The Drama of the Gifted Child
by Alice Miller (Basic Books, 1996)
Thoughtful insight into how so many adults learned to hide their own feelings and needs as children in an effort to meet parents’ desires and expectations.
Parenting from the Inside Out
by Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., and Mary Hartzell, M. Ed. (Penguin Group 2004)
This book offers an explanation of how our childhood experiences actually impact the way we parent.