Early Child Development
- Diary of a Baby: What Your Child Sees, Feels, and Experiences by Daniel Stern
- The Emotional Life of the Toddler by Alicia Lieberman
- Touchpoints by T. Berry Brazelton
- What’s Going On in There? How the Brain and Mind Develop in the First Five Years of Life by Lise Eliot
- The Gardener and the Carpenter: What the New Science of Child Development Tells Us About the Relationship Between Parents and Children by Allison Gopnik
Parenting and Discipline: Infant/Toddlers
- The Happiest Baby on the Block by Harvey Karp
- The Happiest Toddler on the Block by Harvey Karp
- Your Self-Confident Baby by Magda Gerber (founder of the RIE movement)
- Dear Parent: Caring for Infants with Respect by Magda Gerber
- No Bad Kids: Toddler Discipline Without Shame by Janet Lansbury
- Elevating Child Care: A Guide to Respectful Parenting by Janet Lansbury
- Becoming the Parent You Want to Be: A Sourcebook of Strategies for the First Five Years by by Laura Davis and Janis Keyser
- Zero to Five: 70 Essential Parenting Tips Based on Science by Tracy Cutchlow
Parenting and Discipline: Early childhood and beyond
- The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind by Daniel Siegel and Tina Payne-Bryson (a great book to start with and an easy read!). Check out a fantastic summary of the book here.
- No-Drama Discipline: The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind by Daniel Siegel and Tina Payne-Bryson
- The Yes Brain: How to Cultivate Courage, Curiosity, and Resilience in Your Child by Daniel Siegel and Tina Payne-Bryson
- Parenting from the Inside Out by Daniel Siegel and Mary Hartzell (a little more advanced – best to read and process with a friend or therapist)
- Cribsheet by Emily Oster
- How to talk so Little Kids Will Listen by Joanna Faber and Julie King
- How to Talk so Kids will Listen & Listen so Kids will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
- How to Talk so Teens will Listen & Listen so Teens will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
- Between Parent and Child by Haim Ginott
- Redirecting Children’s Behavior by Kathryn Kvols
- Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain by Daniel Siegel
- The Reflective Parent by Regina Pally
Learning
- Becoming Brilliant: What Science Tells Us about Raising Successful Children by Roberta Michnick Golinkoff and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek
- Einstein Never Used Flash Cards by Roberta Michnick Golinkoff and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, with Diane Eyer
- How Children Succeed by Paul Tough
- NurtureShock by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman
- Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck
Inspirational
- The Little Goo-Roo: Lessons from Your Baby by Jan Kirschner
Rebekka Helford, LMFT 