Good Inside: A Guide to Becoming the Parent You Want to Be
By Becky Kennedy
Harper Wave, 2022. 315 pgs. Nonfiction
Dr. Becky Kennedy provides a groundbreaking guide for parents that offers a new approach to interacting with our Children. It focuses more on our connections and the premise that we are all good inside, just sometimes we are a good person, having a hard time.
This Book is AMAZING! Let’s be honest, parenting is tough and we all mess up, a lot! The author talks about how important it is to realize we are all “good inside” (us and our children). We need to learn to look past the bad behaviors to what feelings are really going on when someone acts out. We also need to use this with ourselves and stop living in shame and regret. This book focuses on parents, but it works for all relationships. I would recommend this book to people who enjoy self-help, have been raised by parents, are a parent, or have any kind of relationship with another human being.
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The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed
By Jessica Lahey
Harper, 2015. 272 pgs. Nonfiction
Parents have a natural and understandable desire to help and guide their children past the difficulties of growing up. But Lahey is convinced that these instincts need to be reined in to allow kids to learn about consequences. They need to learn that success comes from hard work and taking chances. Children should never lose their desire to try new things and stretch themselves to the point that they may fail. But that failure can lead them to rising back up with confidence and without fear.
The Danish Way of Parenting: What the Happiest People in the World Know About Raising Confident, Capable Kids
By Jessica Joelle Alexander & Iben Dissing Sandahl
TarcherPerigee, 2016. 208 pgs. Nonfiction
This practical book teaches six essential principles to raise happy, successful kids. The principles spell out P-A-R-E-N-T. They are Play, Authenticity, Reframing, Empanthy, No Ultimatums, and Togetherness. This book is not available as a physical book at the library but you can accessan eBook or eAudiobook through Overdrive.
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