Reassuring, compassionate and relatable, this book will help you through some of the most difficult moments of parenting -public meltdowns, bedtime struggles, school refusal, new sibling rivalry -without losing your own mind or quashing your child's spirit. Using stories, scripts and step-bysteps, Gen reveals how to communicate so your child can hear you, and how to welcome your child's emotions in order to help them regulate. You'll also learn: · Why setting firm and kind limits is essential for making our kids feel safe. · Why traditional approaches like timeouts, reward charts and a focus on praise or punishment aren't effective for long-term behaviour change. · Why understanding our own response to our kids' feelings is the key to becoming the parent we want to be. · And why it's so important to show ourselves self-compassion when raising little people with big feelings.
Connected Parenting founder Genevieve Muir is a parent educator, obstetric social worker and mother of four boys. She is passionate about helping families to connect and thrive amid the many challenges of modern parenting.

Gen has a Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) from UNSW and a Graduate Diploma in Grief and Bereavement Counselling. She is also a qualified Circle of Security and Tuning into Kids facilitator.

Gen has appeared Sunrise, The Morning Show, Studio 10, 2Day FM and ABC, and is a spokesperson for LEGO Duplo, H&M Parent Hub and Kiindred.

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