Raising Good Humans: A Mindful Guide to Breaking the Cycle of Reactive Parenting and Raising Kind, Confident Kids

by Hunter Clarke-Fields Msae

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Family & Relationships. New Age. Psychology. Nonfiction. HTML: "A wise and fresh approach to mindful parenting." �??Tara Brach, author of Radical Acceptance A kinder, more compassionate world starts with kind and compassionate kids. In Raising Good Humans, you'll find powerful and practical strategies to break free from "reactive parenting" habits and raise kind, cooperative, and confident kids. Whether you're running late for school, trying to get your child to eat their vegetables, or dealing with an epic meltdown in the checkout line at a grocery store�??being a parent is hard work! And, as parents, many of us react in times of stress without thinking�??often by yelling. But what if, instead of always reacting on autopilot, you could respond thoughtfully in those moments, keep your cool, and get from A to B on time and in one piece? With this book, you'll find powerful mindfulness skills for calming your own stress response when difficult emotions arise. You'll also discover strategies for cultivating respectful communication, effective conflict resolution, and reflective listening. In the process, you'll learn to examine your own unhelpful patterns and ingrained reactions that reflect the generational habits shaped by your parents, so you can break the cycle and respond to your children in more skillful ways. When children experience a parent reacting with kindness and patience, they learn to act with kindness as well�??thereby altering generational patterns for a kinder, more compassionate future. With this essential guide, you'll see how changing your own "autopilot reactions" can create a lasting positive impact, not just for your kids, but for generations to come. An essential, must-read for all parents�??now more than ever. "To raise the children we hope to raise, we have to learn to become the person we hoped to be.... This wonderful book will help you handle the ride." �??KJ Dell'Antonia, author of How to Be a Happier Parent "Hunter Clarke-Fields shares her wisdom and personal experience to help parents create peaceful families." �??Joanna Faber and Julie King, coauthors of How to Talk So Little Kids Will List*… (more)*

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This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers.

Having been steeped in patient/positive/gentle parenting literature for several years now, I did not find this volume to be a particularly groundbreaking addition to the genre, though I'm happy to have it on my shelf since receiving it as an Early Reviewer selection. I don't think it would necessarily recommend it as the top selection to introduce a parent to these ideas, but could be useful for someone who was especially enthusiastic about mindfulness/meditation (I am not, which is probably why it didn't resonate with me quite the way I had hoped).

theresearcher | Mar 19, 2022 |

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Some good points. But not ground breaking. (

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Serinde24 | Dec 8, 2021 |

A good application of mindfulness to parenting. Much similar advice as other books I've read on parenting, but with a few new insights and practices. The author does well in keeping the advice grounded in Mindfulness techniques and philosophy. I have started trying some of the practices and will continue.

As with some other books I've read the author seems to blame the reader's challenges with parenting on their parents (which doesn't resonate with me) and sometimes the 'skillful communication' seemed passive aggressive. The book also didn't seem to tackle some of the most challenging parenting struggles that I'm having, which was rather disappointing: namely what to do when your child is hurting you (kicking/hitting/biting) or when the problem isn't really mine or the child's (like having to go to school).

The core of this book is that parenting is more skillful if you are patient, present, and open to learning from your children and that all of this is easier if you keep a steady meditation practice. (

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kparr | Apr 9, 2021 |

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Raising Good Humans is a thoughtful and useful guide to being a better parent and a better human oneself. It is based in Buddhist principles of mindfulness, compassion, and kindness and full of helpful and simple suggestions to begin incorporation these parenting practices into life.

At times, the work comes across as hetero-normative and seems to have an implied audience of white, middle and upper-middle class parents. But this should not detract from principles and exercises that all will find useful. (

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zhejw | Aug 24, 2020 |

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Raising Good Humans: A Mindful Guide to Breaking the Cycle of Reactive Parenting and Raising Kind, Confident Kids by Hunter Clarke-Fields MSAE. Was awarded to me through LT early review. I am a Clinical Psychologist with Ecological Family Systems emphasis, did my post doctoral training working with children and families and see the great value in reading this book from New Harbinger Publications and am thankful I was picked. Ms. Clarke-Fields does a good job with relevant insight, good examples and practice examples to use as she teaches us to break the cycle of reactivity and I have been using mindfulness in my practice of Psychology. I highly recommend picking up this book to parents. (

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DrT | May 30, 2020 |

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Family & Relationships. New Age. Psychology. Nonfiction. HTML:

"A wise and fresh approach to mindful parenting."
�??Tara Brach, author of Radical Acceptance
A kinder, more compassionate world starts with kind and compassionate kids. In Raising Good Humans, you'll find powerful and practical strategies to break free from "reactive parenting" habits and raise kind, cooperative, and confident kids.

Whether you're running late for school, trying to get your child to eat their vegetables, or dealing with an epic meltdown in the checkout line at a grocery store�??being a parent is hard work! And, as parents, many of us react in times of stress without thinking�??often by yelling. But what if, instead of always reacting on autopilot, you could respond thoughtfully in those moments, keep your cool, and get from A to B on time and in one piece?

With this book, you'll find powerful mindfulness skills for calming your own stress response when difficult emotions arise. You'll also discover strategies for cultivating respectful communication, effective conflict resolution, and reflective listening. In the process, you'll learn to examine your own unhelpful patterns and ingrained reactions that reflect the generational habits shaped by your parents, so you can break the cycle and respond to your children in more skillful ways.

When children experience a parent reacting with kindness and patience, they learn to act with kindness as well�??thereby altering generational patterns for a kinder, more compassionate future. With this essential guide, you'll see how changing your own "autopilot reactions" can create a lasting positive impact, not just for your kids, but for generations to come.
An essential, must-read for all parents�??now more than ever.
"To raise the children we hope to raise, we have to learn to become the person we hoped to be.... This wonderful book will help you handle the ride."
�??KJ Dell'Antonia, author of How to Be a Happier Parent

"Hunter Clarke-Fields shares her wisdom and personal experience to help parents create peaceful families."
�??Joanna Faber and Julie King, coauthors of How to Talk So Little Kids Will List

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