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4.51 AVERAGE
4.51 AVERAGE
medium-paced
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
reflective
informative
reflective
medium-paced
A lot of parenting experts in the comments on this book it seems, lol. I don’t have any children, but this was recommended to me as a good read before having kids and there were some interesting bits I certainly resonated with as someone who is basically learning how to feel my feelings at the ripe age of 28.
The basic principle seems to be: model emotional regulation to your children and your children will learn how to regulate their emotions and grow up to know themselves better and be more confident. Relatively straightforward idea and I appreciated it approaches gentle parenting that doesn’t center on letting kids just get away with anything they want at any time with no parental intervention. Certainly not everything in this book is applicable to all children and I certainly don’t have any children to try any of this out on but I liked the basic ideas behind it and will probably use some of these thought processes to regulate my own feelings as there is a decent amount of overlap with what I’ve been learning about in therapy.
I will say, the author reads the audiobook and her voice is (I’m so sorry) pretty grating so listener be warned. I know she’s a child psychologist but the talking as if to a child instead of an adult listening to the book was…a lot.
The basic principle seems to be: model emotional regulation to your children and your children will learn how to regulate their emotions and grow up to know themselves better and be more confident. Relatively straightforward idea and I appreciated it approaches gentle parenting that doesn’t center on letting kids just get away with anything they want at any time with no parental intervention. Certainly not everything in this book is applicable to all children and I certainly don’t have any children to try any of this out on but I liked the basic ideas behind it and will probably use some of these thought processes to regulate my own feelings as there is a decent amount of overlap with what I’ve been learning about in therapy.
I will say, the author reads the audiobook and her voice is (I’m so sorry) pretty grating so listener be warned. I know she’s a child psychologist but the talking as if to a child instead of an adult listening to the book was…a lot.
hopeful
informative
slow-paced
This was a great book to help parents support children dealing with emotions that can sometimes lead to behaviors we don't like. It is also a great reminder to parents that we too are "good inside".
This book gave thede vibes
- I can address all these problems one by one, and you need to be diligent when working on these issues.
- Middle-class family - white - with adequate resources
- Doing XYZ does not guarantee the outcome
- Big takeaway: Build the relationship - regulate self and child - be vulnerable with the kid.
- lacks any social or communal elements
- You cant be there all the time when kids are acting out (school)
- Heavily on if parents dont do xyzzy - kids are in school 90% of the time
- Long book
- Big direct conversations - not consistently accessible
• • Ch 11- “ Second of all, I am going to solve all of that. Every single thing” EWWW
informative
reflective
medium-paced
hopeful
informative
inspiring
fast-paced