The Good Enough Parent

A compassionate guide to raising resilient, authentic, well-rounded children.

The Good Enough Parent is a compendium of life lessons, including how to say 'No', how to look beneath the surface of "bad" behavior to find the root of what is going on, how to encourage a child to be genuinely kind, and how to handle the moodiness of adolescence.

Rather than striving for perfection, the book argues, the job of any parent is in fact to guide a child gently into the imperfect nature of everything.

Encouraging, wry, and steeped in years of experience, The Good Enough Parent is an intelligent guide to raising a child who will one day look back on their childhood with just the right mixture of gratitude, humor, and love.

• COMPASSIONATE ADVICE for raising content toddlers into resourceful teens.
• FOR BUSY PARENTS includes digestible, accessible lessons in parenting.
• ACTIONABLE TIPS for balancing parental instinct with the acquisition of new skills.
• EMOTIONAL CURRICULUM with lessons in curiosity, listening, manners, and adolescence.

Auteur

The School of Life is a global organization helping people lead more fulfilled lives. Through our range of books, gifts and stationery we aim to prompt more thoughtful natures and help everyone to find fulfillment. The School of Life is a resource for exploring self-knowledge, relationships, work, socializing, finding calm, and enjoying culture through content, community, and conversation. You can find us online, in stores and in welcoming spaces around the world offering classes, events, and one-to-one therapy sessions.

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The School of Life Press brings together the thinking and ideas of the School of Life creative team under the direction of series editor, Alain de Botton. Their books share a coherent, curated message that speaks with one voice: calm, reassuring, and sane.

Texte du rabat

A parenting guide providing compassionate instruction and insight into raising a resilient, well-balanced child.

Bringing up a child to be an authentic and mentally robust adult is one of life's great challenges. It is also, fortunately, not a matter of luck.

The Good Enough Parent is a compendium of life lessons, including how to say 'no' to a child you adore, how to look beneath the surface of 'bad' behavior to work out what might really be going on, how to encourage a child to be genuinely kind, and how to handle the moods and gloom of adolescence.

Most importantly, this is a book that knows that perfection is not required - and could indeed be dangerous, because a key job of any parent is to induct a child gently into the imperfect nature of everything. Written in a tone that is encouraging, wry, and soaked in years of experience, The Good Enough Parent is an intelligent guide to raising a child who will one day look back on their childhood with just the right mixture of gratitude, humor, and love.

Contenu

Introduction 1. Lessons in Emotional Maturity 2. Lessons in Love 3. Lessons in Curiosity 4. Lessons in Soothing 5. Lessons in Listening 6. Lessons in Melancholy 7. Lessons in Naughtiness 8. Lessons in Sweetness 9. Lessons in Siblings 10. Lessons in Play 11. Lessons in Confidence 12. Lessons in Relationships 13. Lessons in Issues 14. Lessons in Crying 15. Lessons in Discipline 16. Lessons in Resilience 17. Lessons in Manners 18. Lessons in Adolescence 19.Lessons in Limitations