Summer Reading List 2023

Reading is a great way to learn something new, discover a new outlook, develop new habits, or just be curious about new ideas and perspectives.  We’ve put together a collection of book suggestions for parents, educators, and other adults that are filled with useful information, great advice, strategies you can try at home, and maybe provide a new way of looking at things.  So kick off your shoes and grab a good book.  We hope you enjoy them!

* Many of these books are available to borrow at the Barrington Area Library.  Visit balibrary.org for more information.

1. Permission to Feel: The Power of Emotional Intelligence to Achieve Well-Being and Success – Marc Brackett, PhD
2. Love Centered Parenting: The No-Fail Guide to Launching Your Kids – Crystal Paine
3. The Power of Showing Up: How Parental Presence Shapes Who Our Kids Become and How Their Brains Get Wired – Daniel J. Seigel, MD and Tina Payne Bryson, PhD
4. Smart But Scattered: The Revolutionary “Executive Skills” Approach to Helping Kids Reach Their Potential – Peg Dawson, EdD & Richard Guare, PhD
5. Ready or Not: Preparing Our Kids to Thrive in an Uncertain and Rapidly Changing World – Madeline Levine, PhD
6. Age of Opportunity: Lessons from the New Science of Adolescence – Laurence Steinberg
7. The Emotional Life of Teenagers: Raising Connected, Capable and Compassionate Adolescents – Lisa Damour, PhD
8. No More Mean Girls: The Secret to Raising  Strong, Confident and Compassionate Girls – Katie Hurley
9. Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteen: The Essential Conversations You Need to Have with Your Kids Before They Start High School – Michelle Icard
10. One Trusted Adult: How to Build Strong Connections & Healthy Boundaries with Young People – Brooklyn Raney
11. Good Inside: A Guide to Becoming the Parent You Want to Be – Dr. Becky Kennedy
12. Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic-and What We Can Do About It – Jennifer Breheny Wallace
13. The Conscious Parent: Transforming Ourselves, Empowering Our Children – Dr. Shefali Tsabary
14. Middle School Makeover: Improving the Way You and Your Child Experience the Middle School Years – Michelle Icard
15. The Addiction Inoculation: Raising Healthy Kids in a Culture of Dependence – Jessica Lahey
16. Eight Setbacks That Can Make a Child a Success: What to Do and What to Say to Turn “Failures” into Character-Building Moments – Michelle Icard
17. Raising Good Humans: A Mindful Guide to Breaking the Cycle of Reactive Parenting and Raising Kind, Confident Kids – Hunter Clarke-Fields, MSAE
18. Parenting in the Screenage: A Guide for Calm Conversations – Delaney Ruston, MD
19. Raising Happiness: 10 Simple Step for More Joyful Kids and Happier Parents – Christine Carter, PhD
20. Mindfulness for Children: Help Your Child to be Calm and Content from Breakfast Till Bedtime – Uz Afzal
21. No-Drama Discipline: The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind – Daniel J. Siegel, MD & Tina Payne Bryson, PhD
22. The Parents We Mean to Be: How Well-Intentioned Adults Undermine Children’s Moral and Emotional Development – Richard Weissbourd
23. The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed – Jessica Lahey
24. How to Talk to Kids about Anything: Tips, Scripts, Stories, and Steps to Make Even the Toughest Conversations Easier – Robyn Silverman, PhD
25. The Parenting Map: Step-by-Step Solutions to Consciously Create the Ultimate Parent-Child Relationship – Dr. Shefali Tsabary
26. The Science of Making Friends: Helping Socially Challenged Teens and Young Adults – Elizabeth Laugeson, PsyD
27. Decoding Boys: New Science Behind the Art of Raising Sons – Cara Natterson, MD
28. El cerebro del niño. Libro de ejercicios: Hojas de trabajo, actividades y ejercicios prácticos para cultivar la mente en desarrollo de tu hijo – Daniel J. Seigel, MD and Tina Payne Bryson, PhD
29. Disciplina sin lágrimas – Daniel J. Siegel & Tina Payne Bryson, PhD
30. Padres conscientes – Dr. Shefali Tsabary

Additional Books

• Age of Opportunity: Lessons from the New Science of Adolescence –  Laurence Steinberg
• Parenting from the Inside Out: How a Deeper Understanding Can help Your Raise Children Who Thrive – Daniel J. Siegel, MD and Mary Hartzell, M.Ed
• What Do You Say?: How to Talk with Kids to Build Motivation, Stress Tolerance and a Happy Home – William Stixrud, PhD & Ned Johnson
• El Aprendizaje de la Felicida: 10 Oasis Para Fomentar la Felicidad en Los Ninos y en Sus Padres – Christine Carter.