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Westminster Elementary / Meetinghouse Schools

Books for Parents

A large bookshelf filled with numerous books, showcasing a variety of titles and colors.

  • Nurture Shock: New Thinking About Children by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman
  • The Measure of Our Success by Marion Wright Edelman
  • How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
  • Siblings Without Rivalry by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
  • 1-2-3 Magic: Effective Discipline for Children by Thomas Phelan
  • Emotionally Intelligent Parenting: How to Raise a Self-Disciplined, Responsible, Socially Skilled Child  by Elias, Tobias and Freidlander
  • Where Did I Come From? by Peter Mayle and Arthur Robins
  • Homework Without Tears:  A Parent's Guide for Motivating Children to do Homework and to Succeed in School by Lee Canter
  • Real Boys:  Rescuing Our Sons from the Myths of Boyhood by William Pollack
  • Child of Mine: Feeding with Love and Good Sense by Ellyn Satter
  • Raising Our Children, Raising Ourselves: Transforming Parent-Child Relationships from Reaction and Struggle to Freedom, Power and Joy by Naomi Aldort
  • The Whole Brain Child by Daniel Seigel
  • The ADHD Workbook for Parents by Harvey Parker
  • The Explosive Child by Ross Greene
  • The Family of Adoption by Joyce Macguire Pavao
  • Helping Children Cope with Divorce by Edward Teyber
  • Freeing your Child from Anxiety:  Powerful, Practical Solutions to Overcome Your Child's Fears, Worries, and Phobias by Tamar Chansky
  • What to Do When You Worry Too Much by Dawn Huebner
  • Executive Skills in Children and Adolescents:  A Practical Guide to Assessment and Intervention by Peg Dawson and Richard Guare
  • Raising Your Spirited Child by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka
  • Freeing your Child from Negative Thinking:  Powerful, Practical Strategies to Build a Lifetime of Resilience, Flexibility, and Happiness by Tamar Chansky
  • Driven to Distraction by Edward Hallowell