Parenting Resources

Websites:

• Greater Good Science Center

• Gender Spectrum 

• PFLAG

• The Conscious Kid 

• Common Sense Media 

• The Mom Psychologist - Dr. Jazmine McCoy

• Hand in Hand Parenting 

• Good Inside - Dr. Becky Kennedy

Books:

• The Gifts of Imperfect Parenting: Raising Children with Courage, Compassion, and Connection by Brene Brown 

• Listen: Five Simple Tools to Meet Your Everyday Parenting Challenges by Patty Wipfler and Tosha Schore

• Anxious Kids, Anxious Parents: 7 Ways to Stop the Worry Cycle and Raise Courageous and Independent Children, by Reid Wilson and Lynn Lyons

• Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions Into Adulthood by Lisa Damour

• Building Resilience in Children and Teens: Giving Kids Roots and Wings, by Kenneth Ginsburg, M.D.

• How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success,  by Julie Lythcott-Haims

• Parenting from the Inside Out: How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive, by Daniel Siegel. and Mary Hartzell

• Teach Your Children Well: Parenting for Authentic Success, by Madeline Levine, Ph.D.

• The Blessing of a Skinned Knee: Using Jewish Teachings to Raise Self-Reliant Children, by Wendy Mogel

• The Blessing of a B Minus: Using Jewish Teachings to Raise Resilient Teenagers,  by Wendy Mogel

• Siblings without Rivalry by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish. 

• Best Friends, Worst Enemies: Understanding the Social Lives of Children by Michael Thompson

• The Whole Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind, by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson

• How To Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk, by Amy Faber and Elaine Mazlish

• Permission to Feel by Marc Brackett

• How to Hug a Porcupine: Negotiating the Prickly Points of the Tween Years, by Julie A. Ross

• Getting to Calm, Cool-headed strategies for parenting tweens and teens by Laura Kastner and Jennifer Wyatt. 

• The Big Disconnect; Protecting Childhood and Family Relationships in the Digital Age by Catherine Steiner-Adair. 

• Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys, by Michael Thompson & Dan Kindlon

• Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, by Susan Cain

• Daring Greatly:  How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brené Brown

• Raising Happiness:  10 Simple Steps for More Joyful Kids and Happier Parents by Christine Carter