Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
Authors; the How To Talk workshops
Communication skills that build cooperation and self-esteem.
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk
The experts behind The Steady Parent.
35 researchers, clinicians, and writers whose work shapes our guides and our answers. Follow any of them: their websites, podcasts, videos, Instagram, and books, all in one place.
All experts, A to Z
Every link is to the expert's own pages, or to a search page for books and audio.
Becky A. Bailey
Founder of Conscious Discipline
Self-regulation first, for the adult and then the child.
Becky Kennedy
Clinical psychologist
Children are good inside; behavior is communication; repair after rupture.
Good Inside
Bill Burnett and Dave Evans
Authors and life-design educators
Design thinking for life: curiosity, reframing, and small experiments.
Designing Your Life
Bill Eddy
Lawyer and mediator
BIFF: brief, informative, friendly, firm replies to high-conflict messages.
BIFF: Quick Responses to High-Conflict People
Brené Brown
Research professor, University of Houston
Courage, vulnerability, shame, and empathy research.
Daring Greatly
The Gifts of Imperfection
Brianna Wiest
Author
Self-sabotage, limiting beliefs, and building mental strength.
The Mountain Is You
Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University
Research center
The science of early childhood development and the effects of stress.
Charles Fay and the Love and Logic Institute
Psychologist and parenting educator
Resilience and responsibility through calm limits and empathy.
Christina McGhee
Divorce and co-parenting specialist
Co-parenting after separation.
Parenting Apart
Christine Carter
Sociologist and author
Resilience and happiness research for overextended parents.
The Sweet Spot
Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson
Psychiatrist (Siegel); psychotherapist and parenting educator (Bryson)
The Four S’s of secure attachment: safe, seen, soothed, secure.
Dan Siegel: official websiteTina Payne Bryson: official websiteMindsight Institute on YouTubeDan Siegel on InstagramTina Payne Bryson on YouTubeTina Payne Bryson on Instagram
The Power of Showing Up
The Whole-Brain Child
David Allen
Productivity author
A practical system for clearing the mental load.
Getting Things Done
Eli Harwood
Licensed professional counselor and author
Practical strategies for raising securely attached kids.
Raising Securely Attached Kids
Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski
Authors
Completing the stress cycle: how to recover from burnout.
Erica Komisar, LCSW
Clinician and author
Guidance for protecting a child’s emotional well-being through divorce.
The Parent's Guide to Divorce
Published in the UK as The Child-Healthy Divorce
Gabor Maté and Gordon Neufeld
Physician and author (Maté); clinical psychologist (Neufeld)
Why parents need to matter more than peers: attachment and parental presence.
Hold On to Your Kids
The Neufeld Institute page includes a free first chapter and study guide.
Hunter Clarke-Fields
Mindful parenting teacher
Calm, connected parenting: mindfulness for tired parents.
Raising Good Humans
Isolina Ricci
Mediator and author
Making two homes for one child.
Mom's House, Dad's House: Making Two Homes for Your Child
Janet Lansbury
Respectful-parenting teacher
Calm, respectful parenting: calm over perfect.
JoAnne Pedro-Carroll
Psychologist
Research-based guidance for children through divorce.
Putting Children First
John Gottman
Psychologist and researcher; co-founder of the Gottman Institute
Emotion Coaching: five steps for helping a child with big feelings.
Gottman ParentingGottman blog: parenting and emotion coachingPodcast appearancesInstagramYouTube channel
Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child
Kent Hoffman, Glen Cooper and Bert Powell
Circle of Security International
The Circle of Security: reading a child’s needs for exploration and comfort.
Raising a Secure Child
Kristin Neff
Associate professor of educational psychology; co-founder of the Center for Mindful Self-Compassion
Self-compassion research and guided practices.
Self-Compassion
Laura Markham
Clinical psychologist and parenting writer
Peaceful parenting: connection before correction.
Maggie Dent
Author and parenting educator
Practical parenting and resilience guidance.
Mark Wolynn
Author and family-patterns educator
Inherited family patterns and how they show up in parenting.
It Didn't Start With You
Melinda Wenner Moyer
Science journalist and author
Evidence-based ways to raise kind, responsible children.
How to Raise Kids Who Aren't Assholes
Moïra Mikolajczak and Isabelle Roskam
Parental burnout researchers, UCLouvain
The research on parental burnout: risks, resources, and prevalence.
Mona Delahooke
Pediatric psychologist
A nervous-system-aware, compassionate view of child behavior.
Sheleana Aiyana
Author and teacher
Healing relationship patterns and breaking cycles.
Becoming the One
Stephen Porges
Researcher; creator of Polyvagal Theory
How safety shapes the nervous system.
Susan Kaiser Greenland
Mindfulness teacher and author
Mindfulness practices and games for children and families.
Vanessa Lapointe
Psychologist
Relationship-first, attachment-based parenting.
William Stixrud and Ned Johnson
Neuropsychologist (Stixrud) and educator (Johnson)
Helping kids build a sense of control and competence.
The Self-Driven Child
Links go to each expert’s own pages, or to a search page for books and audio. Checked 2026-10-26. We link to their work because it informed ours; it does not mean they endorse The Steady Parent.