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Parenting Articles and Books

Parenting in one sentence:  "It is the job of our children to scare the hell out of us; it is our job to spare them our fear."

                                                                     

INDEX OF PARENTING ARTICLES

These are articles on parenting authored by myself.

Being a Scared Parent

Helping Your Children Find Their Way Through Fear

How Do I Get My Child To......?

How To Be The Best Parent You Can Be

How To Be The Best Parent You Can Be When You "Lost it"

How To Deal With Tantrums

How to Handle Defiant Kids by Avoiding Defiance in the First Place

How to Handle Defiant Kids Once They Have Become Defiant

How to Help Children Who Are Afraid of the Dark

How To Solve Bed-time Problems

How to Use Discipline in Parenting

"Mom, Where Do Babies Come From?" - Parent Tips on How to Start This Conversation

Parenting Difficult Kids

Parenting Dos and Don't s

Parenting - Requests vs Demands

Parenting - The Hardest and Most Rewarding Job

Teaching Your Children How to Right the Wrongs They Have Suffered

The Best Parenting Help?

The Role of Choice in Parenting

What to Do When Your Child Misbehaves

PARENTING BOOKS AND RESOURCES

Amen, Daniel: New Skills for Frazzled Parents

Coloroso, Barbara: Kids Are Worth It! : Giving Your Child The Gift Of Inner Discipline

Dreikurs, Rudolf: Children: The Challenge : The Classic Work on Improving Parent-Child Relations

Faber, Adele: How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk

Gottman, John: Raising An Emotionally Intelligent Child

Siegel, Dan: Parenting From the Inside Out

Seligman, Martin: The Optimistic Child: A Proven Program to Safeguard Children Against Depression and Build Lifelong Resilience

Winnicott, Donald: Talking To Parents; Thinking About Children