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Book

Raising good humans : a mindful guide to breaking the cycle of reactive parenting and raising kind, confident kids

Call Numbers

  • PARENTS J 649.1 C5979 (CEN, OSH)
  • 649.1 C5979 (MBL)

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Publication Information

Oakland : New Harbinger Publications, Inc., [2019]

Physical Description

ix, 169 pages ; 24 cm

Summary

As a parent you strive to model kindness, compassion, and patience when interacting with your children. But no parent is perfect, and in difficult or stressful moments, you may react to your kids in ways that don't exactly fit your ideal model of parenting -- for example, yelling. You aren't alone. Parental reactions are often deeply ingrained, and you likely learned them from your parents. So how can you break this cycle and be the kind of parent you want to be?

Contents

  • Keeping your cool
  • Disarming your triggers
  • Practicing compassion - it begins with you
  • Taking care of difficult feelings
  • Listening to help and heal
  • Saying the right things
  • Solving problems mindfully
  • Supporting your peaceful home.

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