Hunter Clarke-Fields Msae

At first this book may seem patronizing or inapplicable to your current parenting situation, but read on. As I read teh chapters on anger I thought "I don't do this / struggle with this...." but I read anyway. Fast-forward to one week after I finished the book, and I had a confrontation with my 3 year-old son trying to get him in his car seat to go to day care and I totally lost my cool. If it hadn't been for the book, I wouldn't have known what to do. But I remembered the mindful approaches show more in "Raising Good Humans," and it proved invaluable in helping both myself and my son calm down and resolve the situation. I am very grateful I read this book. I am also choosy when it comes to keeping books, but I am keeping this for sure!! show less

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 show more find useful. show less

A great introduction to mindfulness, communication, and building relationship. Obviously directed to parents, but the advice can really be extrapolated out to other relationships. Loved that the first part really focused on getting one's inner life in focus and calm before looking outward. Recommended!

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 show more 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. show less