17 Best parenting books like How to be a Happier Parent: Raising a Family, Having a Life, and Loving (Almost) Every Minute by K.J. Dell'Antonia

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How to be a Happier Parent: Raising a Family, Having a Life, and Loving (Almost) Every Minute

By: K.J. Dell'Antonia

3.86

Format: 319 pages, Kindle Edition

An encouraging guide to helping parents find more happiness in their day-to-day family life, from t…

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Cover of All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood by Jennifer Senior

1. All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood

By: Jennifer Senior

3.89

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Thousands of books have examined the effects of parents on their children. Award-winning journalist… read more

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  • self help
  • parenting
  • childrens
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • family
  • adult
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"Children live life as a controlled experiment."

-Jennifer Senior, All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood

"What makes a mother? Looking at your child and identifying emotion"

-Jennifer Senior, All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood

"The phrase "having it all" has little to do with having what we want."

-Jennifer Senior, All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood

"Vocabulary for aggravation is large. Vocabulary for transcendence is elusive."

-Jennifer Senior, All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood

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2. Catastrophic Happiness: Finding Joy in Childhood's Messy Years

By: Catherine Newman

3.63

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A comic and heartwarming memoir about childhood's second act from Real Simplejournalist Catherine N… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • parenting
Cover of How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success by Julie Lythcott-Haims

3. How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success

By: Julie Lythcott-Haims

4.46

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A provocative manifesto that exposes the harms of helicopter parenting and sets forth an alternate … read more

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  • self help
  • parenting
  • childrens
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • education
  • audiobook
Cover of One and Only: The Freedom of Having an Only Child, and the Joy of Being One by Lauren Sandler

4. One and Only: The Freedom of Having an Only Child, and the Joy of Being One

By: Lauren Sandler

3.99

Format: 380 pages, Hardcover

Debunking the myth that only children are selfish, maladjusted "little emperors," a prominent journ… read more

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  • parenting
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • family
  • adult
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5. The Yes Brain: How to Cultivate Courage, Curiosity, and Resilience in Your Child

By: Daniel J. Siegel , Tina Payne Bryson , None

4.19

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

From the authors of The Whole-Brain Child and No-Drama Discipline, an indispensable guide to unlock… read more

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  • self help
  • parenting
  • childrens
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • family
  • education
  • audiobook

6. The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed

By: Jessica Lahey

4.08

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of Paul Tough's How Children Succeed and Wendy Mogel's The Blessing of a Skinned K… read more

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7. 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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8. 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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  • self help
  • parenting
  • childrens
  • unfinished
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • family
  • adult
  • audiobook
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9. 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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  • self help
  • parenting
  • childrens
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • family
  • education
  • audiobook
Cover of Raising Good Humans: A Mindful Guide to Breaking the Cycle of Reactive Parenting and Raising Kind, Confident Kids by Hunter Clarke-Fields

10. Raising Good Humans: A Mindful Guide to Breaking the Cycle of Reactive Parenting and Raising Kind, Confident Kids

By: Hunter Clarke-Fields

3.95

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

“A wise and fresh approach to mindful parenting.” —Tara Brach, author of Radical Acceptance A k… read more

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  • self help
  • parenting
  • childrens
  • unfinished
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • family
  • education
  • audiobook
"The only way out of our difficult feelings is through."

-Hunter Clarke-Fields, Raising Good Humans: A Mindful Guide to Breaking the Cycle of Reactive Parenting and Raising Kind, Confident Kids

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11. Love Your Kids Without Losing Yourself: 5 Steps to Banish Guilt and Beat Burnout When You Already Have Too Much to Do

By: Morgan Cutlip

4.03

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Loving your kids isn’t supposed to mean you completely disappear or get swallowed up by the demands… read more

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  • self help
  • parenting
  • childrens
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"You are not needy. You are not too much. You are not required to give all of you in order for others to thrive. You must not give all of you. In fact, it is imperative that you don't. You deserve to …"

-Morgan Cutlip, Love Your Kids Without Losing Yourself: 5 Steps to Banish Guilt and Beat Burnout When You Already Have Too Much to Do

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12. 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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  • self help
  • parenting
  • childrens
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • family
  • adult
  • education
  • audiobook
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13. How to be a Happier Parent: Raising a Family, Having a Life, and Loving (Almost) Every Minute

By: K.J. Dell'Antonia

3.86

Format: 319 pages, Kindle Edition

An encouraging guide to helping parents find more happiness in their day-to-day family life, from t… read more

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  • self help
  • parenting
  • childrens
  • unfinished
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • family
  • adult
  • education
  • audiobook
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14. How Not to Hate Your Husband After Kids

By: Jancee Dunn

4.08

Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition

"Get this for your pregnant friends, or yourself" (People): a hilariously candid account of one wom… read more

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  • self help
  • parenting
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • family
  • adult
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15. French Kids Eat Everything

By: Karen Le Billon

3.93

Format: 321 pages, Kindle Edition

Moving her young family to her husband's hometown in northern France, Karen Le Billon expected some… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • parenting
  • childrens
  • family
Cover of Off the Clock: Feel Less Busy While Getting More Done by Laura Vanderkam

16. Off the Clock: Feel Less Busy While Getting More Done

By: Laura Vanderkam

3.95

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

"I well recall a conversation with an executive I hoped to interview about her astonishing producti… read more

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  • audiobook
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • self help
"Time is elastic. It stretches to accommodate what we choose to put into it."

-Laura Vanderkam, Off the Clock: Feel Less Busy While Getting More Done

"Strategizing boosts efficiency; planning your toughest work for the time when you have the most energy means a task might take one hour instead of two."

-Laura Vanderkam, Off the Clock: Feel Less Busy While Getting More Done

"Being off the clock implies time freedom, yet time freedom stems from time discipline. You must know where the time goes in order to transcend the ceaseless ticking."

-Laura Vanderkam, Off the Clock: Feel Less Busy While Getting More Done

"Conscious fun takes effort. This seeming paradox—Why should fun be work?—stops us in our tracks. So we overindulge in effortless fun (scrolling through Instagram . . .) It is the effortful fun that m…"

-Laura Vanderkam, Off the Clock: Feel Less Busy While Getting More Done

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17. The Self-Driven Child: The Science and Sense of Giving Your Kids More Control Over Their Lives

By: William Stixrud

4.35

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

"It is not an overstatement to say that this is one of the most radical and important books on rais… read more

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  • parenting
  • childrens
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • family
  • education
  • audiobook
"Society thrives on the diverse talents of its people."

-William Stixrud, The Self-Driven Child: The Science and Sense of Giving Your Kids More Control Over Their Lives

"The reality is that we become successful in this world by working hard at something that comes easily to us, and that engages us."

-William Stixrud, The Self-Driven Child: The Science and Sense of Giving Your Kids More Control Over Their Lives

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18. The Highly Sensitive Parent: Be Brilliant in Your Role, Even When the World Overwhelms You

By: Elaine N. Aron

3.51

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Parenting is the most valuable and rewarding job in the world, and also one of the most challenging… read more

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  • self help
  • parenting
  • unfinished
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • family
  • audiobook
Cover of All the Rage: Mothers, Fathers, and the Myth of Equal Partnership by Darcy Lockman

19. All the Rage: Mothers, Fathers, and the Myth of Equal Partnership

By: Darcy Lockman

4.16

Format: 355 pages, Kindle Edition

Why do men do so little at home? Why do women do so much? Why don't our egalitarian values match ou… read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • parenting
  • audiobook
"It is a truism that motherhood makes many women feminist."

-Darcy Lockman, All the Rage: Mothers, Fathers, and the Myth of Equal Partnership

"Men are not socialized to feel guilty for having freedom or for not being there for other people."

-Darcy Lockman, All the Rage: Mothers, Fathers, and the Myth of Equal Partnership

"I became my own worst enemy, conflicted about my right to ask, self-conscious about my rising anger, and too often stuck with the choice between fighting or just taking care of it, whatever it was, o…"

-Darcy Lockman, All the Rage: Mothers, Fathers, and the Myth of Equal Partnership

"Joan Williams at the Center for WorkLife Law said "My strongest advice to young women: Don't just try to find a man who's supportive of women. That's a threshold. But consider, what is his attitude t…"

-Darcy Lockman, All the Rage: Mothers, Fathers, and the Myth of Equal Partnership

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20. #IMomSoHard

By: Kristin Hensley

4.04

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In their highly-anticipated first book, the hilarious mom duo with millions of followers explores a… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • parenting
  • audiobook
"I am always going to look like I like cheese, because I like cheese."

-Kristin Hensley, #IMomSoHard

"As long as your kids are fed, safe, and happy sometimes, your winning."

-Kristin Hensley, #IMomSoHard

Cover of Data Baby: My Life in a Psychological Experiment by Susannah Breslin

21. Data Baby: My Life in a Psychological Experiment

By: Susannah Breslin

2.77

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

What if your parents turned you into a human lab rat on the day you were born? Would that change th… read more

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  • psychology
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10 Best adult books like How to be a Happier Parent: Raising a Family, Having a Life, and Loving (Almost) Every Minute by K.J. Dell'Antonia

Transform Your Habits

All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood

Jennifer Senior

3.89

Transform Your Habits

Catastrophic Happiness: Finding Joy in Childhood's Messy Years

Catherine Newman

3.63

Transform Your Habits

One and Only: The Freedom of Having an Only Child, and the Joy of Being One

Lauren Sandler

3.99

Transform Your Habits

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

Becky Kennedy

4.55

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14 must-read audiobook books like The Self-Driven Child: The Science and Sense of Giving Your Kids More Control Over Their Lives by William Stixrud

Transform Your Habits

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

Adele Faber , Elaine Mazlish

3.97

Transform Your Habits

How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success

Julie Lythcott-Haims

4.46

Transform Your Habits

The Yes Brain: How to Cultivate Courage, Curiosity, and Resilience in Your Child

Daniel J. Siegel , Tina Payne Bryson , None

4.19

Transform Your Habits

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

Becky Kennedy

4.55

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