Recommended websites
Hand in Hand Parenting
- http://www.handinhandparenting.org/
- Hand in Hand Parenting also has excellent courses.
- Hand in Hand has 150 free articles on aspects of parenting and children’s emotional development. http://www.handinhandparenting.org/article/complete-article-list/
Kid’s Best Bet
- http://macnamara.ca/
- Dr. McNamara has about 50 free articles on her website about parenting from an attachment-based, developmental perspective. http://macnamara.ca/kids-best-bet-blog/
Neufeld Institute
- http://neufeldinstitute.org/
- The Neufeld Institute has excellent courses on aggression, adolescence, preschoolers, attention problems, anxiety, etc. based on an attachment-based, developmental perspective. http://neufeldinstitute.org/courses/
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Recommended parenting books
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Listen: Five Simple Tools to Meet Your Everyday Parenting Challenges
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- by Patti Wipfler & Tosha Schore
- Patti Wipfler founded Hand in Hand Parenting
Rest, Play, Grow: Making Sense of Preschoolers (Or Anyone Who Acts Like One)
- by Deborah McNamara, PhD
- Dr. McNamara is on faculty at the Neufeld Institute. The book is based on the relational developmental approach of Gordon Neufeld.
- Published in May, 2016, and available in Canada on Amazon.ca or Indigo/Chapters
Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers
- by Gordon Neufeld, PhD & Gabor Mate, MD
- Dr. Neufeld heads the Neufeld Institute.
- This book has been translated into 13 languages and is widely available, including on Amazon.ca and Indigo/Chapters