I am just wanting to read up on different ideas of Christian discipline. We have some things set up but like to see other points of view and ideas on the subject.

TIA!

I personally love the book Parenting With Love and Logic by Jim Fay, Charles Fay and Foster Cline. I don't have any children to discipline at home as of yet but I was recommended the book about a year ago as I do have lots of interaction with children through Sunday school and often babyset nephews and neices. I have tried a couple of the techniques on my newphews and it works great! In fact, I'm going to have to get this book out and brush up a bit :)

bear with me because this is a LONG list :)

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Bailey, Becky - Easy to Love, Difficult to

Budd, Linda - Living With the Active Alert Child: Groundbreaking Strategies for Parents

Chou, Grace P. - Disciplining Children with Confidence

Clark, Jean Illsley - Self-Esteem: A Family Affair and Time-In: When Time-Out Doesn't

Clarkson, Clay - Heartfelt Discipline: The Gentle Art of Training and Guiding Your ChildYou

Clarkson, Sally - The Ministry of Motherhood: Following Christ's Example in Reaching the Hearts of Our Children

Cohen, Lawerence - Playful Parenting

Colorosa, Barbara - Kids Are Worth It

Crary, Elizabeth - Dealing With Disappointment

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Faber, Adele and Elaine Mazlich - How To Talk So Your Kids Will Listen and Listen So Your

Kids Will Talk and Sliblings Without Rivalry

Flower, Hillary - Adventures in Gentle Discipline

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Ginott, Haim Gordon - Parent Effectiveness Training

Kimmel, Tim - Grace-Based Parenting

Kurcinka, Mary Sheedy - Kids, Parents, and Power Struggles and Raising Your Spirited Child

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Lutton, Crystal - Biblical Parenting and Grace-Based Living.

McKay, Matthew - When Anger Hurts Your Kids

Nelsen, Jane - all Positive Discipline books (note: the ones for younger children are not AP), and Jodi's fav Positive Discipline A to Z

Neufeld, Gordon and Gabor Mate - Hold On To Your Kids - jujubnme says, "He talks about parent-orientation vs. peer-orientation. Very insightful, and good information on parenting from connection. Although it applies for all ages, it's an excellent resource for parents of school-aged kids."

Pantley, Elizabeth - Kid Cooperation: How to Stop Yelling, Nagging & Pleading and Get Kids to Cooperate - kauaidee says, "She does recommend time outs but I found overall her discipline style very gentle. It is one of the most practical books I've read which is what I need right now. I feel like I've got the concept of GBD down but I need ideas and this one gave me lots. Plus she also had a chapter on dealing with anger as a parent which is something I struggle with."; The No-Cry Discipline Solution; and Perfect Parenting: The Dictionary of 1,000 Parenting Tips

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Sears, William - The Discipline Book and The Successful Child

Tobias, Cynthia Ulrich - You Can’t Make Me But I Can Be Persuaded

Turansky, Scott and Joanne Miller - Say Goodbye to Whining, Complaining and Bad
Attitudes...in You and Your Kids

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Whitehurst, Teresa - Jesus on Parenting

Wyckoff, Jerry and Barbara C. Unell - Discipline Without Shouting or Spanking

Not discipline but awesome for every parent:

DeBecker, Gavin - Protecting the Gift

Cloud, Henry and John Townsend - Boundaries - cornflower says, "I've heard that

Boundaries with Kids is punitive, though, so perhaps stay away from it."

VanVonderen, Jeff - Families Where Grace is in Place

For kids:

Bang, Molly - When Sophie Gets Angry--Really, Really Angry...

Fox, Mem - Harriet You'll Drive Me Wild! - ShangriLewis says, "It's about a mom who yells after having a lot of patience with a normal little girl, and then they have a big pillow fight. I'm not sure if everyone would like that or not. But, it was good for us because yelling is my downfall. I read that one and the Molly Bang one everynight for Porter for almost 2 years. He loved those books and they were good for me, too."

Joose, Barbara M. - Mama, Do You Love Me? - jujubnme says, "A little Native Alaskan girl asks her mother if she loves her and quizzes her about a bunch of 'what if' situations--one of my favorites: 'What if I put salmon in your parka, ermine in your mittens and lemmings in your mukluks?' The mother answers 'I would be angry [or surprised, worried, etc. in other scenarios]. But still I would love you.' It's very sweet and Julius liked all the arctic animals."

I think reading the Pearl's To Train Up a Child alongside Tedd Tripp's Shepherding a Child's Heart will give you good info.

Many think the Pearls are off their rockers. But I think one can glean a lot from them, if you're willing to SEE it. Tripp focuses on their heart, the root of every issue, very important. Put the two together, and you have a pretty good system ;)

Lisa Welchel (sp?) - Creative Correction, Gary Ezzo - Childwise, James Dobson - Brining up Boys, Pearls - To Train Up a Child

I think in all the parenting books, you have to take what you can out of them. Not all the suggestions will work with all childrent, but it gives and idea and something to think about, even if you don't do as they suggest, you might think about certain issues differently and respond to your children accoridingly.

Thanks for all that. I have read the Pearls book and did get a lot out of it. However so far it is the only book like that I have read and wanted to get some other perspectives.

Thanks again. I hope the library has some of these.

I personally enjoy the Dr.Sears series of books. They have a Christian discipline book.

I suggest any of Lisa Whelchels books on discipline. Her advice is practicle, easy to incorporate into your routine, scripture is incorporated into the discipline, and her suggestions work.
I also loved Dare to Discipline by James Dobson!

I second "Shepherding a Child's Heart" and Dr. Dobson's books. Have any of you read his book "Bringing up Boys"? I'm thinking about putting it on my Christmas list. Another interesting book i read was "boundaries with Kids" by Drs Henry Cloud and John Townsend. i didn't totally agree with everything but it did have some new, good ideas.

I have read Dobsons 'Bringing up Boys' and thought it was pretty good but took some of it with a pinch of salt. I personally dont like books that focus heavily on spanking as the main form of discipline. I tend to prefer gentler methods and that amazing list, logosnimby, has some awesome suggestions. I found that using some of the advice set out in some of the books mentioned, like the Ezzos, Pearles, made my home a stressful place. It all depends on what your parenting 'style' is.

I have read Dobsons 'Bringing up Boys' and thought it was pretty good but took some of it with a pinch of salt. I personally dont like books that focus heavily on spanking as the main form of discipline. I tend to prefer gentler methods and that amazing list, logosnimby, has some awesome suggestions. I found that using some of the advice set out in some of the books mentioned, like the Ezzos, Pearles, made my home a stressful place. It all depends on what your parenting 'style' is.



yeah, i agree. I am a reformed spanker. I like gentle dicipline so much better, but it takes way more effort

I have to agree the Lisa Whelchel (she is the one who played Blair on the Facts of Life) books are really good and I love how she uses scripture incorporated into the discipline.

I second all the long list provided by logosnimby! I haven't read all the books on her entire list, but I've read a few on there & have heard great things about the authors she has recommended.
If you want a short,concise & well written book for general Christian parenting, I second "Biblical Parenting" by Lutton. You can get it on Amazon. Great book!

oooooooooooo thanks for posting this I will look into her book!

Kimmel, Tim - Grace-Based Parenting


I haven't read most of the books on your list. I'm obviously way behind on my reading, LOL. But I did just recently read Grace Based Parenting by Tim Kimmel, and I just wanted to add an [OK] . I thought the book was really insightful, and very good.

I also think the book The Five Love Languages For Children by Gary Chapman & Ross Cambell M.D. was very good as well. It really gave alot of good insight into what love languages our children have and how to show them love the best way, which in turn makes disciplining so much easier.

I love Good and Angry and Say Goodbye to Whining, Complaing and Bad Attitudes, both by Scott Turansky and Joanne Miller. Their ideas are gentle and practical and completely transformed my family when we put them into practice :)

I also like Clay Clarkson's Heartfelt Discipline - it really made me think about what I was doing and why I was doing it.

HTH!

I have a tween and an almost 7 year old, and it's really getting rough with discipline. Thanks for sharing all these resources.

I really like Shepherding a Child's Heart, really a book everyone should look at.