Resources, Catalogs and Free e-Books
Catalogs
Are you on the lookout for new, helpful parenting resources? Boys Town's publishing division, the Boys Town Press, has books, videos, and other materials for parents of toddlers through teens. Some of our titles are:
- Common Sense Parenting
- Common Sense Parenting of Toddlers and Preschoolers
- Parenting to Build Character in Your Teen
- Common Sense Parenting Learn-at-Home Video Kit
Click here to browse our complete catalog. You can order online too!
Common Sense Parenting Classes
Common Sense Parenting® (CSP) is a practical, skill-based parenting program that can be applied to every family. The program’s logical strategies and easy-to-learn techniques address issues of communication, discipline, decision making, relationships, self-control and school success. These classes incorporate proven methods that were researched and developed at Boys Town, and are used in all Boys Town youth care programs. Each skill and technique parents learn can be adapted and applied to any home environment and will help build and reinforce healthy family relationships.
FREE Parenting Downloads, e-Booklet
& e-Book - Get Help, Tips & Advice
To download your free copies of the e-Booklets, "What Every Parent Should Know" and "Rules for Unruly Children", please click on the links below.
What Every Parent Should Know
What Every Parent Should Know, from Boys Town, offers facts on dangers affecting today's youth. Whether you're a mom or dad looking for assurance or struggling to keep your kids free from trouble, this compact guide puts proven solutions at your fingertips.
Concise and easy-to-read, this booklet outlines the warning signs of kids who abuse drugs and alcohol, feel depressed or suicidal, are overly influenced by peers, confused by sex, involved in gang activity, are prone to self-injury, distressed by divorce, suffer eating disorders, and lack the values and the skills to set appropriate boundaries, solve problems, or build relationships.
Also available in Spanish.
If you need several copies of the printed booklet What Every Parent Should Know, quantity discounts are available. Order booklet here
Rules for Unruly Children
Rules for Unruly Children, written by Richard L. Munger for use by Boys Town, is meant to change your child's problem behavior as quickly as possible, using simple techniques that will work with most children. This book offers parenting approaches that:
- can be learned quickly
- can be used immediately
- give quick results
- work with most problem behaviors
Download the free book and begin to change your child's behavior.