Book Recommendations from IECA Members
Recently, some fellow IECA members sent around a compilation of books, and I want to share them. I have read many of these books, and suggest students and parents take a look! Enjoy!
Helping Teenagers & Parents Deal with the Pressures and Stress of the High School Years:
- How To Be a High School Superstar by Cal Newport
- College Admissions Together: It Takes a Family by Steven Roy Goodman & Andrea Leiman
- Where You Go Is Not Who You’ll Be by Frank Bruni
- You Are Not Special: …..And Other Encouragements by David McCullough
- Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain by Daniel Siegel
- Your Defiant Child: Eight Steps to Better Behavior by Russell Barkley
- Parenting with Love and Logic by F. & J. Fay Cline
- Parenting Teens with Love and Logic: Preparing Adolescents for Responsible Adulthood by F. & J. Fay Cline
- The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Families by S. Covey
- Parenting Teenagers: Systematic Training for Effective Parenting by D. Dinkmeyer & G. McKay
- Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck
- How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk by A. Faber & E. Mazlish
- Building Resilience in Children and Teens: Giving Kids Roots & Wings by M. Kenneth & R. Ginsburg
- Raising Self-Reliant Children in a Self-Indulgent World: Seven Building Blocks for Developing Capable Young People, by S. Glenn & J. Nelson
- Boys and Girls Learn Differently: A Guide for Teachers and Parents by Michael Gurian
- The Wonder of Girls by Michael Gurian
- The Wonder of Boys by Michael Gurian
- Second Shelter: Family Strategies for Navigating Therapeutic Boarding Schools and Residential Treatment Centers by R. Haid & E. Donnelly
- Attachment-Focused Parenting: Effective Strategies to Care for Children by Daniel Hughes
- The Parent Playbook by Russell Hyken
- Parenting the Hurt Child: Helping Adoptive Families Heal and Grow by G. Keck & R. Kupecky
- Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishment to Love and Reason by Alfie Kohn
- The Price of Privilege: How Parental Pressure and Material Advantage are Creating a Generation of Disconnected and Unhappy Kids by Madeline Levine
- How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success by Julie Lythcott-Haims
- Teens in Turmoil: A Path to Change for Parents, Adolescents and their Families by C. Maxym & L. York
- An Unchanged Mind: The Problem with Immaturity in Adolescence by John McKinnon
- To Change a Mind: Parenting to Promote Maturity in Teenagers by John McKinnon
- When Parents Love Too Much: Freeing Parents & Children to Live Their Own Lives by M. Meyerson & L. Ashner
- The Blessings of a Skinned Knee: Using Jewish Teachings to Raise Self-Reliant Children by Wendy Mogel
- Blessing of a B Minus: Using Jewish Teachings to Raise Resilient Teenagers by Wendy Mogel
- Positive Discipline for Teenagers: Empowering Teens and Yourself through Kind and Firm Parenting by J. Nelson & L. Lott
- Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High by K. Patterson
- Real Boys: Rescuing Our Sons from Myths of Boyhood by William Pollack
- College that Change Lives: 40 Schools that Will Change the Way You Think About College by Laren Pope
- Power and Compassion: Working with Difficult Adolescents and Abused Parents by Jerome Price
- The Journey of the Heroic Parent: Your Child’s Struggle and the Road Home by Brad Reedy
- The Overachievers: The Secret Lives of Driven Kids by Alexandra Robbins
- Raising NLD Superstars: What Families with Nonverbal Learning Disabilities Need to Know About Nurturing Confident, Competent Kids by Marcia Rubinstein
- Boys Themselves by Michael Ruhlman
- The Good Enough Child: How to Have an Imperfect Family and Be Perfectly Satisfied by Brad Sachs
- The Good Enough Teen: Rising Adolescents with Love and Acceptance (Despite How Impossible They can Be) by Brad Sachs
- Why Gender Matters: What Parents and Teachers Need to Know about the Emerging Science of Sex Differences by Leonard Sax
- Boys Adrift: The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men by Leonard Sax
- Girls on the Edge by Leonard Sax
- Parenting Your Out of Control Teenager: 7 Steps to Reestablish Authority and Reclaim Love by Scott Sells
- Parenting from the Inside Out: 10th Anniversary Edition: How a Self-Understanding Can Help you Raise Children by D.J. Siegel & M. Hartzell
- Not By Chance Tim Thayne
- How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character by Paul Tough
- The Parents We Mean to Be: How Well-Intentioned Adults Undermine Children’s Moral and Emotional Development by Richard Weissbourd
- Parenting Your ADD Child: A No-Nonsense Guide for Nurturing Self-Reliance and Cooperation by Craig Weiner
The Transition from High School to College:
- For Students:
- The Naked Roommate: And 107 Other Issues You Might Run Into in College by Harlan Cohen
- For Parents:
- Letting Go by Karen Coburn
- When Your Kids Go To College – A Parent’s Survival Guide by Carol Barkin
- Almost Grown – Launching Your Child From High School To College by Patricia Pasick
- Emptying the Nest: Launching Your Young Adult Toward Success and Self-Reliance by Brad Sachs
- The Naked Roommate: For Parents Only: A Parent’s Guide to the New College Experience by Harlan Cohen
