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Resources for parents

My resources page did not feel complete without also including a list of my favorite parenting books, so here they are! You can click on the book covers to get more information.

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  • Parenting from the Inside Out: How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive: 10th Anniversary Edition by Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., and Mary Hartzell, M.Ed. Includes a new preface by the authors. Over 150,000 copies sold.

  • Mindful Discipline: A Loving Approach to Setting Limits and Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child by Shauna Shapiro, PhD and Chris White, MD. Foreword by Christine Carter, PhD and Dean Ornish, MD. “One of the most exceptional road maps on how to raise happy, resilient, and emotionally healthy children” –Andrew Weil, MD

  • National Bestseller. More than 3 million copies sold. How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish. Authors of the #1 New York Times Bestseller Siblings Without Rivalry. ”The parenting bible.” –The Boston Globe. With a New Afterword: “The Next Generation” by Joanna Faber

  • ”Among the best of the best...worthy of any parent’s library. Faber and Mazlish have finally written a book for parents of teenagers.” –Boston Globe. How to Talk So Teens Will Listen and Listen So Teens Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish. Authors of the multibillion-copy bestseller How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk.

  • New York Times Bestseller. No-Drama Discipline: The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind, From the Authors of The Whole-Brian Child: Daniel J. Siegel, M.D. and Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D.

  • The Highly Sensitive Child: Helping Our Children Thrive When The World Overwhelms Them by Elaine N. Aron Ph.D., bestselling author of The Highly Sensitive Person.

  • New York Times Bestseller. "Simple, smart, and effective solutions to your child's struggles." --Harvey Karp, M.D. The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind by Daniel J. Siegel, M.D. and Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D., Authors of No-Drama Discipline. More than 1 millions copies in print!

  • New York Times Bestseller. Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood by Lisa Damour, PhD. “Untangled is the most down-to-earth, readable parenting book I’ve come across in a long time.”—The Washington Post

  • The New York Times Bestseller. An Inside-Out Guide to the Emerging Adolescent Mind, Ages 12 to 24. Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain by Daniel J. Siegel, MD., bestselling author of The Whole-Brain Child and Parenting from the Inside Out

 

  • Raising Your Spirited Child, Fully updated edition. A Guide for Parents Whose Child Is More Intense, Sensitive, Perceptive, Persistent, and Energetic. The bestselling book that has helped more than one million parents. By  Mary Sheedy Kurcinka, Ed.D.