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Being at Your Best When Your Kids Are at Their Worst: Practical Compassion in Parenting by Kim John Payne
4.0
I enjoyed the first part of this book, and the different explanations of parenting styles and types. I also liked that he gave tips on how to be kinder to yourself (as the parent) and how to be more engaged and in tune with your child. I think that these are both important aspects of parenting. He was very spot on about our own baggage as a parent, what we bring from our childhood that affects our parenting abilities sometimes, unconsciously.
I would recommend this book to parents who are just kind of venturing into this deeper, more mindful level of parenting. I think for myself, I've taken a mindfulness class as well as gone to therapy to overcome and work through some of my reactive responses/triggers, and that's why I am giving the book a 4 instead of a 5. It was also a little repetitive to me because I've worked on a lot of what he brings in the book. I think that if you've not done that internal work before reading this book that this would've definitely been a 5 star read for me.
I would recommend this book to parents who are just kind of venturing into this deeper, more mindful level of parenting. I think for myself, I've taken a mindfulness class as well as gone to therapy to overcome and work through some of my reactive responses/triggers, and that's why I am giving the book a 4 instead of a 5. It was also a little repetitive to me because I've worked on a lot of what he brings in the book. I think that if you've not done that internal work before reading this book that this would've definitely been a 5 star read for me.