Last month I wrote about Kids Behaving Badly – how I had hit a brick wall with my children’s behaviour and I didn’t know what to do next.

I knew I needed a new perspective, a fresh way to look and deal with things. So I asked everyone to recommend any great parenting or discipline books they have read.

I received up to 30 book recommendations - thank you everyone! I was actually planning to read the most recommended books, and only feature the ones I felt were more excellent – but I’ve been getting so many emails asking me to hurry up! I’ve only read five!

Anyway, here is the complete list, starting with most recommended book.

(The titles with pictures indicate the books I have read, or hope to read soon) :

1-2-3 Magic: Effective Discipline for Children 2-12 by Thomas W. Phelan

Raising Boys: Why Boys Are Different-And How to Help Them Become Happy and Well-Balanced Men by Steve Biddulph

The New Strong-Willed Child by James Dobson

How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber

Discipline Without Shouting or Spanking: Practical Solutions to the Most Common Preschool Behavior Problems by Barbara C. Unell, Jerry L. Wyckoff

Supernanny by Jo Frost

The Secret of Happy Children by Steve Biddulph

Bringing Up Boys by Dr James Dobson

The Happiest Toddler On The Block: The New Way to Stop the Daily Battle of Wills and Raise a Secure and Well-Behaved One- to Four-Year-Old by Harvey Karp

Raising Your Spirited Child: A Guide for Parents Whose Child Is More Intense, Sensitive, Perceptive, Persistent, Energetic by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka

Parenting With Love And Logic by Foster W. Cline and Jim Fay

The Pocket Parent by Gail Reichlin and Caroline Winkler

Toddler Taming by Christopher Green

Setting Limits with Your Strong-Willed Child : Eliminating Conflict by Establishing Clear, Firm, and Respectful Boundaries by Robert J. MacKenzie Ed.D.

The New Dare to Discipline by James Dobson

Siblings Without Rivalry: How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Too by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish

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Dr. Spock’s Baby and Child Care by Benjamin, M.D. Spock

Positive Discipline by Jane Nelson

Parenting the Strong-Willed Child: The Clinically Proven Five-Week Program for Parents of Two- to Six-Year-Olds by Rex Forehand, Nicholas Long

Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys by Dan Kindlon, Michael Thompson

Little Angels by Tanya Byron

Systemic Parenting by Mark Gaskill

The Bead System: Parenting Made Simple by by Jenny Gillson

The No Cry Discipline Solution by Elizabeth Pantley

Between Parent and Child by Dr. Haim G Ginott

Constructive Guidance and Discipline: Preschool and Primary Education by Marjorie V. Fields, Debby M. Fields

To Train Up a Child by Michael Pearl

The Aware Baby by Aletha Solter

Honey, We’re Killing The Kids by Kristina Murrin

Boundaries with Kids: When to Say Yes, How to Say No by John Townsend, John Sims Townsend Henry Cloud

Please note that all these links go to Amazon. If you do decide to buy a book, I’ll get a small commission which will help in the running of my site. Thanks!

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