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From Losing Your Sh*t to Keeping Your Cool: A Survival Guide for Parents on the Brink
YOU SWORE YOU'D NEVER YELL. THEN YOU BECAME A PARENT
Welcome to the unfiltered, laugh-through-the-tears guide for every exhausted, overwhelmed parent who's tried it The "gentle parenting" Instagram moms suggested. Those breathing techniques that nearly made you hyperventilate. the eerily calm voice that makes you sound like a serial killer, and more reward charts than a kindergarten teacher on Adderall.
*From Losing Your Sht to Keeping Your Cool* is a refreshingly honest, hilariously relatable, and efficient survival manual for parents who love their kids fiercely - but wouldn’t mind escaping to Bali once in a while.
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DOES YOUR PRECIOUS Throw toddler tantrums that would make reality TV stars jealous?Negotiate everything like they're trying to broker Middle East peace?Save their worst behavior for the most public places possible?Ignore direct orders with the selective hearing of a teenager at chore time?Fight with siblings like they're competing for your love in gladiator combat?Act like putting on shoes is equivalent to performing surgery?
Congratulations! You're raising a normal child.
Whether you're a new parent, a seasoned mom or dad in crisis mode, or just someone tired of parenting books written by childless experts, this book speaks your language.
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WHAT YOU'LL LEARNInside, you’ll
Learn why your kid acts possessed ( Their brain is basically under construction, and you're living in the work zone) and stop feeling like a failure every time your child acts like... a childGet to know the secret to calm parenting when your child is testing whether crayons flush (they don't, but you'll learn this the hard way)Know how to decode your child's behavior like a detective instead of a dictatorLearn simple techniques to calm meltdowns faster than any punishment ever couldLearn about the "Sacred Pause" that stops reactive parenting in its tracks (it's that magical moment between your kid doing something insane and you completely losing your mind)Be able to repair the damage when you inevitably lose your shit anyway (Because you're human, not a parenting robot)Will show you how to build a connection instead of resentment and raise kids who won't need decades of therapy to recover from their childhood
Plus, emergency “Oh Sh*t” toolkits and repair scripts for when you inevitably snap. (Because you will. And that’s okay.)
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WHAT MAKES THIS BOOK STAND OUTMost parenting books make you feel like a failure. This one feels like a friend who hands you coffee (or tequila) and says, “Me too.” With raw humor, zero judgment, and straight talk from a fellow recovering yeller, Max Reed doesn't just share advice, she shares what works when you’re seconds from losing it.
Welcome to the unfiltered, laugh-through-the-tears guide for every exhausted, overwhelmed parent who's tried it The "gentle parenting" Instagram moms suggested. Those breathing techniques that nearly made you hyperventilate. the eerily calm voice that makes you sound like a serial killer, and more reward charts than a kindergarten teacher on Adderall.
*From Losing Your Sht to Keeping Your Cool* is a refreshingly honest, hilariously relatable, and efficient survival manual for parents who love their kids fiercely - but wouldn’t mind escaping to Bali once in a while.
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DOES YOUR PRECIOUS Throw toddler tantrums that would make reality TV stars jealous?Negotiate everything like they're trying to broker Middle East peace?Save their worst behavior for the most public places possible?Ignore direct orders with the selective hearing of a teenager at chore time?Fight with siblings like they're competing for your love in gladiator combat?Act like putting on shoes is equivalent to performing surgery?
Congratulations! You're raising a normal child.
Whether you're a new parent, a seasoned mom or dad in crisis mode, or just someone tired of parenting books written by childless experts, this book speaks your language.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
WHAT YOU'LL LEARNInside, you’ll
Learn why your kid acts possessed ( Their brain is basically under construction, and you're living in the work zone) and stop feeling like a failure every time your child acts like... a childGet to know the secret to calm parenting when your child is testing whether crayons flush (they don't, but you'll learn this the hard way)Know how to decode your child's behavior like a detective instead of a dictatorLearn simple techniques to calm meltdowns faster than any punishment ever couldLearn about the "Sacred Pause" that stops reactive parenting in its tracks (it's that magical moment between your kid doing something insane and you completely losing your mind)Be able to repair the damage when you inevitably lose your shit anyway (Because you're human, not a parenting robot)Will show you how to build a connection instead of resentment and raise kids who won't need decades of therapy to recover from their childhood
Plus, emergency “Oh Sh*t” toolkits and repair scripts for when you inevitably snap. (Because you will. And that’s okay.)
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
WHAT MAKES THIS BOOK STAND OUTMost parenting books make you feel like a failure. This one feels like a friend who hands you coffee (or tequila) and says, “Me too.” With raw humor, zero judgment, and straight talk from a fellow recovering yeller, Max Reed doesn't just share advice, she shares what works when you’re seconds from losing it.
212 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 29, 2025
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