My 15 top parenting books | books every parent should read

These are my 15 top parenting books. In my talk called Parenting: Navigating Everything, I cover numerous topics in the realm of parenting such as parenting styles, time, communication, and discipline. The list below includes all the books I promote and I quote in the presentation. I will do other book lists for different topics like mental health, sex, and media, etc but these are my top 15 books on the greater concept of parenting.

I have given you direct links to Amazon after each book. You can find full descriptions on Amazon. I would suggest having a parenting book on the go at all times whether it’s a physical book or a Kindle version. Read a chapter or even just 10 pages a day. You will easily then read around a book or 2 every month. I have put (faith-based) at the end of the book if the author has faith-based content in the book. If you want to be better parents pick up a few books to help you in this area.

Links to my book Parenting: Navigating Everything
Amazon https://amzn.to/31ZEO4N

I also have a 6-part video series for a small group setting going through the first 6 chapters in my book. Click here for more information

You can also find my fully updated list on my Amazon page. All book suggestions are divided up by category.
Canada – https://www.amazon.ca/shop/brettullman
US – https://www.amazon.com/shop/brettullman

My Top Parenting books:

1. The Collapse of Parenting: How We Hurt Our Kids When We Treat Them Like Grown-Ups – Leonard Sax
Amazon – https://amzn.to/2NXKLIA

2. Parenting Beyond Your Capacity: Connecting Your Family to a Wider Community – Reggie Joiner & Carey Nieuwhof (Faith-based)
Amazon – https://amzn.to/2O15lrq

3. Trophy Child: Saving Parents from Performance, Preparing Children for Something Greater Than Themselves – Ted Cunningham (Faith-based)
Amazon – https://amzn.to/2Q7NbqN

4. Hold On to Your Kids: Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers – Gorden Neufeld & Gabor Maté
Amazon – https://amzn.to/2ZXJf0m

5. 12 Huge Mistakes Parents Can Avoid: Leading Your Kids to Succeed in Life – Tim Elmore
Amazon – https://amzn.to/2O5Vgtc

6. How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success – Julie Lythcott-Haims
Amazon – https://amzn.to/2O65UAx

6. Revolutionary Parenting: What the Research Shows Really Works – George Barna (Faith-based)
Amazon – https://amzn.to/2QaapN3

7. The Price of Privilege: How Parental Pressure and Material Advantage Are Creating a Generation of Disconnected and Unhappy Kids – Madaline Levine
Amazon – https://amzn.to/2Q7BTTg

8. Dr. Karyn’s Guide To The Teen Years: Understanding and Parenting Your Teenagers – Karyn Gordon
Amazon – https://amzn.to/32GRElD

9. Free-Range Kids: How to Raise Safe, Self-Reliant Children (Without Going Nuts with Worry) – Lenore Skenazy
Amazon – https://amzn.to/2Q4hOgG

10. Under Pressure: Putting the Child Back in Childhood – Carl Honoré
Amazon – https://amzn.to/2N9Dupr

11. The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed – Jessica Lahey
Amazon – https://amzn.to/34AMysS

12. The Grown Ups Guide to Teenage Humans: How to Decode Their Behavior, Develop Unshakable Trust, and Raise a Respectable Adult – Josh Shipp
Amazon – https://amzn.to/34Kb2QE

13. The Power of Moments: Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact – Chip and Dan Heath
Amazon – https://amzn.to/32GS6QR

14a. The 5 Love Languages – Gary Chapman
Amazon – https://amzn.to/2O5W5Ci

14b. The 5 Love Languages of Children: The Secret to Loving Children Effectively – Gary Chapman & Ross Campbell
Amazon – https://amzn.to/2LsEYcg

14c. The 5 Love Languages of Teenagers – Gary Chapman
Amazon – https://amzn.to/2O67Uc1

15. Secrets of Discipline: 12 Keys for raising responsible children – Ronald. G. Morrish
Amazon – https://amzn.to/2NXy1S7

New additions to top parenting books.

The Explosive Child, The: A New Approach For Understanding And Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children – Ross W. Greene
Amazon – https://amzn.to/3rUonkO

He’s Not Lazy: Empowering Your Son to Believe In Himself – Adam Price
Amazon – https://amzn.to/3s0f173

Any I am missing? What would your top parenting books be?

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