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A review by smschumacher
Being at Your Best When Your Kids Are at Their Worst: Practical Compassion in Parenting by Kim John Payne
3.0
I ordered this from the library based on the title. It wasn’t what I expected; he lays out a “compassionate response practice”, which is sort of a visualization type of meditation combined with self-compassion. Whether or not it works remains to be seen, but any time you focus on meditation, mindfulness and self-compassion it’s going to benefit your parenting.
I suppose I might have been expecting more of a Whole Brain Child approach, with scientific explanations and practical instructions/phrases (“connect and redirect”). This is not that.
I’ve read his Simplicity Parenting, which I didn’t care for and found obvious/common sense advice. Perhaps that’s what caught me so off guard - this is definitely an unconventional approach. Whole Brain Child remains my most highly recommended parenting book, so read that first.
I suppose I might have been expecting more of a Whole Brain Child approach, with scientific explanations and practical instructions/phrases (“connect and redirect”). This is not that.
I’ve read his Simplicity Parenting, which I didn’t care for and found obvious/common sense advice. Perhaps that’s what caught me so off guard - this is definitely an unconventional approach. Whole Brain Child remains my most highly recommended parenting book, so read that first.