Parenting Without Yelling Library

Tools We Recommend

These are the books, tools, and resources that actually help. Not a comprehensive list. A curated one. Less theory. More practice.

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Books

The research-backed parenting books that actually change how you respond.

The Whole-Brain Child by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson

The foundational text on how a child's brain develops and how to respond to meltdowns using neuroscience rather than punishment.

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No-Drama Discipline by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson

The follow-up to The Whole-Brain Child, focusing specifically on how to discipline in a way that builds the brain rather than damages it.

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Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids by Dr. Laura Markham

The best book on why parental self-regulation is the prerequisite for everything else in parenting.

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The Explosive Child by Ross W. Greene

Essential reading if your child is chronically inflexible or easily frustrated. Introduces the Collaborative Problem Solving model.

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Good Inside by Dr. Becky Kennedy

A practical, shame-free approach to parenting that focuses on the core belief that both you and your child are "good inside."

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How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish

The classic guide to communicating with children in a way that reduces conflict and builds cooperation.

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Parent Self-Regulation

Tools to support your nervous system — because you can't regulate your child if you're dysregulated.

Loop Experience Earplugs

If noise is your trigger, these reduce the decibel level of the house without blocking out the voices you need to hear.

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Weighted Blanket (15 lbs)

Deep pressure therapy for your own nervous system after a highly dysregulating day.

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Visual Tools for Kids

Concrete tools that help children understand time, emotions, and expectations.

Time Timer MOD - 60 Minute Visual Timer

Reduces the yelling around transitions by making time visual. "When the red is gone, it's time to go."

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Generation Mindful Daily Routine Chart

Visual routines reduce the need for you to constantly verbally prompt (and eventually yell at) your kids to get ready.

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Family Connection

Resources that build the relationship — the foundation everything else rests on.

The Color Monster: A Story About Emotions

A brilliant pop-up book for helping young children identify and separate their tangled emotions.

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Somatic Tools

Your body holds the stress. These tools help discharge it.

Acupressure Mat

10 minutes on this after the kids are in bed forces your nervous system out of fight-or-flight.

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