As a mother of 5 children (full and step), I often find my head spinning from trying to deal with 5 extremely different personalities all at once in our family. It's really easy to get frustrated, to lose patience and to put pressure on them knowingly and unknowingly to try and help as they grow to adulthood.
Then of course, I'm always questioning myself on if I am doing it right, if I can do it better, am I screwing them up because I want what's best for them, etc.
What I loved about this book is that it explains how to look at different situations from a multitude of perspectives. What a parent may be intending but how a child might be perceiving. With examples from both perspectives, it easily shows different ways to approach and speak to kids, that still allows your intentions to be heard but from a place of positivity and love, which in turn will hopefully allow the message to get through that kid barrier that they all seem to have up!
I've read this book and now I need to go back and really spend some time with each chapter to let it all sink in.
If you have kids, do yourself a favor and pick up a copy of this one. If you think you don't need it now, you will later as they get older!
Thank you so much to @tlcbooktours and @hachetteus for this #gifted copy. All opinions expressed are my own and I'm so thankful to have been able to read and learn from this fabulous book!