The Gentle Parenting Book: How to raise calmer, happier children from birth to seven

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If you’ve been trying to find patience with your kids but feel like you can’t possibly muster any more than you already have… Carla Naumburg is a writer, speaker, and parent coach. She has written several parenting books, including Ready, Set, Breathe, and Parenting in the Present Moment. Her work has appeared in several publications and on the Huffington Post. She lives outside of Boston with her two daughters and two cats.

Gentle Discipline is a great book for parents who want to guide their children with respect instead of scolding and shaming them. It aims to replace punishments with connection and understanding. While the author is very low-key, she provides many helpful insights. If you're considering getting a parenting book, you've probably noticed that the authors of The Whole-Brain Child are both scientists and parents. Their best-selling book blends scientific research and parenting practices. It's easy to understand and provides practical solutions for parenting.The Montessori philosophy is based on guiding your baby through the various stages of development. This book is a comprehensive guide on how to nurture your child and ensure that he or she grows into a healthy adult. The authors include practical, easy-to-follow instructions, as well as dozens of helpful exercises that help parents learn more about their baby and their environment. The book also includes tips on preparing for parenthood and becoming an active observer.

This award-winning book was developed by an economist who noticed a need for reliable pregnancy advice. She analyzed the data and discovered that conventional wisdom about pregnancy was flawed. The result was Cribsheet. This book provides parents with the information they need to make the best decisions for their babies. This book is a must-have for any mother-to-be. Of course, communication is a two-way street. Gentle parenting requires listening as well as talking. Consider all of your child’s behaviors as ways of communicating. Then ask yourself, “What is my child trying to tell me?” Connect While many gentle parenting books present the child as a solitary individual, this book offers suggestions for how to help them learn how to live in the world without constant disruption. For example, it is important to remember that children are human beings and may feel anger and aggression. Therefore, it is important to remember that it is never too late to start a gentle parenting practice. If you're a parent, it can be helpful to know your child's love language so that you can communicate your love more effectively. This is important for raising secure and happy children. Love messages can be expressed in a number of ways, from physical touch to words of affirmation. Acts of service and quality time are also important ways to show children you care. They say that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result each time.What exactly is gentle parenting? It's a parenting style that emphasizes compassion over confrontation, setting clear boundaries for your children, and understanding their developmental needs. It's parenting without shaming or blaming. It's not perfect — nothing in parenting is perfect. And you won't get it right 100% of the time, so you need to give yourself grace for that. Parenting is hard. At some point, you're probably going to absolutely lose it in front of (or even directed at) your children. While it's difficult to know what's best for your child, economic reasoning can provide a useful framework. Raising Good Humans You may not see the effects right away. Gentle parenting is an ideal ethos for parents who view raising a child as a marathon, not a sprint. These parents understand that coaching a child into adulthood takes years of patience and persistence. From my perspective, gentle parenting is all well and good but you try using those techniques with a teenager and see how far you get. We have to give to our children what they cannot give to one another: the freedom to be themselves in the context of loving acceptance.” 10. The Explosive Child

These books offer sage advice for dealing with common challenges that parents face. So whether you're just starting out or you've been at it for a while, these books will help you become a more gentle and effective parent.Gentle parents must ask themselves what they can do to improve their children’s behavior and overall development instead of just placing demands on their kids. They must be transparent with themselves about their shortcomings and look for ways to continually become better in the role of parent. New parenting approaches are always controversial. Perhaps that’s because accepting a new method implies that we’ve been doing it wrong all along! Thus, you’ll need to be prepared to face criticism as you adopt gentle parenting techniques. Second, gentle parenting is effective because it teaches children how to regulate their own emotions. When children learn how to effectively manage their feelings, they are less likely to act out or lash out in anger. Gentle parenting helps kids learn how to express themselves in healthy ways, which can lead to them being more successful in school and in their future relationships.

The absolute disregard for logical consequences and only using natural consequences - even when it comes down to letting teens use cars and have accidents (rather than take away the keys) because a car accident is the natural consequence of irresponsible driving.I love this book not only because I enjoy geeking out to the science, but because the authors do a great job explaining why kids have meltdowns and misbehave. And guess what? Only to be met with a reply from a member of the group saying that gentle parenting came so naturally to her and that I'd probably already done a lot of damage and that I needed to promptly 'reset' with my child/children before it was too late. One of the principles in the book is that actions speak louder than words. When you act in a way that shows your child that they matter to you, they will be more likely to respond positively to consequences. This doesn't mean that you should spoil them, though. Instead, try to find opportunities where an act of service will have the most impact on your child. For example, if your child has a hard time putting things together, try to help her. There are many different acts of service depending on your child's age.