Food for Thoughtful Parenting (Electronic book text)

A collection of best moves (i.e. modern mantras) for happier parenting served up with a refreshing combination of humor, creativity, and insight.
Food For Thoughtful Parenting is unique among its parenting book peers
Why?
The FORMAT. The 60 ideas have MEMORABLE LABELS and are organized into 12, 5-item LISTS according to when you need them. Struggling to really talk to your five year old? Feeling like your family isn't connecting as much as you'd like? Need inspiration for playtime? There is a list for each
The IDEAS are explained, and are ones you can GRASP EASILY and try IMMEDIATELY. Lots of parenting books have great ideas, backed by in-depth research - but sometimes what you want is some inspiration and encouragement without the long term commitment of 100s of pages. Food For Thoughtful Parenting, compiles the essence of tried-and-true strategies and there is finally ONE PLACE with all of the best parenting ideas
Its TONE. The book is all about what you can do, with none of the guilt about what you're not doing. The authors offers up ideas and then leave it to the reader to choose which ideas will work for them given the particular child or situation.
In this book, you will find ways to:
- Approach parenting with more creativity
- Reframe a parenting challenge
- Get out of a rut
- Tee up a discussion with a spouse, grandparent, babysitter, or other parents about something you'd like to try or something you'd like to do differently
- Enhance family connections
- Improve communication with your kids
Who is the ideal reader?
Any parent or caregiver of young children, including grandparents, nannies, or a regular babysitter. It also makes a wonderful GIFT for an expectant mother, new parents or parents heading into a new phase of their children's development.