Gentle Guidance: How to Understand, Inspire and Empower Your Kids

In the book "Don't Exclude Me: How to Be the Best Parent You Can Be", Marie Gentles provides parents with the toolkit they need to be the best parent they can be, emphasizing the importance of taking time for themselves, establishing positive relationships, and applying the FIVE CS of communication, calm, curious, connect, and convey.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 272 pages
Publication date: 22 June 2023
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Such an important book, by someone who truly understands the issues that young people face in today's world. Dr. Zoe Williams Right now, it is undeniably a tough time to be a parent. With so many pressures on your time, your energy, and your resources, it can be difficult to give your child everything they need emotionally, and even more so when you're faced with defiance, disruption, or challenging behavior. However, in this new book, Marie Gentles draws on decades of expertise supporting families to give you the toolkit you need to be the best parent you can be – and the best bit? The change starts with you. Just as when you're on a plane and are advised to get your oxygen mask on in an emergency before helping your child, the same applies when it comes to behavior. So first in Marie's toolbox is the need to take time for yourself: give yourself headspace, allow yourself time to adopt a healthy mindset, and be the change you want to see. From establishing positive relationships that bring out the best in your child, to applying the tools you learn as a framework for your wider relationships, whether it be with friends, colleagues, your boss, or even your inner child, this book will help you put Marie's FIVE CS into practice when faced with any challenging moment: Communication: behavior is communicating a need for emotional connection. Calm: this moment is a teaching and learning opportunity. Curious: what feeling is the other person seeking? Connect: how can I meet their emotional needs? Convey: what does my behavior look like in this moment from the other person's perspective? You don't need to fit into a box with your parenting style, but using Marie's gentle guidance, you'll be equipped to raise a resilient child.

Weight: 416g
Dimension: 152 x 233 x 23 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781526658388