Great Books for Parenting

"Child Training Tips; What I wish I knew when my children were young" - Reb Bradley
This book, along with the one below, has turned parenting from a frustrating guessing game based on a hodge-podge of ideas and tactics to a much more peaceful, focused, and intelligent process for us. Only about 150 pages long, its easy to read in a few hours, but so rich and practical, you'll keep referring back to it. Don't kick yourself by waiting to read this!

To Train Up a Child - Michael & Debi Pearl
When we read this book, our eyes were opened to the obvious yet so-difficult concept that any good thing we want our children to do must come about through training, not simply by expecting them to know what to do. And we mean training, as in the kind of training you might do with an animal! Funny thing is, our kids have learned to obey before they learned to talk! Also a short book, you can't go wrong reading this one through several times.

The Five Love Languages of Children - Gary Chapman & Ross Campbell
If you want to learn how to really communicate love and appreciation to your (very different from you and from each other) kids, this book gives you a huge headstart. Based on the similarly titled book for the adult population, the authors give practical suggestions for learning what is important to your kids and how to love them their way.