Expanding you background knowledge on parenthood can be very beneficial.
These books below will help parents learn how to raise sons, allow their children to express their feelings and learn the racially prejudiced history of African American motherhood.
The Anxious Generation
Jonathan HaidtPublished in March 2024, this book by Jonathan Haidt is grounded in ancient wisdom and packed full of cutting-edge science. This eye-opening book is a life raft and a powerful call-to-arms, offering practical advice for parents, schools, governments, and teens themselves.
Reading Lessons
Carol AthertonThe books we read at school, the conversations they spark and why they matter. This is an English teacher's love letter to reading and the many ways literature can make us, and our lives, better. It is a beautifully written, sensitive book that is full of warmth and empathy.
Its Never Just About the Behaviour
Claire EnglishThis book explores behaviour and classroom management through a holistic and best practice approach. It is full of engaging and relatable narratives, grounded in research and delivers essential, highly relevant and actionable lessons on behaviour management.
The Book Whisperer
Donalyn MillerDonalyn Miller says she is yet to meet a child she can't turn into a reader. No matter how far behind her students might be when they reach her 6th grade classroom, they end up reading an average of 40 to 50 books a year. Her love of books and teaching is both infectious and inspiring.
Uncommon Sense Teaching
By Barbara Oakley, Beth Rogowsky and Terence J. SejnowskiA groundbreaking guide to improving teaching based on the latest research in neuroscience that helps us understand the brain and how we learn. It applies this research to the classroom for teachers, parents, and anyone interested in improving education
When The Parents Change Everything Changes
Paul DixPaul Dix explains that your behaviour (as a parent) is the only behaviour over which you have absolute control. To change your children's behaviour, you first need to change your own. His tried-and-tested method will change what your child does by first changing what you do.
Why Knowledge Matters: Rescuing Our Children from Failed Educational Theories
E. D. Hirsch, Jr.This important book argues that while students have been taught how to read, they have not been taught what to read and that cultural literacy matters far more than vague notions of 21st century skills. Should there be a greater focus on what we are teaching instead of how we teach it?
Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning
Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III & Mark A. McDanielIf you want to read a lively and engaging book on the science of learning, this is a must. It benefits greatly from its use of stories about people who have achieved mastery of complex knowledge and skills. This is a rich and resonant book and a pleasurable read.
The Teenage Brain: A Neuroscientist's Survival Guide to Raising Adolescents and Young Adults
Frances E JensenA groundbreaking book about adolescent brain function and wiring, and it explains the science of stress, memory, sleep, addiction and decision making on the teenage brain. Practical advice helps adults and teenagers negotiate the mysterious world of adolescent development.
Decoding Boys: New Science Behind the Subtle Art of Raising Sons
Cara NattersonA powerful, eye-opening book about the struggles of raising boys and how to overcome them. Natterson teaches parents to steer their boys in the right direction, touching on lessons such as managing video game time, avoiding irrational decisions and coping with puberty.
Permission to Feel
Marc BrackettWorking as an emotional scientist for 25+ years, Brackett describes how his uncle (when growing up) gave him ‘permission to feel’. His book educates parents on how to grant their children the freedom to do the same and to monitor their mental wellbeing.
Motherhood So White
Nefertiti AustinA powerful book confronting the racially prejudiced history of African American motherhood. Austin breaks the chasm between white and black mothers and debunks the stereotype that, in America, ‘Mother = White’.
Best Digital
Travels Through Time - Podcast
A leading historian is asked: if they could travel back through time, which year would they visit? Billed as a blend of 'serious history and playful parlour game', the strength of this podcast is in the narrow and fascinating slice of the past it presents.
Net Nanny
Net Nanny provides you with an instant report of online searches made by family members, shows you the apps your kids have used and sends you real-time alerts if content related to suicide, porn, drugs or weapons is accessed. US$39.99.
Life360
With real-time location sharing you can know the whereabouts of your kids throughout the day plus get notified as loved ones come and go from your most frequent spots. Free with a premium plan option.
