1. "HELP! I have children!" - by Sarah Chana Radcliffe.

Parents are on the journey of a lifetime - one full of joys and pleasures as well as fears and stress. Here is a companion for the ride. Help! I Have Children is full of practical solutions to everyday parenting dilemmas and offers a map for the bigger parenting picture too. With this companion, parents can gain the cooperation of their children in a less-stress fashion, all the while building closeness, love and respect. Special steps are offered to make discipline simple, gentle and highly effective, when it is required. More importantly, steps are offered to help reduce the need for discipline altogether.

2. "The Other Parent" - by James P. Steyer and Chelsea Clinton.

Kids must have special rules. It is more than naive to pretend that the market alone will protect them. We recognize this in virtually every sphere of life. Yet in the media, we have stripped away the very rules created to protect them, leaving them almost entirely to the profit-driven manipulations of the free market.

3. "The Bully, the Bullied, and the Bystander: Breaking the Cycle of Violence" - by Barbara Coloroso.

4. "How to Talk so that Kids will Listen and Listen so Kids will Talk" - by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish.

This book is an excellent communication tool kit based on a series of workshops developed by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish. It provides e a step-by-step approach to improving relationships in your house. The "Reminder" pages, helpful cartoon illustrations, and excellent exercises will improve your ability as a parent to talk and problem-solve with your children.

6. "Kids are Worth It!: Giving Your Child the Gift of Inner Discipline" - by Barbara Coloroso.

Barbara Coloroso's powerful message is that good parenting begins with treating kids with respect. It means giving them a sense of power in their own lives, and offering them opportunities to make decisions, take responsibility for their actions, and learn from their own successes and mistakes.

7. "123 Magic - Effective Discipline for children 2-12" - by Thomas W. Phelan.

Phelan's simple, effective child-management program enables parents to discipline children, ages 2 to 12, by instituting a system of counting and time-outs, delivered straightforwardly and unemotionally. How the regimen is used to stop undesirable behavior, stimulate desirable conduct, and cope with children's testing is conveyed in Phelan's candid style, filled with common sense, concrete examples, and lots of reassuring humor.

8. "Positive Parenting" - by Rabbi Twerski.

9. "Raising Children To Care: A Jewish Guide To Childrearing" - by Miriam Adahan.

10. "To Kindle a Soul" - by Rabbi Lawrence Keleman.

Rabbi Keleman provides you with tools you can use to effectively handle misbehaviour, while at the same time helping children develop security and self-esteem.

11. "The Blessing of a Skinned Knee - Using Jewish Teachings to Raise Self-Reliant Children" - by Wendy Mogel.

12 . "My Disciple, My Child" - by Rabbi Noach Orlowek.

A practical, torah-based guide to successful discipline in the classroom.

13. "How to Raise a Rose amongst The Thorns" - by Rabbi Noach Orlowek.

14. "The Happy Family: Restoring the 11 Essential Elements That Make Families Work" - by Linda & Richard Eyre.

Linda and Richard Eyre argue that the social problems that are ravishing America - family break-ups, escalating substance abuse, teen pregnancy - are the unfortunate result of hearts and minds turned away from the essentials of parenting, marriage and families. In this landmark work, the Eyres help parents to understand what is happening to their families and why parenting is so difficult today.

15."Make Me Don't Break Me" - by Moshe Gans.

16. "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families" - by Stephen Covey.

What is 'effectiveness' in a family?" asks author Steven R. Covey. He promptly answers with four words: "a beautiful family culture." Covey is the father of nine children. Covey suggests writing a family mission statement, implementing special family times and "one-on-ones," holding regular family meetings, and making the commitment to move from "me" to "we" as techniques to improve family effectiveness. Covey has created a book with something for all parents interested in enhancing the strength and beauty of their own families.