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Parenting Resources

SSC Cooperative Preschool Handbooks

Online Resources

A Variety for Your Bookshelf

Every child and every parent is unique.  One book would never suffice!

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  • Becoming the Parent You Want to Be, A Sourcebook of Strategies for the First Five Years by Laura Davis and Janis Keyser

  • Beyond Behavior Management:The Six Life Skills Children Need to Thrive in Today’s World by Jenna Bilmes

  • The Dance of Anger by Harriet Goldhor Lerner, Ph.D.

  • Easy to Love, Difficult to Discipline by Becky A. Bailey, Ph.D.

  • Gesell Institute Books: Your One Year Old, Your Two Year Old, etc. by Ames & Ilg

  • The Heart of Parenting, Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child by John Gottman Ph.D.

  • The Highly Sensitive Child by Elaine N. Aron, Ph.D.

  • How Much Is Enough? by Jean Illsley Clarke

  • How to Raise a Child with a High EQ by Lawrence E. Shapiro Ph.D.

  • How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish

  • Is This a Phase? (Child Development & Parent Strategies Birth – 6 years) by Helen F. Neville

  • Kids Can Cooperate by Elizabeth Crary

  • Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv

  • Love and Anger, The Parent Dilemma by Nancy Samalin

  • Love & Limits by Elizabeth Crary

  • Mind in the Making  by Ellen Galinsky

  • Multiple Intelligences by Howard Gardner

  • Nurture Shock by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman

  • Parenting Tips & Tools by Elizabeth Crary

  • Parenting from the Inside Out by Daniel Siegel

  • Pick Up Your Socks by Elizabeth Crary

  • Positive Discipline for Preschoolers by Jane Nelson Ed. D.

  • Positive Discipline for the First Three Years by Jane Nelson Ed. D.

  • Raising Compassionate, Courageous Children by Dr. Janice Cohn

  • Raising Your Spirited Child by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka

  • Real Boys by William Pollack, Ph.D.

  • Remote Control Childhood? Combating the Hazards of Media Culture by Diane E. Levin

  • The Mindful Brain by Daniel Siegel

  • The Shelter of Each Other by Mary Pipher Ph.D.

  • Siblings Without Rivalry by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish

  • The Six Stages of Parenthood by Ellen Galinsky

  • The Sleep Book for Tired Parents by Rebecca Huntley MSW

  • The 90-Minute Baby Sleep Program by Dr. Polly Moore

  • Television and the Lives of Our Children by Gloria DeGaetano, M.Ed.

  • The Ten Greatest Gifts I Give My Children by Steven W. Vannoy

  • What Should I Tell the Kids? by Ava L. Siegler, Ph.D.

  • Without Spanking or Spoiling by Elizabeth Crary

  • Your Baby & Child from Birth to Age Five by Penelope Leach

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