Char’s Recommended Reads for Parents

  • Hold On To Your Kids

    By Gordon Neufeld

    Book cover of "Hold On to Your Kids" by Gordon Neufeld and Gabor Maté, featuring a simple green plant sprout and green accents.

  • The Anxious Generation

    By Jonathan Haidt

    Book cover of 'The Anxious Generation' by Jonathan Haidt, featuring a young girl surrounded by yellow balls, looking at her phone.

  • Rest Play Grow

    By Deborah MacNamara

    Book cover titled "Rest, Play, Grow: Making Sense of Preschoolers (Or Anyone Who Acts Like One)" by Deborah MacNamara, PhD, with a foreword by Gordon Neufeld, PhD. The cover features colorful children's handprints.

  • Raising Lifelong Learners

    By Lucy Calkins

    Cover of a book titled 'Raising Lifelong Learners: A Parent's Guide' by Lucy Calkins with Lydia Bellino, showing two children reading at a table.

  • The Whole Brain Child

    By Daniel J. Siegel

    Cover of a book titled "The Whole-Brain Child" by Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., and Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D., featuring a white silhouette of a child's head with colorful text and a red circle indicating more than 1 million copies sold in print.

  • Lost At School

    By Ross W. Greene

    Cover of the book titled 'Lost at School' by Ross W. Greene, Ph.D., features a black-and-white photo of a young girl sitting alone on a school desk with her head slightly bowed, set against a predominantly blue background with yellow and red accents.

  • Teach Your Children Well

    By Madeline Levine

    Book cover for "Teach Your Children Well" by Madeline Levine, PhD, with two young girls sitting by a lake, one girl’s arm extended towards the other.

  • The bully, the bullied, and the bystander

    By Barbara Coloroso

    Cover of the book "The Bully, The Bullied, and The Not-So-Innocent Bystander" by Barbara Coloroso, featuring children in a classroom scene.