The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read (and Your Children Will Be Glad That You Did)

Started a little slow in the beginning if you happened to have semi-decent parents and not much trauma to deal with but picks up in content later in the book. A good starting point on communicating with children, usage of "I" statements, and emphazing with behavior. The sections are short and easy to read in brief time intervals.

Parenting is never easy. There is no right way to do it, but there are plenty of wrong ways and for those that are interested there are a plethora of books out there that claim to provide all the advice that you will ever need in raising your genetic heritage. This, however, comes with the by-line, this is a parenting book for people who don’t buy parenting books, which is quite a bold claim. Psychotherapist Philippa Perry is well placed to make this claim with two decades of experience of case studies and her own experience of being a parent. She concentrates on the bigger picture of being a parent rather than the minutia, concentrating on the relationship and how important that is to their well being.

We have successfully managed to show more get our firstborn all the way through to adulthood as she was 18 earlier this year. Not totally sure how we managed that, but we did. We were never perfect and reading this has highlighted some errors, but I wish this was around all those years ago when she was first born. If you are starting to hear yourself saying the things that your parent did then it is probably high time that you read this. It is full of sensible advice, but I wished it had more on teenagers, as it is mostly toddler focused. It does have sensible suggestions though and she re-iterates all the way through that these are suggestions and you sometimes need to go with your gut instinct. show less

This book is so kind. Authentic to a degree that I want to put every lesson in to practice.

We need to tolerate frustration, be flexible, have problem-solving skills and be able to see things from another's point of view.

Implicit throughout that tolerance is kindness and love.

lots of great ideas here, even for someone who felt like they knew everything about parenting from how wonderful their own childhood was, here a lot of it is codified and put into words and actions.

Some good information buried under a mountain of Britishness.

Një libër kaq i vërtetë dhe i drejtpërdrejtë... i dobishëm jo vetëm për marrëdhënien prind-fëmijë, por për të gjitha marrëdhëniet jetësore”.

Fantastic book, wise and sensible and very recommended.