Small Steps to Great Parenting: The Essential Guide for Busy Families

A cornucopia of concise, proven tips for everyday life in our fast-paced modern families. Typical and relevant examples are drawn from the author's vast clinical and therapy experience, looking at families through the lens of the parent-child connection, rather than behaviour problems that need to be fixed or controlled. This distinction allows parents to make small but powerful tweaks in the family dynamic, turning conflicts into opportunities for growth and connection, to repair situations when things go wrong, and to restore fun, calm and balance in the household. THIS BOOK is perfect for parents who want to improve their parenting skills effectively and immediately, in small steps or large, and acquire building blocks for strong family relationships. --- Do you feel tired by the daily power-struggle with your children? --- Would you like to experience more cooperation and harmony with them, and to learn how to set limits in calm and relaxed way? --- Do you know how your actions can develop confidence and independence, or how your own history and marital relationship affect your children? --- Are you too busy to read long theoretical parenting books? --- Can you hear the feelings behind your child's words? --- Do you want to use language that empowers your children to cooperate? --- Do you want to coach them to develop life-time connections? If you answer 'Yes!' to one or more of these questions, this book is for you! DR KALANIT BEN-ARI's down-to-earth approach offers concise, tried and tested, easy, realistic tips for use in everyday situations. Her valuable insights and practical suggestions mean these tips can be put into practice immediately using clear examples drawn her extensive experience in research, lecturing and practice as a parenting guru. See more