Moxie Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 What book would you say is the best parenting book you have ever read? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 I can't pick just one... :willy_nilly: So here are my top four in no specific order. The Blessing of a Skinned Knee: Using Jewish Teachings to Raise Self-Reliant Children by Wendy Mogel Everyday Blessings: The Inner Work of Mindful Parenting by Myla Kabat-Zinn and Jon Kabat-Zinn You Are Your Child's First Teacher by Rahima Baldwin Dancy Womanly Art of Breastfeeding by LLLI & Baby Book by Dr. Sears Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CactusPair Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 My favorite is: Transforming the Difficult Child: The Nurtured Heart Approach but I also love How to Talk so Kids will Listen and Listen so Kids will Talk (and by the same authors, Siblings Without Rivalry) and Buddhism for Mothers (this is a very wise book and you do not have to be a buddhist to benefit from it) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donnado Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 "Shepherding a Child's Heart" by Ted Tripp is my favorite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H0MEFree Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 Teaching about honor in our family has been foundational! A great place to get practical and real help/direction is "Say Goodbye To Whining Complaining and Bad Attitudes" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi @ Mt Hope Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 My favorites (though not specifically 'parenting' books, per se): Nurture by Nature (based on personality styles) Protecting the Gift Last Child in the Woods Hold on to Your Kids Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohio12 Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 :iagree: "Shepherding a Child's Heart" by Ted Tripp is my favorite. did you hear he is finally coming out with a new one for older kids? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Alfred Academy Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 I like Hints on Child Training by Clay Trumbull. Oh, and Raising Your Spirited Child by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka. I also loved Last Child in the Woods...very insightful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragons in the flower bed Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 My favorite by far is The Science of Parenting. It applies brain research to our everyday interactions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catherine Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 by Neufeld and Mate. You'll never read another one after this-it tells you anything important you need to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 Does To Kill A Mockingbird count? Atticus was so wise! Calpurnia not too shabby, either. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dayle in Guatemala Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 Shepherding a Child's Heart by Tedd Tripp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angela in ohio Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 Heart of Anger by Lou Priolo, suprisingly enough, has more good info on parenting in general than most parenting books I have seen. I think every parent should read it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plaid Dad Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 My dw's answer: How to Talk So Kids Will Listen.... One title that has helped me be a better parent to my dd is The Temperament God Gave You. It has helped me understand that she's not an alien sent as part of a giant intergalactic stress study, ;) but just a kid with her own personality, her own take on the world, and her own agenda. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Shanna Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 "Shepherding a Child's Heart" by Ted Tripp is my favorite. :iagree: and Raising Godly Children in an Ungodly World. Also, "If Your Children Don't Obey Until You Count To Eight, This is the Book That Cannot Wait!" Which you can find here http://www.heartsforfamily.com/obeyebook.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Florida Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 . . . was Living with the Active Alert Child, by Linda S. Budd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Made Unfit Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 I'd just like to 'third' or 'fourth' "Hold On to Your Kids". I'm very passionate about this book! They talk about the 7 levels of attachment, about peer-orientation vs parent-orentation, and it has a brilliant (and I don't use that term lightly) section on 'discipline that doesn't divide'. It provides a beautiful picture of the parent-child relationship and has been foundational for our family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Herbster Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 A Mother's Heart by Jean Fleming The Mother at Home by John Scott Shepherding a Child's Heart by Tedd Tripp Seasons of a Mother's Heart by Sally Clarkson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest IrishLassie Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 "Too much of a Good Thing: Raising Children of Character in an Age of Excess" by Dan Kindlon "The Trouble with Perfect: How Parents Can Avoid the Overachievement Trap and Still Raise Successful Children" by Guthrie and Matthews "Unconditional Parenting" by Alfie Kohn (he's a bit too extreme in his views, I think, but he really gets you thinking about your parenting style) "Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys" by Thompson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debbie in OR Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 A Family of Value by John Rosemond What I Really Wish I Knew When My Children Were Young by Reb Bradley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy in Orlando Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 Honestly? The book One Bite Won't Kill You http://www.amazon.com/One-Bite-Wont-Kill-You/dp/0395901464/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1209444107&sr=1-1 was a lifesaver for us. It offered recipes that all of us liked and that I could adapt for allergies. Food struggles with dh and the kids was a big problem when the older boys were little and this really brought peace. Traditional parenting books always made me so anxious/crazy. I had much better luck talking to women who had already raised their kids or who had much older kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momto3 Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 No Greater Joy Volume 1, 2 and 3. These are a combination of their magazine articles over the years. They have a lot of hands-on practical, godly advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soph the vet Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 "Shepherding A Child's Heart" by Ted Tripp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marie in Oh Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 nt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 Strong-Willed Child or Dreamer It helped me understand the dynamic between my child and me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluecalmsea Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 Mothering Magazine's Natural Family Living The Family Bed Attachment Parenting (Why in the world do my paragraphs run together after I post?!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Indeed Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 No Greater Joy Volume 1, 2 and 3. These are a combination of their magazine articles over the years. They have a lot of hands-on practical, godly advice. :iagree: Also, "don't make me Count to three" By Ginger Plowman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greta Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 What book would you say is the best parenting book you have ever read? The 10 Basic Principles of Good Parenting by Laurence Steinberg, Ph.D. Wonderful, amazing book that really helped me tremendously. Very straight-forward, very applicable to daily life. Brilliant. I'm reading Buddhism for Mothers by Sarah Napthali right now, and it looks to be very promising as well, and also very usable by non-Buddhists. It has chapter titles like "Parenting Mindfully", "Finding Calm", "Dealing with Anger". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alice Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 Grace-Based Parenting by Tim Kimmel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chontaveal Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 Shepherding a Childs Heart by Tedd Tripp is my favorite. Grace-Based Parenging by Tim Kimmell is my next book to read Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KS_ Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 My favorite is: Transforming the Difficult Child: The Nurtured Heart Approach Same here :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa in Jax Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 Without a doubt, my favorite is "Parenting with Love and Logic" by Foster Cline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikeBookBread Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 (edited) 1. "Shephering..." by Tripp is my favorite, but I HAVE to read this book very prayerfully, because I tend to want to just read the how-to parts and I then become very legalistic about my discipline instead of heart-centered. When read in the right spirit, this is a very nurturing, gentle, wonderful book on parenting. When read in the WRONG light, it can be significantly twisted into something that it is NOT. 2. "Teach Them Diligently" by Lou Priolo -- This book is all about teaching the Bible to your kids. It's not necessarily a "parenting" how-to. 3. "She's Gonna Blow" by Julie Ann Barnhill -- this book ministered to me during a very difficult time. My husband had just deployed when dd3 was 4 days old, and dd5 was then not even 2. PPD had set it BADLY and even though the title seems trite, this book was filled with very deep wisdom, sound Christian theology and most important to me, Scripture. Next on my to-read list: Say Goodbye to Whining, Complaining, and Bad Attitudes...in You and Your Kids by Scott Turansky and Joanne Miller. I've heard nothing but great about this one...again, aimed right at the heart of the matter, NOT at behavior. EDIT: By the way, I went up to Tedd Tripp's website: http://www.shepherdpress.com/blog/notes-from-tedd-tripp/a-note-from-tedd-tripp.php. I guess he and his wife did co-author a follow-up to Shepherding. He also recommends few other books. Edited June 2, 2009 by BikeBookBread More info... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 "How to Really Love Your Child" and "Becoming the Parent You Want to Be" For girls: "Things Will Be Different For My Daughter" For babies: "The Baby Book" by Sears "Nursing Secrets and Solutions" "Mothering Your Nursing Toddler" "You Are Your Child's First Teacher" "Right from the Start" (major CC. I prefer the first edition to the revised one.) For reflections on creating a calm, peaceful home with young children, a lovely read is "Mitten Strings for God." It's not really a parenting book, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Hen Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 My dw's answer: How to Talk So Kids Will Listen.... I love that book. I was coming on here to list one by the same authors: Siblings without Rivalry. Even after parenting 17yrs that is the one book I re-read at least once a year. If I had not read that book 20yrs ago I never would be a parent. Carole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeckyFL Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 Dare to Discipline Dr. James Dobson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lulubelle Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 Over the years I have probably read at least 20! The best I believe is, How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk! The concepts are the basis of most good parenting books. They are clear, concise and simple - and it works. I just need to read it every week to really keep it fresh in my head!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Hen Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 Over the years I have probably read at least 20! The best I believe is, How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk! The concepts are the basis of most good parenting books. They are clear, concise and simple - and it works. I just need to read it every week to really keep it fresh in my head!!! I agree, and I love their other book -- Siblings without Rivalry --- I read that one every-other-day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BakersDozen Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 The Bible :) Proverbs for Parenting by Barbara Decker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy+2 Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 Home Improvement by Dr. Scott Turansky and Joanne Miller, RN, BSN;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leighton Academy Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 I am also a fan of How to Talk So Your Kids Will Listen...! I am currently reading Unconditional Parenting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ELaurie Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 My favorite is: Transforming the Difficult Child: The Nurtured Heart Approach :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alice Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 Grace Based Parenting by Tim Kimmel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicole M Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 My all time favorite has not been mentioned yet, Noah's Children: Restoring the Ecology of Childhood. I'm disgusted that it's out of print. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0865476446/ref=s9_simx_gw_s0_p14_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=11XQESXM7887FT81MB4J&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 "How to have a new kid by Friday" and "How to make your children mind without losing yours" by Dr. Kevin Lehman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annabel Lee Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 I've read shelves and stacks of parenting books, from the No Greater Joy/To Train Up a Child books and ones similar to Mazlish & Faber's How to Talk so Kids Will Listen and ones similar to that. Having an awareness of many approaches available, picking and choosing what I liked from them (and tossing the rest of the advice I didn't like) and then tailoring them to each child has been what I have found works around here. The only books I like that haven't been mentioned are: The Explosive Child, From Defiance to Cooperation, and When You Feel Like Screaming. For adopted or foster children, the book "When Love is not Enough" can be very eye-opening & helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vida Winter Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Hold on to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More than Peers by Gordon Neufeld and Gabor Mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 2twinsandone Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Hold on to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More than Peers by Gordon Neufeld and Gabor Mate I loved this book but I wish it had more straight forward advice how to manage children. I have 5 children who we are raising using a fairly straightforward behavioral approach--if you do such and such behavior, this is the consequence. We have not had the success with the children's compliance, manners, and backtalk that I would like to have until I read the book and felt hopeful. There is lots of love and fun in our house but I do see many areas in which attachment is lacking, and, particularly, with my 13 year old, where that attachment has transferred to peers. Neufeld talks about collecting your children and taking the attachment back from peers and the advice he gives in this regard is good. He also talks about not using the usual consequences of time out and removal of prized possessions and privileges. Uh oh...that's exactly what we have been doing all these years. I can see how that may have hindered us in developing a strong attachment ...but, what are we supposed to do when the kids misbehave? Making them repeat the direction over and over until they do it correctly is advice someone gave on another thread but I am not sure that goes along with the Hold On to Your Kids theory and I don't think I could manage my temper in that situation anyway! Anyone else find this troubling and have any advice? :confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennefer@SSA Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 I just have a second before my kids are up so I haven't read previous replies but I love, love, love Grace Based Parenting by Dr. Tim Kimmel. It's fantastic! Truly. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtroad Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Baby Wise Series by Ezzo Dare to Discipline by Dobson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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