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The Really Really Busy Person's Book on Parenting
As parents we live each day at such a pace. One minute we are juggling the dawn scramble for p.e. kit, packing lunchboxes and dealing with toddler tantrums in the supermarket queue and then before we know it, they are filling in job applications. Did we do it right? Did we do it well?
There is no one way to be the perfect parent. But there are a hundred ways to be a great parent. This hilarious, engaging little book is packed full with great ideas to help any really really busy parent find that extra minute, to enjoy their kids and to make the very most of every precious moment. Within these few pages are ideas strategies and principles that can revolutionise not only the way we parent, but also the way we feel about our parenting.
There is no one way to be the perfect parent. But there are a hundred ways to be a great parent. This hilarious, engaging little book is packed full with great ideas to help any really really busy parent find that extra minute, to enjoy their kids and to make the very most of every precious moment. Within these few pages are ideas strategies and principles that can revolutionise not only the way we parent, but also the way we feel about our parenting.
- GenresParenting
143 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 2015
About the author
Rob Parsons
65 books25 followersRob Parsons OBE is an international speaker on family issues and the author of many best-sellers including The Heart of Success and The 60-Minute Father. Over half a million people have attended his live seminars.
He is the founding chairman of Care for the Family.
He is the founding chairman of Care for the Family.
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March 26, 2016
Cute coffee-table book, the kind you can flip through when you have a free moment and gleam some sort of inspiration from. A lot of the quotes and advice were ones I've heard before, but that doesn't necessarily mean they aren't worth hearing again.
The book was really heavy on the importance of praising your child, which runs contrary to some of the gentle parenting philosophies we use in our home. There was also an odd section about "winning" when your child throws a tantrum in the supermarket, which doesn't seem like the best way to think about the situation. I don't think parenting should ever be viewed as a battle between parent and child--you're working with your child, not against them.
Ultimately, not the kind of book I would have bought, but it was a gift from my parents and had some nice sentiments in it, even if not all of them fitted our outlook on parenting. Obviously no one book is going to match exactly how you parent and I was presently surprised that there weren't more things I disagreed with, as I have heard that Care for the Family doesn't always line up with Gentle/Attachment Parenting.
The book was really heavy on the importance of praising your child, which runs contrary to some of the gentle parenting philosophies we use in our home. There was also an odd section about "winning" when your child throws a tantrum in the supermarket, which doesn't seem like the best way to think about the situation. I don't think parenting should ever be viewed as a battle between parent and child--you're working with your child, not against them.
Ultimately, not the kind of book I would have bought, but it was a gift from my parents and had some nice sentiments in it, even if not all of them fitted our outlook on parenting. Obviously no one book is going to match exactly how you parent and I was presently surprised that there weren't more things I disagreed with, as I have heard that Care for the Family doesn't always line up with Gentle/Attachment Parenting.
November 11, 2016
Good quick read.
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