The Good Enough Parent: How to raise contented, interesting, and resilient children

ISBN: 1912891549

Author: The School of Life

Condition: New

A compassionate guide to raising resilient, authentic, well-rounded children.The Good Enough Parent is a compendium of life lessons, including how to say 'No', how to look beneath the surface of "bad" behavior to find the root of what is going on, how to encourage a child to be genuinely kind, and how to handle the moodiness of adolescence.Rather than striving for perfection, the book argues, the job of any parent is in fact to guide a child gently into the imperfect nature of everything.Encouraging, wry, and steeped in years of experience, The Good Enough Parent is an intelligent guide to raising a child who will one day look back on their childhood with just the right mixture of gratitude, humor, and love.COMPASSIONATE ADVICE: for raising content toddlers into resourceful teens. FOR BUSY PARENTS: includes digestible, accessible lessons in parenting. ACTIONABLE TIPS: for balancing parental instinct with the acquisition of new skills. EMOTIONAL CURRICULUM: with lessons in curiosity, listening, manners, and adolescence.