Attachment in the Young Child. Kinship Center, $85.95 DVD format

This video presents ways to increase attachment between a new caregiver and a child who has experienced early childhood neglect, separation or loss. Expert presenters describe the effects of separation and outline specific techniques for attachment-based parenting.

Common Sense Parenting of Toddlers and Preschoolers: Handling the Day-to-Day Challenges of Parenting Young Children Ages Two to Five, CD Set. Steven York & Bridget Barnes, $22.95 Audio CD format, 3 discs

Common Sense Parenting of Toddlers and Preschoolers explains how to calm temper tantrums, stay calm yourself, use time out effectively, and teach your toddler better ways of behaving. The audio book explains the developmental milestones to watch for in young children so parents can set reasonable expectations for their behavior. Learn to balance nurturing behaviors that demonstrate your love and affection with the discipline that all children need to learn and thrive.

Common Sense Parenting: Using Your Head as Well as Your Heart to Raise School-Aged Children, CD Set. Ray Burke, Ron Herron & Bridget Barnes, $24.95 Audio CD format, 5 discs

This audio book helps parents of children ages six to sixteen facing a myriad of family challenges. It provides you with a menu of proven parenting techniques that build good family relationships, prevent and correct misbehavior, use consequences to improve behavior, teach self-control, and help you and your child stay calm in emotionally intense situations.

Common Sense Parenting Volume 1: Building Relationships DVD. Produced by the Common Sense Parenting Program at Girls and Boys Town, $46.95 (DVD format, 25 minutes)

Having warm, close relationships with your children makes raising them the most rewarding effort you may ever undertake. Love, trust, and good feelings between parent and child are like a bank account you can draw on when you must discipline or correct a child's misbehavior. The more positive your relationship is, the more likely it is that your child will listen to you and try harder to please you.

This DVD explores several practical and proven ways to build a better relationship. Learn how to create predictable family routines that help children feel secure, and establish meaningful traditions that they will want to carry on into the next generation.

Common Sense Parenting Volume 2: Teaching Children Self-Control DVD. Produced by the Common Sense Parenting Program at Girls and Boys Town, $46.95 (DVD format, 25 minutes)

What's a parent to do when a child blows up, throws a temper tantrum, or freezes you out with the uncooperative, silent treatment? Teaching children how to stay in control when they are frustrated or angry is a difficult parenting challenge. This video gives you the tools to handle emotionally intense situations with your child.

Common Sense Parenting Volume 3: Preventing Problem Behavior. Boys Town Press, $46.95 (DVD format, 28 minutes)

On this DVD, you'll see the Common Sense Parenting technique of Preventive Teaching, showing children what they need to do and say in a future situation and practicing it in advance. The key to preventing problems is teaching before a potential problem situation occurs, when both you and your child are calm. Preparing children by helping them learn social and life skills not only helps prevent disruptive behavior but can also save them from experiencing awkward, embarrassing, or even dangerous situations.

Also available:

Common Sense Parenting Volume 4: Correcting Behavior. Boys Town Press, $46.95 DVD format, 30 minutes

Common Sense Parenting Volume 5: Teaching Kids to Make Good Decisions. Boys Town Press, $46.95 DVD format, 31 minutes

Common Sense Parenting Volume 6: Helping Kids Succeed in School. Boys Town Press, $46.95 DVD format, 27 minutes

Motivate dads to be an integral part of their children's lives from pregnancy on! Made specifically for fathers, this new research-based series will give dads the confidence and skills to parent in their own unique "dad" way, benefiting the child's healthy development as well as the parents' relationship. Featuring real dads, candid comments and practical tips, The Dad Difference will inspire all fathers to become more connected with their children.

Volume 1 (35 minutes) Baby Basics is divided into five easy to view sections: why dads are essential, the pregnant father, labor and birth, emotions and baby care.

Volume 2 (30 minutes) Involved from the Start is divided into six easy to view sections: child development, positive discipline, taking care of yourself, relating, work and family and single fatherhood.

Great Siblings: a Sibling Preparation Film for Preschoolers. 1x Around Productions. $15.95 DVD format (12 minutes)

Great Siblings provides young children with a wonderful introduction to becoming an older sibling. Two short films, Victoria and Sebastian Visit a Baby and How a Baby Grows help children learn about how a baby is cared for, how a baby eats and plays, and how big brothers and sisters can help.

The Heart of Learning: Unlocking the Key to Every Child's Potential. Ken Murch Productions. DVD, 28 minutes $34.99

Following children through five stages of their early development, this DVD/video looks at the challenges several diverse families face raising their children, and how they work to provide an environment in which their children can thrive.

How to Talk So Teens Will Listen and Listen So Teens Will Talk. Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish, CD format, $24.95 (3.5 hours)

The renowned #1 New York Times bestselling authors share their advice and expertise with parents and tens in this accessible, indispensable guide to surviving adolescence. Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish transformed parenting with their breakthrough, bestselling books Siblings Without Rivalry and How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk. Now, they return with this essential guide that tackles the tough issues teens and parents face today. Filled with straightforward advice and written in their trademark, down-to-earth style sure to appeal to both parents and teens, this all-new volume offers both innovative, easy-to-implement suggestions and proven techniques to build the foundation for lasting relationships. From curfews and cliques to sex and drugs, it gives parents the tools to help their children safely navigate the often stormy years of adolescence.

Making Grace. A Film by Catherine Gund. $27.95 DVD (86 minutes)

Ann and Leslie wanted to be mothers. They had everything … but sperm.

This captivating documentary follows their journey of creating a family — from selecting a sperm donor and deciding who will carry the baby, to prenatal classes, baby showers and the challenges and joys of motherhood.

The New Speaking of Sex: What Your Children Need to Know and When They Need to Know It. Meg Hickling, $24.95 DVD format

This 2-DVD set (4 hours total) is perfect for parents and grandparents who want easy access to Meg Hickling’s amazing, age-appropriate sexual health presentations, as their children grow and mature. Children, too, will enjoy watching Meg discuss babies and body science with their parents in the safety and privacy of their own home.  Each disk in the set contains two presentations:

Disk 1: Part 1/ Parents and Grandparents; Part 2/ Primaries (Grades 1–3)

Disk 2: Part 1/ Intermediates (Grades 4–7); Part 2/ Teens (Grades 7–12)

Also available: The New Speaking of Sex: What Your Children Need to Know and When They Need to Know It. Meg Hickling, $19.95 (book)

1-2-3 Magic: Managing Difficult Behavior in Children 2 - 12. Thomas Phelan, DVD $45.95

New and revised. Phelan has created an easy-to-follow program for families and educators, offering practical techniques for disciplining children without yelling, arguing or spanking.

Parent Power! Lost and Found: Ten Small Steps to Reclaiming Our Families. Maggie Mamen, $26.50 DVD, 96 minutes

In this engaging DVD child psychologist Maggie Mamen looks at the difficulty many parents have in establishing a sense of leadership within their own home.  Based on live presentations to parents of children of all ages, Mamen shows viewers how to take some simple steps to restoring a sense of balance and harmony at home.

Parenting with Humor. Loretta LaRoche, $22.95 DVD format

Designed to promote the concept that parenting is a serious job, but you can do it and take yourself lightly.

The Potty Movie for Boys. Alyssa Satin Capucilli & Dorothy Stott, $17.99 (DVD format, 30 minutes)

The Potty Movie for Girls. Alyssa Satin Capucilli & Dorothy Stott, $17.99 (DVD format, 30 minutes)

Safety Starts at Home: the Essential Childproofing Guide. InJoy Productions, DVD $39.95 Note: InJoy DVDs are sold for Home Use Only; and for sale only within Canada. All other users can contact Parentbooks for more information

This comprehensive DVD demonstrates proven childproofing techniques and accident-prevention strategies. Chapters include: • The Safe Baby • Choking, Suffocation, and Strangulation Hazards • Poison Patrol • Burn Hazards • Drowning Prevention • Fire Safety • Preparing for Emergencies

Sibling Silly DVD . INJOY Videos, $49.99 (13 minutes) Note: InJoy DVDs are sold for Home Use Only; and for sale only within Canada. All other users can contact Parentbooks for more information

Prepare young children for their new brothers and sisters and teach them positive sibling skills with this video package. A truly unique sibling preparation program, Sibling Silly uses funny characters, animation, original songs, and true sibling stories to teach children about the special contributions they can make as big brothers and sisters.

Strategies for Effective Parenting: Framework of Limits. Alison Rees & Paul Abra, $15.98 (CD, 45 minutes)

Do you find yourself feeling confused when it comes to discipline issues? Do you wonder if you are effectively teaching responsibility to your children? Does your child feel good about who they are and their accomplishments? This CD was created to take the guesswork out of parenting and help parents with these issues and more. This easy-to-follow CD has six separate segments that allow parents to work through the various concepts at their own pace:

• Framework of Limits: Safety, Responsibility, Respect and Values
• The Four Levels of Responsibility: Parents can consciously teach children to take on responsibility as they mature
• Safety: How do parents teach and reinforce safety limits?
• Responsibility: How can parents avoid power struggles when it comes to household chores and other areas of responsibility?
• Respect: How do parents teach their child to respect and care for others?
• Values: How can parents pass on important values to their children?

10 Things: Adopted Teens Speak Out. Kinship Center, $50.95 DVD format, 60 minutes

Watch and listen to the original words and thoughts of adopted teens, addressed to the adults in their lives. This is an emotional journey into the unique insights and feelings of adopted teenagers. The concept and content was developed by an adopted teens group as a project for their parents at an annual intensive adoptive family camp. While powerful and thought provoking, it is certain to prompt discussion whether used with parents, teens or professionals.

10 Things: Adoption Search & Reunion. Kinship Center, $50.95 DVD format, 59 minutes

This video presents ten things to consider in an adoption search and reunion. The process is an emotional journey that can take many unexpected twists and turns. The moderator, Sharon Roszia, is a nationally known adoption and permanency expert and trainer. Sharon shares her insights and lessons learned while highlighting the personal stories of an adult adoptee and a birth mother.

10 Things Your Child Needs Every Day, DVD. Kinship Center, $26.95 (15 minutes)

All children have basic social, emotional and attachment needs that a parent must learn to be aware of and respond to. The quality of the parent-child relationship is critical to healthy child development. In this unique DVD, parents will learn what their children really need in order to feel safe, valued and deeply connected.

Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason, DVD. Alfie Kohn, $28.95 (2 hours, DVD format only)

Based on his most recent book, Unconditional Parenting is an eye-opening, paradigm-shattering presentation to a live audience by an entertaining and passionate speaker. Kohn's knack for blending stories and studies has the effect of making complicated concepts easy to understand - and controversial ideas impossible to ignore.

Winning at Parenting... Without Beating Your Kids. Barbara Coloroso, audio CD $16.95; DVD $27.95

Based on the philosophies of her highly acclaimed book Kids are Worth It!, Barbara Coloroso presents a positive and humorous approach to chores, discipline, mealtime, rebellion, sibling rivalry, and sex education.