Parenting Book Recommendations

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40 Ways To Raise a Non-Racist Child by Barbara Matias & Mary Ann French
A Good Enough Parent: Guide to Bringing Up Your Child by Bruno Bettleheim
Becoming Attached: First Relationships and How They Shape Our Capacity to Love by Robert Karen
Diary of a Baby: What Your Child Sees, Feels, and Experiences by Daniel Stern
Does Anybody Else Look Like ME?: A Parent's Guide to Raising Multiracial Children by Donna Jackson Nakazawa
Elevating Childcare: A Guide to Respectful Parenting by Janet Lansbury
Emotional Muscle: Strong Parents, Strong Children by Kerry Kelly Novick & Jack Novick
Everyday Acts Against Racism: Raising Children in a Multiracial World by Maureen Reddy
Healing Parents: Helping Wounded Children Learn to Trust & Love by Michael Orlans and Terry M Levy
How to Talk so Kids Will Listen & How To Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
It's Not Fair, Jeremy Spencer's Parents Let Him Stay Up All Night: A Guide to the Tougher Parts of Parenting by Anthony Wolf
Mind in the Making: The Seven Essential Life Skills Every Child Needs by Ellen Galinsky
Not What I Expected: Help and Hope for the Parents of Atypical Children by Rita Eichenstein
Oneness and Separateness: From Infant to Individual by Louise Kaplan
Parenting from the Inside Out: How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive by Daniel Siegel
Raising a Self Disciplined Child: Help Your Child Become More Responsible, Confident, and Resilient by Robert Brooks and Sam Goldstein
Raising Happiness: 10 Simple Steps for More Joyful Kids and Happier Parents by Christine Carter
Raising Human Beings: Creating a Collaborative Partnership with Your Child by Ross Greene
The Blessing of a Skinned Knee: Using Timeless Teachings to Raise Self-Reliant Children by Wendy Mogel.
The Difficult Child by Stanley Turecki
The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children by Ross Greene
The Good Enough Child: How to Have an Imperfect Family and Be Perfectly Satisfied by Brad Sachs
The Kazdin Method for Parenting the Defiant Child by Alan Kazdin
The Magic Years: Understanding and Handling the Problems of Early Childhood by Selma Fraiburg
The Mother-Infant Interaction Picture Book: Origins of Attachment by Beatrice Beebe, Phyllis Cohen, and Frank Lachmann
The Rollercoaster Years: Raising Your Child Through the Maddening Yet Magical Middle School Years by Charlene Giannetti and Margaret Sagarese
The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind by Daniel Siegal and Tina Payne Bryson
The Wonder of Boys: What Parents, Mentors and Educators Can Do by Michael Gurian.
Touchpoints- Birth to Three by T. Berry Brazelton
Touchpoints- 3-6 by T. Berry Brazelton
Your Baby and Child: From Birth to Age Five by Penelope Leach