Whether you listen to your books via headphones, use kindle or prefer a good old paperback I have some awesome book suggestions for you. I don’t know about you, but sometimes I will get into a book cover to cover, unable to put it down and it’ll be over within days. Other times, it’ll be one of those books that’s ok to read in little snippets to capture the information you need in order to solve a problem.

Listed below are 14 of my absolute favourite parenting books, which – throughout my years as a parent – have helped me a lot. Some have helped me to understand my boys’ brains. Some have helped me to understand my own baggage and heal from it. And some have helped me to understand society and why adults can be the way they are towards children. I am certain that at least one of these will help you in your parenting journey!

I have linked each book (paid links) so that you can easily click into Amazon and get started with that reading tonight if you so wish…

📚 The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Proven Strategies to Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind by Dr Tina Payne Bryson & Dr Daniel Siegel

📚 Because I Said So: Why Society Is Childist and How Breaking the Cycle of Discrimination Towards Children Can Change the World by Sarah Ockwell-Smith

📚 The Explosive Child by Ross W Greene, PhD

📚 Your Strong-Willed Child: A Positive Discipline Guide to Calm Your Strong-Willed Child Without Extinguishing Their Inner Fire by Jordan Waldrop

📚 No-Drama Discipline: The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind by Daniel J. Siegel, MD & Tina Payne Bryson, PhD

📚 The Book you Wish your Parents Read by Philippa Perry

📚 The Danish Way of Parenting by Jessica Joelle Alexander & Iben Dissing Sandahl

📚 Raising Boys in the 21st Century by Steve Biddulph

📚 Raising Worry Free Girls Helping Your Daughter Feel Braver, Stronger, and Smarter in an Anxious World by Sissy Goff

📚 How to Talk so Kids will Listen by Joanna Faber & Julie King

📚 Raising a Highly Sensitive Child by Lara Clegg

📚 How to do the Work: Recognise Your Patterns, Heal from Your Past and Create Your Self by Nicole LePera

📚 Hold on to your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers by Gabor Maté & Gordon Neufeld

📚 The Awakened Family by Dr Shefali Tsabary