Parenting Books

The Brave Learner: Finding Everyday Magic in Homeschool, Learning, and Life by Julie Bogart

Subject: homeschooling

Nobody Likes me, Everybody Hates Me: The Top 25 Friendship Problems and How to Solve Them by Michele Borba

Punished By Rewards by Alfie Kohn

Democracy and Education by John Dewey

The Schools Our Children Deserve by Alfie Kohn

The Opposite of Spoiled by Ron Lieber

Nurtureshock by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman

Raising Our Children, Raising Ourselves by Naomi Aldort

Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids by Dr. Laura Markham

Parent Effectiveness Training by Dr. Thomas Gordon

A Moving Child is a Learning Child: How the Body Teaches the Brain to Think by Gill Connel and Cheryl McCarthy

Siblings Without Rivalry by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish

The Whole Brain Child by Dan Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson

Elevating Child Care by Janet Lansbury

Parenting from the Inside Out by Dan Siegel and Mary Hartzell

No-Drama Discipline by Dan Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson

Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishment to Love and Reason by Alfie Kohn

Good ideas but not many tools.

Simplicity Parenting by Kim John Payne, M.Ed.

Tears and Tantrums by Aletha Solter, PhD

How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish

Helping Young Children Flourish by Aletha Solter, PhD

The Aware Baby by Aletha Solter, PhD

CALMS – A Guide to Soothing Your Baby by Carrie Contey, PhD

Your Self-Confident Baby by Magda Gerber

Dear Parent: Caring for Infants with Respect by Magda Gerber

Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv

Learning All the Time by John Holt

At Wit’s End: A Parent’s Guide to Ending the Struggle, Tears, and Turmoil of Learning Disabilities by Jill Stowell

The Highly Sensitive Child by Elaine Aron

The Out of Sync Child Has Fun: Activities for Kids with Sensory Processing Disorder by Carol Stock Kranowitz

101 Games and Activities for Children With Autism, Asperger’s and Sensory Processing Disorders by Tara Delaney, M.S., OTR

Tell Me the Number Before Infinity by Becky Taylor and Dena Taylor

A beautiful novella from the perspective of a child with a disability.

Raising Your Spirited Child by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka

A must for a child that's hard to figure out.

The Explosive Child by Ross W. Greene, PhD

Super helpful for kids that need a little more flexibility.

The Out of Sync Child by Carol Stock Kranowitz

Really helpful for understanding sensory needs.

The Queer & Transgender Resilience Workbook by Anneliese Singh, PhD

It’s No Accident by Steve Hodges, MD

A must read if your child is chronically constipated.

Kids Beyond Limits by Anat Baniel

A really fresh cool take on looking at what kids CAN do, not what they can't, and how parts of the brain can wake up through movement.

Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child by Marc Weissbluth, MD

Great info on how sleep works, and again, the supported crying is a take it or leave it last resort. But that shouldn't stop you from getting the rest of the invaluable info.

Subject: sleep

Solve Your Child’s Sleep Problems by Dr. Richard Ferber

Given a chance, this has really good info on how sleep works. If supported crying is not your thing, that part is only 2 pages. The rest is GOLD. There is sleep info through teen years in here.

Subject: sleep

Recess Rules by Jill Vialet

Read together with older elementary kids.

Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys by Michael Thompson, PhD and Dan Kindlon, PhD

Healing Stories for Challenging Behavior by Susan Perrow

Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child by John Gottman, PhD

When Children Grieve by John W. James

Critical for any big change in a child's life, not just the biggies

1, 2, 3, The Toddler Years by Irene Van der Zande

Baby Knows Best by Deborah Carlisle Solomon

Gesell Institute Books by Louise Bates Ames

Love the development info - discipline info is not my cup of tea but worth reading it for the rest.

Touchpoints by T. Berry Brazelton