21 best-selling self help books like Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason by Alfie Kohn

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Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason

By: Alfie Kohn

3.57

Format: None pages, Paperback

Most parenting guides begin with the question "How can we get kids to do what they're told?" -- and…

If you liked the self help plot in Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason by Alfie Kohn , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. The Continuum Concept: In Search of Happiness Lost

By: Jean Liedloff

4.01

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Jean Liedloff, an American writer, spent two and a half years in the South American jungle living w… read more

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"A baby's cry is precisely as serious as it sounds."

-Jean Liedloff, The Continuum Concept: In Search of Happiness Lost

Cover of Playful Parenting: An Exciting New Approach to Raising Children That Will Help You Nurture Close Connections, Solve Behavior Problems, and Encourage Confidence by Lawrence J. Cohen

2. Playful Parenting: An Exciting New Approach to Raising Children That Will Help You Nurture Close Connections, Solve Behavior Problems, and Encourage Confidence

By: Lawrence J. Cohen

4.16

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Have you ever stepped back to watch what really goes on when your children play? As psychologist La… read more

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"Getting on the floor also means joining in with play that we would rather ignore or eliminate."

-Lawrence J. Cohen, Playful Parenting: An Exciting New Approach to Raising Children That Will Help You Nurture Close Connections, Solve Behavior Problems, and Encourage Confidence

"Tuning in does not mean questioning our children about every little detail of their lives. Instead, tell an interesting story from your day; they might respond with a story of their own."

-Lawrence J. Cohen, Playful Parenting: An Exciting New Approach to Raising Children That Will Help You Nurture Close Connections, Solve Behavior Problems, and Encourage Confidence

"Plus, we adults have unhealed hurts from our own childhoods, which sometimes get in the way right when our children need our support. Our own piles of old feelings interfere with parenting playfully.…"

-Lawrence J. Cohen, Playful Parenting: An Exciting New Approach to Raising Children That Will Help You Nurture Close Connections, Solve Behavior Problems, and Encourage Confidence

"Play is also a way to be close and, even more important, a way to reconnect after the closeness has been severed. Chimpanzees like to tickle one another's palms, especially after they have had a figh…"

-Lawrence J. Cohen, Playful Parenting: An Exciting New Approach to Raising Children That Will Help You Nurture Close Connections, Solve Behavior Problems, and Encourage Confidence

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3. No Bad Kids: Toddler Discipline Without Shame

By: Janet Lansbury

3.50

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

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4. Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier, and More Secure Kids

By: Kim John Payne , Lisa M. Ross

3.77

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

Today's busier, faster, supersized society is waging an undeclared war . . . on childhood. As the p… read more

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Cover of Co-parenting with a Toxic Ex: What to Do When Your Ex-Spouse Tries to Turn the Kids Against You by Amy J.L. Baker, Paul R. Fine

5. Co-parenting with a Toxic Ex: What to Do When Your Ex-Spouse Tries to Turn the Kids Against You

By: Amy J.L. Baker , Paul R. Fine

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

You aren't what you think!For teens with negative thinking habits, a licensed psychologist and a he… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • parenting
  • psychology
  • self help
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6. Positive Discipline

By: Jane Nelsen

3.66

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

For twenty-five years, Positive Discipline has been the gold standard reference for grown-ups worki… read more

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Cover of Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers by Gabor Maté, Gordon Neufeld

7. Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers

By: Gabor Maté , Gordon Neufeld

3.93

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

International authority on child development Gordon Neufeld, Ph.D., joins forces with bestselling a… read more

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Cover of The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind, Survive Everyday Parenting Struggles, and Help Your Family Thrive by Daniel J. Siegel, Tina Payne Bryson

8. The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind, Survive Everyday Parenting Struggles, and Help Your Family Thrive

By: Daniel J. Siegel , Tina Payne Bryson

4.44

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Your toddler throws a tantrum in the middle of a store. Your preschooler refuses to get dressed. Yo… read more

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9. Positive Parenting: An Essential Guide

By: Laura Markham , Rebecca Eanes

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Popular parenting blogger Rebecca Eanes believes that parenting advice should be about more than ju… read more

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10. How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk

By: Adele Faber , Elaine Mazlish , Kimberly Ann Coe

3.06

Format: 220 pages,

Here is the bestselling book that will give you the know-how you need to be effective with your chi… read more

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11. Siblings Without Rivalry: How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Too

By: Adele Faber , Elaine Mazlish

3.97

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Already best-selling authors with How to Talk So Kids Will Listen Listen So Kids Will Talk, Adele F… read more

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12. It's OK Not to Share and Other Renegade Rules for Raising Competent and Compassionate Kids

By: Heather Shumaker

3.50

Format: 0 pages, Paperback

Parenting can be such an overwhelming job that it's easy to lose track of where you stand on some o… read more

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13. Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason

By: Alfie Kohn

3.57

Format: None pages, Paperback

Most parenting guides begin with the question "How can we get kids to do what they're told?" -- and… read more

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Cover of Between Parent and Child: The Bestselling Classic That Revolutionized Parent-Child Communication by H. Wallace Goddard, Haim G. Ginott, Alice Ginott

14. Between Parent and Child: The Bestselling Classic That Revolutionized Parent-Child Communication

By: H. Wallace Goddard , Haim G. Ginott , Alice Ginott

4.00

Format: 117 pages, Paperback

Over the past thirty-five years, Between Parent and Childhas helped millions of parents around the … read more

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15. Tears and Tantrums: What to Do When Babies and Children Cry

By: Aletha J. Solter , Solter

3.33

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

Tears and Tantrums is a revolutionary book describing the function of crying and raging during infa… read more

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16. Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life

By: Peter O. Gray

3.63

Format: 256 pages,

Our children spend their days being passively instructed, and made to sit still and take tests--oft… read more

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17. The Conscious Parent: Transforming Ourselves, Empowering Our Children

By: Shefali Tsabary

4.58

Format: 226 pages, Paperback

It's a tremendous privilege to raise children, though for a quite different reason than most of us … read more

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18. The Danish Way of Parenting: What the Happiest People in the World Know About Raising Confident, Capable Kids

By: Jessica Joelle Alexander , Iben Dissing Sandahl

4.50

Format: 191 pages, Paperback

What makes Denmark the happiest country in the world--and what are the secrets of Danish parents fo… read more

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19. Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids: How to Stop Yelling and Start Connecting

By: Laura Markham

3.36

Format: None pages, Paperback

A groundbreaking guide to raising responsible, capable, happy kids Based on the latest research on … read more

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20. Parenting From the Inside Out

By: Daniel J. Siegel , Mary Hartzell

4.23

Format: None pages, Paperback

How many parents have found themselves thinking: I can't believe I just said to my child the very t… read more

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21. Raising Human Beings: Creating a Collaborative Partnership with Your Child

By: Ross W. Greene

5.00

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

In Raising Human Beings, the renowned child psychologist and New York Timesbestselling author of Lo… read more

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22. Home Grown: Adventures in Parenting off the Beaten Path, Unschooling, and Reconnecting with the Natural World

By: Ben Hewitt

4.36

Format: None pages, Paperback

When Ben Hewitt and his wife bought a sprawling acreage of field and forest in northern Vermont, th… read more

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23. How to Talk so Little Kids Will Listen: A Survival Guide to Life with Children Ages 2-7

By: Adele Faber , Julie Adair King , Joanna Faber

3.87

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A must-have resource for anyone who lives or works with young kids, with an introduction by Adele F… read more

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24. Good Inside: A Guide to Becoming the Parent You Want to Be

By: Becky Kennedy

4.55

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

"This book is for any parent who has ever struggled under the substantial weight of caregiving--whi… read more

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Cover of The Power of Showing Up: How Parental Presence Shapes Who Our Kids Become and How Their Brains Get Wired by Daniel J. Siegel

25. The Power of Showing Up: How Parental Presence Shapes Who Our Kids Become and How Their Brains Get Wired

By: Daniel J. Siegel

4.28

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Parenting isn't easy. Showing up is. Your greatest impact begins right where you are. Now the bests… read more

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Cover of No-Drama Discipline: The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind by Daniel J. Siegel

26. No-Drama Discipline: The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind

By: Daniel J. Siegel

4.26

Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The pioneering experts behind The Whole-Brain Child and The Yes Brain t… read more

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Cover of Raising a Secure Child: How Circle of Security Parenting Can Help You Nurture Your Child's Attachment, Emotional Resilience, and Freedom to Explore by Kent Hoffman

27. Raising a Secure Child: How Circle of Security Parenting Can Help You Nurture Your Child's Attachment, Emotional Resilience, and Freedom to Explore

By: Kent Hoffman

4.23

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

Today's parents are constantly pressured to be perfect. But in striving to do everything right, we … read more

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"She needs you to help her calm herself, and one important aspect of that is giving her space and time."

-Kent Hoffman, Raising a Secure Child: How Circle of Security Parenting Can Help You Nurture Your Child's Attachment, Emotional Resilience, and Freedom to Explore

"Children need a little space to test out their autonomy when on the top of the Circle, but they still need to know we’re nearby and available as needed."

-Kent Hoffman, Raising a Secure Child: How Circle of Security Parenting Can Help You Nurture Your Child's Attachment, Emotional Resilience, and Freedom to Explore

"Children who can rely on an adult from birth will be able to rely on themselves when they get older—particularly because they will know when to seek the counsel or comfort of a trusted other."

-Kent Hoffman, Raising a Secure Child: How Circle of Security Parenting Can Help You Nurture Your Child's Attachment, Emotional Resilience, and Freedom to Explore

"If we want our children to be independent, to go out and take on the world, we have to give them full confidence that they can come back to us as needed. Autonomy and connection: That’s secure attach…"

-Kent Hoffman, Raising a Secure Child: How Circle of Security Parenting Can Help You Nurture Your Child's Attachment, Emotional Resilience, and Freedom to Explore

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28. The Montessori Toddler: A Parent's Guide to Raising a Curious and Responsible Human Being

By: Simone Davies

4.30

Format: 245 pages, Paperback

There is no doubt about it. Toddlers can be tricky. On one hand they can be lovely. On the other ha… read more

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Cover of Hunt, Gather, Parent: What Ancient Cultures Can Teach Us About the Lost Art of Raising Happy, Helpful Little Humans by Michaeleen Doucleff

29. Hunt, Gather, Parent: What Ancient Cultures Can Teach Us About the Lost Art of Raising Happy, Helpful Little Humans

By: Michaeleen Doucleff

4.15

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

When Dr. Michaeleen Doucleff becomes a mother, she examines the studies behind modern parenting gui… read more

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Cover of Unschooled: Raising Curious, Well-Educated Children Outside the Conventional Classroom by Kerry McDonald

30. Unschooled: Raising Curious, Well-Educated Children Outside the Conventional Classroom

By: Kerry McDonald

4.09

Format: 275 pages, Kindle Edition

Education has become synonymous with schooling, but it doesn't have to be. As schooling becomes inc… read more

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Cover of The Parenting Map: Step-By-Step Solutions to Consciously Create the Ultimate Parent-Child Relationship by Shefali Tsabary

31. The Parenting Map: Step-By-Step Solutions to Consciously Create the Ultimate Parent-Child Relationship

By: Shefali Tsabary

4.27

Format: 15 pages, Audio CD

A revolutionary new parenting method by the New York Times bestselling author of The Conscious Pare… read more

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21 Top childrens books like Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason by Alfie Kohn

Transform Your Habits

The Continuum Concept: In Search of Happiness Lost

Jean Liedloff

4.01

Transform Your Habits

Playful Parenting: An Exciting New Approach to Raising Children That Will Help You Nurture Close Connections, Solve Behavior Problems, and Encourage Confidence

Lawrence J. Cohen

4.16

Transform Your Habits

No Bad Kids: Toddler Discipline Without Shame

Janet Lansbury

3.50

Transform Your Habits

Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier, and More Secure Kids

Kim John Payne , Lisa M. Ross

3.77

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11 Best audiobook books like The Montessori Toddler: A Parent's Guide to Raising a Curious and Responsible Human Being by Simone Davies

Transform Your Habits

Oh Crap! Potty Training: Everything Modern Parents Need to Know to Do It Once and Do It Right

Jamie Glowacki

3.90

Transform Your Habits

No Bad Kids: Toddler Discipline Without Shame

Janet Lansbury

3.50

Transform Your Habits

Montessori from the Start: The Child at Home, from Birth to Age Three

Paula Polk Lillard , Lynn Lillard Jessen

3.63

Transform Your Habits

Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier, and More Secure Kids

Kim John Payne , Lisa M. Ross

3.77

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