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Parent Links
In an effort to keep the CEA learning community united, below are a series of resources we find meaningful and helpful:
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Books
The Everyday Parenting Toolkit by Alan E. Kazdin and Carlo Rotella
Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age by Sherry Turkle
Covey, Stephen.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families: Building a Beautiful Family Culture in a Turbulent World.
Franklin Covey Company and Golden Books, 1997.
Mogel, Wendy.
The Blessing Of A Skinned Knee: Using Jewish Teachings To Raise Self-Reliant Children Simon and Schuster Adult Publishing Group, 2008.
How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success by Julie Lythcott-Haims
Hinshaw, Stephen.
The Triple Bind: Saving Our Teenage Girls from Today’s Pressures.
Ballantine Books, 2009.
Kazdin, Alan E.
The Kazdin Method for Parenting the Defiant Child
Houghton Mifflin Company, 2008.
Seligman, Martin.
The Optimistic Child
Harper Perennial, 1995.
UnSelfie: Why Empathetic Kids Succeed in Our All-About-Me World by Michele Borba
Levine, Madeline.
Price of Privilege: How Parental Pressure and Material Advantage Are Creating a Generation of Disconnected and Unhappy Kids
Harper Collins Publishers, 2008.
Thompson, Michael and O’Neill Grace, Catherine.
Best Friends, Worst Enemies: Understanding the Social Lives of Children.
Ballantine Books, 2001.
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