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Written for parents of children from toddlers to teens, this book gives parents a science-based plan to help their children grow up to be emotionally healthy adults.

To build healthy and lasting parent-child relationships, parents need practical strategies that meet their child’s needs and address the circumstances that affect their families. A parent’s job unfolds and shifts over time. Concerns about sleep become worries about tantrums; anxieties about sharing become fears about grades and acting out in school. These concerns are natural, but many parents struggle to handle it all. Some feel drained, some lash out, and some feel like the worst parents in the world. 

This book shows parents how to use a six-step program to build a stronger relationship with their child. It teaches parents how to set parenting goals, prioritize their own emotional health, and create a structure for their family. Having laid that three-step foundation, parents learn the importance of accepting their child for who they are, containing their behavior, and acting as a leader. Prioritizing these six areas and making a plan for them will allow readers to parent proactively rather than reactively and focus on what matters most. No one can be a perfect parent, but you can be a good enough parent, one who shepherds their child toward a healthy, productive adulthood.
 

From the Publisher

“Every parent or caregiver will see themselves and their children in the stories that come alive in the pages of this book. I highly recommend it if you are seeking practical, straightforward, culturally competent child-rearing guidance based on psychological science.”

—Terry Stancin, PhD, ABPP, Professor of Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, and Psychological Sciences, Case Western Reserve University

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“This book, with its nontechnical and easy-to-read style, has potential to disseminate important findings about parenting and education to a broader audience.” —PsycCRITIQUES “This is far and away the best parenting book I have ever read, and I have read hundreds of them.” —Terrie Moffitt, PhD, Nannerl O. Keohane University Professor, Duke University “It is chock full of evidence-based insights for parents and children.” —Stephen J. Ceci, PhD, Carr Professor of Developmental Psychology at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Publisher ‏ : ‎ APA LifeTools
Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 6, 2022
Edition ‏ : ‎ 1st
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 247 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1433839113
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1433839115
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.75 x 8.5 inches
Part of series ‏ : ‎ APA LifeTools Series
Best Sellers Rank: #162,008 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #214 in Medical Child Psychology #218 in Developmental Psychology (Books) #259 in Parenting Teenagers (Books)
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