NAPPA Parenting Resources: Parenting Young School-Age Children

Gold Award Winners

The Busy Family’s Guide to Volunteering, by Jenny Friedman, Robins Lane Press, 2003; $14.95; www.ghbooks.com, 800-638-0928. Both inspiring and realistic, this comprehensive guide shows families how to get involved in their communities – for the betterment of others and the shared pleasure of doing something good. This book is full of ideas and resources to make tiptoeing into volunteerism an enjoyable part of your family life.

Our Family Meeting Book: Fun and Easy Ways to Manage Time, Build Communication, and Share Responsibility, Week by Week, by Elaine Hightower and Betsy Riley, Free Spirit Publishing, 2002; $16.95; www.freespirit.com, 866-703-7322. The left side of each two-page spread contains a topic (such as Rules, Risk-taking, Forgiveness and Tolerance) to use as a theme of the week, a few ideas to get your family talking, and then space to list “accomplishments, expectations, family matters” for the week. The right side is a weekly planner, a great family memento when the year’s done.


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