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How to raise contented, interesting and resilient children

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.

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 - 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.

Hardback book | 192 pages | 180mm x 125mm

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Customer Reviews (4.6 / 5 · 5 reviews)

Zoe ★★★★★

I was bracing for another guilt-trip manifesto, but the focus on raising "contented" kids through realistic expectations actually made me exhale. The chapter on resilience gave me concrete phrases to use when my daughter melts down, and I've already noticed a shift in how we argue.

Nicholas G. ★★★★★

I've read dozens of parenting books and this one actually made me feel less anxious instead of more. It breaks down what "resilient" really means in practical terms, and the chapter on letting kids struggle a bit without swooping in felt like a weight lifted. My husband even picked it up voluntarily

Kevin K. ★★★★★

Finally a parenting book that doesn't make me feel like I'm failing before breakfast—the chapter on building resilience actually gave me concrete phrases to use when my kid melts down, and they've worked twice already. It reads like a wise friend, not a lecture, and I've dog-eared more pages than I