Basic Books

Boys Adrift: The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys (Sept., $25) by Leonard Sax, M.D., explores the decline of American boys and how parents can help. Ad/promo. Author tour.

Broadway Books

Screamfree Parenting: The Revolutionary Approach to Raising Your Kids by Keeping Your Cool (Sept., $21.95) by Hal Edward Runkel explains how parents can create stress-free family relationships.

Collins

Deceptively Delicious: Sneaky Secrets to Get Your Kids Eating Good Foods (Sept., $24.95) by Jessica Seinfeld. The activist/philanthropist offers time-friendly strategies to put kids on a path to wholesome eating.

Crown

The Good Teen: Rescuing Adolescence from the Myths of the Storm and Stress Years (Oct., $24.95) by Richard M. Lerner claims that all teens have the same potential for successful development. 75,000 first printing.

Da Capo Lifelong

Great Kids: Helping Your Baby and Child Develop the Ten Essential Qualities for a Healthy, Happy Life (Sept., $22.95) by Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D., demonstrates how to nurture a child’s best qualities.

Fair Winds Press

The Babyproofing Bible:The Exceedingly Thorough Guide to Keeping Your Child Safe from Crib to Kitchen to Car to Yard (Sept., $14.95) by Jennifer Bright Reich provides parents and caregivers with helpful tips.

Houghton Mifflin

The Kazdin Method for Parenting the Defiant Child: With No Pills, No Therapy, No Contest of Wills (Jan., $26) by Alan E. Kazdin shows how to tame “out of control” kids by promoting positive behavior. 35,000 first printing. Ad/promo. 6-city author tour.

Multnomah Books

For Parents Only: Getting Inside the Head of Your Kid (Sept., $14.99) by Shaunti Feldhahn and Lisa A. Rice helps parents to understand the needs of their child of the opposite sex.

Perigee

Having a Baby: When the Old-Fashioned Way Isn’t Working (Jan., $22.95) by Cindy Margolis presents the Internet celebrity’s guide for the fertility-challenged.

Rayo

Gift of Time: Letters from a Father (Sept., $16.95) by Jorge Ramos offers advice, in Spanish, to future generations about the expectations faced on the journey to adulthood.

Wiley

Raising Baby Green: How to Keep Your Child Healthy and the Earth a Safe and Sustainable Place to Live (Sept., $16.95) by Alan Greene et al. leads parents through environmentally conscious product and lifestyle choices.