How to Be a Calm Parent, Sarah OckwellSmith
How to Be a Calm Parent, Sarah OckwellSmith
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How to Be a Calm Parent
Lose the guilt, control your anger and tame the stress - for more peaceful and enjoyable parenting and calmer, happier children too

Author: Sarah Ockwell-Smith

Narrator: Sarah Ockwell-Smith

Unabridged: 6 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/03/2022


Synopsis

An indispensable guide to more peaceful and enjoyable parenting

'This isn't a parenting advice book, it's a book about you. The words you read in this book, however, will have a far greater impact on your children, than those contained in any parenting book you could read (and I count my own in that too).'

How many times have you asked yourself 'what's wrong with me? Why can't I stay calm?'. So many of us would love to follow a gentler, more positive style of parenting, but we don't think we're cut out for it, because we aren't naturally calm. We feel that there is something wrong with us, that we're not good enough. We believe we are failing our children by not controlling our own emotions adequately.

What we don't realise is that this describes almost every parent there ever was - and ever will be.

In her trademark gentle, supportive and reassuring style, bestselling author Sarah Ockwell-Smith shows that while we all lose it at times, everyone can become a calmer parent. Based on her many years' experience working with parents, Sarah provides research, advice and practical exercises that will set you on the path to calmer parenting that will benefit both you and your child.

Covering everything from the impact of your own upbringing on your parenting style to work and home life balance and letting go of the quest for perfection to ensuring your own basic needs are met, How to Be a Calm Parent is for any parent who knows that they need to be calmer to raise well adjusted, happy children, but struggles with their own emotions and stress levels.

About Sarah Ockwell-Smith

Sarah Ockwell-Smith is the mother of four children. She has a BSc in Psychology and worked for several years in Pharmaceutical Research and Development. Following the birth of her first child, Sarah re-trained as a Paediatric Homeopath, Antenatal Teacher and Birth and Postnatal Doula. She has also undertaken training in Baby Massage, Hypnotherapy and Psychotherapy. Sarah specialises in gentle parenting methods and is co-founder of the GentleParenting website (www.gentleparenting.co.uk). Sarah writes a parenting blog (www.sarahockwell-smith.com) which is read by 3 million parents per year, and is the author of BabyCalm, ToddlerCalm, The Gentle Sleep Book, The Gentle Parenting Book, The Gentle Discipline Book, The Gentle Potty Training Book, The Gentle Eating Book, The Second Baby Book, The Starting School Book Between: A guide for parents of eight to thirteen-year-olds, How to Be a Calm Parent and Beginnings. She frequently writes for magazines and newspapers, and is often called upon as a parenting expert for national television and radio.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Haniva

WOW. Buku ini sangat baik untuk dibaca bagi siapapun yang berniat menjadi orang tua. Saya senang karena buku ini mengajak kita untuk memiliki motivasi menjadi orang tua yang lebih baik, namun jauhi kesempurnaan (karena itu mustahil). Jadilah orang tua yang cukup baik. Cukup baik bukan alasan tidak m......more

I really enjoyed listening to this on audiobook. It’s more of a self help book than a parenting book and if I knew then what I know now this would been the first parenting book I ever read! It makes so much sense and really helps you to look inward when it comes to parenting rather than change your......more

Goodreads review by Karey

I took my time reading this book to make sure I took in as much as possible. As always her advice is practical and so helpful. Everything she says just makes sense to me. This would be a great present for any expecting couple......more

Goodreads review by Alyssa

Changed my life! Definitely learned why I react the way I do. Amazing tips and information.......more