Knjiga Obiteljske vrijednosti poznatog američkog psihijatra dr. Charlesa Sophyja intrigantan je vodič koji razjašnjava ključne aspekte obiteljskih odnosa te pruža korisne smjernice za izgradnju snažne i trajne veze između roditelja i djece. Tijekom posljednjih dvadeset godina dr. Charles Sophy bio je neizostavan gost u planetarno poznatoj emisiji Dr. Phil, gdje je često savjetovao ljude koji su tražili pomoć u odgoju svoje djece; od rješavanja uobičajenih sukoba na relaciji roditelj-dijete, narušenih obiteljskih odnosa i nedostatka komunikacije, problema nastalih zbog promjena u obiteljskoj dinamici i razvoda roditelja, pa do ovisnosti i maloljetničke delikvencije.
U knjizi Obiteljske vrijednosti dr. Sophy sažima svoje golemo liječničko iskustvo, koje uključuje rad s više od četrdeset tisuća djece i obitelji, kako bi pomogao roditeljima da se (ponovno) povežu sa svojom djecom i izgrade čvrstu i stabilnu obitelj kakvu su oduvijek sanjali. U njoj se dr. Sophy dotiče i nekih od najčešćih problema zbog kojih su mu se brojni roditelji tijekom tridesetogodišnje karijere obraćali za pomoć. Knjiga dr. Sophyja „nezaobilazni je vodič suvremenog roditeljstva“ koja pruža dubok uvid u stvaranje snažnih obiteljskih vrijednosti koje pridonose osjećaju sigurnosti i sklada u obiteljskom domu.
Dr. Charles Sophy has treated celebrities in Beverly Hills as well as foster children from all walks of life in the Los Angeles County child welfare system for more than twenty years. In addition to his private psychiatric practice, he serves as medical director for the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services, the nation’s largest child welfare system. He has appeared on television programs such as Today, Good Morning America, CNN’s Larry King Live, Anderson Cooper 360, and Campbell Brown, and on the FOX News Channel. He is the author of Side by Side: The Revolutionary Mother-Daughter Program for Conflict-Free Communication.
This book delivers a simple way to look at yourself as a parent and your family. This will help you find out your family's strengths, and then you can build a roadmap on those strengths so you all can be strong together. If you can agree upon that foundation of powers between the parents, you can allow your children to have their own individuality and strengths. This is a simple way to look at everyone as an individual and build the value of a family together.
There is a whole section on how we enter into parenting with preconceived experiences and notions from our past. To be good parents, we must acknowledge our issues and deal with our baggage before parenting our kids effectively. We have to take inventory and know ourselves as people. This means recognizing and understanding problems, which will help prevent us from repeating patterns we don't want to repeat.
Pretty good, very common sense. I could have used more examples and application through chapters 7-10. My takeaways will be consistency, family dinners, role modeling, humour, and active listening.