Parenting Resources

Part of the WorkLife Office (WLO) mission is to support Stanford community members in all stages of family life. The professional staff at the WLO have training and experience in human and child development, from family planning through adolescence and young adulthood. If we don't have the information or resources, it is our commitment to find them for you. Staff are available for individual appointments or small group presentations on family related issues.

The WLO offers quarterly Brown Bag Seminars on central campus. Seminars are available as on-site presentations at SLAC and the Medical School for employees working in those areas.

Some of the topics and/or materials available are listed below:

• Palo Alto public and private school information
• Summer camps and programs - on campus and in nearby communities
• Support for single parents
• Parenting classes - birth through adolescence
• Parenting Help & Hot lines
• Prenatal and childbirth resources
• Adoption resources
• Resources for new fathers
• Resources for grandparents
• Support groups for families of children with special needs
• Support for breastfeeding mothers
• Where to go for maternity clothes and used baby furniture
• Parenting books and videos available for loan
• Resources for pregnant teens
• Dealing with grief and the young child
• Support during separation and divorce

LENDING LIBRARY

Here is a sampling of our library titles; a full bibliography is available at the WorkLife Office:

Adoption

• Adopt International
• Did My First Mother Love Me?
• How To Adopt A Child
• Open Adoption
• Parents, Pregnant Teens and Adoption
• Talking With Young Children About Adoption

Child Development

• All Dressed Up and Nowhere To Go (adolescence)
• Caring for your School-Age Child 5-12
• Free to be a Family
• From Baby to Toddler
• Miseducation: Preschoolers at Risk
• Normal Children Have Problems Too
• Reviving Ophelia
• The Challenging Child
• The Hurried Child (School Age)
• Your Nine Year Old (and One through Eight Year Old)
• Teen Dads

Parenting and Step-Parenting

• 300 Questions Parents Ask
• 365 TV-Free Activities
• A Better World for Our Children
• Discipline Without Tears
• Discover the World
• Finding Time for Fathering
• He Hit Me First (Sibling Rivalry)
• Making It As A Stepparent
• Strengthening Your Stepfamily
• Teaching Your Children Values

Other topics covered in the library include:

• Children's play
• Grandparenting
• Autistic children
• Preparing for childbirth
• Birthing
• Divorce
• Grief in young children

Books can be sent to you and returned via campus mail or you are welcome to come and browse.

» Directions

Call the office at 723-2660 for more information.