Recommended Readings
PARENTING PHILOSOPHY AND PRACTICE:
- How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
- Siblings Without Rivalry by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families by Stephen R. Covey
- Raising Your Spirited Child by Mar by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka
- Kids Are Worth It by Barbara Coloroso
- There's Got to Be a Better Way Becky Bailey
- Easy to Love, Difficult to Discipline Becky Bailey
- When Anger Hurts Your Kids by McKay, Fanning, Paleg & Landis
- The 5 Love Languages of Children by Gary D. Chapman & Ross Campbell
- Protecting the Gift by Gavin de Becker
- Nighttime Parenting by William Sears, MD & Martha Sears, RN
- Parent Effectiveness Training by Dr. Thomas Gordon
- Becoming Attached: Unfolding the Mystery of the Infant-Mother Bond and its Impact on Later Life by Robert Karen
- The Continuum Concept by Jean Liedloff
- The Courage To Raise Good Men by Olga Silverstein and Beth Rashbaum
- Everyday Blessings: The Inner Work of Mindful Parenting by Myla and Jon Kabat-Zinn
- Evolution's End by Joseph Chilton Pearce
- Growing Up Again: Parenting Ourselves, Parenting Our Children by Jean Illsley Clarke and Connie Dawson
- I'll Never Do To My Kids What My Parents Did To Me!: A Guide to Conscious Parenting by Thomas and Eileen Paris
- Keys to Becoming a Father by William Sears, M.D.
- Magical Child by Joseph Chilton Pearce
- Mother Daughter Revolution: From Betrayal to Power by Elizabeth Debold, Marie Wilson and Idelisse Malave
- Mothering Multiples by Karen Gromada
- Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Compassion by Marshall Rosenberg
- The Optimistic Child by Martin E.P. Seligman
- Raising a Daughter: Parents and The Awakening Of A Healthy Woman by Don Elium and Jeanne Elium
- Attachment Parenting: Instinctive Care for Your Baby and Young Child by Katie Allison Granju.
- Baby Days: Activities, Ideas, and Games for Enjoying Daily Life With a Child Under Three by Barbara Rowley
- Positive Discipline by Jane Nelsen (with the caveot that her advice for infants and toddlers is NOT AP)
- The Explosive Child by Dr. Ross Greene
- Living with the Active Alert Child by Dr Linda S. Budd
- The Edison Trait by Lucy Jo Palladino
- How To Really Love Your Child by Ross Campbell
- Liberated Parents, Liberated Children: Your Guide To A Happier Family by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish
- Giving The Love That Heals: A Guide for Parents by Harville Hendrix and Helen Hunt
- Love and Anger: The Parental Dilemma by Nancy Samalin
- The Fussy Baby: How to Bring Out the Best in Your High Need Child by Williams Sears, M.D.
- The Baby Book: Everything You Need to Know About Your Baby From Birth to Age Two by William Sears, M.D. and Martha Sears, R.N.
- Punished by Rewards by Alfie Kohn
- Between Parent And Child by Haim Ginott
- How Children Learn by John Holt
- Teach Your Own by John Holt
- No Contest: The Case Against Competition by David Elkind
- Children: The Challenge by Rudolf Dreikurs
- Living Joyfully with Children by Win and Bill Sweet
- Summerhill School : A New View of Childhood by A. S. Neill
- On Becoming a Person by Carl Rogers
- Playful Parenting by Lawrence Cohen
- Transforming the Difficult Child: The Nurtured Heart Approach by Howard Glasser, Jennifer Easley
- Everyday Blessings by Jon and Myla Kabat Zinn
- The Tao of Motherhood Vimala McClure (same person as Vimala Schneider McClure)
- The Path to Parenting Vimala Schneider McClure (same person as Vimala McClure)
CHILDRENS BOOKS
- Bobby and the Brockles by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
BIRTH AND PREGNANCY
- Birth as an American Rite of Passage by Robbie Davis Floyd
- The Birth Book: Everything You Need to Know to Have a Safe and Satisfying Birth by William Sears, M.D. and Martha Sears, R.N.
- Birth Without Violence by Frederick Leboyer
- Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way by Susan McCutcheon
- Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn: The Complete Guide by Penny Simkin and Janet Whalley
- The Pregnant Woman's Comfort Book: A Self-Nurturing Guide to Your Emotional Health and Well-being During Pregnancy and Early Motherhood by Jennifer Louden
- Silent Knife: Cesarean Prevention and Vaginal Birth After Cesarean by Nancy Cohen and Lois Estner
- Special Delivery: The Complete Guide to Informed Birth by Rahima Baldwin
- Spiritual Midwifery by Ina May Gaskin
- Birthing From Within by Pam England, CNM, MA and Rob Horowitz, PhD
BREASTFEEDING
- The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding A La Leche League Publication
- Babies, Breastfeeding and Bondingby Ina May Gaskin
- Bestfeeding: Getting Breastfeeding Right for You by Mary Rengrew
- Breastfeeding: A Mother's Gift by Pamela K.Wiggins
- Breastfeeding and Natural Child Spacing: How Ecological Breastfeeding Spaces Babies by Sheila K. Kippley
- Breastfeeding Today: A Mother's Companion by Candace Woessner
- Breastfeeding Your Baby by Sheila Kitzinger
- Mothering Your Nursing Toddler by Norma J. Bumgarner
- Nursing Your Babyby Karen Pryor
HEALTH
- Is This Your Child? by Doris Rapp
- Childhood Ear Infections by Michael Schmidt
- Circumcision Exposed: Rethinking a Medical and Cultural Tradition by Billy Ray Boyd
- How to Raise a Healthy Child In Spite of Your Doctor by Robert S. Mendelsohn
- Smart Medicine for Healthier Child: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Natural and Conventional Treatments for Infants and Children by Janet Zand, LAC. OMD, Rachel Walton, R.N., Bob Rountree, M.D.
- The Out-Of-Sync Child by Carol Stock Kranowitz and Larry B Silver
CO-SLEEPING
- The Family Bed by Tine Thevenin
- Nighttime Parenting: How to Get Your Baby and Child to Sleep by William Sears, M.D.
- Three in a Bed by Deborah Jackson