Parenting Books

Favorite books: Parenting, Education, Research, Life!

Favorite books ~Parenting

• Vicki Abeles. Beyond Measure.

• Lisa D’Amour. Untangled.

• Michael Bradley. Yes, Your Teen is Crazy.

• Robert Brooks & Sam Goldstein. Raising Resilient Children.

• Tina Bryson & Dan Siegel. The Power of Showing Up.

• Karen L. Cobrun & Madge L. Treeger. Letting Go. Parents’ Guide to Understanding the College Years.

• Kenneth Ginsburg. Building Resilience in Children and Teens.

• Devorah Heitner. Screenwise: Helping Kids Thrive (and Survive) in their Digital World.

• Jessica Lahey. The Gift of Failure.

• Madeline Levine. The Price of Privilege.

• Madeline Levine. Teach Your Children Well.

• Julie Lythcott-Haims. How to Raise an Adult.

• Julie Lythcott-Haims. Your Turn: How to be an Adult. [April 6, 2021]

• Myla & Jon Kabat-Zinn. Everyday Blessings. The Inner Work of Parenting.

• Wendy Mogel. The Blessing of a B Minus. + Voice Lessons for Parents.

• Cara Natterson. Decoding Boys.

• Denise Pope. Overloaded and Underprepared. + Doing School.

• Brad Sachs, The Good Enough Teen.

• Catherine Steiner-Adair & Theresa H. Barker. The Big Disconnect.

• William Stixrud & Ned Johnson. The Self-driven Child.

• Deborah Reber. Differently Wired. Raising an Atypical Child w/Confidence and Hope.

• Shefali Tsabary. The Conscious Parent.

Favorite books ~Research & Education

• Marc Brackett. Permission to Feel.

• Carol Dweck. Growth Mindset.

• Alfie Kohn. The Schools Our Children Deserve + What Does it Mean to Be Well Educated?

• Parker J. Palmer & Arthur Zajonc. The Heart of Higher Education.

• Dan Siegel & Tina Bryson. The Whole-Brain Child.

• Laurence Steinberg. Age of Opportunity

Favorite books ~The Art of Living

• Sylvia Boorstein. Happiness is an Inside Job.

• Brené Brown. The Gifts of Imperfection.

• Brené Brown. Braving the Wilderness.

• David Brooks. The Second Mountain.

• Kelly Flanagan. Loveable.

• Sebastian Junger. Tribe. On Homecoming and Belonging.

• Anne Lamott. Almost Everything. Notes on Hope.

• Courtney Martin. The New Better Off.

• Parker J. Palmer. A Hidden Wholeness.

• Fred Rogers. The World according to Mister Rogers.

• Amber Rae. Choose Wonder over Worry.

• Krista Tippett. Becoming Wise.

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