The Good Enough Parent: How to raise contented, interesting and resilient children

‘This is a great book for expectant parents for sure… An interesting read with families who have children of any age’ NADIYA HUSSAIN Raising 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. There are many things to understand about how children’s minds operate and what they need from those who look after them so they can develop into the best version of themselves. The Good Enough Parent is a compendium of lessons, including ideas on how to say ‘no’ to a child one adores, how to look beneath the surface of ‘bad’ behaviour to work out what might really be going on, how to encourage a child to be genuinely kind, how to encourage open self expression, and how to handle the moods and gloom of adolescence. Importantly, this is a book that knows that perfection is not required – and could indeed be unhelpful, 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, humour and love. This concise book is indispensable reading for fans of Philippa Perry ‘s The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read , and Alain de Botton’s The School of Life: An Emotional Education . –––––––––––––– ** PRAISE FOR THE GOOD ENOUGH PARENT ** ‘This book is amazing… All gold advice – every sentence of every paragraph of this book’ CHRIS EVANS ‘Why did I not have this book earlier? It’s concise, true, easy to understand and makes complete sense. If you are a parent. Get this book’ DAVINA MCCALL ‘A book so in tune with my personal ethos but which also bolstered the way I approach my parenting – and children! – immeasurably’ PANDORA SYKES ‘A must-read for every parent feeling under pressure to be something they’re not’ ELLE MAGAZINE – ASIN: 1912891549 | ISBN13: 9781912891542 | ISBN-13: 978-1912891542