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Parenting

The 7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens, (2005) Sean Covey

You're A Better Parent than You Think, (1985) Dr. Ray Guarendi

Good Discipline, Great Teens, (2007) Dr. Ray Guarendi

Discipline That Lasts a Lifetime, (2003) Dr. Ray Guarendi

Keeping Your Kids Grounded When You're Flying by the Seat of Your Pants, (1999) Tim Jordan MD and Sally Tippett Rains

Building Better Families, (2008) Matthew Kelly

The Price of Privilege, (2006) Madeline Levine

Raising Girls                      

Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters, (2006) Meg Meeker, MD

Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls, (1994) Mary Pipher

Queen Bees and Wannabees: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends and the New Realities of Girl World (2009) Rosalind Wiseman


 Raising Boys

Bringing Up Boys Practical Advice and Encouragement for Those Shaping the Next Generation of Men, (2001), Dr. James C. Dobson

Boys to Men: The Transforming Power of Virtue, (2001), Curtis Martin

 
Chastity, Abstinence and Sex

If You Really Loved Me, (2003), Jason Evert

Love and Life, Coleen Kelly Mast- Parent and Student editions

Epidemic: How Teen Sex Is Killing Our Kids, (2002), Meg Meeker, MD

Sex Has a Price Tag, (2003), Pam Stenzel

A Case for Chastity, (2003) Peter Vlahutin and Heather Gallagher Vento

Good News About Sex and Marriage, (2004), Christopher West

 

 Spiritual/Inspirational

The New Faithful, (2002) Colleen Carroll Campbell

The Art of Affirmation, (2006), Robert Furey

Called by Name, (1996) Robert Furey

Rediscovering Catholicism, (2010) Matthew Kelly

Letters to a Young Catholic, (2004), George Weigel

College Concerns

Letting Go: A Parents' Guide to Understanding the College Years, (2003) Karen Coburn and Madge Lawrence Treeger

College Admissions Together: It Takes a Family, (2007) D. R. Goodman

Professors Guide to Getting Good Grades in College, (2006) Lynn Jacobs and Jeremy Hyman

Winning the Heart of the Admissions Dean, (2005) Joyce Mitchell

Colleges That Change Lives, (2006) Loren Pope