Parenting

Parenting with your Heart, Hand, and Head

Parenting with your Heart, Hand, and Head is based on the work of Dr. Connie Lillas, Child and Infant Mental Health Specialist and author of Infant/Child Mental Health, Early Intervention, and Relationship-Based Therapies: A Neurorelational Framework for Interdisciplinary Practice.  The class is a comprehensive approach to parenting based on the latest neuro-relational research. I offer free workshops periodically in the community to introduce the material.

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Reading Resources

“Heart” Oriented – Responsive

The Science of Parenting (2006) by Margot Sunderland
“How today’s brain research can help you raise happy, emotionally, balanced children”

Your Child’s Self Esteem (1970) by Dorothy Corkille Briggs
“Step-by-Step Guidelines for Raising Responsible, Productive, Happy Children”

How to talk so Kids Will Listen and Listen so Kids Will Talk (1980) by Adele Faber and Elaine
Mazlish

Siblings Without Rivalry (1987) by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish “How to Help your
Children Love Together so You Can Live Too”

“Hand” Oriented – Directive

Children: the challenge (1964) by Rudolph Dreikurs, M.D. with Vicki Soltz, R.N.
“The classic work on improving parent-child relations – intelligent, humane, and
eminently practical”

The Blessings of a Skinned Knee (2001) by Wendy Mogel, Ph.D.

“Head” Oriented – Reflective

Parenting from the Inside Out (2005) by Daniel Siegel “How a Deeper Self-Understanding
Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive”

The Explosive Child (2010) by Ross W. Greene, Ph.D. “A New Approach for Understanding
and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children”