My Favorite parenting books!

Books are an excellent resource for deeper knowledge and enlightenment. We all can use extra inspiration and insight and any kind of self-help book helps! Keep in mind that your work starts after you’ve finished the book and actually implement some of the suggestions you’ve read. I pulled together this list of my favorite parenting books for all you parents out there searching for more info.

For the parent who thinks their child is lazy and needs a push to get things going:

• Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance, by Angela Duckworth
• Teach your Children Well: Parenting for Authentic Success, by Madeline Levine
• Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason by Alfie Kohn
• How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success by Julie Lythcott- Haims

For the parent who’s more on the spiritual philosophical side:

• Conscious Parenting by Dr. Shefali Tsabary
• The Awakened Family by Dr. Shefali Tsabary
• The Gardener and the Carpenter by Alison Gopnik and Erin Bennett

For the “just tell me what do” parent:

• ParentSpeak: What’s Wrong with How We Talk to Our Children–and What to Say Instead by Jennifer Lehr
• How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish

For the parent who’s more on the neuroscience side:

• The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind and any other book by Daniel Seigel and Tina Bryson

For the parent of a child with attention problems/ behavioral issues

• Smart but Scattered: The Revolutionary “Executive Skills” Approach to Helping Kids Reach Their Potential by Peg Dawson and Richard Guare
• Your Kid’s Gonna Be Okay: Building the Executive Function Skills Your Child Needs in the Age of Attention by Michael Delman
• Explosive Child, The: A New Approach For Understanding And Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children by Ross Green

For the parent of toddlers

• No Bad Kids: Toddler Discipline Without Shame by Janet Lansbury
• Elevating Child Care: A Guide To Respectful Parenting by Janet Lansbury
• The Emotional Life of the Toddler by Alicia Lieberman

For the pregnant parent or one feeling all sorts of feels about breast/bottle feeding, pregnancy

• Bottled Up: How the Way We Feed Babies Has Come to Define Motherhood, and Why It Shouldn’t by Suzanne Barston

What are your go-to books? I’d love to hear which ones have made an impact on you. Share them on the Facebook page.