Session one
It Starts with You, Nicole Schwartz (Broadleaf: Minneapolis, 2022).
The Search Institute’s Developmental Assets (https://searchinstitute.org/resources-hub/developmental-assets-framework).
Parenting from the Inside Out, Daniel J. Siegel and Mary Hartzell (TarcherPerigee: New York, 2014).
The Single Most Important Parenting Strategy, Becky Kennedy, TED Talk. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHpPtdk9rco)
What is Our Rage Telling Us? Podcast, Season 2, Episode 274 (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/274-what-is-our-rage-telling-us-with-dr-becky-kennedy/id1564530722?i=1000642590682)
Session two
Books for children about mental health, https://childmind.org/article/best-childrens-books-about-mental-health/
Mental health podcasts for children, tweens and teens, https://www.commonsensemedia.org/lists/best-mental-health-and-wellness-podcasts-for-kids-tweens-and-teens
The National Alliance on Mental Health, various resources, https://www.nami.org/
The Child Mind Institute, various resources, https://childmind.org/
The Search Institute’s Developmental Assets (https://searchinstitute.org/resources-hub/developmental-assets-framework).
Session three
The Opposite of Spoiled: Raising Kids Who are Grounded, Generous and Smart about Money, Ron Lieber (Harper Collins, New York, 2015).
Malala’s Magic Pencil, Malala Yousafzai (Little, Brown Books: New York, 2017).
The Berenstain Bears Piggy Bank Blessings, Stan and Jan Berenstain (Zonderkidz: Nashville, 2013).
Eat Together (video short), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLsSy64xILI
Unsung Hero (video short), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6CSQvdfTKY
Sesame Street finances for kids (https://sesameworkshop.org/topics/financial-education/)
The Generosity Project- ELCA (https://www.thegenerosityproject.net/)
The Search Institute’s Developmental Assets (https://searchinstitute.org/resources-hub/developmental-assets-framework).
Session four
The Anxious Generation, Jonathan Haidt (Penguin: New York, 2024).
How full is your bucket? Tom Rath and Mary Reckmeyer (Gallup: Washington, D.C., 2009).
https://www.apa.org/topics/stress/parental-burnout
The Search Institute’s Developmental Assets (https://searchinstitute.org/resources-hub/developmental-assets-framework).
Session five
The Bad Seed, Jory John (Harper: New York, 2017).
No Drama Discipline: The whole-brain way to calm the chaos and nurture your child’s developing mind, Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson (Bantam: New York, 2016).
The Explosive Child, Ross Greene (Harper: New York, 2021).
The Teenage Brain: A neuroscientist’s survival guide to raising adolescents and young adults, Frances E. Jensen (Harper: New York, 2016).
Good Inside podcast, Becky Kennedy (https://www.goodinside.com/podcast)
Child Mind Institute website, behaviors (https://childmind.org/topics/behavior-problems)
Session five additional activity: Growth mindset reflection. A growth mindset expects mistakes and learns from them – in this mindset, skills can be learned. A fixed mindset expects perfection and views intelligence and skills as fixed – you have them or you don’t. In pairs or in large group, discuss: 1.) What are you good at? 2.) How did you get good? 3.) What else would you like to be good at? This exercise invites reflection and conversation about learning as a life-long process – practice your growth mindset!
Session five additional questions:
- How do you react to the framework of being “intentional and firmly kind” in discipline?
- What behavior modification strategies have worked in your family?
- Do different children need different discipline methods?
- How do you manage your own emotions when your child exhibits challenging behaviors?
Session six
How full is your bucket? Tom Rath and Mary Reckmeyer (Gallup: Washington, D.C., 2009)
NPR Life Kit article (https://www.npr.org/2025/02/14/nx-s1-5262897/parents-solutions-anxiety-stress-burnout)
https://sesameworkshop.org/topics/social-emotional-skills/resilience/
https://www.apa.org/topics/stress/parental-burnout
The Anxious Generation, Jonathan Haidt (Penguin: New York, 2024).
The Search Institute’s Developmental Assets (https://searchinstitute.org/resources-hub/developmental-assets-framework)