Additional Resources

Positive Discipline

Articles

• Managing Your Own Anger - What to do When You Want to Have a Tantrum by Macall Gordon & Tricia Jalbert
• People are Not for Hitting and Children are People Too by John Valusek, Ph.D.
• Research: New Studies Link Long Childcare Hours to Behavior Problems by Amy Silver
• Ten Alternatives to Punishment by Jan Hunt
• Twenty Alternatives to Punishment by Aletha Solter, Ph.D.

Books

Titles marked with an asterisk are on the API Bibliography dated March, 2006.

• *Connection Parenting: Parenting Through Connection Instead of Coercion, Through Love Instead of Fear (2005) by Pam Leo
• *The Discipline Book: Everything You Need to Know to Have a Better-Behaved Child: For Birth to Age Ten (1995) by William Sears, Martha Sears
• Easy to Love, Difficult to Discipline: The 7 Basic Skills for Turning Conflict into Cooperation by Becky A. Bailey
• *For Your Own Good: Hidden Cruelty in Child-Rearing and the Roots of Violence (1990) by Alice Miller
• *How to Really Love Your Child (2004) by Ross Campbell
• *How to Really Love Your Teen (2004) by Ross Campbell
• *How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk (1999) by Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish
• *Kids Are Worth It!: Giving Your Child the Gift of Inner Discipline (2002) by Barbara Coloroso
• Kids, Parents, and Power Struggles: Winning for a Lifetime by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka
• *Love & Limits: Guidance Tools for Creative Parenting (1994) by Elizabeth Crary
• *Loving Your Child Is Not Enough: Positive Discipline That Works (1998) by Nancy Samalin, Martha Moraghan Jablow
• *Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Create Your Life, Your Relationships, and Your World in Harmony with Your Values (2003) by Marshall B. Rosenberg , Arun Gandhi
• Parenting With Love and Logic: Teaching Children Responsibility by Foster W. Cline, Jim Fay
• Positive Discipline A-Z: From Toddlers to Teens, 1001 Solutions to Everyday Parenting Problems, Revised 2nd Edition by Jane Nelsen, Lynn Lott, H. Stephen Glenn
• *Positive Discipline for Teenagers: Empowering Your Teens and Yourself Through Kind and Firm Parenting (2000) by Jane Nelsen, Lynn Lott
• Punished By Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes by Alfie Kohn
• *Raising Your Child Not by Force But by Love (1982) by Sidney D. Craig
• *Siblings Without Rivalry: How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Too (2004) by Adele Faber , Elaine Mazlish
• *Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason (2006) by Alfie Kohn

Websites

• The Center for Effective Discipline
• Dr. Sears' Discipline Index
• The No Spanking Page
• Positive Parenting

Note: Inclusion on this page does not imply API endorsement or affiliation with the above organizations or authors. While these resources contain valuable information, they may also include some passages that do not follow Attachment Parenting philosophy.  Please use your own discretion in reading these resources or any parenting philosophy. 8/30/06