The Common Sense media resource page on Social and Emotional Learning has a thorough range of excellent resources. This site also provides resources organized by skill, and divided into "Tools to Try," (which includes apps, games, and websites) "Essential Info," "Classroom-Ready Resources, and resources "For Families." It also includes a "privacy rating" for each resource. This site is a wonderful jumping off point for an educator or parent.

Helping our children shift their attitude from "I can't do it," to "I can't do it YET," is a powerful change in thinking. The Raikes foundation has created a page, Growth Mindset for Parents, with especially helpful resources in developing our children's Growth Mindset. Parents learn what a growth mindset is, why it’s important, and best practices to support their children in developing this learning belief.

The Ashoka non-profit organization has a page of resources for parents around teaching and supporting our students in developing empathy.

Facinghistory.org has created a guide for Parenting and Caregiving for Adolescents During the COVID-19 Pandemic. It includes a number of helpful resources, including resources to Read, Watch or Listen Together and Recommended Reading for Parents and Caregivers.

How to Raise Kind Kids, by Thomas Lickona (2018)

We all want our kids to be kind. But recognizing that abstractly is not the same as knowing what to do when your son tunes you out or you catch your daughter mocking a classmate who is struggling to fit in. A world-renowned developmental psychologist, Dr. Thomas Lickona has led the character education movement in schools for 25 years and now he shares with parents the vital tools they need to create a culture of kindness at home. Kindness doesn't stand on its own. It needs a supporting cast of other essential virtues - like self-control, good judgment, courage and gratitude. So many things in our society teach a message of selfishness that it takes hard work to foster strong character in our kids. Lickona offers a program for all parents, including those who are struggling - and the confidence it can work. (from the publisher)

The Happy Kid Handbook, by Katie Hurley (2015)

Parenting today has gotten far too complicated. It''s never been the easiest job in the world, but with all the ''parenting advice'' parents are met with at every corner, it''s hard not to become bewildered. It seems that in the past it was a good deal simpler. You made sure there was dinner on the table and the kids got to school on time and no one set anything on fire, and you called it a success. But today everybody has a different method for dealing with the madness-attachment parenting, free-range parenting, mindful parenting. And who is to say one is more right or better than another? How do you choose?

The truth is that whatever drumbeat you march to, all parents would agree that we just want our kids to be happy. It seems like a no-brainer, right? But in the face of all the many parenting theories out there, happiness feels like it has become incidental. That''s where The Happy Kid Handbook by child and adolescent psychotherapist and parenting expert Katie Hurley comes in. She shows parents how happiness is the key to raising confident, capable children....A back-to-basics guide to parenting,The Happy Kid Handbook is a must-have for any parent hoping to be the best parent they can be. (from the publisher)