Hear that big rush of air? That would be me sighing because I’ve finally finished (mostly) compiling this post. Actually, I still have a lot of organizing to do and a few more items to add, but here is the initial list of resources you wonderful folks shared.
I am so excited to really dive in and read some of the blogs, order a few books and watch some of the videos.
If you’re joining us for Mom-iversity I hope you’ll find this list to be a wonderful resource for you. (I’ll post the syllabus form tomorrow.)
Of course, I need to say that not all of the items are 100% endorsed. I haven’t read all of these books and several seemed to have both lovers and haters, so be sure to read the Amazon reviews and remember to “chew the meat and spit out the bones.” This is post is a must read before you dive in to this list: A Very Important Word On Parenting Books etc.
(Also, please note that I had to rush a bit to get this resource up in time for you to review it for Mom-iversity. I most certainly have missed a few suggestions. Be assured, they’ll be added as soon as I have time to review all the comments again. Thanks for your patience!)
Enjoy! (And feel free to add more in the comments.)
Books
- The Bible
- The Mission of Motherhood: Touching Your Child’s Heart for Eternity By Sally Clarkson
- Love and Logic Magic for Early Childhood: Practical Parenting from Birth to Six Years by Charles Fay and Jim Fay
- Parenting is Heart Work by Dr. Scott Turansky and Joanne Miller, RN, BSN
- Your Baby and Child by Penelope Leach
- Between Parent and Child: The Bestselling Classic That Revolutionized Parent-Child Communication by Haim Ginott
- Easy to Love, Difficult to Discipline: The 7 Basic Skills for Turning Conflict into Cooperation by Becky Bailey
- How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Faber & Mazlish
- Positive Discipline for Preschoolers: For Their Early Years–Raising Children Who are Responsible, Respectful, and Resourceful (Positive Discipline Library) by Jane Nelsen
- Siblings Without Rivalry: How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Too by Faber & Mazlish
- Boundaries with Kids: When to Say YES, When to Say NO, to Help Your Children Gain Control of Their Lives by Cloud & Townsend
- Raising Great Kids by Cloud & Townsend
- Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers by Gordon Neufeld
- Good and Angry: Exchanging Frustration for Character in You and Your Kids! by by Dr. Scott Turansky and Joanne Miller, RN, BSN
- Educating the Wholehearted Child Revised & Expanded by Clay and Sally Clarkson.
- Siblings Without Rivalry: How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Too by Faber & Mazlish
- Building Moral Intelligence: The Seven Essential Virtues that Teach Kids to Do the Right Thing by Michele and Ed.D. Borba
- Raising Your Children For Christ — Andrew Murray
- Don’t Make Me Count to Three: a Mom’s Look at Heart-Oriented Discipline — Ginger Plowman
- Wise Words For Moms — Ginger Plowman
- The New Strong-Willed Child — James Dobson
- Shepherding a Child’s Heart – Tedd Tripp
- The Five Love Languages of Children by Gary Chapman and Ross Campbell
- Different Children, Different Needs: Understanding the Unique Personality of Your Child By Charles Boyd
- Christian Living in the Home by Jay Adams
- Don’t Make Me Count to Three: a Mom’s Look at Heart-Oriented Discipline by Ginger Plowman
- The Heart of Anger: Practical Help for Prevention and Cure of Anger in Children by Lou Priolo
- Teach Them Diligently: How to Use the Scriptures in Child Training, Study Guide by Lou Priolo
- Grace-Based Parenting by Tim Kimmel
- Age of Opportunity: A Biblical Guide to Parenting Teens, Second Edition (Resources for Changing Lives) by Paul David Tripp
- Finding Your Purpose as a Mom: How to Build Your Home on Holy Ground by Donna Otto
- The Stay-at-Home Mom: For Women at Home And Those Who Want to Be by Donna Otto
- Parenting With Love And Logic (Updated and Expanded Edition) — Foster Cline & Jim Fay
- The New Strong-Willed Child — James Dobson
- Managers Of Their Homes: A Practical Guide To Daily Scheduling For Christian Home-School Families
- Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason by Alfie Kohn
- Living Simply with Children: A Voluntary Simplicity Guide for Moms, Dads, and Kids Who Want to Reclaim the Bliss of Childhood and the Joy of Parenting by Marie Sherlock
- Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder by Richard Louv
- Unplugged Play: No Batteries. No Plugs. Pure Fun. by Bobbi Connor
- A Charlotte Mason Companion: Personal Reflections on the Gentle Art of Learning by Karen Andreola
- The Key to Your Child’s Heart by Gary Smalley
- Captivating: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman’s Soul by John and Stasi Eldredge
- Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man’s Soul by John and Stasi Eldredge
- The Family Manager Takes Charge: Getting on the Fast Track to a Happy, Organized Home by Kathy Peel
- Bringing Up Geeks: How to Protect Your Kid’s Childhood in a Grow-Up-Too-Fast World by Marybeth Hicks
- Keep the Siblings, Lose the Rivalry by Dr. Todd Cartmell
- You Can’t Make Me (But I Can Be Persuaded): Strategies for Bringing Out the Best in Your Strong-Willed Child by Cynthia Ulrich Tobias
- Confessions of an Irritable Mother by Karen Hossink
- Screamfree Parenting: The Revolutionary Approach to Raising Your Kids by Keeping Your Cool by Hal Runkel
- Steady Days: A Journey Toward Intentional, Professional Motherhood by Jamie Martin
- The Attachment Parenting Book : A Commonsense Guide to Understanding and Nurturing Your Baby by Dr. William Sears
- The Verse-Book Of A Homely Woman by Faye Inchfawn
- Loving Our Kids On Purpose by Danny Silk
- Your Boy: Raising a Godly Son in an Ungodly World by Vicki Courtney.
- For the Children’s Sake: Foundations of Education for Home and School by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay.
- Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child by Marc Weissbluth
- Wise Words For Moms by Ginger Plowman
- Seven Times the Sun: Guiding Your Child Through the Rhythms of the Day — By Shea Darian
- You Are Your Child’s First Teacher: What Parents Can Do With and For Their Chlldren from Birth to Age Six — By Rahima Baldwin Dancy
- Creative Correction — By Lisa Whelchel
- The Happiest Toddler on the Block: How to Eliminate Tantrums and Raise a Patient, Respectful, and Cooperative One- to Four-Year-Old: Revised Edition — By Harvey Karp
- Raising Our Children, Raising Ourselves: Transforming parent-child relationships from reaction and struggle to freedom, power and joy — By Naomi Aldort
- Make Your Place: Affordable & Sustainable Nesting Skills — By Raleigh Briggs
- Bringing Up Girls: Practical Advice and Encouragement for Those Shaping the Next Generation of Women — By James Dobson
- Making a Family Home — By Shannon Honeybloom
- A Mother’s Heart: A Look at Values, Vision, and Character for the Christian Mother by Jean Fleming,
- The Most Important Place on Earth: What a Christian Home Looks Like and How to Build One by Robert Wolgemuth,
- The New Dare to Discipline by James Dobson
- Good and Angry: Exchanging Frustration for Character in You and Your Kids! by Scott Turansky & Joanne Miller
- Say Goodbye to Whining, Complaining, and Bad Attitudes… in You and Your Kids by Scott Turansky & Joanne Miller
- My Heart’s at Home: Becoming the Intentional Mom Your Family Needs (Hearts at Home Books) by Jill Savage
- The Family Blessing-Rolf Garborg
- Taming Your Family Zoo: Six Weeks to Raising a Well-Mannered Child – Donna Jones
- Raising a Modern-Day Knight: A Father’s Role in Guiding His Son to Authentic Manhood – Robert Lewis
- How am I Smart?: A Parent’s Guide to Multiple Intelligences -Dr. Kathy Koch
- The Power of a Positive Mom: Revised Edition – Karol Ladd
- Raising An Emotionally Intelligent Child The Heart of Parenting by John Gottman, PhD
- For the Children’s Sake: Foundations of Education for Home and School Susan Schaeffer Macauley
- The Power of a Praying® Parent Deluxe Edition by Stormie Omartian
- How Children Learn (Classics in Child Development) by John Holt
- The Hidden Art of Homemaking by Edith Schaeffer
- What is a Family?? By Edith Schaeffer
- For the Family’s Sake: The Value of Home in Everyone’s Life by Susan Schaeffer Macauley
- Bringing Up Boys by James Dobson
- Feminine Appeal by Carolyn Mahaney
- Gift Of The Blessing, The by Smalley and Trent
- Honey, I Wrecked the Kids: When Yelling, Screaming, Threats, Bribes, Time-outs, Sticker Charts and Removing Privileges All Don’t Work by Alyson Schafer
- Raising Your Spirited Child Rev Ed: A Guide for Parents Whose Child Is More Intense, Sensitive, Perceptive, Persistent, and Energetic by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka
- 12 Simple Secrets Real Moms Know: Getting Back to Basics and Raising Happy Kids — Michele Borba
- Gift from the Sea: 50th Anniversary Edition — Anne Morrow Lindberg
- Growing Kids God’s Way: Biblical Ethics for Parenting — The Ezzos
- On Becoming Baby Wise: Giving Your Infant the Gift of Nighttime Sleep (On Becoming. . .) by the Ezzos
Blogs
- A Holy Experience
- Our Mother’s Daughters/
- Simple Mom
- Simple Kids – Uncomplicated parenting in a complex world.
- Impress Your Kids
- A Path Made Straight
- Clover Lane
- Above Rubies
- No Greater Joy
- Life As Mom
- Proverbs31.org
- Delighting In The Days
- PHD in Parenting
- Too Many Kids In The Bathtub
- Steady Mom/
- Life As Mom
- Moms of Faith
- The M.O.B. Society – a blog for Mothers of Boys.
- M.O.D. Squad – a blog for Mothers of Daughter
WEBSITES
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<li><a href="http://www.raisinggodlytomatoes.com/">Raising Godly Tomatoes</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.parentingontrack.com/blog/">Parenting on Track</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.doorposts.com/">DoorPosts</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.askdrsears.com/">Ask Dr. Sears</a></li>
<li><a href="http://Familylife.com</a>Family Life</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.mops.org/">MOPS.org</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.loveandlogic.com/">Love and Logic</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.donnaotto.org/index.htm">Donna Otto Ministries</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.heritagebuilders.com/Resources.html">Heritage Builders Resources</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.focusonthefamily.org/">Focus on the Family</a></li>
POSTS
- Try this little secret of mine, instead of “because I said so.” – Like Mother, Like Daughter
- Six-to-eleven year olds need less patience from you. – Like Mother, Like Daughter
- The Reasonably Clean House – Like Mother, Like Daughter
- Perfectionism – A Holy Experience
- Released from Worry: A Theology of Parenting (with a wee giveaway) – A Holy Experience
- Embracing Who I Am – Incourage
- For the Young Mother: Ministry, Guilt, and Seasons of Life
- What A Mother Can Do Without
- The One Parenting Habit that Changes Everything – A Holy Experience
- A State of Bondage – Revive Our Hearts
- Out of Time – Girl Talk
OTHER
Right From The Start Video Series – Family Life
The World’s Strictest Parents – TV Show
Quotes
“Love through Mistakes
Teach through Accidents
Discipline through Rebellion”
“The days are long, but the years are short.” – unknown
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This post is part of Works For Me Wednesday.
Wow! You must be exhausted! What a great list. It will take me a while just to look through it! Looks like a great list of ideas for Christmas Gifts for those moms we know!
Donna,
Christmas – That’s actually what I thought! Although, I was thinking more for me…. 🙂 I’m making my wishlist for all the relatives who don’t quite know what to get.
Um, yeah, great idea to get books for OTHERS too. That’s what I was gonna say next…. 😉
GREAT work! Fantastic list! It’s a great resource and hopefully one day I’ll actually read through the entire list in detail.
Btw, just a minor correction, the Raising Great Kids book I listed is this one (not the workbook):
http://www.amazon.com/Raising-Great-Kids-Foreword-Morgan/dp/0310228123/ref=sr_1_7?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1285567080&sr=1-7
Thank you for doing this. You’re quite amazing.
eelin,
I made the change. Thanks for pointing that out and listing the correct link. Very helpful!
I enjoy http://www.reviveourhearts.com Not only podcasts on parenting, but on biblical womanhood, marriage etc.
Caroline
That’s exactly what I was going to suggest. I have been listening to the Proverbs 31 series, and it is amazing, challenging, and encouaraging. I love Nancy Leigh DeMoss’ tone… very understanding, not condemning, but never just suggesting her listeners simply stay where they are.
Love this list!!! So wonderful!!! One thing we’ve liked (and we’ve used in conjunction with Love & Logic) is 123 Magic.
These resources are wonderful!!! Thanks for compiling it!!!
Kat, THANK YOU SO MUCH for compiling this list. I was going to do this myself but just haven’t had the time with an infant and recent international move. Appreciate your blog and ministry so much!
WOW! Thank you SO MUCH for this! What a wonderful list and resource!!!! Love, love it!!! Huge blessings to you for doing this!!! I really appreciate this and know it will help me and so many others. God bless you!
Oh my goodness, you are awesome! I’m bookmarking this single post. Thanks so much! ~K
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Uff dah! What a post! Awesome, awesome Kat!
Blessings,
Amy
What an amazing list! I’m browsing through some of the titles I haven’t heard of and adding quite a few new books to my Amazon wishlist. Thanks for taking the time to compile this list.
This is great. Love to see Parenting Beyond Your Capacity in there by Reggie Joiner/ Carey Nieuwhof which came out last year. Timely for ALL parents in all stages of faith about the power when we partner with the church and what happens.. Two combined influences are more powerful than just two influences. Great read for all parents.
Ok, so I have been stalking for quite some time, and I absolutely love your site! I guess it’s time I get involved, and let you know you are accomplishing your goal of inspiring me to act!
So, here are a couple of things that I have used (still use) with my four kids.
http://www.accountablekids.com-wonderful book and tool to use to get kids to do the things we normally nag them about, and helps them to learn to “earn” privileges such as tv, computer, etc, all in a very positive way. LOVE IT
Also, my favorite books are by Dr. William Sears The Discipline Book,and The Baby Book.
I am looking forward to the momiversity, what a great idea!
oops
http://www.accountablekids.com
Sorry I’m new at this! 😉
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I’m disappointed that I took the time to write down important resources that have encouraged me, and they were not mentioned here. Maybe you could just explain why??
Jill,
So sorry about that. I rushed a bit getting the list up because I wanted everyone to be able to review at least some of the entries before Mom-iversity starts.
I do see that the Ezzo’s and Noel Piper’s books are both listed, but you’re right that I missed the John Rosemond site, though. I’ll look into it and add it. I also haven’t finished the quote section, but I’ll be sure to add it as soon as I have a chance.
This entry will eventually be a page on the blog that will be often referenced, so don’t worry that your recommendations will be missed just because I missed them on this first draft. I’ll be continually refining this page and will be often referencing it, so I’m sure your recommendations will be very valuable to many readers.
I certainly should have mentioned in the post that I didn’t get all recommendations in this entry and that I rushed it a bit to make sure everyone got a chance to at least review it before Mom-iversity starts. I’ll add an update with that note now.
Thanks so much for letting me know.
-Kat
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Funny, I just pulled all my parenting books off the shelves and lined them up on my little desk (actually, it is a dressing table) to read through one by one and glean wisdom. I’m parenting teens now and periodically feel completely inept. Perfect timing!
By the way, I originally read “the days are long and the years are short” as a quote from Barbara Bush. I just did a quick google search and it seems to confirm that…
From: http://www.history.com/topics/barbara-bush
Barbara spent most of the next two decades parenting. Because her husband’s oil business frequently took him away from home, responsibility for raising George W. and Jeb, as well as three other children born between 1955 and 1959, fell to her. “This was a period for me,†she later said, “of long days and short years, of diapers, runny noses, earaches.â€
I noticed in the newer post where we’re giving introductions that some moms are working on sleep training… this is a good website with lots of information on this very subject.
http://www.mybabysleepguide.com/
hope that helps! 🙂
Thanks for doing all the work- I am reserving LOTS of these books at my local library- and I can’t wait to look at the blogs you posted- I personally only go to blogs that are recommended- only so much time in the day
This looks like a great list! I have a few parenting favorites but I’m always looking for more “study material”.
Can anybody recommend a really good book for dads? Something short and simple and to the point? My husband is pretty busy and to get him to sit and read some of these longer books, well it just won’t happen. It’s not that he’s not interested it’s more of a time issue.
Thanks!
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