Resources

BOOKS

Classics

Alfred Adler     The Education of Children
                      Understanding Human Nature

Rudolf Dreikurs    Children: The Challenge

John Holt           How Children Learn
                        How Children Fail

A. S. Neill         Summerhill School: A New View of Childhood

Bertrand Russell    On Education
                            In Praise of Idleness

William Wordsworth    Ode: Intimations Of Immortality

General

Peter Breggin            The War Against Children Of Color
                                Reclaiming Our Children

Lawrence Diller          The Last Normal Child

John Taylor Gatto        Dumbing Us Down
                                  Weapons of Mass Instruction
                                 The Underground History of American Education

Alfie Kohn                  The Homework Myth
                                 Unconditional Parenting

Madeline Levine          The Price of Privilege

Jane Nelsen                Positive Discipline

Joel Turtel                   Public School, Public Menace

Boys

Steve Biddulph        Raising Boys

Michael Thompson    Raising Cain

Leonard Sax            Boys Adrift

Peg Tyre                The Trouble With Boys

Richard Whitmire    Why Boys Fail

Temperament

William B. Carey        Understanding Your Child's Temperament

Jan Kristal                The Temperament Perspective

Helen Neville            Temperament Tools

ADHD, etc.

Thomas Armstrong        The Myth of the ADD Child

Peter Breggin                Talking Back to Ritalin

Bob Collier                    How the American Psychiatric Association Tried to Scam Me and What I Did About It

Lawrence Diller            Should I Medicate My Child?
                                  Running On Ritalin

John Rosemond           The Diseasing Of America's Children
and Bose Ravenel

Bullying

Anti-bullying books for kids

WEBSITES

Boys

PBS Parents: Raising Boys

Boys Project

Boys and Schools

Children's Rights

UNICEF:        Teaching About Children's Rights
                     Rights Respecting Schools
                     UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

Education

Instructables
Share what you make

Lynda.com
Online software training

Organizations

International Mothers and Mothering Network
The International Mothers and Mothering Network is a global consortium of over 80 motherhood organizations. IMMN's focus, in particular, is on progressive mothers groups - mothers from the global south, mothers in poverty, mothers who are activists, mothers with disabilities, welfare mothers, grandmother caregivers and others, who are vested in feminist perspectives on maternal well-being, health; including but not limited to, safety, freedom of expression, equal rights, benefits for families and caregivers and support for organizations that encourage a platform for continued pragmatic change-work.

Child Rights Information Netowrk
CRIN envisions a world in which every child enjoys all of the human rights promised by the United Nations, regional organisations, and national governments alike.

Commercial-Free Childhood
Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood (CCFC) is a national coalition of health care professionals, educators, advocacy groups, parents, and individuals who care about children. CCFC is the only national organization devoted to limiting the impact of commercial culture on children. CCFC’s mission is to reclaim childhood from corporate marketers.

Bullying

www.bullying.org

National School Safety Center

Bullying Prevention and Intervention

Cyberbullying