Books for Parents
ADHD
Overcoming ADHD: Helping Your Child Become Calm, Engaged, and Focused–Without a Pill (Merloyd Lawrence Books)
(Greenspan & Greenspan, 2009)
(Greenspan & Greenspan, 2009)
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Engaging autism: Using the floortime approach to help children relate, communicate, and think (Greenspan & Wieder, 2009)
Communication – General
How to talk so kids will listen and listen so kids will talk (Faber & Mazlish, 2012)
How to talk so teens will listen and listen so teens will talk (Faber & Mazlish, 2006)
How to talk so teens will listen and listen so teens will talk (Faber & Mazlish, 2006)
Depression
Executive Functions
Smart but scattered: The revolutionary “executive skills” approach to helping kids reach their potential (Dawson & Guare, 2009)
Late, lost, and unprepared: A parent’s guide to helping children with executive functioning (2008), Cooper-Kahn, J & Dietzel, L
Executive skills in children and adolescents, 2nd Edition (2010), Dawson, P & Guare, R
Promoting executive functioning in the classroom (2010), Meltzer, L
Late, lost, and unprepared: A parent’s guide to helping children with executive functioning (2008), Cooper-Kahn, J & Dietzel, L
Executive skills in children and adolescents, 2nd Edition (2010), Dawson, P & Guare, R
Promoting executive functioning in the classroom (2010), Meltzer, L
Infancy
Building healthy minds: The six experiences that create intelligence and emotional growth in babies and young children (Greenspan & Lewis, 2000)
The happiest baby on the block (Karp, 2003)
Operating instructions: A journal of my son’s first year (Lamont, 2005)
How to encourage your child’s natural abilities – from the very start (2012), Gerber, M & Johnson, A
The happiest baby on the block (Karp, 2003)
Operating instructions: A journal of my son’s first year (Lamont, 2005)
How to encourage your child’s natural abilities – from the very start (2012), Gerber, M & Johnson, A
Sleep training
Sleep: The Brazelton Way (Brazelton & Sparrow, 2003)
Sibling Rivalry
Understanding sibling rivalry: The Brazelton Way (Brazelton & Sparrow, 2005)
Siblings without rivalry: How to help your children live together so you can live too (Faber & Mazlish, 2012)
Siblings without rivalry: How to help your children live together so you can live too (Faber & Mazlish, 2012)
Parental Influences on Children’s Behavior
Parenting from the inside out: How a deeper understanding can help you raise children who thrive (Siegel & Hartzell, 2013)
Ghosts from the nursery: Tracing the roots of violence (Karr-Morse & Wiley, 2014)
Ghosts from the nursery: Tracing the roots of violence (Karr-Morse & Wiley, 2014)
Resiliency & Self-Reliance
The optimistic child: A proven program to safeguard children against depression and build lifelong resilience (Seligman, 2007)
How children succeed: Grit, curiosity, and the hidden power of character (Tough, 2013)
Raising self-reliant children in a self-indulgent world: Seven building blocks for raising capable young people (Glenn & Nelsen, 2000)
The price of privilege: How parental pressure and material advantage is creating a generation of disconnected and unhappy kids (Levine, 2008)
The blessing of a B minus: Using Jewish teachings to raise resilient teenagers (2011), Mogel, W.
The blessing of a skinned knee: Using Jewish teachings to raise self-reliant children (2008), Mogel, W.
How children succeed: Grit, curiosity, and the hidden power of character (Tough, 2013)
Raising self-reliant children in a self-indulgent world: Seven building blocks for raising capable young people (Glenn & Nelsen, 2000)
The price of privilege: How parental pressure and material advantage is creating a generation of disconnected and unhappy kids (Levine, 2008)
The blessing of a B minus: Using Jewish teachings to raise resilient teenagers (2011), Mogel, W.
The blessing of a skinned knee: Using Jewish teachings to raise self-reliant children (2008), Mogel, W.
Perfectionism
Letting go of perfect: Overcoming perfectionism in kids (Wilson & Adelson, 2009)
Moving past perfect: How perfectionism may be holding back your kids (and you!) and what you can do about it (Greenspon, 2012)
Moving past perfect: How perfectionism may be holding back your kids (and you!) and what you can do about it (Greenspon, 2012)
Frustration Tolerance
Self-control and mastery in early childhood: Helping young children grow (Furman, 1999)
Mastering anger and aggression: The Brazelton way (Brazelton & Sparrow, 2005)
Mastering anger and aggression: The Brazelton way (Brazelton & Sparrow, 2005)
Philosophy
Little big minds: Sharing philosophy with kids (McCarty, 2006)
Big ideas for little kids: Teaching philosophy through children’s literature (Wartenberg, 2014)
Big ideas for little kids: Teaching philosophy through children’s literature (Wartenberg, 2014)
Discipline
– Discipline: The Brazelton way (Brazelton & Sparrow, 2003)
– Pride & Joy: A guide to understanding your child’s emotions and understanding family problems (Barish, 2012)
– Parenting with love and logic: Teaching children responsibility (Cline & Fay, 2006)
– Keeping your child in mind: Overcoming defiance, tantrums, and other everyday behavior problems by seeing the world through your child’s eyes (Gold, 2011)
– The challenging child: Understanding, raising, and enjoying the five “difficult” types of children (Greenspan & Salmon, 1996)
– Treating explosive kids: The collaborative problem solving approach (Greene & Ablon, 2005)
– Pride & Joy: A guide to understanding your child’s emotions and understanding family problems (Barish, 2012)
– Parenting with love and logic: Teaching children responsibility (Cline & Fay, 2006)
– Keeping your child in mind: Overcoming defiance, tantrums, and other everyday behavior problems by seeing the world through your child’s eyes (Gold, 2011)
– The challenging child: Understanding, raising, and enjoying the five “difficult” types of children (Greenspan & Salmon, 1996)
– Treating explosive kids: The collaborative problem solving approach (Greene & Ablon, 2005)