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Positive Parenting

The discipline, connection and boundary-setting resources worth your evening — everything that treats a child as a person and still holds a line.

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Positive Parenting

A Thrive List™ for the Positive Parenting pathway

Best Parent Books9

Best Children's Books5

Best Teen Books4

Best Podcasts3

Best Apps3

Best Websites3

Best YouTube Channels3

Helpful Organisations3

Last updated 30 July 2026

From the therapist

Warmth without structure produces anxiety; structure without warmth produces distance. Every resource in this guide does both. Start with one parent book, choose one habit from it, and give that habit a fortnight before you judge it.

If you're overwhelmed, start here

01
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk(find this book on Amazon, opens in a new tab)
Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish
02
Hunt, Gather, Parent(find this book on Amazon, opens in a new tab)
Michaeleen Doucleff
03
The Gardener and the Carpenter(find this book on Amazon, opens in a new tab)
Alison Gopnik

If today is not the day for a reading list: take the three Start Here picks, ignore everything else, and come back in a month.

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Best Parent Books

9 recommendations

01
Top pick
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk(find this book on Amazon, opens in a new tab)
Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish
02
Top pick
Hunt, Gather, Parent(find this book on Amazon, opens in a new tab)
Michaeleen Doucleff
03
Top pick
The Gardener and the Carpenter(find this book on Amazon, opens in a new tab)
Alison Gopnik

6 more in the PDF

Best Children's Books

5 recommendations

01
Have You Filled a Bucket Today?(find this book on Amazon, opens in a new tab)
Carol McCloud
02
Top pick
The Invisible String(find this book on Amazon, opens in a new tab)
Patrice Karst
03
What Should Danny Do?(find this book on Amazon, opens in a new tab)
Adir Levy

2 more in the PDF

Best Teen Books

4 recommendations

01
Top pick
Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteen(find this book on Amazon, opens in a new tab)
Michelle Icard
02
Top pick
How to Talk So Teens Will Listen(find this book on Amazon, opens in a new tab)
Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish
03
Brainstorm(find this book on Amazon, opens in a new tab)
Daniel Siegel

1 more in the PDF

Best Podcasts

3 recommendations

01
Top pick
Good Inside with Dr Becky(opens in a new tab)
Dr Becky Kennedy
02
Top pick
Janet Lansbury Unruffled(opens in a new tab)
Janet Lansbury
03
Top pick
Raising Good Humans(opens in a new tab)
Dr Aliza Pressman

Best Apps

3 recommendations

01
Top pick
Triple P Online(opens in a new tab)
Triple P
02
OurHome(opens in a new tab)
OurHome
03
Parent Cue(opens in a new tab)
Parent Cue

Best Websites

3 recommendations

01
Top pick
Zero to Three(opens in a new tab)
Zero to Three
02
Top pick
Raising Children Network(opens in a new tab)
Australian Government
03
Positive Parenting Programme (Triple P)(opens in a new tab)
Triple P

Best YouTube Channels

3 recommendations

01
Top pick
Circle of Security — Being With(opens in a new tab)
Circle of Security
02
Still Face Experiment(opens in a new tab)
Ed Tronick
03
How to Set Limits Kindly(opens in a new tab)
Janet Lansbury

Helpful Organisations

3 recommendations

01
Top pick
Family Lives(opens in a new tab)
Family Lives
02
Parenting NI(opens in a new tab)
Parenting NI
03
Top pick
Home-Start(opens in a new tab)
Home-Start

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