FoundationConnectionFormationIgnition
$15 to $30Positive Discipline for Single Parents
Jane Nelsen, Cheryl Erwin, Carol Delzer · ages 0-18
Nurturing Cooperation, Respect, and Joy in Your Single-Parent Family.
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The Child, the Family, and the Outside World
D. W. Winnicott · ages 0-10 · $15 to $30
Winnicott's talks to parents on ordinary devoted care in the early years.
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Why we chose it
Winnicott coined "good enough" parenting and the holding environment.
In practice
The research in this article comes from this author. Winnicott wrote the plainest book there is on what a small child needs from the adults around them.
Read: Why the same bedtime story, told the same way, builds something we used to underestimate →For knowing it stuck
Winnicott's 'ordinary devoted care' framing is a quiet reassurance for parents who worry the sequence feels too simple — the book names why small, repeated acts are the work.
Read: The three-step sequence - a powerful method for helping your family navigate transitions →Goes well with
FoundationConnectionFormationIgnition
$15 to $30What Life Could Mean to You
Alfred Adler ·
Adler's most readable statement of individual psychology and the three tasks of life.
FoundationConnectionFormationIgnition
$15 to $30Ask the Children
Ellen Galinsky · ages 3-18
The Breakthrough Study That Reveals How to Succeed at Work and Parenting.
FoundationConnectionFormationIgnition
$15 to $30Liberated Parents, Liberated Children
Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish · ages 2-18
Faber and Mazlish's account of learning Ginott's approach in his parent groups.