Parent Education Suggested Reading List

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PAGE 1:
General Parenting
Siblings
Infants and Toddlers

PAGE 2:
Positive Discipline
Understanding Anger: Your Child's and Your Own

PAGE 3:
Anger Books for Children
How Children Learn
Sleep Concerns

POSITIVE DISCIPLINE:
Faber, Adele and Mazlish, Elaine. How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk
Gordon, Thomas. Discipline That Works
Gordon, Thomas. Parent Effectiveness Training
Kohn, Alfie. Punished By Rewards
Kohn, Alfie. Unconditional Parenting
Kurcinka Sheedy, Mary. Raising Your Spirited Child
Kurcinka Sheedy, Mary. Kids, Parents, and Power Struggles
Rosenberg, Marshall B. Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Compassion
Rosenberg, Marshall B. Raising Children Compassionately: Parenting the Nonviolent Communication Way (click here to download 24-page booklet available at his website)

UNDERSTANDING ANGER: YOUR CHILD'S AND YOUR OWN

Childre, Doc and Rozman, Deborah, Ph.D. Transforming Anger (The HeartMath Solution for Letting Go of Rage, Frustration, and Irritation). New Harbinger Publications, Inc., 2003.

Faber, Adele and Mazlish, Elaine. How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk. New York: Avon Books, 1982.

Greene, Ross W. The Explosive Child. New York: Harper Collins, 1998.

Kurcinka Sheedy, Mary. Raising Your Spirited Child. Harper Collins, N.Y. 1991.

Lerner, Harriet G., Ph.D. The Dance of Anger. Harper & Row, N.Y., 1986.

Miller, Alice. For Your Own Good. Collins Publishers, Toronto, 1983.

Rosenberg, Marshall B. Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Compassion. PuddleDancer Press, 2000.

Ruiz, Don Miguel. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom. Amber-Allen, San Rafael, CA. 1997.

Samalin, Nancy. Love and Anger (The Parental Dilemma). Penguin Books, N.Y., 1991.

Solter, Aletha J., Ph.D. Tears and Tantrums: What To Do When Babies and Children Cry. Shining Star Press, Goleta, CA., 1998.

Thich Nhat Hanh. Anger (Wisdom for Cooling the Flames). Riverhead Books, N.Y., 2001.

Welch, Martha G., M.D. Holding Time. Simon & Schuster, Inc., N.Y., 1977.

Wipfler, Patty. Listening to Children (Reaching for Your Angry Child & Tantrums and Indignation). Booklets from handinhand parenting website (formerly Parents Leadership Institute), Palo Alto, CA., 1990.