10 of My Favorite Books about Parenting

Week #3 of your Month of Reading Bravely is all about parenting. What I love about these 10 books is that they resist the urge to give parents rules for raising your kids. I find those kinds of books to be simplistic and disempowering. Instead, these ten books invite awareness and reflection-- about what parenting stirs in you, about what's possible and needed in the relationship between you and your child, and about who you want to be as a parent. Enjoy!

Adams, Cathy Cassani (2014). Living What You Want Your Kids to Learn: The Power of Self-Aware Parenting.

Burnside, Annie (2010). Soul to Soul Parenting: A Guide to Raising a Spiritually Conscious Family.

Folz, Alexandra (2016). The Heirloom.

Kabat-Zinn, Myla & Kabat-Zinn, Jon (1998). Everyday Blessings: The Inner Work of Mindful Parenting.

Ornstein, Peggy (2016). Girls & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape.

Siegel, Daniel J. (2012). The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind, Survive Everyday Parenting Struggles, and Help Your Family Thrive.

Siegel, Daniel J. (2014). Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain.

Siegel, Daniel J. (2013). Parenting from the Inside Out. How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive.

Tsabary, Shefali (2010). The Conscious Parent: Transforming Ourselves, Empowering Our Children.

Tsabary, Shefali (2016). The Awakened Family: A Revolution in Parenting.