Additional Resources

Becoming A Parent

Books

Titles marked with an asterisk are on the API Bibliography dated March, 2006.

• *25 Things Every New Mother Should Know (1995) by Martha Sears, William Sears
• *Becoming a Father: How to Nurture and Enjoy Your Family by William Sears, Gwen Gotsch
• Child of Mine: Original Essays on Becoming a Mother by Christina Baker Kline (Editor) 
• *Covering Home: Lessons on the Art of Fathering from the Game of Baseball (2003) by Jack Petrash
• *Every Child's Birthright: In Defense of Mothering (1977) by Selma Fraiberg
• Fathering Daughters: Reflections by Men by Dewitt Henry (Editor), James Alan McPherson (Editor)
• *Fathering Right from the Start: Straight Talk About Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond (Pregnant Fathers) (2001) by Jack Heinowitz , Wade F. Horn
• Fathering: Strengthening Connection With Your Children No Matter Where You Are by Will Glennon 
• *The Hidden Feelings of Motherhood (2005) by Kathleen A. Kendall-Tackett
• Hip Mama Survival Guide: Advice from the Trenches on Pregnancy, Childbirth, Cool Names, Clueless Doctors, Potty Training and Toddler Avengers by Ariel Gore
• *Home by Choice: Raising Emotionally Secure Children in an Insecure World (2000) by Brenda Hunter
• Mask of Motherhood: How Becoming a Mother Changes Our Lives and Why We Never Talk About It by Susan Maushart
• Mother Trip: Hip Mama's Guide to Staying Sane in the Chaos of Motherhood by Ariel Gore 
• Mothers Who Think: Tales of Real-Life Parenthood by Camille Peri (Editor), Kate Moses (Editor) 
• Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year by Anne Lamott 
• *Ourselves As Mothers: The Universal Experience of Motherhood (1994) by Sheila Kitzinger
• *Sequencing: A New Solution for Women Who Want Marriage, Career and Family by Arlene R. Cardozo 
• *This Isn't What I Expected (1994) by Karen Kleiman , Valerie Raskin
• *The Year After Childbirth (1996) by Sheila Kitzinger

Note: Inclusion on this page does not imply API endorsement or affiliation with the above organizations or authors. While these resources contain valuable information, they may also include some passages that do not follow Attachment Parenting philosophy.  Please use your own discretion in reading these resources or any parenting philosophy. 8/27/06