Reading - Wellness: Parenting Books

Shefali Tsabary, a clinical psychologist, provides hands-on strategies and real-life examples for parents wishing to cultivate a deeper relationship with their children.

Examines childhood friendship and the motivations behind children's social behavior, discussing cliques, bullies, best friends, intimacy and commitment differences in boys and girls, and other related topics.

Most parenting books focus on changing a child's behaviour, but the truth is that children only change when their relationship with their parents changes. In 'Calm Parents, Happy Kids', Dr Laura Markham introduces an approach to parenting that eliminates threats, power struggles and manipulation, in favour of setting limits with empathy and communication.

Examines the growing trend in peer orientation that undermines and interferes with parental influence and control in the lives of children, and describes the correlation between that and teenage gangs, bullying, and school violence.

Anthony Wolf applies his philosophy and humor to a wide variety of everyday situations, showing both the way interactions tend to go (not so well) and why, then offers parents a script and guidance on how to achieve the most satisfying outcomes.

Offers advice on raising boys, looking at the major psychological issues, developmental achievements, and growth characteristic at each of eight stages from birth to eighteen years.

Christine Gross-Loh draws on firsthand experience, interviews, and research to examine parenting practices from around the world that foster resilience, creativity, independence, and academic excellence.

Examines the struggles children encounter as they try to survive in school and reveals some of the hidden emotional stresses that exist and the demands put on students to succeed.

Provides advice for parents about raising girls; discussing physical and emotional development, developing a relationship, societal pressures on females, school and learning, adolescence, and other related topics.

Addresses the topics, issues, and emotions most boys face and offers their parents advice on how to help their sons deal with life challenges.

A road map for parents raising young children, and key strategies to reshape kids' challenging behaviors, including tips, tools, and examples.

Offers parents practical advice on how they can cope with the conflict and challenges they face when raising teens, explaining how to avoid twenty common crises and keep a positive relationship with their teens.