Parenting

Discipline

Parenting With Love And Logic (Updated and Expanded Edition)
Foster W. Cline and Jim Fay, Love & Logic Press, 2006

Love and Logic Magic for Early Childhood: Practical Parenting from
Birth to Six Years

Jim Fay and Charles Fay, Love & Logic Press, 2002

The above are two classics from the Love & Logic series, which stress the development of self-    efficacy, personal responsibility, and logical consequences.  Will help parents become more consistent and feel less out of control.

How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk
Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish, Collins, 1999

Another classic.  Offers doable techniques for opening and sustaining  communication. Fits well with Love & Logic techniques, although not affiliated.

Child Development

The Hurried Child: Growing Up Too Fast Too Soon, Third Edition
David Elkind, Perseus Publishing, 2001

This book discusses the importance of recognizing the stresses that contemporary society places on our children and why we as parents and educators must “push back” on behalf of our children and their development.  Elkind is also a prolific and persuasive writer on the importance of play in the development of thinking among preschoolers and early elementary students.

Raising Lifelong Learners: A Parent’s Guide
Lucy Calkins with Lydia Bellino, Perseus Books, 1997

The seminal book on how parents are/should be instrumental in the development of literacy. Filled with wonderful examples and doable ideas.

Parenting and Educating Gifted Children

Smart Boys: Talent, Manhood, and the Search for Meaning
Barbara Kerr and Sanford Cohn, Great Potential Press, Inc., 2001
www.giftedbooks.com

 

Smart Girls: A New Psychology of Girls, Women, and Giftedness (Revised Edition)
Barbara Kerr, Great Potential Press, Inc., 1995
www.giftedbooks.com