: 1998
 
Surrendering to Motherhood: Losing Your Mind, Finding Your Soul
Author: Iris Krasnow
Published: 1997
 
Working and Caring
Author: T. Berry Brazelton, M.D.
Published: 1987
 
The Working Parent's Handbook: How to Succeed at Work, Raise Your Kids, Maintain a Home, and Still Have Time for You
Author: Katherine Murray
Published: 1995

CHILD CARE
Choose from the following titles for help during the transition to paid child care.
 
Child Care that Works: A Parent's Guide to Finding Quality Child Care
Author: Eva Cochran, et al.
Published: 1997
The Childcare Sourcebook: The Complete Guide to Finding and Managing Nannies, Au Pairs, Babysitters, Day Care & Nursery School
Author: Ellen O. Tauscher
Published: 1996

PARENTING
Choose from the following titles to find support in your parenthood and to help develop your parenting skills.
 
 
EP Featured Book: Mommy - CEO (Constantly Evaluating Others): Five Golden Rules
Author: Jodie Lynn
Published: 1997
EP Review: In this handbook of creative tips for everday parenting dilemmas, Lynn cultivates solutions from her nationally-syndicated Parent2Parent column. Topics range from the specific ("How can I get my 9-year-old with braces to floss without all the conflicts?") to the bigger issues ("What's the best way of balancing being over-scheduled?").
101 Ways to Tell Your Child I Love You
Author: Vicki Lansky
 
A Parenting Manual: Heart Hope for the Family
Author: Doc Lew Childre
Published: 1995
EP Review: Written from his heart to ours, Dr. Childre offers parenting techniques that put both adults and children in touch with their "heart intelligence" through which peace, respect and trust develop and grow.
 
Active Parenting Today, Parent's Guide: For Parents of 2-12 Year Olds
Author: Michael H. Popkin, Ph.D.
Published: 1993
 
Between Mothers and Sons: The Making of Vital and Loving Men
Author: Evelyn S. Bassoff, Ph.D.
Published: 1995
EP Review: As the mother of three sons, I found this book particularly insightful in exploring the unique role both parents play in their sons' lives.
 
The Father's Almanac
Author: Adams Sullivan
Published: 1992
 
For the Love of Children
Author: Eva Shaw
Published: 1998
 
Kid Culture: Children & Adults & Popular Culture
Author: Kathleen McDonnell
Published: 1994
EP Review: This is a "read and wonder" book that helps parents understand their chidren better by exploring the pop culture of kids.
 
The First Twelve Months of Life
Authors: Frank and Theresa Caplan
Published: 1995
 
Growing Up Again: Parenting Ourselves, Parenting Our Children
Authors: Jean Illsley Clarke and Connie Dawson
Published: 1989
 
How To Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk
Authors: Adele Fauer and Elaine Mazlish
Published: 1992
 
Learning to Play, Playing to Learn: Games & Activities to Teach Sharing, Caring and Compromise
Author: Spencer Gorin
Published: 1998
 
The Magic Years: Understanding and Handling the Problems of Early Childhood
Author: Selma H. Fraiberg
Published: 1996
EP Review: This classic in early childhood psychology guides the reader through the minds of children from birth to six years of age.
Mothers and Daughters: Loving and Letting Go
Author: Evelyn S. Bassoff, Ph.D.
Published: 1989
 
The New Father Book: What Every Man Needs to Know to Be A Good Dad
Author: Wade F. Horn
Published: 1998
 
Oneness & Separateness: From Infant to Individual
Author: Louis J. Kaplan, Ph.D.
Published: 1980
EP Review: A fascinating work that follows the psychological well-being of infants in the first three years of life. Important understanding of mother-infant bonding.
 
Parenting by Heart: How to Be in Charge, Stay Connected, and Instill Your Values, When It Feels Like You've Got Only 15 Minutes A Day
Authors: Dr. Ron Taffel with Melinda Blau
Published: 1993
 
The Parents' Resource Almanac
Author: Beth DeFrancis
Published: 1994
EP Review: A comprehensive annotated reference guide to parenting resources.
 
Practical Parenting Tips: Over 1,500 Helpful Hints for the First Five Years
Author: Vicki Lansky
Published: 1992
 
Raising A Thinking Child: Help Your Young Child to Resolve Everyday Conflicts and Get Along With Others
Authors: Myrna B. Shure, Ph.D. with Theresa Foy DiGeronimo, M.Ed.
Published: 1994
 
Raising Kids With Just A Little Cash
Author: Lisa Reid
Published: 1996
EP Review: With the intent of cutting living costs, this book is full of activities, games and projects that promote intimacy and cooperation between parent and child.
 
Siblings Without Rivalry: How To Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Too
Authors: Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
Published: 1988
 
Stop Struggling With Your Child
Authors: Evonne Weinhaus and Karen Friedman
Published: 1991
EP Review: Quick-tip discipline techniques.
 
Your Baby and Child: From Birth to Age Five
Author: Penelope Leach
Published: 1997
 
Your Second Mattress Will Last Forever
Author: Bill Corbin
Published: 1996

FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
Choose from the following titles to grow together as a family unit.
 
 
EP Featured Book: Gift From the Sea
Author: Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Published: 1983
EP Review: This classic meditation on balancing family and personal needs is artfully written and an experience to read. Like a week on the beach (which is how it was written), it's refreshing and rejuvenating...and timeless...
A Family of Value
Author: John Rusemond
Published: 1995
 
The Art of Education: Reclaiming Your Family, Community and Self
Author: Linda Dobson
Published: 1995
 
Golden Rules: The Ten Ethical Values Parents Need to Teach Their Children
Author: Wayne Dosick
Published: 1995
 
Grandparent Power: How to Strengthen the Vital Connection Among Grandparents, Parents and Children
Author: Arthur Kornhaber
Published: 1995
 
Home School Manual: Plans, Pointers, Reasons and Resources
Author: Ted Wade.
Published: 1996
 
Home Schooling From Scratch: Single Living - Super Learning
Author: Mary Kenyon
Published: 1996
 
How To Run A Family Business
Authors: Michael Friedmand and Scott Friedman
Published: 1994
Family Communication: The Essential Rules for Improving Communication and Making Your Relationships More Loving, Supportive and Enriching
Author: Sven Wahlrous, Ph.D.
Published: 1995
 
Family Rules: Raising Responsible Children
Author: Kenneth Kaye, Ph.D.
Published: 1984
 
Intimate Worlds: Life Inside the Family
Author: Maggie Scarf
Published: 1995
 
Liberated Parents, Liberated Children: Your Guide to a Happier Family
Authors: Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
Published: 1990
 
Living Out Loud
Author: Anna Quindlen
Published: 1988
EP Review: This collection of the author's "Life in the 30's" syndicated column is delightful and thought-provoking reading for parents working through life's "thirtysomething" issues.
 
Self-Esteem: A Family Affair
Author: Jean Illsley Clarke
Published: 1978
EP Review: Although Amazon.com lists this book as out of print, it's worth putting them on a search for it. Clear, practical and inspiring solutions on how to build self-esteem as an individual and as a family unit.

MARRIAGE
Choose from the following titles to enhance your marital communication.
 
 
EP Featured Book: Honey, I Want to Start My Own Business: A Planning Guide for Couples
Author: Azriela Jaffe
Published: 1996
EP Review: This book is a gift to you and your spouse...use the hands-on guidelines, exercises, personal experience and expert quotes to learn how to live with (and love!) an entrepreneurial spouse.
Genderspeak: Men, Women and the Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense
Author: Suzette Haden Elgin, Ph.D.
Published: 1993
 
The Good Marriage: How and Why Love Lasts
Authors: Judith S. Wallerstein and Sanrda Blakeslee
Published: 1995
EP Review: Author followed 50 happily married couples to find out what a good marriage is all about.
 
The Home Team: How Couples Can Make A Life and A Living Working at Home
Authors: Scott Gregory and Shirley Siluk Gregory
Published: 1998
EP Review: This book equips couples with all the practical guidance and light-hearted humor they'll need to make this work-life option a "home run"!
 
How to Disagree Without Being Disagreeable
Published: 1997
 
How To Work With The One You Love and Live to Tell About It
Authors: Cameron and Donna Partow
Published: 1995
EP Review: From settling on salaries to dividing management duties, this book reveals the traps you could fall into and explains how to avoid them.
 
Love Between Equals: How Peer Marriage Really Works
Author: Pepper Schwartz, Ph.D.
Published: 1995
 
Loving Each Other: The Challenge of Human Relationships
Author: Leo F. Buscaglia, Ph.D.
Published: 1984
 
Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus
Author: John Gray, Ph.D.
Published: 1993
Now That I'm Married, Why Isn't Everything Perfect? The 8 Essential Traits of Couples Who Thrive
Author: Susan Page
Published: 1984
 
Partners at Work and at Home: How Couples Can Build a Successful Business Together Without Killing Each Other
Authors: Annette O'Shea-Roche and Sieglinde Malmberg
Published: 1994
 
Please Understand Me: Character & Temperament Types
Authors: David Kiersey and Marilyn Bates
Published: 1984
EP Review: For some readers, this uncanny book can feel like someone has looked into your soul and said, "Don't worry, you're OK"; for others, it does nothing for them. Worth reading either way, especially if you "just don't get it" when it comes to certain spousal issues.
 
That's Not What I Meant! How Conversational Style Makes or Breaks Relationships
Author: Deborah Tannen, Ph.D.
Published: 1986
 
Who's on Top, Who's on Bottom: How Couples Can Learn to Share Power
Author: Dr. Robert Schwebel
Published: 1994
EP Review: Author follows 11 couples and advises on how partners can diffuse power struggles.
 
You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation
Author: Deborah Tannen, Ph.D.
Published: 1990

HOME/SELF MANAGEMENT
Choose from the following titles to help organize your household (and yourself!).
 
 
EP Featured Book: Confessions of an Organized Homemaker: The Secrets of Uncluttering Your Home & Taking Control of Your Life
Author: Deniece Shofield
Published: 1994
EP Review: Let's face it, if you can't get your household under control, you're going to have a hard time at the helm in your home office! Give yourself (or your favorite EP!) this gift of a book, and get on with your life!! :-)
2-Ingredient Cook Book
Author: Adeline Rosemire
Published: 1996
EP Review: It doesn't have to take much to whip up some home cooking for the kids...
 
4-Ingredient Cookbook
Authors: Marilyn Miech, et al.
Published: 1987
EP Review: Ditto!
 
Bonnie's Household Organizer: The Essential Guide for Getting Control of Your Home
Author: Bonnie Runyan McCullough
Published: 1983
 
Confessions of a Happily Organized Family
Author: Deniece Schofield
Published: 1984
 
Kid Cooperation: How to Stop Yelling, Nagging and Pleading and Get Kids to Cooperate
Author: Elizabeth Pantley
Published: 1996
Mary Ellen's Greatest Hints
Author: Mary Ellen Pinkham
Published: 1990
 
More Work for Mother: The Ironies of Household Technology from the Open Hearth to the Microwave
Author: Ruth Schwartz Cowan
Published: 1985
 
Organize Your Family! Single Routines That Work for You & Your Kids
Author: Ronni Eisenberg
Published: 1993
 
Organize Your Home: Simple Routines for Managing Your Household
Authors: Ronni Eisenberg with Kate Kelly
Published: 1984
 
Streamlining Your Life: A 5-Point Plan for Uncomplicated Living
Author: Stephanie Culp
Published: 1991
 
Working Family's Cookbook
Author: Irena Chalmers
Published: 1990
 
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