My name is Elaine Korngold, LPC. Here are some parenting resources – books, websites, and videos that I frequently recommend in sessions with my clients working through various parenting issues:
Parenting Books
- ParentShift: Ten Universal Truths That Will Change the Way You Raise Your Kids – by W. Thomas Russell, L. Hatfield & T. Hatfield
- The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind – by D. J. Siegel & T. P. Bryson
- The Heart of Parenting: Raising and Emotionally Intelligent Child – by J. Gottman & J. Declaire
- How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk – by A. Faber & E. Mazlish
- Reviving Ophelia: Saving The Selves of Adolescent Girls – by M. Pipher
- How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success – by J. Lythcott-Haims
- Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain – by D. J. Siegel
- Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More than Peers – by G. Neufeld and G. Mate
- The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter and How to Make the Most of Them Now – by M. Jay
Parenting Websites
Parenting Videos
- Dan Siegel’s Hand Model of the Brain (2 minutes)
- Dan Siegel’s Name It to Tame It (4 minutes)
- Derek Scott’s The Parenting Revolution, a free video series for parents that are based on Internal Family Systems therapy and teach us to to operate from our best Selves.