- Nonfiction books
- Parenting books
Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and ReasonBy Alfie Kohn
649.1 KOH 2005
Kohn believes society places undue emphasis on punishments and rewards. He believes children do best with unconditional love, respect, and the opportunity to make choices.
NurtureShock: New Thinking about Children By Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman
305.231 BRO 2009
The central premise of this riveting ground breaker is that many popular strategies for raising children backfire because they ignore key points in the science of child development.
Sleepless in America: Is Your Child Misbehaving…Or Missing Sleep?By Mary Sheedy Kurcinka
618. KUR 2007
Kurcinka writes excellent books for parents. “Sound sleep is the foundation for good behavior”, is the gist of this book. There are lots of real life solutions.
Easy to Love, Difficult to Discipline: The 7 Basic Skills for Turning Conflict into CooperationBy Becky A. Bailey
649.64 BAI 2000
Bailey contends a parent must model discipline and self-control first. Then the parent can use the 7 basic skills. She dismisses both extremes of permissive and fear inspired discipline. Her message is positive and hopeful.
The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible ChildrenBy Ross W. Greene
649.153 GRE 1998
Flexibility and tolerance are learned skills, the author claims. Dr. Greene is a pediatric psychologist who teaches at Harvard. He focuses on understanding why the meltdowns occur in the first place and then developing workable strategies for avoidance.
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