Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture, by Ariel Levy. Free Press, 2005.
Freaks, Geeks, and Cool Kids: American Teenagers, Schools, and the Culture of Consumption, by Murray Milner, Jr. Routledge, 2004.
Gender and Education: An Encyclopedia (Vols. 1 & 2), by Barbara J. Bank, ed. Praeger Publishers, 2007.
Gender Play: Girls and Boys in School, by Barrie Thome. Rutgers University Press, 1993.
Getting Through to Difficult Kids and Parents: Uncommon Sense for Child Professionals, by Ron Taffel. Guilford Press, 2004.
The Good Enough Teen: Raising Adolescents with Love and Acceptance, Despite How Impossible They Can Be, by Brad E. Sachs. Harper Paperbacks, 2005.
Goth: Undead Subculture, by Lauren M. E. Goodlad and Michael Bibby, eds. Duke University Press, 2007.
Grassroots: A Field Guide for Feminist Activism, by Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richards. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2005.
The Motivation Breakthrough: 6 Secrets to Turning On the Tuned-Out Child, by Richard Lavoie. Touchstone, 2008.
The Nature of Prejudice: 25th Anniversary, by Gordon W. Allport. Perseus Book Group, 1979.
Nerds: Who They Are and Why We Need More of Them, by David Anderegg. Tarcher, 2007.
Nurturing Good Children Now: 10 Basic Skills to Protect and Strengthen You Child’s Core Self, by Ron Taffel and Melinda Blau. Golden Guides from St. Martin’s Press, 2000.
Parenting by Heart: How to Stay Connected to Your Child in a Disconnected World, by Ron Taffel and Melinda Blau. Da Capo Press, 2002.
The Pecking Order: Which Siblings Succeed and Why, by Dalton Conley. Pantheon, 2004.
The Pressured Child: Helping Your Child Find Success in School and Life, by Michael G. Thompson and Teresa Barker. Ballantine Books, 2005.
Privilege: A Reader, by Michael Kimmel and Abby Ferber. Westview Press, 2003.
Queen Bee Moms and Kingpin Dads: Dealing with the Difficult Parents in Your Child’s Life, by Rosalind Wiseman and Elizabeth Rapoport. Three Rivers Press, 2007.
School Girls: Young Women, Self-Esteem, and the Confidence Gap, by Peggy Orenstein. Doubleday, 1994.
The Second Family: Dealing with Peer Power, Pop Culture, the Wall of Silence, and Other Challenges of Raising Today’s Teen, by Ron Taffel. St. Martin’s Griffin, 2002.
Somebodies and Nobodies: Overcoming the Abuse of Rank, by Robert W. Fuller. New Society Publishers, 2003.
A Tribe Apart: A Journey into the Heart of American Adolescence, by Patricia Hersch. Ballantine Books, 1999.
When Parents Disagree and What You Can Do About It, by Ron Taffel. Guilford Press, 2002.
Worried All the Time: Overparenting in an Age of Anxiety and How to Stop It, by David Anderegg. Free Press, 2003.