Special Needs/Mental Health

A Disease Called Childhood: Why ADHD Became an American Epidemic by Marilyn Wedge (Avery, Mar.)

Reset Your Child’s Brain: A Four-Week Plan to End Meltdowns, Raise Grades, and Boost Social Skills by Reversing the Effects of Electronic Screen-Time by Victoria L. Dunckley (New World Library, Mar.)

You and Your Child’s Psychotherapy by Michael O. Wiener and Les Gallo-Silver (Oxford Univ., May)

Not What I Expected: Help and Hope for Parents of Atypical Children by Rita Eichenstein (Perigee, Apr.)

The Impulsive, Disorganized Child: Solutions for Parenting Kids with Executive Functioning Difficulties by James W. Forgan and Mary Anne Richey (Prufrock, Apr.)

Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism by Barry M. Prizant (Simon & Schuster, Aug.)

The Parent’s Autism Sourcebook: A Comprehensive Guide to Screenings, Treatments, Services, and Organizations ed. by Tony Lyons (Skyhorse, Mar.)

Going Solo While Raising Children with Disabilities by Laura Marshak (Woodbine, May)

Beating Autism: How Alternative Medicine Cured My Child by Anne M. Evans (West River, Jun.)

Memoir/Essay/Humor

Girl in Glass: How My “Distressed Baby” Defied the Odds, Shamed a CEO, and Taught Me the Essence of Love, Heartbreak, and Miracles by Deanna Fei (Bloomsbury, Jul.)

Hope and Other Luxuries: A Mother’s Life with a Daughter’s Anorexia by Clare B. Dunkle (Chronicle, Mar.)

Daddy, Stop Talking: And Other Things My Kids Want but Won’t Be Getting by Adam Carolla (Morrow, May)

Listen to Your Mother: What She Says Then, What We’re Saying Now ed. by Ann Imig (Putnam, Apr.)

Doodle Diary of a New Mom: An Illustrated Journey Through One Mommy’s First Year by Lucy Scott (Running Press, Apr.)

Unlocked: A Family Emerging from the Shadows of Autism by Susan Levin (Skyhorse, Mar.)

Gummi Bears Should Not Be Organic: And Other Opinions I Can’t Back Up With Facts by Stefanie Wilder-Taylor (S&S/Gallery, Apr 7.)

Child, Please: How Mama’s Old-School Lessons Helped Me Check Myself Before I Wrecked Myself by Ylonda Gault Caviness (Tarcher, May)

Child Development/General Advice

Raising Kids to Thrive: Balancing Love with Expectations and Protection with Trust by Kenneth R. Ginsburg (American Academy of Pediatrics, Mar.)

Eat, Play, Sleep by Luiza DeSouza (Atria, Feb.)

The Soul of Discipline: The Simplicity Parenting Approach to Warm, Firm, and Calm Guidance—from Toddlers to Teens by Kim John Payne (Ballantine, Jun.)

Straight Talk on Parenting: A No-Nonsense Approach for How to Grow a Grownup by Vicki Hoefle (Bibliomotion, Apr.)

Think Like a Baby: 33 Simple Research Experiments You Can Do at Home to Better Understand Your Child’s Developing Mind by Amber Ankowski and Andy Ankowski (Chicago Review, Apr.)

Avoiding the Picky Eater Trap: Your Guide to Raising Adventurous Eaters in a Chicken Nugget World by Nimali Fernando and Melanie Potock (The Experiment, Aug.)

The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed by Jessica Lahey (Harper, Aug.)

How to Raise a Wild Child: The Art and Science of Falling in Love with Nature by Scott D. Sampson (HMH, Mar.)

How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid For Success by Julie Lythcott-Haims (Holt, Jun.)

Creating Capable Kids: Twelve Strategies That Will Elevate Kids in School and Life by Bruce Howlett and Caitlin Howlett (New Horizons, May)

Raising the Shy Child: A Parent’s Guide to Social Anxiety by Christine Fonseca (Prufrock, Mar.)

Teaching Kids to Think: Raising Confident, Independent, and Thoughtful Children in an Age of Instant Gratification by Darlene Sweetland and Ron Stolberg (Sourcebooks, Mar.)

The Spiritual Child: The New Science on Parenting for Health and Lifelong Thriving by Lisa Miller (St. Martin’s, May)

Family Dynamics

Peaceful Parent, Happy Siblings: How to Stop the Fighting and Raise Friends for Life by Laura Markham (Perigee, May)

When Parents Part: How Mothers and Fathers Can Help Their Children Deal with Separation and Divorce by Penelope Leach (Knopf, May)

Blended: Writers on the Stepfamily Experience ed. by Samantha Waltz (Seal, Apr.)

All In: How Our Work-First Culture Fails Dads, Families, and Businesses—and How We Can Fix It Together by Josh Levs (HarperOne, May)

The Parent-Child Dance: Strategies and Techniques for Staying One Step Ahead by Ronald A. Kotkin and Aubrey H. Fine (Skyhorse, Jun.)

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