The problem: How do you know which ones are reputable, worth your time and money, and (the most important part) provide usable, tangible insight or lessons to glean? Conscious Parent: Transforming Ourselves, Empowering Our Children by Shefali Tsabary, Ph.D. The Gift of Failure by Jessica Lahey How To Raise an Adult by Julie Lythcott-Haims The Montessori Toddler: A Parent’s Guide to Raising a Curious and Responsible Human Being by Simone Davies The Wonder Weeks by Frans X. Plooij, Ph.D., and Hetty van de Rijt-Plooi, Ph.D. Things Every Black Girl Should Know by Taura Stinson Raising Good Humans: A Mindful Guide to Breaking the Cycle of Reactive Parenting and Raising Kind, Confident Kids by Hunter Clarke-Fields, MSAE Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, From Birth to Preschool by Emily Oster, Ph.D. Mother to Son: Letters to a Black Boy on Identity and Hope by Jasmine L. Holmes The Bottom Line for Baby by Tina Payne Bryson How To Raise Successful People by Esther Wojcicki Unequal Childhoods by Annette Lareau How To Build Your Baby’s Brain by Gail Gross, Ph.D., EdD, MEd
