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Mitchell Resources - General Parenting

*Parenting with Humour list below*

10 Most Common Mistakes Good Parents Make: And how to avoid them - by Kevin Steede

This wise and practical book explains how to develop effective parenting skills and become actively involved in the lives of your children. You’ll learn the hidden power of consistency, constructive discipline, open communication, and a positive attitude.

Active, Creative Child: Parenting in perpetual motion - Stephanie Vlahov

Some children have incredible amounts of energy, which can be difficult to channel. This book addresses realistic boundaries, coping skills, avoiding labels, and working with teachers.

(The) Art of Parenting Twins - Patricia Malmstrom

Becoming the Parent you want to be - by Janis Keyser

Boys of Few Words: Raising our sons to communicate and connect - Adam J. Cox

Though often boys don't have as much to say as girls do, it is important to help them communicate and advocate for themselves, develop forms of self-expression and engage in imaginative play.

Bully-Proofing your Child: A parent's guide - Carla Garrity, Mitchell Baris & William Porter

This book addresses various topics related to dealing with bullies from reducing vulnerabilities, eliminating a sense of helplessness, creating a more caring community and much more.

Celebrating Girls: Nurturing and empowering our daughters - by Virginia Beane Rutter

This book encourages mothers to raise confident daughters. Each chapter addresses a specific stage in development and how to encourage your daughter through that stage.

Chicken Soup for the Parent’s Soul: Stories of Loving, Learning and Parenting - by Canfield, Hansen, Kirberger & Aaron

This book of anecdotes touches on the following topics: the joys of parenting, special connections, special moments, overcoming obstacles, surviving loss and more.

Child minding exchanges

Child's Play - by Silken Laumann

One of Canada's most inspiring and gifted sports heroes, an urgently needed guide to getting our kids active and healthy. 

Crib to Kindergarten - Dorothy Drago

This book is an indispensable "how to" for parents, grandparents, teachers, baby-sitters and daycare providers. 

David, We’re Pregnant! - by Lynn Johnston

This collection of “For Better or For Worse” comics focuses on the joys of pregnancy.

Dealing with Disappointment: Helping kids cope when things don't go their way - Elizabeth Crary

Life often doesn't turn out the way we hope - even for children, and learning to deal with this is key to coping. This book provides practical suggestions for children from toddlers to middle-school.

Family Finance - by Ann Douglas

Inside are tips on setting financial goals and devising a game plan that will allow you to achieve these goals. As well, there are the nitty-gritty details on RESPs, RRSPs, managing credit, paying off debts, buying a house, buying a car, and buying life insurance.

(The) Family Virtues Guide: Simple Ways to Bring out the Best in our Children and Ourselves - by Linda Kavelin Popov, Dan Popov & John Kavelin

This multi-cultural, multi-faith book shows parents and teachers how to learn the language of integrity and self-esteem, to understand the five roles a parent plays, to discover ways to introduce sacred time into family life and how to help children make moral choices.

First Time Parents - by Miriam Stoppard

This book offers a lifeline of practical information and support for all new parents.   

From One Child to Two: What to expect, how to cope, & how to enjoy your growing family - by Judy Dunn

From how the second pregnancy differs from the first, to helping your older child adjust to a new baby, and how to cope with the changing demands on your marriage, this book is a great read for the soon-to-be second time mom. This book is divided into three sections – the first two years, conflict and rivalry, and siblings' individuality.

Good Kids, Bad Habits – by Charles Schaefer & Theresa Foy DiGeronimo

This book provides five simple steps to helping your child to break habits.  Whether you are dealing with a toddler or a teenager, this book addresses common bad habits.

(The) Hidden Gifts of the Introverted Child: Helping your child thrive in an extroverted world - Marti Olsen Laney

Introverted children are sometimes overlooked in our world. This book addresses appreciating how introverts are wired, encouraging their gifts and talents, fully including them in the family, and supporting them in school, sports and social relationships.

Hold On To Your Kids - by Gordon Neufeld, PH.D and Gabor Mate

Offering effective strategies for preserving and restoring the child-to-parent relationship, this book provides refreshing natural alternatives to today's contrived methods of behaviour control. The content is relevant to parents of children of any age, from infants right through to adult children.

How to Parent with your ex - by Brette McWhorter Sember

Designed for both custodial and non-custodial parents, this book provides practical, to-the point advice for parents to solidify a special relationship with the child and maintain necessary, positive communication with the former spouse. 

How to Talk so Kids will Listen and Listen so Kids will Talk (Kit) - by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish

This kit presents ways of coping with your child’s negative feelings, expressing your anger, engaging your child’s cooperation, and using alternatives to punishment.

It Worked for Me! - by Parents Magazine, Ann Pleshette Murphy (Ed)

The subtitle says it all - “from thumb sucking to schoolyard fights, parents reveal their secrets to solving problems of raising kids.” This book is divided by topics and addresses topics from eating habits, toilet training, child care, discipline, starting school, going back to work and more. A great reference book.

Just because it's not wrong doesn't make it right: From toddlers to teens, teaching kids to think and act ethically - Barbara Coloroso

This book begins with the importance of teaching our children to care and offer compassion to others. It proceeds to extend this to examining our world view, the influence of the media, the issue of hoarding, and the damage hate can do. Another must-read by a favourite parenting expert.

Keys to Parenting your Anxious Child - by Katharina Manassis

This book begins by addressing reasons for children’s anxiety. It continues to discuss various ways of helping your child cope, including chapters on relieving physical stress, building confidence, desensitizing your child and how to use incentives. Specific anxious behaviours are addressed, followed by a section on dealing with family members, the community and professionals.  This book is easy to read and offers practical advice for parents.

Kids are Worth it: Giving your Child the Gift of Inner Discipline - by Barbara Coloroso

This book examines the difference between encouragement and rewards, discipline and punishment. Parents will learn how to empower and influence their children instead of controlling them and trying to “make them mind” – teaching them how to think, not just what to think. It examines the approaches and the methods of three typical family types – the brick wall, the jellyfish and the backbone. It includes two new chapters: one dealing with the triangle of influence and another that talks about the impact of threats, punishments, bribes, and rewards on the parent-child relationship.

Listening to Fear - by Steven Marans, Ph.D

Learn how to read the behavioral language of fear and talk through your child's anxieties.

Pacifiers, Blankets, Bottles and Thumbs - by Mark L. Brenner

This comprehensive guide will provide critical insight a child's evolution from toddler to self-sufficient individual and will help children naturally make the transition beyond the objects they attach to.

Parenting through Crisis: Helping kids in times of loss, grief, and change - by Barbara Coloroso

This book gives practical answers to difficult questions. The messages are illustrated with anecdotes and humour. With chapters on the special challenges of adoption, single parent homes and stepfamilies, as well as extended discussions on handling the consequences of mischief and mayhem, it provides useful approaches to life’s most daunting situations.

Parenting with Humour (Is it Possible?) - by Loretta LaRoche

This video (66 min.) is designed to promote the concept that parenting is a serious job, but you can do and take yourself lightly.  Full of laughs, it also offers ways of using optimism, joy and good humour and explores the possibility of having a family that laughs and supports each other!

Parenting with the ZAP Family: Learn how to make the most of your child’s early years - by Get Set for Life: Making the Most of Your Child’s First Five Years

This combination book and video allows parents to learn how to make the most of your child’s early with the animated Zap family as they describe and demonstrate parenting in 25 entertaining examples of typical parent-child situation.  How parents cope with each situation is based on the latest expert information on early childhood development.

(The) Parent’s Handbook: STEP (Systematic training for effective parenting) - by Dinkmeyer, McKay and Dinkmeyer

This book provides practical guidance in raising children. It discusses understanding yourself and your beliefs, encouraging your child, helping children cooperate, and discipline that makes sense. This book provides many examples to help you talk through what you would do in similar situations.

Power of Play - by David Elkin

The author shows how creative, spontaneous play fosters healthy mental and social development and sets the stage for academic learning.

Raising an Optimistic Child: A proven plan for depression-proofing young children for life - Bob Murray & Alicia Fortinberry

From understanding the most common causes of childhood depression and intervening in the early signs, to enhancing your child's coping skills and resiliency, this book is a great resource for parents. 

Raising Happy Kids - by Elizabeth Hartley-Brewer

By demonstrating the use of praise, play, time, touch and talking, this book speaks to new and experienced parents alike, helping them encourage their children to develop into well-adjusted and happy people.  Clear and simple advice in the form of tips, techniques and tools make for easy reading and learning for parents.

Raising Your Spirited Child - by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka

A great resource that provides vivid examples and a refreshingly positive viewpoint to understanding your child's temperament. 

Secrets of the Baby Whisperer for Toddlers - by Tracey Hogg

Unnerved by the ceaseless demands of your toddler? Concerned that your two-year-old isn’t developing on schedule? You clearly need to spend some time with Tracy Hogg. Nicknamed the “baby whisperer” by grateful parents because of her extraordinary gift for understanding and connecting with children, Tracy became internationally famous after the smashing success of her New York Times bestseller Secrets of the Baby Whisperer. Now Tracy is back with the same winning blend of common sense, uncanny intuition, and results-getting guidance in her new book, Secrets of the Baby Whisperer for Toddlers. Yes, the toddler years have their stresses and challenges for both parents and children–but with Tracy at your side, you’ll find that this can also be the most fascinating and rewarding stretch of parenthood.

Self-Esteem Games - by Barbara Sher

A great source of 300 activities that help your child feel good about who they are! These games are appropriate for children of many ages; games appropriate for children under age 5 are identified too. They are listed in the following categories: being unique, getting to know me and sharing who I am. Many great ideas for all children.

Self-Esteem Revolutions – by Thomas Phelan

Self-esteem revolutions talks about the changes in children when they move from getting their sense of self from their parents to getting their acceptance from their own competences, their peers and other people.

Sensational Kids - by Lucy Jane Miller, Ph.D., OTR

Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) is a condition where children experience sensations in taste, touch sound, sight, smell, movement and boy awareness in a vastly different manner from how other children their ages do.  This can lead to social, emotional or academic problems.  This book helps parents to recognize the signs and symptoms of SPD and offers treatment strategies for living with this condition.

Siblings without Rivalry (Kit) - by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish

This group workshop kit provides a set of audio tapes as well as the material someone would need to present this workshop. It includes comics illustrating the points, and handouts for parent participants.

(The) Six Pillars of Self-Esteem - by Nathaniel Branden

After explaining the importance of self-esteem, this book proceeds to address sources of self-esteem: accepting oneself, living responsibly, living purposefully, and more.  It includes one chapter on nurturing your child’s self-esteem. 

So this is Normal Too? Teachers and parents working out developmental issues in young children - by Deborah Hewitt

This book provides guidance on dealing with normal developmental challenges such as separation, toilet training, picky eaters, sexual curiosity, power struggles, turn taking and more. It emphasizes support between teachers and parents.

Staying Safe in a Wired World-Parent's Guide to Internet Safety - by Rob Nickel

A parent's guide to internet safety.

Surviving your Toddler - by Trish Kuffner

This book provides 365 creative games and activities that you can do with your toddler to help you enjoy parenting a child between age 1 & 3.

Surviving your Preschooler - by Trish Kuffner

This book contains 365 activities for 3-6 year olds using things found around the home. It shows parents and childcare providers how to stimulate a child’s natural curiosity about our world with reading, math and science activities. It also shows how to encourage a child’s growth in all areas of development, with ideas for dance, drama and outdoor play.

Talkers, Watchers and Doers: Unlocking your child’s unique learning style - by Cheri Fuller

Each child has a unique way of learning. This book begins by discussing how to identify your child’s style of learning. It proceeds to discuss auditory, visual and kinesthetic learners, and then talks about how to encourage your child specific talents and abilities.

Time-In Parenting  - by Otto Weininger, Ph.D

How to teach children emotional self-control, life skills, and problem solving by lending yourself and staying connected.

Trouble-Free Travel with Children: Over 700 helpful things for parents on the go - Vicki Lansky

From planning a trip, to packing, eating out, sleeping away from home, and travelling different ways, this book has many tips to make travelling easier with your children - newborns to school age.

Unconditional Parenting - by Alfie Kohn

"What do kids need?"  - that is the question asked by Alfie Kohn.  What follows from that question are ideas for working with children rather than doing things to them  

Worried all the time - by David Aderegg

Parents today have many worries about their children – from school bombings to terrorism to the flu. This book helps parents to respond in a healthy way to the many fears they have about their children. Specific issues addressed include over-scheduled children, substitute care, adult authority, drugs and school violence.

Your Anxious Child: Raising a healthy child in a frightening world - by Mary Ann Shaw

The world can be a scary place, and many children believe this at a young age. This book is divided into three parts. The first part deals with recognizing anxiety in your child; the second addresses common kinds of anxiety such as performance anxiety, trauma-induced anxiety and the role of sibling rivalry in anxiety.  The third part deals with less common causes and situations such as panic attacks, the effect of divorce on a child’s anxieties, and anxiety in special needs children.

Parenting Humour:

Behold the Family Circus: A Treasury of Love and Warmth from American’s #1 Cartoon Family - by Bill Keane

David, We’re Pregnant! - by Lynn Johnston

Do They Ever Grow Up? The terrible twos & beyond  - by Lynn Johnston

Hi Mom! Hi Dad! The first 12 months of parenthood - by Lynn Johnston

Last Straw - A For Better or for Worse - by Lynn Johnston

There’s a Worm in My Apple  - by Sheena Baker

What, Me Pregnant? - by Lynn Johnston

When’s Later, Daddy? 125 Timeless Family Circus Cartoons - by Bill Keane

We are proud to be the host agency for the Perth-Middlesex Early Years Centres.