Books
Boundaries: When to Say YES, When to Say NO to Take Control of Your Life. Henry Cloud and John Townsend
Bringing Up Kids without Tearing Them Down: How to Raise Confident, Successful Children. Kevin Leman
Confident Kids. Robert G. Barnes JR.
Dare to Discipline. James C. Dobson
Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ. James C. Dobson
Grace Walk. Steve McVey
Holding Time: How to Eliminate Conflict, Temper Tantrums, and Sibling Rivalry and Raise Happy, Loving, Successful Children. Martha G. Welch
The Hurried Child: Growing Up Too Fast Too Soon. David Elkind.
Is This Your Child? Discovering and Treating Unrecognized Allergies. Doris Rapp
The Power of a Praying Parent. Stormie O’Martian
Sacred Parenting: How Raising Children Shapes Our Souls. Gary L. Thomas
The Way They Learn: How to Discover and Teach to Your Child’s Strengths. Cynthia Ulrich Tobias.
Movies
- Dead Poets Society(1989): This film is a great example of a parent whose control issues permanently interfere with his child and how that affects his son’s well-being.
- Facing the Giants (2006): This movie gives a powerful portrayal of fathers who truly believe their kids when no one else might.
- Ordinary People (1980): Pay attention to the pain of the mother’s emotional wall and how it wounds and damages her son.
- The Sound of Music (1965): Watch this classic form of parenting perspective. Notice how the children are fearful of their father and how he is fearful of feeling for them. The nanny allows the children to blossom by allowing them to become children once again.
- What a Girl Wants (2003): View this movie from the perspective of how important a father’s acceptance of a child is to the confidence of that child.
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