Kids Don’t Come with a Manual Book Review
Being a parent is one of the hardest yet most rewarding experiences in the world. No matter how hard you try you can never be fully prepared for the impact that a baby has on a relationship.
It will test you as an individual, but it will also test the strength of your relationship. Parenting really is a balancing act!
Some people look online for ideas and inspiration, as well as advice, whereas others will turn to books.
One such book is ‘Kids Don’t Come with a Manual‘. Written by Carole and Nadim Saad this book is designed to empower parents.
Drawing on their own experiences in early childhood education, as parent coaches, and as parents this book will help you to deal with everyday parenting challenges without confrontation or anger, help children to become happy, fulfilled and self-reliant adults, maintain a strong and loving connection with children throughout their lives and agree on a balanced and more enjoyable approach to parenting.
Their fresh perspective and practical tools help parents give up the bad cop/good cop roles and work better as a team.
Split into seven chapters:
- How to prevent power struggles and other issues
- How to (re)connect with your children
- How to be a good role model to your children
- How to listen so children will want to talk
- How to talk so children will want to listen
- How to effectively deal with misbehavior
- How to develop your children’s self-responsibility and emotional resilience
