Parent's Reading List

These are recommended readings by previous LRMS PTA speakers and the books can be checked out from the LRMS media center's Parent's Reading Shelf.

ADD/ADHD
1. The Parent's Guide to Attention Deficit Disorder
2. Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with ADD from Childhood through Adulthood
3. Attention Deficit Disorder: A Different Perception
4. Putting on the Brakes: Young People's Guide to Understanding ADHD
5. Putting on the Brakes: Activity Book for Young People with ADHD
6. Helping Your Hyperactive/Attention Deficit Child
7. Maybe You Know My Teen: A Parent's Guide to Helping Your Adolescent with ADHD

Other Educational Issues
1. Keys to Reengaging Families in the Education of Young Adolescents
2. To Read or Not to Read: Answers to All Your Questions About Dyslexia

Parenting and Relationships
1. The Wonder of Boys
2. Raising Your Spirited Child
3. The Explosive Child
4. Get Out of My Life, But First Could You Drive Me and Cheryl to the Mall?
5. Relief for Hurting Parents: How to Fight for the Lives of Teenagers
6. Surviving Your Adolescents
7. Living With a Work in Progress: A Parent's Guide to Surviving Adolescence
8. Our Last Best Shot - Guiding Our Children Through Early Adolescence
9. Don't Stop Loving Me: A Reassuring Guide for Mothers of Adolescent Daughters
10.Ten Talks Parents Must Have with Their Children About

Drugs and Choices
11. Keys to Parenting Your Teenager
12. Kids, Parents and Power Struggles: Winning for a Lifetime
13. What Kids Need to Succeed
14. The Cornucopia Kids: Giving Children Too Much May be Giving Too Little

Health Issues/Decision Making
1. But I'm Almost 13: An Action Plan for Raising Responsible Adolescents
2. Raising a Thinking Preteen
3. Overcoming Teen Depression: A Guide for Parents
4. Healthy Teens: Facing the Challenges of Young Lives
5. Change Your Brain Change Your Life

Middle School Issues
1. The Middle School Years
2. The Roller Coaster Years: Raising Your Child Through the Maddening Yet Magical Middle School Years
3. Too Old For This, Too Young for That! Your Survival Guide for Middle School Years