Living In The Know: Favorite Books

Written By Allison Sallee

Current information to help you make informed parenting decisions. 

You asked and we heard you! Our favorite books! For parents, children, adolescents, adults, and, well, people.

For Parents:

  • The Explosive Child by Ross Greene (This is a great parenting book for children who are NOT explosive too!)

  • Raising Children You Can Live With by Jamie Raser

  • Smart But Scattered (Children or Teens versions) by Peg Dawson et al.

  • Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child by John Gottman

  • How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish; 

  • How to Talk So Little Kids Will Listen: A Survival Guide to Life with Children Ages 2–7 by Joanna Faber and Julie King; 

  • How to Talk When Kids Won’t Listen: Whining, Fighting, Meltdowns, Defiance, and Other Challenges of Childhood by Joanna Faber and Julie King).

  • The Awakened Family: How to Raise Empowered, Resilient, & Conscious Children by Shefali Tsbaray

  • The Whole-Brain Child by Dan Siegel

For Children and Adolescents:

  • Asperkids (Secret) Book of Social Rules by Jennifer O’Toole

  • There’s a Volcano in My Tummy by Whitehouse & Pudney

  • When My Worries Get Too Big by Kari Dunn Buron

  • A Terrible Thing Happened by Margaret M. Holmes

  • The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn

  • Books by Julia Cook (i.e., Soda Pop Head)

  • Books by Kathy Hoppman (i.e., All Dogs Have ADHD)

  • Good Inside by Becky Kennedy

  • What To Do When You Worry Too Much by Huebner and Matthews

  • Puppy Mind by Andrew Jordan Nance

  • Ruby Finds a Worry by Tom Percival

  • The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook for Kids: Help for Children to Cope with Stress, Anxiety, and Transitions by Lawrence E. Shapiro PhD & Robin K. Sprague

  • The Anxiety Survival Guide for Teens by Jennifer and Doug Shannon

  • Conquer Negative Thinking for Teens: A Workbook to Break the Nine Thought Habits That Are Holding You Back by Mary Karapetian Alvord

For Adults:

  • Feeling Good by David Burns

  • It's Not Always Depression: Working the Change Triangle to Listen to the Body, Discover Core Emotions, and Connect to Your Authentic Self by Hilary Jacobs Hendel

  • Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson PsyD

  • Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck

  • You Can Go Home Again by Monica McGoldrick

  • Atomic Habits by James Clear

  • 25 Lessons in Mindfulness by Rezvan Ameli

  • Open to Emotion by Jennifer C. Veilleux







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