Data-Driven Parenting Books
Being a parent involves a lot of decision making: How long should I breastfeed? Where should they go to school? How do I set boundaries around screen time? And for each decision, there are just as many sources of advice, from doctors to blogs to well-meaning relatives and strangers. It can all be overwhelming. Luckily, we have compiled a list of top experts who have already sifted through all the research to bring you the most comprehensive advice that you can use in your own home. Let these data-driven reads help make your job as a parent a little bit easier.
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Add to BookshelfThe Anxious Generation
by Jonathan Haidt
From New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Coddling of the American Mind, an essential investigation into the collapse of youth mental health — and a plan for a healthier, freer childhood.
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Cribsheet
by Emily Oster
From the author of Expecting Better, The Family Firm, and The Unexpected an economist’s guide to the early years of parenting. Economics is the science of decision-making, and Cribsheet is a thinking parent’s guide to the chaos and frequent misinformation of the early years. Emily Oster is a trained expert — and mom of two — who can empower us to make better, less fraught decisions — and stay sane in the years before preschool.
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Growing Up in Public
by Devorah Heitner
The definitive book on helping kids navigate growing up in a world where nearly every moment of their lives can be shared and compared. With social media and constant connection, the boundaries of privacy are stretched thin. Growing Up in Public shows parents how to help tweens and teens navigate boundaries, identity, privacy, and reputation in their digital world.
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Never Enough
by Jennifer Breheny Wallace
The definitive book on the rise of “toxic achievement culture” overtaking our kids’ and parents’ lives, and a new framework for fighting back.
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Drama Free
by Nedra Glover Tawwab
From the bestselling author of Set Boundaries, Find Peace, a road map for understanding and moving past family struggles — and living your life, your way.
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The Emotional Lives of Teenagers
by Lisa Damour, Ph.D.
An urgently needed guide to help parents understand their teenagers’ intense and often fraught emotional lives — and how to support teens through this critical developmental stage — from the author of Untangled and Under Pressure.
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Scattered Minds
by Gabor Maté, MD
From renowned mental health expert and speaker Dr. Gabor Maté, Scattered Minds explodes the myth of attention deficit disorder (ADD/ADHD) as genetically based — and offers real hope and advice for children and adults who live with the condition.
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Magnificent Minds
by Suzanne Goh, MD
Pediatric neurologist Dr. Suzanne Goh has spent decades working with autistic children, and in this practical and research-based guide she shares her renowned and revolutionary model of care: An innovative, whole-child approach that combines optimal medical treatment with the most effective strategies for advancing cognition, communication, and behavior.
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How to Raise a Healthy Gamer
by Alok Kanojia, MD, MPH
A former gamer and Harvard-trained psychiatrist offers a proven, tested plan to help parents define, set, and reinforce healthy boundaries around video games and help kids who have developed an addiction to gaming.
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Generation Sleepless
by Heather Turgeon, MFT and Julie Wright, MFT
Caught in a perfect storm of omnipresent screens, academic overload, night owl biology, and early school start times, Generation Sleepless illustrates how our teens are operating in a constant state of sleep debt and “social jet lag” while struggling to meet the demands of adolescence. This first-of-its-kind book is packed with clear and instantly usable advice for parents as well as an eye-opening call to action for teachers, principals, colleges, coaches, and policy makers.
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Parenting from the Inside Out
by Daniel J. Siegel, MD and Mary Hartzell
In Parenting from the Inside Out, child psychiatrist Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., and early childhood expert Mary Hartzell, M.Ed., explore the extent to which our childhood experiences shape the way we parent. Drawing on stunning new findings, they explain how interpersonal relationships directly impact the development of the brain, and offer parents a step-by-step approach to forming a deeper understanding of their own life stories, which will help them raise compassionate and resilient children.
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The Whole-Brain Child
by Daniel J. Siegel, MD and Tina Payne Bryson
More than 1 million copies in print! The authors of No-Drama Discipline and The Yes Brain explain the new science of how a child’s brain is wired and how it matures in this pioneering, practical book.
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The Informed Parent
by Tara Haelle and Emily Willingham, Ph.D.
The latest scientific research on home birth, breastfeeding, sleep training, vaccines, and other key topics — to help parents make their own best-informed decisions.
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What Every Parent Needs to Know
by Margot Sunderland
Passionate but objective — the first practical parenting book drawing on the latest neuroscience to give you the facts, not the fiction, on the best way to bring up your child.
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Owning Our Struggles
by Minaa B.
Discover the power of collective healing in this research-based and real-world guide to moving past trauma and adversity — together.
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Bad Therapy
by Abigail Shrier
From the author of Irreversible Damage, an investigation into a mental health industry that is harming, not healing, American children. Bad Therapy is a must-read for anyone questioning why our efforts to bolster America’s kids have backfired — and what it will take for parents to lead a turnaround.
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