Here are good parenting resources for you

For your convenience, here is a list of recommended books to read to grow as a parent. I suggest you read the following books first:

• Brain Rules for Baby: How to Raise a Smart and Happy Child from Zero to Five by John Medina

• Peaceful Discipline: Story Teaching, Brain Science, and Better Behavior by Sarah Moore

• Heartfelt Discipline by Clay Clarkson

• Gospel-Based Parenting - Angie DiRemiggio

• The Danish Way of Parenting - Alexander & Sandahl

EXPLICITLY CHRISTIAN PARENTING BOOKS AND RESOURCES

• Being Dad: Father as a Picture of God’s Grace – Scott Keith

• Discipline That Connects - Jim and Lynne Jackson

• Gospel-Based Parenting - Angie DiRemiggio

• Heartfelt Discipline – Clay Clarkson

• Joyful Motherhood - Meaghan Jackson

• Peaceful Discipline: Story Teaching, Brain Science, and Better Behavior by Sarah Moore

• The Life-Giving Parent – Sally Clarkson

• The Life-Giving Parent Experience – Sally Clarkson & Clay Clarkson

• The Ministry of Motherhood – Sally Clarkson

• The Mom Walk – Sally Clarkson

• Triggers - Wendy Speake and Amber Lia

OTHER PARENTING BOOKS AND RESOURCES

• Beyond Consequences, Logic, and Control - Heather T. Forbes and Bryan Post

• Beyond Behaviors - Mona Delahooke (body, brain, and children)

• Brain Rules for Baby: How to Raise a Smart and Happy Child from Zero to Five - John Medina (body, brain, and children)

• Brain-Body Parenting - Mona Delahooke (body, brain, and children)

• Dare to Love: The Art of Merging Science and Love into Parenting Children with Difficult Behaviors – Heather Forbes (body, brain, and children)

• Developing Mind - Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson (body, brain, and children)

• Elevating Child Care: A Guide to Respectful Parenting - Janet Lansbury

• From Fear to Love – Bryan Post

• Hold on to Your Kids – Neufeld & Mate (body, brain, children, and teens)

• How Children Learn - Alfie Kohn

• How To Talk So Kids Will Listen & And Listen So Kids Will Talk - Elaine Faber and Adele Mazlish

• Jesus, the Gentle Parent – L.R. Knost

• No Bad Kids - Janet Lansbury

• No Drama Discipline - Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson (body, brain, and children)

• Nurture Shock - Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman (body, brain, and children)

• Nurture Your Child’s Emotional Intelligence - Anne Lane (body, brain, and children)

• Oxytocin Parenting – Susan Kuchinskas (body, brain, and children)

• Parenting Forward - Cindy Brandt

• Parent Effectiveness Training - Thomas Gordon

• Parenting From the Inside Out - Daniel J. Siegel and Mary Hartzell

• Peaceful Parents, Happy Kids: How to Stop Yelling and Start Connecting - Laura Markham

• Peaceful Parents, Happy Siblings - Laura Markham

• Playful Parenting - Lawrence J. Cohen

• Positive Discipline - Jane Nelsen

• Positive Parenting: An Essential Guide - Rebecca Eanes

• Positive Parenting in Action – Ling & Eanes

• Raising Human Beings - Ross W. Green

• Raising a Secure Child: How Circle of Security Parenting Can Help - Kent Hoffman and Glen Cooper

• Siblings Without Rivalry - Adele Faber

• The Chemistry of Connection – Susan Kuchinskas (body, brain, and children)

• The Gardener and the Carpenter: What the New Science of Child Development Tells Us About the Relationship Between Parents and Children - Alison Gopnik (body, brain, and children)

• The Explosive Child - Ross W. Green

• The Gentle Parent – L.R. Knost

• The Good News About Bad Behavior - Katherine Lewis

• The Great Behavior Breakdown – Bryan Post

• The Kindness Advantage: Cultivating Compassionate and Connected Children – Atkins & Salzhauer

• The Newbie’s Guide to Positive Parenting – Rebecca Eanes

• The No Cry Sleep Solution - Elizabeth Pantley

• The Power of Showing Up - Daniel Siegel

• The Scientist in the Crib – Gopnik, Meltzoff, & Kuhl (body, brain, and children)

• The Whole Brain Child - Daniel Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson (body, brain, and children)

• The Yes Brain - Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson (body, brain, and children)

• Toddler Discipline for Every Age by Aubrey Hargis

• Triggers - Amber Lia and Wendy Speake

• Two Thousand Kisses a Day – L.R. Knost

• Unconditional Parenting - Alfie Kohn

• Whole Child Parenting – Claudia Sandor

THEOLOGICAL BOOKS and ARTICLES

• Corporal Punishment in the Bible – William Webb

• Proverbs 22:6a. Ted Hildebrandt, “Train Up a Child?” Grace Theological Journal 9 (1988): 3-19.

• The Child in the Bible - Marcia J. Bunge, general editor

• Thy Rod and Thy Staff, They Comfort Me (Hard Copy) - Samuel Martin

• Thy Rod and Thy Staff, They Comfort Me, Book 2: The Book of Hebrews and The Corporal Punishment of Children in the Christian Context – Samuel Martin

FACEBOOK GROUPS FOR PARENTS 

•  Dandelion Seeds

• Flourishing Homes and Families

• Gentle Christian Parenting

• Gentle Parenting Community

• Janet Lansbury

• Positive Parenting

• Relavate Counseling Ministry

• The Tending Lambs Group: A Gentle Parenting Community

INFORMATIVE WEBSITES FOR PARENTS

·      ConnectedFamilies.org

·       Dandelion Seeds

Dr. Gabor Mate

Neufeld Institute

·      Institute for Attachment and Child Development

·      JanetLansbury.com

·       Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development

·      OneBigHappyHome.com

·      Positive Parenting Connection.net