Parents + Caregivers
Tools for Parents
These resources are compiled as a means to quickly identify potential resources which may be helpful to you for the care and safety of your children. Children’s Cove and Barnstable County does not specifically recommend the purchase or use of any particular produce and has no vested investment in any products, goods or services.
Online Reading Resources
National Traumatic Stress Network
National Children’s Advocacy Center
KidsHealth for Parents
NetSmart for Parents
Online Monitoring Tools
Some of these programs and applications cost money.
Teen Safe
Phone Sheriff
Net Nanny
Secure Teen
Norton
Suggested Reading for Parents
These books are only suggestions. Parents are strongly encouraged to read each book before deciding to give them to your children.
Adams, C. and Fay, J. (1995). “Helping Your Child Recover from Sexual Abuse.”
Seattle: University of Washington Press
Alexander, D. (1999). “Children Changed by Trauma: A Healing Guide.”
New Harbinger Publications
Bear, D. (1988). “Adults Molested As Children: A Survivor’s Manual for Women and Men.”
Safer Society Press
Brohl, K. (2004). “When Your Child Has Been Molested.”
Jossey-Bass
Byerly, C. (1992). “The Mother’s Book.”
Iowa: Kendal/Hunt Publishing Co.
Davies, V. (1997). “Betrayal of Trust:
Understanding and Overcoming the Legacy of Childhood Sexual Abuse.”
Ashgrove Publishing Ltd
Hooper, C. (1992). “Mother Surviving Child Sexual Abuse.”
Routledge
Mars, B. (1999). “Bobbie’s Story: A Guide for Foster Parents.”
Child Welfare League of Amer
Schaefer, K. (1993). “What Only a Mother Can Tell You About Child Sexual Abuse.”
Child Welfare League