The Blessing by Smalley and Trent: discusses the importance of children receiving their parents’ blessing and how to give it.
Boundaries With Kids by Cloud and Townsend: helps parents identify how to identify and respect their child’s individual boundaries, thus engendering healthy respect in return.
Bringing Up Boys by James Dobson: does a good job defining the stages of development for boys.
How to Really Love Your Child and How to Really Love Your Teenager by Ross Campbell: helps a parent to realize how their child is most likely perceiving him or her and how that is translated into anger.
How and When To Talk to Your Kids About Sex by Stanton Jones: a wholistic approach to sexuality with practical tips to present this topic in a sanctified way to children beginning early on in their lives.
Keys to Your Child’s Heart by Gary Smalley: discusses how parents can open or close up their child’s spirit.
Parenting with Love and Logic by Cline and Faye: a very positive and practical guide to applying the natural consequences as a learning tool in the same way that God parents each of us.
The Power of a Praying Parent by Stormie O’Martian: guided prayer for particular problems.
Raising Boys and Loving It by Carrie and Gary Oliver: outlines facets of boys’ development and how they are different from girls. Carrie’s input as a mom who struggles to understand her son is great.
What’s Love Got to Do With It? by John Chirbin: how to talk to your kids about sex.
1-2-3 Magic: Effective Discipline for Children by Thomas Phelan: this extremely practical parenting strategy comes in audio and DVD form and in books tailored to age and specific needs.