Parenting Resources

Birmingham Bloomfield Community Coalition (Website)
The Birmingham Bloomfield Community Coalition’s (BBCC) mission is to raise awareness and mobilize the entire community to prevent the abuse of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs, with a primary focus on youth.

The Collapse of Parenting, Girls on the Edge, Boys Adrift and Why Gender Matters by Leonard Sax, MD PhD (Website)
Physician, psychologist, and author, Dr. Sax is an expert on child and adolescent development. Dr. Sax presented “Beyond Resilience” at the Academy of the Sacred Heart. View the event supplement, including links to the research referenced, here.

Common Sense Media (Website)
Helps families make smart decisions in a world of media and technology. Includes material on Device-Free Dinners.

Erika’s Lighthouse (Website)
Educates communities about teen depression, eliminates the stigma associated with mental illness, and empowers teens to take charge of their mental health.

How to Raise Successful Kids (TED Talk)
Julie Lythcott-Haims explains how loading kids with high expectations and micromanaging their lives may not actually help them succeed.

NetSmartz (Website)
Provides age-appropriate resources to help teach children how to be safer online.

The Spiritual Child by Lisa Miller, PhD (Website)
In The Spiritual Child, psychologist Lisa Miller presents the science and power of spirituality as a resource for children’s well-being.