Books

• Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls—Mary Pipher
• Self-Esteem: A Proven Program of Cognitive Techniques for Assessing, Improving, and Maintaining Your Self-Esteem—Matthew McKay, Patrick Fanning
• Helping Your Anxious Child--Rapee, Spence, Cobham & Wignall
• Don't Panic--R. Wilson
• Stop Obsessing--E. Foa & R. Wilson
• Why Zebras Don't get Ulcers--R. Sapolsky
• Shadow Syndromes--J. Ratey & C. Johnson

Websites

Information about anxiety and panic disorders from the National Institute of Mental Health

Dowloadable article about low-esteem in children from Iowa State University Extension (.pdf format, requires Acrobat reader)

Self-esteem information and support from the National Association for Self-Esteem

Advice on strengthening children’s self-esteem from KidSource Online