As a group, and as families, we have read countless books. Very few have been universally recommended as temperament-based parenting books. The  following list comes highly recommended by the majority of our group. The links take you to either extensive summaries of the books or directly to the author's website.

Raising Your Spirited Child; Mary Sheedy Kurcinka

Transforming the Difficult Child ~ the Nurtured Heart Approach; Howard Glasser MA and Jennifer Easley MA

The Difficult Child; Dr. Stanley Turecki

Living With the Active-Alert Child; Linda S. Budd PhD

Parenting the Fussy Baby and High-Needs Child; Dr. William Sears

Secrets of the Baby Whisperer; Tracy Hogg with Melinda Blau

Dreamers, Discoverers and Dynamos: how to help the child who is bright, bored, and having problems in school; Lucy Jo Palladino PhD

The Out-Of-Sync Child; Carol Stock Kranowitz

The Explosive Child; Ross W. Greene

Discover Your Child's Learning Style; Mariaemma Willis MS and Victoria Kindle Hodson MA

The Discipline Book; Dr. William Sears

Is This Your Child? Discovering and Treating Unrecognized Allergies; Doris Rapp, MD

Protecting The Gift: Keeping Children and Teenagers Safe(and Parents Sane); Gavin De Becker

Growing Up Again; Jean Illsley Clarke and Connie Dawson

Rich Kid, Smart Kid; Robert Kiyosaki with Sharon Lechter

These books received an honorable mention by our parents and would complete your parenting support library. Look Carefully, there are some terrific books in this section!

   

Raising Your Spirited Child Workbook; Mary Sheedy Kurcinka

Kids, Parents and Power Struggles; Mary Sheedy Kurcinka

Your Baby and Child; Penelope Leach 

The Way They Learn;Cynthia Tobias

The Mozart Effect; Don Campbell

The Source for Nonverbal Learning Disorders; Sue Thompson

Right-brained Children In a Left-brained World; Laurie Parsons and Jeffrey Freed

The Bipolar Child; Demitri F. Papolos M.D.

Talking Back to Ritalin; Peter R. Breggin, M.D.

Raising Self-Reliant Children in a Self-Indulgent World; H. Stephen Glenn, PhD and Jane Nelson, EdD

How to Talk So Kids Can Learn : At Home and in School; Adel Faber and Elaine Mazlish

How to Talk so Kids will Listen and Listen so Kids will Talk; Adel Faber and Elaine Mazlish

The Dance of Anger; Harriet Goldhar Lerner

The Dance of Motherhood; Harriet Goldhar Lerner

The Birth Order Book; Dr. Kevin Leman

S'cool Moves for Learning; Debi Heiberger and Margot Heiniger-White

Uniquely Gifted: Identifying and Meeting the Needs of the Twice-Exceptional Student; Edited by Kiesa Kay.  

Teaching Young Gifted Children In The Regular Classroom: Identifying, Nurturing, and Challenging Ages 4-9; Joan Franklin Smutny, Sally Yahnke Walker, Ph.D. and Elizabeth A. Meckstroth, M.Ed., M.S.W.

Growing Up Firstborn; Dr. Kevin Leman

The Strong Willed Child; Dr. James Dobson

Taking Care of Me (so I can take care of my children); Barbara Carlson, Margaret Healy, Glo Wellmen

Strong-Willed Child or dreamer?; Dr. Dana Scott Spears & Dr. Ron L. Braund

Raising a Thinking Child; Dr. Myrna B. Shure, Phd

365 Wacky, Wonderful Ways to Get Your Children to do What You Want; Elizabeth Pena

Magic Tools for Raising Kids; Elizabeth Crary

Peekabo and Other Games to Play with Your Baby; Shari Steelsmith

Joyful Play with Toddlers: Recipes for Fun with Odds and Ends; Sandi Dexter

Baby Signs:How to Talk with Your Baby Before Your Baby Can Talk; Linda Acredolo

The Absolute Best Play Days; Pamela Waterman

Teaching Montessori in the Home; Elizabeth G. Hainstock

Montessori Play and Learn - A parents guide to purposeful play from 2-6; Joy Starrey Turner

Mitten Strings for God ~ Reflections for Mothers in a Hurry; Katherine Kenison 

  

To complete your parenting library please use these links - for U.S. and INT'L through AMAZON.COM or for Canadian through www.chapters.indigo.ca .

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