13 Things Mentally Strong Parents Don’t Do audiobook

Always looking for tips and advice in our parenting project. Plenty here, mostly in the "remove the plank from your own eye," vein, which is either pandering to concerned parents or a sage suggestion. Good distinction between punishment and discipline and excellent discussion of perfectionism and its consequences.

Read! Buy! I’m ordering this now and using it as my life guide. The author provides clear, actionable advice that supports compassionate parenting and parenting with high expectations. They’re not opposites. They go hand in hand. 🤌 Perfection 👏🏻

Needed that, probably will do audiobook again in the future.

When you read a book and you find many explanations about yourself as a person, your preferences and values and, a book is not about your personal growth and development, but about child’s, you cannot evaluate this star-book less than 5! Examples rich content, well structured. Enjoyed every page and I think I will open this book few times in the future again, just to remind myself how correctly put values into words and actions.

Morin's books read like a practical series on resilience. This parenting-focused one is the best I've read so far. Highly recommend.

I have read a lot of parenting books over the years, but this is the one that I would recommend above all others. Disclaimer: I was a foster parent for many years and currently have biological and adopted children in my home. Two of my children have had their share of behavior problems-likely related to their previous trauma. I also work with patients with significant trauma histories...I may be a bit biased because I feel like many of my experiences mirror those described in the book. I appreciated Amy's commentary because I felt like she knew where I was coming from.The focus of this book is on teaching kids and parents resilience, strength and wisdom. With my own kids, I have struggled with wanting to spoil them rotten, shield them from their painful past, and generally keep them from suffering. It was painful for me to see them having struggles with school, relationships and family. I was so thankful that they had been placed in my home after experiencing more hardship in a few short years than most people experience in a lifetime and I promised them that they would never suffer again and I placed them in the center of my universe...Moving forward a few years, I realized that I needed to do something different. My kids were having more struggles because, under my watch, our family lost the ability to have balance, my kids made the decisions because I would feel guilty otherwise, and I wasn't helping them learn how to become responsible members of society. While I love my children dearly, I don't want to have non-productive members of society living in my house at the age of 35 still trying to figure out how to leave the nest.Amy's book really focuses on concerns specific to our current generation of parents and children. It is right-on in so many ways and brings a fresh look to parenting. It is a quick and easy book with hints of humor throughout. You will be amazed with some of the research she mentions, for example how many parents contact the adult child's boss or university teacher when the adult child gets reprimanded or gets bad marks on exams.

This is a book for life, something that will be read at different stages of the families growth together. Approach it with a fully open mind, be critical of yourself and embrace all of your failings. It is certainly better you admit you might be doing things wrong as opposed to your children doing things wrong.It was as much a journey of personal reflection as I has been learning about raising well balanced children. I won't say good as people have different ideas of what's good, what's right and wrong, something ably demonstrated in multiple chapters. It is certainly worth a read for any parent, no matter the age of the child. It only has four stars simply because of the content it is covering. As much as the author does an amazing job of story telling and using case example the technical bits are still a bit dry. I still finished every chapter questioning myself, in particular the last chapter. Its amazing how very little time most of us spend looking at ourselves and the fundamental things that we pass on to our children. This book is great for correcting that!