SMES principals and counselors have compiled a list of books that may be helpful to parents:
- The Price of Privilege by Dr. Madeline Levine.
- Positive Discipline by Jane Nelson
- Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys by Dan Kindlon and Michael Thompson
- Good Friends Are Hard to Find by Fred Frankel
- Best Friends, Worst Enemies by Michael Thompson, Ph.D.
- The Pressured Child by Michael Thompson, Ph.D.
- Raising Resilient Children by Robert Brooks
- The Moral Life of Children by Robert Coles
- A Mind at a Time by Mel Levine, M.D.
- Raising Happy Children: A Parent's Guide by Javad Kashani, et al
- Pick Up Your Socks by Elizabeth Crary
- How Much is Enough by Jean Clarke, Connie Dawson and David Bredehoft
- Raising Children of Character in an Indulgent Age by Dan Kindlon
- Seasons of a Family's Life by Wendy Wright
- Giving Good Gifts, The Spiritual Journey of Parenthood by George E. Conway
- Finding the Heart of a Child by Edward Hallowell and Michael Thompson
- Hyper-Parenting by Alvin Rosenfeld and Nicole Wise
- Will our Children Have Faith by John Westerhoff
