Parenting Issues

Attention Parents and Caregivers!

The Santa Monica Public Library offers a parenting collection which includes an outstanding array of materials on general parenting, family and health issues, and education and learning topics. The collection includes therapeutic books that support children needing to process difficult personal events that are painful, confusing, or overwhelming.

The parenting collection is housed in a special section of the Main Library’s Children’s Department. For more information, please visit our Parenting Resources @ SMPL page.

Parenting Bibliographies

Topics Covered in Parenting Collection

Family Changes

Family Variety

Emergent Literacy

  • Coping with death of a loved one
  • Living with single or gay parents
  • Adoption
  • Divorce
  • Coping with Feelings
  • Illness
  • Physical Limitations
  • Sibling rivalry
  • Nighttime fears
  • Bullying
  • Building confidence, courage and hope
  • Teaching tolerance