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How to Be a Happier Parent
- Raising a Family, Having a Life, and Loving (Almost) Every Minute
- Narrated by: KJ Dell'Antonia
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
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Publisher's Summary
An encouraging guide to helping parents find more happiness in their day-to-day family life, from the former lead editor of the New York Times' Motherlode blog.
In all the writing and reporting KJ Dell'Antonia has done on families over the years, one topic keeps coming up again and again: parents crave a greater sense of happiness in their daily lives. In this optimistic, solution-packed book, KJ asks: How can we change our family life so that it is full of the joy we'd always hoped for?
Drawing from the latest research and interviews with families, KJ discovers that it's possible to do more by doing less, and make our family life a refuge and pleasure, rather than another stress point in a hectic day. She focuses on nine common problem spots that cause parents the most grief, explores why they are hard, and offers small, doable, sometimes surprising steps you can take to make them better.
Whether it's getting everyone out the door on time in the morning or making sure chores and homework get done without another battle, How to Be a Happier Parent shows that having a family isn't just about raising great kids and churning them out at destination: success. It's about experiencing joy - real joy, the kind you look back on, look forward to, and live for - along the way.
Critic Reviews
"KJ Dell'Antonia has been at the center of the conversation about modern parenting for over a decade. During that time, she's become an astute, experienced, sympathetic, and knowledgeable companion and provocateur. Also, a great writer. All of those qualities are on display here. How to Be a Happier Parent is sure to help many harried moms and dads find more joy in the everyday chaos of their lives." (Bruce Feiler, author of the New York Times best seller The Secrets of Happy Families)
“Finally! A parenting book not about fine-tuning your child for some distant (and questionable) marker of success, but a book that focuses on the real task of parenting - creating a safe, warm, loving, and yes, happy family.” (Madeline Levine, PhD, author of the New York Times best sellers The Price of Privilege and Teach Your Children Well)
“An ideal blend of humble confessions, blunt reckonings, and relatable humor, offered with zero judgment and plenty of empathy. As this wise expert comes to feel like a close friend, we trust that we, too, can be far happier than we’d realized.” (Julie Lythcott-Haims, author of the New York Times best seller How to Raise an Adult)
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- Daniel Araneda
- 29-10-2019
Awesome! A must read!
Thoroughly enjoyed the whole book and I can really relate to every chapter! I encourage all parents to read/listen to it. You won't be disappointed.
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