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Philippa Perry

The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read (and Your Children Will Be Glad That You Did)

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This book is about how we have relationships with our children, what gets in the way of a good connection and what can enhance it

The most influential relationships are between parents and children. Yet for so many families, these relationships go can wrong and it may be difficult to get back on track.
In The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read (and Your Children Will Be Glad that You Did), renowned psychotherapist Philippa Perry shows how strong and loving bonds are made with your children and how such attachments give a better chance of good mental health, in childhood and beyond.
She'll help you to:
— Understand how your own upbringing may be impacting upon your parenting style
— Contain, express, accept and validate your own and your child's feelings
— Understand that all behaviour is communication
— Break negative cycles and patterns
— Accept that you will make mistakes and what to do about them
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278 printed pages
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Quotes

  • Briahas quoted2 years ago
    Even if your child does need some guidance, there’s not much point in doing it when you’re angry. If you give it then, they will hear only your anger and not what you are trying to tell them.
  • Briahas quoted2 years ago
    Praise effort, describe what you see and feel and encourage your child without judging.
  • Briahas quoted2 years ago
    Partly due to these labels of ‘good mother’, ‘bad dad’, or vice versa, existing, to avoid the humiliation of being in the bad role, we get defensive about anything we may be doing wrong.

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