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This book presents a model of authoritative parenting that makes room for imperfection, focusing on the skills needed to build a strong parent-child relationship.
As parents, we often worry we’re making the wrong decisions. The good news is, having a strong relationship with your child means you can make a parenting blunder from time to time, and exercise grace and patience to try again.
Written for parents of children from birth to young adulthood (ages 0-24), this book helps you examine your role as a guide, cheerleader, advocate, and most importantly, as a human being who doesn’t always have the right answers. While your child’s brain, body, emotions, and social abilities develop over time, author Dona Matthews shows how your skills as a parent can be developed too, by practicing relationship fundamentals such as acceptance, positivity, social support, boundaries, respect, self-care, and gratitude.
Rooted in the latest findings from neuroscience and psychology, this book presents a model of authoritative parenting that embraces imperfection. Each chapter focuses on a key relationship skill for parenting, with tips on how to practice it during different stages of your child’s growth and in common stressful situations such as social, school, health, and family scenarios.
From the Publisher
“This is far and away the best parenting book I have ever read, and I have read hundreds of them. Imperfect Parenting has a solid science base, but it’s not for eggheads; it’s for real parents who have real kids.”
—Terrie Moffitt, PhD, Nannerl O. Keohane University Professor, Duke University; coauthor of The Origins of You: How Childhood Shapes Later Life
“Imperfect Parenting is brimming with life-changing insights. Dona Matthews, with compassionate and incisive expertise, distills the latest research into understandable tips and tools that can help any parent.”
—Tracy Dennis-Tiwary, PhD, Professor of Psychology, The City University of New York; author of Future Tense: Why Anxiety Is Good for You (Even Though It Feels Bad)
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“A wise look at building a strong parent-child relationship…This will be a boon to parents overwhelmed by a chaotic home life.” —Publishers Weekly “Expertly written, organized and presented…especially ‘reader friendly’ and highly recommended for personal, community, and academic library Parenting Skills collections.” —Midwest Book Review “It is chock full of evidence-based insights for parents and children.” —Stephen J. Ceci, PhD, Carr Professor of Developmental Psychology at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Publisher : APA LifeTools; 1st edition (April 5, 2022)
Language : English
Paperback : 400 pages
ISBN-10 : 1433837560
ISBN-13 : 978-1433837562
Item Weight : 1.1 pounds
Dimensions : 5.25 x 1 x 8.25 inches
